Duke trailed by at lead two runs three times on Saturday and rallied each time to take an 11-9 win over Maryland 11-9 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
A roundup of Duke, UNC, NCCU and other college sports Saturday.
Prestigious N.C. high school golf tournament to tee off Monday morning at Treyburn Country Club ... Golf benefit set ... Colleges shuffle schedules to avoid potentially dangerous Friday storms.
The 333-pound D-line space-eater was removed from the Duke program after a legal problem, but resurfaced at N.C. Central and wound up becoming one of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's top interior defensive linemen in his three years as an Eagle.
NCCU went 22-9 under Moton this season, which earned him MEAC co-coach of the year honors from CollegeInsider.com.
N.C. Central ended the third longest road winning streak in the nation with a 5-1 victory over Campbell on Tuesday.
North Carolina center Waltiea Rolle was selected by Minnesota with the 36th and final pick of Monday’s WNBA Draft.
The 6-6 native of the Bahamas averaged 12.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks for the Tar Heels this season.
Top-ranked North Carolina broke a scoreless tie in the sixth inning and added two more in the seventh en route to a 3-0 win at Virginia Tech on Sunday to finish off a series sweep.
N.C. Central’s Gray team got a 10-6 win against their fellow Eagles wearing Maroon during an intrasquad scrimmage that wrapped up spring drills at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium on Friday.
Stars DT John Drew, WR Geovonie Irvine and RB/KR/PR Arthur Goforth are no longer on the roster, but NCCU coach Henry Frazier III insists good teams reload and he's got some players who are ready to step up and lead.
Former N.C. Central defensive back Louis Breeden was recently enshrined with the 2013 MEAC Hall of Fame class as a player, while Steve Wilson, who played football at Northern High School, entered as a coach.
N.C. Central’s fielding allowed Duke to take a lead on the Eagles on Wednesday night. The Blue Devils’ timely hitting added to it while their pitching kept NCCU at bay.
Late runs against a young Elon bullpen gave top-ranked North Carolina a 15-3 win in front of 1,422 fans at Latham Park on Tuesday night.
N.C. State has welcomed back Wes Moore to lead its women’s basketball program. Moore spent two years as an assistant to late Hall of Famer Kay Yow, giving him roots in a tradition-rich program that has fallen off in recent years. It’s his job to build the Wolfpack back up again to a team that routinely finishes in the top half of the ACC and makes the NCAA Tournament.
