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By NORMAN CANNADA
Staff Writer
Although the UNC men's tennis team enters
this weekend's ACC Tournament in
Charlottesville with one of its worst records in
recent years, the Tar Heels are still confident of
their chances to repeat as conference champions
for the 10th consecutive season.
"1 think we can really put it together," Carolina
coach Don Skakle said of his team's chances in the
upcoming tournament. "If we can just believe that
we're good, then we'll play that way."
One of the bright spots in the Heels' 15-9 overall
record and 1-4 ACC mark has been the play of
Gary Taxman and Dek Potts in the No. 1 doubles
position. The Taxman-Potts combination has
reeled off an impressive 1 8-0 mark this season and
are a favorite to win this weekend.
?I think Gary and 1 both play better in doubles
than we do in the singles," Potts said. "I don't
think there is anyone better than us in the
conference, and if we play reasonably well, we
should win it."
Potts' performance at his No. 5 singles position
has not been quite as succesful. "I've been pretty
disappointed in my singles play," he said. "I've lost
eight matches this year, but I didn't think I should
have lost more than two."
Only a freshman, Ray Disco has held his own
against more experienced opponents at his No. 2
singles and No. 3 doubles positions. "It's been
okay, but it could have been better," Disco said of
his season. "Most everyone I've played against
this year, 1 could have certainly beaten."
Disco added that one of the main reasons for
Carolina's sub-par season has been its failure to
win the close matches. "We have just been letting
some of the close matches get away from us," he
said. "1 still think we have as good of a chance to
win this weekend as anyone else in the
conference."
Potts said another reason the Tar Heels are not
winning as many matches this year has been a lack
of intensity in the team's play. "Everyone has had
some matches where they weren't absorbed into
their match. We have also been playing timid and
hitting the ball with a lot of insecurity."
In their last match of the season, the Tar Heels
lost a narrow 5-4 decision at Duke Tuesday
afternoon. Skakle said he did not feel the loss,
which came a day after his squad's fist ACC
victory over Maryland, would affect the players'
confidence going into the tournament.
"I don't think the loss will hurt us any more than
State or Clemson did," Skakle said referring to
two of the Heels' other close matches. "It would
have been good to have beaten Duke, but we've
got to concentrate on playing well this weekend."
- Carolina will be going to the tournament a day
earlier than most of the other teams to finish a
rain-delayed match with host Virginia Thursday
afternoon in Charlottesville. The two teams split
the singles matches 3-3 on March 23 in Chapel
Hill before rain halted play.
Skakle said the Tar Heels have a very good
chance to win four of the six singles flights in the
tourney: No. 1 (Taxman), 2 (Disco), 4 (Chris
Fenichell) and 5 (Potts). "1 think those are the best
shots in singles," he said. "1 still have a lot of
confidence in our doubles teams, and I think all
three of them will be in contention."
Potts agreed that the Tar Heels should be
contenders in almost every position. "I'm not
counting our chances out in any division." he said.
"1 really don't know of anyone in the conference
who has a lock on any one position."
As for teams to beat in this weekend's
tournament. Potts said that Clemson, State and
the Tar Heels should be the main contenders.
"Clemson is the regular season champion so
maybe they should be favored, but this is just like
the basketball tournament it's a whole new
ballgame and past records don't count."
Single
Gary Taxman (UNC) d. Ruby Porges 7-5. 6-1. David Robinson (D a
Ray Disco 7-5, 3-6. 6-1; John Stauffer (D) d. Neal Carl 6-2. 6-4. Chns
Fenichell (UNC) d. Mike McMahon 6-3. 6-2; Ross Dubins (D) d Dek
Potts 7-5, 6-2; David Boissevain (D) d. Tom Buford 6-2. 6-3.
Doubles
Taxman-Potts (UNC) d. Porges-McMahon 4-6, 6-2, 7-6; Robinson
Stauffer (D) d. Fenichell-Buford 7-5, 7-5; Disco-Carl (UNC) d.
Dubins-Boissevain 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
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Heels drop game to Wake9 10-7
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From Staff Reports
W INSTON-S ALEM Wake
Forest overcame an early Carolina
lead to take a 10-7 ACC baseball
victory from the Tar Heels here
Wednesday.
Carolina jumped on top with three
runs in the second inning and added
four more in the fourth to take a 7-3
lead.
Wake came back to take an 8-7
lead in the seventh inning and then
added back-to-back home runs in the
eighth to secure the victory.
The Tar Heels had two men on
base with no outs in the eighth and
ninth innings but could not score.
Blaine Smith, a senior right
hander, started on the mound for the
Heels and was replaced in the fifth by
James "Peanut" Parks. Parks took
the loss and falls to 3-3.
Craig Shumock led the Tar Heel
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double and three RBIs. Jim Atkinson
and Jim Rouse had two hits each.
Both Carolina and Wake totaled
10 hits each. The Tar Heels
committed two errors while the
Deacons made four.
Meanwhile, Tuesday night the
Heels won another wooly one,
downing Campbell College 8-6 in
Boshamer Stadium. A two-run
double by Kevin Caddell in the
eighth inning gave Carolina the
come-from-behind win.
The real story in the game, though,
was in the other two columns of the
line score. The two teams combined
for 25 hits and eight errors.
Most of the hits were singles into
shallow left and right field. UNC
second baseman Roy Clark had the
longest shot of the evening with a
triple to the center field warning
track in the third inning.
Run explosions by the Camels
forced the Tar Heels to play catch-up
most of the evening. Both squads
scored twice in the second inning,
and Carolina took a 4-2 lead in the
third off a single by Jim Atkinson
and a double by Jim Rouse.
In the fourth, however, Campbell .
charged ahead, scoring four more
runs. UNC answered with a run in the
bottom of the fourth, then again in
the seventh, to tie the game at 6-6
going into the eighth inning.
Leading the Tar Heel hitters were
Caddell, and shortstop Craig
Shumock, each with two RBIs.
Lloyd Brewer, Atkinson and Rouse
also had RBIs.
Steve Streater took the win for
Carolina, relieving starter DaVe Kirk
in the fourth inning.
The Tar Heels, now 21-14 overall
and 4-4 in the ACC, host Pfeiffer at
7:30 Friday night in Boshamer
Stadium. They travel to Raleigh
Saturday for a 2 p.m. contest with
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