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Takeaways from Miami’s series sweep over No. 13 North Carolina

Miami baseball demonstrated a ton of grit as it swept the 13th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels in its latest weekend series. Doing so against its Atlantic Coast Conference foe for the first time in six years, the Hurricanes knocked off a team that entered Coral Gables with the second-lowest ERA in Division I baseball.

With now a No. 13 ranking – its highest all season — Miami has restored its consistency and drive seen in its best start to a season since 2013, before hosting a top-15 Florida team in mid-February.

As the most impressive series for the Canes so far this season, here are a few takeaways from their first ACC sweep…

Sophomore pitcher Alex McFarlane pitches at the top of the eighth inning of Miami’s game versus the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Mark Light Field on March 27, 2022.