Newspapers / Daily Tar Heel (Chapel … / Jan. 18, 2005, edition 1 / Page 11
Part of Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
She My (Ear Mrrl Senior pair propels UNC Mojzis, Cline sacrifice in team effort BY WILLIS ISLEY STAFF WRITER After she failed to capitalize on a return attempt, sophomore Jenna Long’s sigh of frustration echoed through the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center during Saturday’s women’s tennis match against UNC-Greensboro. Long and fellow sophomore Sara Anundsen, who were teamed up in the doubles matches, dropped the first set to Spartans Lisa Suggs and Erica Zabkar. “They started out a little slow,” said head coach Brian Kalbas. “But, I tried to get them to be aggressive on their returns. So, they started to play two back. "Once they got that freedom in their return game, they started to get on a roll and were able to fin ish strong.” After Kalbas’ coaching, the Swimmers remain undefeated in ACC Men and women dominate Clemson FROM WIRE REPORTS CLEMSON, S.C. - The North Carolina’s 15th-ranked women’s and 19th-ranked men’s swimming and diving teams remained unde feated in ACC dual meet action Saturday as they swept Clemson at McHugh Auditorium. Junior Lizzy Bruce won three individual events to power the Tar Heel women to a decisive 218-82 triumph against the Tigers, while freshman diver Ben Herboth and junior butterflier Josh Glasco both snared a pair of events to lead the men to a 172-128 victory. UNC’s women won their seventh straight dual meet of the season since a season-opening loss to top WAKE FOREST FROM PAGE 16 ethic. He can also read and watch television, so he knew the magni tude of this game, and I think he stepped up to the challenge and rose to the occasion today.” And then there were the free throws. After McCants cut the lead to seven with 1:51 remaining, Wake converted all 10 of its free throw attempts to ice the victory in the only meeting between the two rivals. “I think that if you follow us, you will see (the free-throw accu racy) as an aberration,” Prosser said. “We needed all 32 of those, especially down the stretch. We knew Carolina would make a run, so I’m glad we made our free throws.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. Wake Forest 95, UNC 82 Worth Carolina 33 49 82 Waks Forest 43 52 95 North CoroHno (821 fg ft rb min m-a nva o-t a pf tp J.WAams 30 3-8 4 4 2-3 3 2 12 May 29 3-9 3-3 4-9 0 2 9 Felton 36 5-18 07 0-2 5 3 16 Manuel 19 1-2 00 1-2 2 5 2 McCants 20 8-12 3-5 0-1 1 4 19 Scott 12 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 Terry 3 1-2 0-0 00 0 0 3 Thomas 5 OO 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 MWfcams2l 4-6 6-6 3-7 0 5 15 Noel 25 2-7 0-1 2-8 3 5 6 Total 200 27-67 21-26 17-38 15 28 82 Percentages FG .403. FT 808 3-point goals 7- 25 .280 (J.Williams 2-6. Noel 24. Felton 1-7. Terry 1-2. M.WiHiams 1-2. McCants 0-2, Manuel 0-1. Scott 0-1). Team rebounds 6. Blocked shots —3 (Felton, McCants, M.WiHiams). Turnovers l6 (M.WiHiams 4. J.Williams 3, May 3, Felton 2. Manuel, Thomas, Noel, Team). Steals 6 (Felton 3, J.Williams. May. Thomas). Wake Forest (95) fg ft rb rain mt ms ot a pf tp levy 33 1-5 44 1-8 J 2 6 DaneSu* 21 2-5 6-6 5-7 0 4 11 WHHams 24 4-6 00 14 0 5 8 Gray 25 3-12 44 1-1 2 3 13 Paul 34 8-8 9-9 1-6 8 2 26 m 19 34 44 2-3 0 1 11 Downey 26 5-9 5-6 04 1 1 18 Strickland 13 0-2 00 14 2 2 0 Vos or 5 1-1 00 00 0 3 2 Total 200 27-62 32-32 14-39 14 23 95 Percentages - FG 435. FT 1.00 3pont goals - 9-21 .429 (Gray 3-9, Downey 3-6, Daneiius 1-2, Paul 1-2, Ellis 1-1, Strickland 0-1) Team rebounds 2 Blocked shots 6 (levy 3. Daneiius 2. Ellis) Turnovers l4 (Williams 4, Gray 4, Downey 2, Daneiius. Paul, EHis, Strickland). Steals ll (Paul 5. levy, Williams. Gray, Ellis, Downey, Strickland) Technical fouls - None Attendance - 14,665. LITTLE FROM PAGE 16 gear,” UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said after Friday’s victory. “‘We believe in you, we’re going to get it to you, and you’re going to step it up,’” Hatchell added, reminding Little of her 2003-04 ACC Rookie of the Year award. Little held Miami’s Tamara James to zero points in the first half of Monday’s game and to four points until Little’s exit late in the second half. “(James is) the engine that makes them go,” Hatchell said. “I thought Camille did an outstand ing job on her.” James has averaged 24.5 points per game this season and shoots pair stepped back onto the court. Another good serve from the Spartans led to a meeting between the two Tar Heels. The huddle did the trick, as Long smashed a return well enough that neither Suggs nor Zabkar was able to reach it. Anundsen and Long continued to rally, dropping only two more sets in the match as they defeated Suggs and Zabkar 8-3. The fifteenth-ranked Tar Heels only lost 15 total sets in the three doubles and six singles matches in the later match against UNC- G. The Tar Heels improved to 2-0 after they defeated Davidson 6-1 and the Spartans 7-0. Both ranked Tar Heels, No. 26 Aniela Mojzis and No. 37 Kendall Cline sacrificed playing together in doubles for the good of the ranked Georgia, and the Tar Heels moved to 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the ACC. The UNC men are now 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the league. The win by UNC’s men clinched their 66th successive season of having a winning or break even dual meet season, a streak which began in 1939-40. Bruce led the effort for the UNC women as she swept her main three events, taking the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes and also capturing the 200-yard individual medley. Bruce also joined with Meagan Eickman, Lindsey Marck and Kelsey Morrissy on the victori ous 200-yard medley relay squad. f 19fe DTH/LAURA MORTON North Carolina junior Rashad McCants (32) expresses his discontent during the Tar Heels' loss to Wake Forest in Winston-Salem on Saturday. McCants only played 20 minutes because of foul trouble but still put up 19 points. BACKCOURT FROM PAGE 16 Forest guards dominated North Carolina’s in a matchup pitting two of the best backcourts in the nation against each other. Wake’s trio of guards outscored UNC’s Raymond Felton, Rashad McCants and Jackie Manuel 57-37 as McCants and Manuel both were hampered by foul trouble. Paul, the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, lived up to the hype Saturday, scoring 26 points and dishing out eight assists to one turn over. He also grabbed six rebounds and picked up five steals. “He’s got an instinct of getting to the basket, he’s got the ability to get to the basket, hang, draw the foul and finish the play,” said UNC head coach Roy Williams. “He’s got a slight build, he’s not Arnold Schwarzenegger, but he plays like he is that size.” Paul also was able to keep Raymond Felton in check, hold ing the Ihr Heel point guard to 16 points on 5-of-18 shooting. But after the game, Paul deflect ed the attention to Downey, who 52.6 percent from the field. “They were doubling up when I caught the ball,” James said. “When I shot and drove, they were coming over. I basically had to dish off to other players.” Hatchell wanted her starting for ward to concentrate on her defen sive presence. “I told (Little), ‘l’ve seen you just shut people down even when you were a freshman last year,’” Hatchell said. “‘I just want you to play defense and rebound today and let the offense come to you.’” And that’s exactly what Little did. She led the team in defensive rebounds with six and added one block and three steals. Little Sports team. The pair, who as a doubles team are ranked fourteenth nationally, each played with a freshman. Mojzis played with Charlotte Tansill, who had won both her singles match 6-2, 6-3, and dou bles match 8-1, earlier in the day against Davidson College, and would go on to win both of her later matches as well. Cline teamed up with Alexandra Jurewitz, who had recorded a sin gles loss, 7-5, 6-2, the only of the day, to the Wildcats. “They are incredible players,” Kalbas said of Mojzis and Cline. “But they are even better people. When we put each of them with a freshman, they just led that freshman, and they communi cated with them and sacrificed so much of their individual statistics for the team.” The two seniors made an impact, as each won all four of their matches on the day, includ Marck tallied four wins as she took the 100- and 200-yard butterfly events and swam on the winning 200 medley and 400-yard freestyle relays. Another outstanding fresh man, Morrissy, swam on both win ning relays, and she also won the 50-yard freestyle. Eickman, senior tri-captain Virginia Hanson and junior Leila Martin were all involved in two event wins for the Tar Heel women as each swimmer won one event and also swam on a victorious relay. Overall, UNC won 13 of the 16 events in the meet. The North Carolina men found themselves in a tighter battle with Clemson but the Tar Heels gut ted out some close wins , and they eventually pulled away from the Tigers in the team score. scored a season-high 18 points off the bench. “I’m just happy to be a catalyst on the team and try to get my guys open shots,” Paul said. “Taron Downey was definitely the MVP of the game.” Paul added, “I told Downey, Whenever I go in the lane, be ready to shoot. I don’t care if two people are in your face, just let it go. 1 ” That strategy worked, particu larly in the first half. With the Demon Deacons trailing 13-8, Downey nailed three straight 3-pointers in a 90-second span. UNC never led after that point and only tied the score once. “You can definitely feel it when it’s going in. I was like, ‘Oh God, this is going to be a good night for us,’” Downey said. “After I hit it, I was just happy, and I wanted to get another one off. That’s what you want to do when you’re on.” Wake’s dominant guard play was certainly aided by UNC’s foul trouble. Manuel, the team’s defensive stopper, fouled out with more than seven minutes left, and McCants played basically the entire second currently has a team-high of 42 steals. Her offensive effort came through just as Hatchell predicted, and Little tied for the team’s sec ond-highest scorer with 15 points Monday, sinking all three of her free throws. “She’s got a lot of presence out there, especially in the post,” said fellow sophomore Ivory Latta. “I just throw it to her, and I just go to the other side. (The coaches) tell me to relocate, but there’s no need because she’s going to score, and I’ve just got to get back on defense. “She’s the total package.” UNC’s overall defensive pres ence impressed Miami coach Feme Labati. ing defeating Davidson’s No. 1 doubles pair, 8-3. Mojzis’ record improved to 11-4 on the year, and Cline’s to 16-2. In doubles play, they are 11-1 on the season. North Carolina is looking to build upon these two wins as it enters its regular season sched ule. Next week, the team will face a Tennessee club that they lost to in the NCAA Tournament, and North Carolina will begin ACC play on February 16 at home against the Hokies of Virginia Tech. “We hadn’t played a match since November,” Kalbas said. “So, obviously it’s important to play these matches. Not that they are gimmies, but just to figure out what we need to do in the coming week.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. Herboth took top honors on both diving boards, while the vet eran Glasco picked up two but terfly wins. Senior Eddy Matkovic had the close win in the 100-yard backstroke and also swam on the winning 200-yard medley relay. Both junior Jon Albrecht and sophomore Casey Kott took part in both relay wins for North Carolina. UNC had a balanced effort, win ning 10 of 16 events overall. Seniors Reid Owen and John Hartmann both had individual wins as did junior Patrick Woodruff as the Tar Heels excelled in the longer dis tances. North Carolina will be back in action when they host Johns Hopkins at Koury Natatorium Wednesday at 2 p.m. half with four fouls. Combined, the two starters only played 39 minutes. But the Deacons had no answer for McCants when he was on the floor. The junior scored 19 points in just 20 minutes. “I’m really happy that he did get in foul trouble because he’s such a great player, he can hurt you in many ways,” Downey said. “For him to not be on the court, he can’t hurt us.” But as for who has the back court, at least for one day, Gray knew that too. “We feel like our backcourt is one of the best in the country. We feel like we could play with any one,” said Gray, who wore a brace on his right wrist following the game because he tore tendons in his wrist against Virginia. “When people talk about other guards, we take it kind of personally. “We want to be known as the best. Tonight, I think we had a better game than the Carolina guards.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. “They’re attacking and when they’re in their attack mode, they’re very difficult to beat,” Labati said. “In the State game, there wasn’t that kind of pressure. We were hoping they’d have that same strategy today with us, but they’re at their best.” While Labati cited the whole team as responsible for the change in defensive performance, it’s no coincidence that Little made a comeback from Friday’s game at N.C. State. “Camille’s an intelligent player,” Hatchell said. “She just has that extra sense. She just understands the game.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2005 Gymnasts vault to 6-0 start in season opener FROM WIRE REPORTS WASHINGTON, D.C. - National champion Courtney Bumpers took first place in the all around Sunday to lead the North Carolina gymnastics team to a win in its opening meet at the George Washington Invitational. The Tar Heels outscored six other teams for the top spot, including runner-up and former East Atlantic Gymnastics League opponent Towson ( 188.375) and host and new EAGL rival George Washington (187.0), who finished second and third, respectively. The win marked the third consecutive year that UNC has won the annual meet. The Tar Heels earned a team score of 190.85, a few points lower than what the team is used to scor ing in its season debut, but head coach Derek Galvin said the appli cation of stricter judging standards will force lower scores across the country in 2005. “The judging is going to be more stringent this year,” Galvin said. “The team and individual scores will consequently not be as high on average, but this will create more separation between teams and ath letes so that the ones with better skills and more difficult routines will stand out more.” Bumpers won the all-around with a score 0f38.90. Junior Mikel Hester finished second and senior Olivia Trusty was third. Bumpers also took first on uneven bars and balance beam, second on floor exercise and tied for fourth place on vault. Galvin said he was impressed with Bumpers’ performance on bars, which is nor mally her weakest event. Trusty also stood out for the Tar Heels with first place finishes on vault and floor exercise and a run ner-up spot on uneven bars. She earned an all-around total 0f38.20. Although UNC won every event, vault was the strongest. Trusty’s win led the way, and the Tar Heels had five of the top eight performers on the event. “I was pleased with the quality of execution for our first meet,” MIAMI FROM PAGE 16 including 0-for-6 from behind the 3-point line. James finished the game with only 12 points, less than half of her ACC leading 24.5 points per game. Overall, UNC forced the Hurricanes (8-8, 0-3) to com mit 23 turnovers while holding them to just 31.2 percent from the field. “We thought the key to the game was if we could do a good job against (North Carolina’s) defen sive pressure,” said Miami coach Feme Labati. “But we didn’t, and we got rattled, and it hurt the whole momentum of the game for us.” UNC’s defensive pressure was handled with a bit more success during Friday’s matchup against N.C. State. The No. 8 Tar Heels had to bat tle back from a 10-point deficit in the second half before defeating the Wolfpack 77-75 at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh. Larkins posted a career-high 23 points, and Latta added 18 of her own, connecting on all 10 of her free throws the final two of which came with 17.3 seconds left in the midst of N.C. State fans chanting “choke.” Following Latta’s free throws that put UNC up 77-74, Wolfpack sharpshooter Rachel Stockdale almost connected on a four-point play with 6.5 seconds remaining. After sinking her first shot from the charity stripe, Stockdale mis fired on the second. In an attempt to give a teammate the chance to tie the score, she missed the third attempt on purpose. State forward Khadija Whittington, who led her squad with 20 points and five rebounds, came down with the rebound, but her shot was knocked away by UNC forward La’Tangela Atkinson. The Wolfpack (12-4, 1-2) inbounded the ball for one final play, but Ashley Key’s fadeaway 3-point attempt fell short of the rim. In the first half, North Carolina seemed affected by the bother some N.C. State crowd, as UNC shot just 31.3 percent from the field and committed 13 turn overs. But the following 20 minutes saw North Carolina shoot 63.6 percent and continue to capitalize from the free throw line, ending up with a 26-for-32 showing from the Galvin said. “We had a couple of falls on floor, but other than that, the quality of our routines and our expression was good.” With wins over six teams at the George Washington Invitational, UNC is now 6-0. The Tar Heels will return to action Friday when they take on the Tribe of William & Mary for the second time this season. The meet will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Williamsburg, Va. Wrestlers go 1-2 on weekend HAMPTON, Va. - The North Carolina wrestling team (2-2, 0-1 in the ACC) was eliminated in the second day of the Virginia Duals by Missouri on Saturday. The Tar Heels fell to the 12th-ranked Tigers by a final score of 25-13. UNC sophomore Bobby Shaw got the Tar Heels off to an early lead with a 9-7 overtime victory against Missouri’s Tim Kephart in the 125-pound weight class. The next match featured two of the top 133-pounders in the country. UNC’s Evan Sola (#l3) defeated Missouri’s lyler McCormick (#2O) with a score of 6-1 to give the Tar Heels a 6-0 lead heading into the 141-pound match. Missouri went on to claim victories in six of the remaining eight matches including falls in the 157-pound and 174-pound weight classes. North Carolina freshman Chris Ramos and sophomore Spencer Nadolsky made contributions with decisions over their opponents in the 149-pound and heavyweight classes, respectively. UNC rebounded from a 26-12 loss to sixth-ranked Nebraska in the opening round Friday and went on to defeat ACC rival Virginia, 25-9, in the consola tion bracket. With the victory over the Cavaliers, the Tar Heels remained alive in the tourney to face Missouri, who lost to seventh seeded Chattanooga. North Carolina returns to action on Friday, January 21, when the team faces Virginia in Chapel Hill. “After that game, I feel like I need a wheelchair. But I’ll he all right ...just gotta keep going .” IVORY LATTA, UNC POINT GUARD line for the game. “I thought we made some good adjustments after halftime,” North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell said after Friday night’s game. “We got the ball inside and did a good job of rebounding. I think we just played with a lot of heart.” North Carolina’s heart and aggressive play against its oppo nents this weekend can take the majority of the credit for bringing about its first two ACC victories of the season. And after Friday’s physical con test, Latta summed up how she and her teammates refuse to let up. “After that game, I feel like I need a wheelchair,” she said. “But I’ll be all right... just gotta keep going.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu. UNC 83, Miami 52 Mimi 20 32 52 North Carolina 45 38 83 Miami (52) fg ft rb min m-e m-a o-t a pf tp Dhahabu 36 5-12 0-0 6-7 0 5 10 TJames 40 4-15 4-6 2-8 4 3 12 Grimsley 29 6-12 2-2 14 2 4 15 Phanord 40 04 24 24 1 2 2 MoComrii3o 2-tI 00 03 4 2 6 Hayek 11 1-6 00 0-1 1 1 3 Curtis 10 1-2 00 00 2 2 2 Dames 4 1-2 00 1-1 0 0 2 Total 200 20*64 8-12 14-33 14 19 52 Percentages - FG .312, FT .667 3-polnt goals - 4-21 .190 (McCormick 2-6, Hayek 1-5, Grimsley 14, TJames O 6) Team rebounds - 5 Blocked shots - 2 (Dhahabu 2) Turnovers 23 (McCormick 8. Phanord 5. Grimsley 4, T James 2, Curtis 2, Dhahabu, Team). Steals - 11 (T James 4, Phanord 3. McCormick 3, Grimsley). North Carolina (83) fg ft rb min me m-a o-t a pf tp Beil 22 2-9 0-2 1-8 4 2 4 little 27 6-9 3-3 1-7 1 1 15 Larkins 24 5-6 5-7 1-3 4 1 15 Atkinson 23 5-7 00 24 2 1 10 Latta 32 1016 01 07 6 1 24 Metcalf 22 00 2-2 01 6 3 2 Nelms 10 14 00 1-3 0 1 2 Mcßee 11 1-3 00 1-1 0 2 3 Pringle 14 01 44 5-7 0 1 4 SeH 7 1-2 00 02 0 0 2 Miller 4 00 1-2 00 1 1 t Tucker 4 02 1-2 01 0 1 1 Total 200 31-68 16-23 1244 24 15 83 Percentages - FG .538. FT 696 3point goals - 5-11 455 (Latta 4-9, Mcßee 1-1, Sell OH Team rebounds - 0 Blocked shots - 4 (Little. Larkins, Atkinson, Pringle). Turnovers - 19 (Latta 8. little 3, Atkinson 2, Mcßee 2, BeH Larkins. Metcalf. Sell). Btea!e - 18 (Bell 3. Little 3. Latta 3. Metcalf 3. Larkins 2. Atkinson 2. Mcßee. Tucker). Technical fouls None. Attendance 3.768 11
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 18, 2005, edition 1
11
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75