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Sports
Flanagan gets
Ist win of year
BY HUNTER POWELL
STAFF WRITER
CARY The North Carolina
women’s cross country team is a mix
of experience and youth once
those two become one, look out.
In the Great American Cross
Country Festival, held Friday at
SAS Soccer Park, the 9th-ranked
Tar Heels finished second to N.C.
State on the scoresheet, but first in
their minds.
“(If) we score it as a dual meet,
we win," said North Carolina coach
Michael Whittlesey. “(If) we score
it as an ACC meet, we win. If you
put that meet at national champi
onships, we beat everybody here
we just didn’t do it today.
Defending national champion
Shalane Flanagan ran away with
the SK, finishing with a time of 16
minutes, 44.6 seconds and win
ning by nearly 23 seconds.
Teammates Carol Henry and Erin
Donohue finished third and
fourth, respectively, as the top
three for the Tar Heels proved their
ability to dominate the field.
“The plan was for the three of us
to race up front together,”
Flanagan said. “We’re always try
ing to work together and even
though we weren’t right next to
each other, we were working
towards each other. We were as
close as we possibly could be.”
The Tar Heels’ top three all fin
ished before any N.C. State runner
crossed the finish line. However,
the younger runners for North
Carolina finished in the middle of
the second pack, which allowed
N.C. State to win the team compe
tition.
Freshman Meghan Owen paced
the second group of Tar Heels, fin-
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Sauer. “I know I’ve never won
here, and the seniors haven't won
here either, so it’s exciting. This is
a hard place to play (UNC is)
an awesome team. This is real
big.”
The mood of the Tar Heels was
considerably more somber.
Sophomore Dani Nyenhuis,
who followed her 18-kill perform
ance against the Seminoles with
seven on Sunday, put the situation
bluntly.
“Our focus now is just learn
from the loss,” she said. “We got
our butts kicked.”
COTCHERY
FROM PAGE 12
Amato emphasized the importance
of Cotchery’s half-opening TD in
reversing the course of the game.
“The momentum was really on
their side, and 1 felt that we had to
come out and score,” Amato said. “I
told them to score slow; I think it
only took him about 14 seconds to
get down there, and that’s about as
slow as he said he could run. He
almost went to a walk down there,
trying to pick up his blockers."
Of course, Cotchery was free to
virtually walk into the end zone
because there were just no Tar
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FROM PAGE 12
UNC’s first drive, the Wolfpack (3-
2, 1-1) countered with three
straight touchdowns.
On the first, Rivers completed
five straight passes, then ran for a
three-yard score. Rivers was nine
of nine for 121 yards in the first
quarter.
“Philip for president,” said N.C.
State coach Chuck Amato. “I
mean, my goodness gracious.”
The Wolfpack pinned the Tar
Heels deep in their territory on
their next drive. After an injury to
John Lafferty, redshirt freshman
David Wooldridge had to punt
from his own end zone. But Pat
Thom is blocked it and Manny
Lawson fell on the ball for anoth
er State score.
“It was probably three or four
yards ahead of what I usually kick
from,” Wooldridge said. “That real
ly cut down the time I had to get it
off, but I can put the blame on me.
I should have gotten it off quicker.”
After a UNC three and out, the
Wolfpack drove 66 yards in six
plays and scored on a two-yard run
by Josh Brown. Brown finished
with a game-high 95 rushing
yards.
“That little son of a gun, he just
is a tough little kid,” Amato said.
“Darts and twists and runs, and he
picked up the slack for T.A. not
being in there.”
But instead of folding, UNC
fought back.
Down 21-6, the Tar Heels had
driven into State territory when
quarterback Darian Durant was
picked off. But a UNC false start
negated the interception, and tail
back Jacque Lewis capitalized,
turning a screen pass into a 64-
ishing 18th.
“Meghan did a real nice job,”
Whittlesey said. “Her, (Megan)
Kaltenbach and Kristin Stroupe
ran our plan to a‘T’ and they got
stronger and stronger. What they’re
going to learn is when to make a
stronger move in the middle of a
race and to know how much more
they have in their bodies. That just
comes with experience.”
Stroupe and Kaltenbach fin
ished 29th and 32nd, respectively.
“I’m really excited about what
we can do," Owen said. “We didn’t
really rest up for this week, so once
we rest and do some more work
outs, we’ll be a lot stronger.”
For the Tar Heels, the keys are
health and experience. The
absence of two important runners,
Alice Schmidt and Jessica Perry,
hurt North Carolina on the score
sheet, yet gave the young runners
valuable experience.
“We need to get five, six, and
seven more together in order to be
higher (in national rankings),"
Flanagan said. “We are a top team
if we pull it all together. Today, we
were right about a ninth-ranked
team.”
With added experience and the
eventual return of two of last year’s
key runners, North Carolina will
have all the pieces together to
move further up the rankings.
“In early races, it’s tough for the
younger kids to get used to the big
ger competition,” Donohue said.
“Hopefully, by the time we get
through the ACCs and our big
championship meets, we’ll all be
together.”
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at sports@unc.edu.
Pyles, whose team-high 17 kills
prevented a complete annihilation,
called the competitive drive of
some of her teammates into ques
tion.
“It was quite a disappointment
to see a lot of the team not really
wanting it as much as some other
parts of the team,” she said. “I felt
like there were a lot of girls that
went out and didn’t understand
what was needed to win the game.
“Whether that was something
that us as teammates need to instill
in them or the coach needs to
instill in them, or in practice, we’re
not sure, but we’re certainly going
to go back at it this week.”
Though Pyles said that the
Heels even close to him.
How did the UNC defense forget
to cover a guy who hauled in nine
passes for 217 yards on the day?
Rivers said he wasn’t surprised
Cotchery was so open.
“I figured we had a chance, pre
snap, by the way they lined up,” he
said. “When Jerricho went in
motion, nobody ran with him. It
was kind of a zone coverage. I took
a lot off of it because he was so
wide open, and then he did a great
job after the catch.”
State wideout Brian Clark lined
up on the outside and ran a deep
route, clearing the UNC secondary
in the area of Cotchery’s 15-yard
yard score on the next play.
Durant and Lewis hooked up
again, in a way, on UNC’s next
drive, when Durant fumbled on a
controversial third-down sneak.
The play appeared to be over when
the ball popped out to the left of
the pile, but Lewis grabbed the
loose ball for first-down yardage.
Durant then completed his next
seven passes, hitting Derrele
Mitchell for a one-yard score and
Willie Parker for a two-point con
version.
The two scores were sand
wiched between an impressive
goal-line stand during which the
Tar Heel defense held the
Wolfpack to a field goal after three
tries from the one-yard line.
“At the goal line, you know what
they’re going to do,” said UNC
defensive tackle Chase Page. “It’s a
battle of wills. I know they’re going
to ran the ball. I know I’m about to
be blocked or double-teamed.”
The Tar Heels cut the lead to
24-21 at halftime, but that’s as
close as the game got.
Rivers connected with a wide
open Cotchery for an 80-yard
score on the first play of the second
half. State also scored on its next
two drives to open up a 24-point
lead.
The Tar Heels continued to air it
out despite the game seeming out
•of reach. Matt Baker entered the
game in the fourth quarter and
threw for 146 yards, including a late
touchdown to Adarius Bowman.
But in the end, it all sounded too
familiar. Another huge passing day
for UNC (469 total yards). Another
non-existent ground game (29
yards, excluding Durant’s 66).
Another disastrous defensive per
formance (615 yards allowed).
“One of these days we’re going
(Ftj? Sailg sar Meri
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tried to clear the ball. It ended up
bouncing off Naomi Weatherald’s
shin, resulting in an automatic
penalty shot.
The Deacons’ Claire Laubach
finally put a chink in TVan’s armor
as she rifled in the free shot.
For the first time this season,
UNC was down at the half. They
had to stage a comeback against
goalkeeper Katie Ridd, whose
career 1.07 goals-against average is
the best in Wake Forest history.
“We play in patches,”
Weatherald said. “In the first half,
we were more reactive. In the sec
ond half, we knew we had to step in
front of the girl and make the inter
cepts.”
With just over seven minutes
remaining in the half, the Tar
Heels managed to tie the game on
a broken play.
The ball bounced dangerously
around the Wake Forest circle as
the defenders tried to clear it.
Karen Mann received the ball off
of Kerry Falgowski’s redirection
near the Deacon net. The
serendipitous play left Ridd out of
position and Mann put it home.
UNC, however, looked lethar
gic as it took the field for the over
time period, and an enthused
Deacon squad ran all over the Tar
Heels.
Wake Forest’s Kelly Doton, a
senior All-American, squeezed the
ball through Tran’s legs with 5:29
left in overtime.
“I didn't take care of my job,”
said the tearful goalkeeper. “I lost
focus for a second, and they took
advantage of it.”
Shelton said that her squad was
fortunate to force overtime.
“Had their shooting been a little
bit better, this game wouldn’t have
been close,” she said. “What it told
us is that we have a lot to work on
if we want to play at that level.”
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blame does not lie solely with the
team’s more inexperienced players,
the maturity of the Yellow Jackets,
who had their team return virtual
ly intact from last season, has
allowed them to build a team
chemistry that UNC lacks.
“The rest of the players (aside
from Pyles and senior Aletha
Green) were what?” Sagula asked.
“Freshmen and sophomores. They
have to learn how to step it up.
And they will I hope.”
With this weekend kicking off
the brunt of the ACC schedule,
UNC better hope they step up fast.
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out. Then Clark and tight end T.J.
Williams made very good down
field blocks, springing Cotchery.
“Brian Clark, he plays the ‘X’
position,” Cotchery said. “His job
was to get the cornerback out of
the way and he did a great job of
setting that and getting the cor
nerback out of there. And no one
else covered me. When I caught
the ball, I had people hustling to
get blocks for me, and fortunately,
I was able to get in the end zone.
“First play, touchdown. That
was real big.”
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to win a game,” said UNC coach
John Bunting. “I’m looking for
ward to that day.”
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N.C. State 47, UNC 34
UNC 3 18 0 13 34
NCSU 21 3 20 3 47
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
UNC Omer 32 yd. field goal, 9:56
NCSU Rivers 3 yd. nm (Kiker kick),- 7:31
NCSU Lawson 0 yd. blocked punt return (Kiker
kick), 5:16
NCSU Brown 2 yd. run (Kiker kick), 1:48
Second Quarter
UNC -Omer 37 yd. field goaf, 13:47
UNC Lewis 64 yd. pass from Durant (Omer
kick), 9:31
NCSU Kiker 23 yd. field goal, 231
UNC Mitchell 1 yd. pass from Durant (faker
pass from Durant), 0:07
Third Quarter
NCSU Cotchery 80 yd. pass from Rivers (kick
failed), 14:47
NCSU Brown 6 yd. run (Kiker kick), 10:08
NCSU Rivers 14 yd. run (Kiker kick), 4:52
Fourth Quarter
UNC— Holley 24 yd. pass from Durant (Omer
kick), 2:06
NCSU -Kiker 29 yd. field goal, 8:18
UNC Bowman 76 yd. pass from Bakef (pass
failed), 2:30
Attendance -53,800
UNC NCSU
First Downs 26 27
Rushes-Yards 27-81 39-192
Passing Yards 469 423
Comp-Att-Int 32-53-0 23-30-0
Total Yards 550 615
Punts-Avg. 5-37.0 3-41.3
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 7-51 7-93
Tune of Possession 27:48 32:12
Indivitfuai Leaders
Rushing: UNC - Durant 10-66. NCSU - Brown
21-95.
Passing: UNC - Durant 25-42-1 323. NCSU—
Rivers 23-30-1 423.
Receiving: UNC - Pollock 11-134. NCSU—
Cotchery 9-217.