The Daily Tar HeelFriday, November 10, 198977
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By JOHN BLAND
Staff Writer
Last year, in UNC head coach Mack
Brown's first game as a Tar Heel, the
University of South Carolina Game
cocks rocked his world, 30-10, at Wil-hams-Brice
Stadium in Columbia. This
year, the tables are turned. Sort of.
First-year USC coach Sparky Woods
brings his 5-3-1 squad to Chapel Hill
this Saturday to meet Brown's hapless
Tar Heels (1-8). But don't expect the
Tar Heels to give Woods the same
greeting the Gamecocks gave Brown
last year.
The Gamecocks are coming off two
straight losses to N.C. State and Florida
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Peggy Anthon (25) and the UNC field hockey team begin NCAA tournament play Sunday in Boston
Volleyball hosts Georgetown,
Florida to end regular season
By DAVID J. KUPSTAS
Staff Writer
The UNC volleyball team gets its
final test before the ACC tournament
when Florida and Georgetown visit
Carmichael Auditorium tonight and
Saturday night.
The 1 8-7 Tar Heels are coming off a
15-3, 15-11, 15-7 pounding of N.C.
State Tuesday night. The victory gave
UNC a perfect 6-0 mark in the ACC
entering next weekend's conference
tournament at Hilton Head, S.C. By
winning the regular season title, the Tar
Heels would receive a first-round bye
in the tournament.
'Getting two wins under our belt
before the ACC tournament is what
we're looking for, but by no means will
they be easy wins," UNC assistant coach
Eddie Matthews said.
Marilyn McCreevy's Florida Gators
finished fifth in the Southeastern Con
ference, just missing a berth in the four
team SEC tournament. Matthews said
the Tar Heels must be wary of a team
like Florida, one that is in the midst of
a down year. A win over a regionally-
Runners prepare for
By MARK ANDERSON
Staff Writer
North Carolina cross country coach
Dennis Craddock doesn't want to hear
"Wait 'til next year" just yet.
After the Tar Heels turned in disap
pointing performances at the ACC
Championships last week, many people
have written them off. Craddock re
minds the naysayers, however, that
UNC has a chance for redemption
Saturday, when the women's squad
and three men will compete at the
NCAA Region III meet in Greenville,
S.C, on the Furman golf course.
An excellent women's perform
ance would give UNC an outside
chance to qualify for the Nov. 20
national championships in Annapo-
lis, Md. The top two teams from each
of eight national regions will advance
automaticallywhile six more teams
will be selected as at-large teams.
The women were fifth in the confer
ence, losing to fourth-place Georgia
Tech, a team they had beaten earlier.
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State, respectively, but have suffered a
more important loss in the injury to
starting senior quarterback Todd Ellis,
now out for the season.
The Gamecock ground game is led
by senior Harold Green, a bruising tail
back who has 866 yards on 166 carries.
Robert Brooks leads the team in recep
tions with 432 yards on 30 catches.
The loss of Ellis might or might not
be a blessing for the Tar Heels. Ellis,
who had a strong arm but a poor eye,
went down with a knee injury during a
loss to N.C. State and is out for the
season. His replacement, Dickie De
Masi, has played in two losses, going
14 for 30 for 161 yards and one touch
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ranked team like UNC would do much
to build momentum into the offseason
and help recruiting for next year.
Florida, which is usually a highly
ranked team, has struggled to a 13-12
season due partly to injuries to its expe
rienced players. A group of talented
young players has stepped in, however,
and made the Gators still a dangerous
team. Anchoring their attack is senior
outside hitter Roni Armeda, who leads
the team with 3.93 kills per game and
3.74 digs per game.
Georgetown features a solid, all
around attack with an aggressive of
fense and stingy defense. North Caro-
Una and Georgetown already met on
October 21, with the Tar Heels win
ning, 13-15, 15-8, 9-15, 15-4, 15-7.
The Tar Heels would rather not have
that close a match this time, however.
"I think the girls are pretty pumped
up because their first match went five
games," Matthews said. "The girls just
want to go out there and prove, vHey,
you caught us on a down day, but this is
how we really look.'"
In order to defeat either Florida or
"We conceded the top three (Top
20 teams N.C. State, Clemson and
Wake Forest), but I thought we could
beat the others," Craddock said.
The Tar Heels will face the nation's
largest regional field of over 50 teams,
including the rest of the ACC and strong
Kentucky and Tennessee programs.
Last year, UNC also had a disappoint
ing ACC meet but rebounded with a
strong 10th place regional finish.
"We bounced back last year," Crad
dock said. "Anything can happen. We
have to go in with the goal of qualify
ing. I don't want to place any limits on
them."
Junior Jane Boulter, who finished
12th in the ACC, and senior Chryssa
Nicholas, who finished 13th, have a
chance to qualify as individuals. The
top three finishers from non-qualifying
teams automatically advance to nation
als, while a maximum of two more
runners from each region can receive
at-large invitations. v
"Jane and Chryssa will have to be
down. He's also slung two intercep
tions. If the Tar Heel defense can shake
up DeMasi enough while containing
Green, it ought to be a close contest.
Until the UNC offense takes the field,
that is. Let the statistics speak for them
selves: Catchphrase er, Slogan of the
Season: "Pass intended for..." UNC's
three quarterbacks have completed a
total of 97 passes (out of 230) for 962
yards, a 42 percent rate. And two touch
downs. And 15 interceptions. Fresh
man wide receiver Randall Felton has
caught the brunt of them (28) for 369
yards.
Nowhere to run to, baby: Tar Heel
Georgetown, UNC will have to estab
lish its tempo early. These two non
conference matches give UNC a chance
to work on its defense and on getting
the middle hitters and blockers more
involved in the attack.
As of Tuesday, UNC hitters Sharon
German and Liz Berg essentially con
trolled the top of the ACC statistics.
German, who has won ACC Player of
the Week honors three times since re
turning from her bout with pneumonia,
leads the conference with 5.08 kills per
game and a .375 hitting percentage.
Berg is second in both kills (4.42 per
game) and service aces (0.65 per game).
"The past couple of weeks, Sharon
and Liz have been exceptionally hot on
the outside," Mathews said. "No one
has seemed to be able to totally shut
them down."
Another player who has come on
strong late in the year is setter Amy
Peistrup. Her judgment in knowing
which players to set up has improved,
and her mixing up her sets and using
her own attack is a lot better. She is
fourth in the ACC in assists with 9.31.
regionals
on top of their game and have their
best race," Craddock said.
The men's squad finished seventh
in the ACC, and despite its inexperi
ence, Craddock was disappointed.
"I don't believe we're the seventh
best team in the ACC," Craddock said.
"We're better, and we should have run
better. We don't have great talent with
experience, so we have to have five to
seven great performances instead of
two."
Freshman Andre Williams, who
battled the flu to finish 23rd in the
ACC, will try to complete an outstand
ing season by qualifying for nationals.
Sophomore Vince Howard, 25th in the
ACC, and junior Chris Kendrick will
join him.
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tailbacks have gained a total of 325
yards in the last four games. Last week
against Clemson, they had minus six
yards rushing. Aaron Staples leads the
team with 385 yards on 92 carries. ,
Nowhere to hide: Well, maybe. Tar
Heel running backs are hiding in piles
of linemen, receivers are hiding in webs
of uncomplicated secondaries and Tar
Heel quarterbacks. ..well, Tar Heel
quarterbacks are not hiding behind their
offensive linemen. Sometimes it's more
like the other way around.
Defensively, the Tar Heels are not
playing poorly, just too much. Line
backer Dwight Hollier is second in the
ACC in tackles, but the defense is still
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5o search of national title
By NEIL AMATO
Staff Writer
Whoever said field hockey wasn't a
Northern sport is at least half right.
The NCAATournament, which starts
Saturday in four different cities, has a
field of 12, with seven teams from the
New England area. But the two top
ranked squads No. 1 Old Dominion
and second-ranked North Carolina
are strictly Southern.
To make matters worse, three of the
four sites are in the North, and two are
in Boston. Sunday in Beantown, 17-2
UNC takes on the winner of host North
eastern (14-5-2) and New Hampshire
(14-4). ODU also plays in Boston
against the Massachusetts vs. Boston
University victor. Why did neither of
the top-rated teams get to host a re
gional? "It's cheaper," UNC coach Karen
Shelton explained. "Instead of flying
four Northeast teams down to Old
Dominion and to North Carolina, they
sent two Southern teams up to the
Northeast."
According to Shelton, her squad is
excited just to compete in the tourney,
where the Tar Heels will attempt to
qualify for their fourth Final Four in
five years. Shelton also said her squad
is more at home on the road.
"Personally, I think we're a better
group when we're away. I have more
We hope you guys appreciate this.
We've passed up parties, skipped
mid-terms, stopped attending classes,
stayed up until all hours of the night,
ran up phone bills larger than Dave
Glenn's ego (ouch!) and yes, even
broken dates (sorry honey) all in the
name of locating a guest picker of the
week.
Pete Coors set a new precedent as
our DTHPOTW (nice acronym, huh?)
last week running up a 9-1 record.
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Record (79-21) (72-28) (72-28) (76-24) (Guest)
Winning Percentage ' (.790) (.720) (.720) (.760) (.620)
Games of the Week
South Carolina at UNC USC USC USC USC UNC
N.C. State at Duke NCSU NCSU Duke NCSU Duke
Virginia Tech at Virginia UVa. UVa. UVa. UVa. UVa.
Maryland at Penn State PSU PSU PSU PSU PSU
Tulsa at Wake Forest Wake Wake Tulsa Wake Wake
Michigan at Illinois Mich Mich Mich Mich III.
Miami at Pitt Miami Pitt Miami Miami Miami
Southern Cal at Arizona USC USC USC USC USC
Texas at Houston Hous Tex. Hous Hous Hous
Alabama at LSU LSU Ala. Ala. Ala. LSU
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struggling
last in the ACC against the run, as
evidenced against Clemson.
Perhaps a more startling note is the
play (or total lack thereof) of the UNC
offense in the last three games. After
having a very respectable (for this team)
showing against Virginia four weeks
ago, the offense seems to have up and
vanished. Receivers can't get open,
tailbacks can't find holes and Clint
Gwaltney can't continue to destroy his
average by going for fifty-yard-plus
field goals.
Is it the exceptional defensive play
of UNC opponents? Hardly. Is it the
hesitancy of Mack Brown to take a few
offensive risks? Doubtful. The very
control, and we're together as a team,"
she said. "When we're at home,
everyone's kind of going in a different
direction. When we're away, we don't
have those distractions."
Except for losses to Northwestern
and ODU, the Tar Heels have not been
bothered by distractions. One hindrance
for this weekend, though, could be the
nippy Boston weather.
"We're going to try not to focus on
the weather," Shelton said. "It would
be unfortunate if we started dwelling
on it. That's something we have abso
lutely no control over. We need to steer
away from the things we can't control
and worry about the things we can
control."
So far this season, North Carolina
has been able to exercise some control
over most aspects of play. The most
outstanding item is the 81-10 goal
margin. For example, the Tar Heels'
third-leading scorer, junior Laurel
Hershey, has scored more goals than
all of UNC's opponents combined.
Yes, senior Kathy Staley has tallied
26 times and freshman Imke Lempers
has 24 scores, but the unheralded de
fense has performed superbly, too.
Shelton rarely singles out players, es
pecially on defense. But this time, she
mentioned one fullback who has stood
out.
"Nancy Lang. I'll point her out
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fact that UNC has gone for first down ;
on fourth-and-whatever on several !
occasions indicates a willingness to .
take a few chances. Brown is not afraid
to fake a punt or a field goal here'jiKJ
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weeks ago at Maryland, they often;
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UNC simply needs, as Brown ha$v
repeatedly stressed, "good playerifiK
the skill positions," i.e. quarterback
And until either Todd Burnett
Chuckie Burnette gets the experierfc
to lead this offense, it will be another '
long Saturday afternoon for UNC.and;
another long, excuse-ridden press con
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she's been playing great," Shelton saj1.
"She's been working hard in practice, ,
and she's more confident. Her attitu
is just wonderful."
If Northeastern wins Saturday, Lang
had better continue to play well. The"'
Killingworth, Conn., native will mo
likely be assigned to mark the Huskies'
fleet-footed wing, Deb Sweeney. 'r.
The secret of UNC's success is sen-"' '
ior captain Leslie Lyness. From her
position at center midfield, Lyness Tia-5 ' :
dished out 2 1 assists. For her career, the
1988 first-team All-America has 3'i
assists, putting her within three of tl.?v
UNC all-time record. ; ' -'
Recently, UNC has fared well against; '
its two possible opponents. Last sea- '
son, the Tar Heels beat the Wildcats; A -0.
Earlier this year, UNC nipped North- -.
eastern, 2-1.
"I think it's going to be a dogfight," '
she said. "Either team can win; both -teams
are very talented." '
The Tar Heels, whose last game w.
Oct. 29 in the Atlantic Coast Confer
ence final, is ending a two-week layoff '
from competition. Shelton thinks the -,
break has been good for the team.-
"If anything, it will make our kids
more anxious and hungry to play.'N
Shelton said. "At the end of the ACC
Tournament, our legs were tired.. Wc :
needed a couple of days off. Now, -.'
we're ready to play."
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that illuminating prose.
So this week, we all sat down, had
some milk and cookies, read the .
Bible, watched Snow White and the.
Seven Dwarfs and started working,
on our popcorn and cranberry strings
for Christmas. It was then that we
Dave's mom yes, Mrs. Patricia (I '
never figured out where we went !
wrong with David) Glenn 'as the
immortal Guest Picker in Week
Eleven.
Last week, Dave (I'm really just a
momma's boy when it comes right
down to it) Glenn coasted in last
week with an 8-2 mark, and stretched
his lead to a whopping three games".
Jamie (C'mon, c'mon, C'MON wait
for ME! I'm telling mom!) Rosen
berg went an abysmal 6-4. John
(Ooooh that Night Train is a mean
wine) Bland moved up to third with
a sparkling 9-1 record, to tie Andrew
(Crack that whip, Lee) Podolsky. at
seven games back.
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