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The Daily Tar HeelFriday, September 29, 19897 Sports Tar HeeDs, Middies both coking By BETHANY LITTON Staff Writer Both UNC and Navy are hoping the worst is behind them. Last weekend was disappointing for both teams, with UNC falling to N.C. State, 40-6, and Navy coming up short in a 14-10 loss to the Citadel. After a week of recovery, UNC is hoping to prevail over Navy by focusing on in creased possession time with fewer turnovers, head coach Mack Brown said. "We need to be 2-2," Brown said. The Tar Heels.will also concentrate on improving their passing game and opening up more offensively, he said. The offense only connected on three passes against State, with all three thrown by freshman Chuckie B urnette. The starting quarterback will proba bly not be decided until Saturday, Brown said, but both Jonathan Hall and B urnette will play. When the ball is not in the air the UNC offense will look to rushing lead ers Eric Blount, sixth in the ACC with 166 total yards and an average of 6.1 yards per carry, and Randy Jordan, seventh with 151 yards and 6.0 yards per carry. Midshipmen starting quarterback Alton Grizzard, who rushed for 66 yards and threw for 87 against Brigham Young in Navy's opener, could be a threat to UNC. But Navy head coach Elliot Uzelac said Grizzard's starting status is still in question after a pulled hamstring kept him out of the Citadel game last weekend. Women's soccer to face nation's No. 2 By BROCK PAGE Staff Writer The North Carolina women's soccer team will face a tough challenge this Sunday as the Tar Heels host second ranked Colorado College in a 2 p.m. game at Finley Field. This will be the second time this season that the Tar Heels have faced the nation's second-best team. The first time, UNC defeated N.C. State, 3-0, at home. Last year when the Tar Heels met Colorado College, UNC managed a 3-0 victory. Head coach Anson Dor rance is excited about the rematch. "They are simply outstanding; they have one of the best teams in the coun try," Dorrance said. "We beat them last year, but they had just as many scoring opportunities as we did." ' The Tar Heels will be hard pressed to find many weaknesses in this experi enced team. .' "They have a lot of ball control at all positions mixed with some speed up front," Dorrance said. "They have an excellent defense with lots of experi ence in those positions." UNC will stick to the same game plan that has kept its 80-game win streak alive. '. "We will try to control the ball and develop it. We want to move the ball to the players who can take it and score," Dorrance said. The players the Tar Heels will look to for scoring are freshman forwards Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly, whom Dorrance calls "two of the most tal ented in going one-on-one." UNC can also look to players like senior forward Julie Guarnotta, who was voted ACC player of the week last week. The Tigers are coming off an 11-0 blowout of Regis College, giving them a 7-0 record. However, the Tigers will have to face eighth-ranked N.C. State , today before coming to Chapel Hill on Sunday. Fortunately for the Tigers, they are injury free unlike the Tar Heels, who are still missing Ava Hyatt and Tracey Bates. Colorado College finished 14-3-1 last season, losing to UNC, N.C. State, and California. The Tigers, who return 1 5 lettermen from last year, reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament before bowing out to California. The Tigers are led by senior forward Karri Tashiro, who has three goals and three assists for the season. Tashiro has scored 47 goals during her career, lead- p jot b omi maunen J ELLIOT ROAD "7 1 5Q CC ALL SHOWS BEGINNING BEFORE 6PM I HQWW FREE PARKING! A OH NO. IT'S. V JOHN CANDY 2:507:15 4:559:35 '.'.',(mll t i I V f to bounce back According to Brown, Navy does not throw the ball as much as State, which riddled the UNC secondary with 222 yards in the air and three touchdown passes last Saturday. The Middies run a wishbone offense and will execute patterns much like those the Tar Heels saw against VMI and Kentucky. Uzelac said the Midshipmen's of fensive efforts must improve this week. "We've pretty much played on one side our defense," he said. "Our offense has not played well." Although Navy ' s overall offense has been disappointing, sophomore half back Rodney Purifoy is a formidable concern for the Tar Heel defense. He rushed for 1 18 yards against The Cita del and has scored Navy's only two touchdowns this year. Contributing to UNC's defense will be Tommy Thigpen, a true freshman linebacker who suffered a shoulder injury in the State game. Brown said Thigpen, the Tar Heels' second leading tackier, bruised a nerve but he has been practicing and will hopefully be able to put in some time Saturday. The defensive standout for the Mid shipmen is middle guard Andy Kirkland, who had 12 tackles, seven of them unassisted, last weekend. Brown said the Tar Heels' morale is pretty good considering the disappoint ment of the State loss. "It was a huge disappointment," he said. "We played so hard and yet we didn't play well. There are still scars, but hopefully we've broken down that barrier." four years she has played. Last week, Tashiro scored the only goal of the match as Colorado College nipped seventh-ranked Stanford, 1-0, in over time. Other strong contributors are sopho mores Kara Thompson, Charry Korgel and Christa Maw, all of whom have seven points. Returning for Colorado College after recovering from an injury is senior midfielder Maryclaire Robin son. Defensively, the Tigers look to senior sweeper Shelley Separovich, a three-time All-American, and junior stopper Laura Jones, who was an All American last year. The Tigers have remained unbeaten after facing some stiff competition this season. Colorado College has defeated Cincinnati, Michigan State, and Wis consin, who were all ranked in the Top 20 at the time. The Tar Heels are coming off a 2-0 road victory over Boston College in which Emily Rice and Carla Werden both scored off of corner kicks by Shannon Higgins. In the previous five meetings be tween the two teams, North Carolina has beaten Colorado College all five times. As always, the Tar Heels will strive to keep their unbeaten streak at home intact. "Anybody who comes out on Sun day should see a great game between two outstanding teams," Dorrance said. Coming Sept. 29 Midnight Late Shows featuring Monty Python 8c the Holy Grail and Apocalypse Now ONLY$2.00! 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"When they play a school with our tradition and large crowd, they always rise to the occasion," he said. Cross country gears By MARK ANDERSON Staff Writer "Aggressiveness" will be the buzz word for the UNC cross country teams tomorrow as they run in their only home meet of the season. The Tar Heel Invitational kicks off at 10 a.m. on Finley Golf Course. Head coach Dennis Craddock is happy with both teams' progress but stressed that the Tar Heels need to be more competitive and aggressive against better competition. So far this fall, the women's squad has finished second at both the Georgia and Maryland Invitationals. "I'm pleased with our training," Craddock said, "but (Maryland) was our first test against teams as good or better than us, and we didn't respond well to the competition. I had hoped for a closer race. "We need to get tougher and respond quicker." One bright spot for the Tar Heels at Maryland was their tight pack. 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Conrad to be our Dave Andy John Jamie Mitch Glenn Podolsky Bland Rosenberg Kupchak Record (32-8) (29-11) (31-9) (30-10) (Guest) Winning Percentage (.800) (.725) (.775) (.750) (.625) Games of the Week Navy at UNC UNC UNC UNC UNC UNC Clemson at Duke Clem Clem Clem Clem Clem Maryland at Michigan Mich Mich Mich Mich Mich Kent State at N.C. State NCSU NCSU NCSU NCSU NCSU Rice at Wake Forest Wake Wake Wake Wake Wake William & Mary at Virginia UVa. UVa. UVa. UVa. UVa. Auburn at Tennessee Aub. Aub. Aub. Tenn Tenn Miami at Michigan St. Miami Miami Miami Miami Miami Pittsburgh at West Virginia WVU Pitt ' Pitt WVU WVU Colorado at Washington Colo Colo Colo Colo Wash and juniors Michelle Faherty and Jane Boulter have led the way, but Craddock has also been pleased with their sup porting cast. "Karen Sahn and Jeanne Peterson have been very consistent, much more than before," he said. Craddock would like to see the rest of the squad join the pack. "I was hoping for more depth," he said. "We're about six deep and I'd like to see all eight up there." Craddock expects N.C. State, a top five team nationally, and Georgia Tech to provide a good challenge tomorrow. He hopes his runners v- ill respond bet ter than they did at Maryland. "Wake took it to us in the first mile, and we didn't go with them at first," he said. "We thought too much. We've got to go with the competition. "There's no question N.C. State will do the same. To be good runners, we've got to go with them." This concerned Craddock more than the final score. "The score doesn't matter until Oc tober 28 (ACC championship meet)," he said. "The important thing is that we go hard early, because you can't catch great athletes at the end of a race." The men's squad won the Georgia Invitational and finished fourth at mem. i KT NORMAN JEWIS0N arc OOUSTEWEO .imttm pwsBtrk WARNER HOS Fri. 7:00. 9:15 DTH Picks of the Week Guest Picker of the Week and went 1 0 0 to lead the staff with a sizzling 32-8 record. Conrad was as smooth as an Eric Blount punt return in her prognos ticating debutfinale, going 7-3 to fin ish in the middle of the pack. All that aside, Bland followed up last week's perfect week, strutting in with a stellar 9-1 ledger to hold on to sole possession of second place. Jamie (When do I get my picture in the paper?) Rosenberg also went 9-1 to remain firmly entrenched in third with for only home meet Maryland. The inexperienced men suffered from much of the same timid ity as the women. "We raced well at Georgia and trained well," Craddock said. "Maryland was our first real test. When you know it's going to be tough, you rise to the occa sion; you don't fold your tents early, which is what we did." Craddock has had to. rely on four extremely talented freshmen and sopho more Vince Howard to carry the bulk of the load this year. "We knew we were young and would take our bruises, but they just keep improving every week," he said. 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WfllTFR III I n I wh.a-, mm m m mm m yjig j 8y VHnLILII MILL ;UU 4g I R' ! restricted . . I A TRISTAR RELEASE H I UNDER 17 REQUIRES ACCOMPANYING 1SH Tn-SW fltlUIB. lit Mi FhQhlS fctflri CAROLCO. 1 y PARENT OR ADULT GUARDIAN , fB f)e ( m mnfih mm fl SHOWTIMES: I 2:30 4:30 7:30 9:30 I a 30-10 record. Andrew (I'm obvi ously still shaking off the effects of Lee leaving) Podolsky stumbled in with a disappointing 8-2 record to stay holed up in third.. For this week's Guest Picker, we wanted to do something a little bit different. Satisfied with the notion that we could get the best, the most glamorous, if we so desired, we de cided to make this week's Picker a man behind the scenes, one of those cornerstones of society who rarely gets the respect he deserves. So who is this noble gentleman? Why, it's Los Angeles Lakers Assi tant General Manager and former UNC star Mitch Kupchak, of course. Kupchak represents the little man in all of us, the spot deep down in all of our hearts that is willing to warm the bench of life for the good of our team and the good of this glorious country. We hope you are as honored as we are to have such a man as our Guest Picker. Mitch, we thank you, and we should repeat here your immortal words when we bestowed upon you this opportunity: "What do you want me for? You should get Billy Cunningham or Lawrence Taylor or something." The man who has shown the way so far is Andre Williams. The Richmond, Va., freshman won the Georgia Invita tional and finished fourth at Maryland. "When I recruited him, I hoped he would be in our top five this year," Craddock said. "By the first week, I knew he would run with our best. When we red-shirted Eric Hichman, there was no question Andre would be our first man. He's a hard worker and he has a lot of talent." , Craddock again stressed the team's mental attitude for the challenge of N.C. State, Georgia Tech and East Tennessee State. "We can't back off," he said. "It's not a track race. We can't fall mentally out of it then try to out-kick them at the end." EAST FRANKLIN CHAPEL HILL OF 1989!" TIMES Bt5l HUUKL ACTOR IAMES SPADER FESTIVAL mj 967-8665 I
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