Shp Satly ear Hppl Women Stop State, (finch Hay-In Bid BYPAULSTRELOW STAFF WRITER RALEIGH—North Carolina women’s tennis coach Kitty Harrison knew to throw out both teams’records in Saturday’smatch between the Tar Heels and N.C. State. Forget the Wolfpack’s 10-match losing streak entering the contest. UNC wanted revenge. After losing to State 5-4 in each of the last two years, the Tar Heels (10-9, 34 in the ACC) jumped out to an early lead and held on to beat the ‘Pack 6-3 attheWolfpack Tennis Complex. North Carolina’s victory over State (6-13, 1-7) earned the team a place in the play-in match of the ACC tournament. “I feel exhilarated and happy for each one (of our players),” Harrison said. “Ev ery court was important. This one was guts.” UNC took an early 4-1 lead behind ; strong singles play, most notably from se nior Marianna Land. The No. 2 seed used Men’s Laxers Win Pair For Sweep in Indiana STAFF REPORT The North Carolina men’s lacrosse team won both of its weekend contests, beating Butler 16-7 in Indianapolis on Sunday af- ter rallying to defeat No. 7 Notre Dame 11-10 in South Bend, Ind., on Saturday. The Tar Heels (8-3), Men's Lacrosse UNC 16 Butler 7 UNC 11 Notre Dame 10 ranked fifth nationally, never trailed But ler. UNC rushed out to a 9-2 halftime advantage onthestrengthof three first-half goals by senior attackman Mark Phillips and a pair of scores by freshman midfielder Justin Bowman. In the third period, Phillips and sopho more midfielders Mike Maier and Webb Hayes each beat BU goalie Kevin DeLury to put the Tar Heels in front 12-2 and the game out of reach. UNC senior attackman Brendan Carey dished out four assists to pace the Tar Heel offense, which outshot Butler 51-36. On Saturday, North Carolina trailed Notre Dame 10-7 with 13:09 left in the game. But the Tar Heels scored four unan- Georgia Tops Tar Heels To Snap Winning Streak STAFF REPORT The 17th-ranked North Carolina men’s tennis team fell to No. 4 Georgia 4-1 on Sunday in Athens, Ga., ending the Tar Heels’ 10-match winning streak. The Bulldogs (16-2) posted wins at three singles positions to earn the victory. Geor- gia clinched the match when Jamie Laschinger de- Men's Tennis UNC 1 Georgia 4 feated UNC’s Tripp Phillips64,64at No. 4. At the second seed, Bulldog John Roddick knocked off Brint Morrow 64,6- 1, while Eddie Jacques topped UNC’s Rob Tedesco 6-1, 7-5 at No. 3. UNC’s (18-3) lone singles win came at the fifth seed, where Paul Harsanyi ham mered UGa. ’s Kevin Sessions 6-1,64. The Norman Collapse Lets Faldo Capture Crown at Masters THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUGUSTA, Ga.—GregNorman shot a startling 78 Sunday in the greatest col lapse in Masters history, giving NickFaldo his third green jacket and sixth major cham pionship. It was the sixth time Norman had taken a lead into the final round of one of the Grand Slam events only to lose. But none was as shocking nor as complete as the unraveling that began on the ninth hole and ended in the water in front of the 12 th green. “It’s the most nerve-wracking course in the world,” Faldo said. “It’s as simple as that.” In that four-hole stretch Norman went from three strokes ahead to two behind, enabling Faldo to play the kind of golf he does best —methodical, precise, controlled. Faldo’s closing 67 put him at 12-under par 276, five strokes ahead of Norman, who started the day with a six-stroke lead. Phil Mickelson finished third at 282. Hornets Sink Sixers, Tie Miami in Race for Final Eastern Playoff Spot THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA—DeII Curry picked the right time to add a little something extra to his repertoire. Curry, an eight-year veteran, grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds three more than his previous best —as the Charlotte Hornets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 94-76 Sunday to move back into a tie with idle Miami for the eighth playoff spot in the East. “It just seemed like the ball was bounc ing my way, although I was doing my best to box out,” Cuny said. “Philadelphia shoots a lot of long shots, and I was lucky enough to get a lot of rebounds.” Hip an aggressive lob to frustrate Mina Scinicariello and garner a 6-1, 6-2 win. Land’s lob uti lized the windy con ditions and took advantage of Scinicariello’s 5- foot-3 frame. “The lob really sets up every other shot,” Land said. “You’ve got them so deep, you open upthedropshotand the hard-hitting ARIANA CERVENKA played a pair of three set matches Saturday, winning in doubles and losing in singles. shot. It really saves me.” Land started off both sets with 5-0 leads before finishing off Scinicariello, who couldn’t figure out where Land would hit the ball next. Land improved her record to 15-8,6-1 in the ACC. “She’sjustagreat competitor,’’Harrison said. “Her record speaks for what she is. fcl. toU ■ • g| swered goals in cluding the game winner by junior attackman Merrill Turnbull with just 33 seconds remain ing to snap the Fighting Irish’s seven-game win streak. Turnbull began the fourth-quarter spurt with a score at 11:01 and an assist of Bowman’s goal at the 9:15 mark. MARK PHILUPS scored six goals in UNC's two games this weekend. Senior midfielder Jude Collins tied the game 10-10offoneofCarey’sthree assists with 6:19 remaining. North Carolina survived a career-best performance by Notre Dame keeper Alex Cade. The sophomore registered 20 saves as the Tar Heels outshot the Irish 34-25. During a nine-minute stretch, spanning halftime, the Irish went from trailing the Tar Heels 4-1 to owning a third-period 7-5 lead. UNC goals by Phillips and Maier tied the game 7-7, but Notre Dame again surged ahead 10-7. Nos. land 6 singles matches were sus pended due to time constraints. Georgia clinched the doubles pointon the strength of wins at the first and third spots. At No. 1, Baidas and Laschinger topped David Caldwell and Morrow 9-7, while Jacques and Roddick beat PAUL HARSANYI was UNC’s lone singles winner. Harsanyi and Tedesco 84 at No. 3. Phillips and Tony Thomas topped Ses sions and Rafael Jordan 8-6 at the second seed to avoid the doubles sweep. Norman would have needed only an even-par round in the final round to win. “Obviously, I didn’t play as well aslcould,’’Norman said. “Things didn’t go my way. Nick played solid and steady, and it was all my mistakes.” Now, only Jack Nicklaus (six) and Arnold Palmer GREG NORMAN fired a final-round 78 after going 13 under par in the first three rounds. (four) have won more Masters than Faldo, and only 10 players in the long history of golf have won more major titles. It was Faldo's first victory in a major since the 1992 British Open. Norman’s collapse overshadowed a great round of golf by Faldo. No one shot lower than his 67. And no one, except Glen Rice scored 19 points, Larry Johnson had 18 and Kenny Anderson 14 for the Hornets. “I thought for a while Dell was going for a triple-double (Cuny had five assists),’’ Charlotte Homest coach Allan Bristow said. “He was really active out there. Our bench really came through for us today.” Miami owns the tiebreaker edge over Charlotte, so the Hornets feel they need to win the rest of their games to get the eighth spot. “It’s a huge game for us tomorrow (at Indiana), ” Bristow said. “If we lose a game, Miami can lose two games, and we don’t want that to happen.” She’s just tough.” The match ofthe day belonged to UNC’s Ariana Cervenka and State’s Blair Sutton. A victory by the Tar Heels’ first singles seed would have clinched a win for North Carolina. But Sutton battled back from a slow start to defeat Cervenka 5-7,6-3, 7-6 (74) in a three-hour, 40-minute straggle. Cervenka kept Sutton on the baseline with deep groundstrokes to take a 5-0 lead in the first set. The match’s momentum turned, however, when Sutton found con sistency in an aggressive slice forehand. Cervenka held on to win the set, but Sutton rallied to take the second. The players went to a tiebreaker in the third. Cervenka committed four errors in the first six points to go down 5-1. Cervenka laterhitabackhandwideto give Sutton the final 74 advantage in the tiebreaker and the victory. J.C. Biber and Sarah Hawkins gave the Tar Heels the team victory after whipping Scinicariello and Dana Allen 64, 6-2 at No. 2 doubles. The first-seeded duo of f ‘ ' 4 ’.,. *r' jl ±t* Wr ' ■ Nfi I — v L. n 'Wm Mm DTH/IASONHRK North Carolina pitcher Jennifer Klesaris gave up seven runs in the second inning of the first game against Maryland on Friday. SOFTBALL Against Florida Atlantic in Sunday’s opener, the Tar Heels came back from a 6- 4 deficit in the top of the seventh for a 7-6 victory. With two outs and the bases loaded, catcher Jeanine Gunther hit a double to right field, allowing UNC’s Arthur, Coombs and Kubin to score the decisive runs. On Saturday, the Seminoles had their chance at retribution for a pair of losses to UNC in an ACC doubleheader on Thursday. During a defensive straggle that saw only five hits allowed by both pitching staffs, FSU broke through in the fourth with the go-ahead runs in a 2-0 victory. “We had opportunities to score every inning and we didn’t capitalize,” Papa said. “You can’t not score against a team like (FSU) because it’s a matter of time SOFTBALL UNC 7, Florida Atlantic 6 UNC 000 103 3- 7 7 4 FAU 020 013 0 - 6 8 4 W*fc Uturis. MU: Mnn. W - Kfesvis. I- Main. perhaps Norman, played under as much pressure. Faldo got into the spirit of the show down between the two dominant golfers of the last decade on the first hole when he chose to putt out from 2 feet rather than marking, putting added pressure on Norman’s 4-foot par putt. He missed. Faldo got within three strokes with a 22- foot birdie on No. 8, then Norman fell apart. He spun his approach shot back off the ninth green and missed a 10-foot par putt after a poor chip. He missed another 10- footer for par on No. 10 after missing the green left. AndhethreeputtedNo. ll,missingthe par putt from 30 inches. Then on No. 12, for the second day in a row, Norman left his tee shot short in Raes Creek. While he was able to recover for a great bogey on Saturday, this time he made a 5. Faldo was content to make pars during The 76ers rallied from a 61-52 deficit with 7:19 left in the third quarter, scoring nine straight points to tie the score at 61 -61. The Hornets opened a 74-68 lead with 10:35 to play, then went on an 11-3 run, capped by a 3-point shot by Anthony Goldwire. That gave the Hornets an 85-71 lead. Philadelphia never got closer than nine points after that. “Charlotte took it to another level in the fourth quarter. Let’s face it we aren’t going to beat anybody with seven guys unless we play a perfect game. “We need Vernon Maxwell and Trevor Ruffin to come up big if we want to win," Sixers coach John Lucas said. SPORTS Cervenka and Land then rallied to knock off Sutton and Chastity Chandler in three sets. State ’ s Nena Bonacic ’ and Laura Cow man recorded the only Wolfpack doubles victory, beating Robyn Gumey and Alison Levy 7-6,6-0 at No. 3. In other singles action, No. 3 Biber topped Chandler 64, 6-3; fourth-seeded Hawkins squandered big leads in her loss to Bonacic’ 7-6 (74), 64; fifth singles seed Gumey outdueled Carey Causway 1-6,6- 0,64; and No. 6 Levy dropped Cowman 7-5,6-3. Levy, inserted into the lineup after the departure of Inge Commissaris in March, has accumulated a 7-0 record in ACC play. The win ended the Tar Heels’ three match losing streak. Land said the team played well throughout the streak but didn’t get the lucky breaks needed to win. “This was a must-win situation,” Land said. “With the rivalry, everyone was fired up. Everyone just fought really hard and it paid off. Hopefully it’ll pay offintheACCs as well.” (before (hey) go ahead of you. We didn’t get the timely hits and we didn’t execute. ” ■ T£e Tar "Heels had no proSlems ex ecuting in Saturday’s first game, jumping all over Campbell pitcher Tina Echerer for nine runs on three hits in a 9-0 thump ing of the Camels. Sophomore first baseman Slade, selected to the all-touma ment team, inflicted most of the damage, tagging a solo homer in the fourth and a two-run dinger in the sixth inning “She’s definitely a power hitter,” Papa said. “When her swing is 0n... she can hit with power. Plus she’s a good hitter in clutch situations.” Friday’s split with Maryland gave the Tar Heels both their first conference loss and their first regular season title. After a 94 loss in game one, Travers surrendered only four hits in the Tar Heels’ 5-0 night cap victory. SOFTBALL South Carolina 12, UNC 4 use 700 401 - 12 8 4~ UNC 000 400 - 4 9 5 USC: Johnson. UNC: Tracer*. W - Johnson. L—Trawl this stretch and pulled two ahead. “I had to put my head down and grind as hard as I could,” Faldo said. Both players birdied the two par ss, Nos. 13 and 15. Then Norman ended any chance he had when he hit into the water on the par-3 16th hole. Faldo finished his fabulous day by mak ing a birdie on No. 18 from out of the fairway bunker. The previous biggest blown lead in the Masters occurred when Ed Sneed took a five-stroke lead into the final round of the 1979 Masters, won by Fuzzy Zoeller in a playoff with Sneed and Tom Watson. Norman’s worst previous collapse was in the 1986 PGA Championship when he led by four going to Sunday, shot a 76 and finished two behind Bob Tway. Stuck at only two majors the 1986 and ’93 British Opens—and never having won one in the United States, golfs great est money winner still is forced to live with a reputation as an underachiever. Maxwell had 10 points but made only four of 19 shots, while Ruffin was 4-of-12 for nine points. Clarence Weatherspoon had 20 points and 11 rebounds and Derrick Alston scored 14 for Philadelphia, which dropped to lb -33. Notes: Johnson and Rice are the third highest scoring duo in the league, trailing Chicago's Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen and San Antonio’s David Robinson and Sean Elliott. The Hornets are last in the league in blocked shots with 264. The 76ers have used 34 different start ing lineups. Every player on the roster has started at least one game. Moore Paces UNC Track Over Weekend STAFF REPORT Tyra Moore recorded a pair of first place finishes this weekend to pace the North Carolina track and field team at the Duke Invitational in Durham. Moore placed first in the long jump Saturday with a leap of 20 feet, 4 1/4 inches that provisionally qualified her for theNCAA Championships. Friday, Moore captured the triple jump title, jumping 42- 2 3/4, also a provisional qualification. Nicole Gamble, who finished sec ond in the triple jump, also netted NCAA consider ation. Saturday’s competition fea tured four provi sional qualifications in addition to Moore’s feats. Tif fany Weatherford placed first in the 400 meters in 54.06 seconds, while Kim Jones leaped 6-0 in TYRA MOORE placed first in the long jump and triple jump in Durham. the high jump to capture the crown. Nadine Faustin placed second in the 100-meter hurdles to also earn NCAA consideration. The men’s 4xloo meter relay captured a first-place finish to qualify provisionally. UNC assistant track coach Joan Nesbit, a former All-American who competed this weekend for New Balance, captured the 5,000meter5in15:33.25, which broke meet and Wallace Wade Stadium records. No team scores were kept at the meet, which featured athletes from 73 schools and clubs. PITCHERS FROM PAGE 14 UNC pitcher Ethan Stein, who pitched two and one-thirds innings in relief Sun day and two innings on Saturday, said the team’s pitching woes are mainly mental errors. “Pitchers have to leam to eliminate mistakes,” Steinsaid. “Wehavegoodarms just like anyone else in the league, but at this point, we have to leam how to pitch instead of just throwing the ball. They scored a lot of runs with two outs and nobody on base. That kind of shows you we’re making a lot of mental mistakes, and we’re not focusing all the way.” UNC gave up a total of 25 runs in the three-game series with Clemson, 12 of which came in the sixth inning or later. Clemson grabbed eight hits and nine runs off the bullpen Saturday and Sunday, eas ily exploiting the weak Tar Heel relievers. “I don’t think their hitting gets better,” Roberts said. “I thinkit’stotally dependent on who you bring up in the bullpen. The key to success, I think, is you have to bring in a better pitcher than who was in there. “I would prefer my best pitchers to be in the bullpen, and my good pitchers, who can really compete for five or six innings, as my starters.” Clemson, on the other hand, has one of the best staffs in the league, posting a team ERA of 2.47 while holding its opponents’ batting average to .204. “Everybody knew coming into this year that pitching was their strength,” Roberts said. “They’re being carried by their pitch ing, without a doubt, because they always know that if they get in the three- or four run lead category, their starting pitching is outstanding. “I don’t know about their bullpen, be cause we didn’t see enough of it this week end to leam.” BASEBALL Clemson 7, UNC 2 Clinton 000 110 401 - 7 9 2~ UNC 010 000 100 - 2 9 1 UWCt McAßw. Hointy (6| mi Sam (7). Cl—■ Bwncn. W—Bmm (IW>ll - McASrar 0-3). m*hk 1000. BASEBALL Clemson 7, UNC 5 i Clinton 000 005 101 - 7 8 4 | UNC 100 100 021 - 5 11 3 UNC: WeHec*. Richardson (6) and Stem (8). Cla—ok Matt Hauser (7) and Shepard (S). W - Metz (2-0). I- Wallace (4- 7). AStandonoo: 1600 BASEBALL Clemson 11, UNC 1 Clemton 003 052 100 - 11 14 0 UNC 010 000 000 - 1 6 3 UNC: Yoder, Fmnerty {Bland Rowell (9). Ornmnc Vming. Scott (8). Williams (9) and LaCroy. W-Vtioq (7-2). I- Yoder{94). WOMEN'S TENNIS FROM PAGE 14 Clemson’s third- and fourth-seed play ers made quick work of their Tar Heel foes. UNC’s J.C. Biber, playing at No. 3, was dominated 6-0, 6-1 by Clemson’s Annie Trepanier. No. 4 seed Sarah Hawkins was also defeated by the Tigers’ Devin Carr 6- 1,6-2. UNC’s No. 5 seed Robyn Gurney’s tenacity was outlasted by Clemson’s Emma Peetz. Gumey pressured Peetz with a vari ety of powerful shots before falling 64,7- 5. In doubles, the Tar Heels lost all three matches. Despite UNC’s strong play and powerful volleys, the Clemson teams dem onstrated consistency and poise as they completed the sweep. UNC’s Cervenka and Land lost 4-8 to Clemson’s Woorons and Barrett at No. 1, ending their six-match victory streak. At No. 2, the Tar Heel tandem of Biber and Hawkins fell to Clemson’s Peetz and Z Cerretani 3-8. And at No. 3, Gumey and Kim Diehl’s smart play was not enough to overcome the Tigers’ Trepanier and Mair as they fell 4-8. Monday, April 15,1996 $ Just Released! the *rar CONNECT. COMMUNICATE. GET AHEAD.