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N.C. State, UNC Edge Booters;
Maryland Faces Wahoos Today

By Steve Giannini
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Coach Burris' new look in
soccer, a freshman studded team,
ran into trouble in North Carolina
last Thursday and Friday, losing to
N. C. State 2-1 and UNC 3-0.

Facing a Wolfpack team
boasting 7 foreign starters, the
Cavaliers controlled the ball and
play the majority of the game but
lost by virtue of missing 8 open
opportunities. The ball was either
high or wide on each of the kicks.

N. C. State scored first in the
second period on a kick by Pete
Limos. The Wolfpack led at the half
1-0. In the last period Tom Darvoin
put the ball in the net to put N. C.
State further ahead at 2-0. As the
game drew to a close, Virginia's
Frank Sterdjevich booted the
team's only score.

The Wolfpack did not play particularly
well as a team, but they
did have 7 or 8 skillful ball handlers
who carried the game and the action
on their part. UNC's coach, at
Raleigh to observe the Cavaliers
whom his squad was to face the
next day, said it was the best effort
the State team had put forth so far
this season.

Coach Burris felt his team had
played well, but just could not get
the ball to go into the net. The
Cavaliers controlled the ball and
hustled throughout the game and
took more shots than their opposition.
In Coach Burris' words, "It
was a tough game."

The Virginia contingent fared
no better the next day in Chapel
Hill against UNC. The Tar Heels
played very alertly and controlled
the ball to beat the Cavaliers 3-0.

"It was the first time this season
that we faced a team that was
better than us," Coach Burris commented.
Quickness was the Tar
Heels' forte as they hustled and got
to the ball quickly. Their first tally
came in the first period as Randy
Canfield scored on a corner kick.
The second score resulted from a
penalty kick by Jack Pacard. A
penalty kick is a boot of approximately
12 yards and is usually an
unavoidable score.

UNC's Bob Perry was responsible
for their last score in the
third period. The Tar Heels outshot
the Virginia team the whole game
and played good defense as the
Virginians were unable to get a shot
in.

A lot of the Carolina defense
can be credited to their fine goalie,
Mike Haigh. He had a total of 15
saves during the game and stopped
one Virginia kick that looked like a
sure score.

Not to be outdone at the other
end of the field was Cavalier goalie
Danny Abramson. Coach Burris
said Abramson played the finest
game of his career while preventing
many would-be Carolina goals.

Regardless of the losing effort,
Coach Burris was pleased with the
defensive play. With his team
geared to offense, he expects to
give up 2 or 3 scores a game. That
was all the defense allowed. But
Carolina's combination of ball control,
a fantastic performance from
their goalie, and good steady defensive
play held Virginia down and
produced a deserved victory to put
their overall record at 6-0.

At present the Cavaliers' record
is 4-4-1, which is considerably better
than any record of previous
years. This afternoon the team goes
against Maryland, the last game of
the season and also the toughest
game of the season. The Terps have
not been bested in conference play
since 1957.

Maryland has probably one of
the four best soccer teams in the
nation along with St. Louis, University
of Michigan, and Long Island
University. This year the Terps
have two returning all-Americans.
One is goalie Mario Jelecovich.

Maryland has a scoring punch as
their average of 5 goals a game can
attest. Last week, however, they
just squeaked by a strong Navy
squad by 2-1.

The Virginia team will show a
contrast to the Terps. Many of the
Cavalier starters are only first-year
men, but they have comprised a
team that has pulled some upsets to
give an already better than expected
record. They matured fast as
they had to.

Photo By Dave Levy

Cavalier Inside Jay Conner Rams Score Past Diving Duke Goalie In Action Last Week

Maryland Terps Arrive This Afternoon To Face Coach Burris' Squad, Replete With Foreign Stars