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Tar Heels Withstand Attack, Rally to Sink Middies
By Adam D. Hill
Staff Writer
The postgame picture said it all for
the North Carolina men’s lacrosse team.
Exhausted but ecstatic players
streamed steadily from their locker
room in the depths of Kenan Stadium,
accepting con
gratulations
from family
and friends as
they anxious
ly awaited the
Men’s
Lacrosse
Navy 10
UNC II
postgame barbecue.
UNC coach Dave Klarmann, after
awarding game balls to Chase Martin
and Jeff Sonke, emerged to speak with
the press with a smile across his face -
a sight not often seen from the usually
stoic Tar Heel alumnus.
In short, the environment was one of
triumph and glory for the North
Carolina lacrosse squad.
Duke Mounts Attack
As Eye Sidelines Cota
By Evan Markfield
Senior Writer
DURHAM - As soon as the blood
appeared above Ed Cota’s left eye, it
was almost as if the Duke players on the
court could smell it.
And once the UNC point guard left
the floor to get stitched up, the Blue
Devils went from smelling blood to
thirsting for it, pressuring the Tar Heels
into mistakes that
helped Duke open
up a big lead early
in its 90-76 win
Saturday.
“When he got
out of the game,
our eyes lit up,”
Duke forward
Chris Carrawell
said. “When he
got back, I think
we had a good
enough cushion
that it made it
tough for Ed.”
Cota bumped
heads wjth team-
3
North Carolina senior
Ed Cota
came back on the
court Saturday to
find his team trailing
Duke 36-18.
mate Jason Capel and left the game
with 10:57 remaining in the first half
and UNC trailing 15-10. Cota had no
idea when he returned at the 3:05 mark
with five stitches above his eye that his
Tar Heels would be behind 36-18, 13
points deeper in the hole than when he
left.
“There was nothing back there,”
Cota said. “Just me and the doctor. I
couldn’t hear nothing. I figured we
were struggling a bit, but I didn’t think
we’d be down 18 when I came back
out.”
The Blue Devils had attempted to
press the Tar Heels with Cota on the
court, but they went into what Duke
coach Mike Krzyzewski called “attack
mode” when Cota headed for the lock
er room.
The Tar Heels began turning the ball
over immediately with Cota out, and a
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The telling scene Saturday afternoon
was created by No. 10 UNC’s victory -
victory against No. 12 Navy that regu
lation’s 60 minutes could not decide but
that sudden death’s 1:18 could.
The Tar Heels sent the Midshipmen
back to Annapolis, Md., with an 11-10
defeat.
The two men most direcdy responsi
ble for Navy’s long ride home were
Sonke and Martin. The combo took the
UNC squad on their backs in sudden
death, as they had the entire game, and
provided the game-winning netter on the
Tar Heels’ initial possession.
After North Carolina won the sudden
death face-off, Klarmann’s squad
patiently set its offensive attack. It was
not long, however, before Martin zipped
a pass across the middle of the field to
Sonke, who pitched the ball into the net.
The goal gave the Tar Heels the win
and pushed their record to 3-0.
“I have to give credit to Chase,"
four-point deficit turned into a 10-point
hole in less than a minute.
After Duke point guard Jason
Williams hit a driving layup with 9:19 to
go in the half, he stole a pass from UNC
forward Kris Lang and drove in for
another bucket.
On the ensuing North Carolina pos
session, Shane Battier stole a pass
thrown by Cota’s replacement, Terrence
Newby, and dished to Carrawell for a
dunk and a 22-12 advantage at the 9:01
mark.
“Once we got one steal, that ener
gized us, and we got another steal and
another one,” Blue Devil guard Nate
James said. “That motivated us to keep
on attacking and keep making those
plays.”
After Duke’s initial six-point burst,
the Tar Heels coughed the ball up four
more times while scoring just six points
before Cota returned.
Duke forced 16 UNC turnovers in
the first half alone, seven of which came
while Cota was getting the first stitches
of his life.
The Blue Devils’ pressure and result
ing buckets allowed them to build their
18-point lead despite shooting just 39.5
percent in the first half.
And because the Tar Heels managed
to grab only five offensive rebounds in
the first half, each possession was crucial
for UNC in the effort to stay close on
the scoreboard.
But UNC has only one ball handler:
Cota. Because the Tar Heel offense is
centered around the senior’s ability to
break pressure, bring the ball up the
court and set up plays, a downward spi
ral was bound to ensue once Cota was
forced out of the game.
“1 think the whole year, even when
he’s out there, we never had another
ball handler,” UNC guardjoseph Forte
said. “We always looked to Ed too
much, and that showed today.”
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Sonke said. “He drew everything, and
all I did was catch the ball and jump
around the goal.”
The game was one of peaks and val
leys for the Tar Heels. They fell behind
7-2 in the second period, only to gain a
two-goal advantage at 9-7 late in the con
test and have Navy (1-1) tie the game 10-
10 with 42 seconds remaining.
While the end of the game was cer
tainly the most exciting facet, the entire
contest was charged with emotion. The
result of that intensity was several excel
lent performances.
Sonke tallied five goals and two
assists on the day, while Martin posted
four goals and a pair of assists.
UNC goalie Kris Blindenbacher, last
week’s ACC Player of the Week, out
played Midshipmen goalie Mickie
jarboe, saving 15 balls and allowing
fewer goals than his counterpart.
“The goal is to try to play as well as
Jarboe,” Blindenbacher said. “He is the
Duke 90, UNC 76
Box Score
UNC 27 49 76
Duke 42 48 90
UNC (78)
f| ft t)
min m- nva o-t a pf tp
Capel 39 4-10 5-5 0-5 0 3 14
Lang 19 4-5 1-2 1-4 0 3 9
Haryvwod 34 5-7 0-1 1-6 33 10
Cota 31 4-5 1-2 1-7 13 2 11
forte 37 11-20 0-0 OS 5 2 24
Peppers 23 44 0-1 1-2 0 3 8
Newby 8 0-3 OO 1-2 0 2 0
Owens 4 0-0 00 0-1 0 0 0
Brooker 1 0-0 00 00 0 0 0
Melendez 1 OO OQ OO 0 0 0
Holmes 1 OO 00 00 0 0 0
Everett 1 00 00 00 0 0 0
Johnson 1 01 OO 00 0 0 0
Total 200 32-56 7-11 5-33 22 18 76
Percentages - FG 582. FT 636 3-point goals - 5-10 500
(Capel 1-3, Cota 2-2, Forte 2-3. Newby 01. Johnson 01).
Team rebounds 2 Mocked shots 8 (Haywood 6. Forte.
Peppers) Turnovers 23 (Cota 7. Lang 4. Capel 3. Haywood
3, Forte 2. Owens 2. Newby, Peppers) Steals 4 (Cota 3
Haywood).
Duka(9o)
fg ft rb
min m-a nva o-t a pf tp
Carrawell 38 8-17 4 4 3-7 4 1 21
Bather 39 11-18 2-3 3-5 2 1 30
Boozer 27 3-8 2-3 1-6 1 4 8
James 37 7-15 2-3 2-2 2 2 19
Williams 37 2-11 6-8 03 3 1 10
Horvath 6 Ol 00 02 0 10
Christensen 13 1-1 00 44 3 2 2
Sanders 1 00 OO OO 0 0 0
Buckner 1 00 00 OO 0 0 0
Simpson 1 00 OO 00 0 0 0
Total 200 32-71 16-21 13-29 15 12 90
Percentages - FG 451, FT 762 3-point goals - 1024 417
(Carrawell 1-3. Bather 6-9, James 3-6. Williams 05, Horvath 01).
Team rebounds 4 Blocked shots 4 (Boozer 2, Battier,
Carrawell). Turnovers - 8 (Carrawell 3. Christensen 2.
Williams 2. Boozer) Steals l5 (Williams 5. Carrawell 4.
Bather 3. Cbrstensen. Horvath. James).
Technical fouls None Attendance 9.344
Officials: John Ctougherty. Andre Pattiilo. Mike Wood
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best goalie in the country, and it was a
challenge for me.”
While Blindenbacher did play well,
the Navy attack touched him for a flurry
of goals early in the contest.
Five different Middies posted goals
on UNC during a 10-minute span in the
first half to claim a five-goal advantage.
The Tar Heels responded, however.
UNC, beginning with a Sonke netter
at the 3:31 mark of the second period
and ending with Martin’s goal with 9:19
left in the contest, tallied seven straight
goals against Navy. In that span of more
than 25 minutes, the Tar Heels held the
Midshipmen scoreless to secure a 9-7
advantage.
“I was really proud of our team’s abil
ity to be down 7-2 and be able to come
back and gain a lead,” Klarmann said.
“That is commendable.”
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meeting, found themselves in a large
hole once again, this time due in part to
injury.
With 10:57 left in the first half, Battier
scored on a layup, giving the Blue
Devils (244, 15-1) a 15-10 lead. On the
play, Cota and UNC forward Jason
Capel banged heads. The knock would
prove cosdy to the Tar Heels. Cota, cut
above his left eye, had to get five stitch
es, leaving the point to reserve Terrence
Newby.
While Cota received treatment in an
isolated room, Duke inflicted more pain
on the UNC five. By the time Cota
returned with 3:05 left, the lead had
grown to 36-18, and the Tar Heels had
turned the ball over seven times.
“It’s tough when Ed’s out. You’re
talking about a four-year starter, an All-
American, a guy that’s been running the
system for four years,” said Capel, who
scored 14 points.
“That’s tough. You saw that out there
today. But we have guys who can step in
and handle it, but we didn’t do that
today.”
Duke scored three consecutive bas
kets off two UNC turnovers to push a
16-12 lead into a 22-12 advantage. The
rout was on. Battier and Carrawell each
drilled a 3 to cap a 12-2 ran. In all,
UNC was outscored 21-8 with Cota out.
“It’s real simple,” Forte said. “We lost
the game in the first half because w 7 e
couldn’t hold on to the ball.”
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Members of the North Carolina men's lacrosse team celebrate after a
goal in the Tar Heels' 11-10 overtime win against Navy on Saturday.
Even Cota,
who moved into
third place on the
NCAA all-time
assist list with his
13 on the day,
turned the ball
over seven times.
Kris Lang had
four, while Capel
and Brendan
Haywood added
three apiece.
When the Tar
Heels could get a
shot off, they
failed to rebound
Duke forward
Shane Battier
scored a game-high
30 points and hit
6-of-9 shots from
3-point range.
it. Duke grabbed 12 offensive boards in
the first half, including four by seldom
used reserve Matt Christensen. The
advantage on the glass helped the Blue
Devils to 14 second-chance points.
UNC had zero in the half.
While the Tar Heels, who open the
ACC Tournament Friday against Wake
Forest, wilted under the heat of Duke’s
press, the Blue Devils coped well with
the emotions of the game. Carrawell, or
“C-Well” to the Duke faithful, had 21
points, seven rebounds and four steals in
his final home game, his 111th victory
and 62nd conference win. He left the
game to a standing ovation with 36.2
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“I almost cried in warmups,” said
Carrawell, who was honored in the pre
game Senior Day festivities. “I checked
to see if anyone was looking at me, so I
could push the tear back up in my eye.
For me to stay for four years and get that
type of ovation from the crowd, that’s
every kid’s dream.”
Adding Injury to Insult
The eye injury and the game’s out
come seemed to wear on Cota, who fin
ished his career 0-4 in Cameron.
“It’s frustrating,” Cota said. “It’s like I
can’t get a break this year. Everything I
expected hasn’t happened for this
team.”
Alluding to Cota’s involvement in a
Halloween night altercation, the Duke
crowd came equipped with enlarged
copies of Cota’s mug shot.
Despite the rough treatment and his
dismal record in Cameron, Cota
expressed sadness at not being able to
play in Durham again.
“It’s one of the best places to play,”
he said. “The atmosphere is great - it’s
kind of sad you only get to play here
once a year.”
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