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6 Monday, November 25,1996 UNC fencers split in Ist dual meet ■ The Tar Heels topped Rutgers but fell to Duke in the Carolina Duels. BY JASON KNOTT STAFF WRITER Saturday was almost a perfect day for the North Carolina fencing team. UNC won its first seven dual meets in the Carolina Duels meet at Fetzer Gym on Saturday. The fencers scored two vic tories over Rutgers’ men’s and women’s varsity teams in the only meets that counted toward their season record. But then Duke took down the Tar Heels in UNC’s last meets of the day, tarnishing North Carolina’s successful outing. The Blue Devils scraped by the North Carolina women 17-15 and beat the men 17-12. “It’s especially disappointing for two reasons,” UNC coach Ron Miller said. “First of all, Rutgers killed Duke. I think emotionally we were ready to fence Duke, but physically our inexperience showed. ” The Blue Devil men used a 6-3 victory in the foil and a 7-2 record in the epde to offset the 5-4 win by UNC in the saber. For the women, the ep6e team won 12 of its 16 matches against Duke, but the foil Assistant Davie tabbed Irish’s new head coach THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTH BEND, Ind. Bob Davie was surrounded by cheering fans as he made his way into the room to be intro duced as Notre Dame’s new football coach. They were still there when he left an hour later, waiting to shake his hand and get his autograph. The Bob Davie era has officially be gun at Notre Dame. “Obviously, it’s a great day for me personally and it’s a great day for my family,” Davie said Sunday. “I promise to the Notre Dame family that I’m going to do everything in my power so that hopefully one day, people will look back on this and say it was a great day for Notre Dame football.” Davie, Notre Dame’s defensive coor dinator the past three years, succeeds coach Lou Holtz in the glamour job of day he was stepping down after 11 sea sons. Davie signed a five-year contract and his hiring was announced at a campus news conference Sunday, one day after the lOth-ranked Irish defeated Rutgers 62-0 in Holtz’s final home game. It’s the first head coaching job for Davie, 42, who’s spent the past 20 years as a defensive assistant. He becomes the 26th coach at Notre Dame. Davie became one of the top candi dates as soon as Holtz resigned. 10 Tanning Sessions for S2B . 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The result: a 1-1 record on the season for both UNC teams. “Before last year, we had 61 straight wins over Duke,” Miller said. “I think the emotional rollercoaster on (last year’s loss) carried over into this meet. We wanted it just a little too much.” Women’s swim team finishes Ist, men take 2nd place in Nike Cup BY DAVE ALEXANDER STAFF WRITER For the North Carolina swimming and diving teams, the Nike Cup was a challenge —a way to measure their progress since the beginning of the sea son. Both teams were up to the challenge. The women’s team captured the title and the men placed second against a talent-laden field in their respective com petitions this weekend at Koury Natato rium. With a strong showing in the Nike Cup combined with impressive earlier performances against Georgia and Min nesota, North Carolina’s teams proved to themselves that they can compete on a high level. “We did a wonderful j ob, ” UNC coach Frank Comfort said. “It’s a great way to finish this month of competition. We’ve responded well, and we’ve improved.” The No. 13 UNC women (1-2) won the Nike Cup title for the first time since 1988 with a score of 1,120.5 points. Ken tucky, ranked No. 19, tallied 1,037 points to claim second place. North Carolina’s showing was high lighted by junior Richelle Depold, who continued her record-breaking display during the competition. In Friday’s 100 butterfly, Depold broke the Nike Cup Miller said that Andy Gale and Jason Wells had the best day for the Tar Heels. Gale captained the men’s saber team to a 29-7 record on the day, including 9-0 sweeps of UNC-Charlotte and UNC- Greensboro. Wells was a bright spot for a foil team that went 17-19 overall. The saber record was a pleasant sur- Junior Co-captain CHRISSY MILLER won the 400-meter individual medley. record with a time of 53.70 seconds. She set a UNC record with a 49.82 mark in the 100 freestyle on Satur day. “Richelle just keeps on with her relentless march of breaking records, which is a lot of fun to have the oppor tunity to watch,” Comfort said. Depold’s efforts were complemented by solid performances from a host of other Tar Heel swimmers. Junior co-captain Chrissy Miller out distanced the field in the 400 individual medley. Miller also took third in the 1,650 freestyle and placed second in the 200 butterfly. Freshmen Erica Acuff and Kelly McLaughlin each earned one victory Acuff in the 100 breaststroke and McLaughlin in the 200 butterfly. The No. 14 North Carolina men (1-2) tallied 835 points for the weekend but were unable to chase down fourth-ranked Tennessee, which scored 977. But UNC did topple No. 13 Florida, which fin ished a distant third with 600 points. 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Janet Cummings led the women’s foil, taking two of her three bouts vs. Duke. “She kept the pressure on,” Miller said. “She was not a starter last year, but she worked very hard in the preseason and it’s paid off.” Against Rutgers, the Tar Heel men overcame a 9-0 defeat in the foil to earn a 14-13 victory. The women lost the foil 9-7, but the strength of the epee team gave UNC a 18-14 win. The UNC men also defeated the club teams of UNCC and UNCG by scores of 22-5 and 23-4. The women took two 26- 6 victories over Haverford and UNCG. Miller said his team learned the value of controlling emotion in the meets. “I think that overall, the spirit of our team was great,” he said. “They learned some tough lessons today.” The Tar Heels swam consistently fast and placed well, yet were repeatedly over matched by the powerful Volunteers. But Comfort said the team welcomed such competition as a way to improve its own performances. “We have a tremendous view of our own strengths and our own weaknesses, ” Comfort said. “We know what we have to do to get better, and you do that through swim ming (against) really, really good compe tition.” Trevor Runberg led the way for UNC with his second-place finish in the 200 freestyle and third-place honors in the 200 backstroke. “We are definitely headed in the right direction,” Runberg said. “The team is definitely focused this season.” North Carolina now shifts its atten tion to the ACC, in which the men and women have swept conference titles in each of the past four seasons. The level of pre-conference competi tion the Tar Heels faced should leave them well prepared for the ACC sched ule and the NCAA championships in March. “We know where we are and can move from there,” Comfort said. “Now we go back and train and continue to improve.” FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 14 So Brown inserted Davenport and ditched the pass-happy gameplan the Tar Heels ran with Keldorf. Yet it took a pin point toss to Stevens that shoved the pesky Devils out of the way. What’s more impressive, Davenport and Stevens worked their magic while UNC had its back to the wall. On the previous play, the snap from center skid ded past Davenport, and tailback Leon Johnson fell on the ball for a 13-yardloss. And for just a moment, it seemed the inspired Devils had a shot at toppling the confused Tar Heels. But as Davenport’s pass sailed towards Stevens, Duke comerback Lamar Grant turned the wrong way. Stevens snared the pass, headed upfield and outraced Grant to the end zone for the sixth-long est TD in Tar Heel history. Josh McGee’s extra point made it 23-10, and finally, UNC could breathe easier its world was back in order. “I had the receiver on the sidelines, and I opened into him when I should have opened to the field,” Grant said. “It was a mistake that I never should have made.” After that score, the Tar Heels looked to Johnson to carry them the distance. And he did, finishing with 167 yards on the ground and notched two first-half touchdowns. Johnson also continued his assault on the record books Saturday by breaking the ACC career all-purpose yardage mark on the opening kickoff. The two touch downs gave him 51 career TDs, one shy of the conference record. More importantly, Johnson’s rushing injected life into a UNC team that ap peared comatose through much of the first half. Even with Keldorf in the game, North Carolina’s attack couldn’t muster any points. The closest the Tar Heels got to scor ing came when McGee lined up for a 44- yard field goal with 6:40 left in the first period. But Duke safety Tawambi Settles skied and swatted McGee’s kick to end the Tar Heel threat. Following Keldorf s injury, Johnson carried the ball on six straight plays and hit paydirt on a 1-yard run with 44 sec onds left in the opening quarter. And two minutes into the second period, LJ tossed a 40-yard pass to Na Brown that set UNC up at the Duke 6. Two plays later, Johnson turned the comer and chugged in from the 2 to put UNCup 13-0. McGee’sPAT sailed wide right. “Coach Brown told me to pick up my game,” Johnson said. “I had to cany the load, and in that situation, all I want to do is do the best for our team.” Johnson wasn’t the only playmaker wearing Carolina blue, however. On the next series, UNC linebacker Kivuusama Mays and defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday stuffed Devil running back Letavious Wilks on fourth-and-inches at the Duke 29. Seven plays later, McGee redeemed himself with a 23-yard field goal to make it 16-0. About that time, the Devils mounted their comeback—with a little help from UNC. An unsportsmanlike-conduct pen alty on the Tar Heels kept Duke’s drive alive, and with 1:23 left before the half, Devil QB David Green lofted a 38-yard all Mex... no Mess! (The Clean Bean Cuisine) LIZARD (niHAKE CAfE HO N. Columbia St 929-2828 Kitchen hours... Mon-Sat Ilam-lopm, Sun 4-lOpm r Super Haircut } J NOW ONLY $7.95 w/coupon Exp. 11/27/96 Hsupocuts ! HOURS: M-F 10am - Bpm I Sat. 9am - 6pm | Sun. 12pm - spm | 141 Rams Plaza 967-8226! (located off of 15-501-On the Bus Route) j ilhp Saily ear Hppl touchdown strike to Corey Thomas. And considering the score came against UNC comer Dre’ Bly, it was that much sweeter for Thomas. “I tried to make my matchup with Dre’ Bly a big thing,” Thomas said. “But after I scored that first touchdown,... I didn’t say nothing to him.” Duke rode its momentum into the locker room and began the second halfby driving to the North Carolina 5. Only this time, Green couldn’t connect with. Thomas, so Sims Lenhardt trotted on' and booted a 23-yard field goal to pull Duke to within 16-10. From that point on, the Tar Heel de fense stymied the Blue Devil offense,, while Johnson’s running ate time off the clock and set up a 20-yard McGee field goal. Earlier, LJ’s 50-yard scamper gave UNC the ball at Duke’s 5, but the Tar Heels couldn’t punch it in. And although UNC squandered plenty of chances, Duke’s failure to capitalize hurried its demise. “The momentum was with us (in the third),’’ Green said. “We thought we were really going to win this football game. "... We just have to finish off our drives. That’s been the story all year. But every game, it’s something else that hurts us.” UNC 27, Duke 10 Score Box UNC 7 9 8 3 27 Duke 0 7 3 0 10 First Quarter UNC L Johnson 1 run (McGee kick), 0:44 Second Quarter UNO L Johnson 1 run (McGee kick), 12:29 UNC - McGee 26 field goal 3:29 Duke —C. Thomas 38 pass from Green (Lenhardt kick), 1:23 Third Quarter Duke - Lenhardt 23 field goal, 11:31 UNC Stevens 80 pass from Davenport (Davenport run), 10:14 Fourth Quarter UNC - McGee 20 field goal 2:10 Attendance —3o,264 UNC Duke Feet Down* 19 14 Rusheeyardi 52-228 22-51 Passing yards 269 233 Return yards 78 97 Comp-AtHnt 16-264} 18-33-0 PunteAvg, 4-37 845.6 FumbieeTost 2-0 1-0 Penaitiee-ysrds 343 5-38 Tims of Possession 38:19 21:41 Individual Statistic* Rushing: UNC —L Johnson 30-167: Unton 1144, Watson 24. Keldorf. 2:2... Davenport 64-2). Duke - Wilks 7-20, Rasheed 6-15, Marshall 1-0. Green 84- 10). Passing: UNC - Keldorf 5-114)67, Davenport 10-130-162, L Johnson 1-10- 40. Dike - Green 18-330-233. Receiving: UNC - Stevens 6-135, N. Brown 3-70, L Johnson 3-20, Ashford 1- 22, Barnes 1-13, Linton 1-5, McGregor 1- 4. Duke - C. Thomas 6-104, Montgomery 3-51, Wilson 2-50, Owens 2-25, Hodrick 24-2). Opaleniek 1-5, Ford 1-3, Wilks H 2).
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