Meanwhile, in Rivalry News
Another ACC Basketblog post on Western Carolina's women's soccer team, got me thinking about the soccer playoffs and other non-revenue sports. (That is, if women's soccer even counts as non-revenue at Carolina. The team was pretty good at packing Fetzer the last time I noticed, and could very well in the black.) The team is a unsurprising one seed in the playoffs starting this week, and good luck to them.
(And the reason they get Western Carolina as a first round snack? For the non-revenue sports, the NCAA tries to minimize travel expenses i nthe early rounds. This is why in addition to the Heels and Catamounts, the teams in Chaple Hill this weekend are frellow ACC member Clemson and nearby Virigina Commonwealth. Note that Florida State hosts Florida and Florida Atlantic, and Virginia and Wake Forest also share an opening bracket. And when did FSU's team get good?)
This in turn, lead me to field hockey, also starting playoffs this weekend where the ACC takes 5 of the fifteen spots, and three of the four top seeds. Duke gets mildly jobbed by not being able to host their regional, but having spent a cold rainy ACC tournament at the Duke field hockey, well, field, I can't blame them.
I intended to complete the trifecta with volleyball news, but those seedings are still a ways off, and UNC isn't likely to make them. The NCAA site did have the news that Duke snapped a losing streak to UNC which in turn peaked my interest in the Carlyle Cup:
Duke 2, UNC 1 - Field Hockey, 9/23/05
Duke 3, UNC 2 - Volleyball, 9/29/05
Duke 2, UNC 1 - Women's Soccer, 10/9/05
No, seriously. Second time Duke's won in school history. First time in eleven years. Continuing:
UNC 0, Duke 0 - Men's Soccer, 10/28/05
Duke Faster, UNC Slower - Men and Women's Cross Country, 10/31/05
That's 4.5 to 0.5 Duke at this point, by the way. Rally cap time!
UNC 3, Duke 2 - Volleyball, 11/4/05
UNC Less Splash, Duke More Splash - Swimming and Diving, 11/8/05
The Tar heels also knocked off Duke in the women's soccer ACC tournament, restoring the Earth's orbit around the sun, and dethawing a recently permafrosted Hell. Thus the cup standings currently stand at 4.5 to 3.5.
In totally unrelated news, N.C. State fans hate their athletic director.
(And the reason they get Western Carolina as a first round snack? For the non-revenue sports, the NCAA tries to minimize travel expenses i nthe early rounds. This is why in addition to the Heels and Catamounts, the teams in Chaple Hill this weekend are frellow ACC member Clemson and nearby Virigina Commonwealth. Note that Florida State hosts Florida and Florida Atlantic, and Virginia and Wake Forest also share an opening bracket. And when did FSU's team get good?)
This in turn, lead me to field hockey, also starting playoffs this weekend where the ACC takes 5 of the fifteen spots, and three of the four top seeds. Duke gets mildly jobbed by not being able to host their regional, but having spent a cold rainy ACC tournament at the Duke field hockey, well, field, I can't blame them.
I intended to complete the trifecta with volleyball news, but those seedings are still a ways off, and UNC isn't likely to make them. The NCAA site did have the news that Duke snapped a losing streak to UNC which in turn peaked my interest in the Carlyle Cup:
Duke 2, UNC 1 - Field Hockey, 9/23/05
Duke 3, UNC 2 - Volleyball, 9/29/05
Duke 2, UNC 1 - Women's Soccer, 10/9/05
No, seriously. Second time Duke's won in school history. First time in eleven years. Continuing:
UNC 0, Duke 0 - Men's Soccer, 10/28/05
Duke Faster, UNC Slower - Men and Women's Cross Country, 10/31/05
That's 4.5 to 0.5 Duke at this point, by the way. Rally cap time!
UNC 3, Duke 2 - Volleyball, 11/4/05
UNC Less Splash, Duke More Splash - Swimming and Diving, 11/8/05
The Tar heels also knocked off Duke in the women's soccer ACC tournament, restoring the Earth's orbit around the sun, and dethawing a recently permafrosted Hell. Thus the cup standings currently stand at 4.5 to 3.5.
In totally unrelated news, N.C. State fans hate their athletic director.
--T.H. Thursday, November 10, 2005
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