University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Clinch 2008-09 Carlyle Cup Competition Against Duke
April 20, 2009 | General
April 20, 2009
Chapel Hill - The University of North Carolina earned four points this weekend from women's lacrosse, men's and women's track and field and women's golf to clinch the 2008-09 Carlyle Cup competition against Duke.
The women's golf team edged Duke by a single stroke at the ACC Championships to finish in second place behind the team champion, Wake Forest. This marked the first time in the nine-year history of the Carlyle Cup the Tar Heels claimed the point in women's golf.
Carolina has 15.5 points, two more than it needs to win the Carlyle Cup, an annual event in which the two rivals compete in 23 sports for a total of 26 points. The winning team needs at least 13.5 points to win the Cup.
The Blue Devils added a point on Sunday in men's golf and have 9.5 points for the year.
The 26th and final point up for grabs is women's rowing, which will be decided at the ACC Championships on Monday.
This year marks UNC's second straight win in the Carlyle Cup and fourth in the past five years. The schools were tied in 2006-07. This is the ninth year of the competition - Carolina has won five times, Duke three with the one tie.
This year, the Tar Heels accumulated two points in both men's basketball and football, one point in women's basketball, field hockey, women's golf, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, men's track and field, women's track and field and wrestling, and a half-point in volleyball.
Duke's 9.5 points this year were scored one point apiece by baseball, women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, fencing, men's golf, men's lacrosse, men's tennis and women's tennis and a half point from volleyball.
