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10 I SEPTEMBER 19,2018 BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE Sports The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 / ^>1 m m JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance BACA’S Jenna Dunlow prepares to complete a return during Monday’s match against Albemarle School. BACA spikers suffer loss to Colts in 4 sets Eagles win first set, drop 3 straight JIM GREEN Bertie Ledger-Advance ASKEWVILLE - A first-set victory had them think ing upset Monday. ^ Bethel Assembly 'Christian’s volleyball team rallied past Albe marle School to take the first set, and it ap peared the Eagles were going to hand the Colts their second loss. But the visitors used several extended serv ing runs and solid play at the net to defeat BACA in four sets - 23- 25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-18. The Colts improved to 7-1 overall, while the Eagles dropped to 4-4. Jenna Dunlow’s four straight service points put BACA ahead 6-2 in the opening set. Albemarle was able to cut the deficit to two points, but three points by Hayle Harrell (which included a kill from Ha ley Northcott) to make it 15-10. Albemarle inched its way back and used three aces from Saman tha Nixon to take a 20- 18 advantage. But the Eagles scored seven of the last 10 points in the set - includ ing three from Grace Todd and one from Sar ah Conner - to win it. Albemarle established an early lead in the sec ond set behind Ava Morris (three points), Brooke Perry (three points) and Nixon (two points). The Colts were able to pull away a Mor ris served three aces in a four-point swing, and Taylor Stallings added two aces of her own. Bethel established an early lead in the third set and held it through the first five service ro tations as Harrell had a pair of aces and Ava Johnson made a nice play at the net to make it 6-4. Nixon’s two aces cut the deficit to one, and a sideout tied it at 7-all. Monique Guzman-Tor- res then reeled off five in a row (two aces, a tap by Stallings and a kill by Deniz Bekci) before a kill by Dunlow ended the flurry. The Colts went on to take the set for a 2-1 lead, as Stallings and Bekci found open spots on the floor with kills and push returns. The Colts misfired on their first two service chances in the final set, but Bethel was not able to take advantage on its own serve either. Two points from Con ner gave the Eagles a 7-6 lead, but two aces from Morris tied it 9-all. The Colts took the lead for good on a kill from Nixon and two points from her (as well as a kill by Perry) to make it 13-11. BACA closed to with in one on two occasions but was never able to overtake the visitors. Two points from Stall ings, three from Bekci and one each from Mor ris and Perry closed out u SiA JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance Haley Northcott looks to pass the ball to a teammate. •’’VI '4i JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance Lady Eagle Ava Johnson chases down a return. the match. Bethel man- Northcott). aged just two points on its final three service opportunities (one from Conner and an ace by Jim Green can be reached via email at jgreen@ncweeklies. com. Several candidates could replace Fedora as Tar Heels coach So I asked the ques tion last week: If Lar ry Fedora isn’t the fu ture of UNC Football, who is? 1 gotta be honest, it was a rhetorical question and I wasn’t actually expecting an answer. Thankfully, y’all didn’t know that, so 1 got quite a few answers via email. So many in fact that 1 thought it worth mentioning a few. The most intrigu ing to me was Les Miles. The “Mad Hat ter” is best known for his time as the head coach at LSU, where he won a National Championship a little over a decade ago. He has remained unemployed since being let go by the Ti gers, but he is not en tirely unfamiliar with the Carolina Football program. His son, Manny Miles, is a se nior quarterback for the Tar Heels this year. Getting Les Miles to UNC would be a huge win for the pro gram and would yield a much faster return on investment than the other coaches. Bret Bielema was another name that 1 found fascinating. Bielema was most recently at Arkansas - where coaching ca reers go to die - but I most fondly remem ber him for his time at Wisconsin. Recruiting at Arkan sas against the likes of Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC seems like an impossible task. However, when Bielema was coach ing the Badgers, he still had to recruit against Ohio State, Penn State and Mich igan but it was man ageable. With similarly equal talent, he was a good enough head coach to win three Big Ten titles and one Conference Coach of the Year award. His current consulting experience with the New England Patriots would do nothing but help his ability to re cruit in Chapel Hill. Lane Kiffin was brought up as an op- ussmsi David Friedman tion and it’s certainly an interesting one. He clearly has name rec ognition and would love the opportunity to coach at a big name uni versity again. He is unquestionably one of the brightest of fensive coordinators in all of college football. While he has recently shown an ability to keep a head coaching job during his short time at Florida Atlantic, his track record isn’t ex actly grand. The other coach I thought was a com pelling option is Seth Littrell. His name should be a familiar one to Tar Heel fans. He was calling the of fense in 2015 when UNC played for an ACC title and has spent the last few seasons rebuilding the North Texas Mean Green football program. Littrell is a talent ed young coach that was rumored to have clashed with Fedora during his time at Caro lina. That isn’t exactly a problem for me. One issue with Littrell, aside from having very little head coaching ex perience, is if he ever had enough success at UNC to get the job offer at Oklahoma, he would be leave immediately. He was born in Oklaho ma, he played at Okla homa, his Dad played at Oklahoma...you get the idea. Littrell is my least fa vorite choice on this list but that’s not a knock on him, it’s a pretty good list. Now I need somebody to give it to UNC Athlet ic Director Bubba Cun ningham. David Friedman is a long time sports writer and lifelong Tar Heel. David can be reached via e-mail at fourthand- longcolumn@gmail. com BERTIE SOCCER SCHEDULE Friday, Sept. 21 Storm at Bertie (7 p.m.) Friday, Sept. 28 Earthquakes at Bertie (6 p.m.) Monday, Oct. 1 Storm vs. Bertie (at Purser), 6 p.m.) This week's Pigskin Pick'em can be found on the Bertie Ledger-Advance Facebook page ECU 3 STARTING AT GAMES IwW S. SCUPirates.com' ;800-DIAL-ECU SWIii it, tV
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