April 29, 2008

Danielle Spaulding won twice and added a save in leading the UNC softball ream to its first ACC regular-season title in 10 years and is the Progress Energy Tar Heel of the Week for April 21-27, 2008. Spaulding, a sophomore, Fontana, Calif., helped UNC go 4-1 on the week with a road series win at No. 18 Virginia Tech. Spaulding finished the week with a perfect 2-0 mark in the circle with a save and a 0.39 ERA allowing just one run on five hits over 18 innings of work. The Fontana, Calif. native also drove in three runs on the week with her team-leading 10th home run of the year against Winthrop on Wednesday.

Other nominees:

BRIAN MORAN
Baseball, LHP
Sophomore, Rye, N.Y.

Sophomore left-hander Brian Moran played a key role in the Tar Heels' series win over No. 2 Florida State with a pair of scoreless stints out of the bullpen. In Carolina's wins Friday and Sunday, the Rye, N.Y., native combined for 5 2/3 shutout innings and held the Seminoles to just four hits, while striking out four. He went 2 1/3 with three strikeouts in Friday's win and followed with a career-long 3 1/3 shutout innings in Sunday's clincher. The Tar Heels were held hitless until the seventh inning Sunday, but Moran was able to keep FSU off the board until UNC tied the game in the seventh and scored the game-winner in the 10th. Moran also worked an inning in the win over High Point Wednesday to finish with six strikeouts over 6 2/3 scoreless innings for the week. On the season, Moran owns a 1.08 ERA and 50 strikeouts to 10 walks in 33 1/3 innings.

COREY DONOHOE
Women's Lacrosse, Attacker
Freshman, Jarrettsville, Md.

The freshman attacker scored three goals in Thursday's ACC Tournament first round win over Boston College in Charlottesville, Va. She followed up that performance with a goal in Friday's semifinal loss to top-seeded and No. 2-ranked Maryland. Donohoe was the only freshman named to the 2008 All-ACC Team on Thursday evening.