New this season, the ACC tournament has moved to a single elimination format with the 16 participating teams. Carolina won a double thank you thanks to their place as seeded among the first four after finishing 18-11 at a conference.
UNC has an 8-3 file in the ACC Sous-Forbes tournament, winning the eighth program title in its second season in 2022. Carolina of all time is 92-73 (.558), equally with NC State for the second largest number of victories in all programs. As a seeded n ° 3, UNC is 5-9 in the history of the tournament.
Conference class
➤ At the end of the regular season, Knapp was appointed launcher of the year 2025.
➤ This is the first prize of the launcher of the year of the program since JB Bukauskas won in 2017. Knapp is the fifth Tar Heel to claim the honor.
➤ He joined: Andrew Miller (2006), Alex White (2008), Kent Emanuel (2013) and Bukauskas.
➤ The double captain finished a dominant section in the conference game which saw him go 10-0 while leading the League to the era (2.00), an average of opposing strikers (0.173), lanches launched (72.0) and victories.
➤ He probably sealed his victory Thursday evening against # 2 Florida State, where he faced the alleged choice of the top 10 Jamie Arnold.
➤ Knapp won the battle with category, going the 9.0 -rounds including only four strokes and three points while accumulating seven stick withdraws from Zero Walks. His first complete game in career in career 9.
Tea Party on Tobacco Road
➤ Carolina draws the Boston College in the quarterfinals of the 2025 ACC tournament after the Eagles killed Notre Dame and Virginie in consecutive matches to arrive here.
➤ The two teams clashed earlier this season in Brighton, Massachusetts, where the UNC took two of the three games.
➤ It was the beginning of a hot sequence for the Tar Heels. From this moment, they won the seven of their complete ACC series (Split 1-1 with NC State).
➤ The match of the series saw the same pitch match that we will see in May, Knapp against Colarusso. The ACC launcher of the year launched 6.2 IP with only two strokes, a race and a walk while the Tar Heels won 5-1.
➤ BC won the 3-2 match, but UNC has rebounded through an absolute jewel of Aidan Haugh. The senior stood a boost before the final shot, launching a full match of 7.0 rounds while accumulating 11 ks on a single walk and a blow (the last two afternoon strikers).
Arm talent
➤ TAR Heels staff lead the ACC in a certain number of categories, including ERA (3.44, 4th NCAA), whip (1,21, 5th NCAA) and the walks authorized by nine (3.34, 14th NCAA).
➤ The gap between the era of the Carolina conference and 2nd place (GT, 4.63, 1.19) is larger than the gap between 2nd and 13th (CAL, 5.77, 1.14).
➤ Caroline beginners are everywhere in ACC leader’s advice, the fact that the conference game only lists in at least five categories.
➤ The trio of runners makes Caroline the only team with three in the top-10 in the era of the ACC.
➤ Pied at the right time, Jason Decaro At an MPM of 1.55 with four victories in its last five outings.
➤ UNC has set up matches with 17 and 14 consecutive stick withdrawals twice during the second week. The last time the team had more than 14 ks in consecutive matches more than once during the same season was 2008.
➤ In the first match against NC State, none of the teams recorded a walk. This is the first time that has occurred in a Caroline competition since at least the turn of the century.
➤ This is the 5th time this year that the UNC staff did not give a walk in a match. Dating from the Queens competition, the heels made 23 consecutive rounds without abandoning a free base.
Powerful notables (p)
➤ Tar Heels have the third quantity of the weakest strikers affected by any Power-Four team in the country with 44 years, only Virginia (37) and Baylor (40) have less.
➤ Carolina has the third largest number of 1/2 quad victories in the country and has the least fourth quarter games played in one of the 16 best RPI teams.
➤ Alex Madera Now has 105 college stoles in career, 86 in Arcadia and 19 years old in North Carolina.
➤ Kane Kepley is 17th in the NCAA and 2nd in the ACC in hit by throws at 24 years old. He only withdrew 22 times.
➤ Since the victory of the Sunday 14 round against Duke, the BA of UNC is up to 0.313 in its last 20. He struck 0.266 in the first 31 games of the year.
➤ Carolina leads the nation to the defensive races saved according to 643 graphics:
1. North Carolina – 72.40
2. Georgia Tech – 65.40
3. Mercer – 61.49
Young dollars bring heat
➤ Carolina called three real first -year weapons to be delivered to large places this season.
➤ The first to appear was the legend of the county of Lee Walker McDuffie. He launched 22 times with a departure, withdrawing 59 strikers, winning three victories and recording four stops with an MPM of 3.28.
➤ His backup was the first by a real recruit from Carolina since Shawn Rapp against Elon on February 18, 2020.
➤ Flamethrower Ryan Lynch lead the team in appearances (23). He has two stops and has a file of 4-1 out of 53 stick withdrawals.
➤ This is the first time that the UNC has had several first -year students with more than one backup of a season for at least 1997.
➤ The last real first year heel to record more than one backup in a season was Trent Thornton, who had eight in 2013.
➤ The seven Lynch stick withdrawals were most by a Caroline launcher in their college debut since Max Carlson accumulated eight on February 20, 2021.
➤ The best classified recruit of the group, Ellerbe, nc native Camron Zickraves At 17 appearances and was the first in the trio to start. It is 2-1 with 34 ks in 23.1 IP.
➤ Based two to finish history, he is the first first-year student to be involved in a non-unc non-frapper.
➤ The trio, alongside the young Jason Decaro, has 17 of the 39 victories of the Tar Heels this year. Lynch is the eldest of the group while Decaro, the second year, is the youngest player of the team.
