University of North Carolina Athletics
Tom Luchsinger Named Tar Heel Perfomer Of The Week
February 27, 2012 | Swimming & Diving
Feb. 27, 2012
Junior swimmer Tom Luchsinger has been named the Tar Heel Performer of the Week for February 20-26, 2012 after he won two individual titles and appeared on the awards platform a total of four times at the ACC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships.
Tom Luchsinger
Men's Swimming
Junior
Mount Sinai, N.Y.
Tom Luchsinger won a pair of individual championships to lead North Carolina to a third-place finish in the ACC Championships. Luchsinger repeated as the champion in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:44.53, edging teammate Dominick Glavich by .12 of a second. He also won the 400-yard individual medley in 3:56.91, beating tournament MVP Mateo De Angulo of Florida State by .62 of a second. Luchsinger also swam on UNC's 200-yard medley relay which placed third, its 800-yard freestyle relay which copped second and the 400-yard medley relay which recorded a fourth place finish. He also placed fourth individually in the 200-yard individual medley.
COLIN MORAN
aseball
Third Baseman
Sophomore
Rye, N.Y.
Sophomore third baseman Colin Moran became just the second Tar Heel in the last 20 years to record a cycle as he went for a natural cycle against Wright State Saturday. Moran matched a career high with five hits and six RBI in the 14-0 win over Wright State. The Rye, N.Y., native posted a single in the first, a double in the third, a triple in the seventh and capped it off with a three-run home run in the eighth before adding a RBI single in the ninth. Moran leads the team with 10 RBI on the year and hit .467 for the week.
MARCUS HOLMAN
Men's Lacrosse
Junior
altimore, Md.
Marcus Holman had a game-high six points, including two goals and a career-high four assists, as UNC staged its biggest fourth quarter rally since April 13, 1996 in Carolina's 9-8 win at Navy Saturday. Holman was involved in four of Carolina's last five goals of the game with a goal and three assists in that span. UNC trailed 8-5 going into the fourth quarter and staged its rally late. Holman assisted on a Thomas Wood goal at 7:44 to cut the lead to 8-7, scored the game-tying goal with 4:33 to play and then assisted on the game-winner by Thomas Wood with 1:16 left. His previous high for assists in a game was three versus Robert Morris on April 17, 2010.
R.G. KEENAN
Men's Lacrosse
Sophomore
Perry Hall, Md.
R.G. Keenan was a huge key in Carolina's 9-8 comeback win at Navy, dominating the X and keying UNC's biggest fourth quarter rally since April 13, 1996. Keenan won 18 of 20 face-offs, including all five in the fourth quarter when UNC outscored Navy 4-0, outshot them 15-1 and won the ground ball battle 9-3. Keenan's 18 face-off wins were the second most of his career (19 vs. Penn State two weeks ago) and his 90 percent winning percentage was the best in a single game in his career (previous was .889 last Saturday vs. Detroit). He won 11 of his 18 face-off wins to himself. Those 11 ground balls were one shy of his career high (12 vs. Navy and UMBC last season).
ABBEY FRIEND
Women's Lacrosse
Sophomore
Canadaigua, N.Y.
Friend scored four goals and gathered a ground ball in Carolina's 16-7 win over No. 19 Albany on Friday night, then tallied five goals and one assist in Sunday's 18-9 win over No. 10 Vanderbilt. For the week, the sophomore attacker combined for nine goals and one assist as the third-ranked Tar Heels improved to 5-0 this season.
KATHERINE PERRY
Women's Golf
Sophomore
Cary, N.C.
Tar Heel sophomore Katherine Perry tied for 16th place with a 6-over-par 222 total at the Central District Invitational played Feb. 20-21 at the River Wilderness Golf Club, a par 72, 6,218-yard layout. Perry fired a 1-under 71 in the final round after carding 73-78 in the first two rounds. She led the seventh-ranked Tar Heels to an eighth-place finish in their first event of the spring campaign. Carolina returns to action March 2-4 at the Darius Rucker Invitational in Hilton Head, S.C.
