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The firstplace Tar Heels, ACC have a pair of nonconference matches this week at VCU Links of London and at East Tennessee on Saturday in Johnson City,Tenn. Duke, ACC hosts Furman tonight p.m.for its Links of London Sweetie Bracelet nonconference game,followed by a Saturday trip to face Virginia Tech. N.C.State, ACC hosts Navy tonight p.m.and travels to Clemson for a p.m.match Saturday. There was no update on Sturdivant,who has missed four straight games with a hamstring injury or defensive tackle Jordan Nix,who has missed two straight games with an elbow injury or Fantroy,who has missed six straight quarters with a shoulder injury. CHAPEL HILL At one point in the second half of North Carolina's loss to Miami on Saturday,senior safety Deunta Williams needed a roster to keep track of his teammates. Two starters in the Links of London Sweetie Bracelet big Heels secondary left the game because of injuries,another starter never got in the game because of an injury,and the two starters expected to play the season at cornerback were ruled out earlier last week. "It was kind of confusing,"Williams said. During a fourgame winning streak,UNC had been able to handle all the confusion and missing players,created by either injury or the NCAA investigation.But with three more injuries on defense,in addition to the absence of injured starters linebacker Quan Sturdivant and cornerback LeCount Fantroy the personnel drain caught up to the Tar Heels. "Links of London Teddy Charm only have so many moves,"UNC coach Butch Davis said. Twentysix scholarship players out of have missed at least one game this season because of either injury or NCAArelated problems.Seventeen of those players are from the defensive side of the ball.