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Everything You Need to Know at UNC!
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AWARD-WINNING STUDENT
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
SportsTuesday
dailytarheel.com The Daily Tar Heel 8
SCOREBOARD
WOMENS SOCCER: PEPPERDINE 1, UNC 0
CROSS COUNTRY: Women placed second,
men placed fifth at the Bridge Invite
MENS SOCCER: NORTH CAROLINA 3, CALIFORNIA 1
DTH/KATIE WILLIAMS
Rob Lovejoy attempts to make room between himself and California defender Ugo Rebecchini. He would go on to score a goal in UNCs 3-1 victory Friday.
Big 3 leading UNCs offensive charge
Goalie switch not holding
eld hockey team back
FIELD HOCKEY: UNC 4, IOWA 1
By Andrew Tie
Staff Writer
For three years, Sassi Ammer was
a fixture in goal for North Carolina
field hockey.
But now, the senior has been
relegated to the bench in favor of
sophomore Shannon Johnson.
Despite Ammers 62 career starts,
Coach Karen Shelton gave the start-
ing nod to Johnson to open the sea-
son in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge
during the weekend. No. 2 UNC
(2-0) easily defeated No. 17 Michigan
5-1 on Saturday with Johnson in goal
and No. 20 Iowa 4-1 on Sunday with
the goalies each taking a half.
I think were pretty close, but you
have to compete with each other, so
its a little bit tense at times, but were
pretty good friends, said Johnson of
her relationship with Ammer.
Though Johnson only faced 10
shots in two games, and Ammer
only saw five in her half of work,
each made some timely saves, espe-
cially against Iowas Natalie Cafone,
who led the NCAA in points per
game last season.
With UNC leading 4-0, Ammer
allowed the lone goal to Cafone, but
Ammer also made several key saves
to preserve the win.
Its different for me, Ammer
said. Ive been starting for three
years, but youve got to adjust, play
with the flow and do the best with
the playing time you get.
Senior captain and defender Sam
Travers said theres not a big dif-
ference between the two, but the
No. 2 UNC defeated a pair
of ranked opponents at
home this weekend.
History sides with
womens soccer
I
t wasnt a bad question.
I was doing some shopping
at Tanger Outlets in Mebane
Monday with my parents. We
started off toward the stores, and
my dad started talking to me about
Saturdays football game.
Being a soccer player himself,
he started talking to me about the
mens soccer games from the week-
end. Knowing that womens soccer is
my beat this semester, he asked me a
question about the womens team.
I saw the girls lost on Sunday,
he said. Man, whats up with
them?
And it wasnt a bad question.
After tying top-ranked UCLA
in two overtimes Friday and drop-
ping a game to No. 17 Pepperdine
Sunday, the North Carolina wom-
ens soccer team fell to 1-2-1.
The Tar Heels have generated
only one goal in their first four
games. And after handily out-
shooting Ohio State early in the
season, UNC has managed only
one shot on goal through its past
two games.
After the first four games of
the 2013-14 season, the womens
soccer team had already posted
11 goals in the Carolina Nike and
Klockner Classic tournaments.
While this has critics selling
UNC early, the truth is, this team
can be dangerous.
Just ask Coach Anson Dorrance.
Were still adjusting to the
graduation of some key forwards,
and weve had to deal with quite
a few injuries already, Dorrance
said.
Hes not kidding. Eight starters
from last years team are no longer
playing. Six signed pro contracts,
one had to retire due to concussion
issues and another is out for the
season with an injury.
DTH/SPENCER HERLONG
Former starting goalie Sassi Ammer (00) recently lost her starting position to
sophomore Shannon Johnson. Ammer started for three years.
internal competition has become
a source of motivation for both of
them.
Were all athletes, Travers said.
We all want to play. (Sassis) been
a three-year starter, and now things
are changing, so Im sure its pretty
hard.
Offensively, the Tar Heels
lived up to their No. 2 ranking.
The offensive machine hummed,
surgically knifing through the
Wolverine (0-2) and Hawkeye (1-1)
defenses and launching 47 shots.
Against Iowa, Loren Shealy needed
just 21 seconds to put UNC on the
board.
Even without the help of the goal-
ie, UNC showed an active defense
with position players reading pass-
ing lanes well. On numerous occa-
sions, a forward or midfielder inter-
cepted the ball to help UNC control
the game flow.
COLUMN
Jeremy Vernon
Journalism major from Greensboro.
Even with the massive roster
overhaul, the team managed to tie
the No. 1 Bruins on Friday, who
returned 10 starters from last years
national championship team.
We tied the defending cham-
pions on their field after traveling
cross-country, Dorrance said. I
felt pretty good about that.
The squad was even more
depleted against a strong
Pepperdine team two days later,
losing by a single goal.
And although the offense has
been suspect so far, Dorrance said
the team will be able to ride the
defense until it gets healthy again.
Our defense has been outstand-
ing, Dorrance said. The goals
weve given up are of our own cre-
ation, and I think that the things
weve given up in goal are things
that are easily correctable.
The UNC womens soccer
program is the closest thing to a
dynasty that college sports has
ever seen winning 20 of 22 ACC
championships and 21 of 31 NCAA
championships. The numbers are
staggering.
And now my dad and many oth-
ers are ignoring those numbers,
asking if the team will get back on
track.
Its not a bad question.
But lets let history run its
course. Its generally been pretty
good to this team.
By Logan Ulrich
Staff Writer
You could not have scripted it any
better.
In their first-ever game together,
North Carolina forwards Andy
Craven, Tyler Engel and Rob
Lovejoy each scored to lift No. 22
UNC to a 3-1 victory over No. 7
California Friday night.
The trio were dynamic, attack-
ing and efficient, slicing through a
beleaguered Cal defense and giving
a tantalizing glimpse into the teams
season potential. The debut exceeded
expectations. Head coach Carlos
Somoano remarked in awe how explo-
sive his trio of forwards had played,
while Craven grinned ear to ear after
the game.
I couldnt ask for a better group
of guys to play with, Lovejoy said.
But like any relationship, the
bumps are inevitable.
The honeymoon ended 48 hours
later in a 1-0 loss against No. 4 UCLA.
No one could find the net for the Tar
Heels, but UCLA midfielder Leo Stolz,
reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year,
capitalized on a UNC defensive mis-
communication to slip a ball past the
keeper, off the post and into the net.
We werent good enough,
Somoano said. UCLA was better,
just a little bit. There werent very
many opportunities for either team,
and they took advantage of theirs.
UCLA was a step ahead of the Tar
Heels the entire night. The Bruins
defense was more cohesive and com-
pact than Cals; they suffocated the
fast breakaways that resulted in goals
for UNC against Cal.
Conditioning was also a factor for
the Tar Heels, even in the first game.
Lovejoy played all 45 minutes of the
first half against Cal and appeared
visibly tired at the end. Against
UCLA, he collapsed to the turf with
a cramp in the final seconds after his
last-ditch attempt at a goal failed.
Lovejoy, Craven and a few other
players are coming off major injuries,
meaning off-season work that may
otherwise have been spent condition-
ing was dedicated to rehab. Somoano
said the teams resulting fitness level
was low, relative to years past. The
short turnaround between games may
have also played a part, as the inten-
sity of play in the first half was notice-
ably higher against Cal than UCLA.
We moved the ball around too
slow, Somoano said. We need to
speed up our play. Tonight we lost a
lot of battles.
The Tar Heels learned a lot about
themselves this weekend. With the
talents of Craven, Engel and Lovejoy,
UNC has the firepower to outscore
any team in the country.
However, the second game dem-
onstrated how tough UNCs schedule
is, with two games remaining against
top-five opponents.
If you want to be the best team
and thats our expectation you have
to be better than UCLA, Somoano
said. Theres no expectation that
were going to go into any game this
year and not be pushed to our limits.
With the defense still getting up to
speed, UNC will rely this season on
its offense, which will only go as far as
Craven, Engel and Lovejoy take it.
We can get behind any defense
in the NCAA, Craven said. We just
need to keep looking and lurking.
The three know how good they
can be. Time will tell how good they
will be.
sports@dailytarheel.com
Rob Lovejoy and Andy
Craven both scored in
UNCs 3-1 win over Cal.
(Sassis) been a three-
year starter, and now
things are changing, so
Im sure its pretty hard.
Sam Travers,
senior captain and defender
With the result and play from the
weekend, Shelton said shes pleas-
antly surprised with where her team
is.
I think were a bit stronger than
we were last year, Shelton said.
Ive been impressed in our devel-
opment in the last two weeks. We
have the talent. Its a matter of con-
tinuing to develop the chemistry.
Our defense is proving to be pretty
darn good.
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