The Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 12, 19897.
Sports
1 women edge
3 Gauchos, 1-0
By SCOTT GOLD
Staff Writer
As of 1:59 p.m. on Wednesday,
the University of California-Santa
Barbara's women's soccer team had
a flawless 12-0 record, a number
three national ranking, fresh legs and
all the motivation it needed to over
come the champ.
At the same time, the top-ranked
North Carolina squad's legs were
wiped out by their trip to Washing
ton, D.C. this weekend. Their moti
vation had to be minimal. They were
tired. Strung out.
Stop the presses. Who's got the
85-game winning streak here?
As of 2:10 p.m., UNC had al
ready taken a 1-0 lead over the
Gauchos, and the Tar Heels were
well on their way to their 15th win
of the season, pitted once again
against no losses.
Mia Hamm scored the game-winner
only 10:3 1 into the match. After
a throw-in off the right side, there
was a scuffle at midfield. When the
ball squirted out toward the Gaucho
goal, Hamm squirted out with it.
Streaking down the line, she beat
UCSB's Kiersten Taub to the goal
and slid the ball past goalkeeper Jan
Urich, where it nestled softly into the
back of the strings.
Hamm's goal was the only mate
rial offense generated all game, but
really it was a one-sided matchup.
North Carolina outshot Santa Bar
bara 29 to eight, forcing Urich to
make 14 saves.
Though the game appeared to be a
complete success, some aspects of
the game were not flawless enough to
please UNC coach Anson Dorrance.
"We didn't play well," Dorrance
said, "but I credit that as much to
Santa Barbara as to the fact that I
think the girls right now are a little
'Winchester Rifle' right on target
By BROCK PAGE
Staff Writer
When Julie Guamotta first came to
North Carolina in 1986 to play for the
women's soccer team, she had all the
anxieties of any typical freshman. In
addition to the normal concerns, she
had to worry about joining a tradition
ally powerful team with incredibly high
standards that was just coming off a
loss to George Mason in the 1 985 cham
pionship game.
"At first it was scary because there
were so many really good players,"
Guarnotta said. "It felt weird, but eve
rybody helped support the freshmen
and made us feel better. I never really
had any problems."
Not only did Guarnotta not experi
ence any troubles, she went on to have
a sensational first year, as she scored 10
goals and had three assists. She also had
the honor of being the back-up for Ail
American April Heinrichs.
As far as fitting into the system goes,
Guamotta has only helped the Tar Heels
claim three NCAA Tournament crowns
and maintain an 85-game winning streak
that started during her freshman year.
When Guarnotta came to UNC, she
brought with her a winning attitude that
has been very valuable.
"She has always been a winner; she
was on a state championship team in
high school," said UNC head coach
Anson Dorrance. "The key to our suc
cess is having the right mentality, and
she has a competitive mentality which
has been a big difference to us."
Ever since Guarnotta was eight years
old, she has been playing soccer to
prepare for the moment that she would
be a member of a college championship
team. Although she also ran track and
played basketball for Winchester
(Mass.) High School, Guarnotta knew
that soccer was her sport.
On her high school team, Guarnotta
always played right wing, so it was only
natural for her to start at right wing for
UNC the past two seasons. Since she
has played right wing for so long,
Guarnotta has developed a very dan
gerous right foot. That foot is notorious
for firing shots past goalies and sending
perfect crossing passes to her team
mates. "She has some of the best crosses
that I have ever seen," Dorrance said.
"She has the ability to send crosses to
the box from far out on the flank with
out much preparation."
Hardin
of the faculty to have better compensa
tion." Better faculty pay was one area
Hardin said he planned to work on last
year. There has been some improve
ment, but not as much as was hoped for.
The General Assembly this year passed
a 6 percent pay raise for faculty, only
half the amount the BOG requested.
Considering the tight budget the
legislature had, Hardin said he was still
optimistic about future improvements
in faculty pay. "In terms of what the
General Assembly had to work with,
they clearly assigned a high priority to
salaries. The revenue picture was a
fatigued. As tired as they were, they
couldn't even move, but they still
wanted to win."
One player who will help keep
the rhythm is goalie Lori Walker,
who turned in her eighth shutout by
contributing four saves. Walker, the
UNC starter since the September
20th match with Duke, is half of a
growing process maturing in the
Tar Heel backfield.
"I think it's helping my confi
dence," Walker said, "especially with
them having more confidence in
me. Every game is a learning expe
rience." Perhaps Walker's biggest attrib
ute as the goalie is the insta-offense
created by her superific foot. After
collecting the ball and going through
her "I'm-about-to-kick-the-ball"
routine (usually one smack of the
ball, two kneebends and one dribble),
Walker dropkicks the ball well over
the midfield line, sometimes within
10 yards of her opponents' box.
"When she gets the ball everyone
feels safe," Dorrance said. "We feel
safe because she distributes the ball
so well. The balls are right on the
money, and her placement is out
standing. "When the ball is in her hands, I
think she exudes a very confident
presence."
Walker has allowed one goal in
over 600 minutes of playing time.
Santa Barbara has provided the
most competition of any team the
Tar Heels have faced this year.
"I think, technically, this was the
best we've seen," Dorrance said.
"In terms of skill, that's the abso
lute best team we've played. They're
very good on the ball. They stayed
with their gameplan. I really re
spected what they tried to do."
'Tried" is the key word there.
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Julie Guarnotta
If she isn't busy eating up opposing
defenses by dishing out assists, Guar
notta can always crank up her powerful
right leg to score goals. Her leg is so
strong that she has come to be known as
"The Winchester Rifle."
With Guarnotta's combination of speed
and strength, she is capable of scoring at
any time. If she doesn't send long shots
from thirty yards out into the goal, she
simply weaves through the defense to put
herself in position for a high-percentage
shot.
As one of only five seniors on the
team, Guamotta is expected to provide
leadership for players who are not as
experienced. Midfielder Shannon Hig
gins, another senior, shares the responsi
bility for leadership with Guamotta.
"Julie's a silent type as far as leader
ship goes; she leads by example," Hig
gins said. "She mostly keeps to herself on
the field. Off the field, she is a very open
person and everybody knows her."
All the experience and leadership of
Guamotta has definitely made a big
impact for the Tar Heels this season.
"The most important thing is that she
has a consistent presence," Dorrance said.
"She is surrounded by freshmen and she
is the only veteran on the front line."
Playing soccer at North Carolina has
been very rewarding for Guamotta off
the field as well as on. Her teammates
become her good friends even after they
hang up the soccer shoes.
"The socializing I do with my team
little grim."
Asked about the likelihood of a raise
in graduate student stipends, Hardin
said, "That's a tough one." The issue
has been raised several times in the past
year, most recently at a Sept. 18 rally in
the Pit by Graduate Students United.
"We have not had as much help on
that as we need," Hardin said. "Stronger
stipends for graduate students must be
an urgent priority, not only in our re
quests to the state, but also in our finan
cial campaigns in the bicentennial."
Hardin said the University's librar
ies also needed more financial support,
Meim thrash Eloo
By BOB McCROSKEY
Staff Writer
The North Carolina Lions oops,
sorry, Tar Heels devoured the
Fightin' Christians of Elon in a 5-0
shutout victory Wednesday at Finley
Field. The Tar Heels were led by Derek
Missimo's three goals and an outstand
ing defense.
The win ups 12th-ranked UNC's
record to 8-4-1 overall, 1-2-1 in the
ACC.
The UNC defense asserted itself early
and often in the first half. Sophomore
backs Tommy Boykin and Richard
Wachsman helped to quell every attack
that Elon could muster. As is usually
the case, aggressive play by the Tar
Heel defense led to goals for the offense
and it wasn't long before North Caro
lina broke the scoreless tie.
Sophomore forward Adam Tinkham
struck first with his goal at the 13:20
mark. He collected a pass from senior
midfielder Nick Efthimou and punched
it into the net.
Minutes later, Missimo took com
mand and capitalized on a mistake by
the Fightin' Christiansi At the 19:09
mark, the ball rocketed in the goal,
courtesy of Missimo's foot and Ashton's
and Wachsman's assist, while the Elon
players were still disputing a yellow
card against one of their players.
Things only got worse for Elon after
that. Still smarting from Missimo's goal,
the Fightin' Christian defenders seemed
to be in slow motion. North Carolina
decided to add insult to injury.
Ashton dribbled the ball to the deep
right corner and crossed a low pass in
front of the goal. The Elon goalie hesi
tated briefly, then went toward the ball.
Missimo stumbled and fell, but the
keeper missed the ball. As he slid for
ward, Missimo collided with the ball,
pushing it into the corner of the goal.
For the rest of the first half, the Tar
Heels had the Elon defense reeling but
couldn't add to their lead.
With a 3-0 halftime lead, many
teams would be content to hold on for
the victory. But the Tar Heels have
mates is definitely the biggest part of
my life at UNC," Guamotta said. "We
do a lot together off the field; I know
them better because I see them every
day."
During the team's recent trip to Mas
sachusetts to play Boston College,
Guamotta had the team over to her
house in Winchester to have dinner.
Although soccer does demand a tre
mendous amount of time, Guamotta, a
psychology major, has never had any
trouble fitting in her studies.
"Playing soccer puts me more on a
set schedule," she said. "There are times
when I just have to study, but it's not
that bad. The weekend before a road
trip, we'll all get together and simply
study hard."
For Guamotta, the best feeling comes
from winning in front of everybody at
home in Chapel Hill. Winning a title
this year would be especially gratifying
since it's her final year.
After this year, Guamotta really has
not decided what she will do. Like
many North Carolina soccer players,
she could very easily go into coaching
temporarily, which she is considering.
There is also the chance that she will go
straight to graduate school in the area or
back home in Massachusetts.
Since Winchester is only 10 min
utes from Boston, Guamotta has had
the opportunity to go to many games at
Fenway Park and at the Boston Garden.
Guamotta is proud to say that the Bos
ton Celtics are her favorite NBA team.
That brought about a weird situation for
Dorrance when he was recruiting Guar
notta. "During her recruiting trip down here,
I wasn't getting any signs that she was
at all impressed with UNC," Dorrance
said. "So, I decided to take her to a
basketball game at the Smith Center,
which I thought would impress just
about anybody. Then I found out that
she had seen the Celtics at the Boston
Garden a lot, and she was not really
impressed."
Since then, it has been Guamotta
doing the impressing.
When Guamotta got here back in
1986, the team had set, after losing to
George Mason, what seemed to be an
unrealistic goal.
"We had decided that we would swear
to never lose again," Guamotta said.
The Tar Heels with some help
from Julie Guamotta have kept their
promise.
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both from the state and from alumni.
"Our purchasing power is alarmingly
low, and we have to keep bringing this
home to the General Assembly. I don't
think our legislators or our donors are
going to let the library slip, but we are
in danger and we're going to have to
work hard."
Boulton said he had faith in Hardin's
ability to tackle these problems.
"Change at an institution like this one
comes slowly. But Chancellor Hardin
is good at finding out where the prob
lems are and dedicated to finding solu
tions. He's constantly looking for bet
ter ways to do things."
learned how quickly momentum can
turn on a team and decided they had
better score while they could.
Missimo wasted no time in getting
UNC started in the second half. He
scored his third goal of the game just
one minute into the half on an assist
from Tinkham. That goal gave the Tar
Heels a 4-0 lead and Missimo his third
hat trick of the season. The junior
attacker's previous troikas came against
Texas Christian and Catawba.
Missimo also helped out on defense.
Although his defensive skills were a bit
rusty from lack of use, Missimo did
manage to get in the way of the Elon
forwards quite a bit. He even broke up
an Elon threat in front of the UNC goal
by interceptin' a Fightin' Christian pass
and givin' it to UNC freshman keeper
Watson Jennison.
UNC did manage to add to the Chris
tians' misery once more before time
mercifully ran out. Junior midfielder
David Merola tallied his first goal of the
season on an assist from freshman for
ward Andrew Cohen at the 88 minute
mark.
Although UNC played well offen
sively and defensively, Elon didn't help
its own cause by committing 33 fouls
and being outshot by North Carolina
16-5.
Missimo's three scores against Elon
give him 15 goals and 33 points for the
season. They also pad both his UNC
career records, giving him 40 goals
and 100 points in just three seasons.
By collecting two assists in the game,
Ashton upped his mark to nine for the
season and 40 for his career, another
UNC career record.
For this game, North Carolina head
coach Elmar Bolowich employed a
different defensive scheme, producing
some pleasing results for the West
German native.
"Right now, it's just an idea,"
Bolowich said. "We felt the other teams
could figure out how to shut Derek
(Missimo) down in the front. Now,
with Marco (Ferruzzi) and Adam
(Tinkham), we have the mobility to
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"We knew we had to come into this
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our crushing loss to Duke," Boykin"
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