SUNDAY 7 P.M. -- The men's lacrosse team couldn't quite finish out its ACC Championship run losing 15-13 in Kenan Stadium on Sunday and the reason was an unfamiliar one for the Tar Heels.
If asked Michigan State coach Tom Izzo might say the story of the Spartans' run to the Final Four would best be classified as a romance. The protagonists? Spartans center Goran Suton and basketball.
Given the ball with 15 seconds left in regulation in a tied ballgame sophomore attackman Billy Bitter couldn't make a play to give the North Carolina men's lacrosse team a win against bitter rival Johns Hopkins.
Squat control the ball pass to a teammate. Squat control the ball pass to a teammate. That was Shane Walterhoefer's routine all weekend —and his mastery of faceoffs was a big reason the No. 5 Tar Heels (4-0) came away with two wins against ranked opponents.
Youth beat experience Sunday at Fetzer Gym. Virginia Tech (17-1 2-0 ACC) took a 19-15 decision from North Carolina (10-7 3-1) while starting no one but underclassmen. The match figured to rest on the back-to-back matchups of top-25 grapplers weighing in at 141 and 149 pounds.
Coach Brian Kalbas could do no wrong Saturday. Anyone he put in the lineup for his team's doubleheader against Gardner-Webb and UNC-Greensboro made him look smart trouncing their foes in two collective routs.
DEC. 7 CHAPEL HILL — For most of her career at UNC" the word ""potential"" hung over Casey Nogueira like a dark cloud. It followed her around" fairly or unfairly. With every impressive goal she scored" her coach Anson Dorrance would tell anyone that would listen that she had the ""potential"" to do it again.
