The Daily Tar HeelFriday, August 22, 1 9865B Women's soccer seeks NCAA title again tns ? N Mr I ! , DTH Larry Childress Jo Boobas (background) is back to lead the UNC soccer frontline as the team tries to gain its fifth national title in the last six years. FOISTER'S welcomes everyone back Big Savings on cameras and video until Labor Day! PENTAX-K-1000 with 50mm lens Only... $"3 595 PEMTTAJl Rugged Design Match needle metering Interchangeable lenses Great "starter" camera "Includes Pentax USA one year limited warranty product registration". Knowledgeable Service, Great Prices Vlili. 942-3026 9:00-5:30 Mon.-Sat. 133 E. Franklin Downtown MOW OMLY Fuji Handling & Performance: praised by the top bicycling, triathlon and consumer products testing magazines. Fuji Quality: the design and craftsmanship prized by Fuji owners for over eighty years. Fuji Fit: the right features and sizes for maximum enjoyment. Chapel Hill Cycle Shop 203 E. Franklin St. Under Sadlack's 967-8512 Everyday 10 am-6 pm By LAURA GRIMMER Staff Writer North Carolina's women's soccer team, always one of the top-rated squads in the country, is ready, willing and able to face the challenges of the 1986 season: After being national champions for four consecutive years, the Tar Heels lost to George Mason in the finals of the NCAA Tournament in 1985. This season, according to eighth-year head coach Anson Dorrance, the challenge is wto rebuild an All-America defense as well as to regain the national title.' To complicate the defensive situa tion, there are five starters absent from last year's runner-up team. Those include All-America backfielders Senga Allen, Stacey Enos, and Dori Kovenan, as well as reserve Toni Catchings. During their stay at UNC, these defenders held opponents to a 0.5 scoring average over five seasons. That's a tough act for any backfield , to follow, yet coach Dorrance is hopeful. "We've had a good recruiting year," Dorrance said. "WeVe got a lot of quality and strength in the newco mers." Several of the freshmen back field candidates include Lori Henry, who is from Seattle, Wash., a two-time All-America; Carla Werden (Dallas), a two-time member of the U.S. National Team; and Ava Hyatt from Tampa, Fla., an all-state performer. Returners from last year's, reserves include sophomore Andrea Zeman (East Northport, N.Y.), who partici pated in 16 matches last fall, junior Keath Castelloe, from Raleigh, N.C., and sophomore Annie McNeill, who hails from Bowie, Maryland. Senior Kathleen O'Dell, from Anna polis, Md., will be returning as starting goalkeeper and she may have some help from Gretchen Gegg (Seattle, Wash.), a top newcomer and national team member, and sophomore reserves Anne Sherow (Dayton, Ohio) and Kasey Jones (Dallas, Texas). Despite major reconstructive surgery in the backfield, the Tar Heel midfield is returning in strong form. Although All-America and team captain Betsy Johnson is gone, along with Stacey Nelson, a handful of candidates hope to fill their shoes. At the midfield position, returning starters are senior NCAA All Tournament member Marcia McDermott, a native of McLean, Va., who scored nine goals in 20 games last season and sophomore Tracey Bates of Dallas. Others expected to pick up any slack include sophomore Wendy Gebauer (Reston, Va.), who took part in 17 games and scored eight goals last season, and junior Lisa Duffy (Raleigh, N.C.). Freshman Shannon Higgins (Kent, Wash.), a triple NSCAA All-America performer, could also provide . penetration and range in the midfield. The UNC front line is the only position to go unscathed through graduation with all. three starters returning. April Heinrichs (Littleton, Colo.), a senior, has led the team in scoring all three years of her collegiate career and is a three-time All-America. Sophomore Carrie Serwetnyk, coming to North Carolina from Mississauga, Ontario, led the team in goals scored last year with 19 and Jo Boobas,a senior from McLean, Va., was the team's third leading scorer with 15 goals and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team. Other returning front line reserves include Birthe Hegstad (Great Falls, Va.), Bettina Bernardi (Dallas, Texas), who is coming back after being red shirted due to a knee-injury, and Sherri McDavid (Fairfax, Va.), and newco mer Julie Guanotta, from Winchester, Mass. "We do have some problems with the backfield and that's what weVe been concentrating on," Dorrance said. The Tar Heels' first match is the North Carolina Invitational Aug. 30 31 at Fetzer Field. UNC will play the University of Massachusetts Saturday at 1 p.m. and will square off against Central Florida Sunday at 5 p.m. This could very well be a preview of the Final Four in women's soccer, as the fourth team in the tournament will be George Mason. "Massachusetts' is returning their whole team from last season and Central Florida has a lot of talent," Dorrance said. "And George Mason won the NCAAs last year, so this should be the best women's soccer action in the country." Pipes hi Qeorge Featuring the finest blends of pipe tobacco, imported cigarettes, including clove, pipes, smoking accessories and gifts for the smoker. Visit our "walk-in" humidor and select from the world's best cigars. Behind Pqewacket 15 The Courtyard 967-5707 Universal Printing and Publishing Co. NCNB Plaza 967-8000 NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT! Still offering a wide range of services to help you through your college career. These include copies of papers and reports, typesetting of resumes, printing of flyers and brochures, and friendly advice to speed you on your way. 'Ezklng You Look Dctter on Pcpcron Timo TUk week: i SPECIALS, SAltSpflSES Don't miss us. 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The year before, the Tar Heels finished sixth in the conference, that is. This year, the men's team will be out to solidify its newly-found, highly-ranked, lofty-expectations status in the absence of Nicholas, while the women's team will seek to regain the successes it enjoyed in the early 'SOs. Although the men's team loses the services of Nicholas, it returns everybody else from the defending ACC champion squad. The top returnee is Jim Farmer, a senior from Raleigh, who also earned All-America honors last season with a 36th-place finish at nationals. He will be joined by three other seniors Mike Cur rinder, Reggie Harris and Bill Will. "Those guys are the strength of the team," according to men's coach Chris Fox. "They're seniors who have been with the program and know what it takes to win." Other team members that show promise are sophomores Mike McGowan and Danny Howat, along with freshmen Mike Cline bell (North Carolina prep champ) and Johan Boakes (a 18-year-old Brit who recently ran a four-minute mile). On the women's side, the gra duation of three-time All-America Holly Murray leaves a slight gap. in the team-leader column. Ready to fill that gap are seniors Karol Chambers and Heather Zimmer man. Last year's frosh phenom,; Chryssa Nicholas, has been slowed, slightly by stress fractures, but should be in good shape for end-pf-season competition. Filling out the squad, which finished a disappointing fourth in the conference in 1985, will be juniors Vicki Verinder and Jeanne Matta, and newcomers Kari Tor jussen and Carmen Richardson. The main competition for both teams will come from N.C. State, Again, the Raleigh teams lost virtually nothing by way of gradua tion and won important recruiting battles. "And I'm sure the men are looking to avenge last year's loss at the ACCs," Fox said. The two teams probably will hot square off this year until the conference championships, which will be run Nov. 1 at Clemson. Before that, UNC will compete in some low-key meets in the East, host its own invitational (Sept. 27), and will get a preliminary look at this years NCAA course (at the Arizona Invitational in Tucson). aseball from page 2 is the best second baseman in baseball. He has drawn 65 walks this year, second only to Hernandez. If Doran played in Wrigley Field, Ryne Sandberg's annual ticket to the All Star Game would be revoked. Before we leave the National League, one final note. Two teams in the West, the Padres and Braves, are laboring under the unnoticed yoke of terrible management. Atlanta is victimized by the genial incompetent Chuck Tanner, who knows little about the vices of a four man rotation and even less about constructing a lineup which can help his team score runs. A worse situation is that in San Diego, because the Padres have the talent to win and it's being wasted. San, Diego is led by the academic Steve Boros, whose only visible virtue is that he reads books. When the year began, San Diego had two of the finest young players in baseball in its outfield with Kevin McReynolds and Carmelo Mar tinez. Both of them currently reside on the pine, while Steve Garvey continues, inexplicably, to play. - Let's travel now to the American League. In many respects, it has been a very compelling year in the Junior Circuit. Both divisions have good pennant races going, and everyone knows about the bumper crop of rookies. It's been the season of Wally Joyner, still hitting .308, Jose Can- r& Amortcan Heart jAssociation WEte RGHT1NG FOR YOUR UFE seco, who now has 94 RBI, and the splendid Danny Tartabull. Tartabull has in fact been the consistently best rookie this year, hitting .284 with 21 homers and 75 RBI in 100 fewer at bats than Joyner. And he walks. As for the pennant races, it's still anyone's guess who will win the AL East. Boston is now up by SXA, but Red Sox fans have seen too many late-season collapses to be confident about a division title. Five teams are within 8V4 games, and if the Orioles get hot, they could be very tough to stop. Fred Lynn, by the way, has had a spectacular season for Balti more, and Earl Weaver has become thoroughly enamored of his star centerfielder. In Cleveland, the Tribe has stayed in the thick of it, and reaped the benefits at the turnstiles. The Indians have as fine a starting lineup as' any team in baseball, and an unbeliev able crop "of young players. Carter, Hall, Jacoby and the. rookie Cory Snyder are going to be good for a long time to come. What's left? Oh, the AL West. Well, California and Texas are locked up in a fine duel, a fascinating study in contrasts, as a recent article in Baseball America discussed. 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