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Cross country opens against Pack,Cavs By SKIP FOREMAN Staff Writer In a sport in which finishing first means you score less points, you don't expect to find a great deal of satisfaction. But in cross country, it's better to be near the front and have a lot of your friends with you. The rewards will take care of themselves. Carolina cross country this year faces its first match this weekend, a three-way encounter with N.C. State and Virginia on the Finley Golf Course. Leading the way for the Atlantic Coast Conference's second-best squad last year is well-traveled Ralph King. After King finished rewriting the Carolina record books in distance events, he traveled with a team of American track stars and performed in Europe during the summer. Cross country coach Bill Lam said King's , summer experience will help the young team this fall. "We have extremely good leadership in Ralph," Lam said. "He picked up a lot of confidence running on the U.S. team this summer." Lam lauded two other members, Gary Hofstetter and Dave Drechsel, for providing the type of leadership needed to keep a freshman-loaded team on an even keel. Four freshmen were among the top finishers in time trials held recently, and Lam feels, though they are slightly inexperienced, that his freshmen will carry the load. They include Jimmy Cooper, Robert Hill, Ron Boatwright and Mike Lacey. "If they come along during the year, we'll have a good team," Lam added. He also named Doug Slack and Todd Hamilton as keys to a successful year. The first meet will answer a few questions about the actual caliber of talent that Lam possesses. Both Virginia and State have top quality runners, and will provide a stern challenge. "Team-wise, we should be ahead of them. They should have two people who can run like Ralph and Gary," Lam said. He added, however, that his freshmen may be better than those of the competition. That should be the big difference in the Saturday meet. Soccer at home vs. mighty Rollins By TOD HUGHES Staff Writer With a full week of preparation behind it, the Tar Heel soccer team hosts powerful Rollins Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Fetzer Field. Coming off a disappointing 6-3 overtime loss to UNC-W ilmington, Carolina hopes to get back on the winning track against Rollins. But that will not be an easily achieved goal. The Heels' Floridian foes are coming off a fine 13-2 1976 season, and Rollins is traditionally one of the top-20 Division Two teams. Currently they are above UNC in the southern soccer rankings, so the game shapes up as one of the biggest and most exciting of the year. "Their entire defense, that only allowed seven goals in 15 games, is back," UNC coach Anson Dorrance said, "so their defense is real tight. It'll be a tremendous match. They're second in the south, and the bulk of their players are from St. Louis, the soccej capital of the nation." Dorrance said the game, will be low scoring, and has set his strategy accordingly. He looks for the Heels to score a goal and then play tight defense to prevent Rollins from responding in kind. Dorrance has been satisfied with the play of the strikers (forwards) and the team's goal production. He has, however, changed the formation on defense to avoid an onslaught of goals such as UNC-W sent into the UNC net. Rollins will be playing UNC-W in Wilmington the day before they come to Chapel H ill, and Dorrance said this has to be an advantage for the Heels. "It should be an interesting battle," Dorrance said. "Our strength this year has been our offense, while theirs has been their defense. Our weakness has been our defense, Rollins' its offense." "Our attitude is extremely good. Cross country is a tough sport. A lot of the satisfaction is inner satisfaction." Lam also said the lack of spectators has no effect on his team, though a few people have watched their meet at Finley. "I don't worry about it and I don't think they (the runners) do. They'd like people to be there, but a lot of their running is for inner satisfaction." Lam also feels that cross country is just as important as the big-time sports in that all sports work towards the same goal. "If we'd placed sixth instead of second in the ACC, we (Carolina) wouldn't have won the Carmichael Cup." The Tar Heel runners have their work cut out for them. They face a much more difficult schedule than before. They have dropped weakling Clemson and added an invitational meet at Knoxville, Tenn., on Oct. 8, meaning they will face a tough Southeastern group and former champion Tennessee. "It's a good schedule all the way through. 1 feel if we run up to our capabilities, we'll be in it," Lam said. vv far a l MWUl m. m flu. a r -Iki i ini. i mi m Photo by Charln Hrdy Ralph King Friday, September 23, 1977 The Daily Tar Heel 7 Women harriers eye improvement Improvement is the key for the 1977 UNC women's cross country team. This is the second year the Tar Heels have competed in the sport and coach Hubert West feels his charges are ready to make a move to establish a strong program. West is depending on four freshmen to stabilize the performance of the Tar Heels. Newcomers Julie Briscoe, Linda Nehls, Cindy Hoffner and Debbie Bedford have shown excellent potential and improvement since the beginning of practice. West said junior Carol Jennings is Carolina's top performer. Jennings qualified for the national championships last year. The Tar Heels also will rely on junior transfer Dorothy Lowd from Richmond in addition to sophomore Betsy Hardaway. "We should be much stronger this year," West says. "The girls have confidence in themselves and are ready to do well. S ince we have such a young squad it should help us in the long run. We will have the entire squad back next year. "Carol has been unbelievable in practice. She is much stronger and has learned to pace herself better. She stands a good chance to qualify for the nationals again." This semester, students have saved a lot of money on textbooks because somebody provided an alternative : Student's Bookstore, Inc. Now, the people who changed book-buying in 'Chapel-Hill bring you an alternative to high-priced copying: cheaper copies quick! High quality Xerox copies at the Lowest Prices in Town Student's Bookstore, Inc. " and f The Alternative NCNB Plaza, Franklin St. 967-2449 If:
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