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Tar Heels open post-season with Dartmouth Friday

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May 28, 2009

Chapel Hill, N.C. — No. 4 national seed North Carolina learned Monday it will host Coastal Carolina, Kansas and Dartmouth in the 2009 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional when the 64-team tournament field was announced on ESPN.

The Tar Heels (42-16) will meet the No. 4 seed Big Green (27-16) at 6 p.m. Friday at Boshamer Stadium with the No. 2 seed Chanticleers (46-14) and No. 3 seed Jayhawks (27-16) opening play at 2 p.m. Friday.

The Chapel Hill Regional champion will advance to face the winner of the Greenville (N.C.) Regional in the Super Regional round for the right to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

A top-eight national seed for the third straight season, Carolina is making its 24th NCAA post-season appearance and its record eighth straight.

The Tar Heels are 32-10 in NCAA play under Mike Fox and are coming off three straight trips to the College World Series. UNC is 9-0 at home in regional play over the past three seasons.

Carolina is 5-2 all-time against Dartmouth but the teams have not squared off since 1961. UNC and Kansas have never met on the diamond.

The Tar Heels are 36-14 in 50 all-time meetings with Coastal Carolina, including a 7-3 loss to the Chanticleers Feb. 24. UNC eliminated Coastal with a pair of wins in the 2008 Cary Super Regional to earn a third straight trip to Omaha.

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By hp277
Posted May 25, 7:54 p.m.

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RE: Tar Heels open post-season with Dartmouth Friday

What time is the Wolfpack playing, and are the games in Raleigh?

Oh yeah, they didn't make the field, did they?

By Glory
Posted May 25, 3:47 p.m.

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RE: Tar Heels open post-season with Dartmouth Friday

Go Heels. Hey fcarter when did you graduate from OSU? Didn't think so. Enjoy watching the Heels. You seem to pay a lot of attention to Carolina. Deep down inside I know your a fan. Let's go Heels enjoy the postseason and do well unlike A LOT of other teams locally I'm aware of. Carolina!

By Pack92
Posted May 25, 3:31 p.m.

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RE: Tar Heels open post-season with Dartmouth Friday

Go Chanticleers! I want one of their t-shirts to go along with my OSU "Back 2 Back" one.

By kkevin7048
Posted May 25, 2:48 p.m.

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RE: Tar Heels open post-season with Dartmouth Friday

A loss for UNC