Hard to imagine not playing North Carolina during an ACC baseball season. The University of Louisville and UNC will finally get together in the first round of the ACC championship event Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Durham, NC.

The teams last met during the 2007 College World Series. The Tar Heels won that game 3-1 in the quarterfinals, giving UNC a 3-0 edge in the all-time series.

The game will be televised by the Russell Sports Network, which can be found on Fox Sport South in Louisville. The channels are 70 and 930 on Time Warner Cable.

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Everything’s quiet from the Athletic Department on the expansion of Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. However, the UofL Trustees’ Finance Committee recently released a $2.2 billion six-year capital plan.

The plan included $55 million for expansion in the north end of PJCS, indicating that the University is giving it a high priority in some quarters.

The plan also includes a new $71.7 instructional facility and a $198.8 million at the Health Sciences Center and a $102 research and academic center in the research park adjacent to PJCS.

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UofL’s Sebastian Stiefelmeyer was scheduled to face California’s Andre Goransson in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Singles Championship Wednesday at Waco, Texas.

Stiefelmeyer, a senior from Vienna, Austria, is the tournament’s fifth-seeded player after posting a 40-6 overall singles mark and going 22-3 in dual matches as Louisville’s No. 1 player. The 2015 first team all-ACC selection won the prestigious ITA All-American Championship in September 2014, becoming the first player in program history to win the title.

He was recently named the Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leadership Award winner.

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By Charlie Springer

Charlie Springer is a former Louisville editor and sportswriter, a public affairs consultant, a UofL grad and longtime fan.

One thought on “UofL baseball needs first win over North Carolina”
  1. All good news but the long-awaited press box for the Lacrosse Stadium is under construction! Woo! Hoo!

    Paulie

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