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UNC Can't Pull Out Win vs. Terps
The Tar Heel men's lacrosse
team held an 8-7 advantage
against No. 8 Maryland with
4:29 left in the third period.
By James Giza
Staff Writer
A win would have done wonders.
Had the North Carolina men’s
lacrosse team knocked off No. 8
Maryland on Saturday, the Tar Heels
would have
successfully
rebounded
from their first
loss earlier in
the week to
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ninth-ranked Duke.
Their confidence would have
returned - which is crucial as the team
gears up for two more games with high
ly ranked opponents. They would have
assured themselves of their first non-los
ing season in four years.
And their spot in the NCAA tourna-
Tar Heels Topple Tech in Tough Match
UNC's women's tennis team
won a close match against
Georgia Tech by capturing
the final doubles contest.
Bv Rachel Carter
Senior Writer
Easy has not been in North
Carolina’s vocabulary this season.
Hobbled by injuries, troubled by a
tough sched
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dogged with
bad luck, the
women’s ten
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been unable to overcome.
Friday, the Tar Heels dropped their
second ACC match of the season as
20th-ranked Florida State won 5-2.
T hings were not looking good Sunday
as the Tar Heels took on Georgia Tech.
And true to form, the match was any
thing but easy.
UNC squeaked by the Yellowjackets
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ment would have been all but clinched.
A win would have done wonders.
The loss made the situation far from
wonderful.
The seventh-ranked Tar Heels (6-2,
0-2 in the ACC) fell to the Terrapins 10-9
before 2,456 at Fetzer Field in a tight game
that had five ties and four lead changes.
“They played four quarters, we only
played three maybe,” said UNC goalie
Kris Blindenbacher, who had 13 saves.
In the second period, the Tar Heels
went cold. After busting loose for five
goals from five different players in the
opening quarter to jump out to a 5-3
lead, UNC suddenly couldn’t find the
back of the net.
The Tar Heels managed nine shots
on goal in the second period but didn’t
get themselves in the prime positioning
that led to their outburst in the first. The
attack trio of Chase Martin, Matt
Crofton and Jeff Sonke - each of whom
scored in the first - saw limited looks.
“I think we were playing out of sync,”
said Crofton, who led UNC with three
goals and an assist. “We went away from
what was working for us, which was
5-4 in dramatic fashion as the No. 3
doubles team of Jessica Zaganczyk and
Courtney Zalinski won 9-8.
“We saw that No. I had lost, and No.
2 had won,” Zaganczyk said. “As soon
as I knew this, I don’t know what hap
pened. A switch turned on.”
That switch caused the Tar Heel duo
to storm back from a 5-2 deficit to tie
the match at five games apiece.
Georgia Tech’s pair of Laura Ozolins
and Charlotte Pernet won the next
game, and UNC again tied the match.
The Jackets (l() 5, l-3 in the ACC)
went up again, then the Tar Heels won.
Tied at seven. Then tied at eight.
In the tiebreaker, UNC (6-8, l-2)
never had more than a two-point lead.
But with the score 6-5, Zalinski hit a
crosscourt shot that Pemet was unable to
come up with.
Game, set, match - Tar Heels.
“The turnaround (in the No. 3 dou
bles match) was that we started to be
more solid,” UNC coach Roland
Thomqvist said.
Before the match, Thomqvist and his
team talked about playing steady tennis
at the end of its sets. He said that if his
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moving the ball to
the attack. We just
weren’t sharp in
the second quar
ter. That’s when
they came back
and went on top of
us.”
That scoreless
second quarter
came in the midst
of a drought that
lasted 22:34 for
the Tar Heels.
They didn’t get
their sixth goal
until Crofton
UNC attackman
Matt Crofton
ted the Tar Heels with
three goals and an
assist in the 10-9
loss to Maryland.
scored from the left side with 8:40 left in
the third.
Even so, UNC, thanks to a strong
defensive effort, kept the game within
reach. In fact, it went up 8-7 after Crofton
scored with 4:29 remaining in the third.
But the lead would be UNC’s last.
The Terps (6-1, 1-1) stormed back with
two goals in 38 seconds for a 9-8 advan
tage and kept the lead for good.
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then it would win.
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bles, the Tar Heels
and the Yellow
Jackets were knot
ted at 3-3.
UNC’s No. 1
seed, Marlene
Mejia, got under
Tech’s Sabrina
Pardo’s skin
toward the end of
the first set, caus
ing Pardo to make
mental errors.
Mejia won 6-2.
UNC senior
Jessica Zaganczyk
teamed with
Courtney Zalinski at
No. 3 doubles to win
the clinching match.
Screaming in French, Pardo drew a
reprimand from the umpire after slam
ming a ball against the fence when she
lost a point. She soon dropped the sec
ond set 6-1.
But the singles match that drew the
most attention was the marathon affair
on court six.
UNC’s Kate Pinchbeck lost the first
set to Tech’s Ozolins but fought back to
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everything we had,” Sonke said. “It
seemed like if we had been able to do
just a little bit more then we might have
been able to pick something up, but you
never know.
“We had our chances today. It was a
one-goal game, we had our chances. We
just didn’t get to finish them.”
Next up for the Tar Heels is No. 6
Johns Hopkins in Baltimore on Saturday.
A week later, second-ranked Virginia
will make the trip to Chapel Hill.
The UVa. game takes on special
importance because a loss would drop
UNC to 0-3 in the ACC. That wouldn’t
automatically jeopardize the Tar Heels’
postseason aspirations, but it certainly
wouldn’t help their cause. UNC coach
Dave Klarmann, however, said he is not
concerned about what the future holds.
“I am not worried about the postsea
son at all,” he said. “If it happens, great.
If it doesn’t, too bad. We just want to
play better. I’m more concerned about
the immediate.”
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win the second one.
Ozolins then jumped out to a 3-0 lead
before Pinchbeck and Thomqvist altered
her strategy to make a comeback.
“She came back by toning down the
tempo,” Thomqvist said. “In one game,
she upped the tempo and lost.”
Pinchbeck began hitting “loopy” balls
to slow down the tempo. Describing
Ozolins as a “big hitter,” Pinchbeck said
she exploited Ozolins’ weak backhand.
“Her forehand was better,”
Pinchbeck said. “But I knew her back
hand couldn’t hurt me.”
But Ozolins had a little more left in
her than the UNC freshman and cap
tured the last set.
For the second time in two matches
Pinchbeck played all three sets and ran
the last one to 7-5. She said she was still
fatigued from Friday’s FSU match.
Despite her loss, Pinchbeck was still
all smiles after the match because luck
had finally decided to grace UNC.
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WOMEN S BASKETBALL
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16 points and five boards.
“I just think that we came out ready
to play,” McDonald said. “We didn’t
come out scared, and we executed on
defense and offense, so we were suc
cessful tonight”
But Georgia wasn’t just bigger than
UNC. The Lady Bulldogs were also
quicker than the Tar Heels in transition,
something few teams in the nation can
boast Georgia scored in transition,
either off a UNC missed shot or
turnover, from close range on six occa
sions in the first half.
Georgia small forward Deana Nolan
was the primary culprit. Nolan scored
six of her nine first-half points on fast
break opportunities and added three
steals and three assists to help the Lady
Bulldogs carry a 41-28 lead into the
locker room.
She finished the game with 13 points
and five boards. Junior guards Coco
and Kelly Miller, identical twins who
were heavily recruited by UNC, scored
17 and 11 points, respectively.
“Tonight we made a lot of good deci
sions when we were running the
offense,” Landers said. “We got a lot out
of transition.”
As good as the Lady Bulldogs were
offensively, shooting 53.3 percent in the
first half and 46.7 percent for the game,
they posted better numbers on the
defensive end.
Georgia limited UNC to 32.0-per
cent shooting from the field, the fourth
worst mark aver for a West Regional
game. The Tar Heels were 3-for-14 from
3-point range and 6-for-8 on free
throws.
Georgia, meanwhile, was 24-for-35
from the foul line.
UNC’s two offensive leaders, point
guard Nikki Teasley and forward
LaQuanda Barksdale, were ice cold.
Teasley was 3-for-19 from the field,
OFFENSE
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Georgia center Tawana McDonald, who
was 8-for-ll from the free throw line.
“That was an advantage for us tonight.”
Neither Teasley nor Barksdale
attempted a single free throw. The two
players had averaged 10.5 attempts
between them in UNC’s two NCAA
tournament victories.
Georgia coach Andy Landers said his
defense had been so successful because
it kept the Tar Heels out of the paint and
forced them to take perimeter shots they
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including 0-for-8 behind the arc, and
scored six points.
Barksdale went scoreless in the sec*
ond half to also finish with six points oif
3-for-13 shooting.
Guard Juana Brown tried to pick up
the slack, tallying 19 points and 10,
boards, but it wasn’t enough. The Tar
Heels never pulled closer than within 10
points of Georgia in the second half and
never threatened to get back into the
game.
“We didn’t want to let them get any
closer,” Coco Miller said. “We wanted
to try to put them away.”
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Georgia 83, UNC 57
Box Score
UMC 28 29 57
Gaorgi* 41 42 83
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mtn im m-s ©4 pf tp
Berks** 27 3-13 00 2-6 3 5 6
■feasfey 39 3-19 00 0-2 6 3 6
Aton 10 o*l 00 0-1 0 10
Sharp 14 2-3 1-1 0-2 0 4 6
J. Brown 38 8-16 1-1 5-M) 0 1 19
Htrtngton 5 0-3 00 04 1 10
Thomas 7 0-1 00 1-2 0 2 0
Htggsw 29 5-K) 44 2-9 1 2 *
C Brown 11 14 0-2 1-112 2
Ua 20 2-6 00 2-2 1 3 4
Total 200 24-75 6-8 13-35 13 24 57
INwcem*#es - fC .320. FT 750 3-potnt goals - 3-14 ,214
(J. Brown 2-3. Sharp 1-1. Teasley 06. Barksdale 01. HurSmgtori
0-4 Tmoi rebound* -7. Booked shots None.
Turnover* - 15 (Teasley 4. J. Brown 3. Men 2. Higgros 2.
Berksdate, C Brown. Lea. Sharp) Steals 7 (Teasley 4.
C. Brown, J Bwwn.Ua).
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mtn m-a m-a o-4 a pf tp
Baft 27 2-5 00 07 2 3 4
C MSer 29 6-15 3-5 1-2 1 2 17
McDonald 28 5-9 8-H 6-13 0 1 18
Nolan 39 5-12 2-2 1-3 7 2 U
K Milter 34 3-12 3 2 11
lycett 1 OO 00 00 0 0 0,
Brown 15 0-1 2-2 0-2 0 0 2
Bnggans 3 OO 0-2 00 0 1 o‘
Cwdord T 7 6-tl 4-b 25 1 3 1c
Murphy 6 DO 0-2 0-1 0 10
Ws 1 1-1 00 0-1 0 0 2
Total 200 2*60 24-35 12-46 14 IS 83
Percentages - FG 467. FT 686 3-point goals - *8 375
(C. Miller 24. Nolan 1-3. K Miflef 0-1) Teem rebounds 2
Blocked shots 5 (McDonald 2, C. Miller, Noam, Brown)
Turnovers l2 { K Mtfier 4. Nolan 4, C. Mtfler 2. McDonald
2} Steals - tl (Nolan 4. C. M3tor 2. Crawford 2. Safi K Miller. -
Lycett).
Technical fouls None
didn’t want to shoot.
Teasley disagreed. Never shy to fire
up a long-range bomb, she said she felt
good about the shots she got.
“Not to take anything away from
Georgia - they’re a great basketball
team and well-coached -1 just had an off’
night,” Teasley said. “They weren’t makT
ing me take shots I didn’t want to take. *
“I just had an off night. 1 didn’t feel*
like they were disrupting me at all.'ll
mean, I can shoot over anybody. I just,
missed some easy shots.”
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sports@unc.edu.
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