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®ljf Saily ®ar Mppl UNC’s Georgia Peach Breaks Out of Slump, Hits 6 Treys Vs. Wake BY ERIN PARRISH STAFF WRITER WINSTON-SALEM—A cold rain fell outside Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum Saturday afternoon, but inside the arena North Carolina’s Stephanie Lawrence could feel the sun shining through the clouds. With a game-high 22 points, including a 6-for-9 effort from behind the 3-point arc, Lawrence snapped out of the shooting slump thathas frustrated the 6-foot-l swing player all season. “Stephanie was hot, ” UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell said after her team’s 85-42 trouncing of struggling Wake Forest. Lawrence set the tone for the game with her scoring rush during the first two min utes of the contest. She nailed a 17-foot jumper after 12 seconds, capitalized on a Wake 30-second violation with a 3-pointer from the left side and, for good measure, sank another 2-point shot. As her team was held scoreless during Lawrence’s seven point tear, Deacon head coach Karen Free man stood on the sidelines in shock as Lawrence’s shots continued to fall. “I watched them going in and kept look ing at the stat sheet saying, ‘I know she’s not shooting like that for the rest of the year,”’ Freeman said. Freeman’s outsized Deacons tried to stop the Tar Heels’ imposing inside game by forcing them outside, but Lawrence’s hot hand stymied Wake Forest’s strategy. UNC shot better from 3-point range than from anywhere else on the court. “It was pretty much like trying to plug a dam today,” Freeman said. Lawrence’s performance was bolstered by a relentless defense that created offen sive opportunities. Lawrence credited her teammates for getting her open shots. “My teammates are hitting me when I’m open and when I have shooting oppor tunities,” Lawrence said. “You know, if they don’t pass me the ball, I can’t shoot it, and they’re finding me in transition and in plays when my man is helping out on them.” Freeman agreed that the Tar Heels had fine-tuned their offense to maximize Lawrence’s outside shooting. “Stephanie knows that if she misses it, somebody’s going to get it, so the pressure’s off. All she’s got to do is shoot it,” Freeman said. “Shooters are like that. If all they’ve got to do is shoot, then they’re going to hit it.” ' vgjgiiftik ™ % v Dr wpS fI j A * ***'■wHj If 2&-VI ■ tat—W M If JpßMSfc ■ w JHHMHHV Ms i "" "i . gg WEr, '£7* ■# * f -S. , : I Hr ■ r ■xtg r ,-r: ’ -i Wm Tfßgfllllk ig|| • irutrr":.TTm WSm ■ ’SSBSssi : ® * ji| DTH/KATIE CANNON Stephanie Lawrence (25) played defense this weekend in addition to making six 3-pointers. She's chasing Wake's Rae Anna Mulholland in UNC's 8542 win. 7: HNr * * 'Sp I jjfE ■rt ILK; ■ Jljß K £■"-—<■ mt UNC's STEPHANIE LAWRENCE had hit just 28 percent of her 3-pointers before her outburst at Wake. Until the Wake Forest game, the Mor row, Ga., senior’s 3-point shooting per centage had been hovering just above 28 percent, well below her 40 percent average last year. Lawrence holds the UNC records for highest season 3-point percentage and most 3-point goals made in a game. She said that realizing she was not performing as well this season was difficult for her. “I had a lot of evaluating to do with myself, not only with my shot, but my commitment with basketball,” Lawrence said. Before Charlotte Smith hit her game winning 3-pointer against Louisiana Tech (on a Lawrence inbound pass) and sealed the Tar Heels’ 1994 national champion ship, Lawrence had already made her ver sion of “the shot. ” In the second round of the 1993 NC AA tournament, she sank a3- pointer with 6.5 seconds left in overtime to take North Carolina to its first trip to the Sweet 16 since 1986. Now, in her final season, Lawrence is rededicating herself to picking up where she left off, helping the team to win ACC and NCAA titles and shrugging off ques tions about her lost faith in her shot. “I don’t think I ever lost my confidence, it was just a matter of me putting the ball in the hole,” Lawrence said. “Every shooter will go through a slump every once in a while, and it’s good thing I went through mine early.” A sale that’s easy to love. 20% OFF all custom framing now through February 11 She prinb shop • 942.7306 university mall • chapel hill VIRGINIA FROM PAGE 12 8-0 ACC) 77-60 in last year’s ACC tourna ment final, tonight offers the Tar Heels another chance to exact a little revenge. That’s right, No. 3 North Carolina trav els to University Hall tonight to challenge oneofitsbiggestrivals, the first-place Cava liers. The game, which tips off at 9 p.m., will be televised on Home Team Sports. Last year, UNC lost to the Wahoos 77- 75 at home Jan. 12 and 83-74 Feb. 9 in Charlottesville, Va. “Virginia has always been a big rival of North Carolina,” senior guard Stephanie Lawrencesaid. “And we always play tough any time we meet them.” In its two wins last season, Virginia seemed the more confident team. UNC kept both games close until the final few minutes, when foul trouble became the Tar Heels’ biggest nemesis. But North Carolina did trounce the Wahoos in the ACC finals. “I think we have alot of confidence with our winning the ACC tournament last year,” Lawrence said following the 8542 win over Wake Forest. “I think that makps a big difference with our conference going into the game with Virginia. It’s not a question in our mind whether we can beat them. It’s a matter of we’ve got to get out there and play.” “Getting out there and playing” should be the easy part, though. Walking off the court and to class the next day may be the hard part. One can place a safe wager that this game will be physical. “We know that we’ve got to play in tense on every possession because that WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FROM PAGE 12 “It burned me up to see her stroking it, actually,” Freeman said. Not to mention the next dimension of speed Wake faced in UNC’s Marion Jones. “That’s a whole other dimension, ’’ Free man said. “That’s the major difference between the men’s game and women’s game, is the speed at which people move. “We play against guys in our practices, and they’re not as quick as Marion.” Speed, hitting the shots and tenacious defense made things click for UNC and kept the Deacons asking what happened. Lawrence scored the first seven points of the game, including a 3-pointer from the side to jump-start the Tar Heels to a 9-0 lead. Wake finally scored its first basket 6 0h, What BY SARAH MANEHN STAFF WRITER When freshman Mary Jo Austin’s floor routine began, the North Carolina gym nastics team started to dance. “Oh, What a Night” was accompany- ing Austin’s routine, and it encapsulated the spirit of the Gymnastics Radford 179.525 UNC 184.225 Tar Heels’ meet against the Radford High landers. The Tar Heels achieved their goal of breaking 183 points by wiping out the Highlanders 184.225 to 179.525. “It was a great meet, ” sophomore Molly Gardner said. “We were really enthusias tic, and we’ll just keep getting better.” North Carolina started off the meet strongly by turning in one of its best vault performances ever. Freshman Susan Tar Heels Doubles Team Advances to ACC Semis BY ALEC MORRISON STAFF WRITER Though it struggled in the singles draw, the UNC women’s tennis team found suc cess in its top doubles duo in the ACC Indoor Championships this weekend. The UNC tandem of Ariana Cervenka and Freddy Uihlein rolled past the opposi tion to reach the doubles semifinals, which will be played today at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. After defeating Liz Henkin and Beth Hutton of Maryland 6-1, 6-3 in Saturday’s first round, Cervenka and Hl/NAM * cwwese &eSTAti&ANr \Happy Chinese New Year! ♦ SI o| \ o Tuesday, Jan. 31, ‘95 year) $ ’J&'j 0 New Year’s Day Prosperous New rear/., {! ; JS**# 0 Come Celebrate the Year of the Pig! | Special Six Course Lobster Set Dinner Menu New Year Menu Begins Friday, January 27 0 MENU Choose / per entree \ 01) Fantail Shrimp ([ Jj®** l P u <* 12) Beijing Duck 13. 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A" 4.3 refunds per game. / SctodPta VI7 Leading ACC in pop per could make the difference in the game,” UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “It’ll be a great game. It’ll be very physical.” The most physical player could be UVa.’s Wendy Palmer. The Timberlake more than two minutes into the game on a 17-foot jumper by Val Hodge. Wake battled to within six points with 13:20remaininginthefiisthalfonabaseline shot from sophomore guard Stacey Hawes. But the Deacs could never shut the gap. UNC closed the first stanza 40-17 when Jones found UNC center Gwendolyn Gillingham at the baseline to knock down a last-second jumper. UNC faced a different situation going into the break from the teams’ first game. “At ourplace (Carmichael Auditorium) at halftime, it was a one-point game, and they scored 67 points,” UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “We were trying to get our defense back, and it’s amazing how things will smooth out when you get your defense back.” But Freeman credits the change to North a Night’: Gymnasts RoD Radford Cunningham won the event with a 9.625, and fellow freshman Amanda Mitchell tied for second with a 9.55. A triple jumper and long jumper in high school, Cunningham has tremendous power in her legs. On her vault —a front handspring/front flip—she achieved great height and distance. “Our vault performances tonight were the best I’ve seen in almost 10 years at Carolina,” UNC coach Derek Galvin said. The Tar Heels’ execution on the uneven bars was not quite as successful. “Our bars routines have been getting a lot better in practice, ” Galvin said. “But we didn’t hit them tonight as well as we were capable of hitting them.” Still, the Tar Heels performed well on bars. Gardner’s back straddle release from the high bar to the low bar punctuated a solid routine, leading to a second-place finish and a 9.2 score. Uihleinbeat Emily Hill and Whitney Sharp of Virginia 6-2,6-3 on Sunday. UNC head coach Kitty Harrison attrib uted Sunday’s victory to a solid doubles performance. “They played great doubles, they really did,” she said. “They meshed together really well. They were closing on the net, hitting good overheads, first serves, getting good returns. All the fundamental things for doubles were there.” However, Harrison said the level of competition for Cervenka and Uihlein will be much higher when they face Alison native leads the league in scoring (17.9 pointspergame),rebounds(lo.l pergame) and field goal percentage (64.7 percent). But she’s not the only star in this game. UNC’s Charlotte Smith and Marion Carolina’s offensive prowess. “They did abetter job against our zone, ” she said. “They stayed in an offensive set that was more geared to faking it inside. They don’t miss too many in the paint, and if they miss it, they rebound it.” Lawrence opened the second half with yet another 3 from the baseline, keeping UNC’s intensity high. The Tar Heels continued to pound the Deacons, but with just over 12 minutes left in the game, the pounding got a little harder. At the 12-minute mark, Jones swiped the ball just after getting her second per sonal foul and was off to the races. She dashed down the court, twisted to the hoop, slashed underneath and got the layup and the foul. Jones finished the three-point play by nailing the free throw, which put the Tar Heels ahead 62-26. Mitchell fell on her first move on the high bar, but on the next event, the balance beam, she showed why Galvin said she’s one of the top beam performers he has coached in his 22-year career. “The fall off the bars shook me up a little,” Mitchell said. “But I knew that I had to get myself together, forget about the last two events, and move on.” And did she ever. Mitchell mounted the beam into a com pletely inverted vertical position with her arms wrapped under the apparatus for sup port. She then completed her series with ease, combining challenging athletic moves with fluid, graceful dance elements. Her score of 9.75 won the event and was the highest score awarded at the meet. Austin also turned in a strong beam routine. Hermountwowedthecrowdwith its combination of flexibility and strength, and she stuck her dismount with both feet. Cohen and Jen Fiers of Virginia in today’s semifinal. “This Virginia team is very strong, ’’ she said. “Usually, you can hope that one player is weaker on the baseline or at the net, but I don’t see any weaknesses in this team. Still, if we hold to our fundamentals, we could win it.” While Cervenka and Uihlein were suc cessful inthedoublesdraw,the UN C singles players were unable to survive past the second round. Cervenka won her fust round match against Sara Salam of Mary land 6-1,6-0 but fell in the second round to IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT IN THE REAL WORLD, SPEND A SEMESTER IN OURS. Walt Disney World Cos. representatives will be on campus to present an information session for Undergraduate Students on the WALT DISNEY WORLD Summer/Fall ’95 College Program. WHEN: WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1 at 7:OOPM WHERE: 209 HANES HALL Attendance at this presentation is required to interview for the Summer,/Fall ’95 College Program. Interviews will be held Thursday, February 2. The following majors are encouraged to attend: Business, Communication, Recreation/Leisure Studies and Theatre/Drama Lifeguards arc needed to work at our many Water r\ St Parks and Resorts. Students with ANY major are 1 ( ■ n eligible to apply. You need to hold life m guard certification OR be a strong Or / J swimmer and we'll provide the training needed for an exciting experience this ' s -\ For more Information contact: / / University Career Services f ~ (tXvf&fencp World Cos. J) where students spend a semester getting V ready Jot the rest oftbetr lli-es. opportunity employer Monday, January 30,1995 Game: No. 12 Virginia (15-3,8-0) at No. 3 North Carolina (19-1,7-1). Time: 9 p.m. Location: University Mall, Charlottesville, Va. Radio: WCHL 1360 AM Television: Home Team Sports Series Record: Virginia leads 22-19. Keys for Virginia: Get the ball in Wendy Palmer's hands. Palmer, a Woot-2 junior from Timberlake, has dominatd UVa. opponents this season. She leads the ACC in scoring and rebounding. Handling the ball against UNC speedster Marion Jones may also be a key. Keys for UNC: The Tar Heels need for Charlotte Smith to break out of a recent slump. Smith, who only scored seven points in last Wednesday's loss to Duke, will need to stay out of foul trouble. Virginia Bench: Forwards Charleata Beale (7.9 points per game) and Amy Lofstedt (7.6 points per game) are the first off the UVa. bench. Tar Heel Bench: Freshman forward Tracy Reid has been relegated to duty off the bench as of late. However, she did score 13 points and grab five rebounds vs. Wake Forest UNC head coach Sylvia Hatchell has said that Reid needs to work on her defense. Prediction: Virginia 73, UNC 70. COMPILED BV JAMES D. WHITFIELD Jones have just a little star status. Smith, the second woman to dunk in a game, ranks second in the ACC in scoring. She has averaged 17.8 points per game, and averages 9.8 boards per game. BNC vs. Wake Forest Score Box North Carolina 40 45 85 1 Wake Forest 17 25 42 1 WHb Cooper 24 00 4. Jackson Vl l-2 7. Smith 3- 9OS i Lawrence 8-1100 22. Jones 6-101-113. Gea 3-7 2-2 9. McKee 2-3 00 4, N. Welker 0-2 OO 0, Rad 6-71-213. S. Wafer 00 2-3 2, QBingham 1- 400 2, Suddrefc 0100 0. Tot*: 340& 1015 85. Wfc Hodge 4-12 00 8, Seawripht 2-6 014. Wafer 2-8 OO 4. MulhoHand 8-20 1-1 15, HoMd 0-2 1-3 1. Haws 2-8 00 5. McMfe 0-2 2-2 2. Helms 1-2 1-1 3. Quimi 00 00 0. Totate 17-00 58 42. goals - UNC 7-13 (Lawrence OS. Gear 1-3, Coop® 01j,WF 3-12 (MuMand 2-8, Hawes 14. Hoilifwld 0-2). Rebounds— UNC 42 JSmifl) 8) WF 38 {Mulholland 101 Assists - UNC 15(Jones4lWF 15 (HolWd6}.TotalFß* UNC 17. WF 16. Attendance - 2,845 Overall, though, the team ’ s performance on the beam was not as consistent as it was last weekend at William and Mary. “I think we were nervous on beam,” Galvin said. “It was our first home meet of the season, and I think.the early-season jitters got to us.* But the butterflies gave way to confi dence as the Tar Heels moved on to their final event, the floor exercise. Even in the three-minute warm-up period, UNC’stum bling was aggressive and well-executed. Cunningham led the Tar Heels with a 9.35 on floor, resulting from a solid routine and effortless tumbling. Mitchell, Gardner and Austin also turned in enthusiastic and solid performances. Galvin got his wish for an active and responsive crowd when the Tar Heels were on the floor. The audience clapped to much of the floor music and applauded loudly at the tumbling passes. Duke’s Laura Zifer, 6-3, 7-5. Uihlein was defeated in the first round by Virginia’s Emily Hill, 6-1,6-1. Three other Tar Heels played: Sara Cranford fell to Heather Wimberley of Georgia Tech, 6-3,6-1; Porter Glass lost to Jen Fiers of Virginia, 6-0, 6-1; and N.C. State’s Margie Zimmer defeated Inge Commissaris, 6-0,5-7,6-3. The ACC Women’s Indoor Champion ships conclude today with the singles finals scheduled for 9 a.m. and the doubles semi finals and finals following at approximately 11:30 a.m. 7
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