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6The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, September 20, 1984
Earl Winfield is UNC's middle man Huber is lonely in soccer goal
By MIKE SCHOOR
SUIT Writer
Wide receiver is the cushiest non-kicking position on
a football field, right?
Lining up wide left or wide. right, receivers scamper
down the turf unmolested, propelled by the wind and
4.3 sprinter's speed. .
It's no wonder that receivers claim ownership to the
widths of the field.
But the middle that's linebacker territory, a zone
where bodies converge and collide at the whim of an
easily-provoked defense. Right-minded receivers shouldn't
want to frolic there. Golly Wally, it's too dangerous.
But UNC receiver Earl Winfield says he isn't be
intimidated.
I take pride in being able to take a lick across the
middle," he said. "Receivers can't let the defense
intimidate."
"Respect" is a word youll hear often from Winfield,
a junior from Dun woody, Va.
Winfield spent a pre-college year at Fork Union Military
Academy, developing confidence and learning priorities.
"I learned respect," he said of the experience.
"It was the toughest year IVe ever been through, but
I wouldn't change it for the world. It made me see that
I could do anything I set my mind to"
Like playing major-college football.
Winfield said he was wrongly labeled as having an
attitude problem back in high school. Fork Union helped
him develop into the athlete and person he wanted to
be, he said.
"I take great pride in lifting weights," Winfield said,
adding that he had little else to do during free time at
Fork Union besides working out.
Winfield's physical fitness and durability complement
his aversion to intimidation. Coach Dick Crum looks to
Winfield for big plays, using him as a regular receiver
and kickoff return specialist.
I feel very confident of my ability to make big plays,"
Winfield said. "In our scheme, one receiver goes deep
on every pass play."
Winfield says the strong arms of UNC's alternating
quarterbacks, Kevin Anthony and Mark Maye, make his
job easier.
"They give us a deep threat," Winfield said.
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By SCOTT SMITH
Staff Writer
North Carolina goalkeeper Beth
Huber isnt joking when she says that
she gets challenged more in practice
than she does in a real game.
"We had a blue-white game yesterday
and I got more action than 111 get in
any regular-season game," Huber said.
"That's how good we
are."
Huber, a senior
who has been on
three national cham
pionship Tar Heel
squads, often
becomes a forgotten
w
figure in UNC games.
That's because the
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Vinfleld one-handed Navy with a 40-yard catch
But it's Winfield's concentration in crowded secondaries
that gives the Tar Heels an across-the-middle threat.
Crum called a one-handed, 40-yard reception by
Winfield last week against Navy an exceptional catch.
Winfield humbly called it a well-thrown ball.
He is just as reserved about disclosing personal goals
for the season.
"I want to wait before commenting on that," he said.
"Ask me again at the end of the year."
That's Winfield's fly-pattern response to a question he's
decided to table. Receivers cant run across the middle
all the time.
ball rarely finds its .
way near the area ucumuDer
that Huber patrols. Sometimes oppo
nents have trouble getting the ball past
midfield against the powerful UNC
women.
So, it's not surprising that Huber
often feels like another spectator in the
crowd witnessing a usual Tar Heel
scoring barrage.
Things like that happen when you
play goalkeeper for a team that is heads
and shoulders above the rest of the
collegiate women's soccer world. With
an offense that often scores in double
figures, coach Anson Dorrance must
wonder sometimes if he really even
needs someone to patrol the nets.
When the ball stays on the opponent's
end of the field it's good news for
Dorrance, because it usually means
another UNC victory. But it creates a
problem for Huber. Namely, one of
concentration.
During her career Huber said that
she has found different ways to psycho
logically stay in the game, even when
she doesn't have to make one save the
entire game. This year a particular
strategy has done the trick.
"This year IVe been talking to the
team more, even when the ball is way
down at the other end," she said. "So
I'm watching the game and letting the
players know what's happening and it
keeps my mind in the game."
Huber's psychological ploys have
apparently worked well for her, as she
has a record 36 shutouts in her career.
She was also selected to the U.S.
National team this summer.
All of this seems a bit much to Huber,
who was not recruited by any college
out of high school. A six-sport letter
man in high school, Huber wanted to
play some sport in college. She chose
soccer over her first-love of basketball
because she thought it would give her
a better chance to excel.
Huber made the team in a tryout,
but she had to sit on the bench behind
former UNC star Mary Anne Johnson
for two years. Through hard work and
patience Huber became the Tar Heel
goalie last year and has been a strongh
old there ever since.
Through it all, Huber thought her
goal of starting would materialize. "IVe
always been a hard worker and my goal
was to start," she said. "I knew I would
work hard enough to become a starter."
Her emergence as one of the top
goalkeepers in the country is ironic in
that she originally took to the position
only after an accident.
After breaking her ankle in high
school four weeks before the opening
of the season, she made the switch to
goalkeeper to gain playing time. "After
that kind of injury, I really couldnt
run," Huber said. "So I figured my best
chance of starting would be in goal."
Both Huber and Dorrance consider
that injury a blessing in disguise.
What's wrong with UNC men's soccer team?
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By MIKE WATERS
Staff Writer
What's wrong with North Carolina's
men's soccer team? What has happened
to the squad that entered the 1984
season with hopes of improving on last
year's 16-3-2 record and aspirations that
included an NCAA tournament bid?
The Tar Heels started off with an
impressive win over a strong Philadel
phia Textile team, 4-3 in overtime, and
everything seemed rosy. But UNC went
on a downhill slide which has left its
record after five games at 2-3, it's only
win since the opener being against
South Carolina.
Interwoven in the past three weeks
were disheartening upsets to the likes
of Winthrop and Atlantic Christian plus
Sunday's 2-1 loss to Clemson. The close
loss to the Tigers may be a sign of the
Tar Heels snapping out of their early
season doldrums in time to salvage the
remainder of the schedule and earn that
NCAA bid.
"I dont think anything is wrong with
the team," co-captain Billy Hartman
said Monday. "We dropped two
unlucky games that could have made
us 4-1 instead of 2-3. I dont think we
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can feel too bad. Clemson had beaten
us 5-0 and 7-0 the past two years, so
it was a respectable loss."
"We need to do well outside (the
conference)," Hartman said. "But we
compete against ACC teams for the
tournament bids. The conference has
got to be our major concern."
The influx of talented but young
players into the starting line-up has
caused some inconsistent play and
damaging lapses. Hartman, a senior,
has been able to see most of the
problems from his new position in the
midfield after spending last year at
striker.
In 1983 Hartman scored eight goals
and provided a team-record 12 assists.
His career total of 26 assists places him
first on North Carolina's all-time list.
But thus far the senior has collected just
three points.
"Our inconsistency has meant playing
more defense for me," Hartman said.
"It's frustrating that I havent gotten
into the attack, but as the team has
gotten more accustomed to each other
IVe been allowed to move forward."
Hartman said he had seen improve
ment in the defense and a decrease in
the inconsistent play. The overall play
against Clemson last Sunday gave one
of the team's leaders something to pin
his hopes on.
"The inconsistency has gone down
and down with each game we've
played," Hartman noted. "Any team
that can hold Clemson to just two goals
is a good team. They knew we were
going to , be; good; , we. didat .surprise
them. Clemson had to play a good game
in order to win.
"We cant afford any more Atlantic
Christians," Hartman said. "We should
be 4-1 right now, but we have to win
the games we are supposed to win.
"If we can beat two of the three tough
ACC teams, meaning Duke, State and
Virginia, then well be set for a bid. The
team can do it.
"Everyone feels real confident about
the team," Hartman said. "I think you're
going to see a lot of wins this year still."
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