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Sports
Tuesday, September 14,2010
Laura Zamora Sports Editor
laurazamora26@gmail.com
urnovers, special teams hand Mean Green loss
By Ben Baby
Senior Staff Writer
When the cannons boomed
throughout Fouts Field at the end
of the fourth quarter on Saturday,
the scoreboard told a story that
was repeated over and over last
season - almost, but not quite.
AfterUNT tooktheleadearlyin
the second half, the Mean Green
watched as a victory was snatched
from its grasp, falling to the Rice
Owls 32-31.
"We just made too many
mistakes to win that football
game," head coach Todd Dodge
said. "Againsttwo evenlymatched
teams, it came down to a one-
point loss, and throughout all
three phases we made too many
mistakes."
Redshirt senior quarterback
Nathan Tune, who tookhis share
of hits from the Rice defense, was
taken off the field on a stretcher
with one minute to go in the
game. True sophomore Derek
Thompson inherited a fourth-
and-14 that would have kept UNT
in the contest, but was unable to
convert.
Tune was inconsistent while he
was on the field, contrasting plays
of brilliance with costly mistakes.
Tune completed 20 of 37 passes
for 285 yards with three touch-
downs. TheCelinaH.S. standout,
however, threw an interception
and had a fumble lost.
Following the game, Dodge
said Tune had suffered a dislo-
cated hip.
Mean Green junior running
back Lance Dunbar picked up
17 carries on 108 yards for one
touchdown. Offensive coordi-
nator Mike Canales shied away
from using Dunbar, opting to
utilize the passing game.
"We really didn't execute our
plays well," Dunbar said. "In
games like this, you got to make
big plays to finish and win."
Poor special teams play and
turnovers crippled the Mean
Green, setting it back early in
the contest. In the first quarter,
Rice ran 15 of its first 16 plays
in UNT territory, with the lone
exception of a 51-yard touchdown
pass from freshman quarterback
Taylor McHargue to sophomore
running back Sam McGuffie,
"Our special teams wasn't
really on tonight," sophomore
linebacker Jeremy Phillips said.
"We definitely backed up a few
times."
Because of a resilient Mean
Green defense, Rice was unable
to fully capitalize on the Mean
Green's mistakes, scoring only
nine points during that stretch.
Rice made critical adjustments
during the course of the game,
inserting junior quarterback Nick
Fanuzzi for McHargue, and swap-
ping McGuffie for junior running
back Tyler Smith. Fanuzzi and
Smith helped Rice to take the
lead late in the game - a lead they
would not relinquish.
Smith took advantages of poor
tackling, picking up 92 yards on 12
Scornng Summary
Rice 32, North Texas 31
Teams
1st 2nd
3rd
4th
Final
Rice
16 7
3
6
32
UNT
7 14
7
3
31
Team Statistics
Rice
UNT
First Downs
32
31
Rushes-yards
39-106
31-124
Passing yards
245
296
Total yards
351
420
Passes
15-245-1
22-296-1
Punts-avg
6-49.3
8-38.1
Penalties-yards
6-54
7-58
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carries, averaging 7.7 per carry.
Last season, the Mean Green
was not able to close out games,
losing five games by four points
orless. Inlastyear'shome opener,
the Mean Green suffered a devas-
tating defeat, losing 31 -30 to Ohio
in double overtime.
"I don't know what it is. You
can'treallypinpointit, butwejust
got to step it up," junior defensive
back Royce Hill said about closing
out games.
Priorto the start ofthe season,
Dodge preached a positive turn-
over margin, something that has
failed to come to fruition in the
first two games. In UNT's first two
games against Clemson and Rice,
the Mean Green has coughed
the ball up five times while only
forcing three turnovers.
"I'm very encouraged about
what we can get done as a team,"
Dodge said. "I think we had some
guys really play their tails off,
but I'm disappointed overall
because it's a game we should
have won."
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Junior running back Lance Dunbar looks for a first down against Rice on Saturday. After three close quarters Rice finally
took home the win from UNT 31-32.
Men, women finish
fifth at UT- Arlington
By Raegan Pool
Intern
Both the men's and women's
cross country teams took fifth
place with 122 and 144 points,
respectively, on Saturday at the
UT-Arlington Invitational.
UNT's head coach, Sam
Burroughs, looked at the meet as
an "opportunity to see newfaces"
as freshman Adrian Nevarez
made his first collegiate appear-
ance on Saturday. Burroughs was
impressed with Nevarez's perfor-
mance in the men's four-mile
run, where the freshman crossed
the finish line third for the Mean
Green in 21:33.33.
The women's team also had
a fresh face in junior Chelsea
Hermes of the track and field
team. She finished the two-mile
run fourth for the Mean Green.
"Chelsea actually did really
well for not having run at all,"
senior Ingrid Mollenkopf said.
"We just threw her in, but she did
reallywell."
Women
Mollenkopf was the first of
UNT to finish the course with
a time of 11:43.02, placing 11th
amongst 51 competitors. Junior
Sara Dietz finished not far behind
in 18th place in 11:58.36.
"Iwas actuallypretty impressed
with how well the team did cause
Sara didn't come inlong after me,"
Mollenkopf said.
Following behind Dietz was
senior Sallie Anderson, who
clocked 12:54.36. Hermes finished
fourth in 13:29.18, and junior Amy
Alcala closed out UNT's top five
finishers in 13:45.48.
Freshman Elyssa Garcia is
still waiting to be cleared by the
NCAA, which should happen
within the next two weeks.
The UNT women finished
last out of five teams while TCU
finished first with 32 points.
Men
UNT's Patrick Strong finished
second overall with a time of
20:19.82, only2.89 seconds behind
TCU's Alex De La Garza. Strong
pulled ahead of De La Garza with
about a third of the race left, and
they battled for the individual title
until the last 100 meters, when De
La Garza took first place.
"I won this same race my
freshman year, but I ran 28
seconds slower," Strong said. "So
I'm quite happy with that this
early in the season, showing some
decent form."
Finishing second out of the
Mean Green runners was the
track and field team's middle
distance runner, senior Matthew
Peters, in 12th place with a time
of21:29.41. Nevarez kicked offhis
season with a third-place finish
for the Mean Green, clocking
21:33.33. Freshmen Matt Russ
and Wade Denton finished as
the fourth and fifth top scorers
forlJNT in 22:06.86 and23:46.46,
respectively.
The UNT men finished last
out of five teams while the Baylor
men's team took first with 31
points.
The Mean Green will return
to the course Sept. 25 at the Ken
Garland Invitational in Denton.
Until then, the runners will
work on getting fitter, Burroughs
said. From Thursday forward, the
team will no longer hold 6 a.m.
practices, but will practice in the
afternoons.
"It'll be good for our training.
Atthe start ofthe season ifyou're
running well and winning races,
it's never a sign that you're going
to run well at the end of the
season," Strong said. "In a couple
more weeks we'll start coming
into better form and running
better."
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