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By MIKE SANDERS
Staff Writer
The face is impassive with eyes fixed on
their target. The manner is relaxed,
almost casual. The windup is smooth and
deliberate, but unspectacular. The loud
"uggh" is the only
sign of deviancy
from efficiency.
Even the umpire's
"strike three!" call
seems to be a part
of Virginia
Augusta's system.
Augusta is the
sophomore pitcher
of the fledging
North Carolina
fast-pitch softball
'team, and she has picked up six of the
team's eight victories this year against no
losses and a save.
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Augusta
Her' most recent victories were Friday
and Saturday. In the first game Augusta
pitched, she allowed only three hits in 13
innings against Rutgers and struck out 12.
She followed that with another three
hitter Saturday against Adelphi in the
first game of a double-header, then saved
the second game. Earlier in the year, she
threw a no-hitter against East Carolina.
Although it may appear statistically
that Augusta does it all for the Tar Heels,
she doesn't believe it.
"I'm only as good as the team," she
said, adding that without the team behind
her, her pitching would be ineffective.
She has nothing less than praise for her
teammates.
That praise is not unfounded. Under
the guidance of coach Susan Clark and
assistant coach Kathy Krannebitter, the
8-2 Tar Heels are well-drilled in the fun
damentals of the game and play im
pressive defense. Their hitting may not be
as consistent, but then, many of the
players have no background in the fast
pitch game.
But Augusta does have a fast-pitch
background. In fact, she has been playing
for five years and at times uses that
knowledge to compliment the coaching
job of Clark and Krannebitter.
"Virginia offers insight into the game
to some of the less-experienced players,"
Krannebitter said. "But she does it in
very good taste. She doesn't try to over
power anyone." During Friday's game,
Augusta offered hitting tips to some
teammates who were facing the best pit
cher they had seen all year.
Augusta attributes her success to Ber
nie Walsen, her coach in a town softball
league, who she says taught her all she
knows about pitching. "Bernie worked
with me on my control alone for three
years," she said. "Only then would he let
me throw any other pitches."
Augusta has four pitches: a fastball
that can travel 85 mph, a curveball, a
knuckleball (her changeup), and a rise
that she says she is especially proud of.
"It was the hardest pitch for me to
learn," she said, demonstrating the
technique, "because you have to spin the
ball in the opposite direction of a
curveball."
Free time is precious to Augusta, and
she prefers to spend it alone or in the
company of a few close friends. "I don't
like having too many friends," she said.
She said that on weekends she has been
known to "just stay at home and read a
book."
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Successful year outshines women's NCAA loss
By MIKE SCHOOR
Staff Writer
In October 1983, two basketball teams
began preseason workouts in Chapel Hill.
Both were destined to succumb in the
NCAA's Final 16. For one team
UNC's Tar Heel men the defeat was
totally unforeseen. But for the other
Coach Jennifer Alley's Tar Heel women
an ACC title and the trip to the NCAA
East Regional semifinals were the fruits
of a blossoming program.
Analysis
Planting the seeds for a 24-8 season,
Alley picked a hybrid crop six
freshmen joined five upperclassmen.
Luckily, one fully grown tree, senior
Tresa "Tree" Brown, was already rooted
in the center of the garden.
"Tree was a good nucleus to start
with," assistant coach Kevin Kane said.
"She's a tremendously gifted player, but
it is her desire to work extremely hard in
practice and confidence (that makes her
so good)."
Brown's accomplishments would fill a
media guide.
ACC Player of the Year.
Kodak All-District III team.
ACC Tournament MVP.
1,931 career points, North Carolina's
all-time leading scorer.
20.8 points and 8.5 rebounds per
game this season.
Although Brown's eligibility is spent,
her legacy and attentive pupil, ACC
rookie of the year Dawn Royster (11
points, nine rebounds per game) is but a
freshman.
"She has natural ability and is a great
leaper," Kane said. "She can't be
satisfied and must continue to work hard.
She had a good teacher in Tree."
The departures of Brown and fellow
senior Eileen McCann (12.8 points per
game in the postseason) will certainly
leave a void in team leadership.
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"Tresa and Eileen gave us a lot at the
end of the year," Kane said. "They
wanted to play one more game and then
one more game.... It caught fire with the
rest of the team."
After scorching to a first-ever ACC ti
tle, No. 14 UNC held off a furious St.
Johns rally to win an NCAA tournament
game (another first-time achievement) in
overtime, 81-79.
Suddenly, without due notice, the Tar
Heels' magical season ended. Last Thurs
day, that very same fortune that had
guided UNC to so many do-you-believe-in-miracles,
last-gasp victories defected to
the Cheyney State side. Cheyney State 73,
UNC 72.
"After playing Cheyney State and
realizing that we could play with them,
we felt like we could play with any team
at the regional," assistant coach Mike
Peckham said.
After Cheyney State defeated Old
Dominion Saturday for the Final Four
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themselves," Peckham said. "We look
forward to a very good recruiting year."
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complishments of a rewarding season?
Scoreboard
Sports Briefs
UNCs Brown named lo Kodak team
North Carolina senior and ACC Player of the Year
Tresa Brown heads up the six-women Kodak All-District
II Women's Basketball team, announced Monday.
Brown, who averaged 20.8 points and 8.S rebounds per
game at UNC, was the leading vote-getter on the ACC
dominated team. Among the other selections were
Maryland's Marcia Richardson, N.C. State's Linda Page,
Virginia's Cathy Grimes and Old Dominion's Medina
Dixon and Tracy Claxton.
Brown finished as UNC's all-time leading scorer with
1,931 points, fourth best in ACC history.
Baseball poll
The following is a list of this week's top 10 collegiate
baseball teams, as selected by Collegiate Baseball:
1. San Diego State 37-4
2. Texas 35-4
3. Arizona State 27-10
4. North Carolina 254
5. Oklahoma State 20-7
6. Southern California 27-8
7. Oral Roberts 18-6
8. Pepperdine 24-8
9. Alabama 16-5
10. South Carolina 19-5
Lacrosse poll
The following is a list of the top 10 teams, as selected by
the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association:
1. Syracuse (9)
2. Johns Hopkins (I)
3. Virginia
4. North Carotins
5. Army
(tie) Rutgers
7. Hofstra
8. Adelphi
9. Navy
10. Maryland
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BASEBALL at East Carolina, 3 p.m.
WOMEN'S TENNIS vs. Maryland, 2 p.m. at Varsity
Courts, Country Gub Road
Wednesday
BASEBALL vs. Duke, 3 p.m. at Boshamer Stadium
LACROSSE vs. Delaware, 2 p.m. at Fetzer Field
MEN'S TENNIS vs. Appalachian State, 2 p.m. at Hinton
James Courts
Thursday
BASEBALL vs. UNC-Chaiiotte, 3 p.m. at Boshamer
Stadium
SOFTBALL at Winthrop College, 2 p.m.
Friday
MEN'S TENNIS vs. Wake Forest, 2 p.m. at Hinton James
Courts
WOMEN'S TENNIS vs. William and Mary. 2 p.m. at
Varsity Courts, Country Club Road
Saturday
BASEBALL at Georgia Tech, 2 p.m.
LACROSSE vs. Maryland, 2 p.m. at Fetzer Field
SOFTBALL at Lynchburg, Va., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
MEN'S TENNIS vs. Clemson, 1:30 p.m. at Hinton James
Courts
WOMEN'S TENNIS vs. Clemson, 10:30 a.m. at Varsity
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