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i:he ©amccock White from page 8 Petty himself was content with the ^ way he’s been playing, and he felt he accomplished what he wanted to on Saturday. “I felt pretty good,” he said. “I felt like I went out there and did what I needed to do.” Petty spent most of his time Saturday connecting with Brian Scott, who will likely be the team’s primary receiving threat this season with the departure of Jermale Kelly. Scott finished the day with seven catches for 126 yards and two caught touchdown passes, one a 16-yarder from Petty in the first quarter. While Holtz is worried about the team’s depth at wide receiver, he knows he can count on Scott to be one of his main offensive options. ^ “I don’t think there’s any doubt that Brian Scott is a very good receiver who can catch the ball,” Holtz said. Like Petty, Scott can see a more confident attitude on offense. “Everybody is more comfortable with the offense and the things they’re doing,” Scott said. “Everybody is just going out and playing.” While the air attack set the tone early for the White team, Holtz claims the deciding factor in the game was on the offensive line, where the White team had a significant advantage. “The difference in that football game today was the center and the two guards,” Holtz said. “I think Cedric Williams, Shane Hall and Larrell Johnson played very well [for the White team]. It didn’t matter who ran the ball for that offense, [because] there was running room there. “It didn’t matter who ran the ball for the [Garnet] team, because there wasn’t a lot of running room there.” Shining on the defensive side for the ‘White team were linebacker Kenny Harney and comerback Kevin House. Harney had an interception and a game high 10 tackles, while House picked off two passes from the Garnet team. “I thought Ken Harney had an excellent spring and had an excellent game,” said Holtz, repeating the same thing of House. “I’ve got to compliment Kevin House... He made plays today and this spring that he hasn’t made in his previous years here.” Harney and House, both seniors, feel a sense of urgency to make this upcoming season one to remember. “You want to make this your best year,” House said “You got to step it up. You got to be a leader. You got to do the right things. You got to try and make the team better.” * The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com Travis Lynn/The Gamecock Phil Petty was a perfect six-for-six in the first quarter Saturday. Garnet from page 8 ... he can show you how far he can throw the ball.” The Garnet receivers had an average day. James Adkisson led the squad with three catches for 59 yards and Willis Ham had two grabs for 45 yards and a touchdown. Holtz has been concerned all spring with his receiving corps and its consistency. “Wide receiver is a question,” Holtz said. “We’ve got a great concern at wide receiver.” ^ While receiving is a weakness, rushing is a strength. Derek Watson, despite being sick during the game, managed 21 carries for 84 yards for the Garnet team. Overall, the Garnet squad finished with 40 rushing attempts for 153 yards. “The running backs are good,” Holtz said, speaking of both teams. “Derek Watson, Andrew Pinnock and Gonzie Gray make us physical there.” According to Holtz, the linebackers and secondary appear to be the Gamecocks’ strength on defense. Holtz likes what he has seen front Langston Moore, Dennis Quinn and Joint Stamper on the defensive line, but he knows they need to beef up to stop SEC-caliber offenses. The Gamecocks lost two outstanding starters on the line in Cleveland Pinkney and Cecil Caldwell. “I worry about our depth on the defensive line and whether we can stop teams that run straight at us,” Holtz said. “Are we strong enough? We’re fast, and we tackle well. We tackle much better than we did before. We just need more depth there.” The Gamecocks should improve even more over the summer and should be in agreat position to be a competitive team this fall. “I can tell you that this team has improved tremendously. This has been a very good spring,” Holtz said. “The difference between this spring and last spring is as great as the difference between last spring and our first spring here.” The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com Swept from page 8 Saturday’s game resulted in a debilitating 13-2 loss for USC, with Gary Bell (6-3) taking the loss. Kelly managed to score off Dyson’s groundout to second, and Jeffcoat brought home Landon Powell with a sacrifice fly, but USC could not do anything to create offense or stop the Alabama attack. Friday was just as bad, as the Tide battered Kip Bouknight (6-1) to his first loss of the year. Last year’s National Player of the Year gave up seven runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. The Gamecocks’ only run of the game was an RBI single by Kelly. The Gamecocks will stay on the road this week as they travel to Greenville Municipal Stadium Tuesday to face off with Furman, who they lost to earlier in the season. The Paladins beat USC 5-4 in Columbia on March 7. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com Sports Briefs ■ Women’s track finishes second at SEC meet, men third While Geoigia won both sides of the SEC Five-Way track and field meet Saturday, the Gamecock women were the runner-ups and the men were third. USC won six events on the womens side, while the men won five events. Demetria Washington, running her first outdoor 400-meter race after winning the NCAA indoor title, scorched the track at 52.09 seconds, the nations fastest time and an NCAA automatic time. Teammate Lisa Barber, who has stepped up to the longer sprints outdoors, finished second with an NCAA provisional mark of53.94. Junior Tacita Bass won the 400-meter hurdles with an NCAA provisional time of 57.82, one of the fastest times in the country this year. Freshman Otukile Lekote won the 800-meters at 1:46.13, an NCAA automatic mark that leads the country. Both the mens and womens 4x100m relay and 4x400m relays found success. The men won the 400m relay with . an NCAA provisional mark of 39.92 and came back to win the 1600-meter relay with a time of 3:04.75, also an NCAA provisional mark. . The women posted two NCAA times with a win in the 4x100m relay at 44.99 and then in the 4x400m relay at 3:39.69. Alana Robinson, staking a claim to the SEC discus title early, won the event with a mark of 166' 8, an NCAA provisional mark. Andre TQtten won the 200-meters with an NCAA provisional mark of 20.85. Other winners for USC included Deandre’ Eiland (110m hurdles) and Andrea Hallmon (800 m). ■ Women’s tennis takes down Kentucky The 23id-ranked USC womens tennis team upset 22nd-ranked Kentucky 4-3 Sunday afternoon in SEC action on the USC campus. The win lifts USC to 12-5 and 6-2 in the SEC, while UK falls to 10-8 and 4 5 in the SEC. The win also guarantees a winning conference record for the Gamecocks and an upper-division finish in the SEC. USC won the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead in the match and then split the singles’ matches to claim the match victory. Highlighting the USC singles’ wins was Jennifer Radman at No. 1. Radman downed No. 80 Carolina Mayoiga in straight sets, 6-3,6-3. Other winners for USC were Eichelbeiger and Lynn YinTan. ■ Gamecocks beat LSU in men’s tennis For the first time since 1989, USC defeated LSU in men’s tennis. The Gamecocks won Sunday, 4-2, at the Sam Daniel Tennis Center in Columbia. The win marked the No. 33 Gamecocks’ first win against 17th-ranked LSU in SEC dual matches. Carolina crippled LSUs ranked doubles teams of No. 29 Daniel Kieman and Sebastian Rutka, and No. 40 Sanjin Sadovich and Jesse Smatt to gain the first point of the match. Both matches were decided by an 8-3 score. In singles, junior David Nelson started things off with a quick straight set win over opponent Sanjin Sadovich, 6-2,6 0. With the Gamecocks up 2-0, the impending upset was starting to take shape. “After we won the doubles, I had a really good feeling about playing my singles match,” Nelson said. “With our experiences against LSU we knew we needed to gain the upper-hand right away. I was determined to add to our advantage, and my goal was to do it as quickly as possible.” Guillaume Legat and Rodrigo Pacheco both took their matches to a third set to give South Carolina the win. Legat knocked off another top 20 opponent when he beat lOth-ranked Ajay Ramaswanri, 3-6,6-3,6-2. Clinching the match for the Gamecocks was Pacheco at number six singles. Carolina Unity Week Celebrating 200 Years of Connections April 2-7, 2001 What is Carolina Unity Week? | • A week of activities that focus on the common ground we all have as Carolinians •i: | • Activities that everyone can participate in to show you Carolina Pride All Dav Every Day 8am-10pm Unity Interactive Boards in the Russell House, 2nd Floor Lobby Monday. April 2, 2001 11 am-5pm Bone Marrow Drive Location: Russell House, Room 303 Sponsored by: Greek Lit 3 4pm-7pm First Annual Serveathon Canned Food Drive Kickoff Party ‘All food collected will go to benefit Harvest Hope Food Bank 'Buffet Dinner-bring a canned food for entry 'Bring extra canned food to win prizes at the carnival Location: Russell House Patio Sponsored by: Sodexho Marriott Food Services and USC Dining Services 4pm-7pm Beyond the Violence: How Can We Come Together As a Campus Before a Tragedy Happens Here at USC? 'Speaker Kevin Carreathers, Founder of the Diversity Institute at Texas A&M Location: Capstone House Sponsored by: Office of Multicultural Affairs, Student and Alumni Services, and University Housing - The Diversity Team Tliesdav. April 3. 2001 11am-5pm Bone Marrow Drive Location: Russell House, Room 303 Sponsored by: Greek Life Wednesday, April 4. 2001 8pm-? STEPSHOW Location: McBryde Fraternity Quad Sponsored by: Greek Life Thursday. 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