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The Daily Tar HeelThursday, September 5, 1991Sfrr Despite losses, women's soccer is still a national favorite By Jason Bates Staff Writer The list of the missing is a Who's Who of college soccer. No Anson. No Kristine. No Mia. No Rita. No Jill. No Emily. But UNC will still be No. 1. They may struggle. They may not score goals as often as they did last season. They may lose more than one game in a season for the first time in six years. But rain or shine, come hell or high water the Tar Heels will prob ably be the ones who put the NCAA championship trophy in their case. Granted, no one has ever been called brazen or gutsy for picking UNC to win the national title. But this year may be more uncertain than years past. 9 V & r 1 1 PwV ""'It - DTH file pholo junior Kristine Lilly will leave the Tar Heels in November to play in the World Cup Instead of fawning over how much talent UNC has in its arsenal, preseason talk has focused on how much talent won't be around this year. First and foremost is the head coach, Anson Dorrance, who will leave the team after the ACC Tournament in the first week of November. The reigning demi-god of soccer his UNC teams have won nine national titles and five in a row will be doing duty in China at the Women's World Cup as head coach of the U.S. National Team. He is not worried about his absence, though. "This isn't football or basketball," he said. "Soccer coaches aren 't puppeteers. We don't sit on the sidelines and pull strings and call timeouts and make sub stitutions and call plays. "For me to have an impact on this team, the stuff we're doing right now is my impact. We're going to try and solve problems in training. By the time the NCAA Tournament rolls around, this team's identity and personality will be formed. That will be done in all the sessions I'm involved in." Taking over in Dorrance's absence will be his assistant of 12 years, Bill Palladino. "Bill could be a head coach at any program in this country," Dorrance said. "I consider it a wonderful privilege that he selected to stay here and work with me. He's not going to struggle in the least handling this team on his own." The loss of Dorrance at tourney time will be minimized, but the talent loss on the field may be harder to make up. Following Dorrance to China will be last year's ACC Player of the Year, Mia Hamm, and last year's National Player of the Year, Kristine Lilly. "Hamm and Lilly, by the time they graduate, will be considered among the two best players all-time to have ever played in college, not just at the Univer sity of North Carolina," Dorrance said. Hamm is not play ing with the team at all this season. Lilly will play with the team until November, but will leave before the NCAA Tournament starts. The team was prepared to lose those two players, but injuries have also hit hard. Junior RitaTowerand sophomore Jill Jakowich will both miss the season because of knee injuries. Hamm, Lilly, Tower and Jakowich were the top four scorers on the team last year. They combined for 56 goals and 43 assists last season, while the rest of the Tar Heels mustered only 32 goals and 25 assists. With the offense almost crippled, the focus now moves to the defense, which returns several experienced players from a unit that surrendered only 1 2 goals last season. Junior Lori Walker will mind the nets. Last season she played in 10 games while studying under the gradu ated Meridee Proost. In front of Walker will be two return ees seniorsStacey Blazoand Louellen Poore. Linda Hamilton graduated but will be replaced in the lineup by Keri Sanchez, a highly regarded freshmen from San Jose, Calif. Laura Boone also graduated, but sophomore Carolyn Springer should step in easily. "(The defense) will be about the same speed (as last year's) but more experi enced," Dorrance said. "(Sanchez) is really not a rookie; she's trained with the national team. She comes in with a sophomore's experience." The big concern before last year's campaign was the young, inexperienced midfield. This year's midfielders will be just as young. Emily Rice, who would be a senior this year, did not return to school.That leaves sophomore All-ACC player Jane Vest as the most experi enced returning player. She will be joined by redshirt freshman Angela Kelly and true freshman Tisha Venturini. The big question mark is the deci mated frontline. "I know what the problems will be," Dorrance said. "The players don't have an inkling of it yet. We're going to struggle scoring goals." Lilly will play in the regular season, and the hope is that her talent and lead ership will rub off on everyone else. She will be a big stabilizing factor to a team that has no other proven scorers. The remaining spots on the front will probably be filled by senior Pam Kalinoski and sophomore Paige Coley. Kalinoski is returning to the team after missing last season because of injury. Coley played in all 22 games last sea son, and her five goals and three assists make her the top returning scorer on the team besides Lilly. Junior Kristin Acquavella is also returning. She was right behind Coley with four goals and three assists and will definitely be counted on to score more this season. The Tar Heels have never had to worry about finding tough competition, even if they rarely lose. This year's schedule has all the usual ACC teams, plus the Tar Heels will face every team that made the Final Four last season. "At the beginning of the year every one has unbridled optimism," Dorrance said. "I don't care what program you walk into. In the preseason, everyone thinks they've got a tremendous oppor tunity. Reality sets in after your first couple games or by about midseason." So here's reality: They may struggle, but the Tar Heels will more than likely do it again. Remember, the race may not always go to the swiftest, nor the battle to the strongest, but go ahead and bet that way, anyway. Women's Soccer Head Coach: Anson Dorranced 3th year) Dorrance's Record: 226-8-9 Assistant Coach: Bill Palladino 1 990 Record: 20-1 -1 , NCAA Champions Returning Letterwinners: (16) Kristin Acquavella, Stacey Blazo, Julie Carter, Paige Coley, Meagan Dougherty, Jill Jakowich, Pam Kalinoski, Kristine Lilly, Sarah Ludington, Louellen Poore, Sasha Kate Soa res, Carolyn Springer, Rita Tower, Jane Vest, Lori WalkerJenniferZaccagnini Newcomers: (10) Dawn Craw (Piano, Texas), Danielle Egan (West Islip, N.Y.), Shelley Finger (Duncanvil le, Texas), Susie Green (Cincinnati), Angela Kelly (Brantford, Ontario), Tracy Noonan (North Andover, Mass.), Ashley Riggs (Raleigh), Keri Sanchez (San Jose, Calif.), Roz Santana (North Babylon, N.Y.), Tisha Venturini (Modesto, Calif.) Waller fails to qualify in World meet Staff Reports TOKYO UNC track star Tisha Waller, already the first UNC trackster to win an international medal, failed to become the school's first female track and field world champion this week end, as she did not qualify for the finals in the World Track & Field Champion ships in Tokyo. Waller, ranked 15th in the world go ing into the championships, placed 1 Oth in her qualifying group, while only eight women advanced to the finals. German Heike Henkel won the event, jumping 2.05 meters. Waller, a senior from South Boston, Va., had qualified for the Tokyo games by finishing third at the TAC National Championships in June. In July, Waller became the first UNC women's track and field international medalist when she placed third in the World University Games in England. Among an assortment of scholastic achievements, Waller holds ACC records in both the indoor and outdoor high jumps. Craddock names assistant Dennis Mitchell, a member of the 1985 Abilene Christian NCAA cham pion track team, has been named the new head field events coordinator for the UNC track squad. Tar Heel head coach Dennis Craddock announced Tuesday. Among other duties, Mitchell will direct the pole vaulters, high jumpers and throwers. He replaces Jeff Ward, who left the program in late July to pursue private business interests. A Rialto, Calif., native, Mitchell has been an assistant with the University of Texas men's track team since the fall of 1985. Swofford leaves committee UNC athletic director John Swofford has stepped down as chairman of the NCAA Special EventsPost-Season Bowl Committee, Swofford announced earlier this week. Swofford.a 1971 UNC graduate.said he made the move in order to concen trate on the University's upcoming bi centennial fund-raising campaign and other school events. He had served as chairman of the committee for almost three years. 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