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UNC falls short in race for Cup
Hoyas win by less than one second
BY ANNA KIM
STAfF WRITER
RALEIGH For the North
Carolina women's rowing team, suc
cess in the Carolina Cup on Saturday
at Lake Wheeler came down to fine
details and mere seconds.
UNC couldn’t quite pull out
a victory' in its second and final
home meet of the season, but the
growth exhibited by the youthful
Tar Heels took form in leaps and
bounds.
With the influx of freshman
talent, the team has strived for
unity —and exhibited it in com
petition.
“Every stroke you take that isn’t
perfectly in sync with the person
in front and behind you is going to
slow the boat down,” said senior co
captain Lisy Mclntee.
“So if you aren’t a unified team
and you don’t have a good dynam
ic, it’s going to show up on the
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paint after every missed shot, pulling
down 56 boards to UNC’s 44.
UNC trailed by as many as 18 in
the first half its largest deficit of
the season —but the Tar Heels knew
what they had to do and used their
experience to spark a comeback.
“1 wasn’t down and out," Pringle
said. “I just knew we weren’t play
ing our game, and we needed to
chip away at that lead little by little.
We had a goal to get it to 10 by half
time. and we did that.”
Pringle did her part, with 27
points on 8-for-13 shooting. But it
took some time for the rest of her
team to follow her lead.
The Tar Heels struggled to find
the bottom of the net in the first
half, shooting only 34.2 percent from
the field. So they made up for it on
the defensive end. North Carolina
disrupted the Cardinals' offensive
rhythm by trapping and pressing,
coming up with 17 steals and forc
ing 27 turnovers in the game.
Hatchell said she wanted her
team to keep up the pace and tempo,
but a key factor in the win was the
Tar Heels' ability to slow down
Louisville. The Cardinals racked up
transition baskets in the first half,
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to play in its third straight Final
Four, and it would be the fifth con
secutive trip for the Lady Tigers.
But one player who has been
instrumental in keeping the Tar
Heels in NCAA success and who
could push them to the next game
is totally green to the Elite Eight.
Freshman Cetera DeGraffenreid
assumed control of the point when
Alex Miller suffered a season-end
ing knee injury, and she hasn't
stopped running since.
“When Alex went out, we were a
little, not worried, but how would she
transition into playing more minutes
and kind of being the floor general
for us,” senior LaToya Pringle said.
“But it was a very easy transition.
“As far as coming in and playing
and fitting well, she didn’t have any
trouble with that at all*
DeGraffenreid's speed blends per
fectly with the Tar Heels’ fast-paced
offense. Hatchell said that her point
guard was ready to dish out assists
from the start but that she’s become
a bigger threat as she’s grown more
confident in her shooting.
Heading into tonight's matchup.
DeGraffenreid is averaging 11.8
points per game. She’ll need to
deliver that same kind of produc
tion to take down Quianna Chaney
and LSU's experienced backcourt,
which is filled with seniors.
But the biggest obstacle stand
ing in the way of North Carolina’s
road to the Final Four comes in the
form of 6-foot-6-inch SEC player of
the year Sylvia Fowles.
“She’s a great player. Not only
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What UNC showed on the lake
was a strong performance.
The women's two varsitv-eight
teams finished in first place in
three races and second-place in
one race. In the varsity four, the
team finished in second place both
its races.
“They’ve kind of reached and
exceeded our expectations" UNC
coach Sarah Haney said.
The Tar Heels fielded two var
sity-eight teams and one four team
in the meet
Those UNC squads compet
ed against teams from George
Mason, Delaware, Duke and
Georgetown.
And it was one of the varsity
eight races that determined which
team would take home the cup,
and it was close all the way to the
finish among UNC, Georgetown
and Delaware.
but the UNC defense didn't let them
run the same way after the break.
“In the second half they pressed
us, and I guess we didn’t han
dle it as well as we should,” said
Louisville’s Candyce Bingham, who
had 17 points and 20 rebounds.
Cardinal standout Angel
McCoughtry contributed all she
could for her team, leading all scor
ers with 35 points. It just wasn't
enough.
“She’s an amazing player. She
can do it a11... it's kind of hard to
contain her because she's so athlet
ic,* UNC junior Rashanda McCants
said. “One player can't win a whole
game, but she definitely tried."
On paper, the Tar Heels' win
wasn't pretty. They were out
rebounded by a double-digit mar
gin, committed 25 turnovers and
shot only 56.8 percent from the
free throw line.
But Hatchell looked at those sta
tistics and saw something different.
“You look at those numbers and
you still won, I see that as a positive
because I don’t think we're going to
play like that again,” she said. “You
find out what you’re made of when
your back’s against the wall.”
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with her size, but she’s so athletic,"
Hatchell said.
“Her feet are good. Her hands are
good. And she’s so mobile in there."
Larkins and Pringle will have
their hands full down low, but the
Tar Heels are hungry to get back to
the round of four, no matter what
they have to face to get there.
“I think all games from here on
THE LOWDOWN ON TONIGHT’S GAME
# Women's Basketball
LSU vs. North Carolina
New Orleans Arena, 7:32 p.m.
Broadcast: ESPN
(30-5) Radio: 1360WCHL (33-2)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Cetera DeGraffenreid has played like a vet
eran, but all three of LSU's starting senior ijSf-
Backcourt guards scored in double figures Saturday
against Oklahoma State. The numbers give
LSU a small advantage Edge: LSU
Sylvia Fowles has the ability to alter
shots with her height, but Erlana Larkins
FrontCOUrt and LaToya Pringle have squared off
against similar players, and the combma
tion of the two is too much. Edge: UNC
When Erlana Larkins struggled to contrib
ute her usual number of points Saturday.
Bench Jessica Breland came off the bench to
score 11 points, including six straight dur
ing an 8-0 UNC run. Edge: UNC
With Baton Rouge just a little outside New
Orleans, the crowd is sure to be packed
Intangibles with purple- and gold-dad fans to cheer
on the in state Lady Tigers. LSU will enjoy a
clear home-court advantage. Edge: LSU
The Bottom Line North Carolina 72, LSU 69
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Senior co
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helped the Tar
Heels place
second in the
Carolina Cup.
At the 1,000-meter mark
Georgetown began to pull away
gaining two seats and then a few
boat lengths of distance on UNC.
With 500 meters to go, UNC
began to regain ground on the
Hoyas. In a matter of seconds the
Tar Heels were neck and neck with
Georgetown while Delaware trailed
behind.
With 250 yards left in the
race, it looked as if it would be a
photo finish between UNC and
Georgetown.
Much like everything else in
rowing, the difference between
coming home with or without the
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out, it’s going to be a challenge,
and it’s not going to be easy,”
McCants said.
“So we’re going to have to just
bring our intensity and play hard,
or we’re going to go home. We don’t
want that.”
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Georgetown finished first and
took home the cup.
But the Tar Heels were more
than satisfied with their perfor
mance.
”We definitely try to stay away
from result-oriented goals,” Haney
said.
“We focus on how to do those
things we know we have to do
well, and the results will take care
of themselves."
And with the Tar Heels often
finishing neck-and-neck or boat
lengths ahead opponents, it seems
as though UNC could possibly join
the rowing elite.
“Their personalities just kind
of have this mind-set of taking
Carolina rowing to the next level,"
she said. "And our seniors arc lead
ing that for sure.”
One of those seniors is co-cap
tain Kathryn Winz, who echoed
Haney’s sentiments after the
meet.
“You can tell there’s a different
feel when we race."
The Tar Heels will compete in
the Knecht Cup on April 12 and
13 in their last meet before head
ing to the ACC Championships on
April 19.
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traded layups for free throws, as
UNC went 8-for-8 from the foul line
in the final 60 seconds.
“Teams are going to go on runs,
and they’re going to be up. It’s
going to happen,” said Green, who
went 6-for-6 from the line.
“How you react to what hap
pens shows how tough you are
mentally, and I think this team has
matured."
This maturity has translated
into a UNC team that is also a little
tougher, a little more patient and a
little more poised.
Just as Williams hoped, those
three things have catapulted the
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to understand that,” Fox said. "We
just didn't get it done; that's the
bottom line."
The Tar Heels’ defensive break
down included allowing 15 hits in
the second game —as opposed to
only five in the first.
“You can’t put your finger on it.
Sometimes that's just the way that
games go," Flack said. “We do need
to play a little bit better defense
than we did last game."
Part of those struggles could be
attributed to UNC’s inability to get
strikeouts. In Friday's game UNC
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Tar Heels into the Final Four and
will need to be on display if they are
going to continue to see success in
San Antonio against Kansas.
But North Carolina junior for
ward Marcus Ginyard is confident
that he and his teammates are on
the right track.
“I think that this team has
done the best job of being tough
and playing with poise late in the
stretch," he said.
“We always find ourselves in
situations where we need to play
better, we need to play smarter, we
need to play tougher and we always
do a great job of digging deep.”
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UNC’s best hitter faced some
thing of a struggle during the
weekend series as well. Ackley, who
before the series shared the ACC
lead in hits with 42. couldn’t find
his groove or any holes in the
Wolfpack defense all weekend.
The sophomore went 0-9 in the
series with three strikeouts and
only reached base once on a field
er's choice.
“I think the bottom line is that
he’s trying too hard," Fox said.
“Hitting's such a difficult skill, and
if your mind’s not right, if you're
too anxious or if you're trying too
hard, that doesn't help."
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Fight against cancer
The seventh annual Relay for Life
raised more than SIOO,OOO. Sex* |)g.
9 for story and pg. 7 for photos.
Back to the 'Bos
A Daily Tar Heel writer attends
the WXYC ’Bos dance to relive the
decade. See |)g. 5 for story.
Heading north
A top UNC administrator is
leaving for the University of
Richmond. See pg. 8 for story .
Greensboro turns 200
The city of Greensboro
celebrates its bicentennial with a
torch relay. See pg. 4 for story .
Final Four-bound
The men’s basketball team will face
Roy William's former team. Kansas,
on Saturday. See pg. 1 for story .
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