aljr Daily {Tor Hppl T.—/ i DTH/ALEX FINE Freshman forward Wes Shull (13) tackles the ball away from a Harvard defender. Shull had four shots in North Carolina's 1 -0 win on Sunday. Young Tar Heel team excels in close games BY DAVID MOSES STAFF WRITER In soccer, it is not unusual for a team to play in a lot of tight games. But what sets the North Carolina men’s soccer team apart is its success in these games. UNC pulled out yet another close victory on Sunday. Close wins, however, are nothing new for this Tar Heel team. With UNC’s 1-0 victory against Harvard, North Carolina improved to 5-1 in one-goal games this sea son. UNC coach Elmar Bolowich pointed to the team’s tough sched ule as a possible reason for the large number of close games. “I don’t know, maybe (the) other teams are good,” he said. With such a youthful team UNC started four freshmen on Sunday it might surprise some that the Tar Heels have been able to pull out these games. Their success, however, is no surprise to freshman Corey Ashe. “I think we are able to pull out these close games because of our intensity," he said. “We want to prove to the University' and every Ramsey scores 2 goals to lead UNC to win on road FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Senior midfielder Maggie Tomecka scored two goals to pace the No. 1 North Carolina women’s soccer team to 3- 0 victory against Villanova at Glenn Warner Soccer Facility. Junior Anne Morrell also scored for UNC (11-0). Reddick scores twice in win COLUMBUS, Ohio - North Carolina senior Catherine Reddick scored two goals to lead the United States to a 3-0 win against North Korea on Sunday. l/Vhatdo / hujU' aloutme? ~ / L/ious one day / U ii/ant to >ta/it cl LaMitu.- tut not yet t j^ • Birth Control • Pregnancy Testing • Abortion By Pill • Surgical Abortion • (optional)^H .STP/HIVT^a Chiropractic... The Choice For Me Jason Kucma is a Third-Year student from Medford. NJ. 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With a game upcoming against No. 1 Maryland this Sunday, North Carolina hopes they can keep this important ACC contest close. And if the game is decided by one goal. North Carolina certain ly likes its chances. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. Julie Foudy s header off a comer kick sent the ball to Reddick, who knocked it in with her right thigh in the 48th minute. Foudy later passed to Shannon MacMillan, who lofted the ball to Reddick in front of the net for a header. “It was a shock," Reddick said. “It was the most exciting moment in my National Team career.” ijili 305 A Laurel Ave 4 bedim, 3 baths Brand new beauty w/large rooms. Washer/dryer, front porch & patio. CALL NOW FOR DETAILS (919) 605-4810 • Convenient location • Ample parking • High speed phone/cable hookups Visit our website for floorplans and locations. Apply online today. COOLBIUERENTALS v .com y Sports Defense dominates in victory BY MICHAEL CLARKE ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR With more than 75 minutes gone in a match between Harvard and No. 8 North Carolina, a defen sive struggle had yielded a score less tie. Then, in the 76th minute, fresh- man midfielder Michael Harrington broke free and dribbled the ball up the field MEN'S SOCCER Harvard 0 UNC 1 toward the Crimson goal. He passed off to forward Corey Ashe on the right side, who then sent a pass sailing across the goalie box to forward Jamie Watson at the far post, who head ed the ball into the back of the goal for the first and only score of the game. “It was awesome because it was my first home goal,” Watson said. “And to be in a game like this, with a team like Harvard, they wanted to come in here and if they had got ten away with a tie, they would have been happy. Mens cross country finishes 15th BY ANDY WALES STAFF WRITER CARY The North Carolina men’s cross country team approached Friday’s meet against 22 strong teams with the desire to show the nation how well it could run against such stiff competition. The team came away feeling dis appointed with its 15th-place finish. UNC raced against seven nationally ranked squads at the Great American Cross Country Festival at SAS Soccer Park, including No. 3 Northern Arizona, No. 6 Michigan, No. 14 N.C. State and No. 27 Duke. Northern Arizona’s Travis Laird won the 8K race with a time of 25 minutes, 33.9 seconds. Northern Arizona also won the team race, defending their title of a year ago. UNC’s top runner, junior Brian McGovern, led the Tar Heels. He finished 24th with a time of 26:23.3, just 50 seconds off the lead pace. “Brian ran a really smart race,” said North Carolina coach Michael Whittlesey. 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According to Bolowich, the strength of Harvard (3-2-2) on counterattacks led him to empha size discipline on defense and stay ing back because one goal would most likely decide the game. “You just want to go out there and you want to make something happen,” Ashe said. “Coach has said, ‘Let’s get that one g0a1.’... 1 knew, playring with Jamie and Marcus (Storey) and all these great players, something was going to runners in the country. The rest of the team, however, came away unhappy with its per formance, believing it is better than what it showed on Friday. The heat certainly was a big fac tor for the rest of the Tar Heels. “Due to the heat and due to the tough course, they were hurting a little bit,” McGovern said. Junior Matt Daly and sopho more Tom Falvey echoed those sen timents when asked how they would finish on a normal day, both answered simultaneously, “Better." The two runners finished 94th and 95th, respectively, only eight spots behind senior Scott Price. Whittlesey wanted the three runners to run as a pack. “That was exactly the race plan," he said, but he also mentioned that the young runners lost confidence about a mile and a half in. “They saw where they were at and rather than staying focused and confident that that’s exactly where we need to be, they started There’s nothing funny about sex with pies. -h/,\ fry'. ~ ■ V'- l.v 'v.y J! - 1 ‘ J I \ * I I I j Don’t download movies from COlle96.mOVielink.COnt. Sept. 15th - Oct. 15th. STUDENTS AGAINST MOVIELINK COLLEGE FILM FESTIVAL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2003 happen. And luckily, I got the ball and Jamie ran back post and head ed it in.” Ashe came off the bench in both halves, jolting UNC’s forwards into an offensive mindset after they were not really able to get into a rhythm under the oppressive Crimson defense. “(Harvard) came out and start ing off the game, they had five defenders and that never really happens,” Watson said. “It got frus trating in a sense that we couldn’t get anything early because they were just trying to make us play conservative, pass the ball Eiround, and they weren’t giving us any chances.” However, the Tar Heels man aged to control the pace of the game and lead in shots. In addi tion, UNC maintained its focus in the face of the frustration created by Harvard’s strategy. “In the first half it was like Harvard defended with nine guys and continued to do that in the second half” Bolowich said. “But we didn’t attack well out of the to lose a little bit of that confi dence,” he said. “They stopped exe cuting the race plan.” Despite a 15th-place finish by the Tar Heels, the team believes it will get better over time. “We’re fine if we just continue to execute our plan,” Whittlesey said. This race was the first big race of the season, run against several of the nation’s top teams, and in the long run that can only help a young and inexperienced team. “They refound themselves at the end of the race,” Whittlesey said. “Scott Price was our sixth (or) sev enth man at (the UNC Challenge) and today was our No. 2 man.” As the team gains more experi ence, adverse conditions will be less of a factor. “Everyone has to deal with the heat,” Falvey said, “Basically, we need to change some things. We have a much better team than that” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. flank positions in the first. We ran too much through the middle and the forwards were not really con necting, and in the second half that was much better. “There was a little bit more flow in the game and our attacks com ing out of the midfield.” With Harvard basically playing not to lose, it was up to the North Carolina offense, which had been relatively ineffective most of the game, to come up with the decid ing goal or suffer the dreaded tie. “I’m very pleased with the boys,” Bolowich said. “ The key thing was, versus Duke, sometimes we lost our composure, sometimes we lost our discipline in terms of our shape, and today that was much better. “We improved, we made a step forward in this game. That may have not have looked as interesting to you as a spectator, but on the inside, within the team, we grew because of this game.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. DTH/ANDREW SYNOWIEZ North Carolina junior Brian McGovern finished 24th in Friday's Great American Cross Country Festival with a time of 26 minutes, 23.3 seconds. 9

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