The Tar Heels played their home games at Boshamer Stadium, and were a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Tar Heels won both of their pool games and advanced to the Semifinals, where they lost to eventual champions Clemson.

They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were placed as the third seed in the Terre Haute regional.

Freshman sensation Vance Honeycutt broke out in a big way, leading the Tar Heels in many batting statistics en route to winning the ACC Freshman of the Year award.

They were swept by Arkansas in the Chapel Hill Super Regional, denying Forbes his first College World Series appearance as a head coach.