2024 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

2024 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
ACC Coastal Division champions ACC regular season champions Chapel Hill Regional champions Chapel Hill Super Regional champions
College World Series, 1–2
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
Record	48–16 (22–8 ACC)
Head coach	Scott Forbes (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Bryant Gaines (14th season) Jesse Wierzbicki (8th season) Jason Howell (4th season)
Home stadium	Boshamer Stadium

2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 9 Clemson x‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	16		.733
No. 6 NC State  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11		.621			38	–	23		.623
No. 4 Florida State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	12		.586			49	–	17		.742
Louisville  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			32	–	24		.571
No. 19 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			38	–	22		.633
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			27	–	25		.519
Boston College  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			22	–	31		.415
Coastal
No. 5 North Carolina x‍‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			48	–	16		.750
No. 7 Virginia  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			46	–	17		.730
No. 24 Duke  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	14		.533			40	–	20		.667
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			33	–	25		.569
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			32	–	22		.593
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			26	–	30		.464
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			26	–	28		.481
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 26, 2024 Rankings from D1Baseball

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

Further information: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball 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

2024 North Carolina Tar Heels roster
	Pitchers 15 - Cameron Padgett - Sophomore 17 - Boston Flannery - Freshman 24 - Matthew Matthijs - Sophomore 25 - Ben Peterson - Senior 26 - Kyle Percival - Sophomore 27 - Connor Bovair - Senior 28 - Shea Sprague - Junior 29 - Jason DeCaro - Freshman 31 - Olin Johnson - Freshman 35 - Francesco Capocci - Freshman 36 - Folger Boaz - Freshman 38 - Matt Poston - Senior 39 - Harrison Lewis - Freshman 41 - Jacob Kirby - Freshman 42 - Jake Knapp - Graduate 46 - Will Simmons - Sophomore 47 - Aidan Haugh - Junior 49 - Dalton Pence - Junior 50 - Hugh Collins - Freshman 51 - Ryan Fischer - Graduate 54 - Mason Yokum - Freshman 56 - Luke Osteen - Freshman 57 - Ryan Hench - Freshman		Catchers 44 - Luke Stevenson - Freshman 52 - Parker Haskin - Graduate Infielders 1 - Alex Madera - Graduate 3 - Colby Wilkerson - Senior 5 - Gavin Gallaher - Freshman 6 - Jackson Van De Brake - Senior 10 - Eliot Dix - Graduate 14 - Parks Harber - Senior 19 - Johnny Castagnozzi - Junior 43 - Tyler Parks - Freshman 45 - Hunter Stokely - Senior		Outfielders 2 - Reece Holbrook - Sophomore 4 - Anthony Donofrio - Graduate 7 - Vance Honeycutt - Junior 16 - Casey Cook - Sophomore 18 - Carter French - Sophomore 20 - Kaleb Cost - Freshman Utility 8 - Patrick Alvarez (INF/OF) - Senior 12 - Ryker Galaska (INF/OF) - Junior 23 - Alberto Osuna (1B/DH) - Senior

Coaching Staff

2023 North Carolina Tar Heels coaching staff
Name	Position	Seasons	Alma Mater
Scott Forbes	Head Coach	4	NC Wesleyan (1998)
Bryant Gaines	Assistant Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator	14	North Carolina (2011)
Jesse Wierzbicki	Assistant Coach	8	North Carolina (2011)
Jason Howell	Assistant Coach	4	North Carolina (2002)
Dave Arendas	Director of Baseball Operations	19	North Carolina (1990)

Schedule and results

Legend
	Win
	Loss
	Postponement
Bold	North Carolina team member
*	Non-Conference game
†	Make-Up Game

2024 North Carolina Tar Heels Baseball Schedule & Results
Regular Season
February (7–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record February 16 Wagner* No. 15 Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC W 10–3 Boaz (1–0) Wright (0–1) None 2,837 1–0 – February 17 Wagner* No. 15 Boshamer Stadium W 16–5 Pence (1–0) Bilka (0–1) None 2,193 2–0 – February 18 Wagner* No. 15 Boshamer Stadium W 20–6 Percival (1–0) Taudin-Chabot (0–1) None 2,709 3–0 – February 20 Elon* No. 15 Boshamer Stadium W 8–7 Matthijs (1–0) Spinoza (0–1) Pence (1) 2,018 4–0 – 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 – February 24 vs. No. 11 East Carolina* No. 15 Segra Stadium Fayetteville, NC L 4–7 Root (2–0) Peterson (0–1) Beal (1) 6,228 5–1 – February 25 at No. 11 East Carolina* No. 15 Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC L 9–10 Dilorenzo (1–0) Sprague (0–1) None 6,017 5–2 – February 27 VCU* No. 17 Boshamer Stadium W 8–2 DeCaro (1–0) Peters (1–2) None 1,822 6–2 – February 28 Longwood* No. 17 Boshamer Stadium W 12–3 Matthijs (3–0) Simmons (0–1) Fischer (1) 1,793 7–2 –
March (18–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record March 1 Princeton* No. 17 Boshamer Stadium W 12–2 Boaz (2–0) Episcope (0–2) None 1,809 8–2 – March 2 Princeton* No. 17 Boshamer Stadium W 11–2 Pence (2–0) Kim (1–1) None 2,496 9–2 – March 3 Princeton* No. 17 Boshamer Stadium W 13–6 Matthijs (4–0) Ferrer-Westrop (0–2) None 2,756 10–2 – March 5 at No. 22 Campbell* No. 16 Jim Perry Stadium Buies Creek, NC W 7–3 Poston (1–0) Roberts (2–1) None 1,403 11–2 – March 8 Pitt No. 16 Boshamer Stadium W 2–1 Matthijs (5–0) Fernandez (1–1) Poston (2) 2,323 12–2 1–0 March 9 Pitt No. 16 Boshamer Stadium W 7–4 Matthijs (6–0) Firoved (2–1) None 2,027 13–2 2–0 March 10 Pitt No. 16 Boshamer Stadium W 6–5 (10) Haugh (1–0) Fox (2–1) None 2,281 14–2 3–0 March 12 Rutgers* No. 15 Boshamer Stadium W 13–7 Matthijs (7–0) Mazza (0–1) None 2,006 15–2 – March 13 Rutgers* No. 15 Boshamer Stadium W 9–8 Percival (2–0) Gorski (1–1) Poston (3) 2,205 16–2 – March 15 at Miami (FL) No. 15 Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL L 1–14 Ziehl (1–1) Boaz (2–1) None 2,874 16–3 3–1 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 March 17 at Miami (FL) No. 15 Mark Light Field W 18–6 (7) Matthijs (8–1) Hernandez (2–2) None 2,621 17–4 4–2 March 19 UNC Wilmington* No. 20 Boshamer Stadium W 11–0 (7) Johnson (1–0) Phelan (0–3) None 2,438 18–4 – 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 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 March 24 Georgia Tech No. 20 Boshamer Stadium W 9–2 Sprague (1–1) McGuire (2–1) None 2,408 21–4 7–2 March 26 North Carolina A&T* No. 14 Boshamer Stadium W 10–5 Matthijs (10–1) Brewington (0–1) None 2,630 22–4 – March 29 at No. 12 Wake Forest No. 14 David F. Couch Ballpark Winston-Salem, NC W 6–5 Boaz (3–1) Burns (5–1) Pence (3) 3,514 23–4 8–2 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 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
April (9–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record April 4 at No. 15 Virginia No. 10 Disharoon Park Charlottesville, VA L 11–14 Augustin (2–0) Pence (2–1) None 3,734 25–5 10–3 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 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 April 9 vs. South Carolina* No. 13 Truist Field Charlotte, NC L 1–2 McCreery (2–0) Matthijs (11–2) None 4,092 26–7 – April 12 Notre Dame No. 13 Boshamer Stadium W 13–0 DeCaro (2–1) Bedford (1–5) None 2,523 27–7 12–4 April 13 Notre Dame No. 13 Boshamer Stadium W 7–2 Sprague (2–1) Radel (2–2) None 3,887 28–7 13–4 April 14 Notre Dame No. 13 Boshamer Stadium W 10–3 Haugh (2–0) Fox (1–1) None 3,169 29–7 14–4 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 – April 18 at NC State No. 11 Doak Field Raleigh, NC L 8–9 Smith (3–0) Poston (2–2) None 3,048 29–9 14–5 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 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 April 23 Gardner–Webb* No. 15 Boshamer Stadium W 5–2 Bovair (1–0) Hodges (0–2) Pence (4) 2,265 31–10 – April 26 Virginia Tech No. 15 Boshamer Stadium W 8–1 DeCaro (3–1) Neff (0–1) None 3,764 32–10 16–6 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 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 April 30 Charlotte* No. 12 Boshamer Stadium W 13–1 (7) Padgett (1–0) Hansen (1–7) None 2,268 34–11 –
May (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACC Record May 1 William and Mary* No. 12 Boshamer Stadium W 19–2 Peterson (1–1) Lippman (0–1) None 2,485 35–11 – May 7 Campbell* No. 11 Boshamer Stadium W 16–10 Peterson (2–1) Cox (0–2) None 3,003 36–11 – May 10 Louisville No. 11 Boshamer Stadium W 14–4 DeCaro (4–1) Gongora (5–4) None 2,840 37–11 18–7 May 11 Louisville No. 11 Boshamer Stadium W 6–4 Poston (3–2) Webster (4–2) Pence (6) 2,893 38–11 19–7 May 12 Louisville No. 11 Boshamer Stadium W 16–7 Haugh (4–1) Hartman (0–2) Peterson (1) 2,616 39–11 20–7 May 14 at UNC Wilmington No. 7 Brooks Field Wilmington, NC Canceled (inclement weather) May 16 at No. 11 Duke No. 7 Jack Coombs Field Durham, NC L 3–5 Beilenson (6–2) Matthijs (11–4) None 1,227 39–12 20–8 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 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
Postseason
ACC Tournament (1–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record ACCT Record 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 May 24 vs. No. 22 (8) Wake Forest (1) No. 7 Truist Field L 5–9 (12) Shenosky (5–3) Peterson (2–2) None 9,296 42–13 1–1
NCAA Tournament: Chapel Hill Regional (3–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record 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 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 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 June 3 vs. (2) No. 24 LSU (1) No. 6 Boshamer Stadium W 4–3 (10) Pence (4–1) Jump (6–2) None 4,026 45–14 3–1
NCAA Tournament: Chapel Hill Super Regional (2–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record 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 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
NCAA Tournament: College World Series (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record June 14 vs. No. 12 Virginia No. 4 Charles Schwab Field Omaha, NE W 3–2 Pence (5–1) Hungate (7–2) None 23,990 48–14 1–0 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 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

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament § Chapel Hill Super Regional

	Regional					Regional					Regional Final						Super Regional
	1	Arizona	4
	4	Grand Canyon	9
						4	Grand Canyon	2
						3	West Virginia	5
	3	West Virginia	4
	2	Dallas Baptist	1
											3	West Virginia	10	–
	Tucson Regional – Hi Corbett Field
											4	Grand Canyon	6	–
	1	Arizona	0
	2	Dallas Baptist	7
						4	Grand Canyon	12
						2	Dallas Baptist	10
																		West Virginia	6	1	–
																	4	North Carolina	8	2	–
	1	North Carolina	11
	4	LIU	8
						1	North Carolina	6
						2	LSU	2
	3	Wofford	3
	2	LSU	4
											1	North Carolina	4	410
	Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium
											2	LSU	8	3
	4	LIU	2
	3	Wofford	5
						2	LSU	13
						3	Wofford	6

Rankings

See also: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	15	15*	17	17	13	17	11	7	12	11	14	12	11	5	6	5	5	5
Baseball America	17	16	17	16	14	23	19	13	14	11	12	7	8	4	3	3	3	3
NCBWA†	16	14	16	14	11	17	11	7	13	11	14	9	10	5	6	4	4	4
D1Baseball	15	15	17	16	15	20	14	10	13	11	15	12	11	7	7	6	6	6

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.