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SOCCER
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ing part in the ACC Tournament.
While the Tar Heels have made
tremendous strides since their
disappointing start to the season,
which included a winless stretch
of four games, Bolowich said he
still sees a need for more improve
ment before moving on to the
postseason.
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kills. Nyenhuis added 13, and mid
dle hitter Katie Wright had 10.
“It was better balance, but I
think we need to get more,” Sagula
said. “We just got to keep trying to
run different play sets, and hope
fully it’ll open things up.”
Nyenhuis led the defensive effort
with a career-high 25 digs. Libero
Caroline deßoeck continued her
stellar play with 21 digs.
“Caroline deßoeck, I thought
played great, could’ve been even
better if she let herself,” Sagula said.
“The first two games I said she was
being too unselfish; she was trying
to let other people dig. We told her
be selfish, take the ball.
“She was making good decisions
but not finishing it. In game three
she just took off.”
On Saturday, UNC defeated
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team.”
On Sunday, the Tar Heels clearly
weren’t getting into the right posi
tions. Wake Forest goalkeeper
Brian Edwards wasn’t forced to
make a save the entire game.
UNC tried to change things up
in the second half by bringing in
freshman forward Zach Haines.
Haines, who rarely sees playing
time, is the Tar Heels’ tallest player
at 6 feet 4 inches.
The change of pace didn’t seem to
work, as the Demon Deacons con
tinued to stifle the UNC offense.
“We just wanted to change it up,”
Bolowich said. “We wanted to have
a true target player. We thought
with Zach, we could have a true
target player playing up high and
go to him in the air so he can flick
balls on. That was not very fruitful,
but worth a try.”
The Tar Heels usually try and
counter their lack of height with
their tremendous speed. While
they were able to outrun Wake
Forest to a number of free balls,
they were unable to convert any of
the chances.
With a record of 8-7-2, North
Carolina knows that it has to over
come the height disadvantage.
UNC has to win its regular season
finale against Clemson and a game
or two in the ACC Tournament to
assure themselves a place in the
NCAA Tournament.
Storey said the height factor
only puts them at a little bit of a
disadvantage.
“We know what’s coming,”
Storey said. “We know they are
going to play long balls. It is a
matter of making sure we protect
our goal and not allow them to get
the second balls on the flicks.”
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OFFENSIVE LINE
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After Miami called a timeout
to set its defense, Durant dropped
back to pass from the UNC 27-
yard line. With plenty of time
to check his receivers, he found
sophomore tight end Jon Hamlett
for an 11-yard gain to keep the
drive alive.
Nine plays later, Chad Scott’s
9-yard touchdown run culmi
nated the drive and put the Tar
Heels back in front of the No. 4
Hurricanes.
“We’re not getting that pressure
on the quarterback enough,” said
Miami coach Larry Coker. “There
were times to make plays, and we
made some plays, but it wasn’t
enough.”
Durant, meanwhile, had noth
ing but praise for the five men in
front of him.
“Those guys it’s hard to put
into words,” he said. “Those guys
played great.”
And with three games to play,
offensive line coach Hal Hunter’s
success has helped put North
Carolina in a position few could
have imagined before the season
started.
UNC currently sits at 3-2 in the
ACC and likely will receive a bowl
bid if it can win two of its last three
games against Virginia Tech, Wake
Forest and Duke.
“Coach Hunter’s gotten us
prepared all week,” Chacos said.
“(Miami is) obviously a really good
team, really good up front. And we
think we’ve got it really good up
front.
“Our offensive line is, I think,
top in the nation. We’re not afraid
of anyone. We’ll push anyone
around.”
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“We need to change our play
with intensity, with a different level
of commitment and perhaps with
better preparation leading into the
game,” Bolowich said.
“We have the means to do it, but
it just depends on both the play
ers and coaching staff to make it
happen.”
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Wake Forest 38-36,30-21,30-27.
The team was led by Wright,
who turned in 11 kills and 7 blocks,
and deßoeck added 24 digs.
With four matches remaining
before the ACC Tournament, the
Tar Heels hope the two wins will
give them a final spark.
“This was a key game to play to
get back up into what’s hopefully
the start of a streak all the way
through ACC Tournament,” Pyles
said. “So this game was good for
momentum. It was good for kind
of a confidence in our team. We’ve
gotten all the kinks worked out.
We’re ready to go.”
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Tar Heels relax at invitational
UNC’s Sands eeks out win in 50 free
BY RACHEL SODER
STAFF WRITER
After coming off an exhilarating
meet early in the season against
Georgia last week, the North
Carolina swimming and diving
team strolled into the Tar Heel
Invitational with a relaxed and
confident demeanor.
The victory against Georgia pro
pelled the men’s team to No. 11 in
the national rankings. The women’s
team, which lost to the Bulldogs, is
ranked 15th.
Devoid of the competitive pres
sure the Tar Heels usually face in
their meets, the annual Tar Heel
Invitational provided the swim
mers with a chance to scrim
mage one another as well as high
school club teams and two NCAA
squads.
“I was delighted with what
we got done,” said Coach Frank
Comfort. “This is the most produc
tive Tar Heel Invitational we’ve had
in the last several years. We had a
lot of good swimming.”
That good swimming included
a dramatic finish in the men’s 50-
yard freestyle. In an extremely tight
heat, freshman John Sands pulled
off a last-second victory, just .06
seconds ahead of N.C. State’s
Cullen Jones.
“Every time you hit the water,
you try to swim fast,” Sands said.
“(Jones) won ACCs last year and
made it to the NCAAs, so it’s always
good to win against good competi
tion.”
In a match in which UNC
competed against young swim
mers from teams such as the
North Carolina Aquatic Club, the
Greensboro Swimming Association
and the Chapel Hill YMCA, it
was the Tar Heel freshmen who
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shined.
In the 200-yard women’s free
style relay, in which the UNC
teams were grouped by class, the
freshman combination of Lindsey
Marck, Lindsay Donald, Karen
Gately and Kelsey Morrissy took
first place with a time of 1 minute,
36.24 seconds.
“No matter what type of meet
it was, it brings us together
because we’re cheering for each
other and supporting each other,”
Morrissy said. “So it’s definitely a
good foundation for the weeks to
come.”
Comfort agreed that the prog
ress of the team has been and
should continue to move in a posi
tive direction.
“We’re developing at a wonderful
pace,” Comfort said. “I’m delighted
with what we’re doing right now.”
Juniors Patrick Woodruff and
Amanda Smith each collected first
place finishes in the 400-yard indi
vidual medley with times of 4:06.11
and 4:23.44, respectively.
The meet also gave UNC a
chance to test its ability to swim
tired after a rigorous practice the
previous evening.
“It’s kind of nice to see where
you’re going, how you’re swimming
tired and how things are going to
be because you’re not going to rest
for every meet,” Sands said.
“You’re not going to be excited
for every meet. It’s just kind of
good to get a swim under your belt
where the pressure’s not on.”
Friday’s meet gives North
Carolina a break before the season
heats up again in the next couple
of weeks.
“I don’t want to spend a whole
lot of mental energy on this meet,”
Comfort said. “Next week, we have
Virginia Tech, Richmond and
Minnesota. That’s where we want
to be focused.”
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