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BY BRIANA GORMAN
SENIOR WRITER
SOUTH BEND, Ind. lt’s not
every day that North Carolina gets to
play against one of the most storied
football programs in the country.
Notre Dame boasts 11 national
championships, seven Heisman
TVophy winners, five College Football
Hall of Fame coaches, the second
highest winning percentage in his
tory at 74 and of course, the classic
sports movie, “Rudy.”
With football ranking above
almost everything but God at the
Catholic university, it was no won
der that the Tar Heels felt a little
extra motivated Saturday when they
stepped onto the field of Notre Dame
Stadium in front 0f80,795 people.
“I always told myself, ‘I want to
play very hard because I know it’s a
great football school’ and just tried
to come out and perform to the best
of my ability,” said wide receiver
Hakeem Nicks, who had a career
high six catches for 171 yards and
two touchdowns in the 45-26 loss.
Nicks said the team visited the
College Football Hall of Fame on
Friday, which got them thinking
about the pageantry of Notre Dame
even more.
But Nicks wasn’t the only player
to be aware of the significance of
playing the Fighting Irish. After
Tar Heels nab two wins in dual meet
BY BRIAN WILLETT
STAFF WRITER
The North Carolina swimming
and diving teams faced more tough
competition as they hosted a dou
ble-dual meet with the University
of Minnesota and the University of
Richmond on Friday and Saturday
at Koury Natatorium.
The UNC women posted impres
sive victories, defeating Minnesota
212-158 and Richmond 284-86.
The team won five events overall,
with junior Lindsey Marck finish
ing first in the 100-yard butterfly
and 400-yard medley relay.
“Last year this meet was really
close, so coming into it we knew we
were going to have to swim fast,”
Marck said.
The intensity paid off, as the
UNC women led both opponents
through the first day of competi
tion and never looked back.
Marck continued her unbeaten
streak in the 200-yard butter
fly Friday, while senior Lauren
Karatanevski took first in the 3-
meter diving competition and
freshman Alison Clemens won the
100-yard breaststroke.
“We were elated about the wom
en’s performance,” coach Frank
Comfort said. “They were 16th and
we were 22nd in the rankings, so it
was a significant win.”
Freshman Megan Steeves swam
strongly on both days of competi
Men’s basketball ranked No. 2
FROM WIRE REPORTS
The North Carolina men’s bas
ketball team was ranked No. 2 in
the preseason Associated Press
poll for 2006-07.
The Tar Heels, who also were
ranked second in the preseason
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll,
trailed only defending NCAA
champion Florida in the first AP
poll of the season.
Florida received 63 of 72 first
place votes and Carolina received
the other nine. Florida tallied
1,788 overall points in the poll,
while the Tar Heels had 1,704.
No. 3 Kansas, No. 4 Pittsburgh
and No. 5 Louisiana State rounded
out the top 5.
The rest of the top 10 is No. 6
UCLA, No. 7 Ohio State, No. 8
Georgetown, No. 9 Wisconsin and
No. 10 Arizona.
Other ACC teams in the AP pre
season poll include No. 12 Duke,
No. 15 Boston College and No. 23
Georgia Tech.
UNC will tip off its 2006-07
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the game freshman cornerback
Jermaine Strong found Irish quar
terback and Heisman TVophy can
didate, Brady Quinn, to congratu
late him on the win. Strong said the
two spoke briefly, and Quinn told
him to keep his head up and keep
working hard.
“It’s a dream come true,” Strong
said. “Asa little kid you watch
Notre Dame, you know about
Notre Dame. You never dream
about coming to play in the stadi
um against the coach from the New
England Patriots. It’s just a dream
come true.”
Connor no longer perfect
Junior kicker Connor Barth had
not one, but two field goals blocked
by the Fighting Irish, which ended
his streak of 43 consecutive extra
points. Barth’s last missed PAT
was also blocked in the 2004 game
against Duke.
“We did not do a great job in those
A-gaps in protection, and we also,
I believe, had a couple low kicks,”
head coach John Bunting said.
“Talked with Connor about that on
the field a little bit. I think they were
low kicks. But also, we knew that
they were bringing great pressure.
TVemendous effort by those Notre
Dame defenders in those A-gaps on
tion, placing second in the 100-
yard backstroke Friday with a time
0f56.75. Steeves also placed first in
the 100-yard freestyle Saturday.
The UNC women also claimed
first place in the 200- and 400-
yard free relays Saturday, and
freshman Ashley Howard won the
200-yard backstroke.
“We swam awesome,” Marck said.
“We knew we were going to have to
swim our fastest to beat them.”
Victory eluded the North Carolina
men for the second time this sea
son, as they were defeated by the
University of Minnesota 238-132.
The weekend was not without
successes for the UNC men though,
as they took first in three events
Friday and four more Saturday.
“We all did really well,” junior
Ryan Funderburk said. “A lot of us
did personal bests.”
Funderburk was among that
group, posting personal bests of
371.95 in the 1-meter dive and
388.40 in the 3-meter dive and
winning both events.
Sophomore Yi-Khy Saw also
won two events for the UNC men.
Saw placed first in the 200-yard
butterfly Friday and the 400-yard
individual medley Saturday. His
medley performance was particu
larly impressive, as he shaved more
than four seconds off of the time he
posted against Georgia.
Freshmen Chip Peterson and
season on Nov. 14 in Charlotte
against Sacred Heart in the open
ing round of the Dick’s Sporting
Goods NIT Tip-Off.
Yael Averbuch nabs honors
Top Drawer Soccer named
North Carolina sophomore mid
fielder Yael Averbuch as its 2006
Women’s College Player of the
Season on Monday while award
ing Averbuch as well as senior
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to his second of as many touchdowns against Notre Dame on Saturday.
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Saturday was the 17th meeting
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Freshman Annie Norton competes in the women's 200-yard breast stroke
during the Tar Heels' double-dual meet on Saturday at Koury Natatorium.
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freestyle and 200-yard backstroke,
respectively.
Despite the highlights,
Minnesota proved to be too much
for the Tar Heels.
“Minnesota is one of the best
teams in the country,” Comfort
said. “That’s all there is to it. We
raced well, and we’re thrilled to
have such great competition.”
Though faced with two tough
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the once-beaten Tar Heels as they
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Heels did score in the 45-26 rout
were significant because it was the
first time they have scored in Notre
Dame Stadium since 1962. In the
previous three games in South
Bend, UNC was shut out, includ
ing a 16-0 loss in 1971 in which
Bunting had 20 tackles.
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teams so far this year, the UNC
squads are far from discouraged.
“We start off the year with the
toughest teams we can, and that’s
our intention, to get the ball roll
ing,” Funderburk said. “It puts us
in the right direction.”
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Crane follows
UNC golf roots
BY BRIAN WILLETT
STAFF WRITER
You’ve heard of the Mannings,
the Griffeys, the Earnhardts. Maybe
you’re familiar with the Alis, the
Hulls, and the Alous as well.
Across the world of sports, tal
ent sometimes has a funny way of
running in the family.
The world ofNorth Carolina wom
en’s golf is no exception. Sophomore
standout Sydney Crane is continuing
a family tradition at UNC, where her
Sophomore
Sydney Crane
is the fourth
UNC player
from her family.
But there is more to Crane’s
game than just family history. She
hasn’t relied solely on her family
for success and has done plenty to
make a name for herself.
Since beginning her career in
sixth grade, Crane has had her
share of victories, playing on the
men’s golf team in high school
and winning the Twin States
Junior Girls’ Championship and
the Gatorade Will To Win Athlete
Award in 2005.
“I always wanted to come here,”
Crane said about choosing UNC. “I
didn't need encouragement.”
Crane’s collegiate career has been
one marked by triumph as well
she started in all but one of North
Carolina’s events in the spring of her
freshman year and earned her first
top 15 finish this fall.
Family legacy or not, such
accomplishments have been all
Crane.
“My parents never coached me
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or anything,” she said. “My mom
takes me to tournaments in the
summer. And of course, they pay
for everything.”
Anyone who has seen Crane golf,
though, might question the need
for any outside assistance.
Her game is marked by con
sistent, straight shooting and an
uncanny ability to maintain rhythm
under pressure.
Coach Sally Austin attributes
much of Crane’s success to her
persistent attitude and on-course
demeanor.
“Sydney has a great disposition
to golf” Austin said. “She assesses
herself fairly. She looks at her weak
nesses objectively and uses her
mistakes to improve her game.”
Improvement has been a key
factor in Crane’s tenure at UNC.
At the Lady Tar Heel Invitational
in October, she shot a lower score
in each consecutive round and tied
for fourth place on the team.
At the following week’s
Mercedes-Benz Championship, she
finished strongly again, moving up
six spots in the ranking because of
her final round performance.
Crane also has shown progress
in areas that cannot be measured
merely by statistics. Her teammates
have noted a big difference in her
game between this year and last.
“She’s more consistent and
has been growing and maturing,"
Miller said. “I think Sydney has
become truly comfortable.”
The level of comfort Crane has
reached allows her to overcome
the pressure and expectations of
having a prominent family in the
North Carolina golf community.
“There’s probably some pres
sure there, but she uses it as more
of a motivating factor,” Austin said.
“But she’s not doing this because of
her mother or aunts. She’s doing it
for Sydney Crane.”
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mother, Sheree,
and her aunts,
Page and Amber
also golfed.
“My whole
family plays golf,”
she said. “My
dad played golf
at High Point.”
Senior golfer
Katie Miller
said, “Their
family name is
well known in
Carolina.”
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