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Rowers hope to reap
benefits of experience
BY MARY DUBY
STAFF WRITER
After an intense winter of train
ing in the erg room, the North
Carolina women’s rowing team
eagerly moved outdoors to warmer
waters to begin the season.
UNC hopes to achieve the suc
cess that slipped through its fin
gers during the 2003 season.
“Last season, I don’t think the
results portrayed the effort that the
team put in,” said UNC coach
Sarah Haney. “It was a tough year
all around —a new coaching staff,
new priorities, new goals, setting a
new work ethic.”
The team lost one rower from
the varsity eight boat that finished
just four seconds behind Duke last
year at NCAA Centrals, so there is
no lack of desire.
That hunger for success will be
crucial for the team to splash into
competition by placing in the top
three at the ACC championship.
UNC will get its first taste of ACC
competition when it opens the
spring season against Duke on Feb.
28 the Blue Devils won a fall race.
“We were a little off the mark
against Duke,” Haney said. “But it
Seniors to lead improving
men’s, women’s golf teams
BY DANIEL MALLOY
STAFF WRITER
The standouts on the men’s and
women’s golf teams are well into the
back nine of their college careers.
But the teams’ senior golfers still
have another season to capture
more individual and team honors
to leave UNC on a high note.
The men’s team is led by Dustin
Bray, whose achievements could
fill an almanac. He is a two-time
PING All-American, and a three
time All-ACC performer.
Outside of college golf, Bray was
a semifinalist in the 2002 U.S.
Amateur championship and plans
to turn pro at the end of the sea
son.
But Coach John Inman said the
men’s team is not a one-man show.
“Ted Smith has been really
improving and is getting more
comfortable in the big tourna
ments,” he said. “Kevin Silva has
also done a great job.”
The men’s team as a whole also
has a reason to be optimistic this
spring following last year’s ninth
place finish at the NCAA
Championships.
was so early in the season that we
could really take a lot from that.”
The Tar Heels will have the
opportunity to judge their improve
ments in Indiana on March 4,
where they will face teams who
were on par with UNC last year,
like Indiana and Louisville.
At the helm for the Tar Heels
will be captains Grace Wallenbom
and Julie Domina.
“Our team has no lack in leader
ship,” Wallenbom said. “Whether it
is a vocal role or leading by example,
everyone steps it up at some point.”
To improve its performance and
increase sprint speed for the
spring’s two-kilometer races, the
team spent the off-season pulling
thousands of kilometers on the erg
machines, and just two weeks ago,
it moved to the water.
But the move to the water has
not fazed anyone they’re just
eager to get the season underway
“We already have good technique
on the water carrying over from the
fall, and I think in the long ran,
staying inside these few extra days
will prove beneficial,” Domina said.
“Plus I don’t particularly miss the
water when it is 30 degrees outside.”
But a l6th-place finish at the
first tournament of the year left a
lot to be desired, Bray said.
“We need to get some confi
dence very quickly,” he said. “We
need to play well when it counts.”
Women’s golf has two senior
stars of its own Meaghan
Francella and Ashley Prange.
Francella was the highest-plac
ing Tar Heel at the NCAA champi
onships last year, coming in 28th
while Prange finished 49th. The
duo led the team to a strong 13th
place showing.
Coach Sally Austin said the pair
can beat anyone they play against
and are potential All-Americans.
Besides their skills, Prange,
Francella and classmate Stacy
Hilton provide valuable senior
leadership.
“They show (the underclass
men) how to work hard and to
work together,” Austin said.
Inman put the aspirations of
both teams in simple terms.
“The pinnacles of our season are
the ACC and NCAA tournaments,”
he said. “It would be nice to hold
those trophies at the end.”
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