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The Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 26, 19897
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Michael Jordan thrills
By MARK ANDERSON
Staff Writer
The UNC practice shorts that Mi
chael Jordan wears under his Chicago
Bulls' uniform came home last Satur
day night. Unfortunately for the fans,
Jordan played much of the game like it
was just a practice.
His 33 points led the Bulls to a 120
115 win over the Miami Heat, but Jor
dan never really got on track. The 13,675
fans in the Dean E. Smith Center didn't
mind a bit.
The game was secondary from the
start; the night was a salute to THE Man
who hit THE Shot. Fans called his name
from the stands at every possible
moment and hounded him for auto
graphs until his last step into the bus.
This kind of pressure may have af
fected Jordan's game in the first half.
"It's a big responsibility coming back
here," he said. "You feel like you've
got to win."
Right out of the gate, Jordan showed
whose floor the game was being played
on by swatting away a Rony Seikaly
jumper. But the Bulls spent the first
quarter establishing why they are a
threat to win the Eastern Conference
this year.
They built their biggest lead of the
game at 26-10 by running most of their
plays away from Jordan. On a break
with Jordan, Scottie Pippen demon
strated the team's new confidence by
'Lovely' Lyness assists hockey
in quest for the national title
By NEIL AMATO
Staff Writer
"Lovely, Leslie."
Those were words from former UNC
field hockey player Kriss Palermo in
1986. Palermo was describing the play
of freshman Leslie Lyness, who's now
a senior and captain for the second
ranked Tar Heels.
The phrase stuck and became Ly
ness' nickname. Her teammates still
call her "Lovely" and, by the way she
performs, the moniker is very fitting.
For lack of a better cliche, the 1988
first-team All-America is the main cog
in a Tar Heel machine that has its motors
revved for a national championship.
At center midfield, Lyness is the
key link between the forwards and the
defenders. She performs the stick stop
on UNC's penalty corners while mark
ing the opponents' counterpart at cen
ter mid. Two weeks ago, Lyness was
assigned the task of handling ODU star
Maaike Hilbrand. Lyness, constantly
hustling and diving all over the turf,
owned and frustrated Hilbrand, who
had scored 18 goals in 12 games.
Lyness, who is third on UNC's all
time assist list with 30, believes the
defensive part of her game is more
important. She's helped a defensive
line that is three-fourths converted for
wards mature into a weapon that has
yielded only nine goals in 17 games.
"This year, we've had to work to
gether more as a unit," Lyness said. "A
lot of times, if you just lose one senior
you only have to replace a single posi
tion. This year, we've had to replace an
entire unit of defensive players."
Lyness, who seems to take none of
the credit, says this year's squad has
what it takes to bring home a title.
"The team as a whole has a better
attitude," Lyness said. "This team is a
little more positive and that gives us an
edge."
That positive attitude reflects on the
leadership of Lyness. Being a captain
for the team means she has a good
relationship with head coach Karen
Shelton. If Lyness has a suggestion,
Shelton usually complies.
"Leslie's a wonderful girl," Shelton
said. "She's a pretty good gauge of
how the team is feeling."
The resident of Paoli, Pa. is also a
good role model for any student-athlete.
A biology major, Lyness carries
a 3.1 grade point average, and was a
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driving for the dunk instead of forcing
the ball to Jordan.
The Heat's Kevin Edwards frustrated
Jordan on offense, holding him to two
free throws before Jordan exited at the
2:13 mark of the first quarter. Defen
sively, Jordan seemed to be looking for
the crowd-pleasing play by releasing
early or leaving his man to look for a
steal or blocked shot. His man, Ed
wards, led all players with 10 shot at
tempts by halftime, and Jordan finished
the game with five fouls.
The Bulls proved Jordan's value,
even when he's not producing, by being
outscored 16-6 until he returned.
Immediately, Jordan reminded the
now-quiet crowd of what they had come
to see by driving around Edwards and
sailing over Grant Long for a one-hand
tomahawk jam. Fans expecting more of
the same were disappointed, though, as
Jordan finished the half by turning the
ball over three times, m issing two shots,
getting called for an offensive foul and,
most embarrassingly, being stripped
clean by Edwards in the open court.
Jordan refused to use his off-season
marriage as an excuse.
"I can't complain yet," said Jordan,
who exchanged vows with Juanita
Vanoy Sept. 2 in Las Vegas. "It hasn't
had an effect on my game. I was
careless tonight, but my wife isn't on
the trip so I can't blame her."
The second half opened much like
Leslie Lyness
member of the 1987-88 ACC Aca
demic Honor Roll. How does she find
time to juggle her many activities?
"It's hard sometimes," Lyness said.
"A lot of it comes from missing some
sleep and trying to stay awake while
reading."
Lyness added that with the course
load she's taking and the eight straight
road games the Tar Heels have played,
staying ahead is a little tougher.
"Right now, I'm taking chemistry,
physics and biology and it's really tough
to stay on top of my work," Lyness
said. "With the number of road trips
we've had, this has been the hardest
season to keep up."
Lyness, whose dad is a neurosur
geon, plans after field hockey to attend
medical school to become some sort
of surgeon also. She says her family
has helped her in both on- and off-the-field
pursuits.
"They've supported me a ton,"
Lyness said. "My parents came up to
Canada for the World Cup. My brother
and sister have helped me a lot, too.
They show an interest in what I'm
doing."
The 5-foot-3-inch senior, who was
recently named ACC Player of the
Week, mentioned that her father still
helps her with homework.
"I ask him about my chemistry and
he still knows it," Lyness said.
Lyness captained the U.S. Junior
National Team in the World Cup this
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the end of the first. In the first one-and-a-half
minutes, Jordan was beaten
back-door by Edwards, had his shot
blocked by Seikaly and missed a lay
up. Obviously fed up, Jordan exploded
for 15 points in the rest of the quarter.
The outburst was punctuated with
the spectacular a three-point play,
another tomahawk, a two-handed
windmill and a take-off-from-the-foul-line
airmail job.
Fans who left early missed Jor
dan's final show. As always, the last
five minutes were his.
"I certainly didn't want to lose
here" said Jordan. "I tried to get
things moving. I wanted to generate
some emotion, some entertainment."
That effort translated into scoring
eight of the Bulls' final 10 points (in
cluding two more dunks) and finding
Will Perdue for the other two.
With 21 seconds left and Miami
down by two, Bulls' head coach Phil
Jackson switched Jordan onto Jon
Sundvold, Miami's three-point spe
cialist. Jordan iced the game by steal
ing Terry Davis' pass to Sundvold.
"I know I have to show my defen
sive skills when I Come here," said
Jordan. "(Dean Smith) will be happy
with the way I guarded Sundvold.
Maybe he should have put me on him
when we played Missouri in '83."
Jordan's post-game comments cen
tered on (what else?) his alma mater.
summer where UNC teammate Lau
rel Hershey also played. Lyness said
playing for her country was exciting,
but the competition was tough.
Hershey thought playing with Ly
ness prepared the pair for this sea
son's action.
"It helped tremendously because the
competition was so great," Hershey.
said. "We're now able to read each
other's moves better."
In her prep days, Lyness attended
The Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr Pa.,
a small, all-girls school. Besides field
hockey, Lyness starred in basketball
and lacrosse. She also competed on a
men s ice hockey team where she played
goalie. If UNC goalie Evelien Spee had
been injured last season, Lyness would
have been the one to don the pads and
tend the net. This year, Spee is backed
up by freshman Peggy Storrar, so
Lyness won't have to worry.
"I'm not a very good goalie,"
Lyness said. "I like to slide too much."
In her career, Lyness has played in
72 games and has been a four-year
starter except for a short period in 1987,
when she missed several matches due
to a knee injury. Since she's been at
UNC, she's seen only nine losses and a
whopping 71 wins. Besides the assist
total, Lyness has contributed 1 1 goals
en route to 41 career points.
Before medical school, Lyness has
chances to go far in field hockey. She
wants to attend A camp in December
(where the national team is selected)
and play in next summer's Olympic
Festival. She also has her sights set on
the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Lyness is happy with her career so
far, but knows it's long from over. She
and the rest of this season's 15-2 Tar
Heels would like nothing better than to
garner an NCAA crown.
When asked what her greatest field
hockey moment has been, Lyness
shrugged her shoulders and said she'd
like it to happen in Springfield, Mass.,
the site of this year's Final Four.
"I haven't had one yet, but I think
that'll be it."
What a lovely ending that would be.
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"Coach Smith has always been a
coachfather type to me," he said. "I
respect that, even in his position, he
advised me to leave. In training camp,
I see a lot of guys haven't been taught
those fundamentals I got from him."
Smith is the reason Jordan has con
fidence in the 1990 Tar Heel squad.
"A lot of people will count them
out," he said, "but I know Coach Smith
and when you least expect it, he'll have
them rise to the occasion. I'll stick with
them. I might not bet too much money
on them, though."
Jordan was less sure of Reid.
"He has a lot of talent and you
know he'll do an adequate job," said
Jordan. "It'll be interesting to see how
he adjusts to the pros. He's always
played on a level where he could
dominate."
The Bulls face many questions this
year despite going to the Eastern Con
ference finals in 1989, and the biggest
may be Jackson, their new coach.
"He's really helped the young guys
relax," said Jordan. "He hasn't given
them a lot of plays to think about. He
hasn't made it so structured that we
forget how to play the game. He knows
how the rest of us play and our limita
tions, so he's not really new."
The Bulls have also added two cele
brated rookies, Stacey King and B.J.
Armstrong.
"Both have great potential to be good
pros," said Jordan. "They've showed
great signs of adjusting."
King, who has averaged 14.8 points
and 9.8 rebounds in the preseason, was
limited to four points and two rebounds
Saturday. Armstrong had 1 1 points and
three assists.
With the influx of youth, Jordan,
who enters his sixth year in the NBA, is
suddenly an elder statesman.
"I have to be more of a leader, both
with my play and vocally," said Jor
dan. "I'm back at my natural position
(two guard or shooting guard), but I
showed last year I could play the point
so that shouldn't be a problem.
"I'm the utility man. Wherever you
need me, I'll fill the hole."
Above all, Jordan's magnetic smile
was on display all evening, and he
drew a big laugh when referee Lee
Jones hit him in the head with an
errant pass.
"I know him," said Jordan. "He'll
give me a good call during the year."
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From staff reports
GREENSBORO The UNC men's
soccer team battled back from a 3-1
deficit with two goals in the final two
minutes of regulation, but lost 4-3 in
double overtime to UNC-Greensboro
Wednesday afternoon.
The non-conference loss was the Tar
Heel's second straight and dropped
them to 9-7-1 overall, including a dis
mal 1-4-1 in the ACC. Chad Ashton,
Wendell Muldrow and Derek Missimo
scored for the Tar Heels, with Ashton
and Missimo also notching assists.
Missimo tied the contest at 3-3 with
his 20th goal of the season with eight
seconds left in regulation to send the
game into overtime. Muldrow tallied
UNC's second goal just 1:37 earlier.
UNC-G's Mike Gailey netted the
game-winner 1:22 into the second of
two 15-minute non-sudden death over
time periods to give the Spartans only
their second win in seven tries against
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