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PAGE 12 SCOREBOARD UVa. comeback too much for Tar Heels BY RACHEL ULLRICH SENIOR WRITER For about three minutes it looked as though the seniors on the North Carolina men's lacrosse team were a shoo-in to take the first conference victory of their careers. Three Virginia goals, four min utes of overtime and a successful UVa. scramble MEN'S LACROSSE UVa. 12 UNC 11 OVERTIME later, UNC’s squad retained its win less record in the ACC. The No. 6 Tar Heels w atched an 11-8 lead slip away in the last 3:38 of regulation, eventually falling RAMBLIN' WRECKED Flack sets hits record for UNC BY DANIEL PRICE ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR CARY After two games in which everything seemed to go right for North Carolina, the w heels simply came off in the series fina le with Georgia Tech, which saw UNC coach Mike Fox ejected for arguing balls and strikes, among other things. “He’s back ing his players up," UNC third baseman Chad Flack said. “It means a lot to us that coach will back us up like that." BASEBALL GT 1 UNC 8 GT 4 UNC 10 GT 4 UNC 1 But in the end UNC (25-6,10-4 ACC) got an impressive series win against the Yellow Jackets, taking the first two contests 8-1 and 10-4 before losing Sunday 4-1. “You take it a game at a time, but the outcome, you want to win the series," Flack said. "And if you can get three games, that's huge. Tlie last game today we were going for that huge part, and we didn’t pull it off. but we’re still glad we got those two wins against this team." On top of the series win. Flack overtook the UNC all-time hits lead, breaking the record set in 2003 by Chad Prosser. But Flack, who said he never thought about the record, has team goals in mind ahead of individual ones. SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 11 Offensive explosion keys wins Far Heels net 36 goals for weekend BY LOUIE HORVATH STAFF WRITER Freshman Corey Donohoe walked to the arc that designated where she was about to attempt her free position shot or at least where it should have been. Indeed. Fetzer Field was so muddy Sunday that she could only approximate her required position because the line had disappeared completely. Also indicative of the weekend, once she found the correct spot, she went on to score. After with- WOMEN'S LACROSSE Penn St. 9 UNC 14 Ohio St. 12 UNC 22 standing an anemic four-goal performance in a loss to Boston College last weekend, the No. 10 UNC women’s lacrosse team opened the floodgates on a pair of Big Ten teams this weekend, com bining to score 36 goals against Ohio State and Penn State in two wins. The pair of wins improved the Tar Heels’ record to 10-3 on the year and set the season high in goals as the team netted 22 against Ohio State on Friday. In a slightly more subdued affair. UNC scored 14 goals against Penn State to win Sunday, 14-9. "We were really excited about (scoring 36 goals). We weren’t where we wanted to be against BC up in Boston," midfielder Erica LaGrow said. “Our coaches SpoitsMonday SOFTBALL UNC 10 BC 1 (5) 12-11 to No. 4 Virginia in overtime Saturday at Fetzer Field. “I'm not sure what it says (about the team)," UNC coach John Haus said. “We let it slip away." The loss brought the Tar Heels to an 0-3 ACC record this year and 0-for-17 since April 2004. And missed opportunities plagued North Carolina through out the afternoon. “VVe came out strong in the first half, and then I felt like we slowed down a bit," said midfielder Ben Hunt, who netted a team-high three goals. "I don’t know if we were wor ried about keeping possession or r . .y at .• ; I ■ m |b§ a 8 m k MM 8 jwlf I I 1 8 § rx* * It iHk jr DTH/ZACH GUTTERMAN North Carolina shortstop Garrett Gore takes a man-sized swing during the third contest of the Tar Heels’ series victory against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets this weekend in Cary. UNC took the first two ballgames by a combined score of 18-5 before dropping the finale 4-1. IN? i DTH/ANKIT GUPTA Jenn Russell races downfield during North Carolina's 22-12 victory against Ohio State on Friday. UNC also defeated Penn State 14-9. worked us really hard this week and held us accountable. We worked on shooting, and we worked on getting nice high per centage shots. And we did that this weekend.’ The coaches and players were disheartened by their performance at Boston College, but the team came out with a vengeance this weekend, beginning both games www.dailytarheel.com stalling, but we weren't playing the offense we should have been run ning in the (fourth quarter).” After twice erasing multigual defi cits, the Tar Heels managed to head into the break tied at 3. Then UNC (7-3,0-3 ACC) ruled the third quar ter, logging six goals to the Cavaliers' three. “We let our guard down a little bit and they jumped on us," Virginia coach Dom Starsia said. “I think they smelled blood in the third quarter and took advantage of that" But the intensity and scoring power the Tar Heels brought to the SEE OVERTIME. PAGE 11 with long scoring runs that left their opponents gasping for air. “We’re young offensively, and it is important that each practice and each game we continue to gain composure and do a better job when we have the ball," UNC coach Jenny Levy said. Kristen Taylor, who has been SEE OFFENSE, PAGE 11 MEN'S TENNIS Virginia Tech 2 UNC 5 - iBBr-ilHr I^l^ DTH/LARRY BAUM UNC's Shane Walterhoefer tries to get past a Virginia defender during the 12-11 overtime loss Saturday. Visit dailytarhcel.com for a slideshow. UNC gets decisive win against Deacons Senior plays in final home match BY DAVID REYNOLDS STAFF WRITER Alexandra Jurewitz cut in front of a softly floating forehand return at the net, reached back and crushed a volley right at her opponent Wake Forest’s Katarina Reveche couldn’t react in time, barely touching the ball with her rack et. Jurewitz simply smiled and turned to partner Laura Reichert to celebrate clinching the doubles point for North Carolina Not a bad way for the UNC women’s tennis team’s WOMEN'S TENNIS WFU 0 UNC 7 lone senior to walk off her home court for the last time. *1 just really wanted to finish off the point,' she said. "Its always good, when it is the last home match like this, to finish it off with your own shot I think it just made that extra special.* After cruising to the doubles point the No. 15 Tar Heels stayed hot the rest of the way, following up Thursday’s 6-1 thrashing of N.C. State with a 7-0 defeat of No. 32 Wake Forest on Saturday at Cone- Kenfield Indoor Tennis Center. The final score implied a blow out, with UNC (14-6,5-2 ACC) win ning each match, but the Tfcr Heels clawed and scratched for every WOMEN’S TENNIS Wake Forest 0 UNC 7 L The No. 15 North Carolina women’s tennis team swept No. 32 Wake Forest 7-0 Saturday at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. point, especially at No. 1 and 2 sin gles. Each singles match, except for Reicharts straight-set victory, was a dogfight the outcomes up in the air until the final point The normally dominant sin gles combination of sophomores Sana/. Marand and Katrina Tsang uncharacteristically dropped their first sets, but each fought back to force second set tiebreakers and eventually pulled out victories in third-set tiebreaks. The pair played on adjacent courts, and Tsang said this allowed SEE TFNNIS, PAGE 11 (Thr Daiiti (Ear Hrrl MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008 SPORTS SOFTBALL 4L, . ' DTH fILE/SAM WARD EROM WIRE REPORTS BOSTON No. 16 North Carolina (36-7-1,10-1 ACC) got on the board early against Boston College on Sunday as they cruised to a 10-1, five inning road victory. Amber Johnson got the win for the Tar Heels as she tossed five innings of one-run ball while striking out nine batters. Jennifer Jacobs paced the offense, going 3-for-3 at the plate with two runs scored and a game-high five RBIs. UNC will travel to Charlotte for a doubleheader scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday. MEN'S BASKETBALL SAN ANTONIO North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough received National Player of the Year awards frorri the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Atlanta Tipoff Club (Naismith Trophy) in ceremonies Sunday evening at the NABC Guardians Dinner at the Final Four. Hansbrough averaged 22.6 points and 10.2 rebounds in leading the Tar Heels to a 36-3 record, ACC regular-season and tournament championships and NCAA East Regional title. He had 17 points and nine rebounds in Carolina's sea son-ending loss to Kansas on Saturday in the Final Four. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ATLANTA North Carolina senior forward Eriana Larkins was one of 10 players named to the 2008 State Farm Coaches' All-America Team, announced by the WBCA and State Farm on Saturday in Tampa, Fla. Larkins becomes the seventh player in program history to be honored on this team, for merly known as the Kodak All- America Team. The UNC men's tennis team went 1-1 during the weekend in action against Virginia and Virginia Tech. UNC men's tennis olayer Stefan Hardy had an up-and-down weekend against the Cavaliers and Hokies. ■Biggie liiKvir § 11819 Wlawlm WOMEN'S TENNIS at Duke TIME: Spurn. LOCATION: Durham BASEBALL ~ '■-> vs. Eton ?':■ ■ . ? TIME;6p.m LOCATION: Cary at Duke TIME: 330 pm LOCATION: Durham BASEBALL vsN.C.A&T UAL 6 p.m. LOCATION: Cary SOFTBALL at UNC-Chariotte TIME: 4 p.m. and 6 p.m LOCATION: Charlotte
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