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UNC Golfers' Extra Strokes End Year
By Roland Hoffman
Staff Writer
Two extra strokes kept North
Carolina women’s golf team from qual
ifying for the NCAA Championship.
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For entry to the
tournament, a
team must shoot
at or under 912 at
their respectice
regional.
Unfortunately for
the Tar Heels, 914
was the team
score.
UNC tied
Wake Forest for
ninth place at the
par 72 University
Club course in
Blythewood, SC
on Mav 8.
Tar Heel junior
Marcy Newton
tied for 13th in the
NCAA East Regionals
with a total of 222
and six over par.
No. 1 Duke and Florida State finished
fourth and fifth, respectively.
Tar Heel junior Marcy Newton fin
ished in a tie for 13th with a three day
tournament total of 222 and six over
par. Earlier in the week, Newton was
selected to the All-ACC team for the
second time in her career. Other Tar
Heel finishers were Shelley McKevitt
(228, tied for 33rd), Cuyler Buckles
Jordan's Absence Energizes NBA Playoffs
Remember that guy who used to
play professional basketball?
What was his name, Michael
something? Wore No. 23,1 think.
Oh yeah, Michael Jordan. Forgive
my sudden memory lapse, but it’s hard
to recall that name since this shortened
NBA season, its young stars and its
exciting playoffs have made the name
far more forgettable than anyone
thought it would be.
Months ago, everyone on the planet
(probably with the exception of some
Nike sweatshop workers in the Far
East) moaned and groaned about the
loss of Michael Jordan from pro hoops.
It will hurt the league, they said. No
one will watch the NBA anymore, they
said. Combined with the league’s labor
troubles, Jordan’s departure was sup
posed to be the beginning of a sad
decline for the NBA.
So much for that prediction.
The NBA and its fans are much bet
ter off now that Mike has hung up his
Air Jordans.
Maybe I’m just biased because 1
have so enjoyed this shortened season.
The race for playoff spots began earli
er, making the usually tedious NBA
season fly by and giving each regular
season game more meaning.
That aside, here’s why the NBA did-
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Softball Swept In ACC Tourney
Despite losing both regular season
games to North Carolina’s softball team
Georgia Tech took its third meeting
when it mattered most- in the ACC
tournament.
The UNC softball team finished the
season 40-22 after being upset 6-2 by
Georgia Tech in the ACC tournament in
Tallahassee, Ha.
The Tar Heels struck first, scoring a
run in the first inning, but the Yellow
Jackets responded, scoring three rims in
the bottom of the inning. In its first win
against an ACC opponent this year,
Georgia Tech snagged three more runs
in the third,
“We unloaded on the ball (Sunday)
and hit it hard on every occasion,"
Georgia Tech coach Kate Madden said.
"We were aggressive today and execut
ed in every facet of the game.”
Honda State took 10 innings to defeat
the Tar Heels 2-1 in North Carolina’s
first game of the tournament.
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n’t (and still doesn’t) need Jordan to be
exciting and fun to watch:
■ The league’s young stars have
provided more than enough highlight
reel footage to make up forjordan’s
absence.
Was there a night where the Toronto
Raptors played a game and rookie
Vince Carter wasn’t on ESPN’s
Sports Center later that evening, soar
ing above the rim to throw down a
nasty dunk on someone?
Then there’s Allen Iverson. His
spectacular moves and ability to take
over a game have made him one of the
most fun players to watch in the NBA.
Plus, there are a slew of other
youngsters who have a better chance
to get a piece of the spotlight now that
Jordan is out of the picture.
And these players, led by the likes
Despite nine Seminole hits, superb
defense allowed the Tar Heels to hold
Honda State to only a single run coming
in the bottom of the seventh. Seminole
Kimmy Carter’s sacrifice fly in the bot
tom of the tenth scored outfielder
Danielle Cox, who lead off the inning
with a triple.
Following the tournament, freshman
catcher Natalie An ter was named to the
All-ACC Tournament team. During the
FSU game, An ter smacked a home run
in the second inning. She finished the
season with .333 hitting percentage,
eight home run and 42 RBI.
Good morning, bad day for crew
Following a successful morning of
races at the Central Regional Sprint
Championships in Oak Ridge, TN, the
UNC crew team’s luck changed in the
afternoon. The varsity eight and varsity
four boats both finished in sixth, and the
second varsity eight finished fifth in the
finals in the afternoon.
The morning races were successful,
as both varsity eight boats finished sec
ond in their heats, while the varsity four
place third in its race.
With 500 meters to go, the varsity
eight trailed Ohio State by one length,
but slipped to finish second behind
Michigan State.
of Carter and Iverson, are proving you
don’t have to be named Michael
Jordan to be an exciting NBA star.
■ At least as important as the
NBA’s young guns is what I like to
think of as the league’s “new” playoff
format. Most of it is the same, you
know, No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed and so
on. The big difference is that this
“new” format does not include Michael
Jordan, which alleviates a large prob
lem from seasons past.
In the old format, a variety of NBA
teams would play each other for the
right to lose to Michael and his
Chicago Bulls in the Eastern
Conference playoffs or NBA Finals.
Now, teams are actually playing for
a shot at the title. And this year’s play
offs have already offered a good deal
of nailbiting, intense action.
Jordan and the Bulls took the mys
tery out of the playoffs. The problem
with sports is that when there’s no
mystery, there’s not much fun either.
So buckle up, boys and girls. The
playoffs minus Michael should contin
ue to be interesting. So don’t weep for
the NBA. It’s doing just fine without
old what’s-his-name.
Evan Markfield can be reached
at emm@email.unc.edu.
Sports
Yellow Jackets Sting UNC
In ACC Tourney Opener
By Brian Murphy
Senior Writer
DURHAM - Chuck Crowder is an
ACC tournament veteran. Mike Fox
was making his tournament debut.
On Wednesday, the rookie was no
match for the old-timers.
Crowder, Georgia Tech’s starter, no
hit North Carolina through six innings
spoiling the first ACC tournament
game for Fox, the Tar Heels’ manager.
The fifth-seeded Yellow Jackets,
aided by Crowder’s strong performance
and six Tar Heel errors, drilled No. 4
UNC 15-4 in a first-round game at the
Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
An All-American following his junior
season,
Crowder
decided to
return to
Georgia Tech
rather than
Baseball
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sign with the Pittsburgh Pirates, who
selected him in the eighth round of last
year’s draft.
After posting an impressive 9-5 mark
this season, Crowder has arrived at the
point in the season where he really
shines. In three previous ACC tourna
ment games, the 6-foot-2 lefthander
earned a 2-0 record with a 0.49 ERA.
His performance Wednesday only
enhanced those numbers. After hurling
six no-hit innings and leading 12-0,
Crowder was pulled from the game in
an effort to have him available later in
the tournament.
“I said to Chuck, ‘lf we get to
Sunday, you’ll be my pitcher,” said Tech
coach Danny Hall, explaining why he
pulled his ace with a no-hitter. “But, I
was really hoping they’d get a hit before
I had to do it.”
For North Carolina, the loss was
complete - not only did their hitters fail
to touch Crowder, who they beat on
Saturday 5-0, but the team’s played
poorly in the field and on the mound.
Ryan Snare, a complete game win
ner in Saturday’s contest, did not fare as
well against the Jackets this time. A
catcher’s interference call on Dan
Moylan wiped out an inning-ending
double play in the top of the first and
Tech posted four runs in the inning.
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Left fielder Tyrell Godwin strikes out in the 6th inning. The Tar Heels lost
(15-4) to the Yellow Jackets in the first round of the ACC tournament.
Snare (6-4) left the game after 1 2/3
innings, despite not yielding an earned
run. The left) 7 had already been touched
for five hits and two walks.
UNC’s relievers’ provided, well, no
relief. Corey Richardson and Michael
Homey allowed eight earned runs in
their 4 1/3 combined innings, and B.J.
Finnerty yielded three runs (one earned)
in three innings of relief.
The Tar Heel hurlers were not helped
by their fielders either. A Ryan Earey
Thurday, May 20, 1999
error in the first aided the Jackets’ big
inning and UNC committed three
errors in the ninth inning alone.
UNC set team tournament records
for most runs allowed, largest margin of
defeat and errors in the game.
The Tar Heels resume play today at
10 a.m. against the loser of Wednesday’s
Horida State/Maryland game.
The Sports Editor can be reached
atsports@unc.edu.
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