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The Daily Tar HeelFriday, October 13, 19895 Sports rihlDBTI woont set easieir tod Tar Heels alt Vof gDimDa g By JAMIE ROSENBERG Assistant Sports Editor UNC football coach Mack Brown will be the first to admit that he's had enough of losing the close games, as the Tar Heels have done these past two weeks against Navy and Wake Forest. "The day is coming when we can win those ballgames," Brown said Tuesday in his weekly press confer ence. "I don't know when it is. I'm getting old. I hope it comes fast." i Well, there's good news and bad news for Brown going into Saturday's 1 p.m. contest with Virginia in Charlot tesville. i The good news is that this matchup Once again, Series should be all A's By MARK ANDERSON Staff Writer j The Oakland Athletics are once again in the driver's seat. The 1989 World Series looks remarkably like 1988 as the heavily-favored A's take on an over achieving fellow West Coast club. But remember, the A's took the pole in 1988, only to suffer a fiery crash at the hinds of Orel Hcrshisher and the Dodg er's. v Unfortunately for them, the San Francisco Giants do not have Orel or anywhere near the Dodgers' pitching. They do have more horsepower, how ever, and when one of those horses is NX. playoff MVP Will Clark, you never know what can happen. With manager Roger Craig in the pits holding together a rag-tag pitching staff, the Pacific Sock Exchange outran the rest of the Na tional League West. They were outhit by the Cubs in a pounding playoff se ries but came through in the clutch. "The intimidating A's are the first team to repeat as a pennant winner since the Dodgers and Yankees both did in 1977-78. Like Craig, manager Tony La Russa also kept his team in contention despite a rash of key inju ries. After steamrolling Toronto in the playoffs, the A's enter the Series with the home field advantage and with something to prove. The World Series begins at 8:35 p.m. tomorrow night in Oakland, and for those of you who don't care that all the action is going to be op the 'Left Coast, here are the matchups.- .. -. Left Field: Probably the Series' best matchup, this pits the probable N.L. Most Valuable Player against the American League playoff MVP. The Giants' Kevin Mitchell exploded with a career power year in 1989 (.291 aver age, 47 homeruns, 125 runs batted in). The A's Rickey Henderson can't match Nfitchell's power, but the best leadoff mjan ever has led the A.L. in stolen bases nine of the last '10 years. Mitchell has slumped of late, while trje midseason acquisition of Hender son sparked the A's down the stretch. Offensively, Rickey single-handedly destroyed the Blue Jays and he out classes Mitchell on defense. Edge: ikland. Center Field: Yes, Atlanta, Brett Butler really can play baseball. The Grants', Butler (.283) is right behind Henderson as one of baseball's best table-setters. The A's Dave Henderson couldn't match 1988's career year and cn't go get the ball like Butler. How ever, he does have a flair for the dra matic and this is his fourth consecutive year, in post season play. Slight Edge: San. Francisco. t , - ...... t Right Field: Caution don't look atjthis matchup too long or you'll laugh through the ceremonial first pitch. The Giants' Pat Sheridan (.205) and Candy Naldonado (.217) should be ashamed to claim they play the same position as the A's Jose Canseco. Maybe they should call the Jose Hotline for some tips on hitting. Canseco put up mon strous numbers (.269-17-57), consid ering he only played in 65 games. His bfast into the fourth deck of the Skydome alone is enough to give him the advantage. Big Edge: Oakland. j Third Base: The A's Carney Lans fdrd finished second in the A.L. hitting rafce at .336, but a playoff hamstring irjjury leaves him questionable. His replacement, utilityman Tony Phillips (.262), will improve the A's defense. Either one will be matched against a hot power hitter in Matt Williams, who ajko hurt the Cubs with his glove. Wil lihms had 16 HRs and 44 RBIs after Aug. 1 and set a playoff RBI. record with nine. Slight Edge: San Francisco. Shortstop: These two are excellent fielders, but they better be because they sure don't hit. UNC's own Walt Weiss Informational Meeting UNC Ykar- At- Monfpellier Wednesday , October 18 Video Presentation and Panel of LastYear's Participants 3:30 - 5:00 in Toy Lounge (4th Floor Dey HalD probably won't be another nail-biting close one. And the bad news? Well, simply that Brown probably won't be getting any younger either. The Cavaliers are 4-2 on the year (2-1 in the ACC), having lost only to top ranked Notre Dame and powerhouse Clemson, and boast one of the conference's best quarterbacks (uh-oh, the "q" word) in Shawn Moore. "I think it's obvious that they're one of the best football teams in our league," Brown said. UNC ( 1 -4, 0-2) will be playing with out freshman quarterback Chuckie Burnette, who exited last Saturday's (.233) only played in 84 games for the A's because of an injury. Believe it or not, the Giants' Jose Uribe (.221) is a worse hitter than Weiss. Even. Second Base: La Russa calls Mike Gallego the A's most valuable player. The sparkplug hit .252 and held to gether the A's infield during Lansford's and Weiss's injuries. The Giants' Robby Thompson (.241) had an outstanding first half of 1989 but slumped badly down the stretch. He made only eight errors, though, and has some pop (13 HR, 50 RBI). Slight Edge: San Fran cisco. First Base: What more can be said about the Giants' Will Clark? His sweet swing smacked the Cubs around to the tune of .650 and a playoff record 13 hits. Also a good gloveman, his regular season numbers (.333-23-111) make him baseball's best hitter. The A's Mark McGwire (33 HR, 95 RBI), who also had an excellent playoff series, is Clark without the average, which dipped to .23 1 this year. Edge: San Francisco. Catcher: The Giants' Terry Ken nedy provides a left-handed bat, albeit weak (.239), against the A's right handed pitching, but is no Tony Pena behind the plate. The A's Terry Stein bach (.273) is a solid player, but left handed Ron Hassey (.228), who catches Bob Welch, will probably see a lot of action against the Giants' right-handed staff. Edge: Oakland. Starting Pitching: In the post season's most important category, the A's big righthanders have no peers. Workhorse Dave Stewart (21-9, 3.32 earned run average) became the first pitcher to win 20 games three years in a row since Jim Palmer (1975-78). Underrated Mike Moore (19-1 1, 2.61), Bob Welch (17-8, 3.00) and Storm Davis (19-7) round out baseball's best rotation. Craig's staff has been decimated by injuries all year, and the Cubs added insults to those injuries. Scott Garrelts (14-5, 2.28) came out of the bullpen to win the N.L. ERA title. Rick Reuschel ( 1 7-8, 2.94) was the "Big Daddy" of the staff, but slumped in August and was battered by the Cubs. With Mike La Coss injuring his knee in the playoffs, Kelly Downs (4-8), the Giants' most effective playoff pitcher, may get the call. Big Edge: Oakland. Relief Pitching: A's right-handers Todd Burns (2.24), Curt Young (3.73) and Gene Nelson (3.26) and left-hander Rick Honeycutt (2.35) have done excellent set-up work for Dennis Eck ersley (1.56). The Eck has forgotten about Kirk Gibson and saved 33 games despite starting the year on the disabled list. San Francisco counters with righty Scott Brantley (4.07) and lefty Atlee Hammaker (3.76), but with Don Robin son out for at least six more days, Craig doesn't have near the luxury of La Russa's middle relief depth. Righty Steve Bedrosian (2.87, 23 saves) and lefty Craig Lefferts (2.69, 20 saves) are a good closing tandem. Edge: Oakland. Designated Hitter: All four Oakland games will feature the DH, and Dave Parker (22 HR, 97 RBI), the experi enced team leader, is loving every minute of it. San Francisco will proba bly counter with either right-fielder (Sheridan or Maldonado), allowing the pair to be embarrassed at both positions. Big Edge: Oakland. Both managers have done magnifi cenrjobs, but Tony La Russa has much more talent to fall back on. Yes, the Giants match up better with the A's than the Dodgers did, but as 1988's World Series came down to pitching, so will 1989's. Oakland's hungry staff is looking to avenge last year, whife the Giants may just be happy to be here. Edge: Oakland in six games. game against Wake Forest with an in jured knee. Bumette underwent arthro scopic surgery Sunday and is expected to miss about two weeks. "There's not any damage that will keep him from playing the rest of the year," Brown said. "He will definitely not play this week. His status for next week will depend on how he responds to treatment. But he is not out for the year." Senior Jonathan Hall, who led a bril liant 90-yard touchdown drive Satur day, will start at quarterback, with sophomore Todd B urnert, whom B ro wn has been red-shirting this season, wait ing in the wings if necessary. Women's soccer By BROCK PAGE Staff Writer The Fighting Christians of Elon were put in the den of the UNC women's soccer team, and though the Tar Heels did not release the Hons until the second half, North Carolina still went on to devour its prey, 3-0, Thursday afternoon at Finley Field. Elon came into the game with a 2 7 record, so the match figured to be not much of a contest The game was anticipated to be so lopsided that the two head coaches agreed that North Carolina could use more than the normal amount of players allowed. In ' all, 21 players saw action for UNC, The only regulars that started for the Tar Heels (16-0) were midfielder Shannon Higgins, forward Julie Guarnotta, sweeper Carta Werden, and sophomore goalkeeper Lori Walker. The rest of the starting team consisted of players who are usually in reserve roles. Starting on the frontline were uo moocev seairs iroir one weetceno By NEIL AMATO and ERIC WAGNON Staff Writers In what could be considered a pre view Final Four weekend, the second ranked North Carolina field hockey team takes on No. 5 Northwestern and No. 1 Old Dominion today and tomorrow.- - - : ' The 11-1 Tar Heels hook up with Northwestern today at 3 p.m. on the AstroTurf Field. On Saturday, UNC plays host to top-ranked Old Dominion in a one-versus-two showdown. "We can gear this weekend like a Final Four weekend," UNC coach Karen Shelton said. "We're looking at Northwestern as a semifinalist and Old Dominion as a finalist." UNC's only loss this year came on the road at the hands of the 12-0 Lady Monarchs. But that game was played in Norfolk on ODU's home turf and began an eight-game road trip for the Tar Heels that ended Tuesday with a 2 0 win over Duke. "We're definitely glad to be home," Shelton said. Over the last three seasons, UNC holds a 4-3 lead over ODU. But the Lady Monarchs, 1988 national cham pions, have won three of the last four, including a 4-0 drubbing last year in Chapel Hill, UNC's last home defeat. If UNC has a nemesis, it is Old Domin ion. Other than games against ODU, the Tar Heels are undefeated going all the way back to the 1 987 NCAA finals, where they fell to Maryland. In UNC's lone defeat, the Tar Heels were flat, and ODU took advantage, sqeaking by with a 1-0 victory. Shelton knows her squad was a bit off its game then. "I think our kids know that they didn't play as well as they're capable of playing," Shelton said. "We know if we play well, we're capable of beating them." A victory over ODU would be nice, but the game against Northwestern is more important, because a loss to the Wildcats could knock UNC out of the top four, where teams receive first round byes in the NCAA tournament. "We won't have any trouble looking past Northwestern," Shelton said. "We know we have to beat them." The Wildcats bring in an 11-1-1 record, their only loss coming to No. 1 0 Maryland, a squad UNC beat, 3-0. The game against the Wildcats will C Nye On offense, Virginia is well-stocked with equally potent running and pass ing attacks, as shown in Moore's stats alone. The 6-foot-2, 213-pound junior missed last week's 34-20 loss at Clemson due to a sore shoulder but will play Saturday, bringing with him a 60 percent completion rate. In addition to throwing for 9 14 yards and eight touch downs, Moore has rushed for 179 yards and four more TDs. "Shawn Moore is one of the premier quarterbacks in our league at this point, because he has the ability to beat you as a runner and a thrower," Brown said. The tailback trio of Marcus Wilson (506 yards), Terry Kirby (194 yards) sophomore Louellen Poore and fresh man Rita Tower while sophomores Julie Carter and Sarah Ludington got the nod at the midfield positions. Rounding out the lineup were freshmen Kristin Ac quavella and Mary Bennett Eubanks and sophomore Lisa Owen in the back field. AH three goalkeepers Walker, junior Merridee Proost and sophomore Courtney Lehmann got some time in the net Junior forward Pam Kalinoski, who normally starts, missed the game due to an injury. Kalinoski received a bruise over her right eye Wednesday against Santa Barbara, Although it took longer than usual, the Tar Heels got on the board 25:52 in the game when freshman midfielder Sarina Wiegman scored unassisted Wiegman beat the lunging Elon goal keeper to a loose ball in front of the goal and then sent a soft shot into the left side of the net. Believe it or not, the score remained at 1 -0 for the rest of the half. However, also be a family affair of sorts. Senior Kathy Staley's younger sister plays for Northwestern and sophomore Jennifer Clark's sister is an assistant coach. Senior Leslie Lyness, UNC's assist leader and captain, aptly summed up her team's feelings. "It's a very big weekend," she said. "But I think we're ready for it." Men's soccer to host Maryland The North Carolina men's soccer team hopes that the recent pattern in its season does not continue through Sunday's 2 p.m. game against Mary land at Finley Field. Over the last five games, the 12th-ranked Tar Heels have alternated between big wins and crush ing defeats. The Tar Heels are coming off a 5-0 shelling of Elon on Wednesday. Judg ing by the recent past, it would be time for a Tar Keel loss, but UNC coach Elmar Bolowich feels confident that God I'm tired. We're all tired. We've been trudging to class (albeit not very often), studying and reading (I know not very often) and leading and speeding and meeting, etc. And with what are we rewarded? Hate mail, a flurry of impossible midterms and a football team that scores less often than a non-fratemity member in Molly's. Woe, Woe is me. Sigh. First order of business: DTH Guest Picker of the Week. Last week, we Dave Andy John Jamie Carl Glenn Podolsky Bland Rosenberg Bryan Record (47-13) (43-17) (44-16) (46-14) (Guest) Winning Percentage (.783) (.717) (.733) (.767) (.600) Games of the Week UNC at Virginia UVa. UVa. UVa. UVa. UNC Georgia Tech at Clemson Clem " Clem Clem Clem Clem Maryland at Wake Forest Mary Mary Mary Wake Mary Notre Dame at Air Force ND ND , ND ND , r ND UCLA at Arizona UCLA Ariz Ariz Ariz UCLA Penn State at Syracuse PSU SU SU PSU PSU Michigan at Michigan State Mich Mich Mich Mich Mich LSU at Auburn Aub. Aub. Aub. Aub. ... Aub. Oregon at Washington Wash Wash Wash Wash ' Ore. Indiana at Ohio State .OSU OSU Ind. OSU 0SU 1 7 1 1 KLA m. 4 m M- M and Nikki Fischer (71 yards) will be Virginia's primary weapon, although Kirby won't play due to an injury. 'Their tailbacks are a key," Brown said, "because they're going to run the football and make you stop the run before they pass." And when they do pass, the Cava liers will count on 6-5 wide receiver Herman Moore and 6-5 tight end Bruce McGonnigal. Herman Moore had a 75 yard touchdown reception against Clemson and has 17 catches for 425 yards and five touchdowns on the year. McGonnigal has hauled down 24 passes for 374 yards and three TDs. If all this isn't enough to give new eafeyp E head coach Anson Dorrance was con tent with his team's performance for the first 45 minutes. "I was happy with our play in the first hairy Dorrance said. "The reserves knocked the ball around a bit, and they had nice rhythm, but they probably 1 coutd have scored a little more." ' UnfortunatelyforElort,the Tar Heels came out with their regular starting lineup for the beginning of the second half. The starters did not waste much time as Shannon Higgins scored for the Tar Heels at the 55:38 mark. After forward Louellen Poore was tripped by an Elon defender, the Tar Heels were awarded a penalty kick. -Higgins showed her appreciation for the gift as she sent a shot into the left side of the goal. The final score came 7 1:53 into the game when freshman forward Kristine Lilly scored off an assist from fresh man for ward Mia Hamra, After driving to the right side of the goal, Haram booted a hard shot at a sharp angle that his squad can string together consecu tive wins for the first time since last month. Bolowich said, however, that the team must improve in certain aspects against Maryland. "We have to move the ball quicker," he said. "We have to be better organized defensively especially when it comes to a break down on our attack and a loss of posses sion." North Carolina's defense could be described as a "feast or famine" unit. UNC has allowed only one goal in its last five wins, but in the last two UNC losses, Virginia and Duke rocked the Tar Heels for a total of seven tallies. Those two losses dropped UNC, at 8-4-2 overall, into fourth place in the ACC with a 1-2-1 league mark. Mary land holds an identical conference rec ord and a 6-5-1 overall record. Maryland, under the direction of sixth-year coach Alden Shattuck, is DTH Picks of the Week ran up quiiiiite a hefty phone bill pursu ing a picker before we settled on our own (and trust us, your own sooner or later) best friend Billy (he went 7-3) of Time Out fame. This week, the Pope called us, the Dalai Lama sent us a mental call, but we shunned them for someone who can wear a skirt but is not afraid to get his hands dirty (drum roll ... yes, yes, it's THE MIKEMAN!) (You feel like saying "Go bananas, go go bananas" right now, don't you?) 1F yKT GREAT PLACE TO SHOP! GREAT PLACE TO WORK! Food Lion is now accepting applications for the follwoing positions available in Chapel Hill: Full time Part time cashiers baggers Consider our excellent wagebenefit package which includes profit sharing bonuses, insurance and more for both full time and part time ' employees. ''' ' T mmwm meaning to the term Carolina blue, Virginia likes to run the option, too and Shawn Moore runs it well. "They make you defend so many things with their offense," Brown said. "You've really got to change up with them and try to keep the ball in the ballpark, because they can line up and physically run it and beat you, they can use the play action pass and beat you or Shawn Moore can drop back and run to beat you if somebody's not open. "They've got all the arsenal that they need to give you miseries." Defensively, the Cavaliers have re turnees at just about every position, which does not bode well for UNC. bin. '3-0 crossed right in front of the goal. Lilly tipped the ball into the goal as the goalkeeper was on the ground after trying to smother Hamm's shot. Dorrance noticed a large im provment from the game on Wednes day against Santa Barbara, where UNC held on to a 1-0 victory after being held scoreless in the second half. "I thought we had nice rhythm in the second half. We did not have that against Santa Barbara," Dorrance said. . The Tar Heels wound up with 5 1 shots on goal, 35 of those coming in the second half, while the Fighting Christians were able to get off only five shots. The Elon goalkeepers were kept busy, as.they were forced to make 19 saves in the second half. North Carolinadoes notplay again until Tuesday, when Methodist Col lege comes to Chapel Hill for the Tar Heels last home game of the regular season. coming off a 4-1 win over 18th-ranked George Washington on Wednesday. Terrapin leading scorer, senior forward Dom Seltham, picked up his seventh and eighth goals of the season in the game, while junior midfielder John Garvey added his third goal of the year. "Maryland is very dang&rpus," Bolowich said. -rThey play with; some intensity, and they are-ilsain.thc.same situation that we are. It will be a race for position inside the ACC. The one who loses the game definitely drops to the end of the grouping, and the one that wins is still in the race." Tennis looking to go 3-0 The North Carolina women's tennis team rides into Saturday's 1 0 a.m. match against 22nd-ranked William and Mary at the UNC Tennis Center ready to take another step up the ladder. Each suc- See WEEKEND, page 7 Indeed, Carl (Those Virginia folks are snobs) Bryan he of "Kaopec tate, Kaopectate, stop that run" fame rinses off against a tough slew in Week Number Seven. Yes, I know, our leaders are bor ing, but Dave (I once thought I was losing my mind, and I've been trying to find it ever since) Glenn holds the lead for what, the (yawn) 50th straight week? Heck, he loses less often than the women's soccer team and score even . . . But never mind about that. The Aging Veteran holds fast to the lead with a 47-1 3 ledger after posting at 8-2 last week. Amazing. But Jamie (Gee Dave's cocky. Is there a class where I can learn this stuff?) Rosenberg also went 8-2 to stay within a game of The Eternal Student. John (Yeah there's a class you little ingrate and I teach it) Bland bounded in at 7-3 to fall three games off while Jay (Wow man, I don't know, I guess UNC could beat Notre Dame) Reed is so far out of it that we're forwarding his mail. 'But the elder statesman, Andrew (I'll hitchhike to Wilmington for Fall Break if I have to) Podolsky still lulls the leaders into a false sense of secu rity with his deftly masked 7-3 per formances.4 Apply in person at: Food Lion store Timberlyne Village Chapel Hill, NC Equal Opportunity Employer ; I y
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