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AROUND USG ATHLETICS FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Cross Country team takes second place The USC Cross Country team fell short of defending its title at the Gamecock Classic this week end. Coastal Carolina won the race, held at Ft. Jackson’s Hilton Field, while the Gamecocks came in sec ond. Freshman Jenny Lake did well in only her second collegiate race, taking second place individually in the race and first for USC with a time of 17:49, 29 seconds behind overall winner Heather Lee of Campbell University. “The first girl was an excep tional runner. I was really happy with my time,” Lake said. Although the Gamecocks didn’t win the race, no one was disap pointed. “I feel everyone ran well. It would have been nice to win, but we did the best we could, and Coastal is a good team,” senior captain Rachel Smith said. Other individual times for USC include Smith’s fifth-place finish at 18:25 and freshman Nikki POLLS AND STANDINGS SEC STANDINGS EASTERN DIVISION CONF OVERALL South Carolina 1-0 2-0 Tennessee 1-0 2-0 Florida 0-0 2-0 Kentucky 0-0 1-1 Georgia 0-1 1-1 Vanderbilt 0-1 0-2 WESTERN DIVISION CONF OVERALL Auburn 1-0 2-0 Alabama 1-0 1-1 Miss. St. 0-0 1-0 Louisiana State 0-0 2-0 Arkansas 0-1 1-1 Ole Miss 0-1 1-1 This week’s SEC schedule: Bowling Green (2-0) at South Carolina (2-0) Florida (2-0) at Tennessee (2-0) Brigham Young (3-0) at Mississippi St (1-0) Houston (0-1) at Georgia (1-1) Vanderbilt (0-2) at Ole Miss (1-1) Southern Miss (1-0) at Alabama (1-1) Kentucky (1-1) at Indiana (0-1) North Texas (0-2) at Arkansas (1-1) . Auburn (2-0) at Louisiana State (2-0) Associated Press Football Top 25 7777182 or E-MAIL: !•Miam' GAMECOCKSPORTS 2 Ronda ©HOTMAIL.COM 3. Oklahoma <*. iNeorasKa 5. Texas 6. Florida State 7. Oregon 8. Tennessee 9. Virginia Tech 10. Georgia Tech 11. Fresno State 12. Kansas State 13. Washington 14. UCLA 15. LSU 16. Northwestern 17. Mississippi State 18. SOUTH CAROLINA 19. Clemson 20. Michigan 21. Ohio State 22. Oregon State 23. Notre Dame 24. BYU 25. Louisville ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 1. Miami 2. Florida 3. Oklahoma 4. Nebraska 5. Florida State 6. Texas 7. Oregon 8. Tennessee 9. Virginia Tech 10. Kansas State 11. Georgia Tech 12. UCLA 13. Washington 14. LSU 15. Fresno State 16. Mississippi State 17. Michigan 18. Clemson 19. Northwestern 20. SOUTH CAROLINA 21. Ohio State 22. Oregon State ■23. Notre Dame * 24. Purdue 25. Brigham Young Campbell’s ninth-place time of 19:06. “The team did very well, though we have to improve,” USC head coach Stan Rosenthal said. “Some of the girls need to learn pa tience for the start of the race, and that will help how they finish.” The young team, which in cludes six freshmen and three sophomores, remains optimistic. “I think once the other fresh men come back ft*om injuries, it will add a lot of depth, and we can push each other and run more as a group,” Campbell said. Volleyball grabs three wins over weekend Competing in the Miamf Classic this past weekend, the No. 21 Gamecocks beat all three of their opponents to improve to frO. "Each time we go out we get a little bit better. Winning this tournament is important because it gives us confidence as we go into the next two weeks," said USC Head Coach Kim Christopher. The Lady Gamecocks took the first game away from Purdue Friday night by a 3-0 decision. They defeated Miami and Illinois State in both of their matches on Saturday by the same score. In the tournament, junior Cally Plummer took home MVP honors. Setter Megan Hosp and middle blocker Niece Curry were also named to the All-Tournament team. Women's soccer team beats Aztecs, ties UNLV The South Carolina women's soccer team headed out to California last weekend in hopes of continuing their recent success. USC downed host San Diego State Friday 2-1. After dropping behind 1-0 to the Aztecs, USC ral lied back with goals by Meredith McPartlands and Ashley Gosnell to pick up the win. On Sunday, Becca Epstein avoided the loss by scoring late in the first half to tie the game and make the final l-l. "I think we gained respect this weekend and battled hard in both games,” head coach Shelley Smith said. 1. - Scott Receiver catches winning TDpass CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 knocked home the try to make the score 7-6 at the half. The Gamecocks had to feel fortunate, considering the Bulldogs outgained them 183 45, with Greene throwing for 144 yards on 17-25 completions. Both teams came out of the locker room having made ad justments. UGA’s Decory Bryant field ed the kickoff and took it to the Georgia 37, where the team de cided to run right at Carolina. Eight straight runs by Smith and Jasper Sanks took the team down to the USC 20. Greene then attempted his first pass of the drive, but threw high and incomplete. Bennett was called upon to attempt an other field goal but had the 37 yard try blocked by senior Langston Moore. The field-goal block was the second in as many weeks by Moore. From that point forward, the offenses stalled until Brewer took a screen pass on a second-and-20 play from the USC 10 and rambled up the field, fighting off tacklers, for' 43 yards. This play switched the field position for the game until 5:36 remained and Watson took a Petty pass in the backfield and fumbled. Thornton recovered and took the ball 29 yards to inside the USC 10. i uajivcu at uic v»*au>uii; ie* play. That didn’t look like a flunble,” head coach Lou Holtz later said. * Smith took it down to the USC 1-yard line, but UGA start ed making some costly penal ties. The Bulldogs committed a false start and didn’t get the play off in time on second down, backing them up to the 11. Phillips took a shotgun snap and kept the ball in the middle of the field to set up a successful field-goal try for Bennett. The Gamecocks’ game-win ning drive was set up by a “pooch” kickoff to senior Corey Alexander. Alexander gave USC good field position at their own 34 to set up the win ning drive. -- Community Service - ONE-SHOT A sendee event in which students make a big impact in a small amount of time, Geti«vdhi«4 Ch> semeth^j hijf Setemberia, loot»i*4 pm, Sistercare September 14,2001,2-6 pm. 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