The Daily Tar HeelFriday, October 6, 19895
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Heels, Beacs 5 mi search of
By JOHN BLAND
Staff Writer
Leonard Nimoy could focus a whole
episode of "In Search Of..." around
Saturday's football game between UNC
. and Wake Forest, and it wouldn't be
about finding Bigfoot in Kenan Sta
dium. Instead, the show would deal with
searching for answers to potential los
; ing seasons.
Bill Dooley comes home to Chapel
; Hill for the noon game, bringing his 0-3-1
Demon Deacons to face Mack
: Brown's 1 -3 Tar Heels in a contest that
; could conceivably end up in a scoreless
; tie, and not for defensive reasons.
; Dooley 's Deacs have a lot in com
; rrion with Brown's Tar Heels besides
; the depressing won-lost record. Both
UNC, Dyke set for soccer battle
By WARREN HYNES
" Staff Writer
After Wednesday's spine-tingling,
closer-than-close 1-0 victory over
1 Coastal Carolina, the UNC men's
' soccer team is most assuredly look-
ing for a breather.
The Tar Heels won't get one
Sunday, however, if the Duke Blue
' Devils can help it. The two teams
will square off at 2 p.m. on Finley
Field in what promises to be a down
and dirty matchup of conference
' rivals.
North Carolina (7-3-1) has been
riding quite high of late, winning
four of its last five games. However,
the Tar Heels experienced an unex
pected setback Wednesday in the
' form of an injury to sophomore for
ward Adam Tinkham. Tinkham
aggravated an old ankle injury when
he was undercut by a Coastal Caro
Cobs tie
pp series
From Associated Press reports
CHICAGO The Chicago Cubs
slill can't figure out Kevin Mitchell and
Will Clark. But Mark Grace and friends
Had no trouble solving Rick Reuschel
and salvaging the split they needed,
v. Pitcher Mike,Bielecki, the worst
hitter in the major leagues, singled to
spark a six-run first inning and the Cubs
held San Francisco at bay, beating the
Giants 9-5 Thursday night to even the
National League playoffs at one game
apiece.
; Chicago bounced back from
Wednesday's 1 1 -3 rout in a hurry. They
chased the 40-year-old Reuschel with
five hits, including an RBI double by
Grace.
: That, along with a three-run double
Ijy Grace in the sixth that gave him
three hits for the second consecutive
flight, was enough for three Chicago
- pitchers to withstand San Francisco's
sluggers.
Mitchell, who led the majors with 47
home runs, homered for the second
straight game and singled twice. Clark,
who drove in a record six runs in the
opener, singled and walked, extending
his streak of reaching base to seven.
-Matt Williams hit a two-run shot in the
eighth and Robby Thompson a solo
home run in the ninth that gave the
Giants a 6-2 home run edge in the
-playoffs.
The Cubs, however, stopped Clark
when it mattered most, maybe because
of a move Manager Don Zimmer might
-have made one night earlier. Chicago
-led 6-2 in the fifth when the Giants put
- runners on second and third with two
-outs. Zimmer pulled Bielecki and
brought in lefty Paul Assenmacher to
face the left-handed Clark, who
"grounded out on the first pitch.
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were blown out by N.C. State, both lost
games last week (Wake tied) which
they were expected to win and both
coaches are searching for ways to get
on the track of success.
In Search Of... an ACC victory.
Most sportswriters have picked ei
ther UNC, Wake or Georgia Tech to
finish last in the conference. Whoever
comes out on the wrong end of this one
will have to hope and pray that the
Ramblin' Wreck keeps its ACC losing
streak alive.
"When this season started, there were
two games on our schedule that people
felt like we had a chance to win," Brown
said. "Now we've played them both,
beating VMI and losing to Navy. We'll
be underdogs in every game the rest of
the season."
lina player. He is undergoing treat
ment, and the decision as to his playing
status will be made on Sunday. Coach
Elmar Bolowich is hoping to have
Tinkham ready to take on the Blue
Devil squad.
Duke is led on offense by two All
America forwards, senior Joey Valenti
and junior Brian Benedict. Both are
by far the greatest scoring threats the
team. has. "When they play well, we
play well," Duke coach John Rennie
said.
Duke's defense has been boosted
this year by the arrival of goalie Jonah
Goldstein, a junior transfer from Brown
University. As a freshman, Goldstein
started for Brown. However, his trans
fer forced him to sit out one year. Gold
stein has been a mean guardian of net
this year, sporting an average of 0.96
goals allowed per game.
But is Duke's offense really good
Dave Andy John Jamie Billy
Glenn Podolsky Bland Rosenberg
Record (39-11) (36-14) (37-13) (38-12) (Guest)
Winning Percentage (.780) (.720) (.740) (.760) (.600)
Games of the Week
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Virginia at Clemson Clem Clem UVa. Clem UVa.
Maryland at Georgia Tech Mary Mary Mary Tech Tech
Army at Duke Duke Duke .Army Duke Duke
Mid. Tenn. St. at N.C. State NCSU NCSU NCSU NCSU State
East Carolina at So. Carolina USC USC USC USC USC
Florida State at Syracuse FSU SU FSU SU SU
Ohio State at Illinois III. III. III. III. III.
Washington at Southern Cal USC USC USC USC USC
Georgia at Tennessee Tenn Tenn Tenn Tenn Tenn
As rumors of corruption swirl
around our very own Daily Tar Heel,
we know what you're thinking.
What about our reason for living,
you say our beacon of light, our ray
of hope in an otherwise-dreary, mor
bid, depressing. Wall Street Journal
type world? Yes, indeed, what about
our beloved DTH Picks of the Week?
Have no fear. We're back, and
better than ever.
First, we tried to get no less than 1 5
celebrities for our DTH Guest Picker
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and lower and beholder Geraldo
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transvestite, Satan-worshipping
housewives who are addicted to sex?)
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Including this one.
In Search Of... offense.
Dooley, long known for his plethora
of bullish tailbacks, has lost most of
them to injury this season. Out are
Mark Young, Darryl France and Tony
Rogers. In are sophomores Anthony
Williams and Corey Donald, both about
even statistically (Williams has 194
yards on 52 carries, Donald has 190 on
47). However, neither has the experi
ence or skills necessary to carry an
entire offense.
Enter sophomore quarterback Phil
lip Barnhill, who has completed 67 of
146 passes for 83 1 yards and three TDs
and is eleventh in the nation in total
offense. Barnhill, like another young,
inexperienced quarterback, needs to
find a consistent rhythm, but he's got a
enough to stop Derek Missimo? Coach
Rennie has his doubts as to whether
the Tar Heels' incredible forward will
be stopped this year. "We've played
against Derek several times before," he
said. "There's not a whole lot you can
do against him. You can assign an
outside forward on man-to-man cover
age, but we won't do this. It would be a
waste, because one man can't stop him.
"We'll just try to do the best we can
and be aware of where he is. We have
an awful lot of respect for Derek Mis
simo and the kind of year he's having.'
While the Blue Devils know to keep
one eye fixed on Missimo, they know
that UNC certainly has many fine play
ers on both offense and defense. One
Tar Heel who's been on fire of late is
freshman goalie Watson Jennison. He
made a vital save in Wednesday's vic
tory, which was also his third shutout of
the season.
DTH Picks of the Week
Kupchak. We did try, though. Seri
ously. In the most severe blow to the DTH
sports staff morale, David (We really
like him but he dis'ed us something
about not alienating parts of his audi
ence) Letterman declined. It took at
least, oh the traffic time between the
light turning green and the guy behind
you laying on his horn to get over
that one. But we're a persistent bunch
of reprobates, so in the spirit of UNC
football, we didn't give up.
Once again in the "No, We Will
Never Cease To Amaze You" Dept.
we garnered a person whose impact on
the world will go largely unnoticed in
the history books and classical litera
ture of the 22nd century (and a sad, sad
commentary on the state of man that
is). Yes, it's Billy, Time-Out Chicken's
leading late-night man and best friend
worst nightmare to the plastered UNC
student.
Billy obviously doesn't realize the
competition he's dealing with here on
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offense, -first ACC
strong offensive line, led by center Tony
Mayberry, and receiving threat Ricky
Proehl to help him. Consistent
placekicker Wilson Hoyle, who has
become Wake's all-time scoring leader,
will definitely be a key factor.
And then there are the Tar Heels'
offensive woes, which shall remain
unmentioned just to give those guys a
few breaks (Lord knows they need a
few). Suffice it to say that tailback Eric
Blount won't see any action because of
a shoulder separation.
"Eric is the biggest threat we've got
offensively because he has the most
experience of any of our skilled guys,"
Brown said. "That's why we've tried to
get him the ball in as many different
ways possible."
Getting the ball to Blount has lately
"For a freshman to come in and
start, especially in a program like
this, is good," assistant coach Doug
Allison said. "He's got his weak
nesses, but he has kept us in quite a
few games. He has a lot to learn, but
he's very confident."
Sunday's game continues a great
soccer rivalry. Both teams are keyed
up for the game simply because of
the fact that they're playing one
another. "It's a really big conference
game," Allison said. "They always
have a strong program and are al
ways tough. However, we'll be in
real good position in the conference
if we win. We'd love to see a big
crowd there to support us."
If you do come out to support the
team on Sunday, hold onto your hats.
Both teams will be playing with a
vengeance in a gritty match that will
be a sure test of mettle.
the campus. Actually, we went a shi
I mean disappointing 29-19-12 last
week (uuuuuuugly). But that means
that Dave (No Vanna, I don't think I
can fit you in until, saaaaaaay, March)
Glenn still still, (God I love playing
with bold and italics) leads the pack
witha39-1 1 (who counts ties?) ledger,
despite his almost human showing
(7-3) a week ago. Jamie (Vanna, I'm
free tonight if Dave isn't) Rosenberg
went 8-2 to move to within a game of
the pinnacle of life.
John (I've got an ulcer and it's
really painful) Bland tripped in at (ho,
ho, ho) 6-4 to fall two games back,
and Jay (Winning isn't everything ...
at least I hope not) Reed is waaaay
back at eight, count 'em, eight games
off the pace. Oh yeah, Andrew (Do
you have to actually take exams to
graduate?) Podolsky also stumbled in
at the 7-3 mark to lurk (and I mean
lurk) three games off the pace, just
waiting to pounce on the unsuspect
ing Lee er, leaders this weekend.
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been the job of that previously-mentioned
"young, inexperienced quarter
back," Chuckie Burnette, who will
probably see most of the action Satur
day. In his first start last week in the loss
to Navy, Burnette completed only eight
of 29 passes for 109 yards.
Sophomore Randy Jordan, who has
yet to break out, will split time with
senior Aaron Staples at tailback. Mi
chael Benefield, "Sgt. Rock," will start
at fullback.
Defensively, UNC holds a decided
edge. Dennis Tripp and Alex Simakas
anchor a strong line, but it is in the
linebacking corps that UNC has been
dominating. Sophomore outside line
backer D wight Hollier leads the ACC
in tackles with 60.
"Dwight has tremendous work eth-
Volleyball
for liberty, A&M
By NEIL AMATO
Staff Writer
Will the real UNC volleyball team
please stand up?
The Tar Heels played well up to their
potential Tuesday against ACC-rival
N.C. State, but this season they've been
characterized as inconsistent.
North Carolina (8-5) must now pre
pare to face Liberty (5-9) tonight and
Texas A&M (7-4), a squad which has
played several Top 20 teams, on Satur
day. Both matches will be at 7:30 p.m.
in Carmichael Auditorium.
"The overall game is mental," senior
hitter Sharon German said. "I think
we're on the right track, because we
just came off two big wins."
Before the victory over the Wolfpack,
UNC split at the Northwestern Invita
tional in Chicago, losing to powerhouse
Rice but coming back to defeat New
Mexico State in four games. German
stressed that the win over the Roadrun
ners has been the turning point.
"We played in those matches like we
want to play for the rest of the season,"
the Dillon, S.C. native said.
The game versus Liberty should be a
tuneup for the match against perennially-tough
A&M. The Aggies, like the
Tar Heels, have fantastic talent but have
been on a roller coaster this year.
"They 've been up and down like us,"
Matthews said. "They've had some
injuries, and they're young. They're
beatable, but we'll definitely have to be
at the top of our game to win."
One possible reason for the Tar
Heels' fluctuating performance may be
the fact that they have three new faces
in the starting lineup. Freshmen Amy
Peistrup and Chris White and junior
college transfer Paula Martin are among
the UNC top six, along with seniors
German and Lisa Joffs and junior Liz
Berg.
German believed the veterans were
getting accustomed to the new players'
habits.
"We're really starting to get used to
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victory
ics," Brown said. "He's extremely
strong, and he has the natural instincts
that great linebackers have to possess."
UNC's secondary, a bit shaky at
times, will try to contain the speedy
Proehl from scoring. Senior Torin Dom,
who returned an interception 54-yards
last week for UNC's only score, is
"getting better and better every week"
at his new position, Brown said. .
Wake's defense is a little more sus
pect. After holding an explosive Army
squad to only 14 points, it then let N.C.
State rock it for 27 points and let an
unusually-tough Rice squad sneak away
with 17. If the Deacs can close some
gaps defensively, and open some of
fensively, they could leave Kenan Sta
dium with their third victory over the
Tar Heels in as many years. ;
ears
each other," German said. "(The older
players) know each other's tendencies,
but now we're starting to get used to the
new players' tendencies."
UNC assistant coach Eddie Mat
thews believed that another reason UNC
hasn't totally jelled is that head coach
Peggy Bradley-Doppes has been ex
perimenting with several lineups and
substitution patterns.
"Right now, we're working on get
ting our set lineup and the chemistry we
need," Matthews said Wednesday.
"Against New Mexico State is when it
really started clicking. And it contin
ued against N.C. State. We played re
ally well everything we did seemed
to work."
Subbing is something Bradley-Doppes
did very little of against N.C. State,
inserting junior Patty Hopkins only a
few times in the third game for defen
sive purposes. Matthews said the start
ers would pretty much stay the same.
"Right now, we have our starting
lineup," Matthews said. "If they need a
rest or they're not playing as we think
they should, then we'll sub. But there
won't be any more free substitution."
Despite the topsy-turvy season the
Tar Heels have had, Berg has main
tained composure. The Arlington
Heights, 111. native leads UNC in digs
and service aces and is third in the
country in aces per game. The 5-foot-9
Berg also places second in the ACC in
kills per game witfi 4.21.
"She's playing really steady," Mat
thews said. "We know what to expect
from Liz, and there's still some more
there."
German, who was sidelined earlier
this year because of pneumonia, is now
playing like a two-time all-ACC per
former should.
"Sharon is starting to come around
and play like we know she can," Mat
thews said.
The way it looks now, the rest of the
squad is starting to play up to its poten
tial, also.
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