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Women's Soccer to Play
Notre Dame Sunday on TV
The No. 1 ranked UNC women’s soc
cer team will play Notre Dame Sunday in
the Challenge Classic in Houston. It will
be the first time a regular season women’s
soccer game will be televised live, nation
ally.
The game is the long awaited rematch
of last season’s title game, which the Tar
Heels won 5-0.
Before the rematch, North Carolina
plays No. 12 William & Mary Friday, but
that game should be only a formality be
fore the Tar Heels test their undefeated
record against the Irish, the squad given
the best chance at knocking UNC from its
perch atop women’s soccer.
Notre Dame will play Duke in its first
match.
Last season Notre Dame tied UNC
during the regular season, ending the Tar
Heels 92-game winning streak, and this
season the Irish began the season ranked
No. 2.
But Notre Dame tied once this season,
lost last week to Connecticut and currently
is ranked No. 6 in the country.
The Tar Heels are 12-0, and are led by a
front line of Debbie Keller, Robin Confer
and Cindy Parlow, who have combined
for 83 points this season.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Tracy Noonan
has held the opposition at bay, posting
seven shutouts with a goals-against aver
age of .22.
The Notre Dame game will be played at
4p.m., will be televised by Prime Network,
and can be seen on HTS in the Chapel Hill
area.
Men's Soccer Plays Host
To Radford at Fetzer Field
The UNC Men’s soccer team will play
Radford University Sunday at 2 p.m. at
Fetzer Field.
The Tar Heels are 7-5 after bumbling
through a four-game losing streak. They
broke the streak with a 3-0 victory over
Davidson Wednesday.
The Tar Heels are led by striker Temoc
Suarez, who has seven goals and five as
sists in 11 games. He is joined by Carey
Talley, who has 11 points, as the only Tar
Heels in double figures in scoring.
For the third game in a row, UNC will
be without its starting goalkeeper Dimitry
Drouin, who is oqtyvith a pulled quadricep
muscle.
Senior Patrick Smith will make his third
start. He has yielded three goals in his two
starts.
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Yellow Jackets to Test Tar Heels’ No. 2 Defense
BYROBBIPICKERAL
SPORTS EDITOR
When the Tar Heels enter Bobby Dodd
Stadium in Atlanta at noon Saturday, it
will mark the sixth in a series of quizzes
grading the hopes of the unranked North
Carolina football team.
After failing its first two tests of the
season against Syracuse and Maryland,
UNC bounced back in the last three weeks
with an all-nighter against Louisville, an
easy A in the Ohio gimme game and a
more-than-passingscoreagainstNo. 9Vir
ginia last weekend.
Call the Yellow Jacket contest a mid
term.
The Wahoo win was big—it has media
types actually whispering the B-word again
—but a victory against Tech will tell if
UNC is back to its preseason standards.
“Last week shows that we were able to
gain something that we lost earlier in the
year,” UNC coach Mack Brown said.
“After our early losses, many people
thought we would lose that game. It was an
opportunity to regain recognition and get a
bowl game back in our sights. We also
want to get back into the polls. That’s
something we lost in the first two weeks.”
The Yellow Jackets are on a mini-streak
of their own, having won their last two
contests against Maryland and Duke.
Against Duke last week, Donnie Davis
became the first quarterback in Tech his
tory to rush and pass for 100 or more yards
in die same game. Tailback C. J. Williams,
who also played basketball for the Yellow
Jackets last season, complements the Tech
signal caller. He’s leading the ACC in
niching, averaging 142.4 yards per game.
“CJ’s a gifted athlete that can do a lot of
things forus, ” said first-year Yellow Jacket
coach George O’Leary. “He has great vi
sion as a tailback... he does a great job of
utilizing his blockers. He’s still young at
the position... but I think he’s improving
each week. He can glide or slide as a
running back.”
Tech’s new I-formation, via first-year
Hockey Faces Rematch of Ranked Foes
BY JONATHAN KOLLAR
STAFF WRITER
Two crucial rematches against the best
in the ACC and the nation that’s the
scenario for the top-ranked UNC field
hockey team this weekend at Navy Field.
The Tar Heels (12-0, 4-0 in the ACC)
willbattleNo. 5 Virginia(lo-4,2-2) Friday
at 4 p.m., and No. 2 Maryland (11-2,3-1)
Saturday at 1 p.m.
UNC has defeated both teams qjuhe
road this season in hard-fought matches.
North Carolina coach Karen Shelton
said the competition should be intense
with such top-notch opponents coming to
Chapel Hill.
“Both teams are ranked very highly, so
we’re expecting another tough weekend,"
she said.
Shelton said that while she expects to
see the Tar Heels play well against the
Cone-Kenfield to Host Carolina Tennis Tourney
BYLEETAFT
STAFF WRITER
Chapel Hill will be booming with the
the sounds of thunderous serves and blaz
ing backhands this weekend.
Starting today, the UNC men’s tennis
team will play host to the Carolina Classic
at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. The
tourney will feature such top-ranked teams
as Duke, Michigan, Notre Dame, Virginia
Commonwealth and South Carolina.
“This tournament is a national tourna
ment,” said UNC coach Sam Paul. “It is
smaller than the last tournament we played
in, but it has more nationally-ranked
teams.”
DTH/IOHN WHITE
The Tar Heel defense hopes to show Georgia Tech why it’s ranked No. 2 in
the country, just like Andre Purvis (70) did against Ohio’s Kareem Wilson.
Yellow Jacket/former UNC offensive line
coach Pat Watson, probably helps. And an
average offensive line weight of 285 can’t
hurt, either.
“That’s one thing if they give (Will
iams) a crease, they’re handing the ball to
him deep,” Watson said. “It’s very similar
to what we’ve been doing here for years. It
is the I-formation.
“One ofthe great indicators ofhow they
are doing is that they are taking advantage
of every opportunity they’ve had l9
times in the red zone, they’ve scored 17
times.... That’s just a phenomenal stat.”
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top Tar Heel scorer.
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liers, she is not
caughtupinUNC’s
12-game winning
streak.
“If we play well,
win or lose, we’ll
feel okay,’’she said.
“We’re more fo
cused on improv
ing.”
Shelton said the
Tar Heels have been
preparing for this
weekend’s games by studying tapes from
previous encounters with UVa. and Mary
land. The team has been analyzing various
situations that could occur Friday and Sat
urday.
Freshman Stacey Schweighart scored
one of her two goals this season in the Tar
Heels’ 1-0 victory over Virginia Sept. 23,
According to Paul, the tournament’s
setup will allow the players to get more
matches in for the weekend.
“Since we will have smaller draws, ev
ery player is going to play every day,” he
said. “With the way the tournament is set
up, every position will play out, win or
lose.”
Along with the top-ranked teams, Paul
said he’s expecting strong performances
from some of the nation’s best players.
“We are going to see some great tennis
this weekend, "he said. “There are going to
be several All-Americans out there play
ing.
“Mike Sprouse and Ryan Simmee from
Notre Dame, Peter Ayers from Duke,
SPORTS
On defense, Tech leads the country in
rushing ‘D’, allowing only 60.2 yards per
game. Defensive end Jermaine Miles,
noseguard A1 Jackson and end Ralph
Hughes have been a staple on a defense
that’s recorded 15 sacks and 54 QB pres
sures in five games.
“Defensively they’re playing really ag
gressively and with a lot of confidence,”
Brown said. “They have not had injuries,
and last year they had some injuries and
weren’tplayingwith confidence. Rightnow
they’re a very sound, simple football team. ”
And the latest test for the Tar Heels.
and freshman Nancy Pelligreen, who has
10 goals this season, put in the game
winner in a 2-1 double-overtime thriller
against the Terps Oct. 1.
Against UVa., UNCmust contain fresh
man Meridith Thorpe, who has 20 goals
this season and is ranked second in the
ACC in points scored and goals scored.
Her goal count ties her for fourth best
among all-time UVa. single-season totals.
However, the Tar Heels will counter
with goalkeeper Jana Withrow’s strong
play (eight shutouts and only six goals
allowed) and an equally tough defense.
Shelton said she expects a festive atmo
sphere for the weekend games. She com
pared the weekend to the ACC tourna
ment ortheNCAAFinalFour, since UNC
must play high-level competition on con
secutive days.
She said, “It’ll be exciting to see what
happens once the whistle blows.”
Michigan’s Peter Puztai and South
Carolina’s Maxsi Jimenez have all quali
fied for the NCAA tournament in the past. ”
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UNC at Georgia Tech
Noon, Bobby Dodd Stadium
Atlanta, Ga. (CVn
Maying surface; Natural grass.
TV/Radio: The game will be televised regionally by Jefferson Pilot (WRAL. Channel
5). The Tar Heel Sports Network will provide radio coverage. The flagship stations
are WCHL (1360 AM) and WIRG (100.7 FM).
1995 Records: UNC 3-2 (1-1 in the ACC); GT 3-2 (2-1).
Personnel Update: UNC - OG Jemess Gethers (leg), SS Wendel Camp (knee) are
out AB Tucker Perry (thumb) is questionable. GT no injuries reported.
Analysis/Prediction: Leon Johnson vs. the Yellow Jacket defense that should
teH the story. Georgia Tech boasts the No. 1 rushing defense in the country, but LJ
has scored six TDs in UNC's last two games. UNC has proven that it actually can
score in the red zone, and it will need to continue that streak in Atlanta.
This game could prove as important as last weekend’s win against No. 9 Virginia. A
victory in Atlanta would mean the Tar Heels have turned the comer, and are ready
to return to preseason expectations.
UNC 32, Georgia Tech 17
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