2024 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

The 2024 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tar Heels played their home games at Boshamer Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Scott Forbes, in his fourth season as head coach. Forbes was assisted by Bryant Gaines, Jesse Wierzbicki, and Jason Howell. Dave Arendas served as director of operations.

Previous season

In Forbes' third year as head coach, the Tar Heels regressed from their 2021 campaign. Finishing the season 36–24, the 2023 Tar Heels beat Virginia and Georgia Tech in their pool before losing in the semifinals to the eventual champion Clemson in the ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels received an at-large bid in the Terre Haute regional as a part of the NCAA Tournament. They lost to Iowa in the opening game but beat Wright State to force an elimination game against Iowa, who they lost to again in 13 innings.

Roster

Class Listing as reflected on GoHeels.com

Coaching staff

Schedule and results

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|-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 16 || Wagner* || No. 15 || <br><small>Chapel Hill, NC</small> || W 10–3 || Boaz (1–0) || Wright (0–1) || None || 2,837 || 1–0 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 17 || Wagner* || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || W 16–5 || Pence (1–0) || Bilka (0–1) || None || 2,193 || 2–0 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 18 || Wagner* || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || W 20–6 || Percival (1–0) || Taudin-Chabot (0–1) || None || 2,709 || 3–0 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 20 || Elon* || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || W 8–7 || Matthijs (1–0) || Spinoza (0–1) || Pence (1) || 2,018 || 4–0 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 23 || No. 11 East Carolina* || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || W 2–1 || Matthijs (2–0) || Beal (0–1) || Poston (1) || 3,845 || 5–0 || – |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 24 || vs. No. 11 East Carolina* || No. 15 || Segra Stadium<br><small>Fayetteville, NC</small> || L 4–7 || Root (2–0) || Peterson (0–1) || Beal (1) || 6,228 || 5–1 || – |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | February 25 || at No. 11 East Carolina* || No. 15 || Clark–LeClair Stadium<br><small>Greenville, NC</small> || L 9–10 || Dilorenzo (1–0) || Sprague (0–1) || None || 6,017 || 5–2 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 27 || VCU* || No. 17 || Boshamer Stadium || W 8–2 || DeCaro (1–0) || Peters (1–2) || None || 1,822 || 6–2 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | February 28 || Longwood* || No. 17 || Boshamer Stadium || W 12–3 || Matthijs (3–0) || Simmons (0–1) || Fischer (1) || 1,793 || 7–2 || –

|-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 1 || Princeton* || No. 17 || Boshamer Stadium || W 12–2 || Boaz (2–0) || Episcope (0–2) || None || 1,809 || 8–2 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 2 || Princeton* || No. 17 || Boshamer Stadium || W 11–2 || Pence (2–0) || Kim (1–1) || None || 2,496 || 9–2 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 3 || Princeton* || No. 17 || Boshamer Stadium || W 13–6 || Matthijs (4–0) || Ferrer-Westrop (0–2) || None || 2,756 || 10–2 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 5 || at No. 22 Campbell* || No. 16 || Jim Perry Stadium<br><small>Buies Creek, NC</small> || W 7–3 || Poston (1–0) || Roberts (2–1) || None || 1,403 || 11–2 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 8 || Pitt || No. 16 || Boshamer Stadium || W 2–1 || Matthijs (5–0) || Fernandez (1–1) || Poston (2) || 2,323 || 12–2 || 1–0 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 9 || Pitt || No. 16 || Boshamer Stadium || W 7–4 || Matthijs (6–0) || Firoved (2–1) || None || 2,027 || 13–2 || 2–0 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 10 || Pitt || No. 16 || Boshamer Stadium || W 6–5 <small>(10)</small> || Haugh (1–0) || Fox (2–1) || None || 2,281 || 14–2 || 3–0 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 12 || Rutgers* || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || W 13–7 || Matthijs (7–0) || Mazza (0–1) || None || 2,006 || 15–2 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 13 || Rutgers* || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || W 9–8 || Percival (2–0) || Gorski (1–1) || Poston (3) || 2,205 || 16–2 || – |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 15 || at Miami (FL) || No. 15 || Mark Light Field<br><small>Coral Gables, FL</small> || L 1–14 || Ziehl (1–1) || Boaz (2–1) || None || 2,874 || 16–3 || 3–1 |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | March 16 || at Miami (FL) || No. 15 || Mark Light Field || L 1–2 || Robert (3–0) || Matthijs (7–1) || None || 3,036 || 16–4 || 3–2 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 17 || at Miami (FL) || No. 15 || Mark Light Field || W 18–6 <small>(7)</small> || Matthijs (8–1) || Hernandez (2–2) || None || 2,621 || 17–4 || 4–2 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 19 || UNC Wilmington* || No. 20 || Boshamer Stadium || W 11–0 <small>(7)</small> || Johnson (1–0) || Phelan (0–3) || None || 2,438 || 18–4 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 22 || Georgia Tech || No. 20 || Boshamer Stadium || W 5–4 || Matthijs (9–1) || Patel (1–2) || Pence (2) || 1,915 || 19–4 || 5–2 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 23 || Georgia Tech || No. 20 || Boshamer Stadium || W 11–5 || Percvial (3–0) || McKee (2–2) || Poston (4) || 2,594 || 20–4 || 6–2 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 24 || Georgia Tech || No. 20 || Boshamer Stadium || W 9–2 || Sprague (1–1) || McGuire (2–1) || None || 2,408 || 21–4 || 7–2 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 26 || North Carolina A&T* || No. 14 || Boshamer Stadium || W 10–5 || Matthijs (10–1) || Brewington (0–1)|| None || 2,630 || 22–4 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 29 || at No. 12 Wake Forest || No. 14 || David F. Couch Ballpark<br><small>Winston-Salem, NC</small> || W 6–5 || Boaz (3–1) || Burns (5–1) || Pence (3) || 3,514 || 23–4 || 8–2 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 30 || at No. 12 Wake Forest || No. 14 || David F. Couch Ballpark || W 10–6 || Percival (4–0) || Falco Jr. (0–2) || None || 3,514 || 24–4 || 9–2 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | March 31 || at No. 12 Wake Forest || No. 14 || David F. Couch Ballpark || W 14–10 || Matthijs (11–1) || Shenosky (2–2) || None || 3,514 || 25–4 || 10–2

|-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 4 || at No. 15 Virginia || No. 10 || Disharoon Park<br><small>Charlottesville, VA</small> || L 11–14 || Augustin (2–0) || Pence (2–1) || None || 3,734 || 25–5 || 10–3 |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 5 || at No. 15 Virginia || No. 10 || Disharoon Park || L 2–7 || Blanco (5–1) || DeCaro (1–1) || Coady (1) || 4,475 || 25–6 || 10–4 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 6 || at No. 15 Virginia || No. 10 || Disharoon Park || W 12–7 || Poston (2–0) || Teel (2–2) || None || 5,919 || 26–6 || 11–4 |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 9 || vs. South Carolina* || No. 13 || Truist Field<br><small>Charlotte, NC</small> || L 1–2 || McCreery (2–0) || Matthijs (11–2) || None || 4,092 || 26–7 || – |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 12 || Notre Dame || No. 13 || Boshamer Stadium || W 13–0 || DeCaro (2–1) || Bedford (1–5) || None || 2,523 || 27–7 || 12–4 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 13 || Notre Dame || No. 13 || Boshamer Stadium || W 7–2 || Sprague (2–1) || Radel (2–2) || None || 3,887 || 28–7 || 13–4 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 14 || Notre Dame || No. 13 || Boshamer Stadium || W 10–3 || Haugh (2–0) || Fox (1–1) || None || 3,169 || 29–7 || 14–4 |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 16 || No. 19 Coastal Carolina* || No. 11 || Boshamer Stadium || L 4–5 || Carbone (5–1) || Poston (2–1) || Hinkel (1) || 3,268 || 29–8 || – |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 18 || at NC State || No. 11 || Doak Field<br><small>Raleigh, NC</small> || L 8–9 || Smith (3–0) || Poston (2–2) || None || 3,048 || 29–9 || 14–5 |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 19 || NC State || No. 11 || Doak Field || L 4–5 || Lucas (1–0) || Matthijs (11–3) || Dudan (4) || 3,048 || 29–10 || 14–6 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 20 || NC State || No. 11 || Boshamer Stadium || W 14–3 || Haugh (3–0) || Consiglio (2–3) || Bovair (1) || 3,048 || 30–10 || 15–6 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 23 || Gardner–Webb* || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || W 5–2 || Bovair (1–0) || Hodges (0–2) || Pence (4) || 2,265 || 31–10 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 26 || Virginia Tech || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || W 8–1 || DeCaro (3–1) || Neff (0–1) || None || 3,764 || 32–10 || 16–6 |-bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 27 || Virginia Tech || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || W 6–3 || Sprague (3–1) || Renfrow (5–2) || Pence (5) || 3,642 || 33–10 || 17–6 |-bgcolor="#ffdddd" | April 28 || Virginia Tech || No. 15 || Boshamer Stadium || L 3–4 || Kirtner (7–0) || Haugh (1–1) || Little (6) || 3,165 || 33–11 || 17–7 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | April 30 || Charlotte* || No. 12 || Boshamer Stadium || W 13–1 <small>(7)</small> || Padgett (1–0) || Hansen (1–7) || None || 2,268 || 34–11 || –

|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 1 || William and Mary* || No. 12 || Boshamer Stadium || W 19–2 || Peterson (1–1) || Lippman (0–1) || None || 2,485 || 35–11 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 7 || Campbell* || No. 11 || Boshamer Stadium || W 16–10 || Peterson (2–1) || Cox (0–2) || None || 3,003 || 36–11 || – |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 10 || Louisville || No. 11 || Boshamer Stadium || W 14–4 || DeCaro (4–1) || Gongora (5–4) || None || 2,840 || 37–11 || 18–7 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 11 || Louisville || No. 11 || Boshamer Stadium || W 6–4 || Poston (3–2) || Webster (4–2) || Pence (6) || 2,893 || 38–11 || 19–7 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 12 || Louisville || No. 11 || Boshamer Stadium || W 16–7 || Haugh (4–1) || Hartman (0–2) || Peterson (1) || 2,616 || 39–11 || 20–7 |-bgcolor="#bbbbbb" | May 14 || at UNC Wilmington || No. 7 || Brooks Field<br><small>Wilmington, NC</small> || colspan=7| Canceled (inclement weather) |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 16 || at No. 11 Duke || No. 7 || Jack Coombs Field<br><small>Durham, NC</small> || L 3–5 || Beilenson (6–2) || Matthijs (11–4) || None || 1,227 || 39–12 || 20–8 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 17 || at No. 11 Duke || No. 7 || Jack Coombs Field || W 6–4 || Pence (3–1) || Beilenson (6–3) || None || 1,147 || 40–12 || 21–8 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 18 || at No. 11 Duke || No. 7 || Jack Coombs Field || W 14–6 || Matthijs (12–4) || Oschell III (0–2) || None || 1,863 || 41–12 || 22–8

|- ! style="" | Postseason |-

|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 23 || vs. (12) Pitt || (1) No. 7 || Truist Field || W 12–2 || DeCaro (5–1) || Andrade (2–4) || None || 4,263 || 42–12 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | May 24 || vs. No. 22 (8) Wake Forest || (1) No. 7 || Truist Field || L 5–9 <small>(12)</small> || Shenosky (5–3) || Peterson (2–2) || None || 9,296 || 42–13 || 1–1

|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | May 31 || vs. (4) LIU || (1) No. 6 || Boshamer Stadium || W 11–8 || Poston (4–2) || DeCastro (4–4) || None || 3,802 || 43–13 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | June 1 || vs. (2) No. 24 LSU || (1) No. 6 || Boshamer Stadium || W 6–2 || Peterson (3–2) || Holman (9–3) || Pence (7) || 3,919 || 44–13 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | June 2 || vs. (2) No. 24 LSU || (1) No. 6 || Boshamer Stadium || L 4–8 || Hurd (3–4) || Haugh (4–2) || None || 4,098 || 44–14 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | June 3 || vs. (2) No. 24 LSU || (1) No. 6 || Boshamer Stadium || W 4–3 <small>(10)</small>|| Pence (4–1) || Jump (6–2) || None || 4,026 || 45–14 || 3–1

|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | June 7 || vs. West Virginia || No. 4 || Boshamer Stadium || W 8–6 || Poston (5–2) || Clark (8–3) || None || 4,139 || 46–14 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | June 8 || vs. West Virginia || No. 4 || Boshamer Stadium || W 2–1 || DeCaro (6–1) || Switalksi (5–3) || Pence (8) || 4,491 || 47–14 || 2–0

|- bgcolor="#ddffdd" | June 14 || vs. No. 12 Virginia || No. 4 || Charles Schwab Field<br><small>Omaha, NE</small> || W 3–2 || Pence (5–1) || Hungate (7–2) || None || 23,990 || 48–14 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | June 16 || vs. No. 1 Tennessee || No. 4 || Charles Schwab Field || L 1–6 || Beam (9–2) || Sprague (3–2) || None || 25,140 || 48–15 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#ffdddd" | June 18 || vs. No. 8 Florida State || No. 4 || Charles Schwab Field || L 5–9 || Hults (3–1) || Haugh (4–3) || None || 23,047 || 48–16 || 1–2

Rankings from D1Baseball

Chapel Hill Super Regional

Rankings

References