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'Che (Bamecock Men’s soccer wins fourth straight I -i--——-1 Sean RayfordThe Gamecock Midfielder Robert Rosenborg (left) tries to avoid a Virginia Tech defender. The freshman notched an assist in USC’s 4-2 victory. by Kyle Almond The Gamecock The South Carolina men's soccer team im proved their record to 5-1 after defeating Virginia Tech, 4-2, in Sunday’s Lorick Office Products Kick off Classic. Ryan Daley’s two goals paced the No. 10 Game cocks, who won their fourth straight game. Jordan Quinn added a goal and an assist. Drew Myers scored both goals for the Hokies, who dropped to 1-5 with the loss. The first half was dominated by Carolina, as the Gamecocks held a 3-0 lead after 45 minutes of play and didn't allow a single shot on goal by Vir ginia Tech. The second half, however, was a different sto ry, as the Hokies cut the lead to one and threatened to tie the game. Daley started the scoring early, sliding in a cross by Quinn at the 3:31 mark to put USC ahead 1-0. Quinn added his goal in the 12th minute of play to increase the lead to two. The sophomore for ward received a through pass from midfielder Robert Rosenberg, stepped around a defender, and unleashed a left-footed rocket of a shot that clipped the top crossbar on its way itito the back of the net. In the 34th minute, Daley scored his second goal, off an assist by USC's leading scorer from 1999, Joey Worthen. Daley has scored three goals in his last two games. "In the first half, we were really clicking," said USC head coach Mark Berson. When the second half got underway, the Game cocks were fielding only five of their eleven starters. Six players from the starting line-up were replaced, as well as starting goalkeeper Henry Ring, to give other players some playing time. The substitutions almost cost the Gamecocks the lead. . In a three-minute span in the second half, My ers scored twice for the Hokies, one off of a penal ty kick, to cut the lead to one. "We made a lot of changes, and we sort of lost our rhythm and our continuity a little bit," Berson said. "And Virginia Tech was able to capitalize on that. “Anytime you make substitutions, you can gain some things and you can possibly risk some things. But I felt like we did maintain control of the game, and at the end we showed a lot of character by roar ing back and answering," Berson said. Midfielder David Testo added the final score with only 12 seconds remaining on the game clock. USC out-shot Virginia Tech 18-3 for the game and held a 12-2 advantage in corner kicks. Vir ginia Tech was the more physical team, with 23 fouls to South Carolina's 10. With his three points in the game, Quinn re tains the team lead in points with 11. He also leads the team in assists with three, and holds the team lead in goals with four, along with Daley. Quinn also leads the Gamecocks in total shots (27) and shots on goal (11). The Gamecocks get back on the road for their next three matches. USC will face Davidson in their next game Wednesday night, then they will travel to Wake Forest and Winthrop in the fol lowing two contests. Both Davidson and Wake Forest defeated USC last season at the “Grave yard”. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com. Volleyball improves to 8-3 at Gamecock Invitational Volleyball Roundup The Gamecock The Gamecock volleyball team completed a successful i week Saturday as they won tliree straight matches in the Game cock Invitational. Following Wednesday’s victory over Clem son, USC beat Miami of Ohio, Sam Houston State and Rut gers to improve to 8-3. USCd. Miami of Ohio, 15-12,15-3,15-1 Down 10-1 in the first game, USC came alive and roared back to defeat Miami of Ohio Friday 3-0 in its first match of the Gamecock Invitational. USC was led by redshirt sophomore Cally Plummer, who hit .647 with 12 kills. Sophomore Sam Alban had 12 kills, hitting .600 with four digs and three block assists. Senior Sara Heri led USC with nine digs. “We served and passed again tonight.” coach Kim Christo pher said. “We didn’t pass well the first 10 points. But I am happy with the way we maintained our composure. f “It helped to see Nadia Sefferovich step up tonight. Cal * ly Plummer played another good match - she was a great leader tonight. Megan Hosp also continues to play with con fidence.” During game one, the Redhawks could do no wrong, cruis ing to a 10-1 lead. But USC fought back to tie it at 12 on a kill by Berna Dwyer. Milica Perovic knocked down a kill to make it 13-12 and the Gamecocks never looked back. USC d. Sam Houston State, 15-7,15-6,15-6. Hitting over .450 for her third consecutive match, Plum mer led the Gamecock volleyball team to its third straight 3 0 win Saturday. Plummer hit .611 with 11 kills, three aces and three digs for the match, while Sefferovich hit .316 with nine kills, 11 digs and a block assist. IK USC took a 9-3 lead in the first game on four Bearkat er rors and two kills by Plummer. USC went up 13-5 on a kill by Nia Mackie and won game one 15-7 on a kill by Alban. In game two, USC also took a 9-3 lead on an ace by Hosp and Perovic. Carolina then went up 12-3 on three straight kills by Mackie and two by Sefferovich. Sam Houston State jumped out to a 2-0 lead in game tliree, before the Gamecocks clawed back on kills by Hosp and Alban and two aces by Heri. USC went up 10-4 on another Sefferovich kill. Plummer knocked down an ace at match point to give the Gamecocks a 15-6 win. USCd. Rutgers, 15-2,15-12,15-8 “I am proud of the way this team has come together this week. The win over Clemson got us off to a great start this weekend. I run so impressed with Cally Plummer and the way she has come back from shoulder surgery. Megan Hosp con tinues to improve and looks like a mature sophomore out there running the offense,” Christopher said of her team’s. performance Saturday, as USC pounded Rutgers into sub mission to win its second match of the day. Perovic had 10 kills, hitting .438 with six digs and three block assists, and Dwyer had nine kills, hitting .529 with two digs and three block assists. Plummer served five aces, with eight kills (.238), 15 digs and two block assists. USC hit .360 in the first game, taking a quick 9-1 lead. RU scored to make it 9-2, but the Gamecocks shut down the threat quickly thereafter. Game two was back and forth with the two teams knot ting it up at 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 and 10 before USC took an 11-10 lead on a kill by Plummer. USC won game two on an error by Rutgers. USC took a 7-1 lead in game three, but RU scrapped back to within one to make it 7-6 USC. USC went up 11-6 on a Rutgers error. Perovic knocked down a kill to make it 14-8 and on the last play of the match, Rutgers hit it out of bounds to give the game to USC 15-8. The Gamecocks will take on Appalachian State Tuesday before starting conference play this weekend. The match is, scheduled for 7 p.m. Woods breaks new record, signs $100 million Nike deal by Doug Ferguson Associated Press Tiger Woods has been setting records on the golf course all summer. Now he is on the veige of a new benchmark — an endorsement contract with Nike worth about $100 million, believed to be the richest in sports. Woods and Nike agreed to a five-year extension that will pay him an average of about $20 million a year, a source close to the negotiations told The Associated Press. The contract could be signed as early as Friday, said Mark Steinbeig, his agent at IMG. He declined to discuss specifics of the deal, only to say it was an “outstanding contract.” “It compensates Tiger not just for what he’s done with Nike, but what he has done for golf and sports,” Steinbeig said. hi a record-smashing summer, Woods h;ts become perhaps the biggest star in sports with one magnificent achievement after another: three straight major cham pionships, a scoring record in each one, and, at 24, the youngest player to com plete the career Grand Slant. The source described it as the “laigest contract in sports marketing history,” a value that will not be fully determined until it runs its course. “There are so many different rev enue streams,” the source said. “It’s im possible to calculate what the end result will be.” Nike Golf president Bob Wood con firmed it was a five-year deal, but would not disclose details. He did say the con tract was partly tied to sales. “We’ve worked on this for 18 months,” Wood said from Nike head quarters in Beaverton, Ore. t “It’s a pretty creative contract. It has a lot of aspects to it, but the effort was i worth it. It’s not often you get a chance c to work with somebody who’s the best in the world at what they do. Working c with and being associated with Tiger f Woods has created an incredible amount of positive energy about Nike Golf and c Nike.” r Woods has represented Nike since c turning professional in 1996. In just four i years, he has raised his game to a level a few could have imagined, and attracted i a record number of TV viewers along the way. t With three tournaments to play, his v nine victories this year are the most in 1 one PGA Tour season since 1950, and he A is on pace to shatter the all-time season c scoring average set by Byron Nelson in e 1945." hr June, he gave Nike a huge lift when b he switched to the Nike Tour Accuracy ii ball. He went on to win the U.S. Open t at Pebble Beach by 15 strokes, the largest winning margin in the 140-year history tl of major championship golf. Woods also became the first player tl to finish a U.S. Open in double digits be- p low par, a 12-under 272. A month later, fi he won the British Open at St. Andrews p with a 19-under 269, another major chant- c pionship record. u Last month, he became the first play er in the stroke-play era of the PGA d Championship to win back-to-back ti- n ties, outlasting Bob May in a three-hole g playoff. d The Nike Golf president said its mar ket share for balls has increased from ii about 1 percent in April to nearly 4 per- ri cent. h The switch to the Nike ball didn’t n have a major impact on contract negoti- s| ations, Wood said. Nike also is consid ring a move toward golf clubs. “If Nike Golf comes out with equip ment, we definitely will be looking at ne person,” he said. Woods devotes a substantial amount f time to Nike, which has used him ef ’ctively in its TV ads. Perhaps the most fqmous was not ven planned. During a break from a com tercial of Woods hitting balls with dozens f hackers on a range, he began bounc lg a ball on his wedge, behind his back nd between his legs before whacking in midair. Such images, along with the spec icular shots he produces just about every /eek, has enabled Woods to transcend is sport like few others. His father, Earl foods, said last week that Woods would 0 more for Nike than Michael Jordan ver did. “He represents Nike Corp., die whole rand name,” the father said. “That will lcrease more and more as he gets a lit e older.” Wood, the Nike Golf president, said tat was “definitely possible.” “His professional longevity is greater lan Michael’s,” Wood said. “Basketball layers have a 15-year career if they’re rrtunate. Tiger has 24 more majors to lay, just in the time period he is under :mtract with us. He has 104 majqrs left ntil he gets to the Senior Tour.” Earlier this year, Woods signed an en orsement deal with Buick worth $30 lillion over five yean and carries its lo rn on his bag. In all, Woods has en mrsement contracts with 11 companies. Earl Woods told Golfweek magazine 1 February that his son’s net worth had ‘ached more than $150 million. After s U.S. Open victory in June, several fi uicial analysts said Wbods could become ions’ first $1 billion man. rind trie t>est rrice on New and Pre-Owned Hondas www.rickhendrickhonda.com HONDA 791-5660 1650 Airport Boulevard • West Columbia, SC 29171 I THE CAREER OF A LIFETIME BEGINS WITH A COLLEGE ELECTIVE. Air Force ROTC is defined as an elective. But it’s far more i that - it’s a career development 1 that teaches you to be a leader, . is your managerial skills, that helps you grow into a well-rounded and self assured individual. 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