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Tar Heels
Hungry For
Exposure
At this moment, on college campuses
across the nation, hundreds of women
are lacing up their cleats with one
lofty goal in mind.
Bridesmaid.
Leave it to Anson Dorrance to ruin a
good old fashioned pep talk. Right now
every other women’s soccer coach in the
country has a conscience riddled with guilt.
Logic dictates
you tell your
team it has a
shot to win the
national title.
Logic also dic
tates, with UNC
in the running,
that you have a
better shot at hit
ting the lottery.
Once again,
the sports
world’s surest
lock is set to hit
CARTER TOOLE
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
the field once more, meaning the rest of the
soccer world is vying for second. The North
Carolina women’s soccer machine kicks
off Sunday and the rest of the nation is
desperately awaiting a governor’s pardon.
To say the Tar Heels are favored to win the
national title is, well, insulting. To say they
might never trail in a game this season is
more on taiget.
Dorrance has quietly built a dynasty
unmatched in college athletics, yet his pro
gram still motors along in relative national
obscurity. Essentially, Chapel Hill is host
to the planet’s best soccer team each and
every fall. Consider the statistics.
The Tar Heels will be gunning for their
eighth-straight NCAA title and 12th over
all. They are currently riding a 58-game
winning streak, a NCAA record.
UNC has never lost at home —124-0-
2. In 14 years, Dorrance’s squad has won
275 games while dropping eight.
Ouch.
Dorrance also coaches the U.S. national
team, which he led to the World Cup title
in China. Nine of the 18 players on the
roster were current or former Tar Heels.
A Tar Heel has garnered National Player
of the Year honors seven times.
North Carolina outscored the opposi
tion 132-11 in 25 games last season, while
Player oftheYearMia Hamm, the nation’s
leading goal scorer, outshot all of UNC’s
opponents combined.
Yeesh.
And guess what? 10 starters return out
of a possible 11, including Hamm and
fellow first-team All-American Tisha
Venturini. And with five new freshmen, all
ofwhom play forthe U.S. Junior National
Team, the most dominate team in college
sports could very well improve on last year’s
record-breaking showing.
The one loss is Kristine Lilly, the only
four-time, first-team Ail-America in league
history.
“Kristine is such an exceptional player
we won’t be able to make up for her loss,”
Dorrance said. “She is irreplaceable.”
True. Then again, it seems Dorrance
loses a bonafide superstar after every sea
son. The results are not affected. His vir
tual monopoly on the nation’s top high
school talent ensures the talent pool is
always filled to the brim.
Mention Hamm as the best play er in the
world right no w, and few would argue. She
set four NCAA records last season and
many more are within striking distance.
Venturini, a junior, is a two-time, first
team All-American who led the nation in
scoring as a freshman. Four returning jun
iors were All-ACC performers last year.
The schedule is once again brutal on
paper, but no one’s betting against a third
straight undefeated season.
“I’m expecting a couple of blemishes
this year just because the schedule is de
signed against the team,” Dorrance said
before last year’s campaign. He designed a
hellish nine-game road trip from Durham
to San Francisco in which UNC played
five teams in the top 20.
The results? A coast-to-coast Tar Heel
blitz UNC outscored its opposition 49-
5.
Why the self-imposed harsh tests year
in and year out? The tougher the tasks, the
fewer the doubters.
After UNC's dominating run last sea
son, few can question the Tar Heels
unprecedented superiority in the world’s
most popular game.
Then why don’t more people know
about the Tar Heels? Perhaps because
America lacks the rest of the free world’s
fervor for soccer. Or perhaps because it’s a
women’s sport.
Regardless of the reason, it’s high time
Dorrance and his players get the recogni
tion they deserve not only as NCAA
champions, but as torch-bearers for the
worldwide progression of the sport.
And the recognition should start right
here on campus. The world’sbest women’s
soccer team is on display at Fetzer Field
this fall.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Seminoles Roll in Opener
Florida State trounced a helpless Kansas
squad en route to a 42-0 Kickoff Classic win at
Giants Stadium. The Seminoles defense
stuffed the Jayhawks 11 times within the five
yard line in an impressive second quarter goal
line stand. FSU is ranked No. 1 in both the AP
and USA Today/CNN polls.
Danielle Egan, Tisha Venturini, Kristine Lilly, Keri Sanchez, Roz Santana, Dawn Crow and Shelley Finger keyed the Tar Heels' 25-game romp through the 1992 schedule.
Eight-peat?
UNC Women’s Soccer Will Rely on a Cast of
All-Americas to Extend Its Dynastic Reign
BY JILL WEST
STAFF WRITER
The 1993 national champions open their sea
son on September 5, against Maryland. Men’s
basketball in September? No, but the 11-time
national champion women’s soccer team begins
its quest for an unprecedented eighth-straight
national crown.
The Tar Heels polished off last season’s 25-0
campaign with a 9-1 rout of the Duke Blue
Devils in the national title game. UNC is cur
rently riding a NCAA record 58-game winning
streak.
What can you expect from the reigning
champs? “The team looks great, ” said freshman
forward/midfielder Sarah Dacey. “I have confi
dence that we can do it again.”
And again, and again... Each year, no matter
the personnel, the team manages to live up to,
and surpass, UNC’s imposing tradition of domi
nance.
Head coach Anson Dorrance attributes his
team’s success to several factors.
First, Dorrance is also the head coach of the
United States’ national women’s soccer team.
He said his involvement with international soc
cer gives him “an image of how the game is
played at the highest level.
“We try to replicate the international level
with the college team,” he said.
Seniors Mia Hamm and Zola Springer, and
juniors Tisha Venturini, Kerry Sanchez and
Danielle Egan have played with Team U.S.A.,
gaining experience thattheybringback to Chapel
Hill in the fall. Junior Angela Kelly, a native of
Brantford, Ontario, plays for the Canadian Na
tional team.
Dorrance also stresses physical conditioning.
Atlanta Spanks Chicago, Stays Four
Games Behind Giants in NL West
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA Tom Glavine and the
Atlanta Braves have made a habit this
season of getting into trouble and then
escaping.
David Justice hit a two-run homer, his
fifth in five games, and Ron Gant drove in
three runs with a pair of singles Sunday to
back seven strong innings by Glavine as
the Braves kept the pressure on the NL
West-leading San Francisco Giants with
an 8-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
The Braves, idle Monday while the
Giants and Marlins close out a three-game
series, play host to the Giants for a three
game set beginning Tuesday.
“It’s going to be a big series, but there’s
still a lot of baseball left when that series
ends," Atlanta manager Bobby Cox said.
“It doesn’t stop there.”
Glavine (16-5) pitched seven innings
for the win, giving up seven hits, five walks
and three strikeouts. He was helped by
three double plays as he won for the sixth
time in his last seven decisions.
“My best pitch was the ground ball
when I got in trouble,” Glavine said. “I’ve
had the uncanny ability this year to get into
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The Tar Heels are well known around the ACC
for wearing down opponents with constant pres
sure.
“There’s a little bit of added pressure, but 1
have confidence in the team,” Dacey said.
“Coach Dorrance says that tactically we’re one
of the best teams that he has ever had. I feel real
good about the upcoming season.”
North Carolina continually proves its domi
nance by facing the top teams in the country
usually on the road.
“We try to play the best teams we can,”
Dorrance said. “If the plane tickets are available,
we’U play anywhere.”
Dorrance’s thrist to compete against the best
teams takes the Tar Heels this year to California
to face Santa Clara (1992 Final Four), and to
Houston to face Notre Dame and Stanford.
Closer to home, UNC will play Portland and
George Washington in the N.C. State Invita
tional, and last year’s NCAA finalist waits just
up the road in Durham.
However, the biggest challenge the Tar Heels
face this year is within their own ranks. The
stellar collegiate career of forward Kristine Lilly
came to a close last fall. Lilly, the only four-time
All-American in league history, will be a volun
teer coach for the team this season, but she will
be greatly missed on the field.
The void left by Lilly is so noticeable, accord
ing to Dorrance, that several players must come
forward as leadership personalities.
Lilly will also be missed as a goal-scorer. The
majority of this burden will fall to senior Mia
Hamm, who carries her own weight in the goal
totals. Hamm led the team with 32 goals and 33
assists for a NCAA single-season record total of
97 points in 1992.
In addition to Hamm, Dorrance will look to
trouble and with one pitch get out of it.”
The Braves turned the three double plays
in the first four innings as Glavine struggled
with his control.
“He put some runners on base, but the
thing about Glavine is he knows how to get
out of jams,” Chicago manager Jim
Lefebvre said.
“He had the double- play pitch going
today, and that’s all he needed.”
The Braves, 10 games behind the Gi
ants five weeks ago, have suddenly caught
fire, making a race of it by sweeping three
games from San Francisco earlier in the
week.
“I don’t think many people realistically
a week ago - 10 days ago - gave us a
chance,” Glavine said. “But we took care
of business in San Francisco to get back in
this thing.”
Atlanta broke open a scoreless game in
the fourth off Greg Hibbard (10-11) with
four runs, keyed by Gant’s two-run single
and Justice’s two-run homer, his 34th.
Giants Snap Losing Streak
MIAMI Salomon Torres won his
major-league debut Sunday night with the
58 Straight and Counting...
senior Rita Tower (nine goals, six assists, 24
points) to aid the Tar Heel offense.
Senior Kristin Acquavella will return to add
welcome experience to the midfield. Acquavella
took a year-long sojourn in ’92 to concentrate on
her responsibilities with the Nava! ROTC pro
gram.
Another major loss to the North Carolina
front line will be sophomore Missy Boyle. De
spite nagging injuries last season, Boyle proved
her value to the team by scoring four goals and
making two assists in just nine games. Boyle tore
an tore a ligament in her knee this summer and
may be out for the season.
The frontline will be backed up by a tenacious
midfield including two-time All-American
Venturini, All-ACC team player Egan, and All-
NCAA Tournament team player Kelly.
In addition to their celebrated offense, UNC’s
defense returns intact for the 1993 season.
Led by junior goalkeeper Shelley Finger, the
North Carolina defense allowed only 11 goals in
25 games. Finger ranks second in the conference
with her career goals allowed average of 0.38.
Finger was also named to the All-ACC team last
year.
NCAA All-Tournament award winners
Springer and Sanchez will be joined in the
backfield by juniors Roz Santana and Dawn
Crow.
The women’s soccer team doesn’t rebuild
each year, it simply reloads. Top recruits from
around the country come to Chapel Hill to be a
part of one of the greatest dynasties in all of
college athletics.
This year’s freshmen class is no different.
Players from Texas, Massachusetts, Illinois,
Washington and Florida join the Tar Heel at
tack. Debbie Keller and Sarah Dacey especially
have a chance to impact the team in their first
year, according to Dorrance.
Overall, 25 letter winners and 10 starters from
last year’s national titlist will be returning to
Fetzer Field, where UNC’s record is 124-0-2.
If you want to see the national champs this
fall, Fetzer Field is the place to be for the best
women’s soccer in the nation.
Brian Edmonds contributed to this article.
help of 15 hits by the San Francisco Giants,
who snapped a season-high four-game los
ing streak by beating the Florida Marlins 9-
3.
Todd Benzinger, filling in for the in
jured Will Clark, hit a three-run homer for
the Giants.
Robby Thompson had three hits,
including his sixth homer in the past eight
games.
The 21-year-old Torres, who started the
season with Double-A Shreveport, gave
San Francisco’s beleaguered pitching staff
a big boost. He allowed five hits and two
walks in seven innings, striking out six.
The NL West frontrunners, who begin
a three-game series at Atlanta on Tuesday,
regained a four-game lead over the Braves.
Benzinger put the Giants up 4-0 in the
third inning with his second homer of the
year following singles by Matt Williams
and Barry Bonds.
Thompson led off the sixth inning with
his 17th homer.
Even Kirt Manwaring, who began the
game in a 2-for-36 slump, had two hits for
the Giants. Willie McGee and Royce
Clayton each contributed a two-run double.
American League
Angels 6
Brewers 1
As 7
Tigers .... 3
Royals 5
Red Sox 4
(12 innings)
Yankees.... 14
Indians 8
Blue Jays.... 6
Mariners 2
Orioles 6
Rangers 3
Faces to Watch in 1993
MIA HAMM (SR.)
Height: 5-5
Weight: 125 lbs.
Hometown: Burke, Va.
1992 National Player of the
Year. Set an NCAA record
with 97 points in a season.
Named ACC Player of the
Week four times last year.
Starter for the U.S. Na
tional Team. Two-time
first-team All-America.
1992 NCAA Tournament
Most Valuable Offensive
Player.
TISHA VENTURINI (JR.)
Height: 5-6
Weight: 130 lbs.
Hometown: Modesto, Calif,
Rated one of the top 10 players in the nation
last year by the Missouri Athletic Club.
Two-time first-team All-America. Has
scored 104 points in her two seasons. Has a
career .374 batting average in four years of
prep softball.
DANIELLE EGAN (JR.)
Height: 5-6
Weight: 130 lbs.
Hometown: West Islip, N.Y.
All-ACC selection in 1992. Made All-South
Region second team. Earned a starting spot
on the U.S. Team this summer. Has ability
to play offensive or defensive positions.
Scored 10 goals along with eight assists last
year.
ANGELA KELLY (JR.)
Height: 54
Weight: 125 lbs.
Hometown: Brantford, Ontario
Fourth-leading scorer for the Tar Heels last
yearwith 13 goals and seven assists. An All-
ACC selection. Named Most Valuable Player
of the 1992 Hardee’s Carolina Classic.
Yankees Rally Past Indians,
Remain Tied With Toronto
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND Paul O’Neill hit a
three-run double and the New York Yan
kees scored six times after a controversial
play in the sixth inning Sunday, turning
around a lopsided game and beating the
Cleveland Indians 14-8.
Dion James drove in four runs for the
Yankees, who overcame an early 7-2 defi
cit to gain a split of the four-game series.
The 14 runs were a season high.
The game was the Yankees’ last ever at
Cleveland Stadium, site of many memo
rable meetings when they and the Indians
were both baseball powers in the 1940 sand
’sos. The Indians will move to anew
ballpark next season.
New York, still trailing 74 in the sixth,
had runners at first and second with two
outs when Wade Boggs hit a grounder to
the hole. Shortstop Felix Fermin fielded it
and threw to third baseman Alvaro
Espinoza, but Espinoza his back to
runner Matt Nokes did not tag the bag
and apparently missed when he waved his
glove blindly at Nokes’ legs.
Rich Monteleone (7-4) got the win with
1 2-3 scoreless innings.
Reliever Jason Grimsley (1-1) gave up
four runs and three hits in two-thirds of an
National League
Dodgers 8
Cards 3
Phillies 12
Reds 0
Giants 9
Marlins 3
Braves 9
Cubs 2
Expos -3
Astros 2
Pirates 7
Padres 4
Monday, August 30,1993
inning.
Alomar Smacks First Grand Slam;
Jays Avert Sweep
SEATTLE Roberto Alomar hit the
first grand slam of his career and the
Toronto Blue Jays averted a four-game
sweep by beating Seattle.
JoeCarterreached 100 RBIs forthe fifth
straight season as Toronto remained tied
with New York for first place in the AL
East.
Toronto has never been swept in a four
game series by Seattle.
The Mariners, however, won five of
seven games against Toronto in the last
two weekends.
Alomar’s slam highlighted a five-run
third inning against Erik Hanson (10-11).
Todd Stottlemyre (8-9) gave up two runs
on seven hits in eight innings.
Toronto first baseman John Olerud went
0-for-3 Sunday, and 1 -for-10 in the weekend
series, dropping his league-leading average
to .386.
Olerud went 8-for-32 (.250) against the
Mariners during the season, his lowest
batting average against an opposing team
this season. He is batting over .300 versus
every other American League team.
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