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Pack ends regular season in Chapel Hill

After sweeping Maryland in College Park last weekend, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will make the short drive to Chapel Hill for the final meet of the regular season.

The men’s team, which improved to 5-2 (2-2 ACC) after the win, will face a formidable opponent in UNC. The Tar Heel men are 3-2 (3-0 ACC), making them the lone undefeated team in conference action this year.State’s Stephen Mellor, who is No. 1 in the ACC in the 200-backstroke and 200-IM said the team is using these final meets to prepare themselves to tune up for the upcoming ACC Championships.

“We are just trying to create some momentum with the way we swim and take that into ACC’s,” Mellor said. “We are going to peak come ACC’s and we all know that.”

The women, meanwhile, take a 4-4 (1-3 ACC) record into this weekend’s meet after earning a hard fought victory against the Terrapins. The Tar Heel women own a 3-3 (2-1 ACC) record, which is good enough for fourth place in the ACC. Coach Brooks Teal said he hopes that the women will continue to gain confidence after notching their first victory in the conference.

“I think our women just need to have more confidence in who they are. I am proud of our women’s team and I don’t think they realize how good they can be,” Teal said.

— David Boaz

Schedule

Today

Men’s Tennis vs. Rice, noon

Women’s Tennis vs. Marshall, 5 p.m.

Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving @ UNC, 5 p.m.

Women’s Basketball @ Virginia, 7 p.m.

Gymnastics in Governor’s Cup meet at Towson, Md., 7 p.m.

Men’s and Women’s Track & Field @ Chapel Hill

Saturday

Wrestling @ Drexel, 10 a.m.

Men’s Tennis vs. Wisconsin, 2 p.m.

Men’s and Women’s Track & Field @ Chapel Hill

Sunday

Men’s Basketball vs. Wake Forest, noon

Women’s Tennis vs. Minnesota, noon

Gymnastics vs. Auburn, George Washington and Texas, 1 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Top 25

Team Record

1.Memphis 20-0

2.Kansas 20-1

3.Duke 17-1

4.North Carolina 19-1

5.UCLA 18-2

6.Georgetown 17-2

7.Tennessee 18-2

8.Michigan State 19-2

9.Washington State 17-2

10.Texas 16-4

11.Indiana 17-2

12.Butler 19-2

13.Wisconsin 16-3

14.Stanford 16-3

15.Xavier 17-4

16.Drake 19-1

17.Marquette 15-4

18.Pittsburg 17-4

19.Vanderbilt 17-4

20.Florida 18-3

21.St. Mary’s 17-322.Kansas State 15-423.Texas A&M 17-424.Mississippi 16-325.Baylor 16-3