The Daily Tar HeelThursday, November 16, 19897, Sports Oth-ranked wrestlers aim JASON BATES Staff Writer As winter approaches another perennial top 10 UNC athletic team is about to awaken. NO! NO! NO! The basketball tab is tomorrow. We are referring to the 1989-90 Tar Heel wrestling team, which is ranked 1 0th in the nation for preseason. UNC head coach Bill Lam has been directing the Tar Heel matmen for 16 seasons and has a 205-66-3 record, including 16 consecutive winning season. Of course, that means the Tar Heels have never had a losing season under coach Lam. Not bad, huh? "I'm excited about the year," Lam said. "I think we have a real good combination." The combination Lam talks about is four seniors among seven return ing starters for the Tar Heels. These returning starters helped last year's team enter an 18-4-1 record into the books, equalling the school record for wins in a season. "Leadership is always an impor tant factor," Lam said. "Plus those four seniors have some talent and they're all starters." Doug Wyland is the top returner for UNC. He was ACC champion and finished second in the nation last year at 1 1 8 pounds, recording a 37-2 record and leading the team with 10 falls. He enters this season ranked No. 1 in the nation at 118. John Welch is the defending ACC Joffs ends By DOUG HOOGERVORST Staff Writer The senior year often means the end to an illustrious career for the college athlete. So, that athlete wants to go out with a bang, making an impression for those who follow. Anyone who knows Lisa Joffs knows she has done just that. Joffs exemplifies what is possible if one is truly committed. Her work ethic sets an example for all to follow. The 6-foot-1 senior was a basketball player in high school when a friend suggested that she try volleyball. Joffs took the advice to heart, found she liked the sport and literally played her way to North Carolina. "My first coach in high school said if you play year-round, you may be able to get a scholarship," Joffs said. "That got me pysched, and everything was very positive about volleyball. I was going to play basketball, but I said vnah' and played volleyball because I enjoyed it so much more." In Boulder, Colo., Joffs began her career playing club volleyball on a team more than an hour and a half away. From November to July, she partici pated on the United States Volleyball Association (USVBA) team, and from Saberhagen wins A.L. From Associated Press reports NEW YORK Bret Saberhagen of the Kansas City Royals won his second Cy Young Award in four years on Wednesday, beating Oakland's Dave Stewart with ease. Saberhagen, a 25-year-old right hander who went 23-6, got 27 of 28 first-place votes from a panel of the Baseball Writers Association of Amer ica and one second for 138 points. Stewart, the Most Valuable Player of the World Series, got the other first place vote, 24 seconds and three thirds for 80 points. Mike Moore, his teammate on the World Series champion Oakland Ath letics, was third with 10 points, fol lowed by Bert Blyleven of California with nine and Nolan Ryan of Texas University Pizza Now Hiring Drivers $7-$12 per hour apply Daily after 4 p.m. 968-9999 Student ticket distribution for the basketball games will take place on November 19th between 6:00 PM Tickets for these games, while they last, will remain available at the Ticket Office Monday thru Friday between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. iiX - - f Bill Lam champion at 134 pounds. He posted a 29-1 1-3 record last year, while record ing six falls and qualifying for the NCAA tournament. Darryl Clark finished with a 18-13-3 record and one fall on his way to a third place finish in the ACC at 150. Ben Oberly finished as ACC runner up last year and recorded a 30-14-2 record with nine falls at 177 pounds, just behind Wyland for the team lead. "The maturity those guys have plus their talent will help the rest of the team develop," Lam said. The Tar Heels do have some holes to fill. Gone from last years squad are volleyball Lisa Joffs August to the end of October, she took a breather, playing for her high school team. The year-round play was demand ing, but Joffs' parents helped support her the whole way, she said. "My parents were such a big sup with five. Jeff Ballard of Baltimore, Dennis Eckersley of Oakland and Gregg Olson of Baltimore, the AL Rookie of the Year, got three points each and Jeff Russell of Texas got one. Saberhagen, who won the Cy Young in 1985, led the majors in victories, earned-run average (2.16), winning percentage (.793), complete games ( 1 2) and innings (262 1-3). He threw four shutouts, three three-hitters and two four-hitters. Kansas City was 29-6 in his starts 24 They're AH Business Hours To Us. Comprehensive copy ser ice. Fast turnaround Seven days a week (iuaranteed deadlines km. It's on time. Or it's on us. 100 West Franklin St 933-2679 - f TaVt k''- -- vV , ''- t V'- " & $ o1 , - SA : "a f - -' - 113: Virginia vs. UNC 117: Duke vs. UNC Enzo Catullo ACC champion at 142 pounds and 1988-89 All-American last year, Glen Pazinko a former ACC champion at 190 pounds, and heavy weight Jeff Bradley. The battle for Catullo's spot is be tween sophomore Guy Palker and re dshirt freshman Carmen Catullo, Enzo's younger brother. The 190-pound class is up for grabs as the probable starter, redshirt freshman Larry Harris, has left the team for personal reasons. The heavyweight spot is expected to be filled by freshman Shawn Hocker, one of the highly touted freshman on the team this season. 'The freshmen's attitude is tremen dous," Lam said. "They're hungry to learn and they don't back away from anybody." Along with Hocker, freshmen Dean Moscovic and Shane Camrera are also come in with big expectations. Moscovic made the finals of the first preseason tournament the Tar Heels entered, and Lam said Moscovic could end up starting depending on how he fares in the East Stroudsburg Open in Pennsylvania. Camrera pulled cartilage in his ribs and will probably be re dshirted. Other possible starters for the Tar Heels include junior Jay Landolfo, who was 27-12-3 last year and qualified for the NCAA tournament, junior Tim Ellenburger, 11-13-0 last year, and Pete Welch, who went 15-12-2 in 1988-89. One goal for the Tar Heels this year is to regain the ACC championship from N.C. State. Face it, no matter what career with a spike port. They thought I was crazy for a while there," she said. "I don't think they thought I was going to do it." Joffs also needed money to pay for the trips and tournaments in which her club team played. Fortunately, Mom and Dad were there again. "All the trips I went on took a lot of money, and so my parents worked Denver Bronco games in the conces sion stands selling hotdogs to help fund my club team," Joffs said. In fact, Joffs' parents have become so much a part of her career, they seem to play the game vicariously. "Now it's funny in my senior year, sometimes I'm thinking about whose more excited to play, them or me," Joffs said. "They realize how good it's been for me, and they've never been on me to play better or such." The hard work paid off for Joffs in terms of scholarship offers from many schools. However, Joffs chose North Carolina for its educational quality, location and growing volleyball pro gram. "It was a part of the country that seemed exciting and different than Colorado," she said. "It's a great edu cational school and that was my main Cy Young and he beat every club in the league at least once. But perhaps his most im pressive statistic was that he won 20 of his final 22 decisions. He was 6-1 in September with a 0.98 ERA. He al lowed eight runs in his last 80 innings and had a streak of 31 consecutive innings without an earned run. He allowed more than three earned runs just three times in 35 starts and not once in his final 1 4. In his six losses, the Royals were shut out three times and scored one run twice. Full Size CottonFoam FUTON with 3-position FRAME (Similar to Classic Modern Furnishings The CourtyardW. Franklin and Roberson 942-8811 10-9 Mon.-Sat. following UNC Sunday evening, and 9:00 PM. hogh(er) sport the Tar Heels face the Wolfpack it's going to be a hotly contested battle. Lam has won six ACC titles dur ing his tenure at head coach, includ ing four in a row from 1984-1987. The Wolfpack stopped the run in 1 988 and repeated as champs in 1 989, with the Tar Heels finishing second both years. "The two we've lost was the dif ference of one match won or lost in the semifinals," Lam said. "It's just always a good rivalry. They have a good team returning and we feel we have a good team returning and we definitely want to get them back." The Tar Heels have never fin ished lower than third in the ACC during Lam's career, but Lam was quick to point out that State was not the only team to worry about in the conference this year. He mentioned Clemson, Maryland and Virginia as possible threats to the top two spots this year. "It's going to be a tight confer ence race this year," he said. "Last year (the conference) had three teams finish in the Top 20 in the nation, so the ACC has become pretty com petitive." "Our team goal is to be in the top 10 at the end of the year, and well find out really quick if we're that good," he said. The Tar Heels have already com peted in the Eastern Nationals, where Wyland, Oberly and Welch all cap tured first place. priority. "Also, I knew the volleyball pro gram here was good and it was a pro gram that wanted to go somewhere further. I wanted to be in that kind of environment." In the four years Joffs has attended UNC, the Tar Heel program has begun to earn the reputation of perennial power. North Carolina won the Atlan tic Coast Conference title last season with Joffs and is the conference's top team again this season. Off the volleyball court, the tall and lanky Joffs is a mild-mannered English major. An avid fan of music, from '40s show tunes to Simon and Garfunkel to James Taylor, Joffs enjoys singing, as much of the team does. She even ad mits to being zany on occasion. "If you add it up, I probably have an hour a day, just little spurts of just wackiness," she said. "Sometimes I'm just a little bit off the wall, and my friends call me crazy. It's not going out and getting drunk or anything like that, they're little things like always having a song in mind." On the court, Joffs has fun but is all business. Co-captain with Sharon Ger man, Joffs is a vocal leader and con stantly displays tremendous hustle, chasing down all stray shots. "I'm a really intense player. I think my role on the team is to be, for myself, a consistent player and set the block, and, for the team, to be an emotional force. A lot of people need to concen trate on their own play, but I'm a better team player if I'm talking on the floor. North Carolina's two-year starter at middle blocker, Joffs has won one ACC title and hopes to duplicate that feat this season. But no matter how successful the team is this season, Joffs has won the admiration of many with her never-say-die attitude and work ethic that have made her a success as a person. -SPECIAL-COMPLETE! Illustration) BIRTH CONTROL GYNECOLOGY FREE PREGNANCY fS't" . -SPECIAL- TRIANGLE WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER Swimmers dive in; vs. Florida tonight; By NEIL AMATO Staff Writer UNC swimming coach Frank Com fort is excited. That word expresses his attitude about the already-started 1989 90 swim season and the attitude of the women's and men's teams. The Tar Heel men and women, coming off recent wins over Maryland, take on national powerhouse Florida tonight at Koury Natatorium at 7:30 p.m. Comfort expects big things from both squads this year. "I think the attitude is fantastic, and that goes back to the captains," Com fort said. "I'm real excited about the team's attitude." For the women, the captains are senior Cary native Jenny Hinshaw and junior Karin Andren. On the men's side, seniors Jed Guenther and Tony Monasterio captain the unit. Hinshaw, a backstroker who didn't swim as a freshman, placed in three events in the Atlantic Coast Confer ence meet. "She's worked her way up," Comfort said. "It's really been an excit ing story.". Andren, probably North Carolina's finest backstroker, finished sixth in the ACC meet. Comfort said the key to the women's success is developing unity. "We want to really function well together as a team in the pool and away from the pool," Comfort said. "We want to bring ourselves together at the right time. We've had the best fall we've ever had. I'm real excited about what they've done in training and the limited competition they've had." That limited competition has in cluded the Blue-White Meet, the Tar Heel Invitational and the meet at Mary land, which UNC won 177-119. The women's squad, which is coming off a second-place ACC finish and a 9-2 dual-meet record, dives into its sched ule with the meet versus Florida. "Florida's one of the great programs in the history of collegiate swimming," Comfort said. "Both their men and women have won NCAA champion ships and we're excited to have them on our schedule." Gone from last year' s UNC women ' s team are three All-ACC performers: breaststroker Wendy Powers, freesty ler Kim Beattie and butterflier Melanie Buddemeyer. 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Because you have enough to worry about. m ' If St v ML Frank Comfort Buddemeyer did it in two swims, the 100 and 200 butterflies. ; The women return several All-ACC performers: sprint freestylers Jill Benda and Melissa Douse and sophomore breaststroker Lisa Brown. Also back for the UNC women are distance frees tylers Hannah Turlish, Staci Sawyer and Susan Leupold. Helping Brown in breaststroke is junior Heather Notting ham, who garnered ACC titles in 1988 at both 1 00 and 200 yards. Leupold will also help out swimming butterfly, where she placed in the top six in both dis tances. UNC's balanced diving corps is led by sophomore Heather Cleevely. The Pittsburgh native finished in the ACC's top four in both the one- and three meter events. The men, two-time ACC defending champs, return a talented group ready to win the conference. Leading the men's squad is junior John Davis, who last season captured ACC titles in the 100 and 200 freestyles and the 200 in dividual medley. 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