University of North Carolina Athletics
Courtney Bumpers & Women's Track Team Named Waterscapes Student-Athletes of the Week
April 19, 2004 | Women's Gymnastics
April 19, 2004
CHAPEL HILL -- Gymnast Courtney Bumpers tied for the national championship in the floor exercise and the UNC women's track and field team completed a sweep of the ACC championships to earn Carolina Waterscapes Student-Athlete and Team of the Week honors for April 12-18, 2004.
umpers, a sophomore from Stone Mountain, Ga., earned a 9.9375 in the national individual floor exercise finals to tie for first place, bringing back the first national title in the history of the UNC gymnastics program. Bumpers was a first team All-America for the second time in her career and the first time on floor exercise after the preliminary round of the 2004 NCAA Gymnastics Championships Thursday. She was the only individual competitor to advance to the event finals, where she shared a championship spot on floor with Alabama's Ashley Miles. Her all-around score of 39.45 in the preliminary round was the highest of the 12 individual competitors and good enough for 15th place.
The North Carolina women's track & field team became just the second team in ACC history to win the "triple crown" as they won the 2004 ACC outdoor title on Saturday. The team won this school year's cross country, indoor and outdoor ACC titles to achieve the triple crown status. The only other team to accomplish the feat was the 1994-1995 UNC squad. The women's team won the 2004 outdoor title with 186.5 points, more than 40 points ahead of second-place Georgia Tech. Junior Laura Gerraughty led the team with two individual titles as she won the shot put and discus events. Sophomore Carol Henry (3,000-meter steeplechase), senior Tiffany Flomo (400-meter hurdles) and senior Amy Parulis (hammer throw) also brought home individual ACC titles for the team. The Tar Heel women have now won four-straight outdoor ACC team titles and 14 of the last 17.
Other Nominees:
MEN'S LACROSSE
Scott Falatach
So., Attackman, Stevensville, Md.
Scott Falatach had a career high six points on three goals and three assists as the No. 5 Tar Heels defeated UMBC 17-6 Saturday to improve to 7-3 on the season. Falatach scored all three of his goals in the second quarter as the Tar Heels sprinted out to an 11-0 halftime advantage over the Retrievers, outshooting UMBC 38-2 in the first half.
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Aniela Mojzis
Jr., Cape Town, South Africa
North Carolina's No. 1 seed, Aniela Mojzis, grabbed victories in both singles and doubles as the No. 14 Tar Heels defeated No. 39 Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Tennis Championship. Mojzis, ranked 28th in the nation, took a 6-3, 6-1 win over 57th-ranked Lyndsay Shosho. Mojzis also teamed with fellow junior Kendall Cline at the No. 1 doubles seed to defeat the Yellow Jackets' Kelly Anderson and Sekita Grant, 8- 2. Mojzis and Cline are ranked 23rd in the nation and are 25-10 on the season after falling to Daniela Alvarez and Maria Brito 8-6 in the Tar Heel's ACC semifinal loss to Clemson.
WOMEN'S LACROSSE
eth Ames
Sr., Midfielder, Liverpool, N.Y.
Ames set a career high with 5 goals in the 11-7 win in a driving rainstorm at Old Dominion last Tuesday. She also had two draw controls, one ground ball and one caused turnover in the win over the Lady Monarchs.
Ames also had two goals in the 11-9 loss at No. 2 Maryland on Saturday.
MEN'S GOLF
Dustin Bray
Sr., Asheboro, N.C.
Carolina's Dustin Bray, the winningest golfer in school history, tied for seventh place at last weekend's ACC Men's Golf Championship. Bray carded a five-under-par 211 total after firing rounds of 70-74-67 at the Old North State Club which features a demanding par 72, 7,102-yard layout. His round of 67 in the final round was highlighted by a 50-yard chip-in for an eagle three on the 18th hole. The Tar Heels finished fifth in the team race with an eight-under 856 total after firing rounds of 288-291-277.
WOMEN'S GOLF
Meaghan Francella
Sr., Port Chester, N.Y.
Carolina's Meaghan Francella was the runner-up at last weekend's ACC Women's Golf Championship played at Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C., and featured a par 71, 6,348-yard layout. Francella carded a seven-under-par 206 total and fell just two strokes short of defending her ACC Championship title. Brittany Lang of Duke capured the individual title with a nine-under 204 total. Francella fired rounds of 66-69-71 in route to her 206 total. She has posted top-11 finishes in all five of Carolina's tournaments this spring. The Tar Heels finished third in the team race with a nine-over 861 total after firing rounds of 285-294-282.
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