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10912TDCYD1D 2-star; good CMY; direct 1 091 27DCYD1 ZALLCALL 091204 UNDAY PUNCH D4 BASEBALL D6-7 SCOREBOARD D13 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2004 nrarcn section PORTS Swdna Kuznebova ctahns hor fhst M-m MM- 111, li ano snm me wim victory ow Elena Dementleva D3 US OPEN Editor Jack Beminger (804) 649-6445 jbemingetttimesdispatch.com www.tjmeidkpttch.com COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME DAY liters rale SlamgJ STATE Kent State 38, Uberty 10 Savannah State 41, Norfolk State 34 (20T) Hokies freshmen have a day to remember in their home debuts BY MIKE HARRIS Hampton 47, Howard 14 Livingstone 28, Virginia Union 22 Bowie State 26, Virginia State 23 Cavs extend series dominance, trampling Tar Heels underfoot BY JEFF WHITE Times-Dispatch Staff Wms Charlottesville It may be the South'8 oldest rivalry, but the Virginia-North Carolina football series isn't especially competitive these days. In the 109th game of a rivalry that dates to 1892, lSthranked U.Va. romped 56-24 yesterday before a sellout crowd of 62,790, the second-largest in school Waynesburg 31, Randolph-Macon 7 Hampden-Sydney 59, Gettysburg 16 Times-Dispatch Star Wurrni blacks burg Virginia Tech freshman Eddie Royal reached up and tapped himself on the helmet Dum-dum, he seemed to be saying, an appropriate reaction considering he'd just called for and made a fair catch on the Hokies' 3-yard line. "A little freshman mistake right there," Royal said. Tm going to try Dll ACC Connecticut 22 Duke 20 and learn and not let that happen again." Georgia Tech 28, 20 Clemson 24 Royal's little 23 Maryland 45, Temple 22 is easily U.VA 56 UNC24 INSIDE: The Cavaliers give their fans plenty to enjoy.

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The victory was the Cavaliers' 12th consecutive over UNC at Scott Stadium, third straight overall and sixth in the teams' past seven meetings. Wake Forest 31 East Carolina, 17 forgiven. He created a bounty of pleasant memories in his DM PMjiDS. TOP 25 'vm riShr- 1 So. California 40, Colorado State 0 2 Oklahoma 63, Houston 13 3 Georgia 20, South Carolina 16 -6LSU53, Arkansas State 3 7 Texas at Arkansas, late Notre Dame 28, -8 Michigan 20 9 Ohio State 24, Marshall 21 -10 West Virginia 45, Central Florida 20 -11 Florida 49, Eastern Michigan 10 -12 California 41, New Mexico State 14 Fresno State 45, -13 Kansas State 21 -16 Iowa 17, Iowa State 10 first collegiate start yesterday, helping lead Tech to a 63-0 rout of Western Michigan before an announced crowd of 65,115 at Lane Stadium.

It was the Haloes' largest margin of victory since they beat Catholic 73-0 in 1922. Royal, the Group AAA player of the year last season at West-field High in Chantflly, scored an 11-yard rushing touchdown on his first college carry. Later, he added a 35-yard touchdown on his first college reception. He was the poster child for what turned out to be Kid's Day at Tech, Six of Tech's nine touchdowns were scored by true or redshirt freshmen. Quarterbacks Bryan Randall and Sean Glennon completed 19 passes, and 15 were caught by freshmen.

Included was one deflected pass that Glennon, a true freshman, threw and ended up catching. Further, true freshman cor-nerback Brandon Flowers' first career interception was returned for a touchdown. Yesterday's game produced a long fist like that Glennon's first pass went for a touchdown, the SEE HOKIES, PAGE D9 "In my wildest dreams, yes," U.Va. junior tailback Wali Lundy said when asked if he'd envisioned such a one-sided contest "But I thought it was going to be more a challenging game for us." As he had against Temple in Virgina'8 opener, Lundy ran for three touchdowns yesterday, all in the game's first 17 minutes. The Cavaliers (1-0 ACC, 2-0) finished with 299 yards and seven IDs on the ground against the Tar Heels' hapless defense.

They have a fine offensive line, but I'm very disappointed in the way we played defense," UNC coach John Bunting said. Not since 1912, when they romped 660 in Richmond, had the Wahoos put up so many points against the Tar Heels. Virginia totaled 549 yards of offense, its most in this series. The Cavs also amassed a school-record 238 yards in kickoff returns. "If 8 a positive step forward," Virginia coach Al Groh said.

"I don't think if a game to do jumping jacks or handsprings over. If we dont keep on moving forward, if we have a week we falter, everybody's going to for- SEE CAVALIERS, PAGE D8 -17 Utah at Arizona, late -18 Auburn 43, Mississippi State 14 -21 Wisconsin 18, UNLV3 -22 Minnesota 37, Illinois State 21 MARK QOIMUBIDIB-DBPAICH Virginia running back Wali Lundy picks up some of his 7 3 yards rushing in the second half in an ACC game against North Carolina in Charlottesville. Indiana 30, -24 Oregon 24 25 Purdue 51, Syracuse 0 Dll UR too much for VMI NOTABLE Oklahoma4) Antonio Perkins tied the NCAA record for punt returns for a touchdown last night with a41-yarder in the No. 2 Soonersqfcgame against Houston. It was the eighth of his career.

NEXT WEEK son said. The Spiders (1-1) had lost five straight the past four of '04 and at N.C. State since beating VMI 35-25 at UR Stadium last October. Stacy Tutt threw for four touchdowns, the first time since 1968 a UR quarterback has done so. The junior completed nine of his first 10 attempts for 130 yards and two touchdowns as the Spiders went ahead 14-0 after a quarter.

Tutt finished 16 of 22 for 233 yards in Qawson'8 passing offense. "I got hit maybe twice," Tutt SEESPIDERS.PAGEDIO 420 defeat at N.C. State, the Spiders beat the Keydets 34-7 in front of 6,245 at Alumni Memorial Field. VMT8 Rats first-year students weren't required to go into their push-up-for- RICHMOND 34 VMI 7 until UR led 27-0 in the fourth quarter. Richmond, for the most part, dominated in the first UR win for coach Dave Clawson.

"The thing that was most encouraging is that we had opportunities to make plays and we made them, regardless of the opponent," Claw Clawson captures first win as Spiders coach following tough opener BY JOHN O'CONNOR Tmes-Dispatch Staff Wbtter Lexington The difference between University of Richmond's football report card last Saturday and yesterday was as pronounced as the difference between North Carolina State and VML Seven days after absorbing a VA.TECH: vs. Duke Noon VIRGINIA: vs. Akron 3 p.m. DON LOMOrmiB-DBPAICH RICHMOND: atUMass 1 pjti. Richmond's Ryan Mace is tackled by VMI's Ross Booth on a punt return in the Spiders' nonconference victory in Lexington.

NFL today Tampa Bay at Washington: p.m. TV: WRLH-35; Stern, Jurries power R-Braves past Clippers Gibbs' return means renewed optimism tice groups or something." Stern's name was in the lineup thanks to a sug- R-RRAVFQ 7 ration by R-n-DrwVo I Braves coach Rick CLIPPERS 3 Albert And the Inside Who's the favorite? The Americans have most of the star power, but Europe always seems to make things competitive in the Ryder Cup, which begins Friday. Page D2 Graat eight: Orlando Hernandez improves to 8-0 as the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Page D6 Remember me? Der- rek lee's three-run double against his former team helps the Chicago Cubs beat Florida and maintain its NL wild card lead. Page D7 newest series: Richmond little oackase Radio: WJMO (105.7), noon Baltimore at Cleveland: 1 p.m. TV: WTVR-6 Dallas at Minnesota: 4 p.m.

TV: WRIH-SS Kansas CHy at Denver: 8:30 p.m. TV: ESPN; Radio: WRNL(910), 8 Capsules, Page D1 5 Inside Taking care of business: Visiting Tennessee beats Miami 17-7 in a game that was played a day eariy to avoid an approaching hunicane. Page D14 Are you ready Then are a dozen must-see games through the first eight weeks of the season. Page D1 5 Richmond awakes from offensive slumber with 14 hits to take series edge BY TIM PEARRELL Tmes-Dispatch Staff Wbtter Adam Stern arrived at The Diamond yesterday afternoon, took a look at the lineup card posted on the board, and looked again when he saw his name in the leadoff spot "I think I stared at it a little while," Stern said. "I wanted to make sure something wasn't wrong, like maybe it was the batting-prac is remarkably nonchalant about all the hubbub he has created.

Tm relieved to get to this game because it means we dont have to worry about injuries in the preseason any more," Gibbs said. Thaf 8 a constant worry. "But as a coach, do you ever feel you're ready? No. That part says you want to keep working." If Gibbs really does fed that way, he is perhaps the only person in the United States who does not want the Washington Redskins' regular season to begin Affect of Skins coach's 11-year absence from NFL is yet to be seen BY PAUL WOODY Tmes-Dispatch Staff Wetter For a man who has launched the composition of thousands of articles, endless rolls of videotape and will be largely responsible for countless pregame tailgate celebrations in the parking lots of a certain stadium off the Capital Beltway today, Joe Gibbs leads best-of-five 2-1 dubbed their "se- today: Columbus cret weapon" by at Richmond, 2 p.m. shortstop Jorge radio: WXGI Velandia, had an- (95CQ, 1:45 other big impact With Stern leading a shuffled lineup with a home run and two singles, phis SEE R-BRAVES, PAGE D5.