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Tar Heels Trounce 2 ACC Foes BY ANGELA MERRITT STAFF WRITER The unexpected departure ofNo. 3 seed Inge Commissaris last week left the North Carolina women’s tennis team somewhat discombobulated. All of a sudden, the Tar Heels were in danger of losing the balance they had found in their early-spring rota tion. But UNC regrouped to defeat No. 25 Florida State 5-4 on Saturday and top Geor gia Tech 9-0 on Sunday. “My girls are playing with a lot of heart and a strong w omen ' S Tennis spirit, UNC !r ’ " „ coach Kitty Georgia Tech ....0 Harrison said UNI, 9 “I couldn’t be cl _ , . more delighted State 4 with all of UlylC 5 them.” The Tar Heels (9-6, 2-1 in the ACC) came out with a vengeance against Tech, winning every singles match to alio w them selves a chance to relax in doubles. With the pressure off, UNC swept the doubles matches to cruise to the win. “It was nice to sweep a team, ” Harrison said. “It was nice not to feel as if we had a rope around our necks going into doubles. ” Tar Heel senior Ariana Cervenka started the afternoon at No. 1 singles with a 6-2,6- 1 victory over Georgia Tech’s Heather Wimberley. UNC’s Marianna Land fol lowed up with a 6-0,6-1 victory over Xenia Uy at No. 2. “I had a game plan from the begin ning,” Land said. “I knew (Uy) was a tough play er, and I had to play smart tennis against her. “I couldn’t allow her to become com- Baseball Batters Deacons To Complete Series Win ■ UNC cranked out 20 hits on Sunday to take its second game in a three-game series. BY JAY STONE STAFF WRITER WINSTON-SALEM—Try as it might, Wake Forest just couldn’t find a way to silence North Carolina’s bats in their matchup Sunday afternoon at Hooks Sta dium. The Demon Deacons looked far and wide for an an swerto the Tar Heels’ offen sive riddle, but to no avail. After split ting the first Baseball UNC 17 Wake Forest 3 UNC 4 Wake Forest 0 UNC 2 Wake Forest 8 two games of a weekend series at Wake For- est, the UNC (19-13, 3-6 in the ACC) baseball team spent Sunday afternoon de moralizing seven different members of the Deacon (14-21,2-9) pitching staff in a 17- 3 runaway victory. The 17 runs were a season high, as were the the 20 hits and six home runs the Tar Heels compiled. UNC pitcher Corey Richardson allowed only two hits through the first seven innings and recorded a per sonal-high 10 strikeouts But it likely could have been worse for Wake, considering that UNC stranded 14 runners. The Tar Heels scored in the first inning off a double steal, with Antawan Smith coming home from third base. In the SPORTS SCHEDULE Today Women's Golf in Duke Invitational, Durham, All day / Tu# * d Y Baseball vs. N.C. AST, Boshamer Women'* Golf in Duko Invitational, Women's lacrosse vs. Duke, Fetzer ’■ ■■ Wednesday Softball at Virginia. Charlottesville. Va„ 2 p.m. Women's Tennis vs Duke. Cone- Kenfield Tennis Center, 2 p.m. Baseball at UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, 3 p.m. Men’s Tennis vs. Wake Forest, Cone- Kenfield Tennis Center, 3 p.m. Frtdsy MEN'S LACROSSE Page 7 Another Narrow Miss Sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins defeated the No. 4 UNC men's lacrosse team 9-8 on Saturday in Baltimore, despite three goals from Tar Heel Brendan Carey (left). The loss marked the third time this season UNC has fallen by one goal. .r' i**' ? mP DTH/SIMONE LUECK Tar Heel J.C. Biber prepares to hammer a forehand Saturday against Florida State. Biber won both her singles matches in UNC's weekend sweep. fortable playing against me, so I varied my shots while concentrating on every point. ” Junior J.C. Biber, UNC’s No. 3 seed, utilized a strong serve and volley game to down Sybi Parker 6-3,6-1. Fourth-seeded Tar Heel Sarah Hawkins second inning, UNC’s Julian Dean led off with a single and moved to sec ond on Brian Whitlock’s sacrifice fly. Dean later scored off a wild pitch by Wake starter John Hendricks. Michael Stoner sent reliever Jason DePaula’s second pitch in the parking lot behind the left field fence, bringing UNC's COREY RICHARDSON pitched 7 1/3 innings and struck out 10 on Sunday. up Smith. He and Jarrett Shearin homered, sending the score to 7-0 at the end of the second inning. Depaula’s soaring ERA was not helped when Mclver and Stoner each hit home runs in the third, prompting Wake to use its third pitcher of the day, Will Rikard. However, the hits just kept on coming. Wake reached to its bull pen four more times as UNC scored in every inning ex cept the ninth. The blowout came on the heels of a 4-0 UNC win on Saturday that evened the series after the Tar Heels dropped the Fri day opener 8-2. On Saturday, UNC sophomore pitcher Jim Wallace tossed his second complete game shutout of the season. The shutout marked the first time in 87 games that Wake Forest was held scoreless. UNC scored three of its four runs in the fourth inning. Smithledoffthe inning with a single and advanced to second on a single SeeBASEBALL, Page 9 Baseball vs. Maryland, Boshamer Stadium, 1 p.m. Softball at UNC-Chartotte, Charlotte, 3 . p.m. _ ’ Outdoor Track O Field vs. Ohio State. Georgetown, George Mason, N.C. State, Beik Track/Fetzer Field, 4 p.m. Saturday Men's Golf in Ping Intercollegiate. Cary. All day Women's Tennis vs. Maryland, Cone- Kenfield Tennis Center, 10 a.m. Women's Lacrosse vs. William Er Mary, Fetzer Field, noon Baseball vs. Maryland, Boshamer Stadium, 1 p.m. Men's Tennis vs. Clemson, Cone- Kenfield Tennis Center, 1 p.m. Men's Lacrosse vs. Virginia, Fetzer *- Field. 2:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Maryland. Boshamer Stadium, 2 p.m. SPORTS MONDAY at)F Daily aar Heel showed her first-year jitters, falling behind 1 -4 in the fust set to Autumn Richards .She then pulled together and dominated the rest of the match, winning 6-4, 6-0. UNC junior Robyn Gurney played the marathon match of the day, edging past UNC Hacks Hokies for Eighth Win *•**..->. *. If . DTH / KATHLEEN OEHLER North Carolina midfielder Sharon Moore (27) makes a move upfield Saturday at Fetzer Field. Moore scored three goals and tallied one assist as the Tar Heels rolled over Virginia Tech for their seventh straight win. McCall Tied for First After Opening Round of Duke Invitational BY JACK CHANEY STAFF WRITER DURHAM The North Carolina women’s golf team knew it would be tee ing off against some of the nation’s finest teams in the opening round of the Duke Invitational on Sunday. But the Tar Heels also had to overcome chilly weather and bumpy greens to keep themselves near the top of the leaderboard. Paced by junior Kelly McCall’s one-un der-par 72, North Carolina shot a com Tiffany Schwartz 2-6,6-1,6-2atNo. 5. She showcased a variety of shots, using every thing from lobs to blistering forehand win ners to pull away in the second and third sets. “My playing style is to try to dominate every point,” Gurney said. “During the second and third sets I was able to take more balls on the rise, which prevented her from taking advantage of my shots.” Junior Alison Levy, recendy reinserted into the Tar Heel rotation, recorded a 7-6, 6-1 victory at No. 6 over Brandy Kirchner. Levy took charge after a long first set to solidify her victory. The Tar Heels completed their sweep of Georgia Tech with Cervenka and Land’s win at No. 1 doubles over Wimberley and Uy. The No. 2 tandem of Biber and Hawkins also rolled in its 8-6 victory over Richards and Lynne Borowsky. The doubles sweep was finalized when Kim Diehl and Levy teamed to dump Schwartz and Parker. UNC’s victory over No. 25 Florida State on Saturday was highlighted by Cervenka and Land’s win over FSU’s Lori Sowell and Elke Juvl at No. 1 doubles. Cervenka and Land played textbook doubles to de feat the Seminole tandem, which is cur rently ranked No. 11 nationally, 7-6 (7-3), 6- In singles action, Cervenka fell to Sowell 7- 6-3. Land defeated Juvl 2-6,6-4, 6-2, and Biber overcame Ann Olsson 6-4,6-3. Hawkins outlasted Sasha Hanna in three sets 6-1,4-6, 6-4. Levy tallied a 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 win over Kylie Thompson, but Gumey lost 6-2,6-1 to FSU’s Lori Junker. The Seminoles took two of three doubles matches to keep the match close. bined 306, good enough to place fourth among the 15 teams competing in the tour nament. “I thought our performance was 0.K.,” UNC coach Sally Austin said. “I thought we really hit the ball well today, it was just a matter of getting it in the hole. That’s something we’ll have to work on a little.” In addition to McCall’s total, sopho more StariAber posted a 76, senior Rachel Postin shot a 77, junior Patricia White fired an 81 and sophomore Megan Mor gan notched an 82. BbJW FOUJFI The Rowlands, UJ. Lg^g..; Men’s Swimmers Notch Top-15 End at NCAAs STAFF REPORT The North Carolina men’s swimming and diving team came in 15 th at the NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships Saturday in Austin, Texas, scoring a total of 90 points. UNC’s finish marked only the second time in 29 years that the Tar Heel men have placed in the top 15 at NCAAs. UNC, which won the ACC title and compiled a 10-1 record in its dual meets, saw 10 of its 11 swimmers earn All-America honors. The group of UNC All-Ameri cans included Steve Bonack, Matt Branum, Micah Copeland, Ed Abele, Eric Fehr, Trevor Runberg, Scott Troy, Ted Brisson, Michael Chorba and Tucker Shade. “It’s pretty awe some,” UNC coach Frank Comfort , *' STEVE BONACK placed eighth in the 200-yard breaststroke. said. “It’s really satisfying to do as well as we did. “I was having dinner with a recruit last night, and it was so cool to be able to say that they’re all coming back next year.” Bonack led the way for the Tar Heels, gamering first-team All-American plau dits by finishing eighth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:00.46. The event was his second of the day. Earlier in the day, Bonack qualified eighth for the event by swimming it in “I was pretty happy with how I played today,” McCall said. “I had a couple of bad bogies, but overall, I felt I did pretty well. “The course was pretty interesting. The greens were somewhat slow and sort of tricky, but I felt I putted fairly well on them.” McCall’s 72 tied her on the top of the individual leaderboard. McCall has been in this position before, however; she won the individual competition at last year’s Invitational. Monday, April 1,1996 1:58.99. That time was a career best for Bonack and the second-fastest time in the event in UNC history. Troy finished 11th in the consolation finals of the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:59.94. His qualifying time of 1:59.27 was a career high and third fastest in Tar Heel history. Fehr finished 12th in the same event, swimming the race in 2:00.17. The two swimmers qualified for the event by re cording careertimes 0f1:59.27 and 1:59.65, respectively. Bonack’s time of 2:00.46 in the 1,650- yard freestyle was good for eighth. Chorba placed 12th,swimmingtheraceinl5:16.90. His time earned him honorable-mention All-America honors. On Friday, Bonack finished seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke in 55.23 to earn All-America status. His qualifying time of 55.03 was the second-fastest time in UNC and ACC history. Troy came in 10th in the consolation finis of the same event with a time of 55.08. Fehr earned 12th place in the 400-yard individual medley with a career-best time of 3:52.34. His time also was second in UNC history and garnered him honorable mention All-America honors. On Thursday evening, Runberg made up for subpar efforts in his other events by placing seventh in the 500-yard freestyle with a time 0f4:22.69. “My other performances were less than stellar, sol was really happy with my 500, ” Runberg said. “I was very psyched to get the ball rolling for our team and make All- America.” BY AARON BEARD STAFF WRITER Using a quick-strike offense to comple ment a stifling defense, the North Carolina women’s lacrosse team jumped all over Virginia Tech on Saturday, scoring four goals in the opening four minutes en route to a 19-4 victory at Fetzer Field in front of 200 fans. The Tar Heels (8-1), who have defeated their last seven opponents by an average margin of 12 goals per contest, opened the floodgates on an unassisted goal by midfielder Carla Nappi 1:20 into the con test. A mere 49 seconds later, attacker Lori Pasquantonio scored off an assist from midfielder Amy Fine. Women's Lacrosse Virginia Tech 4 UNC 19 After Sharon Moore and Erin McGinnis struck with two more bids, ballooning the Tar Heels ’ lead to 4-0 just 4:25 into the first half, UNC had effectively set the tone for the rest of the day. “We wanted to have 60 minutes of in tensity, and we wanted to play at our level, ” UNCcoach Jenny Slingluff said. “Ithought Virginia Tech had some nice athletes, but they just didn’t have a full (team of) 11 athletes. Our game plan was to play our game and attack the cage, and I thought we did that.” The Hokies (3-4) answered UNC’s ex plosive start at the 11:07 mark of the first half as attacker Heather Dent streaked down the right side of the field and zipped the ball past UNC goalie Debbie Castine. But UNC continued the onslaught with another series of crippling attacks. Lead ing 5-1, UNC’s Katie Loovis blew through the heart of the Hokie defense for an unas sisted score, beating VPI goalie Christina Francis. Fine, a Tar Heel midfielder, followed Loovis with two goals nine seconds apart. After notching her first goal ofthe game, Fine took the midfield face-off, sprinted through the swarming Hokie defenders and tallied her second score. Thestartofthesecondhalf mirrored the start of the first. With the Tar Heels leading 11-2, Moore, Pasquantonio andMcGinnis struck again with goals in the first five minutes. North Carolina continued its frenzied attack, taking a 17-3 lead after McGinnis See WOMEN’S LACROSSE, Page 9 “We’re at about the same place we were lastyear,” McCallsaid. “It was pretty tight after the first round and then things sorted themselves out. We’ll just have to see how it goes.” Duke fired a tournament-leading 295; Wake Forest’s 296 earned the second spot; and Tennessee finished two strokes ahead of the Tar Heels with a 304. The Tar Heels have ample time to make up those 11 shots to the Blue Devils, since the tournament continues on Monday and Tuesday. 12
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