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Sailg Ear Hwl Baseball Hammered By Camels BYKURTTONDORF STAFF WINTER Baseball isn’t played on paper. That was the point Campbell carved into the Boshamer Stadium dirt following a 9-2 waxing of North Carolina before a crowd of 200 on Tuesday. “Humility is sometimes a great teacher, and today we’re certainly very humbled," UNC coach Mike Roberts said. The Tar Heels (64) had it all in their comer: a freshman pitcher making his first collegiate start to knock around the paik; a Fighting Camel offense that boasted otdy one hitter with a home run; anda 13-game win-streak against the Camels (24). But none of that mattered. Campbell starting pitcher Ray Greene (1-0) overcame his pregame jitters to keep eagerTarHeelbattersatbay.Greenelasted four and one-third innings, conceded one run on three hits and got the winning decision in his debut. “We didn’t tell him until we got off the bus that he was pitching today, ” Campbell coach Chip Smith said. “We might start to make a habit out of that.” So Greene made the most of his oppor tunity, while UNC failed to take advan tage of Greene’s inexperience. “People will look at a baseball player and say if he’s good or not very good, but you still have to play the game,” Roberts said. “Our guys felt like they should be hitting (Greene). The only trouble is we didn’t.” The Tar Heels entered Tuesday’s game on a power trip, ringing up 11 homers during their fast start to the season.But with two men on in the top of the fifth inning, it was Campbell’s Scott Jackson who tapped a Josh Potter slider just over the left field wall for his first homer of the season, putting the Camels up 4-0. After catcher Josh Rowell hit a fifth inning sacrifice fly to score Brian Whitlock, Roberts called on pinch-hitter Mike Stoner for an offensive boost. The senior deliv ered an opposite-field triple in the seventh UNC’s only extra-base hit of the game —and later scored on center fielder Jarrett Shearin’s fly ball. But the Tar Heel rally crumbled in the top of the eighth. The Camels capitalized on two UNC wild pitches, a passed ball and three walks to tack on four more runs and build an insurmountable 8-2 lead. An error by Whitlock in the ninth, his second of the day, allowed Campbell’s Chris Saich to come home and complete the scoring. 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While losing four of seven games, the Tar Heels traveled to Wake Forest with second place on the line. But those chances Ifci'sßttlntbafl UNC 60 Wake Forest...... 84 melted quickly, as the game’s fate was sealed in one play. Only 3:39 into the first half, JeffMclnnis fouled Tony Rutland as he drove to the hoop, and Mclnnis was hit with a technical for arguing the call. Wake Forest (19-5, 114 in the ACC) converted threeofthe four free throws, and absolutely ran away from the Tar Heels from there, winning 84-60 in front of 14,406 at Lawrence Joel Memorial Coli seum. “That’s just Coach Smith,” Mclnnis said. “You get the (technical foul), you’re going to sit. But I didn’t think it’d be for that long.” JEFFMcINNIS was whistled for a technical foul in the first half. The loss was the worst since North Carolina (19-9, 9-6) lost to Wake Forest 88-62 in 1993, and it kept the Tar Heels from continuing their 25 year streak of 20- Eagles Eclipse Softball With Win, lie BYAARON BEARD STAFF WRITER North Carolina’s softball team had no difficulty getting its bats going in Tuesday’s doubleheader against Eastern Michigan. The problem was keeping them going. The Tar Heels (7-3-1) managed to score three runs in the first Softball Eastern Michigan 8 UNC 3 Eastern Michigan.... 4 UNC 4 inning of game one, only to go cold at the plate down the stretch and lose 8-3 to Eastern Michigan (4-2-1). UNC repeated its first-inning success in game two, scoring four first inning runs off Eagle pitcher Carrie Knight. But once again, the Tar Heels' bats cooled, and Eastern Michigan took a 74 lead in the top of the seventh inning. But in the bottom of the seventh inning with one out, the umpires suddenly called the game because of darkness. The final score was based on the last complete in ning of play, resulting in a 44 tie. “That doesn’t happen very often in baseball or softball,” UNC coach Donna Papa said. “But when you’re dealing with the early part of the season, you’re dealing plus wins. When Mclnnis went to the pine, he took with him the ability to run the team. As Mclnnis sat for the next eight minutes, the Tar Heels managed only nine points, looking ever so lost in the offensive set. Wake turned the 9-7 early lead and leapt to a 32-16 lead before Mclnnis re turned. “They played major minutes without JeffMclnnis,” Odom said. “He’s only one of the five or six best players in the confer ence, and that has to be unsettling for a team.” The Tar Heels missed eight shots during Mclnnis stretch on the bench, and turned the ball over three times. But even when Mclnnis returned, Wake had the answer. The Deacs camped out behind the arc and drilled eight first-half 3s en route to a 52-28 halftime lead, equaling the most points UNC has given up in a half this season. Wake’s duo of Tony Rutland and Jerry Braswell combined to hit seven 3-pointers in the first half. And Rutland broke the Tar Heels back when he nailed a 3-pointer with three sec onds left in the half, stole the inbounds pass, and lofted a jumper from behind the backboard. “You know that it’s almost surreal,” Odom said. “It’s like what your seeing is not really happening.” The Deacons shot 61.3 percent in the first half, the highest total against North Carolina this season for a half. And while Braswell and Rutland rained twofun homer against Eastern Michigan. with darkness and trying to get the doubleheader in.” In the first game, the Tar Heels scored early on an RBI single by Christine Kubin. Sophomore Lorin Slade fol lowed with a two run double, knot ting the score at 3-3 at the end ofthe first inning. But the Eagles churned out one run in the third and three more in the fourth inning en route to the 8- 3 victory. Sophomore pitcher Brandy Arthur (4-1) took her first loss of the season for the UNC. In the second game, the Tar Heels took control with their four-run first inning, highlighted by pitcher Jen Klesaris’ two run homer, Klesaris also silenced EMU’s bats in the early going, allowing only two hits through the first three innings. Trailing 4-1 in the fifth inning, the Eagles found a solution to Klesaris’ riddle and rattled the confident freshman for four hits and three runs. “After the first five innings, hitters are abletotimethepitchers,”Papasaid. “They 1996 Summer School Catalog and Class Listing AVAILABLE ON-LINE http:/ / www.unc.edu/pubs/academ/summer/ Printed catalog on campus in March 200 Pettigrew • 966-4364 * Summer_school@unc.edu SPORTS Behind Offensive Onslaught Rutland, Deacons Devastate Tar Heels With Treys BYROBBIPICKERAL SPORTS EDITOR WINSTON-SALEM Tony Rutland hasn’t been too talkative the last few days. Since his l-of-9 performance against Virginia on Sunday, the normally outgo ing Wake Forest guard has been a bit more introverted than usual. “We challenged him he played poorly up at Virginia—l wasn’t sure if I challenged him too much, ” Demon Dea con coach Dave Odom said. “Obviously, I didn’t.” Indeed, the 6-foot-2 sophomore jetted out of his mini-slump against UNC on Tuesday, hitting sof 11 from behind the arc to lead a Demon Deacon deluge that drowned the Tar Heels 84-60. “It’s just amazing, the shots they got and how they got them,” UNC cnenter Serge Zwikker said. “They seemed to hit everything. ... You can’t expect to win with shots like that.” Rutland led the shower of treys from 3s from the outside, Tim Duncan domi nated inside. He nailed 5 of his 7 shots for 10 points, and handed out two assists for 3s. While UNC has practiced the come back often against Wake in the last two seasons, coming back from an 18-point deficit in January, and erasing a 10-point get to know what the pitcher’s throwing. It’s a lot easier for a hitter at that point in time.” The Tar Heels had a chance to take the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Kubin and Klesaris were at first and third with only one out, but Knight managed to strike out the next two UNC batters to snuff out the Tar Heels’ last shot at a victory. “That’s disappointing to have a 4-0 lead and let them come back," Papa said. “We had a chance to go up and probably win the game before darkness with runners at first and third. We just didn’t get the timely hits when we needed them.” The game remained deadlocked at four until the top of the seventh inning. Eagle Kristie Berry nailed a Klesaris pitch into left center field to drive in Melissa Drouillard and Cyle Ruedisale, and EMU added another mn to go up 74. Once the controversial decision to call the game was made, EMU Coach Connie Miner stormed out of the dugout and ar gued against a decision which nullified the Eagles’ seven-run comeback. “I don’t think we should have started that last inning, ” Papa said. “It’s tough for Eastern Michigan because they made a great comeback and scored those runs and then not be able to finish those two outs.” nailed five treys against UNC. the beginning, con necting on two of Wake’s first three shots —allofwhich were 3s to begin a thunderstorm that never passed. “They were tak ing their shots, and we just fell behind and could never get back,” UNC guard JeffMclnnis said. Senior Rusty Laßue and sopho- more Jerry Braswell helped out a bit, com bining for four more treys on 4-of-6 shoot ing from behind the arc in the first stanza, but the show belonged to Rutland. As if to put a neon exclamation point on his brow-raising play, he calmly buried a triumvarite in the face of Shammond Wil liams with 3.2 seconds left in the half, then intercepted the inbounds pass meant for Williams. As the horn sounded, he knocked down an over-the-backboard shot and took margin in the final five minutes, there would be no comeback. The Deacons finished off their unbeaten home record this season by never allowing their lead to fall inside of 17 in the second half. “We talked at halftime about the ingre dients of a comeback,” Odom said. “Not Viflanova Announces Circumstances Of Standout’s Calling Card Violations THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHlLADELPHlA—Villanovabasket ball star Kerry Kittles, suspended last week for using a university phone card, ran up $3,100 in unauthorized calls since 1994, school officials reported. Viflanova revealed for the first time the details of the incident that forced its All- American guard to the bench for the last three games of his senior season. Accordingto the report submitted to the NCAA, Kittles was given the card so he could phone a reporter for an interview while file team was in Anchorage for the Great Alaska Shootout in 1994. Kittles returned the card, but kept a A Triangle Women's Health Clinic Low cost termination to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Call for an appointment Monday - Saturday. FREE Pregnancy Testing "Dedicated to the Health Care of Women. ” 942-0011 101 Connor Dr., Suite 402 Chapel Hill, NC across from University Mall ABORTION TO 20 WEEKS Take Kaplan and get a higher score... Classes for June exams begin soon Space is limited! For more information call 1-800-KAP-TEST KAPLAN E-mall: infoQkaplan.com America Online: keyword “Kaplan" Internet home page: http://www.kaplan.com •Offer limited to selected locations and test dates. Restrictions apply. Call for details. Wednesday, February 28,1996 a 24-point lead into the locker room. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a ball get that high and then come down and swish,” Zwikker said. Rutland’s scoring was more reticent in the second stanza, as he netted only five points, but the damage had already been done, because his teammates had taken to his example. Rutland buried one 3 in that stanza, but Wake added three more. UNC simply couldn’t seem to stop the storm the Deacs easily swished their shots, whether there were Tar Heels in their faces or not. “We shot the ball extremely well extremely well you look at yourself on nights like this and say you should be that good,” Odom said. Wake Forest finished the game with 12 treys, hitting 44.4 percent from be hind the arc and almost 51 percent for the game. Mclnnis said, “When a team’s hit ting like that, there’s almost nothing you can do.” necessarily a North Carolina comeback, but the ingredients of a good comeback. “We tried to address those in the second half, and we did a fairly good job of that.” And with 12:11 left, Tony Rutland ended any thoughts of a comeback, nailing a 3- pointer with the shot clock running down to push Wake’s lead back to 22. copy ofthe number and used it for personal calls while the team was on the road, said athletic director Gene DeFilippo. The school’s business office discovered the unauthorized use last week. By corre lating the calls to the team’s travel sched ule, the office attributed charges to Kittles. When asked about the calls, Kittles immediately admitted he’d been using the number. With the help ofhis family, he has repaid the money, DeFilippo said. But the NCAA, which foibids special privileges to student athletes, hit Kittles with a three-game suspension that wiped out his chance to break the Viflanova scor ing record. r Open Til Midnite 7 Days a Week 60 Copies C.O. COPIES 169 E. Franklin St. • Near the Post Office . 967-6633 , 5
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