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Sports Monday Tar Heels Can't Catch Blue Devils The UNC men's basketball team turned the ball over a season-worst 23 times Saturday against Duke. By Brian Murphy Senior Writer DURHAM - There would be no heroics Saturday. No 3-pointer to force overtime. No eight points in 17 seconds. No lore to add to North Carolina’s leg end. No, it was a day for Duke. Men’s 7 Basketball UNC 76 Duke 90 A day to honor the winningest player in ACC history. A day to cap Duke’s Wrestlers Bring Back ACC Crown North Carolina outscored ACC regular-season champ N.C. State by 12 points for its fourth consecutive title. Staff Report COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Four North Carolina wrestlers captured indi vidual weight-class tides Saturday at Cole Field House as the Tar Heels won their fourth consecutive ACC champi- onship. UNC tallied 91 points in its victo ry. ACC regular season champ N.C. State fin ished second with 79 and was fol lowed by Virginia (59.5) Maryland (59) and Duke (21.5) “We weren’t favored to win it, but everyone knew if they wres tled hard we would,” UNC UNC freshman Skyler Holman won at 125 pounds and was named the ACC Tournament's Outstanding Wrestler. freshman Skyler Holman said. “Things just worked out for us.” Holman was named Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament after pin ning Virginia senior Steve Garland in the tide match of the 125-pound divi sion. Holman, ranked seventh in the nation in his weight class, pinned fifth ranked Garland at the 2:16 mark. “Skyler did an outstanding job in a huge match,” UNC coach Bill Lam said. “I was happy with my performance,” Holman said. “I wrestled pretty good and ended up winning it.” Other individual winners for the Tar Heels were junior Corey Bell (174 pounds), sophomore Clint Osborn (197) and sophomore Matt Kenny (heavy weight). Bell defeated N.C. State’s Kevin Boross, the ACC defending champion at 174 pounds, by a 12-2 major decision. The victory marked Bell’s second league tide overall and his first at 174 pounds. See WRESTLING, Page 7 DTH/LAURA GIOVANELU North Carolina midfielder Amy Havrilla fights off two Maryland players during the Tar Heels' 14-13 victory against the top-ranked Terrapins. Blue Devils Steal Ball, Game In Cota's Absence See Page 9 fourth consecu tive ACC championship in style. A day to reaffirm its current domi- nance in college basketball’s fiercest rivalry. So when UNC freshman Joseph Forte drained a 3-pointer with 5:15 remaining to cut the Blue Devils’ once 20-point lead to nine, it appeared that maybe - just, maybe - the day would be turned around. Less than a minute later, order was restored. Chris Carrawell, the aforementioned winningest player in conference history and the Blue Devils’ lone senior, scored on a driving layup, pushing the lead to 11. UNC Women Advance to ACC Finals v* I fvjwf |. m .. hJlm i ! lTi 1 1 MmmJ angHfiS DTH/KATHFRINF F.AKF.R UNC point guard Nikki Teasley scored 17 points, grabbed eight boards and handed out seven assists against UVa. Then, Duke for ward Shane Battier stole the ball from UNC point guard Ed Cota - the Tar Heels’ 22nd of a season-high 23 turnovers. On the ensuing posses sion, with the shot clock at 1, Blue Devil guard Nate James hoisted a rainbow 3-pointer from the left cor ner and hit noth ing but net. Duke senior forward Chris Carrawell tallied 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists in his final home game. “Nate made an unbelievable shot,” said Battier, who scored a game-high 30 points. “I didn’t know if he was aware of Lacrosse Topples Top-Ranked Terrapins By Matt Terry Staff Writer In a showdown between two of the more dominant women’s lacrosse pro grams, it’s only fitting that Sunday’s match between top ranked Maryland and No. 5 North Carolina would need overtime to decide a vic tor. Women’* Lacrosse Maryland 13 UNC 14 ehns Hopkins .. .6 NC 14 In fact, the teams were battling in a fourth overtime period at Henry Stadium when Kristin Off scored to lift UNC to a 14-13 win against the the shot clock. When I saw him put it up, I just tried to get position, but the way Nate shoots it, I knew it was going in. It’s kind of funny.” Not if you were a Tar Heel fan. Or player for that matter. Just like that the lead was 14 - again. Despite shooting 69 percent in the sec ond half, UNC would get no closer as Duke coasted to a 90-76 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams. “They were just matching us,” said Forte, who scored a team-high 24 points in his first game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. “Every time we made a little run, they just matched it.” The Tar Heels (18-12, 9-7 in the ACC), who battled back from 19 down to force overtime in the teams’ first See MEN'S BASKETBALL, Page 9 Terrapins. Her goal with 1:30 left in the second peri od of sudden death sent the euphoric Tar Heels parading around Henry Stadium in cele bration. “We know what it feels like to beat them,” UNC goalie Melissa Coyne said. “And it’s the best feeling in the world.” UNC senior Kristen Off netted three goals Sunday against Maryland, including the game-winner. After ending the two regular overtime periods tied 13-13, neither team scored in the third OT - the first frame of sud- UNC Baseball Beats WVU For Sweet 16 Senior Chris Elmore (left) pitched UNC to a 6-0 win against West Virginia on Sunday. The Tar Heels set a school record with their 16th straight win to open the year. See Page 8. * c II L' SIB ■ ■Hfetea Mr Mb r . JiiiiiHmlßßf 1 DTH/JEFF Poll LAND Duke senior Chris Carrawell beats UNC point guard Ed Cota to the basket for two of his 21 points in the Blue Devils' 90-76 win Saturday. Fifth-seeded UNC knocked off No. 4 Clemson and No. 1 Virginia to set up a 7:30 p.m. showdown with No. 2 Duke. By Bret Strelow Assistant Sports Editor GREENSBORO - The North Carolina women’s basketball team entered play at this weekend’s ACC Tournament unsure of what its future held. But in a matter of 48 hours, the Tar Heels cleared up many NCAA uncer tainties and Women’s Basketball UNC 67 Virginia 63 UNC 56 Clemson 54 can now refocus their attention on another goal: winning the ACC title for the third time in four years. Fifth-seeded UNC advanced to tonight’s final against Duke with a 67-63 victory against No. 1 seed Virginia on Sunday. The win almost assures a spot in the NCAA tournament for North Carolina, which needed a strong show ing to prove worthy of making the field. “I tell them, you’ve got to relish pres sure,” UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said. “It’s got to be something you want. It’s good, you’ve got to use it in a positive way.” The Tar Heels (18-11) handled late- Teasley's Wise Spending Pays Dividends for UNC By Will Kimmey Assistant Sports Editor GREENSBORO - Nikki Teasley reacquired her shooting touch for just $6.98, plus tax. After missing 12 of her 14 field goal attempts Saturday in North Carolina’s 56-54 win against Clemson in the quar terfinals of the ACC Tournament, the junior point guard knew she had to work on her shot. So later that night she bought two basketballs from a nearby Wal-Mart. Then she shot on a court adjacent to the team hotel for about an hour with her brothers Sherrod and Michael. den death. But in the fourth overtime, Off, posi tioned in front of the net, was able to shake free from her coverage. Erin Mclnnes found Off from behind the net, and Off deposited a shot low and to the left of Maryland goalie Alex Kahoe. “It was a total team effort, and I just put the ball into the net,” said Off, whose game-winning goal was her third score of the game. “I don’t deserve the credit. All of my teammates supported me.” Maryland, the five-time defending national champions, had won 28 in a row dating back to 1998. Over their last 42 matches, including Sunday, the Terps have won 39 times. Their only three losses have come to the Tar Heels. “Maryland’s a great program,” UNC INSIDE: ■ UNC crew defeats Duke. Page 7 ■ Gymnastics team beats Yale, falls to Towson. Page 7 ■ Men's lacrosse rallies to sink Navy at home. Page 9 game pressure against the Cavaliers as well as they handled the pressure of control ling their destiny this weekend. Virginia point guard Renee Robinson tied the contest at 63-63 on a 3-pointer with 1:11 left, but she was victimized on a defensive switch on UNC’s subsequent possession. UNC junior LaQuanda Barksdale received a pass on the right block, turned toward the center of the lane and fired in a turnaround jumper over Robinson with 51.8 seconds left to pro vide the game-clinching bucket. “We had not run that the whole game, and we set it up especially to get the ball to Barksdale for that shot,” Hatchell said. “They switched it, and Renee was on her, and it was divine intervention to make that call.” Barksdale scored 15 of her 17 points in the second half and atoned for her previous two performances against UVa. She made 4-of-28 shots in those two games and failed to reach double figures in either contest. “I think it might have been a mental thing,” Barksdale said. “I missed some See WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, Page 11 Teasley’s extra practice paid off in Sunday’s 67-63 win against Virginia. The 6-foot guard came out firing in the first half and was on target. She hit 7-of-ll shots in the first half and chalked up 14 points with 4:40 remaining before inter mission. “In the first half I was very, very aggressive," said Teasley, who finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. “That’s the only thing I could think about was my shooting percentage from (Saturday).” Teasley used her combination of height and quickness to shake any See TEASLEY, Page 11 coach Jennie Slingluff Levy said. “We like to play against them because they’re the best, and if you want to be the best, you have to measure yourself against that.” The Tar Heels (2-1, 1-0 in the ACC) almost measured a hair short. Jen Adams and Meredith Egan scored to give Maryland a 13-11 lead with only 1:31 remaining in the second OT. However, Off cut the lead to one 17 seconds later after receiving a pass front Kellie Thompson. With 45 seconds oil the clock, Thompson - who also scored; four times - again played the set-up role; She found Julie Kickham alone in front of the cage, and Kickham’s goal sent ther game to another overtime. See WOMEN'S LACROSSE, Page £ 14
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