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Oy MIKE OERARDINO
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO The history books will say that John
Hughes and his fellow North Carolina golfers won the 33rd
Atlantic Coast Conference championship on Sunday April
20. That's not altogether accurate. They actually won the
tournament on Saturday. Sunday was more of a preservation
job than anything else.
Led by Hughes, who took individual medalist honors by
two shots with a three-day total of five-under-par 21 1 despite
a final-round 75, the 1 lth-ranked Tar Heels bested defending
champion Georgia Tech by six strokes. Fourth-ranked Wake
Forest, the host school, was third with 874 while Clemson
rounded out the upper half at 879.
"I'm very happy for the team and for John," UNC coach
Devon Brouse. "(Sunday) was kind of a survival contest
with the wind. But they did what they had to do."
What North Carolina had to do Sunday was play into
a steady stream of wind gusts and somehow protect a
masterfully-built 13-shot lead in the process. Despite the
blustery, score-inflating conditions, the experienced Tar
Heels maintained their margin.
Leading the hang-on-for-dear-life crew was Hughes. The
6-2 junior from Greensboro had started the tourney in fine
fashion, parlaying scores of 71 and 65 into a four-stroke
bulge at the start of Sunday's play. But when Georgia Tech's
Nacho Gervas, playing in the same group as Hughes, knocked
in a three-foot birdie putt on the par-three 17th, the lead
was down to one and it was anybody's golf tournament.
At the 430-yard, par-four 18th, the drives were the
difference. While Hughes waffled his pressure tee shot nearly
300 yards down the center of the fairway, Gervas jerked
his effort about forty yards shorter and into the left rough.
As the two links warriors walked side-by-side to their second
shots, Hughes smiled and said I guess it's just between you
and me, babe." To which the junior from Madrid, Spain,
replied "It sure looks that way."
But once Gervas left his five-iron approach shot about
20 yards short of the green and Hughes dropped his' ball
Baseball battered twice
15 leet from the hole, the issue had been decided. Hughes
two-putted for par and the title, while Gervas settled for
bogey and second place. Gervas ended the tourney with
rounds of 71-69-73for a three-under 213 and impressed a
flock of followers with his shotmaking.
1 thought 1 put some pressure on him," Gervas said. "On
the back, I had a chance to make birdie on every hole."
Indeed, the man they call "Nacho" fired a 34 on the final
nine to almost pull off a miracle comeback. He birdied the
10th and 16th before rolling in the big putt at 17. But it
was at the par-four 13th where Gervas made his big move.
Trying to play it safe with an iron off the tee, Hughes
hooked the shot miserably into a densely-wooded area. In
the process of moving a fallen branch out of the way, Hughes'
ball moved "about an inch." Although it's football, and not
golf, that is the "game of inches," the minuscule movement
cost the leader a penalty stroke and a double-bogey six.
Meanwhile, Gervas settled for par to draw within three.
Hughes, who said he wasn't that nervous about losing his
lead, then parred in for the championship.
"Now that 1 think about it, I should have been more
worried than 1 was," Hughes said. "I was just so wrapped
up in my own struggles." Despite his birdie drought over
the last 12 holes, Hughes had just enough to win.
But Hughes had plenty of help in winning the team title.
Senior Bryan Sullivan, who along with classmate Kurt Beck
won three ACC titles in his four-year career, came in third
at 214 (70-71-73). UNC's No. 5 player Brendan Kennedy
posted a strong fourth-place tie finish with totals of 72-70-.
73 - 215. Greg Parker (73-71-77 221) and Beck (74-74-77
225) were the other members of Brouse 's champion
ship team.
Next, the Tar Heels must prepare for the NCAA
tournament. May 21-24 at the Bermuda Run course in
Winston-Salem. Representing the northern portion of
District III, the confident UNC squad regrets the long layoff.
"It's too bad the NCAAs aren't next week." Sullivan said,
"because we'd be ready." "
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North Carolina lacrosse players celebrate their thrilling, 9-8 overtime win over Duke Sunday at Fetzer Field
Lacrosse
By JAMES SUROWIECK1
Assistant Sports Editor
Last Monday, the UNC baseball
team was on a roll and was perched
on top of the conference race after
knocking off Georgia Tech and Clem
son in consecutive home games. The Tar
Heels stirring 9-8 come-from-behind
win over Clemson had raised their
record, to 21-13 (6-2 in the conference)
and sparked thoughts of a ACC title
and perhaps an NCAA bid.
Today, such notions seem remote at
best. UNC faced the same two squads
, on the road this weekend, and was
essentially handed an opportunity to
catapult itself into national prominence.
But to put it simply, the Tar Heels
dropped the ball, literally and figura
tively, losing 6-2 to the Tigers Saturday
and 'll-S- to1 lTech-on Sunday1 while--
committing five errors in the two games.
The seventh and eighth innings of the
Clemson game made it obvious that the
Tar Heels should have stayed home this
weekend. Thanks to Paul Will's solo
homer and RBI double, UNC went into
the bottom of the seventh looking
strong. The score was tied at two and
top reliever Gordon Douglas was on
the mound.
But the Tigers battered Douglas for
five hits in the two inning, scoring two
runs in the seventh and two in the eighth
and making a winner of starter Oliver
Whitaker, now 4-1. Bullpen aces aren't
supposed to be treated so roughly.
Sunday was more of the same for
UNC. Steve Mrowka had scored twice
and the Tar Heels trailed just 4-2 when
Tech came to bat in the sixth. By
inning's end, UNC trailed 10-2, as Tech
pounded out seven hits (20 on the day)
and -the Tar Heels committed three
throwing errors. The loss dropped UNC
to 7-4 in the ACC, good only for fourth
place. National prominence has flut
tered away, perhaps for good.
Kaplan injures knee at NCAAs
Staff reports
GAINESVILLE, Fla. UNC gym
nast Stacy Kaplan injured her knee
Friday when she fell during her floor
exercise routine, knocking her out of
competition for All-America honors.
Kaplan, a sophomore from Roches
ter, N.Y., was the first gymnast from
UNC as well as the ACC to ever
advance to the NCAA Nationals meet.
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From staff reports
FAIRFAX. Va. - The UNC
softball team upped its record to 32
1 1 Saturday by winning both ends
of a doubleheader with George
Mason.
Freshman hurler Regina Finn
picked up the victory in the first
game, which UNC won 6-1. Finn
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Virginia Augusta was the winning
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triple. The final was 3-2.
by one, 6-5.
With the score tied 8-8, both teams
ran deliberate offenses through the final
14 heartstopping minutes of regulation
time. With just under two minutes
remaining, Duke captured the ball and
called a timeout to set up a play. "I
thought they would go to him," Aburn
said. "Him" was Rubin, who scored five
goals in the match. But "he"' did not
take the shot and the Tar Heels got one
final chance. Seivold took the ball to
the net and let a shot go with four
seconds left. Schraff caught it.
Overtime.
The images of a newborn rivalry are
lasting. Haus slamming his stick to the
ground in frustration after a Duke go
ahead goal; Blue Devil attackman Ken
Lukes staggering off the field in pain
after his second goal; fans of both teams
chanting wildly in the tense closing
minutes; and the scoreboard. When the .
scoreboard read 8-8 with no time left,
it served as a billboard announcing
Duke's "arrival".
To a man, the Tar Heels had nothing
but praise for their opponents after the
match. Seivold called the win "a relief".
Basking in the afterglow of the
sudden death victory, UNC's first in its
last four overtime games, Aburn spoke
from page 1
about the new intensity of the UNC
Duke duel. "They've been getting a lot
of attention and there was a big feeling
of a rivalry here," he said. "ItH be tough
from now on." And how.
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