University of North Carolina Athletics
A Look Back at the 2005 Diamond Heels
June 7, 2005 | Baseball
June 7, 2005
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina's season ended Sunday in the NCAA Gainesville Regional, and TarHeelBlue.com takes a look back at the 2005 campaign, which saw yet another 40-win season, a fourth straight NCAA appearance and a school record 32 victories at Boshamer Stadium. The Tar Heels should be geared up for another run in 2006, as their top 11 pitchers in terms of ERA and five of the six players with 30-plus RBI this season all have eligibility remaining.
• Carolina completed the 2005 season with a 41-19-1 overall record. The Tar Heels have won 40 games in each of the last four seasons and in six of the seven seasons under head coach Mike Fox.
• UNC set a school record with 32 home victories, eclipsing the previous mark of 30 set in 1993 and 2000. The Tar Heels went 32-5-1 at Boshamer Stadium and also opened with a program best 22-0 mark.
• The Tar Heels reached their fourth straight NCAA tournament and made their 20th overall appearance. The 2005 senior class was the first to appear in four straight postseasons. UNC went 1-2 at the NCAA Gainesville Regional and has won at least one game in the tourney in every appearance since 1982.
• Four Tar Heels earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors, led by first-team starting pitcher Robert Woodard. Left-hander Andrew Miller, shortstop Josh Horton and first baseman Chad Flack were each named to the second team.
• Sophomore right-hander Robert Woodard wrapped up the season with an 8-0 record and a team-best 2.11 earned run average. The eight wins are the third most in a season without suffering a loss, and most since All-America Scott Bankhead went 9-0 in 1984. Woodard is now 16-2 in his career for a .889 winning percentage, which equals Bankhead's program-best mark. Woodard's 2.11 ERA was the lowest for a Tar Heel pitcher with at least 10 starts since Jim Dougherty posted a 1.71 mark in 1990. Woodard also led the team with 98.1 innings, the most by a UNC hurler since Ryan Snare worked 109 innings in 2000.
• Sophomore lefty Andrew Miller struck out 104 batters this season, which ranks as the seventh most in school history and the most since Sean Murphy fanned 125 in 1995. Miller now has 192 strikeouts for his two-year career and can tie Michael Hoog's school record of 289 with 97 next season.
• The Carolina pitching staff posted an earned run average of 3.17, the team's lowest mark since 1990. The Tar Heels also tied a school record with seven shutouts, which was also accomplished in 1978, 2000 and 2004.
• Redshirt sophomore closer Matt Danford recorded nine saves to tie for seventh on the single-season list.
• Senior Greg Mangum wrapped up his Tar Heel career with 246 hits, which is tied for eighth on the UNC all-time list. He also finished fifth with 827 career at-bats and 11th with 162 runs scored.
• The Tar Heels' 632 this season rank as the seventh-best single-season total in program history.
• Redshirt sophomore Matt Ellington finished as the team leader in hits (77), RBI (55) and doubles (17). Junior Mike Daniel posted the squad's top batting average at .351.
• Freshman Chad Flack hit a team-best 15 home runs, which ranks as the most ever by a UNC rookie. Classmate Seth Williams added 13 for the second-most by a freshman. Flack was named to the all-tournament team at the NCAA Gainesville Regional.
• Senior Justin Webb and redshirt sophomore Matt Ellington each finished the season with nine home runs. They both entered the year with just two career homers.
