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A Hr PAGE 16 SCOREBOARD uyi JAMIE AGIN CREDIBLE & NECESSARY Woods could use dark side I’m 20 years old. The Boston Red Sox, my favorite baseball team, may never win a World Series while I’m alive. (Disclaimer: I really think this could be the year.) But if this is the sad truth, I have just one other minor request. Evil Tiger Woods. Tiger came up short in his bid to win the Masters on Sunday, finishing nine strokes behind Mike Weir. That said, he’s won 37 PGA events in his eight years on the tour. Last year, he gave the Green Jacket to himself. He’s only 27- The media already is getting desperate for ways to make this interesting. Sports Illustrated brought in back-page heavy weight Rick Reilly to write the Masters cover story last year. Unless they’ve got about 15 more bright ideas, everybody could benefit from a change in Tiger’s image. Ideally, Tiger could use his infi nite influence for the greater good. A self-described “Cablinasian” with white, black, American Indian, Chinese and Thai her itage, he’s an ambassador for about half the planet. But not everybody can be Jackie Robinson. If Tiger wants to turn away from social issues, fine. Republicans buy Titleists too, right? But what about this? If Tiger isn’t going to boycott the Masters in support of women becoming members at Augusta National, how about going the complete opposite direction? “ Women at Augusta? Yeah, how about waiting my table in the clubhouse? There’s a reason I’m dating an ex-nanny, you know. Mwahahaha!” Look at the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Lakers and even Duke men’s basketball. There’s nothing America hates more than a constant winner. What bigger one is there right now than Tiger? He’s worth $212 million. He’s ranked 16th on Fortune’s “40 Richest Under 40” list. He’s dat ing a Swedish goddess. Bastard potential is infinite. “Quit taking frigging pictures!” he yelled at photographers during last year’s British Open. One con fused photographer had snapped at the wrong time, causing Woods’ first drive to fly into 6-foot rough. “Turn off the (expletive) cell phone!” Woods yelled to a specta tor in February at the Nissan Open. The man’s phone went off just as Tiger was attempting a 6- foot birdie putt. The putt rolled four feet past the hole. The man put it in a bag, but it kept ringing until security hauled him off. At last fall’s Skins game, some poor soul snapped a picture mid backswing, causing Woods to hit a bunker shot 15 feet past the pin. At that point, Woods’ caddie grabbed the guy’s digital camera and tossed it into a water hazard. Next time, Woods should make like the Nike ad and bounce the thing on his club for awhile, then smash it a hundred yards. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying he should buy The Magic Kingdom and pave it. He’ll never be Mike Tyson. He’d make a great John McEnroe, though. Right now, every tournament is the same. You’re either rooting for Tiger because he’s unbeatable or one of the scrubs because they have no chance. Wouldn’t it make Sundays a lot more fun pulling for anybody but Woods, knowing he’s a real-life Shooter McGavin, hurl ing insults at fans and plotting against penniless grandmothers? It doesn’t seem likely. Beyond these three incidents, Woods seems like a decent guy. And peo ple don’t turn good or bad at ran dom like in the WWE. So it looks like we’re in it for the long haul, another 30 years of nice-guy Tiger breaking his own records. At least I’ve got the Sox. Jamie Agin can be reached at agin@email.unc.edu. Sports BASEBALL UNC 4 Maryland 0 McGill shines in football debut Freshman runs for 104 yards on 24 carries BY AARON Fin SPORTS EDITOR The 2002 North Carolina football team didn't get a 100-yard output from a run ning back until the last game of the season. The Tar Heels might not have to wait as long in 2003. True freshman Ronnie McGill, an early- FOOTBALL White 21 Blue 10 entrant who enrolled at UNC in January, gained 104 yards on the ground to lead the White team to a 21-10 win against the Blue team in North Carolina’s annual spring football game on Saturday. “(McGill) is going to be a fine player,” said UNC coach John Bunting. “He’s got a great attitude and loves to play football, and he always has a smile on his face. He likes to play and he likes to practice. He’s ' DTH PHOTOS/JOHN DUDLEY Above: Freshman Courtney Bumpers performs an element of her floor exercise routine. She scored a 9.875 and placed third. Below: Sophomore Elisabeth Alsop scored a 9.625 on her floor routine. Narrow margin: Gymnasts fall short Tar Heels finish 0.05 points from NCAA qualification BY BRIAN MacPHERSON ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR ATHENS, Ga. lt might have been a toe not pointed, or a small hop on a landing. It could have been a handstand that didn’t quite make it to the top, or a tiny pause in a routine. A margin of 0.05 points can.be attributed to any one of countless minor deductions for a gymnastics team, up to and including the per spective of a particular judge. But Saturday, it was enough to end North Carolina’s season. The Tar Heels (194.900 points) finished third their highest regional finish since 1986 behind Florida (194.950) and Georgia (197-125) at Stegeman Coliseum. The Gators and Bulldogs qualified for the NCAA Tournament in Lincoln, Neb. “We came knowing that it was going to be close,” said senior Natalie www.dailytarheel.coin WOMEN’S TENNIS Clemson 4 UNC 3 just fun to be around.” McGill wasn’t a lot of fun for the Blue defense to be around. The 5-foot-11, 212- pound bruiser punished would-be tacklers all afternoon, sometimes carrying two of them on his back at a time. That’s what he did on his 10-yard touchdown scamper with 2:27 left in the second quarter to put White up 15-3. “He can run people over,” said junior quarterback Darian Durant. “We’ve been lacking that big back in our backfield." Of course, it should be noted that McGill was shining against a Tar Heel defense that was decimated by opposing running games a year ago. But that defense showed signs of life Saturday. Blue linebackers Jeff Longhany and Devllen Bullard were impressive, notching eight and five tackles, respec Halbach. “I don’t think we expected a margin to be that close at the end, but we knew that we had a shot coming in. Every team out there was fabulous, but every team was neck-and-neck and right in there.” With Florida finished after five rotations, North Carolina (27-6) entered its final event, the vault, needing a team score 0f48.950 to tie the Gators. No one on the team, though, said she knew the magic number. Sophomore Elisabeth Alsop (9.650), junior Anna Wilson (9-775) and freshman Mikel Hester (9-725) led off with solid vaults. INSIDE 2 Tar Heels earn berths as all-arounders in NCAAs. PAGE 13 Coach of the Year escorted Trusty hallway SEE GYMNASTICS, PAGE 13 tively. Redshirt freshman Rashaad Tindall also played well for the Blue squad, record ing five tackles at free safety. Tindall wasn’t the only defensive new comer to make an impact. Linebacker Melik Brown, an early entrant freshman like McGill, seemed to be all over the field in the early going for the White team. Brown finished with five tackles, including a safety against Durant that put White on the board in the first quarter. “I got thrown to the fire early,” Brown said. “I got a chance to play for the first team defense. Coach (Dave) Huxtable saw me before and said, ‘Make sure you play like a first-teamer today.’ I did the best I could do today.” Durant, meanwhile, didn’t have his best performance Saturday. He completed a mediocre 9 of 19 passes for 115 yards and no touchdowns. SEE FOOTBALL. PAGE 13 When sophomore Amy Williams (9-750) followed and stuck her landing, she jumped on Coach Derek Galvin in jubilation. Sophomore Olivia Trusty exchanged high fives with Williams and proceeded to bring the Tar Heel fans in attendance to their feet with a solid vault. After a grinning Galvin the 2003 Southeast Region co- WOMEN’S LACROSSE UNC 12 Vanderbilt 11 VrfjF " > . <t ta, DTH/BRIAN CASSEUA Jacoby Watkins (left) breaks up a pass intend ed for Jarwarski Pollock in UNC’s spring game. UNC drops 1-stroke lead, finishes 2nd BY MICHAEL CLARKE STAFF WRITER RALEIGH Heading into Sunday’s final round of The Intercollegiate, the North Carolina men’s golf team held a one-stroke lead on second-place Tulsa. However, the third round’s front nine proved to be the Tar Heels’ undoing at the Raleigh Country Club on Sunday. With Kevin Silva the only Tar Heel to shoot under par in the third round, UNC finished 3 over par on the day, leaving it in a disappointing second place. The Tar Heels finished four strokes behind tournament champion Southern Methodist and tied for second place with Tulsa. “I was happy that we were leading going down the stretch and had a chance to win the golf tournament,” said UNC assis tant coach Jamie Green. “I think they’ll tell you they were unsatisfied because obvi ously they didn’t walk away with a victory and that’s what their goals are.” At the start of the weekend, it Mens tennis shellacs ’Pack BY JEREMY BORDEN STAFF WRITER CARY The North Carolina men’s tennis team wasn’t dis tracted by the blood-red T-shirts telling it to “Go To Hell.” No amount of damnation could derail UNC from its convincing 7- MEN’S TENNIS UNC 7 N.C. State • 0 0 victory against N.C. State at Cary Tennis Center on Sunday. The Tar Heels (10-10, 3-5 in the ACC) dominated the Wolfpack (5-18, 1-7) from the outset, sweeping the doubles and the singles. The win on Sunday came after UNC blanked Maryland 6-0 on Friday. UNC’s lineup was markedly different on Sunday from past matches, as regular No. 5 singles player Andy Metzler played No. 2 singles for the first time this year and won, 6-4, 6-4. “There was one point in the season where I had lost five matches in a row,” Metzler said. “Now I’ve won five in a row.” Nick Monroe, who normally plays No. 2 singles, didn’t play because of fatigue. Metzler didn't lack confidence playing in his new spot. “I tend to play better when I play better competition,” Metzler said. “It’s rare that I’m actually happy with a match, and today I was.” Doubles standout Greg Archer got his first singles action of the year, playing No. 6 singles. Archer dominated in a strong 6- Qlljr Satly (Tar Merl APRIL 14, 2003 was in doubt whether the tournament would even be played. Heavy rains last week threatened the start of the annual tournament, which is co hosted by UNC and N.C. State, E UNC junior Dustin Bray finished the Intercollegiate tied for 19th. but play opened Saturday morn ing to beautiful weather and sur prisingly good course condi tions. North Carolina played a solid first round, finishing at 2 under par, two shots behind first round leader Wake Forest. Junior Dustin Bray led the individual competition, firing a 4-under-par 67 The Tar Heels continued to play well in the second round, finishing the day at 8 under. Junior Richard Treis shot a career-best 6-under 65 in the second round, helping him SEE MEN’S GOLF, PAGE 13 0, 6-1 performance. No. 1 singles player Trystan Meniane was less inspired in his 6-1, 6-4 victory against R.J. Murray, though Murray clearly was overmatched. “It was all right,” Meniane said. “The way he plays is diffi cult. He chips a lot and then he’ll bomb a couple serves.” Meniane seemed distracted and annoyed much of his match. “I didn’t have enough sleep last night,” Meniane said. “I’m in a bad mood.” Daniel Pinchbeck, who had lost 10 matches in a row coming into the competition on Sunday, won for the first time since Feb. 28 against Gardner-Webb. SEE MEN’S TENNIS, PAGE 13 CREW Three boats place in top 10 at Knecht Cup. PAGE 14 SOFTBALL UNC ekes out one win, rolls to another in 2-game sweep ofVirgina. PAGE 14
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