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Shp laily ®ar llfpl P3TI LMI ■ MIKE OGLE SPORTS EDITOR Baseball Close ; But No Cigar For the past two seasons, the mem bers of North Carolina’s baseball team stood on the tiptoes of their cleats with arms outstretched. With their fingers wiggling and shoulders nearly out of socket, the players hopped up and down like a children trying to get their hats back from a taller bully. But the Tar Heels were reaching for something that had never been theirs -a spot among the nation’s elite. UNC squandered its last chance of 2000 on Sunday by losing two games to Penn State, a team it had defeated three times on the season by a com bined score of 38-17. Instead of mov ing on to play in this weekend’s Super Regional, the Tar Heels were eliminat ed from the NCAA tournament and went home to tell their mommies and daddies about the mean bully who had successfully teased them once again. The fast starts of the last two sea sons are the true root of the problem. This year UNC jumped out of the gate 21-0, knocking off big dogs like Rice, Miami and UCLA. Excitement in Tar Heel country rose along with North Carolina’s rank ing, which reached as high as N0.2 in national polls. But the ACC loomed. Once again, UNC disappointed in conference play with a .500 mark and a fifth-place finish. The Tar Heels were able to hang with the top teams in the ACC - Georgia Tech, Clemson, Florida State and Wake Forest (in order of regular season finish) - which are also four of the nation’s best. But they could rarely beat them. UNC went 3-9 against these teams, getting outscored 78-55 in those games. Four losses were by one run. Close but no cigar was the season’s theme, which continued into the post season. Close losses to the Demon Deacons and Seminoles eliminated the Tar Heels from the ACC tournament. UNC was in both games until the end but couldn’t seem to get over the hump it had tried to climb all year. The tournament came one week after UNC went 1-2 in a series against' Florida State at Boshamer Stadium. The Tar Heels lost the first game in 13 innings and the third game 4-2 while winning the second 6-5. The truth became clearer than ever before. North Carolina was still a notch below the level into which it thought it had gained membership. It is still out of its weight class in half of the ACC. But the NCAA blessed the Tar Heels with their tournament draw, giv ing them one more shot to reach the mountain top. UNC was named the second seed in a regional with No. 1 Rutgers, No. 3 Penn State and No. 4 Army. Rutgers, one of 16 No. 1 seeds in the 64-team tournament, was ranked 15th national ly by Baseball America. The Tar Heels manhandled the Nittany Lions in the first game and coasted past the Scarlet Knights on the second day. They only needed to post one more win against Penn State, which had played one more game than UNC to get to Sunday and was missing three starting position players, to advance. But the paramedics had to be called to Yogi Berra Stadium that night to administer the Heimlich maneuver because the Tar Heels choked in their last chance to reach the next plateau. Mike Ogle can be reached a! mogle@email.unc.edu. A Triangle Women's Health Clinic Low cost termination to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Call for an appointment Monday - Saturday. FREE Pregnancy Testing Depo-Provera & Morning After Pill available "Dedicated to the Health Care of Women. ” 942-0011 www.womanschoice.com 101 Conner Dr., Suite 402 Chapel Hill, NC across from University Mad Penn State Knocks UNC Out of NCAAs North Carolina's baseball team needed just one win Sunday to advance, but PSU swept the doubleheader. Staff Report UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ. -North Carolina’s baseball team headed to New Jersey excited to play against some new faces that weren’t so familiar with the Tar Heels. Little did they know they would have to face Penn State, which played two games in Chapel Hill early this season, three times during the weekend to sur vive in the NCAA tournament UNC entered Sunday undefeated in the regional and needed one win in two games against the Nittany Lions, whom the Tar Heels topped 14-5 on Friday. The Lions picked up a come-from behind 6-5 win in the first game Sunday, forcing a second, decisive game that PSU also took 10-3 at Yogi Berra Stadium. Penn State (45-17) advances to the Super Regional at Texas (44-19) this weekend to play for the right to contin ue to the College World Series. Both teams, full of tired arms, started their closers in the second game, which became a pitchers’ duel until UNC reliever Derrick DePriest ran out of gas in the sixth inning. Penn State 10, UNC 3 PSU 100 006 111 - 10 12 1 UNC 000 011 010 - 3 7 1 Pitching: PSU - Damiano. Watson (61 fiusso(7) and PtAahco UNC - DePnest. Snare <6). Autrey (8). Madera (B}. Fiwwty (9) and Moytan Leading Utter*: PSU - Campo 4-8 (2 28. RBI. 3 runs. SBl UNC - Fare* 2-3 (HR 2 RBR Farrafl 2-3 (HR 28). Penn State 6, UNC 5 UNC 101 201 000 - 5 6 5 PSU 011 030 10* - 6 13 2 Pitching: UNC - Henderson. Earey (5) and Moytan. PSU - Nash. Damwno (6) and Pufiafco Leading Mtterr UNC - Greenberg 24 (2 SB, 2 runs). Prosser 1-3 (2 A8& PSU - Fagan 24 (28. RBI. run). Sre.tWm 14 (2 RBI. run). Netter Phillips Reaches NCAA Singles Quarterfinals Staff Report Tripp Phillips saw his North Carolina career end last Friday as the unseeded senior from Charlotte lost in the quar terfinals of the NCAA men’s tennis sin gles championships at Georgia’s Henry Field Stadium. Florida’s Jeff Morrison, the tourna- ment’s top seed, downed Phillips 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals against No. 5 Alex Kim of Stanford. Kim upset Morrison and eventually won the tide. Phillips ended his senior year with a singles record of 25-6. He posted three wins in the NCAA tournament, including an upset £ i jSB North Carolina senior Tripp Phillips advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships. of Stanford’s Geoff Abrams, the No. 6 seed, in the second round. By reaching the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament, Phillips clinched first-team All-America status from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. He is the first UNC player to qualify for All- America status since both David Caldwell and Brint Morrow were hon ored in 1995. 10 Tar Heels to Compete in Durham Ten North Carolina track and field athletes are competing at the 2000 NCAA Championships at Duke poleci susan monaco bisou2 , trendy reasonably pocea 40SE Mdf\ i^sE Ctrto/ wHfIHBk 2 ' 4263 jane doe tessuto juicy icon North Carolina (46-17) tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth on fresh man Sean Farrell’s ninth home run of the season, but the Tar Heels would never be in the game again. Willie Melendez led off the sixth inning for Penn State with a single to left, then Michael Campo doubled to left, moving Melendez to third. Zach Smithlin’s infield single loaded the bases for Donnie Wright with one out. Wright singled to right, scoring Melendez and Campo. Brett Showalter followed with a double to right to make the lead 4-1. DePriest intentionally walked the next batter to load the bases for Eric Spadt, who took full advantage of the situation. Spadt’s single to left increased PSU’s lead to 6-1 and forced DePriest out of the game. Ryan Snare came on in relief and got pinch hitter Brian Bishop to strike out, but Melendez, in his second at bat of the inning, singled to drive in the inning’s final run for a 7-1 lead. Penn State’s freshman closer, Kevin Damiano, carried the Lions on his shoulders in both games Sunday at Yogi Berra Stadium. He notched the win in the first game with 3 1/3 innings of relief work and threw the first 5 1/3 innings of the second game for his second win of the day. Second-seeded UNC advanced to Sunday with its win against No. 3 PSU on Friday and a 9-3 victory against top seeded host Rutgers on Saturday. UNC 9, Rutgers 3 UNC 100 000 422 - 9 17 2 Rutgers 000 012 000 - 3 8 1 Pitching: UNC - Elmore, DePriest (6) and Mcylan Rutgers - Gaflaghw. Brown (8), Crohan (9). Pierce (9) and Ulrich, leading hitters: UNC - Hooper 34 (28. 2 runs), McCay 3-5 {RBI run). Esrey 14 (HR, 3 RBI) Rutgers - Shade 1-1 (RBI) UNC 14, Penn State 5 PSU 001 020 020 - 5 7 1 UNC 000 000 010 - 14 19 2 Pitching: PSU - McCaS. Watson (3). Cunningham (4). Difion (6). Kunkte (9) and Netwafl, Bishop UNC - Snare, Autrey (8). DePnest (8) and Moytan leading hitters: PSU - Campo 1-5 (HR) UNC - Godwin 2-3 (HR, 4 R8I). Moytan 2-3 (28. 3 RBI) University in Durham. DeAnne Davis, the ACC champion in the triple jump, is one of eight UNC women in the meet. She won the triple jump at the ACC meet at Duke’s Wallace Wade Stadium in April with a jump of 43 feet, 1 and 3/4 inches. Other Tar Heel women who have qualified for the NCAA Championships include Joy Ganes (high jump), Beth George (1500 meters), Trish Nervo (5000 meters), Jill Pedretti (discus), Ola Sesay (long jump), Lutisha Shittu (100- meter hurdles) and Heather Tanner (10,000 meters). Kestutis Celiesius and Jeff Ellis will represent the UNC men’s team. Celiesius automatically qualified in the javelin with a throw of 224-1. He won the Penn Relays with a throw of 239-6. Ellis automatically qualified in the 400 hurdles with a time of 50.00 seconds, the second-fastest performance in school history. The championships started Wednesday and ran through Saturday. Newton Selected to National Team North Carolina golfer Marcy Newton TAQU E R I A Mon-Sat llam-lOpm 711 W Roiemary St. (arrboro 933.8226 (& Their Chef Our Chef Taste- the difference, at) | $1 OFF with ad 968-3488 University Square Sports I ®**^*f- ~.'-k -W^mSmSßi >’• • • ■ -■?*• , HBR*. ■ '' ’-. . -‘ j. ' “ , ’ : *., ** > ' lira Fill PHO'lt UNC left fielder Tyrell Godwin returned from injury for the NCAA tournament, batting 4-for-11 in three gam* 3 ', with five RBI ana a home run. He is projected as a late first-round selection in this Monday's baseball draft Tar Heels Face Unclear Draft Standings Bv Will Kimmey Sports Editor As the amateur baseball draft approaches, just one thing is pre dictable: the 2000 draft will be one of the most unpredictable ever. No player has emerged as the clear No. 1 pick for Monday’s draft, and the holders of that top selection, the Florida Marlins, are still trying to decide between three or four prep stars. The uncertainty at the beginning of the first round should filter down to the rest of it as well. That’s where North Carolina junior Tyrell Godwin’s name should pop up. But when Godwin will be selected is about as clear as the draft itself. Baseball America rated the 6-foot-1, 190-pound outfielder as the best athlete and fastest baserunner among the top 100 college players available. He batted .363 with 11 home runs, 67 RBI and 24 stolen bases. So there is no question that Godwin has the tools to be a top choice. Yet questions remain about his dura bility, desire and baseball instincts. Alan HE - "* was one of four women’s golfers selected to repre sent the United States at the 25th annual U.S.-Japan Matches which will be played June 25-July 1 in Rancho Murietta, Calif. Newton, a senior, ended her career Saturday by carding a 74 in the final round of the NCAA UNC jumper DeAnne Davis takes her ACC-best triple jump to the NCAA Championships this weekend. Women’s Golf Championships for a 318 total. She finished tied for 99th place. Newton, a three-time All-ACC per former, won three tournaments during her Tar Heel career - the 1997 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic, the 1999 Fripp Island Intercollegiate and the 2000 Bryan National Collegiate. Two Lacrosse Players Earn Honors Junior Jeff Sonke and senior Todd Simpson, Baseball America’s editor and draft expert, called Godwin a “mystery.” “There are a lot of questions about him in terms of motivation to play pro fessional baseball,” Simpson said. “A lot of people say he can be as good as he wants to be, but the question is does he really want it.” All factors considered, Simpson pro jected Godwin to go to the Reds with the 23rd pick. While Godwin’s demeanor might have caused him to slip in the draft, junior lefthander Ryan Snare’s compet itive spirit might have raised his stock. Snare (10-1, 3.14 ERA draws com parisons to fellow lefty and former team mate Mike Bynum, whom the Padres selected with a supplemental pick between the first and second rounds in 1999. But the 5-11 Snare doesn’t quite measure up to Bynum’s 6-4 stature, which is Snare’s only downfall. Simpson said Snare’s repertoire of pitches, which includes a low 90s fast ball and above-average breaking ball, is better than that of Bynum. Simpson tabbed Snare as a second-round choice. Maher of the North Carolina men’s lacrosse team were named to the 2000 STX/U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-America Team on Monday. Sonke, a Birmingham, Mich., native, was named as a second-team attackman and led UNC in goals with 33 and Mon-Fri 932-9010 11am-10pm 161 1 /2E. Franklin St (Beyon^Bandido^A^^h^wa^tiTr^th^Rathskellai^lley) (LSAT) (MCAT) (DAT) Summer Classes Starling Now! LSAT ■ 6/14, 7/27, 8/29 MCAT - 6/4, 6/24 GMAT - 6/29, 8/3 GRE - 9/13 DAT - 6/5 Enroll here and transfer to any other center! Call today to enroll JsflTj (919)956-7374 kaptest.com AOL keyword: kaplan Thursday, June 1, 2000 Draft Notes ■ Junior lefthander Eric Henderson (6-6, 4.32) figures to be selected in the fourth round. His 6-4 frame and 90 mph fastball impressed scouts, while his lack of command of his pitches is a detractor ■ Junior catcher Dan Moylan will probably be taken between the eight!’ and 10th rounds. His biggest strength lies in his offensive game, especially hi discipline at the plate. ■ Junior Ryan Earey (4-3, 3.92), wh< led UNC with 14 homers, is projected tr go around the 10th round as a pitche: Scouts tike his slider and mid-90s fastball ■ Senior third baseman/shortstop Clay Hooper signed with the Yankee after batting .333 with a team-best 2! doubles. ■ Seniors Derrick DePriest (4-5, 2.89 12 saves) and Chris Elmore (9-1, 4.12 probably will be picked after round 25 if they do not sign with teams befot hand. The Sports Editor can be reached a sports@unc.p'i< points with 49. He became the first T Heel since 1996 to be named to any or of the Fu st three USILA teams. Maher, who hails from Towson, Md was named to the honorable men 2 . squad on defense. 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