®ljp iatlg (Ear Mrri Tar Heels shine in championship warmup BY DANIEL MALLOY STAFF WRITER During the Carolina Fast Times track and field meet Friday, North Carolina senior Tiffany Flomo took a break from the heat in the air conditioned press box. “I need to concentrate on run ning the 200, man,” said Flomo, normally a mid-distance runner but competing in sprints. “I’m nervous.” Unable to keep a straight face, she burst out laughing. Although UNC won 14 events Friday, many athletes rested or ran in unusual events in order to pre pare for next weekend’s ACC championships. “There’s nothing more we can accomplish physically,” said Coach Dennis Craddock. “That time peri od has passed, so we just want them to have a good positive expe rience psychologically.” PROSSNER FROM PAGE 12 sure the ball didn’t end up in his stick. “Prossner is a very good player, and Michael worked hard the whole game,” said Virginia coach Dom Starsia. “That’s not an easy thing to do to ask someone to do that, and he did a nice job with it.” Prossner had scored at least one goal in every game this season to lead his team in points. “They played pretty tight,” he said. “They did a good job. They shut me off the whole game.” In fact, Prossner managed only two shots on goal against the sti fling defense, including a desper ate dive in front of the god in which Prossner landed in a pile of UVa. defensemen. “It was pretty frustrating because the whole time I was get ting a good workout just trying to get the ball from my teammates,” Prossner said. “My player was glued to me the whole game. He just shut me out” Though the Tar Heels’ main offensive target was shut out of the game, they were able to look else where for the goals they needed to defeat the defending NCAA cham pions. Nine different UNC players stepped up and contributed goals. Senior Andrew Lucas was one of the players who moved in to fill the void left by the offensive absence of Prossner. Lucas, gener ally substituted into the game dur ing extra-man opportunities, scored two goals. One goal came on his specialty, the man-up advantage, and the other goal came from an individ ual effort in which he wrapped around the back of the net to slide one by the UVa. goalkeeper. “They shut Jed off,” Lucas said. “To tell you the truth, I wasn’t in there much except for man-up, and then I ended up playing pret ty well so they stuck me in there at the end and I was able to get that one goal.” The ability of the Tar Heels to discover a way to score even with out their top scorer shows a dan gerous side to the offense. Opponents no longer can be afraid of just Prossner as North Carolina’s main scoring threat, but now must watch out for the entire offensive line. “We just kept moving the ball,” Prossner said. “Our game plan was just to move the ball pretty quick ly and help set picks for each other. Basically, that’s what happened and eventually things started working out for us.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. WOMEN'S TENNIS FROM PAGE 12 Sekita Grant. Anundsen trailed 5- 3 and 3-0 in each set before storm ing back to win each. “It was kind of tiring for both of us, because we both had long ral lies,” she said. “Just staying in the match helped my confidence and hurt hers.” The Tar Heels (18-7,4-4 in the ACC) will begin ACC Tournament play against either Wake Forest or Georgia Tech. UNC lost to Wake earlier in the season, 4-3. Kalbas said he believes that the team is ready to compete in the tournament. “I’m encouraged, going into the conference tournament,” he said. “We’ve seen everybody. We’ll be focused and ready to go.” Kalbas felt this weekend’s matches were indicative of things to come. “(Friday) was a really good match for us, and (Saturday) we’re gelling as a team,” he said. “I think this team is very hungry to prove that they can win an ACC title. In the NCAA Tournament, our goal is to win a regional. “Those goals are still out there for us.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. Flomo, one of the team’s cap tains, agreed that the Fast Times meet was less stressful than most. “It lets me come into the meet relaxed, working on some little things that will help me in my actual event,” she said. She still won the 200-meter race. Among the athletes that did compete in their normal spots, there were many more outstanding performances. The UNC women’s pole vaulters swept the top four places. Laura Risi took first place and broke her own school record in the event with a height of 13 feet, 11/2 inches. For the men’s team, freshman Nick Owens decisively won both the hammer throw and the discus. Owens beat the closest competi tor by more than 30 feet in the ham mer, breaking his own collegiate record with a throw of 199 feet. MEN'S LACROSSE FROM PAGE 12 In the meantime, the Tar Heel attack benefited from three UVa. penalties and scored twice to take an 8-7 lead. “We capitalized on a couple of those when they pressed out on us,” said Jed Prossner. “Overall, we were effective on man-up opportunities.” The Tar Heels added a spectac ular transition goal by Mike McCall with four seconds left in the third quarter. Fourth-quarter goals by Lance Zimmerman and Andrew Lucas gave UNC a 11-7 lead before the Cavaliers cut the lead to two with 1:46 to go on an unassisted goal by Matt Ward, his fifth of the game. But UNC’s Kevin Frew won the ensuing faceoff, and UNC ran out Breaking News From... *** APARTMENTS BRAND NEW OPTIONS JUST ANNOUNCED! u 1 kedropms, each with private study and private full bath SBSO per person per month 3 bedroom with study, 2 baths S6OO per person per month 4 bedroom, 2 baths $520 per person We'll match you with roommates. You sign an individual lease. GRAD STUDENTS ENCOURAGED! 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The men’s team also had several the clock for a win that put the team in position to make its first NCAA Tournament since 1998. “It starts in the goal,” Haus said. “If we get good solid goalie play, I think we can be very effective in the defensive end. Offensively, we faced probably the best goalie in the country today, and we put 11 goals in there, so that’s pretty good.” UNC won because Spellman, with the help of his coaches and teammates, suppressed that ele ment of his brain that is necessary for a functional life but can be detri mental to functional goalkeeping. “I put the first half behind me,” Spellman said. “You can only worry about the next play. You can’t have a long-term memory.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. outstanding moments in the meet, taking the top two places in both the 100 meters and the high jump. Richard Allen blazed through the 100 with a time of 10.90 seconds. In the high jump John Hubbard took the crown by soaring to a jump of 6-6, and Aaron Harris tied for second at 6-2. The team had its eye on the ACC Championships during the meet. “It’s kind of an off weekend for us because we have a big competi tion coming up this next weekend,” Flomo said. The high scores and fast times the women’s team earned in an off weekend bodes well for their hopes of taking home their fourth ACC title in a row. And that is no laughing matter. Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. Cut and save Cut and save— The Wendy Hanes Hall Dean E. Painter 919-962-6507 Career Center ucs@unc.edu WALK-IN HOURS: Answers to career questions and resume reviews— Mon-Fri, 10 —3p PROGRAMS CAREER CLINICS! Get an overview of the career decision-making process and help with choosing a major or career path to follow. Take an online interest inven tory. Sign up at http://careers.unc.edu/career_explore.html. Please bring your lap top! 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Price, who represent ed the winning run, was at the plate with the bases loaded with two outs and a 3-2 count in the first game when she lofted a long fly ball down the left field line. Wolfpack left fielder Jessica Willems dropped the ball near the line, and the umpire MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2004 called the hit a foul. “I love to be in those situations, Price said. “Not so much to intim idate the other team, but I knew they didn’t want me at the plate. My teammates said they had even been trying to pitch around me.” Nevertheless, Price struck out on the next pitch, causing loud protests from the stands and the players. The second game ended with a walk-off home run by Streete in the bottom of the eighth, capping off the win for the Tar Heels. Streete said that the way the team responded to the loss was indicative of the team’s character a loss only motivates the team. “We wanted the game so bad, we wanted both of them,” Streete said. “The loss didn’t really take the wind out of our sails it just sent us into the second game more motivated and ready to go. We weren’t going to get shut out on our home field.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. 7 r Cut and save Cut and save

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