It didn’t take long for Winston-Salem State to win its first conference title since rejoining the CIAA. Both the men’s and women’s cross-country teams won conference titles yesterday in Cary. It was the first time in school history that WSSU won cross-country titles.
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Top-ranked and speedy Akron spoiled the home soccer opener for Wake Forest last night at Spry Stadium.
Top-ranked and speedy Akron spoiled the home opener for Wake Forest on Sunday night at Spry Stadium.
Southern California was slapped with a two-year bowl ban last month. Now North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida are acknowledging that the NCAA has taken a look at their athletics departments.
Starting a junior-college softball program from scratch in a small rural county would seem to be a daunting task. Based on early results, Coach Amber Watson Reid of Surry Community College is up to the challenge.
Virginia 4, Wake Forest 0: Michael Shabaz, Jarmere Jenkins and Drew Courtney won their singles matches to lead Virginia past Wake Forest in the second round of the NCAA tournament yesterday in Charlottesville, Va.
l Brothers Kenny and Robby Swab of Kernersville are putting together solid baseball seasons.
Bob Bradley, the U.S. soccer coach, sounds willing to consider midfielders DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu for his World Cup roster.
Free agent slugger Jason Bay and the New York Mets have reached a preliminary agreement, a person familiar with the negotiations said yesterday.
A Canadian doctor who has treated golfer Tiger Woods and many other pro athletes is under a joint U.S.-Canadian investigation for possibly providing performance-enhancing drugs, a U.S. official said.
■ Goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald said it's difficult to compare this season's Wake Forest team to last season's.
Postseason matches against Virginia often end badly for the Wake Forest men's soccer team.
■ Defender Justin Lichtfuss, Wake Forest's only fifth-year senior, is having his best season and is seeing plenty of playing time because of his consistency on defense.
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North Carolina didn't waste much time ending Wake Forest's season in women's soccer.
Melissa Henderson and Haley Ford scored first-half goals less than a minute apart yesterday to lift Notre Dame to a 2-0 victory against host Florida State in a quarterfinal match of the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament.
German police have questioned two players from the Fortuna Duesseldorf soccer team yesterday in connection with the widening match-fixing scandal in Europe.
Sprint stars Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the United States will race each other at least three times at elite Diamond League meets next year.
The NCAA field-hockey championship on Sunday at Kentner Stadium will have plenty of ACC flavor, as No. 1 Maryland and No. 3 North Carolina won their semifinals games yesterday.
A header by Wake Forest midfielder Bess Harrington in the final second of regulation found the back of the net for a goal as the Deacons defeated South Carolina 1-0 in the third round of the NCAA Tournament at Stone Stadium last night.
Tiger Woods lost his three-shot advantage in six holes yesterday in the Australian Masters. By the end of the day, he was happy to simply be tied for the lead with Greg Chalmers and James Nitties.
No. 7 Wake Forest and No. 3 North Carolina each won in the opening round of the NCAA Field Hockey Championships yesterday at Kentner Stadium, and they will play each other today.
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The big winner? The United States. It couldn't have been any closer, with Bross' fall on her final tumbling pass the difference.
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