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FROM WIRE REPORTS
The North Carolina wrestlers
started the day with a 37-9 victory
against the Citadel and then fol
lowed with a dominating takedown
of Campbell 46-6 on Saturday at
Carmichael Auditorium.
In the precursor to the ACC
Championships, UNC had little
trouble with the competition, as
the team combined for six falls, two
major decisions and six tech falls on
the day as nine different Tar Heels
went unbeaten.
The Tar Heels are off for two
weeks before they travel to
College Park, Md., for the ACC
Championships. The Heels ended
the regular season with a 10-6
record overall, 3-2 in the ACC.
SWIMMING & DIVING
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ATLANTA The North Carolina
women's swimming and diving
team finished second at the 2008
Atlantic Coast Conference Women's
Swimming and Diving Championships
on Saturday at the Georgia Tech
Aquatics Center.
Whitney Sprague won her second
straight championship in the 1,650-
yard freestyle. The 400-yard freestyle
relay team established anew school
record.
Virginia won the ACC champion
ship with 800 team points, followed
by North Carolina with 572.
BASEBALL
BOCA RATON, Fla. Sophomore
right fielder Tim Fedroff lifted No. 2
North Carolina to an improbable
8-7 comeback win against Florida
Atlantic on Sunday with a go-ahead,
two-run home run in the top of the
ninth at FAU Stadium.
The Tar Heels (3-0) trailed by three
runs heading into the final inning but
rallied to sweep the season-opening
series from the Owls (0-3).
UNC opens its home slate Tuesday
against No. 25 Old Dominion at
Cary's USA Baseball National Training
Complex. The first pitch is scheduled
for 3:30 p.m.
INSIDE
The UNC track and field squads
had a Saturday tune-up before this
week's ACCs. See pg. 13 for story.
The men's tennis team returned to
Chapel Hill and beat VCU on Sunday to
improve to 7-3. See pg. 11 for story.
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Sports Monday
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Sophomore guard Wayne Ellington drives to the hoop during North Carolina's 89-73 victory against ACC rival
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Tar Heels end losing
streak with ND win
BY JOE MCLEAN
STAff WRITER
A chance at redemption was in
sight for the North Carolina wom
en’s tennis team Friday night The
Tar Heels had taken the doubles
point —and the momentum—
from No. 2 Northwestern, the
team that ended UNC s run at the
ITA National Indoors on Feb. 9
with a 4-0 decision.
But again the Wildcats’ depth
was too much for the Tar Heels,
who fell 5-2 at the Cone-Kenfield
Tennis Center.
Sunday, however, No. 5 UNC
(7-4) ended
its three-game
losing streak
with a victory
against No. 15
Notre Dame,
6-1.
“Last time
we didn’t win
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Northwestern 5
UNC 2
Notre Dame 1
UNC 6
the doubles point, and we didn’t
give ourselves a chance to win,"
said UNC coach Brian Kalbas
of the team's match against
Northwestern. “1 really felt that
we could have won this match."
Kalbas found an unlikely way
to change the doubles momen
tum breaking up the No. 7
doubles duo of Sanaz Marand
and Sophie Grabinski and pairing
Marand with Katrina Tsang. The
two sophomores, who never had
played as a doubles team before
Friday, took down the No. 10 pair
in the country with a resounding
8-1 victory.
"1 really would believe in any
pairing that Brian puts together,'
said Tsang, who added that she'd
practiced only once with Marand
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Katrina Tsang powers a backhand against No. 2 Northwestern on
Friday. North Carolina lost to Northwestern but defeated Notre Dame.
before Friday.
Tsang and Marand, each ranked
in the top 30 as individuals, could
be a formidable combination as
they gain experience together.
“They have a lot of potential,"
Kalbas said. “Their games compli
ment each other really well.’
Marand managed to carry her
momentum into a singles win,
but all five other Tar Heels lost in
singles in straight sets against a
supremely talented Northwestern
lineup with five ranked players.
“We were definitely a tired team
when we played them in Wisconsin
(in the ITA Nationals), but this
time we were really hungry and
fresh, and I think we made them
earn it," Tsang said.
Two days later against Notre
Dame, Tsang and Marand picked
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up right where they left off and
were leading the No. 3 pair in
the country 4-3. They eventually
lost 8-5, but it was of little conse
quence in the team meet as UNC
won the doubles point and five of
six singles matches.
Junior Grabinski won once and
lost once while filling-in for the
injured Jelena Durisic during the
weekend. She had played in singles
twice before this weekend but likely
will take a permanent spot in the
lineup while Durisic recovers from
an ACL tear against Florida.
“We needed another player to
step in,... and 1 can see her mov
ing up the lineup, the way she’s
playing," Kalbas said.
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SOFTBALL UNC 7 Florida State 4
UNC outlasts
Wake for win
BY NICOLE LUKOSIUS
SENIOR WRITER
’ It seems to be just what North
Carolina has come to expect.
Whenever time is winding
down —and there is big-play
potential the ball seems to end
up in the hands of sophomore
guard Wayne
Ellington.
Luckily for
the No. 3 Tar
Heels, he has
been able to
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BASKETBALL
Wake Forest 73
UNC 89
come through just as he did
with 3.3 seconds remaining in the
first half against Wake Forest.
The ball was in-bounded, and
Ellington elevated to snag the
ball over the head of a Deacon
defender. He immediately
launched a shot beyond the arc
as time ran out, and sure enough,
it found the bottom of the net.
UNC (26-2, 11-2 ACC)
bounded for the locker room
Free throws key
in conference win
BY GRAY CALDWELL
SENIOR WRITER
North Carolina has an uncan
ny ability to get to the free throw
line —and a convenient knack for
making shots once it gets there.
In Sunday's 89-73 win against
Wake Forest, the Tar Heels shot
34 free throws, making 26. WFU
made just eight of its 17.
And there were more dif
ference-makers in the game
than just free throws TVler
Hansbrough’s 29 points and
Danny Green’s 15 points and
nine rebounds off the bench, for
example. But the performance
at the line sure didn’t hurt, and
fouls were a big part of the win.
“Our style of play, the other
team is going to get in foul trou
ble,” UNC coach Roy Williams
said. “It’s not just the guys in
striped shirts because we’re
going to throw the ball inside,
we’re going to attack the basket,
and we're not going to shoot 3-
point shots all the time."
That strategy payed divi
dends Sunday as all five Demon
Barrage of early
goals propels UNC
BY ANNA KIM
STAFF WRITER
Albany’s Great Danes could
not keep on the heels of the North
Carolina women’s lacrosse team
after a first-period rout boosted
the Tar Heels to an 18-6 win.
The No. 3 Tar Heels (3-0) got
off to an early start Saturday after
noon at Fetzer Field, outscoring
Albany 11-0 in the first half. The
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UNC 18
Corey Donohoe less than four
minutes into the game.
Donohoe led UNC with five
points, contributing four goals and
one assist. Junior Chelsea Parks
and sophomore Kristen Taylor
finished with four points each.
But it wasn’t just a three
woman show, as eight different
players scored and five had assists
in the first half.
“Our low attackers and mid
dies all have the ability to score,”
Tar Heel coach Jenny Levy said.
"You can’t just mark out one kid
at one specific part of our game
plan and take away our offense."
UNC’s pressure defense forced
Albany into some early miscues.
and the Tar Heels took advan
tage. After North Carolina's third
straight goal at 15:20, Albany
needed a timeout.
The UNC offense continued
to score in all manners of attack,
patiently exploiting Albany’s
defense in the first 30 minutes.
“There was so much open in
transition and settled in that we
didn’t know what decision to make
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with a nine-point lead. That
eventually would grow to as
many as 21 as the Tar Heels
were victorious in their fifth
straight game, while also hand
ing coach Roy Williams career
victory No. 550.
“We’re very happy that we
ended up on the good side of
the scoreboard." Williams said.
“The work on the backboards,
and getting some extra shots
was important for us.“
The Demon Deacons (16-
9, 6-6) came to Chapel Hill on
Sunday night still riding high
after their stunning defeat
against then-No. 2 Duke a week
earlier. And although they man
aged to do some things pretty
well. North Carolina just seemed
to do them better.
WFU managed to hit 48.3
percent of its shots, but a huge
disparity was seen at the charity
stripe. UNC attempted 34 free
throws on the night com
pared to only 17 for the Demon
Deacons. And even when Wake
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UNC's Tyler Hansbrough is
fouled by Wake Forest's James
Johnson on Sunday. The Tar
Heels attempted 36 free throws.
Deacon starters finished the
game with three or more fouls.
Wake Forest’s tallest player, 7-
foot Chas McFarland, picked up
his fourth foul just 48 seconds
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North Carolina’s Julia Ryan (8)
picks up a ground ball during
UNC’s 18-6 defeat of Albany on
Saturday. Ryan scored two goals.
with tKe ball,” Levy said. “We settled
into that and scored 11 points."
UNC’s offense can be credited for
the barrage of goals, but the defense
forced seven early turnovers and
kept Albany to four shot attempts.
“They help us out, causing turn
overs and getting our enthusiasm
up,” Donohoe said. “When they
make a big play, that makes us
want to score to show them that
we appreciate them.”
Coming out in the second half,
the Great Danes finally got on the
board. Albany found the net at the
28:18 mark in the second half for
its first goal of the game.
SEE LACROSSE, PAGE 13