# 2025 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

The 2025 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tar Heels play their home games at Boshamer Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Scott Forbes, in his fifth season as head coach. Forbes was assisted by Bryant Gaines, Jesse Wierzbicki, and Jason Howell. Dave Arendas served as director of operations.

## Preseason
### Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on January 30, 2025. The Tar Heels were projected to finish in third place in the conference.
Coaches' Poll — Coastal :
| Predicted finish | Team | Points |
| 1 | Virginia | 251 (13) |
| 2 | Florida State | 230 (2) |
| 3 | North Carolina | 217 |
| 4 | Clemson | 214 (1) |
| 5 | Duke | 182 |
| 6 | Wake Forest | 171 |
| 7 | NC State | 168 |
| 8 | Stanford | 143 |
| 9 | Louisville | 128 |
| 10 | Georgia Tech | 113 |
| 11 | Miami (FL) | 87 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | 85 |
| 13 | California | 60 |
| 14 | Pitt | 52 |
| 15 | Notre Dame | 44 |
| 16 | Boston College | 31 |
Source:

## Personnel
### Starters

Lineup :
* Pos.
* C
* 1B
* 2B
* 3B
* SS
* LF
* CF
* RF
* DH
Weekend Pitching Rotation :
* Day
* Friday
* Saturday
* Sunday

### Roster

Class Listing as reflected on GoHeels.com

### Coaching Staff
## Offseason
### Departures

Offseason Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| Colby Wilkerson | 3 | INF | 5'10" | 180 | Senior | Oxford, North Carolina |
| Patrick Alvarez | 8 | INF/OF | 5'7" | 165 | Senior | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Eliot Dix | 10 | INF | 5'10" | 195 | Graduate | Maplewood, New Jersey |
| Parks Harber | 14 | INF | 6'3" | 225 | Senior | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Johnny Castagnozzi | 19 | INF | 6'2" | 205 | Senior | Massapequa, New York |
| Kaleb Cost | 20 | OF | 5'10" | 190 | Freshman | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Ben Peterson | 25 | RHP | 6'3" | 217 | Senior | Cary, North Carolina |
| Connor Bovair | 27 | RHP | 6'1" | 210 | Senior | Moreau, New York |
| Matt Poston | 38 | RHP | 6'4" | 235 | Senior | Hampton, South Carolina |
| Hugh Collins | 50 | LHP | 6'1" | 185 | Freshman | Clayton, North Carolina |
| Ryan Fischer | 51 | RHP | 6'2" | 225 | Graduate | Whitehouse Station, New Jersey |
| Parker Haskin | 52 | C | 5'9" | 185 | Graduate | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida |
| Luke Osteen | 56 | RHP | 6'1" | 185 | Freshman | Huntersville, North Carolina |

#### 2024 MLB Draft
### Acquisitions
#### Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Hometown | Year | Previous school |
| Tom Chmielewski | 10 | LHP | 6'2" | 210 | Needham, MA | Graduate | Princeton |
| Tyson Bass | 11 | OF | 6'3" | 211 | Lucama, NC | Graduate | North Carolina Wesleyan |
| Macaddin Dye | 12 | C | 6'1" | 215 | Virginia Beach, VA | Sophomore | Liberty |
| Sam Angelo | 23 | INF | 6'0" | 225 | Toms River, NJ | Graduate | Montclair State |
| Rom Kellis V | 25 | C/INF | 6'1" | 203 | Gilbert, SC | Junior | Florence–Darlington TC |
| Kane Kepley | 27 | OF | 5'8" | 180 | Salisbury, NC | Junior | Liberty |
| Cale Bolton | 38 | RHP | 6'5" | 240 | Louisburg, NC | Graduate | Liberty |
| Dylan Weber | 49 | LHP | 6'0" | 197 | Sterling, VA | Graduate | Christopher Newport |

#### Incoming recruits
## Game log

2025 North Carolina Tar Heels Baseball Game Log (15–2) :
Regular Season (16–3) :
February (10–0) :
| Date | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC |
| February 14 (DH 1) | ACCNX | Texas Tech* | No. 6 | Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC | W 5–1 | DeCaro (1–0) | Cebert (0–1) | None | 2,245 | 1–0 | — |
| February 14 (DH 2) | ACCNX | Texas Tech* | No. 6 | Boshamer Stadium | W 8–3 | McDuffie (1–0) | Parish (0–1) | None | 2,822 | 2–0 | — |
| February 15 | ACCNX | Texas Tech* | No. 6 | Boshamer Stadium | W 4–2 | Lynch (1–0) | Burns (0–1) | Matthijs (1) | 2,475 | 3–0 | — |
| February 18 | ACCNX | Kansas State* | No. 6 | Boshamer Stadium | W 12–9 | Seagraves (1–0) | Guyette (0–1) | None | 2,326 | 4–0 | — |
| February 22 | | vs. East Carolina* | No. 6 | Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC | W 2–0 | DeCaro (2–0) | Norby (0–2) | McDuffie (1) | 6,695 | 5–0 | — |
| February 23 | ACCNX | East Carolina* | No. 6 | Boshamer Stadium | W 11–6 | Boaz (1–0) | Williams (0–1) | None | 3,914 | 6–0 | — |
| February 24 | ESPN+ | at East Carolina* | No. 5 | Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC | W 6–3 | Haugh (1–0) | Zayac (0–1) | Matthijs (2) | 5,802 | 7–0 | — |
| February 25 | ACCNX | VCU* | No. 5 | Boshamer Stadium | W 9–4 | McDuffie (2–0) | Coston (0–1) | None | 2,628 | 8–0 | — |
| February 26 | ACCNX | North Carolina A&T* | No. 5 | Boshamer Stadium | W 13–4 | Padgett (1–0) | Duke (0–1) | None | 2,538 | 9–0 | — |
| February 28 | ACCNX | Stony Brook* | No. 5 | Boshamer Stadium | W 16–2 | DeCaro (3–0) | Smink (0–1) | None | 2,912 | 10–0 | — |
March (6–3) :
| Date | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC | Source |
| March 1 | ACCNX | Stony Brook* | No. 5 | Boshamer Stadium | W 6–1 | Knapp (1–0) | Rizzo (1–1) | None | 3,828 | 11–0 | — | |
| March 2 | ACCNX | Stony Brook* | No. 5 | Boshamer Stadium | W 9–5 | Haugh (2–0) | Colagrande (0–1) | None | 2,531 | 12–0 | — | |
| March 4 | ACCNX | No. 24 Coastal Carolina* | No. 4 | Boshamer Stadium | W 5–4$^{11}$ | Padgett (2–0) | Potok (1–1) | None | 2,550 | 13–0 | — | |
| March 5 | ACCNX | College of Charleston* | No. 4 | Boshamer Stadium | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed | Postponed |
| March 7 | ACCNX | Stanford | No. 4 | Boshamer Stadium | L 9–13 | Uber (1–0) | DeCaro (3–1) | None | 3,075 | 13–1 | 0–1 | |
| March 8 | ACCNX | Stanford | No. 4 | Boshamer Stadium | W 11–1$^7$ | Knapp (2–0) | Lim (1–2) | None | 3,393 | 14–1 | 1–1 | |
| March 9 | ACCNX | Stanford | No. 4 | Boshamer Stadium | L 0–7 | Volchko (2–0) | Haugh (2–1) | None | 2,906 | 14–2 | 1–2 | |
| March 11 | FloSports | at UNC Wilmington* | No. 6 | Brooks Field Wilmington, NC | W 7–3$^{10}$ | Matthjis (1–0) | Baker (0–1) | None | 3,242 | 15–2 | — | |
| March 14 (DH 1) | ACCNX | at Louisville | No. 6 | Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville | L 7–8 | Eberle (1–0) | Matthjis (1–1) | Biven (1) | 2,855 | 15–3 | 1–3 | |
| March 14 (DH 2) | ACCNX | at Louisville | No. 6 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 6–4 | Knapp (3–0) | Brown (2–2) | None | 1,779 | 16–3 | 2–3 | |
| March 16 | ACCNX | at Louisville | No. 6 | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 0–5 | Michael (3–0) | Haugh (2–2) | None | 2,338 | 16–4 | 2–4 | |
| March 19 | ACCNX | UConn* | No. 17 | Boshamer Stadium | | | | | | | — | |
| March 21 | ACCNX | at Boston College | No. 17 | Pellagrini Diamond Boston, MA | | | | | | | | |
| March 22 | ACCNX | at Boston College | No. 17 | Pellagrini Diamond | | | | | | | | |
| March 23 | ACCNX | at Boston College | No. 17 | Pellagrini Diamond | | | | | | | | |
| Carolinas Series ||||||||||||||
| March 25 | | vs. South Carolina* | | Truist Field Charlotte, NC | | | | | | | — | |
| March 28 | | Miami (FL)* | | Boshamer Stadium | | | | | | | | |
| March 29 | | Miami (FL) | | Boshamer Stadium | | | | | | | | |
| March 30 | | Miami (FL) | | Boshamer Stadium | | | | | | | | |
April (0–0) :
| Date | TV | Opponent | Stadium | ACC |
| April 1 | B1G+ | Gardner–Webb* | Boshamer Stadium | — |
| Tobacco Road Series ||||||||||||||
| April 3 | ACCN | Duke | Boshamer Stadium | |
| April 4 | | Duke | Boshamer Stadium | |
| April 5 | | Duke | Boshamer Stadium | |
| April 8 | | at Elon* | Walter C. Latham Park Elon, NC | — |
| Carlyle Series ||||||||||||||
| April 10 | ACCN | Wake Forest | Boshamer Stadium | |
| April 11 | | Wake Forest | Boshamer Stadium | |
| April 12 | ESPNU | Wake Forest | Boshamer Stadium | |
| April 15 | | Charlotte* | Boshamer Stadium | — |
| April 18 | | Virginia Tech | Boshamer Stadium | |
| April 19 | | Virginia Tech | Boshamer Stadium | |
| April 20 | ACCN | Virginia Tech | Boshamer Stadium | |
| April 22 | | Presbyterian* | Boshamer Stadium | — |
| April 25 | | at Pitt | Charles L. Cost Field Pittsburgh, PA | |
| April 26 | | at Pitt | Charles L. Cost Field | |
| April 27 | | at Pitt | Charles L. Cost Field | |
| April 29 | | George Mason* | Boshamer Stadium | — |
| April 30 | | Queens (NC)* | Boshamer Stadium | — |
May (0–0) :
| Date | TV | Opponent | Stadium | ACC |
| May 6 | | Campbell* | Boshamer Stadium | — |
| Triangle Series ||||||||||||||
| May 8 | | NC State | Boshamer Stadium | |
| May 9 | | NC State | Boshamer Stadium | |
| May 11 | | NC State | Boshamer Stadium | |
| May 13 | | UNCW* | Boshamer Stadium | — |
| May 15 | ACCN | at Florida State | Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, FL | |
| May 16 | | at Florida State | Dick Howser Stadium | |
| May 17 | | at Florida State | Dick Howser Stadium | |
Postseason (0–0) :
ACC tournament (0–0) :
| Date | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | b1gT Record | Source |
| May 20–24 | | | | Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC | | | | | | | | |
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold =North Carolina team member   * Non-conference game Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | 8 | 8* | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perfect Game | 19 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
† 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.