•Volleyball's Baker lives in a mind of her own

Rule 12.1.3.1 in the NCAA Rules and Interpretations handbook states that "the libero must wear a uniform shirt or jersey that is immediately recognized from all angles as being in clear contrast to and distinct from the other members of the team."

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•Lady Braves roll past PBC foe Lander

After having to wait nearly a month into the season for their first home contests, the UNCP volleyball team made the most of the friendly confines of the English E. Jones Center, grabbing a straight set victory over a Peach Belt Conference opponent for the second consecutive day after defeating Lander on Sept 24.

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•Braves falter in PBC home opener

The UNCP men's soccer team fell to Peach Belt Conference foe Flagler College 2-0 as the visitors scored two second half goals at Varsity Grounds on Sept. 23.

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•Daniels runs Braves past Glenville State

Travis Daniels is really strong. And not just in the physical sense.The senior running back set a new school record with four rushing touchdowns while totaling 147 yards as the UNCP football team erased an early deficit and defeated visiting Glenville State 42-34 on Sept. 24.

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•Braves hold on in Daniels' big day

Braves running back Travis Daniels had a banner day, but the UNCP football team had to fight off a second half charge from visiting Chowan on Sept. 10 to improve to 2-0 in 2011 with their 49-38 win.

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•Tar Heels, Spartans highlight basketball schedule

The UNCP men's basketball team released its 2011-2012 schedule on Sept. 9, as the Braves will play 28 regular season games and a pair of exhibition contests.

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•Volleyball only gets one win in Florida

The UNCP volleyball team managed to take only one victory out of their four games in the Eckerd College Classic in St. Petersburg, Fla., in the McArthur Center on Sept. 9 and 10.

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•Braves grab lopsided win over Chowan

The UNCP men's soccer team grabbed its fourth straight win with a resounding 10-1 non-conference win against Chowan in Murfreesboro, N.C. on Sept. 10.

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•Braves cross country teams both garner first place finishes

Both the UNCP men's and women's cross country teams opened their 2011 seasons on Sept. 2 in the 5K Gamecock Invitational, and both sets of Braves brought home first place finishes in the event.

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•Braves score 33 on the way to Classic three-peat

The third time was still not the charm for Fayetteville State, as two late fourth quarter scores pushed the UNCP football team past the Broncos with a 33-27 win in the third annual Two Rivers Classic as both teams opened their 2011 seasons Sept. 3 in Fayetteville.

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•Braves ready to take control of Two Rivers' rivalry

A 41-38, double overtime thriller made it a rivalry. A 39-0 thumping gave the Braves control of the series. A third-straight win in the third installment of the Two Rivers Classic would give the UNCP football team firm control over regional bragging rights over Fayetteville State.

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•Season of uncertainty ready to be tackled

Before the UNCP football team's final game of their 2010 season, 22 seniors were honored before the game. After the 17 point loss, those same 22 seniors walked off the field for the last time and left a gaping hole in the Braves program.

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•Volleyball ready for breakout season

"The days where people don't respect Pembroke vol- leyball has passed. They have to now." In years past, this statement from UNCP head volleyball coach Jeff Billington might have been, oh, a bit of wishful thinking.

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•Rodgers retires after 30 years on top

After 30 years of leading the UNCP men's and women's track and field teams, Larry Rodgers announced his retirement on June 28. Rodgers has been the UNCP track and field program's head coach since the 1981-1982 season, which ultimately became the only head coaching job Rodgers held.

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•Gibbs steps down; Johnson moves up

After five seasons at the helm of the UNCP wrestling program, former head coach Jamie Gibbs resigned this summer, and Othello Johnson was named the sixth head coach in the wrestling program's history.

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•Love of the game propels Shinnick’s journey to success

UNC Pembroke’s football coach, Peter Shinnick, has been around football his entire life, watching his father coach in the NFL, playing in high school and college and coaching for more than 25 years.

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•Diamond Braves set to take on familiar foe in first NCAA Tournament

The UNCP baseball team received the No. 3 seed in the Southeast Regional and will take on a familiar opponent, 4th-seeded Columbus State from the Peach Belt Conference, in the opening round on May 19 with an early first pitch of 11 a.m. at Scarborough Field.

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•Diamond Braves capture PBC Title

The UNCP baseball team tallied four straight wins over five days in Columbus, Ga., culminating with their first ever Peach Belt Conference Tournament championship on May 12 after beating Augusta State 2-1 in the Braves first trip to the tournament’s title game.

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•Men's golf finishes 14th in regional

The UNCP men’s golf team traveled to DeLand, Fla., on May 2-4, bringing home a 14th place finish in the NCAA South/Southeast Super Regional held at Victoria Hills Golf Club as they wrapped their 2010-2011 season.

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•Diamond Braves finish regular season on five-game winning streak

The UNCP baseball team wrapped up the regular season portion of its 2011 with five wins in seven days, beginning with a blowout win over St. Andrews on April 25 and finishing the week by grabbing their third win of the season against Barton May 1.

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•State of UNCP athletics strong

Behind every great team is a leader, and behind every great leader there is a general. From his office inside the English E. Jones Center, UNCP Director of Athletics Dan Kenney has been at the helm of the Braves' 16 sports since 1998, including overseeing the additions of three sports to the program.

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•Braves sweep series of ranked teams

In a clash of two nationally ranked teams, the Peach Belt Conference cross-divisional series between the UNCP baseball team and Georgia College on April 9 and 10 did not disappoint.

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•Lady Braves split Senior Day twin bill

After dropping the first game of their Peach Belt Conference doubleheader 5- 0, the UNCP softball team answered back with a walkoff, 3-2 win in the finale on Senior Day for six Lady Braves April 10.

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•Lady Braves end skid, grab win over Coker

Behind every great team is a leader, and behind every great leader there is a general. From his office inside the English E. Jones Center, UNCP Director of Athletics Dan Kenney has been at the helm of the Braves' 16 sports since 1998, including overseeing the additions of three sports to the program.

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•High finishes for track at Lynchburg Classic

The UNCP men's track and field team took home 11 top-five finishes, while the women's relay team broke a 10-year-old school record time to highlight action at the Lynchburg College Classic on April 9. Included in the men's top-five finishes were the race wins by seniors Maurice Eubanks and Karlos Jordan.

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•Distance not an issue for running duo

When looking at college choices, there are typically two types of college students.

There are those who want to go to a school close to home, family and friends, and there are those students who want to go away and have the experience of living on their own away from their family.

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•Lady Braves' upset attempt falls short

The UNCP tennis team put up a valiant effort on March 27, putting a scare into 10th-ranked Flagler, before the hosts grabbed a 6-3 Peach Belt Conference win.

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•Lady Braves sweeps two games at Lander

The UNCP softball team used speed and good defense to beat Lander 4-0 in both game one and two of a doubleheader at Doug Spears Field March 28.

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•Braves drop two of three in road series

The seventh-ranked UNCP baseball team hit a PBC roadblock on the road March 26 and 27, dropping the first two games of their three game set with No. 22 Columbus State before recovering to win the finale.

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•Track competes in Weems Baskins

The UNCP men's and women's track and field teams competed in the Weems Baskins Invitational on March 26, with several runners from both squads turning in great performances.

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•Men's golf team places eighth in highly competitive tournament

Teeing off against 13 of the top 30 ranked teams in the nation, the UNCP men's golf team held its own at the Bobcat Invitational on March 21 and 22, finishing the event in a tie for eighth place.

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•Braves establish themselves with season of firsts

Walking off the court March 12 after being ousted in the opening game of the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament, the UNCP men's basketball team was obviously disappointed.

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•Seniors push Lady Braves to a solid final season

A season of change is on the horizon for the UNCP women's basketball team, as six seniors closed out their collegiate careers at the conclusion of the 2010- 2011 season.

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•Braves stuffed in first NCAA appearance

The storybook run for the UNCP men's basketball team came to a close in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Tournament on March 12, falling to Peach Belt Conference foe Augusta State for the fourth time in the 2010-2011 campaign.

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•No. 4 Lander too much for Lady Braves

Just 17 total first half points and a 15.2 shooting percentage in the opening period were too much for the UNCP women's basketball team to overcome, falling 80-53 to fourthranked Lander in the opening round of the 2011 Peach Belt Conference tournament on March 2.

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•Braves sweep PBC foe Flagler in series

UNCP's dynamic baseball team swept Flagler in a three game series March 12 and 13. The Braves took game one 4-3 in dramatic fashion thanks to a Joe Mangum walk-off double before tallying 17 runs in game two and rallying back for a 8-4 win in the series finale.

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•Tennis spends break in Hilton Head

With most students vacationing on Spring Break, the UNCP tennis team instead spent the week out of school in Hilton Head, S.C., where they played in six matches from March 4-11, finishing 2-4 in the contests.

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•Weakley, Williams finish fifth in country

UNCP wrestlers Russell Weakley and Mike Williams both finished fifth in their respective weight classes and gathered All- American status at the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships on March 11 and 12 in Kearney, Neb.

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•Diamond Braves sweep Bloomfield

The UNCP baseball team, ranked 18th in the country, outscored visiting Bloomfield by a combined 31-6 margin over the team's three-game series on Feb. 19 and 20, as the Braves improved their perfect record to 11-0 after the series sweep.

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•Shinnick, Braves release 2011 schedule

The third installment of the Two Rivers Classic, six home games inside Grace P. Johnson Stadium and an all- Division II foe schedule for the first time all highlight the 2011 edition of UNCP Braves football this fall.

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•Slow start dooms Braves against Aiken

In a game with Peach Belt Conference tournament implications, an early deficit turned out to be too much for the UNCP men's basketball team to handle on Feb. 16, as the Braves comeback effort fell short in their 69-65 loss to visiting foe USC Aiken.

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•Cotten's career high leads Lady Braves to Peach Belt road win

UNCP junior DeDe Cotten tallied a career-best 22 points off the bench to lead the Lady Braves to a 77-68 Peach Belt Conference win at North Georgia on Feb. 12.

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•Braves cross country garners all-academic honors

Four individual UNCP cross country student-athletes were recently named to the USTFCCCA Division II Cross Country All-Academic teams released by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), while the UNCP women's cross country team as a whole was named to the USTFCCCA 2010 Division II Cross Country All-Academic Team.

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•Wrestling stumbles on Senior Night

The UNCP wrestling team honored its two seniors, Russell Weakley and Dennis Fix, prior to hosting Limestone in both teams' final dual matches of the season on Feb. 10.

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•Lady Braves golf brings home two championships

UNCP senior Katja Dammann finished five strokes ahead of her nearest competition and the Lady Braves all finished in the top-15 places to grab both an individual and a team championship at the Newberry Invitational on Feb. 14-15.

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•Eubanks, McDowell place high for Braves track

During the UNCP track and field teams' competition at the UNC Invitational on Feb. 12, the Braves had an athlete stand out on both the men's and women's sides.

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•New day, same results for Lady Braves

The UNCP tennis team found itself on the wrong end of the fun after their match to Peach Belt Conference foe Lander on Feb. 20, falling by another 8-1 margin.

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•Lady Braves host UNCP Invitational

The UNCP softball team opened its 2011 campaign on Feb. 6 and 7, hosting the UNCP Invitational and splitting their two games in the tournament.

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•Family affair for Braves basketball

A quick look down the UNCP men's basketball coaching roster will find a head coach, two assistant coaches, two graduate assistant coaches and two student coaches.

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•Lady Braves cruise to win over Flagler

The UNCP women's basketball team got back on the winning track on Feb. 5, defeating Flagler 79-59 inside the English E. Jones Center to end a two-game losing streak.

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•Francis Marion too much on road for Lady Braves

Francis Marion guards Shannon Singleton-Bates and Courtney Mealing scored a combined 53 points to power the Lady Patriots past rival UNCP at the Smith University Center Feb. 2 in Francis Marion's 75-60 win.

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