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Men's Golf
Finishes 7th
In Tourney
Tar Heels Ted Haley, Don
Hill, Brad Hyler and Rob
Simmons all won against
Arizona State on Monday.
Staff Report
The North Carolina men’s golf team
finished seventh at the Rolex National
Intercollegiate Match Play Team
Championships in Vero Beach. Fla., on
Monday.
The Tar Heels came out ahead of
Arizona State 4.5-0.5 in the seventh
place round.
Four Tar Heel golfers - Don Hill,
Brad Hyler, Ted Haley and Rob
Simmons - won their matches Monday,
while UNC’s Max Harris halved his
match with Arizona State’s Brad
Cannon.
Georgia captured the team event by
defeating Clemson 3-2, while South
Carolina beat Arizona 4.5-0.5 to take
fifth place.
The Tar Heels lost their first two
matches of the tournament on Sunday.
UNC lost to Clemson in the first
round 3.5-1.5, as Tar Heel Brad Hyler
beat the Tigers’ Michael Hoey.
UNC also dropped a second-round
match to South Carolina 4.5-0.5.
The 54-hole event was played at
Indian River Club, which features a par
72, 6,608-yard layout.
Tar Heels Jump-Start Offense in Weekend ACC Wins
By Joe Disney
Staff Writer
While the North Carolina volleyball
team has been winning consistently in
the ACC, its offense has been inconsis
tent at times.
For example, in the Tar Heels’ first
match against Wake Forest on Oct. 16,
UNC hit at a woeful .140 pace en route
to its first loss of the season against ACC
competition.
But last weekend, the trio of Shannon
Smith, Casey Simpson and Tori Seibert
had the offense running efficiently dur
ing victories against Duke and Wake.
And as the Tar Heels face the final
stretch before the ACC and NCAA
tournaments, the production of the trio
bodes well for the future.
“I think we are working real well,
and practice has been really good,”
Simpson said. “Everybody’s working in
and doing what the coaches tell us to
do, and I think it’s all going to work out
real well.”
Smith was ready to play this week
end, leading the Tar Heels with 27 kills
combined against Duke and Wake
Forest. She helped her conference-lead
ing hitting percentage with a .433 mark
versus the Deacons.
Smith and Seibert teamed up to
dominate on defense this weekend,
combining for 18 total blocks in wins
against Duke and Wake.
“The combination of Tori Seibert and
Smith, what more can you say,” UNC
coach Joe Sagula said. “Tori’s all over
the place, and Shannon’s all over the
place. We have some good balance I
think.”
In fact, the duo has been the center
of a refocusing offense.
“Our new game plan is at the begin
ning of the game to focus on me and
Tori because we are the strong middles
in the conference, and we feel like we
will dominate the middle,” Smith said.
“Then in the mid game, (Sagula) goes
Nervo, UNC Women 2nd at ACCs
Staff Report
The North Carolina women’s cross
country team finished second in
Monday’s ACC Championships in
Charlottesville, Va.
Paced by junior Trish Nervo, who
came in second place individually, the
Tar Heels (65 points) trailed only
defending champion N.C. State (32).
Wake Forest (75) was third.
Nervo earned All-ACC recognition
for the second consecutive year, com
pleting the course in 17:17.2 -11 seconds
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UNC Front Four Shines Against FSU
North Carolina's defensive
line recorded four sacks and
helped limit Florida State to
75 yards rushing Saturday.
By M. Lee Taft
Senior Writer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - While the
North Carolina secondary was fighting a
losing battle with Florida State’s
receivers in Saturday’s 39-13 loss at
Doak Campbell Stadium, the Tar Heel
defensive line played perhaps its best
game of the season.
UNC’s defensive line recorded 15
tackles - four of them for lost yardage -
and also recorded four sacks for a total
of 47 yards.
UNC held FSU’s high-octane rush
ing attack to just 75 yards on the ground
- half of its average for the season and
easily the lowest total this year.
FSU’s Travis Minor, who averaged
4.7 yards per carry coming into the
game, was held to an average of 3.2
yards per attempt.
The 75 ground yards were also well
below the 118.8 UNC’s opponents had
averaged each contest this year.
“They were giving us everything they
had,” Minor said. “They are a good
defense, and that’s what we expected. It
was a good test for us.”
The defensive front also put the pres
sure on Seminole quarterback Chris
Weinke. Weinke, who threw for 338
yards and two touchdowns on a 15-of-27
performance, was sacked four times by
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North Carolina middle hitter Shannon Smith blasts a kill past two
Wake Forest blockers in the Tar Heels' 3-0 sweep on Saturday.
to the outsides like Casey, Asa
(Gustavsson) and Maya (Starks). And in
the end, he goes back to us to mix it up.
It has been working real well for us.”
One of the Tar Heels’ most effective
offensive weapons is the slide play with
either Seibert or Smith.
“It’s a slide that we run wide near the
antenna, but we also run one tight right
behind the middle blocker,” Sagula said.
“It’s so fast often that it catches them by
surprise.”
Although the offense has shifted
toward the play of Seibert and Smith,
Simpson forced her way into the Tar
Heel attack with her play this weekend.
Coming into the weekend, Simpson
wasn’t even sure she would play at all
after missing a week of practice with a
pinched nerve in her elbow.
“I didn’t know if I was going to play
or not, but it worked out where I was
behind Wake’sjanelle Kraus.
“Trish ran an outstanding race,”
UNC coach Michael Whittlesey said.
“She was really focused.”
Including Nervo, the Tar Heels boast
ed five of the race’s top 18 finishers.
Juniors Julie Smith and Heather Tanner
finished 13th and 15th, respectively -
just in front of senior Rebecca Walker
(17th) and sophomore Kim Timberlake
(18th).
UNC came in fifth place in the men’s
race with 121 points, trailing N.C. State
(26), Duke (75), Clemson (94) and
the Tar Heels.
The Seminoles
had allowed an
average of only
2.25 sacks per con
test.
“I think (the
defensive line) has
played pretty well
the last few
games,” UNC
coach Carl
Torbush said. “We
had a chance to
get him sacked
three or four more
times, and he was
Senior defensive end
Ebenezer Ekuban
had one sack on
Saturday and leads
UNC with seven
this season.
able to get off and make a play because
of it.”
The Tar Heels started the game with
high pressure, sacking Weinke on the
first series of the game. Senior tackle
Marcus Dow wrapped up Weinke on a
third-and-10 from FSU’s own 23, forc
ing FSU to punt.
“We felt we did the things we wanted
to do up front,” UNC defensive end
Mike Pringley said. “We wanted to put
pressure on Weinke. We wanted to
make him hold it a little bit, make him
think a little bit.”
Pringley recorded two sacks on
Weinke, one late in the second quarter
for a loss of 10 yards, the other in the
fourth quarter for a loss of nine yards.
Weinke said he was impressed with
the pressure the Tar Heels brought.
“They’ve got one of the best defen
sive fronts we’ve played this season, but
we stuck with what we were doing,”
Weinke said.
okay, and I was really confident when I
got in there,” Simpson said.
Simpson only saw limited time in the
Duke match, coming in during the third
game, but she immediately proved her
influence, connecting on all seven of her
kill opportunities.
Simpson continued her attack against
Wake Forest, tying for the team lead in
kills (13) with Smith.
“We’re gonna figure out ways to tape
up (Simpson’s) elbow all the time if she’s
gonna hit that way,” Sagula said.
“I’m not exactly sure what or why,
but I’m really excited for her that she
could come off with two days, with
some rest, and come on and play this
well. The team needs it, she needs it -
it’s just great for her confidence.”
The Sports Editor can be reached at
sports@unc.edu.
Virginia (101).
Nick Winkel finished ninth for the
Tar Heels to achieve All-ACC status, but
the day did not go as well as expected
for the UNC men.
“Unfortunately, the men struggled
today,” Whittlesey said. “However, we
did have some solid performances from
Nick Winkel and Nick lauco.”
lauco came in 27th place and was
UNC’s third finisher, coming in behind
senior Bill Jackson (21st).
Brendan Rogers of N.C. State
claimed the individual title.
Sports
“We made a couple of adjustments at
halftime and started moving the pocket
by rolling out. We got more time that
way.”
But the Tar Heels seemed to do just
fine after FSU’s adjustments. Senior
defensive end Ebenezer Ekuban record
ed the Tar Heels’ other sack on the
Seminoles’ first possession of the second
half. The hit marked Ekuban’s team
leading seventh sack of the season.
But the UNC front line did have
some miscues. After tackling Minor for
a loss of two yards and receiving a hold
ing penalty, the Tar Heels had FSU fac
ing a third-and-38 situation from its own
45 in the first quarter.
On the next play, Ekuban got
through the FSU O-line and gave chase
to Weinke. But Ekuban failed to pull
down Weinke, who hit wide receiver
Laveranues Coles for a 42-yard bomb,
giving FSU the ball at the UNC 13.
“You pull your heart out on those first
two downs, and you give them a play on
third-and-long, it takes the air out of you
like taking the air out of a cushion or a
ball,” Pringley said.
“You can’t give a team like Florida
State those kind of opportunities.”
Despite the solid effort from UNC’s
first line of defense, FSU was too strong
and came through too many times on
too many big plays for the Tar Heels to
recover.
“We made some big plays,” Pringley
said. “Obviously we didn’t make
enough big plays.”
The Sports Editor can be reached at
sports@unc.edu.
Berg Setting UNC Up for Postseason
By Rachel Carter
Staff Writer
North Carolina senior setter Erin
Berg has volleyball in her blood.
Her father, Dennis, played the game
at the University of California at Santa
Barbara and currently coaches the
game.
Berg’s sister, Lindsay, is a freshman
starter and setter for 25th-ranked
Minnesota.
It’s no wonder that Berg attributes
her success as a setter to her knowledge
of the game.
“Setting’s one of those things that if
you know the game real well, then you
have an advantage,” Berg said.
Berg has been the Tar Heels’ most
consistent threat at setter in her four
year career. The four-year starter has
5,276 assists for her career and has her
sight set on breaking former UNC set
ter Sherri Vogel’s record of 5,513 career
assists.
“(The record) would be a great thing,
and I’d love to (break) it,” Berg said.
“The way we’re playing this year and
the way my hitters are playing great this
year, I have a really good chance to
make it”
Berg is also on pace to break Vogel’s
career assists-per-game record, which
stands at 10.94.
Having a good setter like Berg is crit
ical to the success of a volleyball team,
UNC coach Joe Sagula said.
“It is absolutely important,” he said.
“Like in basketball, if you have a point
guard that’s outstanding, then that team
can function really well.
“Berg came in as a freshman with the
experience of an upperclassman, and
she just expanded that Physically, she’s
gotten stronger. She’s always had a
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in FSU's 39-13 win Saturday.Pringley had two sacks in the game.
knack for the
game.”
Berg has been
breaking records
ever since her
freshman year. In
1995, she'had 83
assists in a match
against Arkansas
State, the most
ever for a UNC
setter.
But records
aside, Berg con
siders the success
of the team her
most important
concern.
Senior setter
Erin Berg
has accumulated
5,276 assists during
her career at
North Carolina.
“This season, what’s important is
how well we’re doing and that we’re
winning,” Berg said.
“Everyone’s competing a lot harder.
Everyone is being more intense.”
It shows. This year, the Tar Heels
have jumped out to a 22-5 record and
are on pace for their first NCAA tour
nament bid since 1989.
Sagula gives Berg a lot of credit for
the UNC’s turnaround. He said she’s
improved technically throughout her
career and has gotten physically
stronger and more mature.
“Erin Berg has been an outstanding
contributor to this program,” he said.
That maturity has turned into lead
ership.
Berg says being a leader comes with
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the territory.
“Leadership is absolutely important .
- being able to fire people up, being ‘
able to direct and focus a team,” Sagula
said.
Sagula also stresses consistency, );
something Berg has possessed through
out her career.
“Being a good setter is like what they
say-in real estate - location is every
thing,” he said. “You’ve got to put the
ball in the right location. A setter who
can hit the same spot time and time
again is worth a million-dollar home.”
But one million dollars isn’t close to
the value Berg places on volleyball.
Though she is nearing the end of her"
tenure as a Tar Heel setter, she’ll still’
remain involved with the team as an
undergraduate assistant next year. j
“Erin Berg loves volleyball”
said. “She brings that passion into the *
game for herself and her team, and peo
ple see that”
The Sports Editor can be reached at -
sports@unc.edu.
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