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The Daily Tar HeelFriday, September 15, 19897 Sports fair IHleeis head By DAVE GLENN Sports Editor ; As the North Carolina football team heads to Lexington, Ky., today for a Saturday matchup with the Kentucky Wildcats, it has many of the same questions of a week ago. Can the defensive front stop the run? How will the reconstructed secondary respond? How do you win with five freshman receivers? Of course, the Tar Heels opened their season against VMI with a bang, pummeling the Keydets, 49-7, and beginning to answer many of the ques tions that plagued head coach Mack Brown during the 1989 offseason. ; The offense warmed. The defense swarmed. Everybody played. Every body did well. Everybody was happy. Womeo's soccer smacks IRadfoircS; No. 2 State next By JASON BATES Staff Writer Sometimes you have to wonder if ihe UNC women's soccer team only plays 1 1 players at a time. It s true that the Tar Heels have the best start ling team and the best bench in the nation. But the only way to control a .game the way they do is to put 15 players on the field at a time, right? North Carolina gave another les son in how to dominate a game Thurs day at Finley Field, beating the Radford Highlanders, 5-0, while us ing the second half as a practice ses sion practicing, that is, for Sunday's all-important matchup against the nation's second best team, N.C. State. ; For Radford Thursday, every ven ture into the Tar Heel end of the field ;usually started with one forward at tacking four fullbacks and ended with ;the ball going back toward the High landers' goal. ; Every Tar Heel attack looked like a practice drill with three or four players going against one defender and a goalie. The only concern at the start of the game was how the UNC backfield would respond to the loss of senior 'va Hyatt. The three-year starter had played all the games this year at stop per. But she is out for the remainder of the season after undergoing sur gery for a torn anterior cruciate liga ftient in her right knee suffered during game against Central Florida on Sept. 10. "We've got to get a lot tighter in the back, and that's happening," head coach Anson Dorrance said "We've just lost Hyatt, so we had to recon struct our defense." The newly reconstructed defense, headed by senior co-captain Carla Werden and junior goalkeeper Mer ridee Proost, held the Highlanders to just two shots, both in the second half. Will wonders never cease. Last week our guest selector, Kevin (Moral role model of the DTH sports department) Schwartz, the business and advertising director of the DTH, thrashed the competition with an 8-2 showing. It was a fluke by the amateur, though aging, veteran who is obviously on a streak of sorts with his ever-popular Playboy decision. Dave Andy Jay Jamie Donald Glenn Podolsky Reed Rosenberg Boulton Record (13-7) (12-8) (12-8) (13-7) (Guest) Winning Percentage (.650) (.600) (.600) (.650) (.700) Games of the Week UNC at Kentucky Kent Kent Kent Kent UNC N.C. State at Wake Forest NCSU NCSU NCSU NCSU NCSU Duke at Tennessee Tenn Tenn Tenn Tenn Duke Clemson at Virginia Tech Clem Clem Clem Clem Clem Western Michigan at Maryland Mary Mary Mary Mary Mary Virginia at Georgia Tech UVa. UVa. UVa. UVa. UVa. Notre Dame at Michigan ND ND Mich Mich Mich Florida State at LSU LSU LSU FSU LSU LSU So. Carolina at West Virginia WVU WVU WVU WVU WVU So. Mississippi at Auburn Aub. Aub. Aub. Aub. Aub. WERE FIGHTING FOR VOURUFe 0 American Hoart fST) Association r Laserset Resumes LASER PRINTERS rushes possible open 7 days a week on Franklin Street above Sadlack's 967-6633 But in week two, it's back to reality, back to the same basic questions except in more difficult circumstances. And Brown knows it. "As a staff and a team and I'm sure some of our fans are excited over Saturday (the VMI win) means we've taken a positive step forward," he said. "But that doesn't mean we're near where we need to be in order to compete week-in and week out in the Atlantic Coast Conference. "We were not tested by a balanced football team. VMI was a running foot ball team. That enabled our guys to turn loose and chase the ball and they did a good job of that." On Saturday, the Wildcats will offer quite a different arrangement. "Kentucky will be the power-type offensive football team, but they will Goalkeepers Proost and sophomore Lori Walker collected one save each during the game. UNC's first goal came 16 minutes into the game when sophomore Louellen Poore took a cross from freshman Kristine Lilly and scored from three yards out. Ten minutes later, senior Julie Guamotta seemed to have given the Tar Heels their second goal, but a Radford fullback grabbed the ball and pulled it away from the open goal. Shannon Higgins put in the resulting penalty kick to give UNC a 2-0 lead. Higgins struck again just two min utes from the end of the half with a shot from the top of the penalty box to put UNC up, 3-0. Lilly, who shares the team scoring lead with Higgins at seven tallies apiece, scored both of her goals in the second half. The first came off a picture-perfect three-on-two break. Freshman Sarina Wiegman drew out the goalie and sent a cross that Lilly put in the back of the open goal. Lilly closed out the scoring with a volley from the top of the box that the Radford keeper could only look at as it sailed past her. Despite the 5-0 cushion, some key UNC players, like Higgins, played the entire game. "We've still got to be ready for the (State) game," Higgins said. "And he (Dorrance) just wanted to keep a couple of the central people in so we could keep the flow of the game going." Said Dorrance, "Some of the things we were concerned about we tried to tidy up a bit. I like the way we moved the ball. I saw some good things. "The thing I liked the best is I think we're getting tighter in the back. The timing couldn't be any more perfect, because N.C. State is a great offen sive team." DTH Picks of the Week This week, Dean Donald (Lighting) Boulton yes that Dean Boulton, he of vice chancellor and dean of student affairs fame, has answered our call for a Celebrity Guest Picker of the Week En route to our humble .620 overall percentage, Dave (I know that girl on the cover and she's pretty smart) Glenn went 7-3 to tie for the overall lead with a 13-7 ledger. Tied with Mr. First 'Dances From The Monks from the Namgyal Monastery perform ancient ritual dances, some never before seen in the West. Sat., Sept. 16 8:00 PM Memorial Hall OPOUNK UNC Students $5 General Public $8 Tickets at the Union Box Office Sponsored by the Performing Arts Committee omito 'ireaD' opemieir at Kemrftmicky also throw it some," Brown said. "Anytime people can do both it puts a lot of pressure on your defense, espe cially as young as we are." Yes, the Diaper Dandies in Tar Heel blue will be going up against some beasts of Cookie-Monster proportions this week, such as All-American Mike Pfeifer, a gargantuan at right tackle for the Wildcats. It has been rumored that entire defensive lines have been lost in the wingspan of this 6-foot-7, 305 pound giant. But Pfeifer has never been lonely at the training table, as the aver age size of the rest of the Kentucky offensive line (6-4, 285) suggests. With that it mind, it comes as no surprise that the Wildcat offense is similar to that of the Clemson Tigers as in run until the defense gets sick and Heels handle By DOUG HOOGERVORST Staff Writer The North Carolina field hockey team preserved its perfect 3-0 record Thurs day night, easily defeating Radford, 11-0, at AstroTurf Field. Senior Kathy Staley, junior Peggy Anthon and freshman Imke Lempers led the Tar Heel offense, which poured in eight second half goals. Staley, who earned co-ACC Player of the Week honors, scored four goals and added an assist. Lempers also had a hat trick and Anthon scored three points with two goals and an assist. For the 70 minutes of regulation, Radford sputtered both offensively and defensively. The Highlanders, whose record dropped to 2-1, managed just one shot, and that in the final minute of play, while they allowed UNC 47 shots. North Carolina controlled play thoughout but had trouble early on with a stubborn Radford defense. The High landers were stifling the UNC penalty corners, but at the 16:34 mark, Staley tipped Laurel Hershey's shot past goal tender Kathy Mayo to open the scoring. "We started off slowly and that's been our trend in our games so far," head coach Karen Shelton said. "It seemed like we put an awful lot of pressure on them early and we couldn't get the ball in. We're concerned with our (penalty) corner execution but not so concerned because we've spent a lot of time really focusing on defense and midfield play. "(Our penalty corner play) will get better, it's just a matter of practice." Radford continued to diffuse UNC scoring opportunities until Lempers broke through with a tremendous shot at 28:50. From a sharp angle on right wing, the forward from Voorschoten, The Netherlands drilled a liner from 16 Womeo By ERIC WAGNON Staff Writer All-Americans Katie Peterson and Donna Andrews have graduated, but head women's golf coach Dot Gun nells is not expecting a rocky rebuild- Amendment with an identical overall record is super soph Jamie (Gee dad, what's Playboy?) Rosenberg. Andy (Whipped, catching hell for it and looking like he loves it) Podolsky, Jay (Does this mean we can we adver tise for Swank now?) Reed and John (There's an offensive column in here somewhere) Bland are all a game back at 12-8. Diamond Realm 9 tired of watching the chains move, wait for them to tighten up at the line of scrimmage, then go for the occasional bomb. And Kentucky head coach Jerry Claiborne, the fourth-winningest ac tive coach in Division I football today, is smart enough to wait for just the right moment. Claiborne won't have sophomore quarterback Freddie Maggard put it up for grabs until the Tar Heels prove they can stop the likes of tailback Alfred Rawls, an explosive slashing-type run ner who gained 107 yards on 18 at tempts last week in the Wildcats' 17-14 win over Indiana. Maggard, while an excellent athlete, is not a game-breaker by any means. His cast of receivers, average at best, yards into the net. Thirteen seconds later, Anthon took a steal, streaked down.the left side and BOOM! Score. Then came the half, but when UNC's Staley replaced a Mayo save into the back of the, net just 1 :20 into the second period, the floodgates were opened. Anthon, then Staley, and Lempers, Hershey, Osmers, Staley, and finally Lempers again added scores to make the final lopsided. And in the scoring fest, Staley was the story for the Tar Heels as she had a game- and career-high five points at her center forward position. This sea son, Staley has eight goals and 1 Opoints. "It feels to good to know I remember how to put the ball in the goal," Staley said. "I've been playing midfield for the last three years, so it feels great to still do it." In fact, Staley's night could have been more spectacular. In the first half, two Staley scores off penatly corners were disallowed due to violations. Said Shelton: "She's playing very well. She is a strong player, and it looks like I should have had her at center forward a little earlier. She's become accustomed there after playing midfield; she's very happy there and obviously very effective." However, despite Staley's perform ance and the shutout, Shelton was not totally pleased with the team'-s effort. "In the first half, I was not pleased with our defensive intensity," she said. "We're not that good that we cannot be totally focused on our defensive as signments. But, we talked at halftime, and they did a better job in the second half. Nonetheless, Shelton and North Carolina left AstroTurf Field with well deserved smiles on their faces. golfers to host Invitatoona ing year. The Tar Heels have simply reloaded with five talented freshmen. Two of those freshmen Kim Byham of Raleigh and Jessica Wood of Buies Creek, N.C. will get their first taste of college golf this weekend, starting at the number two and three spots, respec tively, in the 14th-annual Lady Tar Heel Invitational at Finley Golf Course. Junior Amber Marsh, of Jamestown, N.C, is slated to play in the top spot for UNC and is one of the few veterans on a very inexperienced squad. "We're going to be a very, very young team," Gunnells said. "The fresh men are going to be good for the sopho mores and juniors, because they are good players and they'll give (the older players) some competition and sup port." Gunnells said this year's tournament should prove especially challenging. The 16 teams involved must contend with very difficult conditions on Finley Golf Course. "The rough has been just unbeliev able," Gunnells said. "We've had so much rain, and if you get out of the fairway, it's almost an impossible shot. So our scores (in practice) have been a little high." North Carolina is expected to con tend for the team title this weekend MHmDDAY Fi"!d Hcckcy vo. St. Louio 7:00 PiVl AstrottirF Field usually capitalizes on the defense?s tendency to concentrate on the Wild cats' running game. The Tar Heels' new and improved secondary with Clarence Carter and Torin Dorn at the corners has the talent to stay with the Kentucky wideouts. It's up to the UNC front seven led by partners in pain Dwight Hollier and Tommy Thigpen at linebacker to stand up to the Kentucky behemoths and stop the run. How well the grue some twosome does that job will go a long way toward determining the Tar Heels' chances of coming home 2-0. Just as the UNC defense must stop the run, the Tar Heels must remember what they did right in last week's 318 yard rushing extravaganza. At the line, Pat Crowley and Co. tlamidiers. 11-0 J I x ' f t-, V . Jf ... ' V -X y 8? v--1 v..--- X lS . ft SS A -. it 1 1 1 n fi r Leslie Lyness charges upfield along with strong teams from Ken tucky, Miami, Wake Forest and Duke. With Marsh, Byham and Wood at the top three spots, this year's Tar Heel squad will have an unusually high number of in-state players. Last year, Marsh was the only native North Caro linian on the team. "I've got three freshmen from North Carolina (Byham, Wood and Amanda Bailey of Wilson)," Gunnells said. "This is the best group of junior golfers that has come out the state in a while. I always recruit in-state girls first. If I can get them, then I do. But you go for the best golfer wherever she's from." In addition to the three in-state fresh men, Gunnells brought in Justine Richards, of Weston, Mass., and Meredith Quimby, of Clinton, Iowa. Said Gunnells, comparing this year's freshman class to that of Peterson and Andrews, "They're just as talented. They just haven't had the experience. They're young, but talent-wise I'd say they're ahead of that group in their freshman year." Sophomores Debbie Doniger, of Greenwich, Conn., and Tara Hipp, of Gaithersburg, Md., round out North Carolina's top five for the Invitational. UNC enters the tournament, the first of the fall season, with wins in five of its x SHJMEDAY Woman's Soccer vo. n.c. stoic 2:00 Finlqj FishJ . . ..-.v. .V, Mi must open holes in a Kentucky defense that is built on quickness. Take away 6 3, 285-pound bruiser Oliver Bamett at tackle, and the Wildcat defense has a bunch of smaller, quicker linebacker types who try to force the action up the middle. If the Tar Heels can't come through there, they will look to isolate a speedy tailback (Eric Blount, Randy Jordan) on a linebacker with quick passes out of the backfield. If, and only if, these two-way brawls in the trenches can't find a winner, this one will come down to all of the same things that usually mean the difference between a win or a loss execution, turnovers and big plays. P.S. If you're looking for a ray of hope, watch Dorn and Bernard Tim mons on special teams. " - 1 " -v-. 5s . s sV sss s s f s s ss S V s, . v 4 s. i 4 Yn in i wrftri i"ir DTHKathy Michel in Thursday's trouncing of Radford last six outings. The Tar Heels won the Pat Bradley Championship in Florida last fall to start their string and then won the NorthSouth Collegiate in Jacksonville, Fla. to open the spring season. UNC failed to capture the team championship at the McDonald's Betsy Rawls Tournament in Austin, Texas, but the team rebounded with three straight wins closer to home in the Carolinas. The Tar Heels captured the title at the Duke Spring Invitational , thus re turning the favor to the Blue Devils, who won last fall's Lady Tar Heel Invitational. UNC then went on to win the Lady Paladin in Greenville, S.C., and the Woodbridge Intercollegiate in Kings Mountain, N.C, before finish ing eighth in the NCAA tournament. Coming off that strong NCAA fin ish, Gunnells has high goals for this season. "We need to be more consis tent," she said. 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