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The Daily Tar HeelMonday, March 23, 19925 3 Late-inning exploits jet UNC By David Monroe Staff Writer Baseball great Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't over 'til it's over." He was right. The UNC baseball team rallied in its final at-bats to steal two games from Maryland Saturday and Sunday after noons at Boshamer Stadium. "We have not had these type of wins this year, certainly not in conference games," said UNC coach Mike Rob erts. "The game is not over until 27 outs." Chad Holbrook's two-out, two-run inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Tar Heels a dramatic 7-6 victory Sunday. "I was just looking for a pitch to hit hard," Holbrook said. "The last thing I was looking for was a home run. I just wanted to get the runner home." UNC, which swept the three-game Alabama Tar Heels. The trio normally provides 67 percent of the Tide's scoring, and Saturday it provided 75 percent. Trouble was, they all had poor nights, translat ing into a season-low 55 points for Alabama. "They started forcing a lot of shots," Davis said. "We took them out of their offensive realm, and they took shots they really didn't want. We just ex tended our defense really well asa team." ' As shot after shot scattered off the rim, the big three reacted to the frustra tion in different manners. Robinson was the only one who recovered. After a two-point first half, the sophomore pumped in 20 of Alabama's 30 second half points. Sprewell became conserva tive, passing up shots, while Horry lost his head. The timing of Horry's second-half technical took the Tide off a roll. A Robinson 3-pointer had cut an 1 1 -point deficit to 45-40 with 7:39 left. Davis had just limped to the bench, and the Tar Heels were suddenly looking vulner able. UNC's Pat Sullivan found Henrik Riidl on a backdoor cut for a dunk, and on the Tar Heels' next possession, Horry complained too loudly about a foul call on Moore. Montross hit both foul shots, Davis added the technical tosses, and suddenly the 11 -point lead had been recovered. "It was a big impact," Horry said. "All I told the ref was to call it both ways, and I guess he got tired of me talking to him. I guess I shouldn't run my mouth so much." What Alabama did not do much of was rebound. The Tide missed 49 shots, so the caroms were there for the catch ing, but UNC owned the glass 49-31. The Tar Heels had five players grab six ' or more boards, and they kept posses sion three times in the final 1:30 by tipping out missed free throws. By domi nating the offensive glass, UNC scored often on putbacks and kept the Tide out ' of its transition game. "They got second shots off missed shots from the perimeter," said Ala bama head coach Wimp Sanderson. "If you give a team as big and strong as North Carolina a lot of second and third UNC 64, Alabama 55 Saturday ALABAMA (55) fg ft rb mln m-a m-a o-t a pt tp Horry 38 6-15 1-2 5-8 0 4 14 Sprewell 38 2-15 0-0 2-7 2 2 5 Moors 29 0-5 7-8 3-4 0 3 7 Washingtn 25 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 5 3 Robinson 40 9-23 0-0 1-4 1 3 22 CaHey 20 2-7 0 0 0-5 0 1 4 Rich ' 9 0-1 0-0 1-1 2 1 0 Rico 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 TOTALS 200 20-69 8-10 13-31 5 1 55 Percentages FG .290. FT .800. 3-point goals 7-28, .250 (Robinson 4-13, Wash ington 1-3, Horry 1-6, Sprewell 1-6). Team rebounds 0. Blocked shots 3 (Horry 3). Turnovers 10 (Horry 4, Robinson 2, Rich 2, Moore, Washington). Steals 8 (Horry 3. Robinson 3, Sprewell, Galley). UNC (64) tfl ft rb mln m-a m-a o-t a pt tp Reese 26 4-7 5-7 2-7 2 0 13 Lynch 29 5-8 0-0 3-9 2 4 10 Montross 27 5-8 2-2 1-6 0 4 12 Phelps 40 2-9 2-4 1-8 6 1 8 Davis 32 6-15 4-6 3-7 0 0 16 fiodl 21 2-2 0-0 0-2 1 2 4 Sullivan 10 1-1 0-0 2-5 3 1 2 Salvador! 12 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 3 0 Wenstrom 3 0-0 1-2 1-1 0 0 1 TOTALS 200 25-5214-21 14-48 14 15 64 Percentages FQ .481, FT .667. 3-polnt goals 0-6, .000 (Davis 0-6). Team re bounds 3. Blocked shots 6 (Lynch 2, Salvador! 2, Reese, Phelps). Turnovers 23 (Lynch 7, Phelps 5, ROdl 5. Montross 3, Reese, Davis, Salvador!). Steals 5 (Lynch 2, Davis 2, Phelps). Alabama North Carolina 25 31 30 33 - 55 - 64 Technical Fouls - 16.000. -Horry. Attendance- Picture These Savings! Buy a roll ol Ur.!ersi!y Pltoio Film and receive processing for that roll 200ASA,24exp. 400ASA24exp. may not be combined with any other offer UIiSVEnSITY PHOTO 1202 Raleigh Rd. Glenwood Shopping Ctr. Chapel Hill 967-7821 M-F 9:30-7pm Sat 10-Spm WeUse series, improved to 16-9 overall and 5 4 in the ACC, while the Terra pins fell to 6-10-1, 3-6 in the league. TheTerps.who took a one-run lead in the top of the 10th, appeared to have the game in hand. With one out in the bottom of the 10th, UNC (2 Chad Holbrook shortstop Keith Grunewald reached on an error by Mary land pitcher Charles Devereux. After stealing second, Grunewald reached third on Hector Ferrer's groundout, setting up Holbrook's third career homer, his second in two days. "When I saw it get past the left fielder, I knew I was going to be sent home," Holbrook said. Roberts added: "This weekend's from page 10 shots, you're gonna have a hard time beating them. "That's the reason we didn't win the game: We didn't board when we had an opportunity to board." Lynch credited Alabama's shot se lection for UNC's advantage on the defensive boards. Because of the Tar Heels' inside dominance, the Tide be came almost exclusively a long-range shooting team. "They missed a lot of 3-point shots, which made it a lot easier for us to get the rebound," Lynch said. "Most of their guys were spotting up around the perimeter and weren't really going to the glass. "That gave us a lot more fast-break opportunities. In the first half, we didn't capitalize on them like we should have, but we came out and did a better job in the second half." Those fast breaks were certainly a mixed bag for UNC. The only hole in the Tar Heels' game Friday was the 23 in the turnover column, but Sanderson said the problem was that Alabama just could not convert. Still, Smith was upset with the Tar Heels' ballhandling. "We contributed eight unforced er rors on the fast break and that's unheard of," Smith said. "I was very disappointed with our team offensively in the first half. This is a young team, but, gosh, we can't throw the ball around like we did and expect to go on." Nonetheless, the Tar Heels are going on ... again. Smith may have done it 12 years in a row, but he counts his bless ings each time. "We'd like to return to the Final Four," Smith said, "but right now we're relieved to not be in Chapel Hill today after that Miami game." DOLLARSTI 2 HOURS PERWEEK Plasm donors can earl .while they relax, rad, I, study or cha vthen approximately I hour, twice ; -TEC 109V E. Fran! Mon..Wd .Fit 9-4 Tues. & ' iurs. 10-6 PMAjs new horizons, inc. INTERVIEWING WITH CONFIDENCE ...AN INTENSIVE ONE-DAY SEMINAR TO PREPARE COLLEGE SENIORS FOR THE RECRUITMENT INTERVIEW Preparation of Quality Individual Resume Initial Assistance with Employer Contact Copy of your Video Taped Interview Date: March 28, 1992 Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Place: Carolina Inn - Chapel Hill REGISTER TODAY! Call 1-800-262-7315 for Information. MastercardVisa Accepted. games showed us our catalyst is Chad Holbrook." Holbrook's home run saved a UNC defense that committed five errors, lead ing to four unearned runs. "Defense has plagued us all year," Roberts said. "The team must play bet ter defense in order for it to be competi tive." Saturday, the Tar Heels also needed their last at-bat to score two runs and defeat Maryland 8-7. In the ninth, Doug Merritt.Bo Durkac and Holbrook drew walks, loading the bases. The stage was set for catcher Donnie Leshnock. He hit a scorching Track teams start season by pasting pair of Pirates ByJeffMcKlnley Staff Writer In the first outdoor meet of the sea son, the North Carolina men's and women's track teams sunk the Pirates. Also in that first outdoor meet of the season, the UNC men's and women's teams sunk the Pirates. That's not a typo. The Tar Heels overwhelmed two teams of Pirates Sat urday at the Tar Heel Three-Way meet: East Carolina's and Seton Hall's. UNC coach Dennis Craddock said he looked at the non-scoring tri-meet at the Irwin Belk Track as a warmup for the rest of the outdoor season. But he said the team's performance had pleased him. "It was a good meet for us nice and low-key," Craddock said. Emphasis on low-key. Team scores were not kept, but UNC won 23 of 32 events. "I thought we had some excellent Miami Miami 86, North Carolina 72 Saturday North Carolina (72) Kennedy 1-2 0-2 2, Smith 6-10 4-6 16. Crawley 3-7 0-0 6, Johnson 5-7 O-O 14, Sampson 3-111-2 8, Lawrence 2-1 1 0-0 6, McKee 1-3 0-0 2, Bradley 2-3 0-0 4. Gilllngham 2-2 r0 4. Suddreth 1-2 0-0 3, Lamb 0-4 1-2 1, Montgomery 1-3 3-4 6. Totals 27-5 9-1 8 72 Miami (86) Savage 10-14 5-6 IS, McGarry 1-3 2-5 4, Ptowden 5-8 5-6 15, Hebert 9-14 8-8 26. Wilson 2 2 3-5 7. Eyar 0-1 0-1 0, Harris 1-1 6-6 8, Armour 0-01-21, Tarrtllo 0-0 0-0 0. Wagner 0-0 0-0 0, Young 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-43 30-3986. Halftime Miami 38, North Carolina 28. Fouled out - Crawley, Johnson. 3-point field goals-UNC9-27 (Johnson 4-6. Lawrence 2 7, Sampson 1-6, Suddreth 1-2, Lamb 0-3, Montgomery 1-2), Miami 0-1 (Savage 0-1); Rebounds - UNC 39 (Smith B), Miami 26 (Savage 8). Assists . UNC 17 (Johnson, Sampson, Lawrence, Suddreth 3), Miami 18 (Savage 6). Fouls - UNC 30, Miami 16, Attendance -1,343. IISMOIfTH SY.SAFE.. IjUSTRElM over 1 00 each montn First a simple medical evaluatld week donating life-saving plasma. pfologlfgql Jin (abovd Rite-Aid) 942-0251 to sweep line drive that bounded off the back of Maryland pitcher Devereux into left field, scoring the two winning runs. UNC reliever Paul Shuey earned his second and third victories of the season Saturday and Sunday. He relieved Leshnock in the third Sunday and pitched the remainder of the game, the longest outing of his career. Shuey gave up two earned runs and struck out eight. Friday, the Tar Heels broke open a tight game by scoring four runs in the fourth inning to win 1 1-2. North Caro lina scored three of its four runs on passed balls. UNC pitcher Jay Johnson improved to 4-1. performances for the coolness of the weather," Craddock said. Junior Lynda Lipson topped the list of excellent performers. Lipson placed first in the discus, the javelin and the shotput. Freshman Pam Morrison won both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Lipson said she was pleased with Saturday's results, particularly the jav elin throw of 48.31 meters. "I didn't really surprise myself, but it was a pretty good day," she said. 'Today, I think I did best in the javelin, but right now, I'm just working on qualifying for na tionals." For the men, distance runner Andre Williams swept the 1500 and the 3000, while Brian Snyder won the shotput with a personal record of 16.80 meters. Snyder said his throw set a high stan dard for the rest of the season. "It gives me a good focal point for the whole season. If I throw better than I did today, it's a good throw." from page 10 faced a matchup zone defense like the one Miami employed. "Miami has a really great team, and they played a matchup defense," Hatchell said. "I don't think we were patient enough ormoving the ball well." Hatchell said the atmosphere at Miami's Knight Sports Complex may have had an impact on her team's per formance. "It was a very, very hostile environ ment," Hatchell said. "There were people standing everywhere. "The fire marshal would have had a heyday in there. "It was a tremendous environment for them. I would be surprised for them to ever lose on that court." oozn let AUOTie qui happen m TO liJAJJ SdffcMU 'bakes ZlraMe as pitchers take cake By Carter Toole Stiff Writer The UNC softball team rode solid pitching and streaky hitting to post two shutout wins against Drake Sun-, day at Finley Field. The Tar Heels ran their record to 19-5 on the season. Drake fell to 2-2. Sophomore pitcher Paige Lauby struck out nine, pacing North Carolina to a 2-0 victory in game one, while fellow sophomore Beverly Smith re ceived an early seven-runcushion from her teammates and cruised to a 7-0 win in the second game. "I thought our pitching was very sound and the defense played well behind them," said UNC head coach Donna Papa. "We like to establish ourselves and not play to the other team's strengths, which is exactly what we did," In the first game, UNC's Jeannie Carrow scored on a wild pitch by the Bulldogs' Laurie Bowden in the sec ond inning. But Bowden settled down and stymied the Tar Heels' attack until late in the sixth inning. ' Drake's only scoring threat came in the top of the sixth, but withrunners on Gymnasts9 bubble bursts in ACC Invitational meet By David J. Kupstas Staff Writer RALEIGH The ACC Invitational gymnastics meet is aptly nicknamed the "Bubble Invitational" because it usu ally features teams battling it out for the Southeast Region's last few remaining spots in the NCAA Tournament teams on "the bubble." UNC scored 187.40 points and fin ished third in the five-team Bubble In vitational Friday night at Reynolds Coli seum. That score was the second high est for the Tar Heels this year, but it probably ensured that UNC would fin ish eighth in scoring average in the region, one place shy of the necessary qualification for an NCAA bid. UNC head coach Derek Galvin esti mated the Tar Heels would need a school-record 191 points in their final meet against N.C. State Friday night in order to qualify. "That's just not within our scoring potential," Galvin said. "We hit our mm When you get bodywork done on your GM car or truck, you might assume that genuine GM parts will be used. Not so. 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Kristen Render singled home Meleata Smalls In the sixth to give UNC a two-run lead, and Lauby re tired the Bulldogs in order in the sev- enth to end the game. Render went 3. for 3 with three RBI on the afternoon.' "We played well in the sixth and I : told the players to carry that momen- turn over to the next game," Papa said. In the second game, UNC faced Drake hurlcr Carol Clemens, who pitched a no-hitter against Campbell Saturday. But the Tar Heels erased any hopes of a repeat performance,; knocking Clemens out of the game after two Innings with four quick runs : Bowden returned to the mound in relief of Clemens, but did not fare much better, yielding three runs in the" third inning. The Tar Heels Lisa McGloin doubled to lead off the in ning, and first basemen Vicki Huff drove in two runs with a single.. , ;, routines perfectly tonight. We probably can't score that high. We did about as well as we could do with 187.4. "We knew that two of the teams in this meet would go to the NCAAs. We finished third in this meet, so we were the ones who fell on the other side of the bubble." Host N.C. State and George Wash ington solidified their holds on two of the NCAA slots. The Wolfpack won the meet with a 190.35 score, followed by the Colonials (189.35), UNC, William & Mary (185.35) and Maryland (183.35). Even if the Tar Heels do not qualify as a team, sophomores Shannon Stacy, Alisa Musser and Tracy Knowles have a good chance to gain individual berths. The top seven individuals in each re gion from teams that do not qualify also go to the NCAAs. Stacy finished fourth in the meet's all-around competition with a 37.70. Knowles tied for fifth at 37.60, and Musser came in seventh with 37.50. 1101 Loo m body shop.
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