4Spring Sports '91 The Daily Tar HeelWednesday February 27, 1991
No. 15 TUNC adds two aces
Webb, Thornqvist join already talented Heels
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By Jay Exum
Staff Writer
The 1991 North Carolinamen'stennis
team has something to prove.
After a dry spell of 1 2 years, the Tar
Heels claimed an ACC title last year to
break the drought. Now they have to
prove they're here to stay.
Head coach Allen Morris has a head
start on his competition, though. Despite
losing two seniors from the 1 990 team,
he still has the inside track to the title.
As if that were not enough, he caught
what seems to be a wonderfully conta
gious disease in the UNC athletic de
partment: He managed to garner a top
notch batch of recruits.
So good in fact, that two of the
newcomers are already filling the No. 1
and No. 2 singles spots. They might also
be striking fear into the hearts of ACC
opponents that know they must face
these young phenoms for a few years to
come.
Those two players constitute one
freshman and one sophomore transfer.
The freshman is Chapel Hill native
Woody Webb, who played his high
school tennis at nearby Durham Acad
emy before deciding to attend Louisiana
State. Webb, however, decided that LSU
was not the place for him, so he did not
play for the Tigers and retained all four
years of eligibility.
"I went to Louisiana State because
the coach was good at recruiting," Webb
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said. "They were ranked second in the
country at the time, and I also wanted to
get away from this area for a little while
because I had been living here my whole
life."
Webb added that the UNC atmo
sphere has been a welcome change for
him.
"I've grown up with most of the guys
on this team in juniors, and most of
them are my best friends," he said. "I
like Coach Morris a lot (and) that makes
it easier to work harder."
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Men's Tennis
Head Coach: J. Allen Morris (Presbyte
rian 1956)
Career Record: 1 81 -1 03 (11 th year)
Record at School: same
Assistant Coach: Sam Paul
1990 Record: 19-8, 5-2 ACC Icham
pion), 24th NCAA
Starters ReturningLost: 51
Top Returnees: Andre Janasik(Sr.), Bryan
Jones (Jr.), Chris Mumford (jr.), Sean
Steinour (So.), David Sussman (So.),
Thomas Tanner (Sr.)
Top Newcomers: Woody Webb (Chapel
Hill), Roland Thornqvist (Farsta, Swe
den), Wells Brabham (Greensboro)
Facility: UNC Tennis Center (1,000)
Webb's strength is his backhand. His
ground strokes, along with an improv
ing serve-and-volley game, have earned
him the No. 28 Volvo Tennis ranking,
and tied him for the fifth spot in Region
II. He went 9-3 in the fall season and
will likely play at UNC's No. 2 spot for
a large part of the spring season.
The other outstanding newcomer,
Roland Thornqvist from Sweden, brings
his own list of accolades to the Tar
Heels. Thornqvist played for Elon
College last season and simply domi
nated, winning the NAIA singles and
doubles championships and leading Elon
to the NAIA title. His 37-0 singles record
and a 28-3 doubles mark made his
NAIA player-of-the Year award little
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Sophomore Sean Steinour, a top-notch doubles player, was 31-14 at No. 5 singles in '90
more than a formality.
This is a new year, though, and
Thornqvist must now play with the big
boys in Division I. But the 20-year-old
Swede is good at playing catch-up. He
didn't even begin playing tennis until he
was 14, an age when some are already
thinking about turning pro. He currently
plays as the Tar Heels No. I seed. .
Still another heralded freshman cer
tainly will be heard from though
perhaps not as soon. Wells Brabham
would be an even more exciting prospect
were it not for the long shadows cast by
Webb and Lindqvist.
Brabham is ranked No. 84 nationally
in his age group and saw most of his
duties in the fall playing doubles, where
he compiled a4-2 record. Morris expects
strong contributions from the Greens
boro native in the future.
But before the rookies move into the
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