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10The Daily Tar HeelMonday, September 30, 1991
UNC fails to capitalize on Packages in 24-7 loss
State receives
Savage effort
from defense
Warren Hynes
Assistant Sports Editor
RALEIGH They played like Sav
ages. Following the lead of confident
cornerback Sebastian Savage, N.C.
State's defensive players pulled out
countless clutch plays in dominating
the North Carolina offense Saturday at
Carter-Finley Stadium.
"We're on a mission this year," Sav
age, a junior from Carlisle, S.C., said.
"We're going to try to win all our games
and just play the best Wolfpack football
that we can play this year."
The N.C. State game plan was to shut
down the UNC run and force quarter
back Chuckie Burnette to pass. The Tar
Heels totaled 33 yards rushing on 37
carries. It would be safe to say the run
was stopped.
'Their linebackers were attacking a
lot quicker than we thought they would,"
said UNCtailback Natrone Means, who
averaged only 3.3 yards per carry. "We
thought they would be coming in differ
ent gaps."
Outside linebacker Tyler Lawrence,
who had eight tackles and two sacks,
said: "That's what we wanted to do
shut down the running game, give them
second and long, third and long, where
we knew that we could just tee up and
come out to Chuckie.
"Back in the pass, when we put a lot
of pressure on him, he tended to choke
a little bit."
When Burnette was forced to pass,
the Wolfpack was all over him, all over
the UNC receivers and all over the Tar
Heel offensive line. UNC was held to
138 yards passing. Burnette was 16 of
34 with three interceptions.
No. 6 Virginia shuts down
Staff report
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. No.
6 Virginia outshot UNC's fourth-ranked
men's soccer team 13-2 and scored a
second-half goal to beat the previously
undefeated Tar Heels 1-0 Sunday at
Scott Stadium before 1,800 fans.
With 2 minutes, 1 1 seconds elapsed
in the second half, A.J. Wood received
a pass from Ben Crawley and put a five-
Volleyball takes 2 of 3 at home
After Friday loss, Tar Heels make Saturday fun
By Bryan Strickland
Staff Writer
North Carolina's volleyball team fell
Friday in three straight games to a strong
Kentucky squad, but the Tar Heels
regrouped Saturday at Carmichael Au
ditorium with easy wins over LaSalle
and Furman.
The 2-1 weekend effort evened
UNC's record at 7-7. TheTar Heels will
open their ACC schedule Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. when they host the Virginia
Cavaliers.
Friday, Kentucky bolted to a 6-0 lead
in the first game and never looked back,
breezing to a 15-12, 15-7, 1 5-4 triumph.
The Tar Heels put togethertheir most
impressive streak of the match halfway
through the first game. Trailing 7-2,
UNC junior setter Amy Peistrup took
over the serving duties. After a Natalie
Andrews' kill made it 7-3, Peistrup aced
the Wildcats with her powerful jump
serve, closing the gap to 7-4.
Moments later, theTar Heels electri
fied the crowd with back-to-back power
plays. Peistrup, a native of Arlington
Heights, III., uncorked a wicked cross
court kill to give theTar Heels their first
lead, and junior Summer Sieg followed
with a kill of her own, putting the Tar
Heels up 9-7.
But the Tar Heels' seven-point run
ended abruptly, as the Wildcats an
swered with four consecutive points.
Kentucky wrapped up the first game
when an attempted kill by Andrews
bailed long.
' Andrews, fourth in the ACC in digs
per game with 3.56, said the team's lack
Of aggressiveness was key to the loss.
"We were way too tentative to start
the match," the junior from Pinehurst
said. "We felt confident, but then we
didn't show our confidence. We were
So scared-acting."
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N.C. State sophomore fullback Ledel Ceorge
Wolfpack left tackle Mark Thomas,
who had eight tackles, said banging
through the offensive line was integral.
"We had to whoop them up front, whoop
the offensive line," he said.
But the N.C. State defense was stron
gest when the Tar Heels were threaten
ing to score. The Wolfpack stopped six
UNC drives in State territory. Four of
those stops came in the fourth quarter.
"It's amazing how many times we've
taken the ball away when they (oppo
nents) are in scoring territory," said
N.C. State head coach Dick Sheridan.
Savage had a hand in two of those
yard shot past North Carolina goal
keeper Watson Jennison for the score.
Although the Tar Heels lead 26-1 8-6
in the all-time series with the Cavaliers,
UVa. has been menacing for UNC for
nearly four seasons. Virginia, which
upped its record to 5-1-1 and 2-1-0 in
the Atlantic Coast Conference, has won
seven inarow versus UNCand 13ofthe
last 15 bet ween the schools. North Caro
Amy Peistrup
Sagula blamed poor hitting and serving
for the lackluster effort.
'That good old service error came
back every now and then," he said. "It
took the steam out of our engine.
"Our offense has got to play at the
same level as we do defensively."
TheTar Heels recorded eight service
errors in the match. Peistrup and
Andrews amassed a team-high seven
kills each, while Peistrup, who aver
ages 8.83 assists, led the way with 15
assists.
Saturday night was a different story,
as the Tar Heels cruised to a 15-5, 15-4,
15-8 victory over Furman in the first
meeting between the two schools.
The Tar Heels simply had too much
talent for the Lady Paladins, tallying 3 1
kills and 12 aces. Furman had 19 kills
and one ace.
Sagula said he was satisfied with the
Tar Heel showing.
"There's a tendency when you play a
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falls forward for extra yardage as lonathan
stops. The 5-foot-1 1, 187-poundermade
his fourth and fifth interceptions of the
young season at critical junctures:
With 1:10 left in the first half and
the Wolfpack leading 10-0, the Tar Heels
stood at the State 24-yard line with third
down and 7. It appeared UNC would go
to the lockers with at least three points.
Burnette dropped back and was blitzed.
He tossed a pass toward Eric Blount in
the end zone. The ball never made it that
far. It did fall into the hands of Savage,
though, at the State 4-yard line.
With less than 30 seconds remain
ing in the game and the Wolfpack up
No. 4 men's
lina fell to 7-1-1, 1-1-0 in the ACC.
Jennison, the anchor of a stingy de
fense that has yielded three goals in nine
games, recorded eight saves to keep the
Cavaliers in check. Virginia goalkeeper
Jeff Causey needed to make only one
save.
UNC's two shots both came from 30
yards out. The Tar Heels best chance to
lower-level opponent to bring your level
of game down," Sagula said. "We
wanted to make sure we did a good job
and played our game."
After an uneventful first game,
Furman broke out to a surprising 3-0
lead in game two. But Peistrup high
lighted a 12-0 North Carolina run with
back-to-back aces that subdued any
Lady Paladin hopes of victory.
Peistrup, who had four aces and 15
assists in the match, said she felt good
about the team's effort.
"We just came in tonight knowing
we had to get the job done and prove
something. I think we did."
Sagula said he was most excited by
the play of his substitutes. North Caro
lina started four reserves in the third
game, led by senior Raleigh native Lisa
Radford's two kills and two aces.
It was also a good night for UNC's
highly regarded freshmen corps. Katie
Galloway turned in a noteworthy per
formance, smashing a team-high eight
kills and four aces. Galfoway, an Au
rora, Colo., resident, was also solid de
fensively, picking up six digs.
Earlier Saturday, UNC throttled
LaSalle 15-4, 15-2, 15-3. Andrews,
UNC's leader in kills, was a thorn in the
Explorers' side all day, tying a school
record set earlier in the season by
Peistrup with nine aces for the match.
The Tar Heels also set a new club record
with 24 aces.
Sagula said Saturday's matches put
the fun back into volleyball. "When
you're playing real hard and making
great moves, it gets to be fun."
Radford agreed with her coach. "It
was a lot of fun," she said. "That's the
way volleyball is supposed to be.
"If it's not fun, something must be
going wrong."
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Perry (54) and Riddick Parker (97) look on
1 7-7, the Tar Heels were trying to make
one last-ditch try at winning the game.
They stood at the State six-yard line
with third and goal. Burnette passed.
The ball was tipped. Savage waited in
prey. He snatched the ball and took off,
returning it 99 yards for a touchdown.
"From that moment on, everything
just got silent and all I saw was green
grass," Savage said. "I didn't hear any
thing, not one noise. I didn't even hear
myself running until I crossed that goal
lin6. That's when everythingcame back.
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score came with 7:30 remaining on
midfielder Mateo Ferruzzi's attempt.
North Carolina got two yellow cards
in the contest and committed 15 fouls.
Virginia also had two warnings and was
whistled for 1 1 fouls.
North Carolina's next game is
Wednesday versus Furman at 7:30 p.m.
on Fetzer Field.
North Carolina freshman Katie Galloway
Tar Heels miss chances,
lose 4th straight to State
By Mark Anderson
Sports Editor
RALEIGH Two heated rivals tried
to be good neighbors Saturday at Carter
Finley Stadium.
North Carolina State did all it could
to keep North Carolina in the game, but
UNC refused its host's gifts of field
position and turnovers. The Tar Heels'
own generosity was commendable, but
it left them staring at a 24-7 deficit when
the day was done.
Before 53,928 fans, the Wolfpack
proved it was better to receive than to
give as it won its sixth straight game.
NCSU is 4-0 overall, 2-0 in the ACC,
and entered the Associated Press poll
Sunday at No. 1 9. The Tar Heels fell to
2-1,0-1 in the conference.
UNC, ranked 23rd in the AP poll
entering Saturday's tilt, fell out of the
Top 25 for the second-straight time at
the hands of NCSU. The Tar Heels' last
appearance in the rankings was Oct. 1 5,
1986. They lost 35-34 to the Wolfpack
in the following game and did not return
to the poll until last week.
Saturday's loss also left the Tar Heel
seniors and head coach Mack Brown
without a win against arch-rival N.C.
State. The Wolfpack now boasts four
straight wins in the series and has
outscored UNC 124-25 in that span.
Saturday'stouchdown was the first time
UNC put the ball in the end zone against
the Wolfpack since 1987.
But that is not to say N.C. State is not
charitable to its 1-40 rival.
'They gave us every opportunity to
win," said UNC quarterback Chuckie
Burnette. "We just didn't capitalize."
Burnette, who finished 16 of 34 for
1 38 yards, was the most generous of the
Tar Heels as they attempted to return
the favor to the Wolfpack. In a repeat
performance of his last Carter-Finley
appearance, thejuniorquarterback fired
three interceptions.
The first pickoff was the result of a
bad Burnette decision, and it cost UNC
at least a field goal opportunity before
the half. With the ball on the Wolfpack
24, Burnette scrambled right to avoid
the blitz, then threw the ball up for grabs
near the goal line. NCSU's Sebastian
Savage hauled it in with 1 :06 left in the
half, and the Tar Heels failed to cut into
N.C. State's 10-0 lead.
The Wolfpack's second theft came
with just under seven minutes left in the
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game and also thwarted a UNC scoring
opportunity. Down 17-7, UNC's Rick
Steinbacher recovered a fumble at the
State 1 5. Two plays later, Burnette was
hit by N.C. State's Mark Thomas, and
hispass was picked off by David Merritt.
Burnette's final present to the domi
nant Wolfpack defense was a fitting
tribute. After manufacturing a last-gasp
drive, Burnette's final pass of the day
bounced of Joey Jauch's hands and into
Savage's at the 1-yard line. With 0:04
left. Savage entered the end zone at the
opposite end of the field for a gift
wrapped touchdown.
The Wolfpack rewarded UNC with
good field position all day, but the Tar
Heels could not take advantage of it.
UNC never began a drive inside its own
20, and seven times started outside its
own 43, including four times in N.C.
State territory.
Nursing a 17-7 lead, N.C. State also
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UNC
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First Quarter
NCSU FG Hartman 46. 6:00
Second Quarter
NCSU Goines 27 pass (ram Bender
(Hartman kick), 12:39
Third Quarter
NCSU Davenport 35 pass from Bender
(Hartman kick). 11:34
UNC Jauch 7 pass from Burnette
(Gwaltney kick), 5:03
Fourth Quarter
NCSU Savage 99 Interception return
(Hartman kick), 0:04
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NCSU UNC
17 13
47-134 37-33
208 138
160 47
12-22-0 16-34-3
7-40.5 10-42.2
3-3 3-0
3-37 5-43
35:03 24:57
First downs
Rushes-yards
Passing yards
Return yards
Comp-Att-Int
Punts-Avg.
Fumbles-tost
Penalties-yards
Time of possession
Individual Statistics
Rushing: NCSU Manior 21-63: Shaw 4-20;Downs7-20:Barbour7-16;
Bender 2-8;
Jordan. UNC Means 17-56; R. Jordan 5
4; Runyon 1 -3; Faulkerson 2-3; Walker 1 -0;
Burnette 11 -(-33).
Passing: NCSU Jordan 7-1 1 -0 74 ; Bender
4-1 0-085; George 1-1-049. UNC Burnette
16-34-3 138.
Receiving: NCSU Davenport 5-116;
Goines 2-40; Santee 2-32; Hinton 1 -1 2;Shaw
1-10; UNC Holliday 4-51; Jauch 3-25;
May 3-22; Felton 2-15, Means 2-13; Blount
1-11; Faulkerson 1-1.
Missed Field Goals: NCSU Hartman 27.
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15-4, 15-8 defeat of Furman Saturday