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Baily (Ear Hrrl UNC women capture pair in tournament STAFF REPORT The North Carolina women’s soccer team crushed St. Mary’s 4-0 on Sunday to sweep the St. Mary’s Fall Soccer Clas sic in Moraga, Calif. Earlier in the weekend, the Tar Heels topped No. 3 Santa Clara 1-0. Top-ranked UNC (6-0) jumped on the Gaels (5-3) early. Forward Laurie Schwoy headed inaTiffany Roberts pass dur ing the seventh minute to put the Tar Heels on the scoreboard. Later in the half, Roberts headed the ball from five yards outpast goalkeeper Amber King for UNC’s second score. Goals by Cindy Parlow and Rakel Karvelsson rounded out the UNC forward DEBBIE KELLER scored the game winning goal against Santa Clara. match. Schwoy tallied two assists to ac company her game-winning goal. On Friday night, the Tar Heels held off Santa Clara (5-1) on a last minute goal by senior forward Debbie Keller. Keller took a pass from midfielder Beth Sheppard and shot the ball past goalie Christina Sanchez for the game-winner with 0:46 remaining. The Broncos outshot UNC 10-7, but Santa Clara couldn’t penetrate the Tar Heel defense to muster any shots from dose range. a : < if /■ jj ■so M j3kjp UNC forward Nancy Pelligreen (18) dribbles past a Virginia defender during UNC’s 4-0 win Saturday. The Tar" Heels feH to Old Dominion 4-3 in overtime Sunday, marking UNC’s first loss since the ’94 NCAA title game. ODU uses penalty corner strategy to nab comeback win against UNC BY KRISTI GEERCKEN STAFF WRITER Fourth-ranked Old Dominion exposed Sunday at Navy Field what Tar Heel opponents have been trying to figure out all season long: how to score on the defending national champions. And the answer came in the second half of the Monarchs’ 4-3 double-over time upset of No. 2 North Carolina whenapenalty comer opportunity arises, bring the house. “It was a bit of a gamble, ” UNC coach Karen Shelton said. “They send a lot of people in there. It’s hard for the defend ers to block everything away.” Entering UNC’s showdown with ODU, TarHeelgoalkeeper Jana Withrow had not allowed a goal in five games. But relying on a penalty comer strat egy that involved sending six or more attackers toward the UNC goal, the Orioles keep wild-card lead with Alomar RBI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BALTIMORE Roberto Alomar singled home the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning as the Baltimore Orioles maintained their lead in the wild-card race by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 5- 4 Sunday. Scott Erickson won his fifth straight decision as the Orioles stayed on course to make the playoffs for the first time since 1983. Baltimore started the day four games behind the New York Yan kees in the AL East and a half-game ahead of Seattle in the wild-card stand Men’s soccer nets first wins, sweeps Classic BY M. LEE TAFT ASSISTANT SPORTSATURDAY EDITOR It wasn’t textbook soccer, but it worked. The North Carolina men’s soccer team (2-2,0-1 in ACC) over came sluggish defensive play Mm's Soccer Furman 1 UNC 2 Portland 0 UNC 1 to beat Furman 2-1 on Sunday in the second game of the adidas/Eurosport Carolina Classic. On Friday night, the Tar Heels de feated No. 17 Portland 1-0. UNC started its attack early, pushing the ball deep into the Furman (4-2) pen- IfiL* * "t g® yH alty boxintheearly minutes. But the Paladins quickly adapted to the Tar Heels’ attack and shut down UNC’s threat. “They are a team that disrupts and destroys the other team’s rhythm,” UNC coach Elmar Bolowich said. “They don’t create a lot on their own. UNC goalie DIMITRY DROUIN had three saves against Furman. They feed off the mistakes that the other team does.” UNC finally broke through the confu sion as Carey Talley had the ball in the Furman penalty box when he was fouled at the 19:54 mark. A yellow card was issued to Paladin defender Graham Seagraves. Monarchs scored three goals in the sec ond half, two coming off rebounds stem ming from Withrow saves. UNC defend ers responsible for clearing the rebounds were often overwhelmed by the ODU onrushers. “That’s a good strategy to use against a keeper like myself that lies down on the comers, ” Withrow said. “... We haven’t seen anybody that’s crashed in as well as they did today.” ODU saw penalty comers as its pri mary means of scoring against the Tar Heels. Old Dominion was confident its offense could capitalize if only it received comer opportunities. Searching out con tact within the penalty circle, the Mon archs’ sole focus was to get fouled and set up a scoring bid. After being denied on their first three comers, all coming in the first half, the Monarchs’ game plan finally paid off. At the 27:57 mark, Withrow successfully mgs. New York played Boston, and Seattle faced Oakland on Sunday afternoon. Erickson (13-11) allowed four runs and eight hits in seven innings, improv ing to 5-0 since Aug. 25. The right-hander walked two and struck out five. Jesse Orosco struck out the side in the eighth and fanned the leadoff batter in the ninth. Armando Benitez got two outs for his second save. With the score 44, Pete Incaviglia hit Talley’s ensuing penalty Irickbeatgoal keeper Ronnie Pascale and found the lower left comer, putting UNC on top 1- 0. The Tar Heels seemed to be in control after the goal, as Furman defender Peter Slobodyan was issued a red card at 24:33 for fouling UNC’s Jorge Redmond on a breakaway, giving North Carolina a one man advantage. However, the Paladin offense became more potent afterlosingaplayer. Furman used the extra space to confuse the Tar Heel defenders. With just 1:39 left in the first half, Furman’s Ryan Higginbotham beat two UNC defenders and connected with Brian Nickerson to tie the score at 1. “Sometimes it is harder to play against nineguysthanlO,”Bolowichsaid. “There are some mismatches on the field, and some players are left in space. Our guys didn’t exactly read well enough how to use the space they had.” In the second half, the UNC defense continued its sluggish play and gave Furman opportunities to take the lead, including making defensive mistakes that nearly resulted in own-goals. “(The defenders) just tried to clear it, and they miscleared it,” said UNC goal keeper Dimitry Drouin. “It’s not one of those things you can practice. They just happened to hit it on the wrong step.” North Carolina finally regained its composure, and with it came the attack ing mentality. Daniel Kulenic took a pass down the right wing and sent a cross to the middle of the field into the box. Talley headed the pass past Pascale for his second goal of die game. But the TarHeelsstillhad trouble with the Paladins. Furman refused to give up and kept pounding away at Drouin and saved a harmless corner shot by Rosemarie van der Rijt. But forward Mimi Smith pounced on the loose ball, lifting it over an outstretched Withrow for ODU’s first goal to make the it 2-1. Nine minutes later, Heather Eastbum did the same, lifting a rebound off a blast by teammate Danielle Chellew’s past Withrow for the second score. While the first two came off rebounds, the third goal was simply a result of good execution. Vanderßijtagainledwiththe initial shot, but this time the ball was redirected into the goal’s upper right cor ner by Chellew, knotting the score at 3. UNC did a better job Saturday of clearing the circle against Virginia, par tially because Tar Heel defensive back Christy Utter was able to break up the Wahoos’ comer execution by charging the shooter. Utter gained possession and started UNC’s transition offense the other way. a pinch-single off Huck Flener (2-2) with one out in the Baltimore seventh. Pinch hitter Chris Hoiles drew a walk and Brady Anderson struck out before Alomar lined a single to right. The throw from Shawn Green ap peared on target and on time, but the ball dribbled away from catcher Charlie O’Brien as Incaviglia crossed the plate. Carlos Delgado and Alex Gonzalez homered for the Blue Jays, who have lost five of six. Toronto had eight hits—two homers, four doubles, a triple and a single. SPORTS Tar Heels fail to convert on plethora of shots BYJEFFSTENCEL STAFF WRITER Like the monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the North Carolina men’s soccer team’s offense came to life this weekend in the adidas/ Eurosport Carolina Classic. After outshooting their opponents 30-24 before this weekend, the Tar Heels had only two goals and two wins to show for it. But UNC picked up the intensity with Victor Suarez scoring the game-winning goal against No. 17 Portland and Carey Talley netting two goals in a 2-1 victory over Furman on Sunday. “You have to finish on your oppor tunities,” tournament MVP Suarez said. “Wehadacoupleofclearchances to put it away and we didn’t, which made us work harder to finish it up.” Although the Tar Heels were victo rious in both games this weekend, they the defense, launching many close shots, including a header that bounced off the crossbar. “Thank goodness for our luck,” Drouin said. “Two weeks ago it would have gone in, but this week it stayed out of the net.” On Friday, UNC outshot Portland 14- 8 but only connected for one goal late in the second half. “When we came in at halftime it was again a little frustrating that we worked State picks Robinson for athletics post THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH One day after being named North Carolina State’s new ath letic director, Les Robinson vowed Sat urday to “roll up his sleeves” and work toward improving the Wolfpack’s dete riorating facilities. The former N.C. State basketball coach, who will turn 54 on Monday, met the media for the first time since being named Wolfpack AD by the school’s board of trustees Friday. Robinson said his top two priorities will be improvements to aging Carter- Finley Stadium and proceeding with plans for anew basketball arena, the cost of which has risen from $66 million to $99 million. “If we want to be at the top (of the fgfpf ; . ■3ISKyMr ||9H| : EVERYONE WILL GIVE YOU THEIR TWO CENTS WORTH, BUT WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TO RETIRE ON? Today there seems to be an investment expert or financial advisor almost every where you turn. But just how qualified are all these experts? Peace of mind about your future comes from solid planning. From investments and services designed and managed with your needs and retirement security specifically in mind. The kind of investments and services TIAA-CREF has been providing for more than 75 years. WE LL HELP YOU BUILD A REWARDING RETIREMENT. 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But North Carolina couldn’t pull away from Furman as VICTOR SUAREZ scored UNC’s lone goal in the Tar Heels' win over Portland. each team netted a goal apiece to finish out the scoring. “We got up early on Furman and had the game sealed with them having a man sent off,” UNC coach Elmar Bolowich said. “But we made mistakes and let them back in the game with a goal before the half.” Junior Carey Talley said the Tar Heels ’ so hard in the first half ... and didn’t come in with a goal or two, which we should have had at that time,” Bolowich said. “In the second half we needed to keep the intensity up and keep them on their toes and make them make a mis take.” The lone goal came at 71:26, when UNC was awarded a free kick after Port land (3-3) goalkeeper Todd Lawton picked up a pass from his own teammate inside the penalty box. 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The Tar Heels had only two games under their belt, while both Portland and Furman had played four games apiece. “Most teams have five or six games under their belt,” Suarez said. “We play a team like this (Port land) and we knew we could do it. It was just a matter of getting out there and getting all the players working together and clicking. It’s finally com ing together." found the back of the nets with an assist from his brother Temoc. Friday’s win marked UNC’s first for the year. Winning at home has helped take some of the pressure off the team. “We are just bouncing back from ev erything that has happened to us," Bolowich said. “I’m happy for the guys, andl’mhappyforthe way they played... That is good to see, the way they respond on the field. They want to give their answer on the field." way to getting anew arena. That will help us to do a lot of things we want to do.” Robinson, basketball coach at N.C. State for six seasons and a former AD at East Tennessee State, had said for weeks he wasn’t sure if he wanted the job on a full-time basis. However, Robinson said he consulted such close friends as athletic director Terry Holland at Virginia and Homer Rice atGeorgiaTech, and was convinced that the job created a challenge, which he was seeking following his coaching ca reer. Robinsonsaid, “N.C. Statehasagreat tradition, a great heritage in athletics and I feel honored and privileged beyond words to have this opportunity. ” 9
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