Baseball Set To Host Duke

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Rivalry week is here as the Tar Heels prepare to face Duke in a weekend series in Boshamer Stadium.

Carolina has won 12 of its last 16 against the Blue Devils going back to 2018 and has laid claim to each of the last five series. UNC leads the all-time series 200-107-2 and is 111-47-1 in games at home. 2024's series win at No. 11 Duke in the last weekend of the regular season assured Carolina would finish with the best record in the ACC.

SCHEDULE
Game 1: Thursday, April 3 - 7 PM ET | ACCN | Giveaway: Sunglasses
Game 2: Friday, April 4 - 6 PM ET | ACCNX | Giveaway: Trading Cards Pack 3
Game 3: Saturday, April 5 - 2 PM ET | ACCNX | ServPro First Responders Day

#19 North Carolina Tar Heels (22-7, 6-6 ACC)
Head Coach: Scott Forbes
Record at North Carolina:176-96 (5th Season)
Career Record: Same
Career vs. Duke: 8-4

Duke Blue Devils (20-10, 7-5 ACC)
Head Coach: Chris Pollard
Record at Duke: 399-285 (13th Season)
Career Record: 784-603-2 (26th Season)
Career vs. UNC: 11-22

HISTORY ON THE HILL
➤ North Carolina baseball did on Tuesday night what it had not done yet this century, throwing a no-hitter in its run-rule 11-1 win over Gardner-Webb.
➤ It was the program's first combined no-no since Chris Elmore and Ryan Earey kept Towson off the board in March of 1999. It's just the program's third no-hitter of any kind since at least 1978.
➤ UNC is now one of just three schools to have thrown a no-hitter in both baseball and softball in 2025.
➤ Both Forbes and pitching coach Bryant Gaines said it was the first time they'd ever been a part of one, as either a player or coach.
➤ Folger Boaz (3.0), Olin Johnson (3.0) and Camron Seagraves (1.0) were phenomenal throughout, recording eight strikeouts and just one walk on the historic night.
➤ While the pitchers were busy shoving on the mound, the Carolina bats were carrying their weight to wrap this game up in seven on Tuesday night. 11 runs on 10 hits powered the Heels to their third run-rule win of the season.

SCOUTING THE DEVILS
➤ Duke comes into the contest in Chapel Hill with a 20-10 record and fresh off back-to-back run-rule victories.
➤ A midweek 12-0 (7) shutout of Davidson followed a 16-6 (8) win over NC State.
➤ The Blue Devils tookdown the Wolfpack over the weekend 2-1, winning on Friday 5-1 as well.
➤ The other highlights of Duke's conference play have come in sweeps of Cal and No. 23 Virginia, the latter on the road in Charlottesville.
➤ One week before, Duke was swept themselves on a roadtrip against No. 18 Stanford.
➤ Duke is 4th in ACC in home runs, 3rd in RBIs, and and leads the league in walks.
➤ On the mound, they are 8th in ERA and opponent batting average and allowed the 2nd most hits.

THAT FISH CAN FLY
➤ Transfer right fielder Tyson Bass seems to be finding his footing at the Division I level.
➤ In the last 10 games, he leads the team with a .400 batting average on 14 hits, 5 walks, 9 RBIs, and 7 runs scored.
➤ His speed has been an asset all season, robbing outs in right field while also stealing the second most bases on the team (9).
➤ A North Carolina Wesleyan (alma-mater of one Scott Forbes) transplant, Bass was the Bishops' all-time leader in home runs (48) and runs scored (227).

HAD TO BE HAUGH
➤ Last Monday, Aidan Haugh was named both the ACC's and the NCBWA's Pitcher of the Week following his one-hit, complete game shutout of Boston College.
➤ It is his first time winning either award in his career.
➤ The righty from Zebulon, N.C., held a no-hitter until the final batter, throwing 7.0 innings while racking up 11 strikeouts on just one hit and one walk.
➤ The absolute gem set a number of career benchmarks for Haugh. It was both his first complete game and first shutout while also being a new career-high in innings pitched and strikeouts.
➤ In BC's final at-bat on Sunday, the hitter struck his own teammate (Haugh's lone walk) with a grounder for the final out. By the technical NCAA rules, the batter is automatically awarded a hit even though it was the final out and the game was over. That close to Carolina's first non-combined no-no since 1978.

RETURN OF THE KNAPP
➤ The impact of the return of Jake Knapp to the Carolina starting rotation cannot be overstated.
➤ The Greensboro native was slated to be the Friday starter going into the 2024 season before sustaining a season-ending arm injury in the preseason.
➤ "Coach Knapp," as Forbes affectionately calls him, stayed locked in with the team despite his situation, attending every practice, game, and meeting. The coaching staff credits his leadership as a key factor in their run to Omaha in 2024.
➤ 623 days since his last appearance, the second-year captain retook the mound on opening day 2025. He threw three innings, allowing only two hits and racking up three strikeouts.
➤ In just his fourth appearance since the surgery, he threw his first career complete game in a career-long 7.0 inning win over Stanford.
➤ This year he is 5-0 in 38.2 innings thrown with 43 Ks, only 6 walks, and is holding a 1.63 ERA (3rd ACC). His K-to-BB ratio (7.17) is the 2nd best in the ACC.

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Players Mentioned

Tyson Bass

Folger Boaz

Aidan Haugh

Olin Johnson

Jake Knapp

Camron Seagraves