Carolina Set To Renew Rivalry With Virginia
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. --- No. 13 North Carolina faces its most familiar baseball opponent in a critical ACC series when the Tar Heels visit No. 25 Virginia starting Friday at 6 p.m. at Davenport Field. Friday will mark the 293rd meeting between the two storied programs in a series that dates back to 1891. Carolina is 24-9 on the year following a 15-0 drubbing of No. 2 South Carolina Wednesday night in Charlotte. Virginia is 21-14 after a 9-4 win over in-state foe Longwood on Wednesday. At 8-7 in the league, the Tar Heels are one game up on the reigning NCAA champions for second in the ACC Coastal standings behind No. 1 Miami.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 24-9 (8-7 ACC), Virginia 21-14 (7-8 ACC)
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked in each of the national polls, with a high of No. 13 in the NCBWA, Perfect Game and USA Today Coaches' polls. Virginia is ranked No. 25 in the NCBWA and coaches' polls.
Video: VirginiaSports.com. A live stream (subscription required) is available for Friday and Saturday games through the official website of UVA.
Audio: GoHeels.com. A free audio stream will be available on GoHeels.com. The game will also be broadcast on WCHL in Chapel Hill.
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Carolina Probable Starters Virginia Probable Starters
Friday RHP Zac Gallen (Jr., 4-2, 1.93 ERA, 0.93 WHIP) RHP Connor Jones (Jr., 6-1, 2.24 ERA, 1.08 WHIP)
Saturday RHP J.B. Bukauskas (So., 5-1, 3.15 ERA, 1.23 WHIP) LHP Adam Haseley (So., 6-0, 1.59 ERA, 0.98 WHIP)
Sunday RHP Jason Morgan (So., 2-2, 3.54 ERA, 1.33 WHIP) RHP Alec Bettinger (Jr., 0-4, 4.37 ERA, 1.46 WHIP)
NORTH CAROLINA-VIRGINIA SERIES HISTORY• North Carolina is 179-109-4 all-time against Virginia, including a 30-27 record under head coach Mike Fox.
• Carolina and Virginia have met 292 times in baseball, making the Cavaliers the most common opponent all-time for UNC. The Tar Heels have played four schools more than any others - Virginia, North Carolina State (290), Duke (288) and Wake Forest (286). This year marks the first time since 2013 that Carolina will play all four old rivals in the regular season.
• Virginia swept the regular season finale last year, taking all three games in Chapel Hill en route to a national championship. UVA took three of four meetings in 2014, including a 3-2 win in the ACC tournament in Greensboro, and the Cavaliers won two of three in Charlottesville during the regular season that year, with Carolina scoring a 4-2 victory in the series finale.
• UNC’s last series win against UVA came in Charlottesville in 2012. Carolina swept a three-game series that year, snapping a nine-year streak of not being swept at home for the Wahoos. It was the first road sweep by the Tar Heels in the series since 1994.
