Newspapers / Daily Tar Heel (Chapel … / Nov. 18, 1996, edition 1 / Page 14
Part of Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Jfc BL Tar Heels advance in NCAA tourneys at home ■ UNC’s field hockey team earned its eighth-straight final four berth Sunday. BY KURT TONDORF ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The hard part is over. After a knockdown, drag-out brawl between arguably the two top contenders for the NCAA field hockey champion ship, top-seeded North Carolina outlasted Virginia and its venerable defense 2-1 at Navy Field on Sunday. With the quarterfinal win, the Tar Reid Hockey Virginia 1 UNC 2 Heels advanced to next weekend’s final four matchup with Northeastern in Chest nut Hill, Mass., which means they have one week to catch their breath and lick their wounds following a game as physi cal as Saturday’s showdown between the two schools’ football counterparts. How intense was it? “If you look back at the tape, there’ll be people on the ground all over the place, everybody has blood all over them in some form or another,” UNC defen sive back Christy Utter said. Well, maybe not that grim, but the Virginia defense certainly wasn’t cava lier about knocking the Tar Heels all over the turf. After UNC defensive back Susannah Schott beat UVa. goalie Michelle Cusimano in the pair’s first pen alty comer confrontation just three min utes in, the two teams slugged it out over the next 50 scoreless minutes. The midfield area became comparable to New York City during rush hour over crowded, occasionally violent and chock full of nasty collisions. “Vfe just p\ay very disciplined de fense,” said UVa. coach Missi Sanders in something of an understatement. “Ithink the style of attack we play is very difficult to play against as well When we come up with the ball, we look to go immediately forward with speed.” But there was nowhere to go for either side, as the Tar Heel defense had decided to mirror UVa.’s efforts as best it could. Overshadowed by the offense all season long, Sunday’s contest was an opportu nity for Utter, Schott & Cos. to flex their muscles and gamer some attention. In many ways, the UNC ‘D’ stepped into the spotlight vacated by North Carolina ’ s dynamic forward line of Cindy Werley, Kate Barber and Nancy Pelligreen. The all-conference trio, usu ally the collective difference in any game for the Tar Heels, was completely neu tralized by the UVa. ‘D’-backs, who See FIELD HOCKEY, Page 9 Lethargic hoopsters notch exhibition wins BY JOSEPH ROLISON SENIOR WRITER Preseason basketball isn’t known for its crisp passing, deadeye shooting and heads-up play. For evidence, look no further than the North Carolina men’s basketball team. In their exhi bition games against Melbourne and Court Authority this weekend, the eighth-ranked Men's Basketball Court Authority 69 UNC 74 Melbourne 67 UNC 84 Tar Heels demonstrated preseason hoops at its ugliest. But despite sloppy and at times unin spired play, UNC still managed to top Court Authority 74-69 on Sunday after whipping Melbourne (Australia) 84-67 on Friday. “Everybody knew these were exhibi tion games, and for some reason we just lacked enthusiasm,” UNC forward Antawn Jamison said Sunday. "... Not too many people got hyped up for a game like this.” While North Carolina came out flat in front of 8,495 at the Smith Center on Sunday, Court Authority refused to fold. UNC trailed by a point with 15 minutes left in the contest, and Court Authority overcame a lack ofheight to out-rebound UNC 39-38. A 14-5 run midway through the sec ond half gave the Tar Heels a 57-49 lead, and for a moment, it appeared UNC had the game sealed. But Court Authority charged back and pulled to within four at the 2:30 mark. About that time, Tar Heel guard WOMEN'S USKETMU Page 9 The Wright stuff The UNC women's basketball team went down to the wire with the Chinese national team Sunday, but Chanel Wright (left) hit a three-pointer with a minute remaining to lift the Tar Heels to victory. PPMFT^ 9m UNC midfielder Ashley Hanson (17) marks a Virginia player in the Tar Heels' second-round NCAA win. The field hockey final four begins Saturday. Virginia becomes rising power, provides UNC’s toughest test BY JASON KNOTT STAFF WRITER North Carolina’s field hockey team heard the footsteps a little louder on Sun- day at Navy Field. Virginia (17-5) threatened No. 1 North Carolina once again before falling 2-1 in the NCAA regional fi nals, and the gap between UNC and its conference foe got a little bit nar rower. North Carolina (21-1) has found UVa. to be tough competition oflate. mm w f ip / jt UNC coach KAREN SHELTON said Virginia may have the best defense in the country. \fi IteT !■■§ , DTH/BRAD SMITH UNC freshman guard Ed Cota (5) drives on Court Authority's Vince Wilson on Sunday. Cota tossed 14 assists in UNC's two exhibition wins this weekend. Shammond Williams came to the res cue. Williams, who hadn’t hit a field goal all day, stepped up and drained a 3- pointer to put the contest away. SPORTS' MONDAY Wife Daily (Ear Hrtl DTH/BRAD SMITH During their current 16-game winning streak, the Tar Heels have outscored op ponents other than Virginia by an aver age of three goals. In its last two games against the Cava liers, North Carolina escaped with one goal victories, each win a defensive struggle. “In my opinion, they are the best in the ACC (defensively) and maybe the best in the nation,” UNC coach Karen Shelton said. “I haven’t seen anybody play that kind of aggressive, physical defense.” Two years ago, Virginia didn’t even qualify for the NCAA tournament. But the development of a stifling defense has returned the Cavaliers to the postseason. UVa. gave up an average of only one goal See CAVALIER HOCKEY, Page 9 x “I knew I was off today, real bad,” Williams said. “The game was tight, and I had an open shot.... I did a shift move, went up, and fortunately it went in.” KJk jMbIBHHM 'Xj-rr V ,ml HH Wk,9rW jgk.fl - iRL w UNC marking back Staci Wilson (27) fends off a William & Mary defender as she dribbles upfield Sunday. The Tar Heels play James Madison on Saturday. Freshman reaches new heights, records 2 goals, assist vs. Tribe BYJEFFSTENCEL STAFF WRITER Laurie Schwoy is no longer a well kept secret to the rest of the country, but —sir —""71 William & Mary still couldn’t solve hermystifyingplay Sunday. Schwoy’s two goals and one as sist spurred the North Carolina women’s soccer team to a 5-0 shel lacking of William & Mary in the first round of the NCAA tourna ment. TheUNCfresh- Tar Heel coach ANSON DORRANCE called midfielder Laurie Schwoy an 'air battler.’ But Williams wasn’t the only UNC player to have difficulty on offense. For ward Vince Carter and freshman guard Ed Cota were the only Tar Heels who found their shot on Sunday. Cota, who dished out 11 assists in Friday’s win, led North Carolina with 18 points on 8-of-l 1 shooting vs. Court Authority. Carter went 5 for 7 on Sunday and finished with 17points to equal Jamison’s output. Plus he injected the Tar Heels with life each time they lapsed into a coma, including a one-handed jam over Court Authority’s Eric English in the first half. After a sluggish first half, Carter stepped up and buried trey after trey to keep it close. It took all he had to keep pace with Court Authority’s Vince Wil son, who led all scorers with 20. “We lacked concentration in the first half, probably because they were an AAU team,” Cartersaid. “Itwas embarrassing to me personally.” The UNC offense staged a shooting clinic in the first half Friday night in front ofl3,4sßattheSmith Center. Cota nailed all three ofhis field-goal attempts in addi tion to 11 assists not bad for a rookie. Carter’s animated play sparked the Tar Heel offense to a 19-point lead in the first half. Even without MakhtarNdiaye, UNC dominated in the paint as center Serge Zwikker hit all eight ofhis attempts and grabbed four boards. Jamison poured in 17 points and snared nine boards to lead UNC, and Melbourne couldn’t match his athleticism in the lane. In fact, Jamison’s presence inside forced the Tigers to look outside, See MEN’S BASKETBALL, Page 11 National Football League Scores J'ville 3 Pittsburgh 28 Chicago 10 Kansas City.. 14 Cincinnati 17 Buffalo 31 Seattle 16 Detroit 17 Carolina 20 St. Louis 10 Washington.. 26 Philadelphia 21 Denver 34 New England 8 Miami....... 23 Houston 20 DTH/BRAD SMITH man turned her game up another level, remarkable for a player who is already lauded as one of the top midfielders in the ACC and maybe the nation. She finished fourth on the Tar Heel team in scoring with eight goals and 12 assists during the regular season, gamering the ACC rookie of the year award. With the Tar Heels up one goal in the first half, Schwoy took advantage of a baffled Tribe defense that couldn’t stop UNC’s potent offensive rhythm. She drilled a shot from 25 yards out into the top right shelf over the goalie’s out stretched hands. But Schwoy was just getting started. “I was getting to the box a lot and getting a lot of opportunities,” Schwoy said. “It was fun playing in the first haif See SCHWOY, Page 5 Godlock, UNC runners notch national championship berth STAFF REPORT Three-time ACC cross country cham pion Karen Godlock destroyed the rest of the field at the NCAA District in Cross Country Championships, finishing nine seconds in front ofher closest competitor and leading her team to a second-place finish behind N.C. State. For its efforts, the women’s team earned a trip to the NCAA Cross Coun try Championships as an automatic team qualifier. The UNC men, who finished fourth this weekend, just missed the NCAA cutoff. Although the women finished as run ners-up to their rivals, they were more SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday Swimming ir Diving in Nike Cup, Koury Auditorium, trials - 10:30 a.m„ finals - 7 p.m. w. ... s rficsay Man's Basketball vs. Arizona at Hall of Fame Tip-off Classic, Springfield, Mass, 7:30 p.m. Swimming Sr Diving in Nike Cup, Koury Auditorium, trials -10:30 a.m„ finals - 7 p.m. Volleyball at ACC Tournament Atlanta. TBA Saturday Women's Basketball vs. William & Mary, Carmichael Auditorium, time TBA Fencing in Dual Meets, at UNC, all day Tampa 8ay.... 25 San Diego 17 Minnesota at Oakland (late) Monday night Green Bay at Dallas N.Y. Giants 23 Arizona 31 New Orleans., 15 At1anta.......... 17 N.Y. Jets 29 Indianapolis.. 34 Baltimore 20 San Fran 38 Monday, November 18,1996 ■ UNC’s women’s soccer team played a near-perfect half en route to victory. BYPAULSTRELOW ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Skepticism surrounded the North Carolina women’s soccer team’s selec tion as the NCAA tourney’s top seed last week. But it’s doubtful first-round foe William & Mary left Chapel Hill on Sun day questioning the Tar Heels’ place ment. UNC mauled the Tribe (14-9) in the first half on their way to a 5-0 victory in front of9oo at Fetzer Field. The second- ranked Tar Heels (21-1) exploded for four goals in the first 30 Women's Soccer W&M 0 UNC 5 minutes to advance to the second round against James Madison on Saturday. The NCAA seeded the Tar Heels above top-ranked Notre Dame because the Fighting Irish lost to Santa Clara a week ago. Notre Dame defeated UNC in the teams’ head-to-head matchup earlier this season. But from Tribe coach John Daly’s standpoint, nothing indicated the Tar Heels should have fallen any lower in the tournament brackets. “They’re able to put you under so much individual and collective pressure because of their team speed,” Daly said. “Their 10 players are probably as fast as our quickest player.” The first half marked UNC’s most efficient output of the season. The Tar Heels’ backfield set the tone early by patiently waiting for the best opportuni ties. And when those arose, UNC’s frontrunners capitalized. All cogs of their attack were clicking in unison, and the Tribe’s defense could do little to impede North Carolina’s offense. “The rhythm we had in the first half was very effective and varied,” UNC coach Anson Dorrance said. “I was very surprised we came out and played that well. Forward Debbie Keller netted the Tar Heels’ first strike just seven minutes into the match. She spun a low shot past William & Mary goalie Karen Wake to give UNC a 1 -0 advantage that wouldn’t be threatened. Laurie Schwoy later added two goals within a two-minute span to give the Tar Heels a comfortable three-goal cushion. Schwoy’s performance exemplified the outing by UNC’s midfield. The quartet of Schwoy, Sarah Dacey, Rebekah McDowell and Tiffany Roberts dictated See WOMEN’S SOCCER, Page 5 than happy to sim ply make the NCAAs. “We saw it as completing phase three of our plan,” Godlock said. “We want to beat State, and we feel like we have a lot more in us. Our main goal is to do our best at the nationals.” Godlock, a win- UNC senior KAREN GODLOCK won the District 111 title See GODLOCK, Page 11 Field Hockey vs. Northeastern in NCAA final four. Chestnut Hill, Mass., TBA Football at Duke, Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, noon Woman's Soccer in NCAA tournament Fetzer Field, TBA Swimming Er Diving in Nike Cup, Koury Auditorium, trials - 10:30 a.m., finals 7 p.m. Volleyball at ACC Tournament Atlanta, TBA Wrestling at East Stroudsberg Open all day Sunday Voßaybaß at ACC Tournament Atlanta, TBA 14
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 18, 1996, edition 1
14
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75