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MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2005
Daly and Donohue
dominate for UNC
FROM WIRE REPORTS
North Carolina seniors Matt
Daly and Erin Donohue recorded
individual event wins to highlight
the final day of competition at the
Niswonger Invitational in Johnson
City, Tenn. Donohue won the mile
run in 4 minutes, 47.36 seconds a
day after winning the 800-meter,
making her the only dual winner
of the meet for the Tar Heels. Daly
triumphed in the 5,000-meter run,
edging Derek Nakluski of High
Point by one hundredth of a sec
ond, finishing in 15:07.26.
Junior Cassie King finished just
behind her teammate, taking third
in the mile in 4:51.31. Sophomore
Megan Kaltenbach was fifth in the
3,000, finishing in 10:03.47. Two
North Carolina runners finished in
the top five of the women’s 5,000,
as junior Jessica Perry took third
in 18:02.76, while senior Nicole
Boykin was fourth in 18:26.94.
The men were strong in the
5,000 as well. Jesse Rappole joined
Daly in the top five as he took fifth
in 15:19.26.
Senior Kevin Watson and sopho
more Porscha Dobson led the UNC
hurdlers on Saturday. Dobson
finished third in the women’s 60-
meter hurdles with a time of 8.71,
while Watson was fourth in the
men’s 60-meter hurdles invita
tional, finishing in 8.03.
Junior Sheena Gordon con
tinued her strong weekend in the
jumps. One day after finishing
third in the triple jump, Gordon
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took second in the high jump with
a mark of 5-10 3/4.
The North Carolina relay teams
had a pair of strong performances
as well. The women’s 1,600-meter
relay team finished second in
3:45.57. The Tar Heel men also
turned in a runner-up showing,
coming in just behind Alabama in
the distance medley with a time of
10:02.68.
Saturday concluded a solid
weekend for UNC. Friday saw
freshman Alison McGinnis and
sophomore Georgia Kloss finish
second in the pole vault and 800-
meter run, respectively. Sophomore
Kelly Fazekas was third in Friday’s
shot put.
The Tar Heels return home
next weekend for the UNC
Invitational.
Tar Heel fencers rule Duals
EVANSTON, 111. - The North
Carolina men's and women's fenc
ing teams had a successful week
end at the Northwestern Duals as
the Tar Heel men cruised to an 8-
1 finish, and the women finished
7-3.
The men’s team dominated the
duals, with their only loss coming
by a point to U.C. San Diego, 14-
13.
The women’s team also com
peted well against tough com
petition, falling only to No. 6
Northwestern, No. 10 Temple and
Wayne St.
Sports
Tar Heels sweep 2 in opener
Freshmen victorious in collegiate debuts
BY BRIANA GORMAN
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The No. 18 North Carolina
men’s tennis team showed no
signs of fatigue during its sec
ond match of a doubleheader
Saturday.
UNC opened its season by
sweeping both Davidson and N.C.
A&T at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis
Center, 7-0,7-0.
“We brought a lot of energy out
today,” said team captain Jonathan
Janda. “Just a lot of intensity and
focus. Overall, we played very
well.”
Janda won his singles match
6-0, 6-2 against Davidson’s Matt
Hartman.
He then teamed up with North
Carolina freshman David Stone for
doubles, and the pair went unde
feated for the day. They dominated
the Wildcats 8-4 and the Aggies 8-
Gymnasts win seventh straight
Trusty leads UNC to take down Tribe
FROM WIRE REPORTS
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - North
Carolina’s gymnasts landed a score
of 195.10 Friday night to beat
William & Mary in both teams’
second competition of the 2005
season. The Tribe scored a 189.30
in its first of two home meets this
year and its second 2005 faceoff
with UNC. The Tar Heels’ record
improves to 7-0 after two meets
this season.
“The girls did very well,” said
head coach Derek Galvin. “I was
pleased with their performance,
especially for a second meet. We
had several girls really step up and
perform well tonight.”
Senior Olivia Trusty won the
all-around with a score of 39.25,
her highest total of the two meets
so far this season. She repeated
a win on floor exercise and fin
ished in a three-way tie for first
place on uneven bars. She was
in the top five on her remaining
events with a third-place finish
on vault and a tie for fifth on bal
ance beam.
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But despite the commanding
performance by North Carolina (2-
0), which prevented the Aggies (0-
1) from winning all but one game
in the top three singles matches,
UNC coach Sam Paul still thought
his team has a lot of work ahead
of them.
“It was a good little warm-up
match,” Paul said. “We’ve got a lot
of stuff to work on. We’ve got to
work harder. Our guys can work
harder than they’re working, but
they’re getting there.”
The Tar Heels used the day to get
the freshmen playing time and to
experience the pressure of playing
in front of a crowd. It paid off, as
newcomers Will Plyler and Stone
won the first NCAA dual matches
of their singles careers.
Plyler defeated N.C. A&T’s
Jerome Kirkland 6-2, 6-3. Stone
Junior Courtney Bumpers fin
ished second in the all-around but
had the highest individual event
score of the night with a 9.925 on
vault. She tied freshman Alice Xu
for the top spot on balance beam
after both gymnasts recorded a
9-90. Xu rallied back from a fall
on uneven bars in the Tar Heels’
opening event to finish beam with
the highest score she has had in her
two meets as a UNC gymnast.
Galvin said senior Elisabeth
Alsop’s performance was one of
the strongest of her college career.
Alsop competed on uneven bars,
balance beam and floor exercise
with no less than a third-place
finish. She tied Thisty and William
& Mary’s Brittany Gibbs for first
place on bars with a career-high
9.775.
The Tar Heels swept the top
four spots on vault and balance
beam and the top five on floor
exercise. They broke 49.0 on two
events, with a 49.225 on vault and
a 49.275 on balance beam.
was victorious against Russ Bums
of Davidson, 6-2, 6-3.
Freshman Benjamin Carlotti
also won both his matches, by a
score of 6-3, 6-4 against Davidson
and 6-1, 6-2 against N.C. A&T.
“We got some guys to play to
get some playing time,” Paul said.
“It was the first match first
dual match. We get to see some of
these guys perform under a little
bit of a crowd up here. It’s just
going to get a lot tougher from
here on out.”
The veteran players also pro
vided victories for UNC. Raian
Luchici, an All-ACC pick in
2004 who is ranked No. 65 in
the nation for collegiate singles,
won his singles matches against
Davidson (0-1) and N.C. A&T by
scores of 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0,
respectively.
Junior Brad Pomeroy won his
match against Davidson 6-2, 6-3
and only dropped one game to his
N.C. A&T opponent.
UVa. trounces Tar Heels
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
Despite a pair of wins each by
Lindsey Marck and Gia Santoro,
the North Carolina women’s
swimming and diving team fell
to 15th-ranked Virginia 179-119
in dual meet action Saturday. The
Cavaliers improved to 9-0 overall
and 4-0 in the ACC with the win
while UNC fell to 8-2 overall and
4-1 in the ACC.
Virginia dominated the meet
by winning the first four events to
build a solid early lead and sweep
ing all the freestyle events, which
added up to a lopsided win for
the Cavaliers against a UNC team
that was tied with Virginia in the
national rankings at 15th.
UNC won only five of 11 events
with freshman Lindsey Marck
and junior diver Gia Santoro each
claiming two victories. Marck won
the 200-yard butterfly in 2 minutes
and 0.14 seconds to lead a 1-2 Tar
Heel finish in that event. Santoro’s
score of 267.68 led her to victory
in the 1-meter dive as she keyed a
1-2-3 Tar Heel sweep.
On the men's side tenth-ranked
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Luchici and Pomeroy both
played at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots,
but Luchici said it’s not unusual to
be playing at different spots this
early in the season.
“I think that coach was try
ing to switch people around and
play them in different spots,” said
Luchici. “Number one counts just
as much as number six for our
team.”
The solid team effort from all
players contributed to the blowout
victory. But Paul said the Tar Heels
will continue to work hard so they
are prepared to face No. 34 Notre
Dame and No. 40 Northwestern in
a week.
“I’m really glad that everyone
played good,” Luchici said. “It’s
very good to start on a positive
note for the season. Hopefiilly, we
can keep it up, the hard work and
everything.”
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Virginia won 12 of 13 events to
score an easy 172-71 victory against
No. 19 North Carolina. The sole
event winner for the Tar Heels was
freshman Ben Herboth, who took
top honors in the three-meter div
ing competition.
Virginia remained undefeated
on the season with an 8-0 record
and a 3-0 mark in the Atlantic
Coast Conference. The Tar Heels
fell to 7-2 overall and 3-1 in the
ACC.
Herboth was the top performer
on the day for UNC as the fresh
man won the three-meter diving
with a score 0f329.62 points while
Tar Heel sophomore Jon Fox fin
ished second with 313.57 points.
On the swimming side, the
Tar Heels did have a decent start
to the meet as the Tar Heels fin
ished second and third in the
400-yard medley relay. Senior
Eddy Matkovic, sophomore Aaron
Burns, junior Josh Glasco and
sophomore Casey Kott were sec
ond with a time of 3:21.70.
Glasco had a second place
finish for the Tar Heels in the
200-yard butterfly with a time of
1:47.09.