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Edberg Cruises in Open
NEW YORK—Stefan Edberg is con
juring up the magic of Jimmy Connors at
the U.S. Open.
In his own quiet, yet fiery way, Edberg
surged into the quarterfinals Tuesday with
a fist-pumping 6-7 (7-2), 7-6 (7-2), 6-4,6-
4 victory over Britain’s Tim Henman.
Not since Connors’ amazing run to
the 1991 semifinals here at age 39 the
year Edberg won for the first time has
a player been such a sentimental favorite
with the crowd. They’ve been doing it all
tournament, and they can be expected to
do it Thursday when he plays No. 4
Goran Ivanisevic.
Stokes returns to team
CULLOWHEE Running back
Terence Stokes has returned to Western
Carolina’s football team on a conditional
basisafterhewas charged with larceny of
a motor vehicle.
The sophomore from Bunn began prac
ticing with the Catamounts Tuesday, four
weeks after he was suspended from the
program following his arrest Aug. 7 in
Raleigh. A decision about when he will
be reinstated as a full-time player has not
been made, according to a news release
from the university.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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2. Tennessee (8) 1-04) 1,666 2
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5. Colorado (3) 14)4} 1,405 5
6. Now Dame (1) 04X) 1,311 6
7. Farm State 1-00 1,266 7
8. Texas 14H) 1,128 8
9. Syracuse 04M) 1,062 10
10. Ohio State 004) 1,036 9
11. Miami 1-00 923 11
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13. Northwestern 004) 663 15
14. Alabama 1-04) 660 13
15. Virginia Tech 004) 625 14
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Washington 110. East Carolina 41. Michigan State 35.
Sat Diego State 19, Southern Mississippi 18, Stanford
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West Virginia 5, Arkansas 3, Louisville 3, Tola*) 3, Utah
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Missed opportunities mar
UNC’s chances vs. Huskies
BYPAULSTRELOW
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The best teams in volleyball display a
consistent level of play in order to mini
mize an opponent’s scoring runs.
The only consistency North Carolina’s
volleyball team showed Tuesday night
was in squandering leads and missing
opportunities.
The Tar Heels (4-1) failed to rally from
a
15-13, 15-9, Washington I
15-10 loss to UNC 0
Washington (3-1) in Carmichael Audito
rium.
UNC led during the middle of every
game but couldn’t capitalize on their
chances.
“We passed the ball well, and we ran
our middle attack and our slide ... and
they never blocked us,’’coach Joe Sagula
said.
“But we lost focus. We would give up
three or four points in a row and we
didn’t side out even with them tonight.”
The first game was knotted at 5 when
the Tar Heels put together one of then
few good strings. Maya Starks, Amber
Willey and Jill Peden rattled off kills
during a run that left UNC leading 11-7.
But UNC’s attack suffered after out
side hitter Alicia Alford sprained her
ankle late in the first game.
Schmitz, special teamers get kick out of Clemson thrashing
BYROBBIPICKERAL
SPORTS EDITOR
Brian Schmitz couldn’t sleep the night
before last Saturday’s game against
Clemson.
He was hyper, nervous, worried
about his first collegiate game.
And the freshman from Park Ridge,
111., didn’t even know yet that he would
be the starting kicker.
“I finally had to take Nyquil to get to
sleep,” he said.
The dosage must have worked, be
cause the next day, on the Tar Heels’ first
kickoff ofthe game, UNC fans saw some
thing they’ve rarely seen in the past few
years.
That’s right —a knee in the end zone.
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two great swings at Senior
the ball and had AMBER WILLEY led
become a blocking the Tar Heels with 15
factor. kills.
“That was a big loss for us.”
The Tar Heels trailed 12-11 when
Alford went down, but rallied to a 13-all
tie off a kill by Starks.
The Huskies earned a sideout, then
reached game point following an errant
set by Hobson.
Angela Bransom’s kill, one of the
senior’s game-leading 23, gave Wash
ington the first game.
The second game featured a seesaw
battle until Hobson tipped the ball over
the net for an 8-7 Tar Heel lead.
The Huskies then tallied five straight
points, four off North Carolina miscues,
en route to a commanding 12-8 advan
tage.
The Tar Heels forced three sideouts,
but failed to refute with a scoring run of
their own.
A deep kick. A touchback.
And the crowd roared.
“That had to be the most exciting
thing in my career so far it definitely
was,” he said. “I went back over to the
sideline, and two or three people told me
... that was the first time the fans had seen
that in a couple of years.”
Yes, UNC fans got to roar, not groan,
at the kicking game Saturday, and it
looks like that could continue.
Tar Heel coach Mack Brown made
special teams a focus in preseason prac
tice, and it seems to be paying off.
Schmitz recorded two touchbacks Sat
urday, redshirt freshman Josh McGee
connected on a field goal and five extra
points, and redshirt freshman Derrick
DePriest and seniors David Secrest and
SPORTS
Bransom’s block of a Willey kill at
tempt wrapped up the second stanza for
the Huskies.
The Tar Heels seemed deflated, and
Washington used their momentum to
build a 4-0 lead in the third. UNC never
quite, however, and battled back to a 4-
all score.
Later, Berg’s winner into the midcourt
reduced the Huskies’ margin to 11-10.
Washington’s Kristina Laffling then hit
an overhead attack off the net cord and
passed a diving Starks.
Freshman Shannon Smith then hit
two shots out, widening the gap that led
to a Washington victory.
“We made a lot of unforced errors,
and they didn’t make very many,” Berg
said. “We were in the game the whole
time, but we just couldn’t get any clo
sure.”
Senior Amber Willey led the Tar Heels
with 15 kills, while Starks finished 13 and
freshman Tori Seibert 10. Berg recorded
34 assists and Hobson.
Berg said overconfidence was not a
problem after sweeping the Virginia Tech
Invitational in straight games this week
end.
“We played back on our heels,” she
said.
“We weren’t real confident because
no one could get into a rhythm. It made
people tentative and not want to swing as
hard as they can."
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Senior kicker
CHRIS WELCH has
earned a football
scholarship this
season.
Derrick DePriest
all booted long
punt and kickoff
combinations. The
crowd responded
as if they’d never
seen anything like
it.
"I heard their
reaction, knew
they were cheering
for me ... and just
couldn’tbelieveit,”
Schmitz said.
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Sophomore Erin Berg (9) sets the ball for teammate Alicia Alford (14) in the
Tar Heels' home opener Tuesday night.
tition in practice has been fierce —but
that’s what’s forced the kickers to step
up.
“If they know that there’s someone
just as good as them behind them... well,
they’re going to work harder, and that
pays off in the game,” Brown said.
Although Schmitz earned the nod
against Clemson, Brown said his starting
kickers aren’tset in stone. After Saturday’s
game, he said, they began charting
progress in practice again, and starters
have not been named for Saturday’s game
at Syracuse.
“I’m really just trying not to put any
pressure on myself,” Schmitz said. “I’m
Wednesday, September 4,1996
just trying to work hard because I want to
do really, really well.”
Special teams notes
Ironically, McGee’s 37-yard field goal
in the first quarter equalled graduated
kicker Scott Caparelli’s longest college
field goal ever. ... Brown announced
Tuesday that he had granted a scholar
ship to Welch, a senior from Greens
boro. “Every year we try to give an older
guy that’s been around a scholarship, if
we have one. It’s always tough, because
there are always 20 or 30 guys who could
get it... but we think that Chris has done
a lot to deserve it.”
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