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®hf laily (Bar Mppl Parker's Rushing Bursts Key Win By Brad Broders Assistant Sports Editor It was a perfect opportunity for anew star to step up. Coasting along with a precarious 10-7 advantage in the third quarter against Southern Methodist and with Kenan Stadium non-reactive in nervous anticipation, anew star emerged. Well, maybe a old star. Sophomore tailback Willie Parker, who rushed for 355 yards last season, began the 2001 season expected to be the team’s starter. Instead, he faced a season, which up until Saturday’s contest, which was stuffed with adversity and frustration. Despite rushing for 450 yards in nine contests this season, good for second on the team, Parker saw spurts of limited Gell Finds Redemption With OT Goal By Owen A. Hassell Assistant Sport Saturday Editor The North Carolina men’s soccer team had six players with shots on goal Sunday against American. But only one got to redeem himself for his missed kicks. After his penalty kick was stopped in the 71st minute, UNC forward Mike Gell rebounded by scoring the game’s lone goal in the 95th minute. The strike gave UNC a 1-0 overtime victory in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. Gell had four shots on goal against the Eagles, including a first-period blast Volleyball Looks to Bridge Gap Between Coasts By Aaron Fitt Staff Writer Maybe there’s something in the California water. Maybe it’s the laid-back Hollywood mentality. Or maybe North Carolina volleyball just isn’t on the same level as the West Coast powerhouses yet. Despite a successful ACC season, the Tar Heels (24-9) lost on Friday night to a California team for the third time this season. No. 8 Pepperdine’s 3-0 win against UNC in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ended a memo rable season for the Tar Heels. North Carolina played a difficult non conference schedule that included match MEN'S SOCCER From Page 10 The Tar Heels (18-4) had offensive opportunities throughout the match and outshot the Eagles (13-8-2) 16-5, but they struggled to capitalize against a scrappy American team that tried to pressure North Carolina throughout. UNC kept the ball in its offensive third for most of the first half and had an early scoring chance, but American goal keeper Michael Behonick stopped for ward Ryan Kneipper’s breakaway. Gell had two chances to break the tie later in the match, including a one-timer in the 36th minute that Behonick deflect ed with an acrobatic lunging save. After halftime, the Eagles came out quickly and took more chances offen sively, but nearly lost the game on a 71 st-minute hand ball in their own box. A diving Behonick stopped Geli’s penalty kick to the lower left comer, and American lived to see overtime. “A penalty shot is an unusual situa tion,” Behonick said. “You’ve just got to choose one side and try to read the shooter a little bit.” The game-winner came after David Testo sent a floating ball into the box. Gell gathered it with his back to the goal, spun on Eagle defender Larry McDonald and fired a low, left-footed shot to the near post that beat a falling Behonick. The goal set up a quarterfinal game between UNC and FDU, a Northeast Conference team that has beaten Boston College, Princeton and Seton Hall in the tourney. “People call them upsets,” said UNC coach Elmar Bolowich. “Sometimes I don’t think they’re upsets. They’re setups.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. l "'Liiniiiia c Arvo i r Take ! 5/SOl South towards Pittsboro Exit Main St./Southern Village BEHIND ENEMY LINES IKEO) 1:30-4:15-7:10-9:40 MONSTERS, INC. IS! 12:45-3:00-5:15-7:15-9:15 HARRY POTTER IK3 1:00-4:00-7:00-10:00 BLACK KNIGHT E 33 1:20-3:20-5:20-7:20-9:30 Bargain Matinees Daily until 5:30 All seats $4.75 www.therlalto.com □□[ooubvJ STADi Um D t G I T A L SEATING n playing time behind starter Andre Williams. With Williams out of the game Saturday with a sore back, true freshman Jacque Lewis got the start. Although Lewis got the start, Parker got the finish, tally ing 75 yards and a touchdown in the second half on 11 carries. “He just wanted Sophomore tailback Willie Parker rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown in the second half of UNC's 19-10 win. the opportunity," said Darian Durant of Parker. “We always talk about if he’s given the opportunity, what’s he going to that was knocked away by American goalkeeper Michael Behonick. But he shook off the earlier misses and got open in the box during the over time period. David Testo sent it into Gell, who then split two defenders and beat Behonick to the near post. “I was just so happy for the seniors and to make up for the penalty kick, of course,” Gell said. “It was great. I had so many chances, so it made me want to work that much harder to get it through the net.” After a handball by an American player in the box, UNC got a penalty kick. Gell said he looked around at his es against top programs like UC-Santa Barbara and Santa Clara. The Tar Heels lost both matches, but they built upon the experience of playing tough competition. “I think you have to play a lot of match es like that and get that experience to know what to do at that level,” said UNC coach Joe Sagula. “What we want to do is keep playing teams of that caliber to help our selves get used to these types of battles.” Though it still has work to do to catch up with the traditional volleyball pow ers, North Carolina is building a respectable program in its own right. Graduating seniors Krista Buchholz and Melissa Higgins played in four NCAA Tournaments, advancing to the MORRISON From Page 10 moment in the Tar Heels’ 83-77 win against the Yellow Jackets. Morrison went 6 of 9 from outside the 3-point arc and scored a career-high 21 points. His hand became especially hot with 10:41 remaining in the second half. The sophomore knocked three consecutive treys in 2 minutes, 11 sec onds to spur a 14-point UNC run. “When he gets in his own, it’s on,” said freshman forwardjawad Williams. “There are days in practice that he hits VOLLEYBALL From Page 10 efficient with a .291 hitting percentage compared to UNC’s .205. The discrepancy was due in large part to Pepperdine’s height advantage. Six Waves stood taller than 6-foot-1, the height of the tallest Tar Heels. “This team has a lot of offensive weapons,” said Pepperdine coach Nina Matthies. “It’s hard to stand in there with 6-4 outside hitters banging balls at COLLEGE FANTASY A SPORTS mmi Mfl JRL oßSks O 1 in every 5 entrants win! O 1 in every 5 entrants win! O Only $29.95 to enter O Only $29.95 to enter O Choose your favorite players O Choose your favorite players O Enter by 1/6/2002 O Enter by 12/26/2001 Go to mjmfantasysports.com or call us toll free at (866) 680-1800 to sign up today! Brought to you by the first company to offer fantasy sports using college players with permission from the NCAA! BIIUSB s do and I always tell him once you get that opportunity to capitalize on it and I think he’s done that." With Parker’s efficient downfield cuts, the Tar Heels expanded their 10-7 nail biter to a more comfortable 19-10 advantage by game’s end. “We made up our mind at halftime that we were going to run the ball no matter what,” Parker said. “Coach told us we just got to make plays, and I was like ‘coach, I’m ready,’ and I just went out there and made plays in the third quarter.” With less than two minutes in the third quarter and UNC on the SMU 27, Parker juked his defender left and and scampered 23 yards down the sideline. Two plays later, Parker got a right-side pitch from quarterback Ronald Curry and went into the end zone untouched. teammates and saw most of them stand ing around, so he decided to take the shot. Gell chose to hit it low and left, but Behonick guessed right and slapped the shot away. It was Cell’s first penalty kick as a Tar Heel, but the decision of who shoots them is one Bolowich said he has always left up to his players. “I’ve always thought that you don’t pick somebody and put the pressure on them if they’re not ready,” Bolowich said. Tar Heel senior defender Danny Jackson liked Geli’s motivation, but said he should have taken the penalty kick. second round in three of those four sea sons and winning three ACC tides. Their success reflects the program’s progress. “Melissa and I were lucky enough to be on the winningest teams in Carolina history,” said a teary-eyed Buchholz after losing to Pepperdine. “We’ve real ly watched this program come around, in the ACC especially. Now we’re on the verge of breaking into the top teams in the nation, and I don’t see anything but this program going up.” Indeed, the future looks bright for Sagula’s squad. UNC will return five starters next year, including the dynamic outside-hitting duo of Nicole Reis and Laura Greene. Middle hitter Holly Strauss 20 straight.” That kind of consistency has been lacking when Morrision actually takes to the court on game days. His shooting, at best, has been sporadic, and his passes are frustratingly spastic. He said UNC coach Matt Doherty often berates him for his poor shooting decisions. Morrison often pulls up when he’s still two or three steps behind the 3-point line. But fortunately for the Tar Heels, when Morrison looked to the hoop Sunday, it was all net. “When your shot is on, you can just feel it,” Morrison said. “But I’m not sure Coach felt the same. But I wanted the you from both sides.” Despite the loss, the Tar Heels found a silver lining in their level of intensity. “There were opportunities tonight where they could have rolled over us, but we kept fighting back,” UNC coach Joe Sagula said. Said Buchholz: “I think the team went into this match knowing and believing we could win it. We went down fighting, and I think that’s important.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. Sports But then came a controversial flag. Parker’s enthusiastic jog into the end zone resulted in a 15-yard penalty for altered stride. “I wasn’t high-stepping," he said, adding he never heard of the call. But on this day, not even a unsports manlike penalty could halt Parker’s pro duction in the fourth quarter. In a 12-play, 66-yard drive midway in the final frame, Parker piled up 47 yards on seven carries. Jeff Reed’s field goal made the score 19-10, enough for UNC to push out the victory. “Those were crucial plays,” Durant said. “Everytime we needed a play he stepped up and made that play and that was big for us.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. “From my standpoint, I was disap pointed with myself on the penalty kick,” Jackson said. “Mike Gell was very confident in going to take it, but as a senior and captain, I maybe should have pushed him aside and taken it.” Bolowich said Gell’s resurgence after the penalty kick helped guide him to the game-winning goal. Bolowich said, “He felt, perhaps, a personal responsibility to make up for it, although I would have never blamed him for it had we lost the game.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. and setters Eve Rackham and Malaika Underwood will also be back, giving UNC a talented and experienced core. The Tar Heels will undoubtedly con tend for the ACC title again in 2002, but it remains to be seen if they can improve upon their all-time record of 3-15 against teams from California. The gap is narrowing, as UNC pushed Santa Clara to five games and had a legit imate chance to win the first two games against Pepperdine. But to bridge the gap altogether, those hard-fought losses must start becoming wins. The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. fl UHf •*)“••••* /rtf] ball, and I just let it go. I know he was happy we made our shots.” Morrison’s play did make an impression on his coach. Doherty said he thought Morrison would be holding his head high after Sunday’s perfor mance. But for the typ ically streaky shooting guard, Sophomore guard Brian Morrison was 6 of 9 from behind the arc and hit three treys in a row. confidence is not an issue. “I’ve always known I could do this,” Morrison said. “It was just a matter of time before I proved myself.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. [ PM EASTERN j k I■■ FEDERAL J IJ W THEATERS M PLAZA THEATRES N ■ 881 Elliott Rd. At East Franklin ) | V m* 9674737 / SPY GAMES I Daily 3:25,7:00,9:25 THE BLACK KNIGHT KB Daily 3:05. 5:05, 7:05,9:05 J OUT COLD I® Daily 3:15,5:15,7:15,9:15 ! TEXAS RANGERS H.-i< Daily 3:00,7:00,9:00 I SHALLOW HAL W® Daily 3:20,7:05,9:20 Of"* MOVIES AT TIMBERLYNe'N S Weaver Dairy at Airport Rd. I 1 933-8600 y MONSTERS INC. fi Daily 3:00, 5:00,7:00,9:00 MONSTERS INC. H Daily 3:15, 5:15,7:15,9:15 HARRY POTTER S3 Daily 2:50,5:40, 8:30 HARRY POTTER ? 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She certainly lived up to the billing that we prepared our kids for.” Oleksiuk broke up a number of North Carolina’s comer kick threats by leaving the net and snagging the ball out of the air. She attacked the ball even in tight quarters with UNC’s pressure. But in the end, the nation’s No. 1 team ended Oleksiuk’s collegiate soccer career. It was the second time UNC knocked Oleksiuk out of the tourney. “It’s frus- MEN'S BASKETBALL From Page 10 land while averaging 63 points in the three losses. Not so Sunday night. Although UNC seemed rattled at times by the Yellow Jackets’ pressure, the team hit 50.9 percent from the floor, including 57.1 percent in the second half, and 44 percent of its 3s - both sea son highs. The Tar Heels had maintained they were a good-shooting team despite what they had shown ever since an exhibition loss to the EA Sports All-Stars. Finally, they walked the walk. “Until we do it, we can say we’re good shooters all we want,” Doherty said. Four players scored in double figures - Capel, Scott, Brian Morrison (21 points) and Kris Lang (13 points and WOMEN 'S SOCCER From Page 10 Joanna Lohman collected a pass from for ward Heidi Drummond to sneak a grounder past diving UNC goalkeeper Jenni Branam. The Tar Heels entered halftime out of rhythm in a tied game. “At halftime, I knew it would not be smart to panic,” said senior midfielder Jena Kluegel. “We still had 45 minutes left to play so I decided we should just go out and have some fun.” In the second half, North Carolina did just that. The Tar Heels (23-0) returned to their usual unbeaten form and nailed seven shots at Oleksiuk, who had four saves on the day. Penn State (21-4-1) never regained enough momen tum to contest UNC’s lead. “It’s extremely frastating,” Oleksiuk said. “Especially because I hated to lose on that goal. But Alyssa worked really Join the Hottest Team in Town! 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The Tar Heels open the ACC season Dec. 5 against Wake Forest. trating getting knocked out twice by the same team, but they’re an extremely tal ented team,” she said. “So it’s not a dis grace being knocked out by them.” UNC won the match on a fluke goal in the 80th minute. Oleksiuk’s clearing kick deflected off of Alyssa Ramsey and took two bounces before it found the net. “I thought she (Oleksiuk) was out standing today,” PSU coach Paula Wilkins said. “She’s one of the reasons why we stayed in the game. It was prob ably the best game she played all year. It’s sort of depressing that it ended that way after her having to make some bril liant saves. It’s not right.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. Si HH 13 rebounds) and 25 of their 27 field goals were assist ed. After three frus trating outings, the bounces went North Carolina’s way. Scott banked in a 3 to tie the score at 75 amid a late eight-point Tar Heel spurt. Perhaps things were changing for UNC. “I didn’t say Senior forward Jason Capel shot 6 of 12 from the floor and pulled down nine boards against Georgia Tech. ‘glass,’” Scott admitted. “I said, ‘God, please.’ And it went in.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. hard, so I wouldn’t call it luck - it was unfortunate, but not lucky.” UNC will play Portland on Friday at Gerald Ford Stadium in Dallas. With a win on Friday, North Carolina will advance to the championship game to play for its 17th NCAA title. “We’re obvious ly ecstatic to win,” Sophomore forward Alyssa Ramsey scored the Tar Heels' game-winning goal when the ball bounced off of her. North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance said. “For a thousand different reasons. The final four - that’s a party you don’t want to miss.” The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. 7
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