Wake Field Hockey completes 'three-peat'
CHRONICLE STAFK REPORT
All (he attention has been
on the Wake Forest men's bas
ketball team lately, but the
field hockey team stole the
spotlight over the weekend.
The Wake Forest field
hockey team captured a third
straight National Champi
onship, beating Duke, 3-0 in
Kentner Stadium on Sunday.
Tamar Meijer scored two
goals and Kelly Wood added
another as the Deacons fin
ished the 2004 season with a
20-3 record. Field hockey is
the only female sport at Wake
Forest to have won a national
championship and the only of
all the sports to win three ?a
row.
"That was the. best second
half performance we've had
all season," said Deacon head
coach Jennifer Averill. "Our
attackers have gotten it done
all season but today I have to
give most of the credit to our
defense, they were unbeliev
able all game."
In similar fashion to last
Friday night's semifinal game
against Maryland, the Dea
cons and their opponent held
one another shotless for the
first ten minutes of the game.
Wake Forest saw it's first
penalty corner at the 26:57
mark and then another at the
22:20 point, but neither result'
ed in points for the Deacs.
With 9:13 left in the first half,
Kelly Wood crossed to Tamar
Meijer for the first Deacon
goal of the game. Wood
passed across the middle to
Meijer who had snuck behind
Duke keeper Christy Morgan.
It was Meijer*S sixth goal of
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Wake Forest field hockey team poses with national championship trophy after capturing third straight NCAA title on Sunday.
the NCAA tournament and her
22nd of the season.
The Deacons held the
nations best scoring offense to
just two shots in the first peri
od. Wake Forest took six shots
and three penalty corners and
headed into the break with the
1-0 lead.
Meijer gave the Deacons a
two point cushion just over
four minutes into the second
half. She maneuvered around
several Duke defenders and
slid herjseventh goal of the
tournament behind Morgan.
Only once before has a player
scored more than seven goals
in an NCAA Tournament,
Marina Giacomo of ODU
scored 1 1 in the 2000 and
Kristy Gleason of Iowa tallied
seven in 1990 as well. Meijer
is the youngest player to score
seven in a tournament.
Kelly Dostal found Wood
for the third and final Deacon
goal of the game at the 49:56
mark. It was on the seventh
penalty corner of the game.
The Blue Devils came close to
scoring with three minutes left
but Claire Laubach made an
incredible defensive save to
hold Duke scoreless for the
only time all season. The
Deacs held Duke to just eight
shots and three penalty cor
ners. Christy Morgan posted
eight saves but it was not
enough as the Deacs strolled
to their third straight title.
Kristina Gagliardi offered
two saves in her second con
secutive shut out of 2004 tour
nament. Not since 1996, when
North Carolina beat Princeton,
has a team won the national
crown by a margin of three.
Not since 1991 had a
national champion grabbed
the title by beating the same
opponent in consecutive
championship games. ODU
beat UNC in 1990 and 1991
and beat UConn in 1982 and
1983.
"It's extremely hard to win
three in a row," said Duke
head coach Beth Boz.man. "An
awful lot of credit needs to go
to Wake Forest, they did a
phenomenal job and won this
game."
Wake women pull out close season opener
Ferrell earns second
career double-double
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
A second half comeback by
the Hampton University Pirates
drove the Wake Forest women's
basketball team into overtime, but
1 2 points by junior Liz Strunk in
the extra stanza pushed the
Demon Deacons ahead, leading to
the 81-75 season opening victory,
last Friday night at the Hampton
University Convocation Center.
Senior Erin Ferrell posted her
second career double-double, put
ting up 13 points and 13 boards,
while Strunk opened her season
with 25 points, five boards and
two assists. Ferrell earned her first
double-double on Dec. 29, 2002
against UNC- Wilmington with 1 2
points and 10 boards. She is the
only player on the Deacs squad to
have a pair of double-doubles.
For the Pirates, Kiesha Beard
also put up a double-double with
14 points and 14 boards, while,
three others, including Tiffani
Williams, found double digits in
points. A total of four Demon
Deacons earned double-digit
points in the season opener. The
Deacs had a strong first period
with redshirt sophomore Porsche
Jones shooting 4-5 from the field
and 3-4 beyond the arc.
Cotelia Bond- Young opened
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Wake star Liz Strunk led the Deacs to an 81-75 overtime vic
tory over Hampton University last week.
things up for Wake, putting in the
first four points, but Hampton was
able to come back and tie it as six.
From that point the Pirates were
unable to catch up and the Deacs
continued to increase its lead for
the remuinder of the half. Two 3
pointers by Jones and another by
Bond- Young at the buzzer gave
the Deacons a 1 3 point lead at the
end of the stanza.
In the second half Jones
opened up the period with a three
pointer. but Rachel Butler
answered with one of her own.
Hampton pressured Wake from
that point, taking them on a 1 1-2
run that ended at 40-49. The
Pirates continued to close the gap.
bringing it within two at 54-56
and eventually knotting it at 61 all.
Trading field goals, the two teams
kept the score tied with 1 :29 left in
regulation. With no time outs
remaining. Wake Forest was able
to hold Hampton off and press the
game into an extra period.
As the overtime stanza began.
Wake won the tip and Strunk
brought the ball down and sunk a
juniper immediately. Answering
back with two of their own.
Hampton knotted the score at 65
all. Another lay-up by Strunk and
a free throw by Bond- Young gave
the Deacs a small lead. At 68-72,
Sharema Dean hit a three to bring
the score within one. but Wake
took the lead with a 6-0 run and
Hampton was unable to recover
and the Demon Deacons took the
game. 82-75.
The two teams were very
'close statistically, with Wake For
est shooting 45.2 percent from the
field and the Pirates shooting 45.6.
The Demon Deacons pulled down
43 boards to the Pirates 41. In
addition to Ferrell's double-dou
ble, three others found double
digits in points, including 17 by
Jones. Bond- Young scored 12,
including shooting 5-6 from the
line.
The Demon Deacons will
return to action tomorrow night
when they host Princeton Univer
sity. The game will he played in
Reynolds Gymnasium on the cam
pus of Wake Forest University.
Game time is set for 7 p.m.
Tabor
opens
season at
Bull City
Classic
Spartans are ready
to begin basketball
season
CHRONICLE STAFF RHPORT
The Spartans of Mt. Tabor
never seem to back down from
a fight on the court. And, head
basketball coach Andy Muse
doesn't back down when it
comes to playing good basket
ball teams early in the sched
ule either.
Muse enters the new sea
son with a young squad that
includes only two seniors but
has nine players listed at 6-3
or taller.
Top returnees from last
year's Metro Conference
Tournament champion team
include guards Russ Grote and
O.C. Wardlow, forward Bran
don Whittington, and center
Marshall Jones. Wardlow,
however, will not join the bas
ketball team until the comple
tion of the football season.
The Mount Tabor boys
basketball team will open the
2004-05 season in the Bull
City Classic in Durham this
weekend. The Spartans will
take ontNorth Charleston High
(SC) at 4 p.m. at Mt. Zion
Academy as part of the "Chal
lenge II Shootout" bracket in
the event, which includes 16
teams competing in four sepa
rate four-school tourneys.
Also in the "Challenge II"
bracket are East Bladen High
(NC) and Durham Riverside,
who meet at 3 p.m. on Friday
at the Durham School of the
Arts Magnet Center. Satur
day's schedule will have Fri
day's two losers playing at I
p.m. at Mt. Zion. and the first
day winners will battle for the
championship at 3 p.m. at the
Magnet Center.
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Winston-Salem State University student-athletes take time to pose while delivering meals ear
lier this week.
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added: "This is a really good
feeling to know that we're
helping out some people who
may be less fortunate than us.
I was really looking forward
to this. We try to find ways to
help out in the community.
This is our community too."
The outreach program was
targeted at less fortunate fam
ilies within the city. Names
were provided by Social Ser
vices of Forsyth County.
The entire project began as
simply a competition last year
between the football team and
every other sport on campus.
It turned into a great deed and
wonderful gesture from the
WSSU athletes.
"We tried to make it fun
last year." Walker said. "We
made it into a competition
with the student-athletes. We
divided up into two teams: the
football team versus everyone
else in the depaMrtient. The
teams that collected the most
canned goods would gel
rewarded with a piz/.a parly."
The teams didn't compete
this year. Student-athletes and
athletic department staff
members simply collected
food and combined the collec
tion for the giveaway.
Q "It's just good to know that
you're helping people who
need you," Walker said.
"We're excited about being
able to reach out into the com
munity and teach our student
athletes what it really means
to give back."
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