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North Carolina commit Diamond DeShields disliked losing so much that it turned her off to basketball for years, but she returned to her first love and built herself into a McDonald's All American.

Georgia Tech recruit Kaela Davis won the 3-point shootout and North Carolina recruit Jessica Washington won the skills competition at the POWERADE Jam Fest, a prelude to the McDonald's All American Games.

Georgia stars Diamond DeShields, a North Carolina commit, Kaela Davis, a Georgia Tech commit, and Lexie Brown, a Maryland commit, headline the list of Morgan Wootten Player of the Year finalists.

Diamond DeShields, the headliner in North Carolina's top-ranked recruiting class, is named the 2013 Naismith Girl's High School Player of the Year.

Bryane Heaberlin credits a tough run of on-field defeats for opening her eyes to the world around her, its problems and how to solve them through her Many Hearts, One Goal foundation.

This season showed just how much the game and the competition have changed since the days when the Tar Heels dominated the sport.

Injuries forced both teams to revise their lineups, and the result has paid dividends for defenders Hanna Gardner of North Carolina and Whitney Church of Penn State.

They both needed overtime, but Penn State and UNC outlasted opponents Florida State and top-seeded Stanford to advance to Sunday's College Cup final.

Dominating no matter which position she plays, Crystal Dunn has carried North Carolina back to the College Cup after a two-year absence.

North Carolina's Anson Dorrance has arguably coached the best ever in Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly, but he goes into Friday's College Cup semifinal feeling like the underdog against his "recruiting failures" that chose Stanford.

North Carolina tops No. 1 seed BYU. Maybe it was an upset. Maybe it wasn't. It was definitely a game anyone with a ticket was fortunate to see.

The NCAA soccer field has been whittled to eight teams. Graham Hays has all you need to know about the tournament, including how these teams have survived and what to expect in the quarterfinal matchups.

North Carolina's Tar Heels came into the field hockey championship game as the No. 1 seed and winners of 20 in a row. But Princeton's 3-2 win gave the Ivy League school the title, the first by a non-ACC team since Michigan won it in 2001.

It will be the Tar Heels (23-1) versus Princeton (20-1) playing for a title at 1 p.m. Sunday at Old Dominion University's L.R. Hill Field.

Diamond DeShields, Allisha Gray, Jessica Washington and Stephanie Mavunga plan to bring their elite basketball skills as well as an uncanny chemistry to the North Carolina women's basketball program.

The field hockey final four is upon us, and familiar names take center stage. Here is all you need to know about the heavyweight teams assembled at Old Dominion this weekend.