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Sports
Tuesday, September 11,2012
Joshua Friemel, Sports Editor
joshuafriemel@my.unt.edu
UNT defense, running game topples Tigers
Football
Tyler Owens
Senior Staff Writer
On Saturday, the Mean Green
rebounded from an opening loss
to No. 3 Louisiana State University
to down the Texas Southern Tigers
34-7, winning its first season home
opener since 2006.
"It was really big/' junior
linebacker Zachary Orr said.
"[Winning the home opener] is
another milestone that we talk
about building this program into a
championship program, so it was
really big for us."
UNT's defense stifled the Tigers
(1-1) from the beginning of the
game by only allowing 16 yards
of total offense at the half, while
snagging three interceptions along
with one fumble recovery by the
end of the game.
"We got turnovers, we got
takeaways, [and we] could've had
two or three more, but overall we
improved as a defense tonight,"
head coach Dan McCarney said.
"We'll build on that and know
that we're going to really have to
continue our improvement."
The Mean Green (1-1) run
defense only allowed 25 yards
rushing on 31 attempts, the lowest
amount any UNT defense has
given up since 1992.
Though the Mean Green were
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Photo by James Coreas/Visuals Editor
Redshirt freshman running back Antoinne Jimmerson fights off Texas Southern defensive back Tray Walker to score a touchdown in the fourth quarter Saturday
night at Apogee Stadium. Jimmerson recorded 15 carries for 139 yards and one score.
dominant on defense, the offense
struggled at times and failed to
get going early, only accumu-
lating a 7-0 lead by the end of the
first quarter.
With seven minutes left in the
second quarter, junior running
back Brandin Byrd rushed for his
second touchdown of the game,
extending the lead to 17-0, where
it would stay at the half.
Junior kicker Zach Olen
notched his second field goal
in the third quarter before TSU
senior quarterback Dantavious
Parker connected with TSU junior
wide receiver Daniel McKayhan
for a 59-yard touchdown, the first
and only Tiger score of the game.
The lack of Mean Green offense
early on allowed TSU to hang
in the game through the third
quarter, when the UNT crowd
gathered behind the team to
help the Mean Green hold off
the Tigers.
"It always [changes the game]
when you make big plays on
defense," junior defensive end
Aaron Bellazin said. "It gets the
crowd into the game and gives
the offense momentum to score."
In the fourth quarter, the Mean
Green blew it open with two inter-
ceptions, a fumble recovery and
touchdown runs by senior Jeremy
Brown and redshirt freshman
Antoinne Jimmerson, giving all
three running backs touchdowns
in the game.
Though Byrd and Jimmerson
accumulated more than 100
rushing yards each on the day,
the Mean Green was not comfort-
able with its execution on offense.
"We had some big plays, we
had some plays where we left
[some yards] out there on the field,
so we've got to come back and
regroup this week," Byrd said.
"Our defense played really well,
but I feel like offensively we've got
a lot more we can give."
The Mean Green will return
to practice this week to focus on
improvement as it prepares to
take on No. 15 Kansas State this
weekend.
Volleyball splits tournament
Volleyball
Brett Medeiros
Staff Writer
In their second home tour-
nament of the season, the Mean
Green volleyball team (9-4) was
tested more than it has been all
season during the Mean Green
Volleyball Classic this weekend.
UNT split the four matches over
the weekend, ending its chance
to win three consecutive tourna-
ments after winning the North
Texas Invitational and the Indiana
University-Purdue University
Indianapolis tournament earlier
this year.
Friday
UNT began the tournament on
a high note with a three-set victory
against the Oral Roberts Golden
Eagles (25-18,25-23,25-21).
The win set the record for best
10-game start in the program's
history (8-2), besting the previous
record held by the 2010 Sun Belt
Championship team (7-3).
Down 19-12, Windham's hitting
and blocking sparked a 13-4 Mean
Green run to close out the set
In Friday's second match,
UNT came up against an Eastern
Michigan team it has never faced
in school history.
Eastern Michigan and UNT
traded off victories in the first four
sets, winning two each.
In the fifth and final set, the
Mean Green needed just one point
to put the opposing Eagles away,
but a 4-1 run by Eastern Michigan
ended the match and gave UNT
its first home loss of the season.
"That's the great thing about
this tournament," head coach
Ken Murczek said. "Win or loss,
every team is very capable [of
winning]."
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Saturday
Last year the Mean Green took
part in the Islander Classic, where
it defeated the host team, the Texas
A&M-Corpus Christie Islanders,
in five sets.
Invited to Denton to take part in
UNT's tournament, the Islanders
exacted its revenge by sweeping
the Mean Green 3-0.
"These games show we still
have a lot to work on, like our
communication," redshirt
freshman outside hitter Analisse
Shannon said. "There are still some
balls where we are running into
each other."
In the final match of the tour-
nament, UNT faced the Hofstra
University Pride for the first time
in the program's history.
Highlighted by a second set
containing a 14-0 run by the Mean
Green, UNT took over the match
and swept the Pride 3-0.
Windham helped fuel UNT in
the second set with four kills, zero
attacking errors and three blocks
during the run.
"This weekend really started
off good and dipped for a little bit,
but you know what, that's sports,"
Windham said. "That's why people
love sports, for those up-and-down
moments, and we definitely gave
you guys [fans] a show."
Overtimes stifle soccer team
Soccer
Ryne Gannoe
Senior Staff Writer
The Mean Green women's
soccer team played two over-
time games this weekend,
going to double and single
overtime against Baylor and
Long Beach State.
Friday's home game against
Baylor came to a draw after 110
minutes of play. The Baylor
game was standing room
only, as 1,093 fans filled the
1,000-seat Mean Green Soccer
Complex.
The Sunday afternoon
matinee in College Station
against No. 16 Long Beac h State
ended as a 3-2 overtime loss for
the Mean Green, its first loss of
the season.
Friday
UNT's 0-0 draw against
Baylor was a defensive clash.
While Baylor outshot the Mean
Green 16-6, it couldn't break
through the Mean Green's
defense.
"Two overtimes is a beating
on your body," junior defender
Tori Adame said. "We always
have a dogfight with them."
Baylor threatened to score
se veral times, including in the
final seconds of the second
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Defender Tori Adame passes down the field during the game Friday against
Baylor. UNT tied with Baylor after two overtimes.
overtime. Sophomore goal-
keeper Jackie Kerestine recorded
her fourth shutout of the season
with five saves, totaling 28 saves
this season. Plead coach John
Headlund said tying Baylor kept
the two-year home undefeated
streak going.
"We left the locker room saying,
'Hey, let's stay undefeated',"
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Headlund said. "We never like to
lose at home. We didn't get beat
tonight."
Hedlund said it was "quality
result" for UNT.
"They are a quality team on
bubble of a top-25 ranking," he
said.
Sunday
The Mean Green allowed two
goals in the first 23 minutes of
Sunday's match against the Long
Beach State 49ers.
North Texas rallied, scoring
two goals - one by junior defender
Kelsey Hodges and the other by
freshman midfielder Karla Pineda
- to send the game into overtime.
Seven minutes into extra time,
Long Beach State senior forward
Nadia Link completed her hat-
trick, three goals in one game,
ending sudden-death overtime.
"We really put together our best
half of the year," LBSU head coach
Mauricio Ingrassia said. "Credit
to North Texas for the way they
kept fighting and got back into
the game."
In the Mean Green loss, it was
the first time in 357 days and 19
games its defense has given up
more than one goal.
North Texas will face No. 3
Oklahoma State (6-0-0) this Friday
in Stillwater, Okla., at 7 p.m.
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