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10The Daily Tar HeelMonday, October 26, 1992
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By Warren Hynes
Sportt Editor
College football was reborn in Chapel
Hill Saturday.
It began when the North Carolina
players stormed the field, pouncing on
the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and
stunning the 19th-ranked team in the
nation 26-14.
It continued when the North Caro
lina fans stormed the field, pouncing on
a goal post then on another and
stunning the Kenan Stadium security.
All the while, they roared the fans,
the players, the coaches. Amidst this
crescendo of chaos, 52,800 witnessed
the UNC football squad's return to the
nation ' s elite 25 and its entrance into the
postseason bowl picture.
"Big-time college football is back in
Chapel Hill," said UNC head coach
Mack Brown after a state trooper had
hustled him through the crowd that en
gulfed the field. "(Athletic director) John
Swofford said we can afford new goal
posts."
Added senior linebacker Jonathan
Perry, "All I can think of is jubilation."
The UNC program's nine-year frus
tration of losing big games vanished
last week when the Tar Heels defeated
then-No. 17 Virginia 27-7 at Kenan.
Saturday, the blue and white were hun
gry for more, and they bit into Georgia
Tech, knocking the Yellow Jackets out
of the top 25.
UNC, now 6-2 overall, 3-2 in the
ACC, surfaced at No. 22 in Sunday's
AP Top 25. Tech fell to 4-3, 3-3.
"I don't think Georgia Tech showed
up today," said Yellow Jacket quarter
back Shawn Jones, a senior All-America
candidate. "You call it what you want.
We just didn't play well."
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UNC tailback Curtis Johnson (32) soars into the end zone with his team's final score in
took any Heisman Trophy hopes away
from Jones and built a 10-0 lead in the
game's first 4:19.
In the third play from scrimmage,
UNC strong safety Bracey Walker in
tercepted a Jones pass at the Tech 45
and returned the ball 1 8 yards.
On UNC's first offensive play, quar
terback Mike Thomas dropped back
and lofted a pass to flanker Bucky
Brooks in the end zone's left corner.
UNC kicked off to Georgia Tech,
and Jones stepped in at quarterback
again. On the third play of this drive,
Jones threw a quick pass toward wide
receiver Jason McGill. The only prob
lem UNC linebacker Kerry Mock's
presence between Jones and McGill.
Mock caught the ball and hit the turf.
UNC ball.
In six plays, the Tar Heels marched
to the Tech 8-yard line. After Tripp
Pignetti's 25-yard field goal, UNC led
10-0 with 55:41 left in the game.
Jones had thrown one interception
all year entering the game. He had aver-
a 26-14 defeat of Georgia Tech Saturday. It
aged 227 yards passing per game. Sat
urday, the Tar Heels held him to 106.
"We figured, 'If we stop him, we'll
stopGeorgiaTech'soffense period,'"
Walker said. "He was the key to win
ning the game."
Meanwhile, UNC quarterback Mike
Thomas was turning in the type of per
formance expected of Jones. With Ja
son Stanicek hobbled by a sprained
knee, Thomas completed 1 0 of 1 1 passes
for 141 yards and ran 12 times for 51
yards. Oh, and he also punted six times.
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was the final '92 game at Kenan Stadium.
"Thomas is a great athlete that's
an advantage they have," said Tech
defensive tackle Coleman Rudolph.
But as much as men like Thomas
were to credit for the UNC win, the Tar
Heel fans were just as responsible. With
the Tar Heels actually winning, with a
Homecoming and Parents Weekend
crowd in the stands and with ABC tele
vising the game, Kenan Stadium shook
as it had never shaken before.
See TECH, page 7
This was why Mack Brown recruited
Mike Thomasr
This was why Tar Heel football fans
groaned when Thomas broke his right
thumb last season and was redshirted.
And this was why fans, despite the
steady play of Jason Stanicek, screamed
for Thomas earlier this season.
Mike Thomas' numbers weren't out
rageous in Saturday's 26-14 UNC win
against Georgia Tech. But the redshirt
freshman made the big plays at quarter
back so sorely lacking from Tar Heel
football teams of the Mack Brown era.
This, as Brown called it, was the
return of big-time college football to
UNC, and Mike Thomas delivered it
through the air and on the ground.
On the game's first series, Bracey
Walker intercepted Tech quarterback
Shawn Jones' pass. Thomas, in only his
second start, lofted a perfect 27-yard
touchdown pass to Bucky Brooks on
the Tar Heels' first play.
"There weren't any butterflies," Tho
mas said. "That's the same play that
we've worked on in practice a lot We
caught (Tech) a little off guard.
"Any competitor wants to compete.
It's a big-time game, and as a competi
tor, you live for the big-time game."
Kerry Mock intercepted Jones on
the Jackets' next possession. Thomas
hit Felton over the middle on the first
Tar Heel play, sending a message that
this North Carolina team was not going
to let opportunities get away any longer.
Pignetti hit a field goal to give UNC
a 1 0-0 lead just more than four minutes
into the game.
"Mike's definitely confident in his
ability and it shows in the way he plays,"
said UNC tailback Natrone Means. "I
think it rubbed off on everybody else."
In the third quarter with the Tar
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Home sweet for women's soccer
By Carter Toole
Staff Writer
In its initial return home from a
four-week road test, the finely-tuned
North Carolina women's soccer ma
chine shifted into high gear.
After a sluggish start, the Tar Heels
ripped Arkansas 7-1 Friday night, then
buried Maryland with a first-half scor
ing barrage en route to a 5-0 win Sun
day their 1 1 th shutout of the season.
Top-ranked UNC rolled to 19-0, 4-
in the ACC. The Terrapins fell to 1 1 -
6-1, 0-4 in conference play. The Ra
zorbacks' record dropped to 6-7-1 .
Junior Mia Hamm continued her
stellar season, notching two goals and
six assists in the two contests. Hamm
now has 77 points, breaking her own
ACC single-season scoring record of
70 points, set two years ago.
Senior forward Kristine Lilly tallied
three goals against Arkansas and an
other against Maryland to pad her
league-leading career goal total to 74.
Sophomore midfielder Tisha Venturini
added a goal and an assist in each game.
But head coach Anson Dorrance ex
pects consistent results from his three
stars it was the production from
their supporting cast that excited him.
"Mia, Kristine and Tisha are going
to play well every game," Dorrance
said. "But the rest of the cast was just
awesome. Their levels of play are start
ing to be raised a bit and I'm just
excited and very proud to be coaching
this team."
The North Carolina defense, even
with a bevy of substitutions in the
second stanza, li mi ted the Terps to one
shot, at 1 7: 1 0. Junior fullback Carolyn
Springer ignited UNC's scoring run
with a left-footed shot past Maryland
goalkeeper Cailin Mullins at 23: 16.
Venturini, off an assist from Lilly,
See SOCCER, page 7
Back in form: Bolowich,
men's soccer above .500
By David Monroe
Staff Writer
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Stadium, the upsets continued Sunday at Fetzer Field, which
had two goals.
Behind junior Brent Walker's two scores, the UNC men's
soccer team upset third-ranked Wake Forest 2-0 Sunday in
front of 1,000 fans. The win upped UNC's record to 7-6-3, 2-2-2
in the ACC. Wake Forest fell to 8-5-1, 2-3 in the league.
"Our guys did a very, very good job," said UNC head
coach Elmar Bolowich. "They played the game tough. There
was a question mark going in how we could physically hold
with them. But then after 20 or 30 minutes, I wasn't afraid
anymore, because I felt we would really give them a game."
The Tar Heels' first goal came with a little less than 20
minutes to play in the first half. UNC freshman Kerry
Zavagnin took the ball at midfield and dribbled toward the
goal. As Zavagnin neared the goal box, the Wake Forest
defense pressured him. It appeared the Deacons' Thomas
Finlay would clear the ball, but Zavagnin deflected it to
Walker. The junior forward took one dribble and poked it to
the right of Wake goalie Mike McGinty.
Walker added his second goal, assisted by Jonathan
Armstrong, at the 58:43 mark.
The Tar Heel defense keyed the win. UNC allowed 10
shots and Tar Heel goalie Watson Jennison recorded his fifth
consecutive shutout the 24th of his career, one shy Kevin
Kane's school record.
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Bolowich said he thought the play of
the defense had been fantastic. "Wake
Forest is certainly not a pushover," he
said. "Thev have scored manv pnals Thev
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"We can play anybody right now on defense. It doesn't
matter. I think if guys play with that kind of confidence, they
don't care.
"They play with the necessary confidence. They are tough,
and they give us the stability that we didn't have in the
beginning of the year."
The Tar Heels' play Sunday contrasted with their play a
month ago when their record stood at 3-6-2. Much of the
reason for the turnaround, Bolowich said, has to do with the
team's confidence level, a more consistent starting lineup and
a stronger defense.
"The team certainly has come around when you look at the
beginning of the season, where we gave games away, where
we gave goals away, and we were somewhat disorganized,"
Bolowich said.
"It's tough when you are in a drought to get regrouped. I
think everybody, the team as well as the coaching staff, pulled
together there and realized that we had major work to do, and
so far we have accomplished that."
The win extended UNC's unbeaten streak to five games.
"It is a big win for us because we wanted to get in the ACC
to the .500 mark," Bolowich said, "and we wanted to have a
winning record this year. I think they have the necessary
confidence now to go on and finish the year on a good note
and hopefully still make it to the tournament.
i nis win certainly was a step forward."
Field hockey knocks off No. 3 Penn State
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The
sixth-ranked UNC field hockey team
(9-5-1 ) snatched two weekend wins, an
upset of No. 3 Penn State Sunday and a
routing of West Chester Saturday.
UNC won Sunday's contest in over
time, 2-1 . With 1 : 15 elapsed in the first
extra period, junior Kelly Staley picked
up a loose ball and took the shot.
The regulation scoring occurred
within the first five minutes of the con
test. Sophomore Sharon Moore scored
an unassisted goal 1 :03 into the game.
PSU's Chris McGinley answered with
a successful penalty comer shot.
UNC goalkeeper Peggy Storrar re
corded nine saves.
Saturday, North Carolina shut out
West Chester, 6-0. Jennifer Blizzard
carded a hat tnck, scoring two goals in
the first period and one in the second
half. Sharon Moore, Mary Hartzell and
Monica Irwin added goals to the total.
Volleyball nets mixed results
COLLEGE PARK, Md. The UNC
volleyball team split a pair of road deci
sions this weekend, falling in five games
at Maryland Saturday after a four-set
victory at Virginia Friday.
Saturday at Cole Field House, Mary
land outlasted the Tar Heels in five
topsy-turvy games, 12-15, 15-13, 15-9,
1 3-1 5, 1 5-1 1 . The Tar Heels now stand
at 12-10,2-2intheACC. Maryland, 16
6, no w heads the ACC with a 3-1 mark.
UNC freshman Kristen Knise naced
UNC in the losing effort, putting up 22
digs while putting down 24 kills.
Friday at Memorial Gymnasium, the
Tar Heels downed Virginia 15-13, 14
16, 15-9, 15-6. The loss dropped the
Cavaiiers to 10-14, 0-3 in the ACC.
UNC senior Joanna Sahm led the
charge Friday, compiling 20 kills. Set
ter Amy Peistrup contributed 43 assists.
Women's golf takes 4th in Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. The Tar Heel
women's golf team grabbed fourth place
in the three-day Georgia Preview Tour
nament at University Golf Course.
See GOLF, page 7