University of North Carolina Athletics
No. 2 Carolina Opens NCAA Play Friday With Davidson
June 1, 2017 | Baseball
CHAPEL HILL --- No. 2 national seed North Carolina will host its first regional since 2013 when the Tar Heels welcome Florida Gulf Coast University, Michigan and Davidson to Boshamer Stadium for the 2017 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional beginning Friday afternoon. Atlantic Sun champ FGCU will take on Michigan at 1 p.m. before Carolina faces Atlantic 10 winner Davidson in the nightcap at 6. The entire Chapel Hill Regional will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and can be seen at WatchESPN.com, through the ESPN app and on various streaming devices.
AT A GLANCE
Records: North Carolina 47-12, FGCU 42-18, Michigan 42-15, Davidson 32-24
Video: Friday Game 1 | Friday Game 2
Audio: GoHeels.com
On The Web: GoHeels.com • Twitter: @DiamondHeels
CAROLINA IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
• Carolina is making its 30th NCAA tournament appearance this week, and the Tar Heels are 97-66 all-time in the event. UNC is 62-34 in the postseason under Mike Fox.
• The Tar Heels enter the tournament as a national seed for the seventh time (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013) and the first since earning the No. 1 overall seed in 2013. The No. 2 seed matches the 2008 squad for the highest seed in program history.
• UNC is 31-7 all-time as a host in the postseason, including a 21-5 mark in the regional round. The Tar Heels have won seven regional titles in the current format and six (including the 2008 NCAA Cary Regional) have come at home.
• Carolina is hosting a regional for the ninth time in its history and the eighth time since 2006.
• The Tar Heels are 25-4 all-time in their opening game of the tournament, with the only losses coming in 1982, 1993, 1998 and 2014.
• Since the NCAA moved to the current postseason format in 1999, UNC is 35-18 in the regional round.
• Carolina enters the NCAA tournament with 47 wins. Only the 1990 (49), 2007 (48) and 2013 (52) teams had more prior to NCAA play.
NORTH CAROLINA-DAVIDSON SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina is 89-22 all-time against Davidson. With 111 all-time meetings, Davidson is the most common UNC opponent that has never been a member of the ACC.
• Carolina has played Davidson each year since Mike Fox took over in Chapel Hill, and the Tar Heels are 18-1 against the Wildcats under Fox, including this year's 7-6 win in 10 innings.
• This year marks Davidson's first NCAA tournament appearance.
• Davidson scored its first win in the series since 1987 and its first in Chapel Hill since 1972 with a 12-11 victory in 2015. Carolina trailed 10-0 and 12-2 before rallying with nine runs in the final two innings.
• Prior to 2015, UNC had won 27 straight over Davidson overall, with the Wildcats last winning on April 2, 1987.
NORTH CAROLINA-MICHIGAN SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina is 6-7 all-time against Michigan, including a 3-1 mark under Fox.
• Carolina and Michigan last met in 2010. The Tar Heels swept a three-game series in Chapel Hill. Michigan's last win in the series came in Greenville, North Carolina, in 2005.
• UNC and U-M met in the 1978 College World Series in their only previous postseason encounter. The Tar Heels eliminated the Wolverines in a 7-6 final, and Fox earned All-CWS honors as a second baseman.
NORTH CAROLINA-FGCU SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina has never faced Florida Gulf Coast University in baseball. The Eagles are making their NCAA tournament debut in 2017.
