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UNC, Thornqvisf . crush Elon 9-0
By David Rodney Monroe
; Staff Writer
What started out as a dark, gloomy
. day turned into a bright and sunny one
for the North Carolina men's tennis
team as it defeated Elon College 9-0 at
the UNC Tennis Center. The victory
improved the Tar Heels' record to 5-3.
The match was a homecoming of
sorts for sophomore Roland Thornqvist
who went 37-0 last year in singles
competition for Elon before transferring
to UNC this fall.
Thornqvist played as the No. 1 seed
for the Tar Heels against the Fighting
Christians' Michael Leonard.
The firs' set appeared to be a struggle
for Thornqvist. He jumped out to a 4-1
lead, but Leonard broke Thomqvist's
serve and cu t the lead to 4-3 . Thornqvist
then won ti e next two games and took
the first set 6-4.
"I was a little tense the first set,"
Thornqvist said. "It was hard to get
psyched because I know these guys so
well. It felt weird real weird
playing against a former teammate."
4 games in 4
The ACC Tournament, next to the
NCAA Tournament, is one of the most
prestigious tournaments in the nation.
For three days in March the conference's
eight member schools participate in a
single elimination tournament that
showcases all the excitement and drama
expected from the nation's most tradition-filled
basketball conference.
The tournament has featured eight
different champions, including South
Carolina, which left the ACC in 1971.
Only Clemson has never won.
Next year, with the addition of Florida
State into the ACC, the tournament will
feature nine teams for the first time,
throwing a quirk into the tournament
format.
With the new addition, the tourna
ment will see an odd number of teams,
meaning one team will receive a bye.
As the tournament stands now, all
eight teams compete in the quarterfinals
Friday, with the winners advancing into
the semifinals Saturday and the finals
Sunday. The tournament winner must
defeat three teams in order to take home
the championship ring, regardless of
the team's regular-season conference
standing.
The ACC has already proposed a
new tournament format for next year.
Thursday, the No. 6 seed will play
the No. 9 seed and the No. 7 seed will
play the No. 8 seed in a preliminary
round. In the quarter-finals Friday, the
lowest remaining seed will play No. 2,
No. 3 will tackle the other preliminary
winner, and No. 4 will take on No. 5. In
the semi-finals Saturday, the regular
season champion will play the 4 vs. 5
winner and the two other winners will
face off in the other bracket.
The winners from these games would
meet in the championship game Sunday.
This new tournament format does
not receive the Everett Case Tourna
ment MVP trophy from me.
The only positive that comes out of
this new format is that it places more
emphasis on the ACC regular season.
The regular-season champion would
Baseball Top 25
(compiled by Collegiate Baseball magazine)
Team Record Pts Pvs
1. Stanford 17-3-0 496 2
2. Louisiana State 12-2-0 494 1
3. Florida State 12-3-0 490 4
4. Wichita State 8-0-0 487 7
5. Texas 17-6-0 483 8
6. Georgia Tech 10-3-0 479 9
7. Hawaii 12-4-0 477 10
8. Arkansas 12-3-0 476 5
9. Miami, Fla. 14-4-0 472 6
1 0. Southern California 1 6-6-1 469 1 2
11. Pepperdine 13-4-1 467 11
12. Oklahoma 9-1-0 464 13
13. Oklahoma State 5-4-0 460 3
14. Arizona State 13-10-0 459 14
15. Fresno State 12-5-0 451 15
16. North Carolina 10-1-0 448 20
17. Mississippi State 5-1-0 444 29
18. Creighton 6-0-0 442 18
19. Texas A&M 12-6-0 439 16
20. Florida 10-7-0 435 17
21. Southern lllnois 0-0-0 426 21
22. Clemson 8-1-0 424 22
23. Washington State 6-2-0 420 19
24. Maine 3-0-0 417 25
25. Long Beach State 12-8-0 413 27
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After winning the first set.Thomqvist
had no problems in the second set, which
he won 6-0. Winning the last two games
of the first set keyed the victory for
Thornqvist.
"I felt more comfortable in the sec
ond set," he said. "I could play out."
The best match of the day was be
tween UNC senior co-captain Andre
Janasik and Elon's Andy Faehlmann,
the No. 3 seeds. Their grueling three-set
match took two hours and 15 minutes.
Faehlmann won the tight first set 7-5.
Complaining of fatigue, Janasik fell
behind 4-1 in the second set.
"I was frustrated the whole day,"
said Janasik, "I just didn't have any
energy."
However, the struggle ended in the
lengthy sixth game of the second set.
Janasik won that game and came back
to capture the set 6-4. He then proceeded
to decisively seize the third set 6-1.
"Once I won the long sixth game in
the second set I got a second wind and
I held my serve easily," Janasik said.
Janasik's magnificent second-set
comeback was the key to the match. It
days? Change
David Rodney
Monroe
Staff Writer
receive a bye straight into the semi
finals. Therefore, the regular-season
champion would need to win only one
game to advance to the championship.
The regular-season champ would have
the luxury of resting and watching for
two days before it even goes on the
court for the first time.
One victory would mean a shot at the
coveted ACC Tournament trophy.
From 1 972-1 979, the ACC only had
seven teams, and the regular season
champion received a bye into the semi
finals. During that eight-year span, six
No. 1 seeds made it to the championship
game and five won the tournament title.
Obviously, the team with the bye has
an advantage.
But the negatives of this proposed
format far outweigh the positives. For
starters, the last four seeds would have
to play four games in four days
including the championship game to
take home the championship ring.
This is ridiculous.
As it stands now, three games in
three days is enough for college teams.
AP Men's Top 25
Team Record Pts Pvs
1. UNLV(62) 27-0 1.550 1
2. Ohio St. 25-1 1,488 2
3. Indiana 25-4 1.363 5
4. Syracuse 26-4 1,347 6
5. Arkansas 28-3 1,298 3
6. Duke 25-6 1,270 8
7. North Carolina 22-5 1,156 4
8. Utah 26-2 1,103 9
9. Arizona 24-6 1,048 7
10. Kentucky 22-6 947 13
11. New Mexico St. 23-4 846 11
12. Kansas 21-6 813 10
13. Nebraska 24-6 773 15
14. Oklahoma St. 21-6 700 12
15. E.Tennessee St. 28-4 607 19
16. LSU 20-8 467 18
17. UCLA 21-8 451 16
18. Mississippi St. 20-7 450 23
19. Princeton 23-2 437 21
20. St. John's 20-7 427 17
21.Seton Hall 19-8 377 20
22. Southern Miss. 21-6 376 14
23. Texas 20-7 263
24. Alabama 18-9 149 24
25. DePaul 18-8 76.
Other receiving votes: Illinois 64, Pittsburgh
50, Connecticut 45, New Mexico 44, N.
Carolina St. 36, Wake Forest 23 ordham 1 7,
Virginia 17, N. Illinois 14, Missouri 11, New
Orleans 8, E. Michigan 6, Temple 6, Brigham
Young 4, Creighton 4, South Alabama 4,
Georgetown 3, Pepperdine 3, Louisiana Tech
2, SW Missouri St. 2, Furman 1, Georgia 1,
Houston 1 , Michigan St. 1 , St. Francis, Pa. 1 .
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was obvious Faehlmann was disgusted
with his performance, and he fell apart
in the third and final set.
After completing his exhausting
singles match, Janasik paired up with
sophomore teammate Sean Steinour in
a doubles match. The two easily dis
posed of Elon's Michael Leonard and
Peter Lindstrom 6-0, 6-1.
"We played really well in doubles,
said Janasik. We did not make too many
mistakes. We played solid."
Other singles winners for North
Carolina were freshman Woody Webb,
a 6-4, 6-2 winner over Lindstrom; senior
co-captain Thomas Tanner, a 6-4, 6-3
victor over Jason Abhau; junior Chris
Mumford, a 6-2, 6-1 winner over John
Morel; and Steinour, who triumphed, 6
1, 7-5, over John Hodges.
Doubles winners were Thornqvist
and Mumford 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 winners
over Abhau and Morel and the duo of
Tanner and Joe Frierson, which took
the first two sets 3-6, 6-1, against
Faehlmann and Hodges and then won
th- third set in a 7-3 tie-breaker called
because of time constraints.
ACC format
The new format would favor teams
such as UNC that stash a lot of depth.
Tournaments are supposed to be fair.
The NCAA Tournament is fair. Except
for pairings, no one team has an ad
vantage. Each team has to play the same
number of games in the same number of
days, usually no more than two games
in three days.
This would not be the case with the
new ACC tournament. A preliminary
team would have to play four games in
four days to win it all.
The No. 1 seed, by comparison, would
only have to play two games in two
days. This is very unfair. The four games
in four days would make the tournament
less competitive, pairing a tired team
versus a fresh team.
But a solution exists to correct the
proposed format. The No.9 team should
play the No. 8 squad to determine the
last seed for the tournament. The game
would be played at No. 8's home court
the Tuesday before the tourney begins
Friday. Yes, the teams would still have
to possibly play four games, but the
winner would have two days off before
it must play again. The winner of this
game would go to the tournament as the
No. 8 seed, and the tournament would
be conducted under the present format.
The Big East, which has nine teams,
conducts its tournament this way. The
ACC should follow suit.
AP Women's Top 25
Team
LPenn St (45)
2. Virginia (11)
3. Tennessee (6)
4. Georgia
5. Purdue
6. Auburn
7. NX. State
8. Arkansas
9. Stanford
10. LSU
11. W. Kentucky
12. Washington
13. Connecticut
14. Texas
15. UNLV
16. Providence
17. S.F. Austin
18. Rutgers
19. Mississippi
20. Northwestern
21. Long Beach St.
22. Clemson
23. Lamar
24. Iowa
25. Geo. Washington
Record Pts Pvs
26- 1 1,530 2
27- 2 1,455 1
25- 4 1,454 4
26- 3 1,330 3
24-2 1,295 6
24-5 1,243 5
24-5 1,195 7
24- 3 1.119 8
22- 4 1,059 10
23- 6 992 12
25- 2 917 11
21- 4 877 9
25-4 784 13
20-7 739 14
24- 5 647 1 5
25- 4 629 16
23-4 457 19
22- 5 381 17
20-8 375 18
19- 7 356 20
20- 7 293 23
21- 9 216
25-2 150 25
18-8 144 21
22- 5 123
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 84, Okla
homa St. 45, Montana 41, Michigan St. 39,
Fullerton St. 28, Holy Cross 25, Maryland 23,
Santa Clara 18, Creighton 14, Kentucky 14,
Florida St. 12, Texas Tech 12, Fairfield 11,
SW Missouri 10, Vanderbilt 9, James Madi
son 6, Richmond 6, Southern Cal 6, Ala.
Birmingham 5, N. Illinois 5, South Carolina 4,
Toledo 3, Kansas 2, Duke 1.
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By Warren Hynes
Assistant Sports Editor
UNC baseball coach Mike Roberts
and pitching coach Mark Halvorsen
spent much of Monday's game
bringing in new pitchers, trying des
perately to find one who was effective.
Eventually, they found that pitcher
in the person of Paul Shuey. But in a
chaotic 11th inning, a controversial
call found Roberts and Halvorsen on
their ways to the clubhouse, and a
UNC misplay found Shuey on the way
to the hospital.
In addition, UNC found itself leav
ing Boshamer Stadium having been
upset by James Madison, 9-8. v
After a whirling web of events
knotted the game at eight, JMU led off
the top of the 1 1th with a single and
stolen base by catcher Mike Hubbard.
Shuey, UNC's premier relief pitcher,
then retired two batters and intention
ally walked slugger Pat Kelley.
With a 2-2 count, Shuey threw an
outside pitch that second baseman Rob
Mummau checked his swing on. Home
plate umpire Junior Creech did not
call a strike. Catcher Donnie Leshnock
appealed to infield umpire Bryant
Woodall. But the call stood and
pandemonium broke loose.
Roberts dashed onto the field and
shouted at Woodall from the first base
line. He exchanged words with Creech
as well, and returned to the UNC
dugout quite hot under the collar.
The next pitch got by Leshnock.
Hubbard took off for home plate,
Leshnock scrambled for the ball, and
Shuey motored in to cover the plate.
The throw was too late, and a diving
Hubbard scored the go-ahead run. But
upon stopping and applying the tag,
Shuey' s knee buckled. The UNC
fireman was forced to leave the game.
Tar Heel fans cried with complaint.
Creech gave the thumb to an apparently
vocal Halvorsen. The UNC pitching
coach figured he might as well get all
he could out of the ejection, and trotted
out to roar at both umpires. Roberts
then joined his coaching mate, and
found himself out of the game as well.
As the two coaches hit the showers,
winning pitcher Larry Mitchell made
sure UNC followed soon after.
Shuey (4-1) picked up the loss for
UNC. North Carolina fell to 9-3 on the
season, and JMU improved to 2-4.
"Umpiring's umpiring. That's about
all there is to it," Roberts said. "The
aftermath of just one more pitch is that
Paul Shuey may be out a day, he may
be out for the year."
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The confusing final inning was the
icing on the cake of a poorly mixed
game for UNC. Roberts announced
before the contest that starting pitcher
Derek Manning would pitch only three
innings. When Manning left with a 5-1
lead, Roberts struggled to find a hurler
who was hot. In the next eight innings,
the Tar Heels saw six pitching changes
and 19 position switches. Senior Brad
Woodall pitched two separate times and
played all three outfield positions.
"It's really my fault," Roberts said.
"I think I just made some very poor
decisions."
The Tar Heels jumped ahead early in
the ballgame. A two-run home run by
Leshnock in the second inning and a
towering three-run blast by second
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baseman Darren Villani in the third
frame put UNC ahead 5-1.
In the fourth, Woodall picked up a
2-0 count on Mummau after lefty John
Rosengren was ineffective. Mummau
was ready. He cranked a two-run
homer off the left field scoreboard.
But the fourth-inning fun didn't
end there. Three of the next four bat
ters reached to load the bases for the
Dukes. It appeared Woodall would
get out of the jam when Hubbard hit a
hard grounder to shortstop Keith
Grunewald. But the freshman booted
it, and a run scored. A sacrifice fly
drove in another, making it 5-5.
The Dukes picked up where they
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