QJijp Hotly ffiar HI Snyder K's Winthrop, Earns Win Behind pitcher Kyle Snyder's 10 strikeouts, the Tar Heels moved to 7-0 in their best start since the 1942 season. By Joe Disney Staff Writer Despite Thursday’s frigid tempera tures and freezing rain, North Carolina’s Kyle Snyder was on fire. In UNC’s 7-5 victory against Winthrop, the junior pitcher went six innings to earn the Tar Heels their sev enth win in a row. This undefeated start marks the best opening to a season since 1942 when UNC went 9-0. In the process, Snyder tallied 10 strikeouts, four walks, five hits and two earned runs to push his season record to 3-0. “I thought overall it was Baseball Winthrop 5 UNC T 7 good, considering the conditions,” Snyder said of his outing. “Everybody played pretty well behind me, and Dan (Moylan) caught a great game.” Even with Snyder’s performance, the victory didn’t come easily, although the afternoon started out looking like a blowout. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the third inning, left fielder Tyrell Godwin continued his sizzling start as he lined a triple over the center fielder’s head, scoring all three runs. After two outs in the next inning, the scoring continued. Moylan started off with a solo home run to right, his sec ond of the year. The Tar Heels added two more runs in the inning on an Eagle error and a single to center by senior Jarrett Shearin. Trailing 7-0 in the sixth inning, Winthrop (6-2) rallied and scored four runs on a bases-loaded double and a throwing error by Tar Heel second baseman Chris LaMarsh. After Winthrop added another run and loaded the bases again, UNC coach Mike Fox brought in reliever Derrick DePriest, who extinguished the Eagle rally by inducing a groundout to short- 1 stop. 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Because of those facts, the Tar Heels believe the other league teams are gun- ning for them in this year’s tourna ment, which will begin today and conclude Monday at Independence Arena. “There’s going to be a lot of emo tion flying, as far as before the games and prepar ing for it,” said sophomore for ward Jackie Higgins, who will take part in her css Women's BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP first ACC Tournament. “By us winning four of the last five, I think everybody is going to see us as their main rival. “It’s a lot of pressure, but we can han dle it.” Along with four other UNC seniors, starting guard/forward Chanel Wright is heading to the ACC Tournament for the fourth time in her career. 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Should the Tar Heels win, they’ll play at 3:30 p.m. Sunday against the winner of the game between No. 2 Virginia and either No. 7 Maryland or No. 8 Wake Forest. ■ The sixth-seeded Yellow Jackets (13-13, 6-10) limp into the tournament with abounding illnesses and injuries. cmo/UNO] emdOum ßME “Volcanic!” nick nolle -p.Kck cohum ilaftH JK.ls affliction 7:00, 9:30, weekends 2:00, 4:30 7:10, 9:20, weekends 2:10, 4:20 tKKff "★★★*: the year's best picture and Most W 5™ cSSSei 7:00, 9:30, weekends 2:00, 4:30 n eOD^in e 7:20. 9:10, weekends 2:20, 4:1 f B I E CO L L !■: C, !•; k l XC, ] X s u R A X C Ii ORDER NOWAND RECEIVE BY GRADUATION February 25 ,h -26 ,h 10:00AM-3:00PM February 27 ,h (Sat.) 1:00PM-6:00PM Johnny T-Shirt: “The Carolina Store” JOSTENS REWARD YOUR ACHIEVEMENT Sports Georgia Tech, which has four fresh men and four sophomores on its roster, lost freshman forward Lindsey Aves last week for the season with a broken tail bone. Guards Niesha Butler and Regina Tate have been battling the flu. Butler, a freshman, scored 27 points in Tech’s 85-68 loss to the Tar Heels on Dec. 3 and poured in 29 when the Yellowjackets beat UNC 91-84 at home Jan. 24. The Tar Heels played the Jan. . UUim 1:10 Itoft 3:15,830.730, Ml EgS . SAVING PRIVATE RYAN ," BBSHMOBE JAWBREAKER ■** mM M * Sat/Sun 1:20^ snesaii MUas. MY FAVORITE MARTIAN ■ SMm 1:11 o*i 3:15,5:15,7:15, *ls gc] October SKYi-aji MILLIMETER 735,10:10. Women's ACC Basketball Tournament First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Friday Feb. 2$ saturdx FA 27 Sunday: Feb. 28 Monday: Mard) 1 No 1 Pule 8 p.m. No. 9 Florida Sate Ip.m. Na 4 Clemson Ipra. NaSN-CState m.-, 7 dryland Bpm. 6 p.m. No. 8 Wake forest 3:30 p.m. NpJ.M 6 pm. JsiiBBHtMJ Independence Arena in Charlotte 24 game without starting shooting guard Juana Brown. Tate is Georgia Tech’s leading rebounder, averaging 8.8 per game. 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State, and guards Itoro Umoh and Amy Geren of Clemson. Teasley, who is averaging 15.5 points per game, set anew school record for assists in a season and became the first player since Virginia’s Dawn Staley in 1992 to lead the ACC in both assists (176) and steals (81) in the same year. She joined Butler, guard Tynesha Lewis of N.C. State, and guards Nicole Erickson and Hilary Howard of Duke on the second team. UNC sophomore forward LaQuanda Barksdale and Brown made the third team, and Wright was an honorable mention selection. The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. 7