Tar Heels Claim Third Straight Sweep at State

RALEIGH – The North Carolina volleyball team captured its third straight ACC sweep on Wednesday, defeating cross-town rival NC State, 25-18, 25-19, 25-22, at Broughton High School. Carolina pulled away late in all three sets to pick up its 35th win over NC State in 37 matches since 1998. With the win, UNC improves to 7-7 (4-1 ACC), while State drops to 12-5 (1-4 ACC).

“It’s great to get an ACC road win,” said head coach Joe Sagula. “This was a tough environment. It was loud. It was hard to focus, to concentrate. We knew it was going to be like that. I thought that NC State came out and really played tough against us. We knew they would serve really tough against us and that they would put…