4BThe Daily Tar Heel Friday, August 28, 1987
Volleyball looks to overcome inconsistency, graduation losses
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Dy JIM MUSE
Staff Writer
Commitment. That's the catch
word of this year's volleyball media
guide, and that's the theme of the 1987
UNC volleyball team.
Last year's growing season" for
fourth-year coach Peggy Bradley
Doppcs netted a 25-13 record, includ
ing a spotless 7-0 regular-season
record in the ACC, Even though the
team lost five seniors to graduation,
this year's squad returns an excellent
nucleus of established talent.
Sophomore Sharon German,
alone with juniors Andrea Wells and on her way to an All-ACC season, Tech in Blacksburg just two weeks
Ann Schildmeyer, are three of the
best hitters in the East. Wells, a fierce
outside hitter, earned all-conference
honors last season.
Schildmeyer and German played in
the U.S. Olympic Festival during the
summer, and German has been
invited to try out for the national 4B
Football
latives to describe him. Maye's career New defensive coordinator Marc
. has been a checkered one, as he was Dove will oversee the switch from an
redshirted in 1983. Dlaved snarinclv eight-man front to the 50 set, a
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m and missed ail ot iys: witn
recurrent shoulder problems.
Those shoulder problems seem to
have cleared up, and Maye is no
longer throwing with pain. The
question for the Tar Heels is whether
Maye's receiving corps will be up to
and last year earned second-team All- away, Bradley-Doppes said "things
ACC. Versatile sophomore Lisa Joffs are moving fast, and all the loose ends
also contnbuted solidly while placing are coming together for us.
second on the team in both assists Improvement upon last year's
and solo blocks. record will not come easily. North
The addition of an exceptional Carolina will face fierce competition
freshman class will add tremendous against traditional, conference rivals
depth to this already talent-laden N.C. State, Duke and Virginia, as
team which is sort of a second-string team, and will make things easier for well as national powerhouses Penn
pool of players for the 1988 Seoul everyone, lneiresnmenonnginsome oiate,; i-ouisiana aiaie, ana rionaa.
Olympics. . peat experience because most have North Carolina has 11 home games
The team also has one of the top been playing for several years, so they scheduled, the first of which will be
setters in the nation in junior Sherri should be able to adjust to college Sep 17 -m Cannichael Auditorium
Vogel. Vogel ranked third in the volleyball well. Liz Berg, Patti against powerful Florida. The week-
nation in assists her Ireshman year nopiuns, :o yrmuii miu ouaoii end of Sep. 18-19 brings the Carolina
four freshman, and Bradley-Doppes
expects significant contributions
from the group.
One thing that Bradley-Doppes
said she hopes to correct was a
tendency for last year's team to be
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scheme which made UNC synonym
ous with defense in the early 1980 s.
Key to this scheme is the front line,
and Dove smiles when he talks about
that subject. At the two tackle spots
are Tim Goad and Reuben Davis,
while Carlton Bailey will be the nose
the standard set by his arm. Randy guard, uoao was au-acl lasi year
Marriott (17.2 yards per catch) and witn w soio raciaes, wniie uavis
Eric Lewis (18.9 yards per catch) garnered similar honors in 1985.
provide big-play potential, and Quint Bailey is a senior with enormous
Smith's 17 catches last season were potential. Dove said of him, "He has
second only to Eric Streater. New the potential to be as fine a nose guard
tight end John Keller has drawn raves as there is in the country."
from Cram for his ability to hang on Other keys on defense are inside
to the ball. linebackers Mitch Wike and Brett
The offensive attack will be bal- Rudolph. Wike was the team's
anced. but Mave's abilitv will second-leading tackier last year, while
undoubtedly keep the accent on the Rudolph will be seeking to bounce
air attack. Keepmg that accent under
Classic to Chapel Hill. The four-team
tournament includes James Madison,
Western Kentucky and American, as
well as the host Tar Heels.
UNC also will travel to such
faraway places as Carbondale, 111.,
inconsistent hot one day, cold the College Station, Tex., University
next. To that end, she has put the Park, Pa., Tampa, Fla., and Wiliams-
team through art intensive offseason burg, Va., for various tournaments,
of conditioning and tournaments. With such a difficult schedule,
The entire team qualified for the there is an attitude of cautious
AAU Junior Tournament, where the optimism in Bradley-Doppes' volley-
UNC contingent finished fifth in the ball camp. The coaches just Want to
nation. That team went from January ; avoid any distractions and pre-season
to April without losing a single hype and concentrate on the business
tournament. at hand winning volleyball games.
Formal practice began August After two consecutive regular-
19th, and the team is currently going season ACC championships and no
through the grueling two-a-day tournament titles, the Tar Heels hope
practices that are so notorious. With to experience a greater degree of post-
the season opener against Virginia season success.
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Jill Berkebile's loss should be felt this year by the UNC volleyball team
back from injuries which have
hobbled him. In the secondary,
Derrick Donald provides the leader
ship and most of the defense, with
his six interceptions. Sophomore
Larry Whiteside had a brilliant spring
certain. Last year, the Tar Heels had ; and should challenge for a starting
all kinds of problems keeping their position.
Do you want the good or the bad news first?
control, though, will be Crum's
memory of 1985, when the Tar Heels
set all sorts of passing records but
went 5-6.
The defensive situation is less
opponents out of the end zone,
yielding a total of 279 points. And
that total does not reveal the true
depth of UNCs defensive woes, as
in seven of the Tar Heels' last eight
games, the opposing team scored 30
points or more.
UNC will not be showing the same
defensive visage this year, though.
Waiting for this defensive unit are
some of the most powerful offenses
in the nation. With Oklahoma,
Auburn and Clemson just over the
horizon, the defense must mature
quickly and find the consistency it
never knew last year. If it doesn't,
maybe well find out if Maye and the
offense can score 40 points a game.
The first few days of the new
semester are a fine time for sports
writer reflection classes havent
started yet, so free time actually exists
for you, and besides, you're supposed
to write a column of some sort for
the first Daily Tar Heel issue of the
year. "
Out of Bounds
Mike Berardino
story will once again detail an 8-0
UNC blowout of Erskine or Barry.
GOOD Looking forward to a
free lunch of chicken and biscuits
GOOD Being able to sit inside
the enclosed press box in Kenan
Stadium, not having to deal with any
drunk fraternity brothers who hap-
rain on a dreary Saturday last
November and saw Fenner rip
So reflect I will, on the good and through the Virginia defense for 328
the bad of covering sports in Chapel yards will never forget him.
Hill: Whatever the final outcome of his
GOOD Having the opportunity October murder trial (and a source
to watch Mark Maye's senior season, close to the situation predicts all the
(U vuw luuvuuui tin.wj iuu vu nw; WUcUKCS Will UC UiUUUCUl, . 119 11U3
served in the Kenan Stadium press pened to have seats next to yours.
oox every iooioau aaiuraay. i ne Key And better yet. not having to listen
is to show up early so you can go
back for seconds and even for thirds.
BAD Knowing that this year's
Tuesday football press conferences
will be in Koury Natatorium instead
of at Slug's. And sensing, instinc-
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UNC passing record in the book,
many of which he already owns. Not
only is Maye the Big Man on Cam
pus, he's also a genuinely nice guy.
BAD Having to accept the ugly
ending to Derrick Fenner's UNC
career. Besides being an outstanding
running back and a solid NFL
prospect, Fenner may, have been the
most quotable athlete ever to hit this
school. He may be gone from Chapel
Hill, but anyone who braved the icy
writer's hope that Fenner is remem
bered favorably.
. GOOD Watching Anson Dor
rance's women's soccer dynasty roll
on. Despite the loss of all-everything
forward April , Heinrichs, the Tar
Heels are a good bet to win their sixth
national championship in seven
years.
BAD Having to dispatch writers
to Fetzer Field for women's soccer
games, knowing full well their game
to them try to explain what a first
down is to their sorority girl dates.
BAD Not being able to yell
approval for a beautiful Maye touch
down pass or a clutch Tim Goad
tively, that the food somehow won't quarterback sack. Instead, as a
be quite as good. member of the working press, having
GOOD Watching.coach Karen to react with a curtailed smile and
Shelton's field hockey team give free a quick nod.
f- 2FPnC?itKa?er oncn GOOD - Having the opportunity
delighting the smaU but vocd crowds t0 questions to Dick Crum,
that come out to AstroTurf field for r c7u .u: r'
l'vou on ii in uiu wicu ymycia aiici
the game ends.
BAD Knowing that no matter
its games.
BAD -
Wondering why every
non-revenue sport besides lacrosse
and baseball toils in relative obscur
ity, even though the quality of play
is exceptional . almost across the
board.
Trouble
now eloquently trie question is
worded, the -answer will always be
cautious, and rarely completely
candid.
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He took six hours of correspon- convicted of delinquency by reason charge of robbery, a felony, was
dence courses in the spring, and was of assault and petty theft. The charges reduced to a misdemeanor with the
taking six credit hours in the first arose from an April 10 incident in approval of the victim
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