University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Visits Miami For Top-10 Matchup
March 31, 2016 | Baseball
CORAL GABLES, Fla. --- No. 7 North Carolina faces perhaps its toughest test of the season to date when the Tar Heels open a three-game series against No. 2 Miami Friday night at Mark Light Field. Carolina is one game back of the Hurricanes at 6-3 in the ACC and 20-4 overall following a 10-2 win over Davidson Tuesday night in Chapel Hill. Miami is also 20-4 on the year and the Hurricanes moved to the top of the ACC Coastal standings last weekend with a three-game home sweep of Clemson. UM's midweek game at Florida Atlantic was rained out. All three games will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 20-4 (6-3 ACC), Miami 20-4 (7-2 ACC)
Rankings: North Carolina is ranked in each of the national polls, with a high of No. 7 by D1Baseball and Perfect Game. Miami has a high ranking of No. 2 in the NCBWA and USA Today Coaches' polls.
TV: ESPN3. All three games will be broadcast by ESPN3 and can be watched online at WatchESPN.com or on the ESPN app - Friday | Saturday | Sunday.
Radio: All three games will be streamed on GoHeels.com. Friday and Sunday will be also be available on WCHL 97.9 FM in Chapel Hill.
On The Web: GoHeels.com • Twitter: @DiamondHeels | @CanesBaseball
| Carolina Probable Starters | Miami Probable Starters | |
| Friday | RHP Zac Gallen (Jr., 3-1, 1.49 ERA, 0.80 WHIP) |
LHP Thomas Woodrey (Sr., 2-2, 5.40 ERA, 1.48 WHIP) |
| Saturday | RHP J.B. Bukauskas (So., 4-0, 2.70 ERA, 1.26 WHIP) |
LHP Michael Mediavilla (So., 4-0, 2.53 ERA, 1.22 WHIP) |
| Sunday | RHP Jason Morgan (So., 2-2, 3.34 ERA, 1.21 WHIP) |
LHP Danny Garcia (Jr., 4-2, 2.17 ERA, 1.13 WHIP) |
NORTH CAROLINA-MIAMI SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina is 26-34-1 all-time against Miami, including a 16-19-1 mark under head coach Mike Fox.
• Miami took two of three in a tightly contested series last year in Chapel Hill. The Hurricanes rallied for a pair of 4-3 wins to open the series before Carolina rolled to a 10-3 victory on Sunday.
• UNC's last series win over UM came in 2013, when the Tar Heels took two of three from the Canes in Chapel Hill during the regular season and added an eight-inning mercy-rule win in the ACC tournament.
• When the two teams last met in Coral Gables, Miami won two of three in 2014. The Hurricanes grabbed the series-opener 6-5 in 16 innings before Carolina rebounded for an 11-2 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader. UM took the series finale 2-0 with Bryan Radziewski outdueling Zac Gallen.
