Menapace's hit drops Pack, 2-1 Bcrnie Menapace sent a packed Boshamer Stadium into a state of hysteria Thursday when he doubled home Rick Alexander and Jim Atkinson with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Tar Heels a 2-1 win over N.C. State. John Walker's chest-high fastball was rocketed to left-center by the Heels' first baseman, giving Carolina its ninth win against eight losses this spring. "It's about time Bernie came through for us," Coach Walter Rabb said. "We've been kidding him this year; he's our big RBI man and he's had trouble getting started." Carolina's last-inning dramatics shouldn't overshadow the stellar pitching performance turned in by UNC sophomore Blaine Smith, who stopped the Wolfpack win streak at II. Smith (2-1 ) came into the game with a 1 .85 earned run average and limited his Raleigh rivals to three hits (all doubles) and a single run which put the Wolfpack ahead in the fifth inning. Smith struck out eight and walked four in winning the Tar Heels' conference opener. State's Tom Willette was equally strong for the visitors, allowing Carolina just three hits until he left the game in the eighth. Walker finished the inning and then struck out the first two men in the ninth before Alexander and Atkinson singled to keep the Heels alive. Menapace then assumed the hero's role. Randy Warrick blooped a single to right and blasted a double off the left field fence to lead the Carolina hitters. The Tar Heels face South Carolina twice this weekend in Columbia with Greg Norris scheduled to start Friday night and Bob Thomson on the mound Saturday. -PETE MITCHELL Track splits for meets The UNC track team splits its personality for a pair of weekend meets after a good performance in the East Carolina j Invitational Meet last weekend. Some Carolina tracksters join over 100 teams in Gainesville, Fla., for the Florida Relays, while the rest of the team travels to ! Raleigh for the Atlantic Coast .Relays. iThirty or more teams will be entered at Raleigh. AHHH, THE GREAT OUTDOORS! Come Celebrate with FLORENZA This Sunday When We Take Our Fashion Ideas Outside For The Afternoon. That's This Sunday, March 27 only From 1 until 5. Don't Miss It! bren6 929-2620 M-F 10-6 Sat 105 of Chapel Mill Down the Hill on Franklin St. Sext to Vine Veterinary APDIL-JULY SEfVIINARS START APRIL 1 FOR APRIL 16 LSAT 12-Student Avg. Classes 5 Specialist Instructors 18 Class Hours To receive our complete course brochure and schedule information without cost or obligation, call toll-tree to leave your name and aaaress. 800-243-4767 12 noon to 7 pm weekday. Call now for advance information on JULY Law Boards. J C7 OCY AF.1ITY TESTING INSTITUTE " "JIIUI """-yWW .IIWMWIW WllmJ.::;.nWJJi,KM.IHlW RMMMIMWWil(MIJIWMMi&::MmWlW"lllW Qlf 1 J I Wf I ? W I JOT. . A1B 7- s Staff photo by Allen Jernigan UNC's Blaine Smith (above) limited N.C. State to three doubles Thursday afternoon in pitching the Tar Heels to a 2-1 win over the Wolfpack. Women's golf opens at Duke The UNC women's golf team tees off its spring season this weekend when it competes in the Duke Invitational in Durham. Featuring "some of the top collegiate women golfers in the East," the tourney should present a challenge to the Tar Heels, according to Coach Dorothy Gunnels. Gunnels sees Ohio State and 1976 The Miller . Georgia as "the teams to beat" in the ten-team field. Sally Austin, Mindy Moore, Stephanie Kornegay, Sue Cary and Bonne Belle will play for Carolina, with the top four scores counting in both the Saturday and Sunday rounds. The Heels tee off at 1 1 :00 a.m. Saturday and at 8:30 a.m. Sunday. S0 3 Brewing Co.. Milwaukee. Wis rsjSO LTLTDCSS Netters victorious, face By WILL WILSON Staff W riter For the UNC men's tennis team, the "exhibition season" ended Thursday with a 9-0 win over High Point. Even though the team has an official record of 1 1-0 (including a forfeit win over Richmond), UNC Coach Don Skakle has not yet had a chance to see his team in action against equal-caliber opposition. Saturday, he will get that chance. Fifth-ranked Princeton visits the Country Club Road courts at 1 p.m.. and the Tar Heels will be seeking revenge for a 5-4 defeat last season one of only two 1976 losses. While the men are facing the Tigers on the upper courts, the women's teams from the two schools will be meeting on the lower MILTON NASCIMENTO: A VOICE FROM BRAZIL THAT NEEDS NO TRANSLATION! Milton A decade of South American musical brilliance comes to the States: "Milton," brought to you by the producer of the latest albums from Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker Rob Fraboni. Now On Sale At I 'jit courts. That match is set for 2 p.m.. but UNC Coach Kitty Harrison said Thursday that she would try to change it to 10 a.m. The exact time will be determined later todav. Both men's teams return four starters from last season, when the match was decided on a tiebreaker in the third set of the No. 2 doubles match. Individual rematches are expected at the third and fourth singles. Princeton's Jon Gross will try to repeat his win over Junie Chatman. w hile UNC's Cliff Skakle will attempt the same against Tom Brightfield. Princeton's men's team was 1-0 prior to a match with Georgia Thursday. The Tigers defeated South Carolina. 5-4. ' The UNC women. 1-1 during the spring season and 9-2 overall, will be seeking to get MILTON NAM I M I Nil ) All Record Bar Locations Mi a M Friday, March 25. 1977 The Daily Tar Heel 5 Princeton back in the winning column after losing to Yale in their last match. However, Harrison said Princeton would be tougher than Yale. The UNC men's junior varsity team hosts Western Reserve at 2 p.m. todav. The results against High Point: Singles: Earl Hassler d. Phil Parrish, 6-1, 6-0; Dav id Oberstein d. Jeff Apperson 6-2, 6 4: Junie Chatman d. Tom Fitzmaurice 6-2, 6 0; Cliff Skakle d. Willem Degroot 6-3, 6-4; Jon Kraut d. Chris Brown 6-1, 6-1; Gary Taxman d. David Burgess 6-3, 6-0. Doubles: Skakle-Chatman d. Parrish Fitzmaurice 6-2, 6-2; Kraut-Taxman d. Apperson-Degroot 6-3, 6-4; Neal Clark-Dek Potts d. Lane Evans-Kendall Hardy 6-1, 6-1. Exhibition Singles: Jamie Karson(UNC) d. Steve Sharmans 6-4, 6-7 (4-5), 6-3. Records, 8-Track.s & Cassettes LP's Now Only $ 3.99 Tapes Now Only $ 4.99

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