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team to zero or minus yardage on 11 of
the game’s 23 offensive plays, recording
four sacks in the process.
Senior linebacker Brandon Spoon,
who took a medical redshirt last season
after tearing his left biceps tendon, had
one of the sacks and showed no signs of
favoring his surgically repaired arm.
“When 1 first came back, I was hesi
tant a little bit -1 shielded my arm a lit
tle bit -but every day I got a little bit
better,” Spoon said. “Now, I don’t even
think about it. Honestly, the first day I
was nervous, but that comes out after
the first hit.”
Another player enjoying his first
game action since taking a medical red
shirt was wide receiver Bosley Allen,
who tore knee ligaments in the final reg
ular-season game of 1998.
Allen caught one pass for 17 yards
Saturday and has looked quick in and
out of his breaks during spring practice.
“It felt good,” Allen said of his catch.
“I hadn t put on the game jersey in like
a year plus, so it was a pretty nice expe
rience for me. I wanted to make more
out of it, but 1 accept that.”
Allen’s reception came on the final
drive of the game, which was stopped
with 2:03 remaining in the second peri
od. 1 he Blue team had gained a net zero
yards at that point before quarterback
l : NC's NCAA Hopes Take Hit With Loss to UVa.
By Adam D. Hill
Staff Writer
As the final seconds ticked away in
North Carolina’s lacrosse showdown with
No. 2 Virginia on Saturday, a band of
ominous clouds approached Chapel Hill.
Mother Nature’s timing could not
have been
more appro
priate.
The gray
clouds, like
the Cavaliers,
Men’s
Lacrosse
I Virginia 13
i UNC 7
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unleashed a powerful gust of fury, send
ing a message of supremacy to all who
witnessed.
The dirt on Fetzer Field, like the Tar
Heels’ postseason hopes, washed away,
leaving little more than a memory of
when all of the stadium’s gr ass was green.
On a day that most likely ended
North Carolina’s NCAA tournament
hopes, the Tar Heels (6-4, 0-3 in the
ACC) saw a competitive game turn into
a rout at the half. The end result was a
13-7 Virginia victory.
UNC played with the defending
national champions throughout the first
half and trailed 4 3 at the break. The
second half, however, proved cata
strophic for the Tar Heels. Virginia
scored seemingly at will in the final 30
minutes, while UNC could produce no
offense of its own.
“Second half, when we got the ball,
we’d turn it over,” UNC attackman Jeff
Sonke said. “Dumb things like not back
ing up shots and throwing the ball away.
“Simple stuff, we just couldn’t do it
today - that was the difference. It just
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Quarterback Luke Huard (9) tries to elude the pass rush in the Blue-White
game. Huard completed all three of his passes but was sacked twice.
Luke Huard led it to two fust downs.
Huard was 3-for-3 passing for 24
yards in the contest, all of it coming on
the final drive. He was also sacked twice.
Antwon Black, a converted safety
r,
happens. It seems
like it has hap
pened a little too
much to us.”
After trading
goals to begin the
third quarter, UVa.
put the Tar Heels
away. Leading 5-4,
the Cavaliers
flexed their collec
tive muscle on the
offensive end of
the field. Playing
quicker and pass
ing better than the
Tar Heels, Virginia
UNC attackman
Jeff Sonke
scored a goal for the
Tar Heels, who have
won one ACC game
in the last four years.
reeled off four goals in the final 3:33 of
the quarter. That explosion lifted UVa. to
a 9-4 lead and sealed the victory.
“You can’t win a game playing 30
minutes,” said Sonke, who tallied one
goal. “We just never got possession of
the ball. It happens right off of face-off s.
They go down and score - it happens.
“You have to get possessions. When
we get the chances, we have to get the
ball up on our end of the field and give
the defense a chance, and we just
weren’t doing that.”
Another thing UNC was not doing
was stopping Drew Mcßnight. The
senior attackman tallied four goals on
the day while posting a pair of assists.
McKnight, however, was not the only
Cavalier to produce. UVa. distributed
the ball throughout its attack, with nine
individuals scoring goals.
Matt Crofton led the way for UNC
with two goals and an assist.
The loss drops No. 10 North
who saw some action at quarterback last
season, was 2-for-3 for 12 yards during
his lone series. Black and Huard will
compete for the No. 2 quarterback posi
tion behind Ronald Curry , who has not
Carolina’s ACC record in the past four
years to 1 -15. The Tar Heels have made
the NCAA Tournament once in the past
three seasons, and the loss to Virginia
certainly will not help the cause this
year. With only four teams in the ACC,
the league has no automatic bid.
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been cleared to play.
Former linebacker Richard Moore,
who figures to be the team’s fourth quar
terback, also took some snaps. He was
sacked twice and finished 0-for-2.
Curry Coming Back
Curry continues to recover from the
tom Achilles tendon he suffered Oct. 9
against Georgia Tech.
He has been throwing and doing
some drills in practice but will not be
cleared to go full speed until probably
the end of May, Torbush said.
Curry has been learning O’Cain’s
offense, but he lost some study time
when he traveled with the basketball
team during the postseason.
Physically, however, he is progress
ing rapidly and is about a month ahead
of schedule. Torbush said he is grading
out at between 87 percent and 92 per
cent on speed, agility and flexibility tests
that team trainers administer.
That has O’Cain excited.
“I’m looking forward to it,” O’Cain
said. “Because if you could draw it up -
if I could sit down and say this is who I
would like to run our system - it would
be a guy like Ronald Curry.
“He’s physical, he’s strong, he’s got
great speed, he’s got a pretty strong arm.
He can do everything.”
Missing Players Face Uphili Battle
Among those players who didn’t take
part in spring practice were running
“We have to win the rest of our
games,” Sonke said. “We have to do well
in the ACC Tournament. We have to get
our name back up there.”
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backs Daniel
Davis and
Domonique
Williams.
Torbush held
both players out
for academic rea
sons and indicated
Saturday that they
would have some
serious catching
up to do when
they return.
That is, if they
return.
“Right now
we’re playing and
UNC quarterback
Ronald Curry
could be cleared to
go full speed as early
as May and expects
to start in the fall.
practicing with the guys we feel like will
make a contribution in the fall," Torbush
said. “If somebody else comes forward
who’s not practicing right now, that’s an
extra.
“Right now, what we’re playing with is
what we intend to go into the fall with.”
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in UNC’s run to the Final Four.
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And Peppers is more than happy to
oblige. Although he didn’t play
Saturday, he signed autographs after the
game had been stopped.
He stayed out in the pouring rain
alone - his teammates had already left
the field -and didn’t run back to the
tunnel until each fan of his got his sig
nature.
Quick Outs
Rising sophomore DeFonte Coleman
has been moved from wide receiver to
defensive back. Coleman, 6-1 and 210
pounds, has already gained a reputation
among teammates and coaches as a
ferocious hitter.
Dauntae’ Finger, who was moved to
fullback at the beginning of spring prac
tice, is now back at tight end. He could
play fullback in an emergency, but
Ronnie Robinson, Anthony Saunders
and tailback Rufus Brown should see the
majority of the action there this season.
Safety Quinton Savage, who lacerat
ed his kidney against Wake Forest on
Nov. 6, has yet to be cleared to play.
Torbush said Savage’s injury could
potentially be career-ending.
Comerback Anthony Anderson also
faces uncertainties heading into the fall.
His back, which bothered him much of
last season, is still causing him pain.
Anderson did not play Saturday.
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