SPORTS MONDAY
The Daily Tar Heel Monday, October 8, 19845
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By SCOTT FOWLER
Assistant Sports Editor
p5ilmsn senior flanker Terrance
Koulhac was frustrated early in the
ourth quarter. Clemson was trailing an
nspired North Carolina team 6-3, and
me Tigers' offense had more closely
resembled declawed housecats the entire
second half.
"We kept trying to find something
to make the big play," Roulhac said.
But we couldn't."
AH afternoon Clemson had tried
grinding out yardage with an option
running attack and a short-to-medium-range
passing game. The Tigers had
moved the ball successfully in the first
half, but had only one field goal to show
for their efforts. And in the second half,
Clemson had not even gotten out of
its own territory.
"It was very frustrating," said Clem
son quarterback Mike Eppley. "We
kept looking for something big to
happen."
And with slightly over 1 1 minutes left
in the game and the Tigers faced with
a third-and-nine from their own 24-yard
line, it did.
"The play came in from the press box,"
Roulhac said. "It was a bend-drag route.
The tight end dragged short, the split
end bent his route in, and the flanker
ran a post. I was glad I was the flanker."
Roulhac's post pattern didn't look
like it would have much chance to result
in the completion, because UNC had
three defensive backs deep. "We
couldn't have been in a better coverage
if we had known what the coverage
was," UNC head coach Dick Crum said.
But Roulhac sped by the deepest Tar
Heel in coverage, Larry James, and
caught a perfectly lofted pass from
Eppley, a heave of some 50 yards. The
rest was history, as Roulhac danced into
the end zone on the tail-end of the 76
yard play that turned the game around.
The long pass play was hauntingly
similar to the 60-yard connection from
Navy quarterback Bill Byrne to tailback
Rich Clouse with 2:24 left in the game
that beat the Tar Heels in their opener.
Once again it appeared that UNC would
hold on for a win, only to be shocked
by a bomb that settled into the arms
of an unlikely hero.
Roulhac was a last-minute starter for
Clemson, and his only other catch in
the game had been for a loss of three
yards. "I'm not necessarily the prime
receiver on that play," Roulhac said.
"But we hadn't gone deep all day, and
Mike read the coverage very well. It was
a great throw."
"I saw the free safety (Barry James)
had dropped off and left the route wide
open," Eppley said. "It was a good route
and a good catch. After that play
everything started rolling offensively
and defensively."
It was the first time Clemson fans
had had something to cheer about in
quite a while. The first half picked up
where the turnover-laden Georgia and
Georgia Tech games had left off for the
Tigers. Clemson drove to the Tar Heel
12 on the first series of plays, but Eppley
fumbled the ball away and UNC's
Micah Moon pounced on it. "After that
first fumble, I thought, 'Here we go
again'," Eppley said. "Coach Ford had
told us this game could be the turning
point of the season, that we would go
either uphill or downhill after this game.
That wasn't the right way to start."
Clemson also wasted several other
scoring opportunities in theJIrst half,
coming away with only a 46-yard
Donald Igwebuike field goal. But the
Tigers showed they still have the
capacity to pull off the big gainer, and
that proved to be the difference.
"When I'm facing UNC it's the
biggest game of the year for me," Eppley
said. "With the ACC controversy and
the rivalry that developed, this was a
very important game for us. And we
finally found the play that would work."
Hockey tops Cavs
By DAVID WELLS
Staff Writer
The North Carolina field hockey team ended a two-game
losing streak by trouncing No. 16 Virginia, 3-0, Satruday
on the Astroturf field.
"This was a very key win for us," UNC coach Karen Shelton
said. "It was important for the girls to have a good showing
after the Stanford loss."
The Tar Heels were upset 3-2 by 12th-ranked Stanford
Oct. 1 . They also lost to No. 4 Temple 2-1 Sept. 23.
"We really bounced back today," Shelton said. "I think
it shows that we have a lot of character."
Freshman midfielder Judith Jonckheer, UNC's top scorer
with 16 goals, did not start against Virginia because of a
sprained ankle. But she came into the game midway through
the first half to spark UNC by scoring two goals. - x
"She said her ankle was OK, so I let her play," Shelton
said. "She plays with a lot of confidence, and (her confidence)
seems to permeate the team. Our players see the way she
passes the ball, and before long everyone is working together."
UNC did not miss Jonckheer early as junior forward Louise
Hines, who has 14 goals this year, scored on an asist from
Beth Logaqn with 27:38 left in the first half. The Tar Heels
kept the ball on the offensive end in the early minutes as
they did most of the game.
UNC threatened again with less than five minutes in the
first half, but Cavalier goalie Missy Farwell registered three
straight saves. Jonckheer scored shortly afterwards, with 2:27
before intermission, as she rocketed the ball in unassisted
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SCOREBOARD
Clemson 20, UNC 12
First downs
Rushes-yards
Passing yards
Return yards
Passes
Punts
Fumbles-lost
Penalties-yards
Time of possession
No, Carolina
Clemson
Team Statistics
NC
21
44-146
199
20
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7-42.6
3-1
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48 - 202
158
16
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2-1
4-30
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0 3 0 17-20
Individual SUtMks
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UNC: Ethan Horton 27-133. Eddie Colson 9-23.
William Humes K-4), Kevin Anthony 7-(-6).
Clemson: Stacy Driver 19-75. Mike Eppley 7-56.
Kenny Flowers 9-55, Terrence Flagler 6-10, Steve Griffin
2-4. Henry Carter 1-2.
Passing
UNC: Kevin Anthony 15-24-1. 199 yds., 1 TD.
Clemson: Mike Eppley 12-21-1, 158 yds., 1 TD.
Receiving '
UNC: Ethan Horton 5-37, Larry Griffin 3-47, Arnold
Franklin 2-37, Eric Streater 2-40, Earl Winfield 2-29,
Eddie Colson 1-9.
Clemson: K.D. Dunn 4-10, Terrance Roulhac 2-73,
Ray Williams 2-25, Richard Butler 1-17, Shelton Boyer
1-17, Pat Charleston 1-10, Kenny Flowers 1-6.
College Football
Wake Forest 29, Richmond 16
Penn State 25, Maryland 24
N.C. State 27, Georgia Tech 22
Virginia 38, Duke 10
Texas 38, Rice 13
Purdue 28, Ohio State 23
Washington 19, Oregon State 7
Florida State 17, Memphis State 17
Brigham Young 52, Colorado St. 9
Nebraska 17, Oklahoma State 3
Michigan State 19, Michigan 7
Miami, Fla. 31, Notre Dame 13
Western Carolina 34, Appalachian State 7
South Carolina 49, Kansas State 17
Georgia 24, Alabama 14
Pittsburgh 17, East Carolina 10
Field Hockey
UNC 3, Virginia 0
UNC 2 1-3
Virginia 0 0-0
Goals: UNC - Judith Jonckheer 2, Louise Hines 1.
Assists: UNC - Beth Logan 1.
Shots: UNC 16, Virginia 6.
Penalty Corners: UNC 8, Virginia 7.
Saves: UNC - Beth Logan 4. Virginia - Missy Farwell
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Soccer
UNC 3. UNC-Wilmington 0
UNC-Wilmington 0 0-0
UNC 12-3
Goals: Terry Nelson, Shawn Ritchie, Frank Gilhooly
Assists: David Smyth 2, Steve Dragesics, Nelson
Shots: UNC - 19; UNC-W - 2
Saves: UNC - 1; UNC-W - 7
Corners: UNC - 3; UNC-W - 2
Fouls: UNC - 16; UNC-W - 21
Records: UNC 5-5; UNC-W 3-6
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A sad song for UNC's women athletes
"Hark the sound of Tar Heel voices
Ringing clear and true,
Singing Carolina's praises.
Shouting 'NCU. "'
He's had the words to all the school songs memorized
for some time now. The T-shirt, hat and jacket reveal instantly
the undying devotion, the unbreakable bond connecting him
with his school's athletic tradition. When he returns home
to Lincolnton or Rocky Mount or Hoboken, N.J., his car
is immediately noticeable, pasted with blue and white decals
and bumper stickers.
And when he greets his old friends, it's with a certain
smugness, because while their schools play club football and
Division III badminton, he attends the University of National
Champions.
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Ask him about the UNC women's soccer team that's won
three straight national titles or the sixth-ranked field hockey
team, and hell brag about them, too. Even though he has
never seen them play and probably never will.
Johnny Carolina will boast proudly of the time he shook
hands with Michael Jordan in the Student Union and hell
go on and on about the fun he had watching the football
team put up such a great fight in Death Valley. YouH see
him working on his tan at Boshamer Stadium and carrying
a cooler into the bleachers to see lacrosse at Fetzer Field.
But don't bother asking him how the volleyball team did
last night. Or what kind of season April Heinrichs is having.
Maybe he's heard of Louise Hines, but he's not quite sure
what sport she plays, and he sure as hell has never gone
to one of her games.
Joan Dunlap? Linda Kantz? Pam Leake? The names mean
little to him.
"For I'm a Tar Heel Born
I'm a Tar Heel bred,
And when I die
I'm a Tar Heel dead. "
Women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance estimates that 40
or 50 students watch his team, which has won 40 of its
last 41 games, when it plays at home.
Fewer than 200 fans can generally be found in Carmichael
Auditorium when the volleyball team (four consecutive ACC
championships) plays.
On Saturday afternoon, between 150 and 200 people (less
than one percent of the student body) watched North
Carolina's field hockey team shut out 16th-ranked Virginia.
And what makes even more clear the lack of support for
women's sports is that, of the fans who do show up, many
are close friends of the athletes or members of other teams.
They are not your typical, hypocritical UNC "fans," who
are busy attending to more important matters like sleeping,
drinking, perhaps even studying.
The last excuse for not watching a women's game would
seem valid. Except that if the event was football or men's
basketball, the books would remain closed and the familiar
path to Kenan Stadium or Carmichael Auditorium would
enthusiastically be filled.
"I sometimes smile," women's basketball coach Jennifer
Alley says, "when I hear people say, 'I'm a Carolina fan.'
They're not. They're a Carolina football fan, or a Carolina
(men's) basketball fan. People will walk a mile in the sleet
or cold to watch the men play, but if it's drizzling, or they
cant find a parking place in front of the gym, they won't
come to our games."
"So it's
Rah, Rah, Carolina-Una;
Rah, Rah, Carolina-Una
Rah, Rah Carolina!
Rah! Rah! Rah!"
In 1983-84, seven of North Carolina's 13 women's varsity
teams finished their seasons ranked in the top 20 nationally,
four in the top 10. Sixteen UNC women were Ail-Americans.
In terms of success on the field, women are at least the
equal of men at UNC. In terms of student support, there
is no comparison.
"I don't think the students have that much of an interest
in women's athletics," Dorrance says. "It's not a conversation
piece when you get together with your dorm buddies over
a beer to say, 'How's the women's soccer team doing?" "
Tradition dies hard, especially in a state where it is as
deeply rooted as the trees that surround Kenan Stadium.
The number of students attending women's games has
increased in recent years, but the lack of fan support is still
remarkable.
The excuses are invariably the same: "It's boring . . . The
skill level is so much lower than the men's game ... I didn't
hear about it it's never in the newspaper."
A field hockey game is no more boring than a baseball
game. Women's basketball has as much excitement as
lacrosse. But over and over weVe been told that women's
sports are boring. WeVe been cultured to believe it.
Eventually we do.
Of course the skill level of women's sports isn't the same.
High school football doesn't compare to the NFL, but that
doesnt stop thousands from watching it every Friday night.
The comparison of talent is inevitable. The female athlete
is not appreciated for her ability compared with other women,
but instead is compared with the male athlete. She loses
every time.
Minimal newspaper coverage and poor advertising are
often blamed, but that isnt why UNC students remain in
their dorm rooms when women's teams play. Newspapers,
radio and TV stations, promotional efforts they merely
reflect the interest in an event, or the lack thereof.
"It would be both unrealistic and cost inefficient to attempt
to sell out all our non-revenue sports," says Robert Savod,
associate athletic director for promotions. "There's a
difference between exploiting an interest and creating an
interest, and that difference is dollars. To exploit an interest
would generate dollars. To create an interest costs an
exorbitant amount of money."
"There'll be a Carolina victory
When cross the field the foe has fled.
Cheer that team to victory,
For we are Tar Heels born and bred. "
"I look at Carmichael Auditorium and I see 10,000 people
at the men's games," Alley says. "To think that we cant
pull a tenth of those people back for our games to support
the Carolina women's basketball team . . ."
The solution? It lies within the fans, not from outside
sources. Not from posters, advertising or publicity gimmicks.
Unrealistic? Maybe.
"The students are pretty narrow in their activities," field
hockey player Alison Seger says. "They say, 'Oh, that's right,
you played last night.' Sometimes they have the intention
of going, but they dont do anything about it."
Maybe in five, or 10, or 15 years, 1,000 people will watch
a UNC volleyball match, as they do at some schools. Maybe
there will be 5,000 students ranting and raving over women's
basketball.
And maybe there wont.
"Most people do things they've always done," Dorrance
says. "It's very tough for people to change."
There's a lot to be said for tradition and pride. But this
is one tradition that should bring shame to those who call
themselves fans of the University of North Carolina.
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