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By B. A. VELLIQUETTE
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Although Senga Allan has played on
a MKvcr team that has 'won a national
championship every year she has played
and which never lost a match in over
50 straight outings, probably the most
important match of her life took place
one winter evening five years ago in New
York City.
A year and a half before, Allan, at
the age of 19, traveled from her seaport
home in Glasgow, Scotland, to New
York City where her sister Mary lived.
Mary had moved there a few years
earlier, and she wanted Senga to come
too. So when a job opened up at the
Canadian Consulate, she telephoned
Senga in Glasgow and urged her to fly
over and apply for it.
Allan came, got the job and generally
felt content with her new life in the
United States.
But one evening in December, Allan
tramped through the snow in Central
Park to play a cold game of soccer. The
ground was icy, the sky slate-gray, and
the park desolate. Allan was bundled
up in so many layers of clothes that
at first glance she looked like just
another boy playing soccer in the park.
That's exactly what one passerby
thought when he asked if he could join
in the four-on-four match. That pas
serby just happened to be a soccer coach
from Alabama A & M, and he knew
a good soccer player when he saw one.
When he realized Allan .was a young
woman, he felt certain he. was compet
ing with one of the best female players
he had ever seen.
Afterwards he struck up a conver
sation with Allan. Did she play for a
university? No. Did she know that
universities gave scholarships to women
players? No. Did she know she was good
enough to get one? No.
"At first I thought he was just giving
me a line," Allan said. "He thought I
was good enough to start on one of
the top teams."
For Allan the idea of going to college
on an athletic scholarship must have
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seemed the most unlikely thing she ever
could have imagined.
As a child in Scotland, Allan loved
soccer, but she received little encour
agement. None of her six older brothers,
three older sisters or four younger
stepsisters had ever played soccer. In
fact, few women there had ever played
soccer.
"They have really good men's pro
grams,' she said, "but women's soccer
is really put down."
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adjusted to life in America
As she was growing up it was tough
for her to find any real competition.
"I was better than half the guys on my
high school team, and yet I wasn't
allowed to play on the team. because
I was female."
Also, attending college was about the
last thing on her mind. "1 just got a
really good job making a couple of
hundred a week," she said. "I was very
comfortable there."
When she did come south to Chapel
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of trepidation. "1 didn't unpack for two
weeks because I wondered, Had I really
made the right decision?' "
Allan, at last, did unpack and decide
to stay. The athletic part of her
scholarship came easily for her. Head
Coach Anson Dorrance placed her in
the starting lineup, and the team won
the national championship that year.
But the scholar part of her scholar
ship did not come so easily. "She was
very insecure that first year," Dorrance
said. "She was so afraid. She was
probably studying all the wrong things."
Despite the fact that her SAT scores
were high enough for her to be accepted,
at UNC, her academic skills had lain
dormant for too long. "It was really
tough when I first came. I had been
out of school for about four years. This
whole system, this whole way of living
was totally different. I didn't know how
to study," she said. "I had never studied
in my life."
Her academic performance in her
first year stung, but she says she never
considered quitting. She adjusted, and
she learned how to study. "Since that
first semester, my grades have improved
tremendously."
Allan, a senior now, sits in her
dormitory room, the same one she's
lived in since she came as a freshmaji.
On a 60-degree November day, the
windows are thrown wide open, and a
fan whirls in the corner.
As she talks about herself, her thick
Scottish brogue sometimes obscures her
words, but she's open and eager to
answer every question.
Asked to describe herself she says,
"I'm generally happy, easy going,
considerate, affectionate, understand
ing, a good listener and eager to help
out anybody."
Asked to describe herself when she's
playing soccer she laughs out loud.
"When I'm on the field, I'm a different
person; a split personality. When I'm
on the field, the person that I'm
marking, I don't talk to her at all unless
I'm growling at her or trying to
intimidate her. My whole attitude
changes. I become really aggressive,
really determined."
About his defensive player, Dorrance
said, "She's a real character. She's very
different than everyone else on the team.
I think one reason that we are very
competitive is because of her.
"But the real story with Senga is her
metamorphosis," Dorrance said,
"because now she's an educated
woman."
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Assistant Sports Editor
Well, UNC fans, give yourselves a
hand. The football team would do
it for you, but they can't seem to get
you all in one place at one time.
It finally seems as if the Kenan
Stadium blahs have lifted. The last
two home games, against Florida
State and Clemson, have been loud,
Not earsplitting amplification, mind
you, but quite loud.
And the players say the noise has
inspired them. "I think our fans did
a helluva job against Clemson," said
linebacker Carl Carr. "I have to give
the credit for our Clemson win to the
fans. They went nuts."
Tight end Arnold Franklin agreed
that he had seen a big difference in
the decibel level this season. "They're
so much more into the games," he
said. "We used to score TDs, and
maybe they'd holler, but you couldn't
really tell whether it had been a
touchdown or a 10-yard gain. Now
you know."
Perhaps there is more to it than
the fact that UNC fans have suddenly
regained their voice. For one thing,
except for the VMI and Wake Forest
games, this year's home schedule has
featured very good games against
very good teams. We haven't had a
streak of William & Marys.
LSU, Florida State and Clemson
have all been close, hard-fought
games. Nothing can make someone
cheer like a nailbiter, and all three
of those have been.
But maybe a bigger reason is the
team's obvious emotionality this
season. On the defense, especially,
there are some very good cheerlead
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splits. Reuben Davis is a good
example. When fans feel like a team
is playing for them and not just in
front of them, it's bound to make a
difference.
unc athlete
Without much discussion, we all
decided that this week's UNC athlete
of the week would be Jonathan Hall.
Hall, a true freshman (not redshirted)
from Vienna, Va., quarterbacked the
North Carolina football team to its first
win over Clemson in five tries Saturday
and its first win over the Tigers in Kenan
Stadium since the Nixon presidency.
Hall went 12-for-20 passing for 182
yards and a touchdown, and was
unstoppablei on the two. UNC- fourth- s
quarter scoring drives that gave the Tar
Heels the 21-20 win. To be fair, the
award should go to the whole team, but
for a freshman in his first collegiate start
to perform with the poise that Hall did
makes him stand out among his
teammates.
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Eric Streattx is out for the rest of
the season with a very sore shoulder
sustained in his diving catch of a
Jonathan Hall pass late in the fourth
quarter. That means that the formerly
unheralded Quinton Smith, who
burst into prominence last week, will
start with Earl Winfleld at wide
receiver. Coach Dick Crum said he's
not worried about starting Smith.
"Jon's very comfortable with him,
because they're both on the second
unit and he's caught a lot of balls
from Jon," Crum said.
UNC will start three freshman
offensively against Virginia center
Jeff Garnica, right tackle Creighton
Incorminias and Hall. Crum said
that's the most he's ever started
offensively. "I didn't change my
thinking (in regard to starting fresh
men), they just happen to be the best
at their positions," he said. ...
Speaking of Incorminias, he is an
absolute Frigidaire Deluxe. At 6-4,
318 lbs., he outweighs William Perry
by 16 pounds and is two inches taller.
How about using him as a fullback
in short-yardage situations?
A note on Perry for those who
missed David Letterman Monday
night the former Clemson All
American 6aid he drank 48 beers
without getting sick after the UNC
game his freshman year.
Crum said he never considered
pulling Hall out of the game Satur
day. "It never crossed my mind," he
said. As far as Kevin Anthony, who
holds many of the UNC passing
records but now has been relegated
to just holding the ball for extra
points and field goals, Crum said: "I
don't think he likes (the move), but
I'd be disappointed if he did."
Crum also interrupted a question
about Hall at his press conference
Tuesday. "Do you think it's fair to
compare Jonathan to any ..."
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