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f . BRIEFLY Swim teams defeat Kentucky at home The USC swimming and div ing teams defeated Kentucky at the Carolina Natatorium on Friday. The men’s team won 125 118, and the women’s team won 163.5-78.5. “It feels nice to win here,” head coach Don Gibb said. “We did bet ter than we expected. The men were very evenly matched. On pa per, Kentucky is even a little bet ter, but we swam well tonight. Both teams swam well. We did better tonight than we did at Virginia, which is what we are trying to do — improve with every meet that we are in.” Leading the way for the wom en was freshman Stephanie Margalis, who won every event she swam, including a team top time of 10 minutes, 6:32 seconds indhe 1000-yard freestyle. She also won the 200 individual med ley and the 500 freestyle. Bronwyn Dedekind also achieved a team-best time, 2:04:38 in the 200 butterfly. Other individual winners on the women’s team were Jennifer VanAssen (200 freestyle), Anna Nyiry (50 freestyle) and Heather Skaggs (100 freestyle). Pour members of the men’s team swam team-best times. Tamas Szucs’ time of 1:38:21 in the 200 freestyle was good enough to make the NCAA B qualifying standards. Szucs also won the 500 freestyle. Other top times included Lir Derieg’s 51:75 in the 100 back stroke, Chris McCrary’s 20:63 in the 50 freestyle, and Ed Murphy’s 46:70 in the 100 freestyle.' The Gamecock diving team won all four of the diving com petitions, placing first in all in dividual categories. For the men, Andy Bradley continued to shine, as he won his third straight competition of the year. This was the first meet where Bradley did not break a record, however. He won both the 1- and 3-meter springboards. For the wom en, Carolina oc cupied the first three spots. In the 1-meter board „ .. competition, Bradley sophomore Allison Brennan placed first fol lowed by Tracey Richardson and Holly Hodges. In the 3-meter event, Richardson took first and was followed by Lauren King and Brennan. Regular season ends with win for Carolina Senior Morgan McIntyre scored her eighth goal of the season, and junior goalkeeper Elise Matthews recorded her fourth shutout as the USC women’s soccer team conclud ed its regular season with a 2-0 win at UNC-Greensboro on Friday. The Gamecocks (13-5-2), who are one win away from tying the school’s single-season record for wins, head to the SEC Tournament next week. Carolina will be the No. 5 seed in the tournament and play No. 4 Florida at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Women golfers 8th in Auburn tourney The USC women’s golf team fired a 301 Sunday to finish in eighth place at the Auburn Tiger Derby Invitational in Auburn, Ala. The Gamecocks finished with a team score of 900, two strokes better than top-ranked Oklahoma State and six strokes better than second-ranked Vanderbilt. No. 19 Tennessee won the tournament with a score of 871. Junior Adrienne Gautreaux was the top finisher for the Gamecocks after firing a four over 76 on Sunday to finish with a total score of 223. Gautreaux finished in a tie for 15th place, just two strokes back of the top 10. Defending SEC Champion ' Kristy McPherson also shot a 76 on Sunday to finish with a 224 and in a tie for 20th place. First-half scores lift men’s soccer to win The 19th-ranked USC men’s soccer team lost 3-0 Friday to No. 14 Coastal Carolina, but the Gamecocks rebounded with a 5-1 thrashing Sunday of Winthrop in the College of Charleston Invitational. 4 A three-goal first half paved the way for Carolina’s win and the Gamecocks’ largest margin of vic tory all season. The Eagles (11-5-1) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead at 13:35. Gareth Hayden scored an unassisted goal from 15 yards out. But five min utes later, the Gamecocks (10-6 1) answered when Robert Rosenberg head ed the ball past Robert Eagles’ goalkeep- Rosenberg er Steve Winton. °Pened tn6 Tim Glowienka served the ball to usc | g|ts the middle of the 5.1 win box, where over Rosenberg Winthrop knocked it in to on Sunday, tie the match. In the 41st minute, junior Jack Cummings scored his first of two goals in the match, and one minute later, Anthony Stovall con nected with defender Josh Alcala to give the Gamecocks a two-goal lead heading into halftime. USC nets three titles in home tournament The USC women’s tennis team took two of four single champi onships and one of three doubles championships Sunday at the Southern Intercollegiate Tournament in Columbia. The Gamecocks’ lowest single finish was fourth place, and no Gamecock doubles team finished lower than third. In the A2 doubles draw, Danielle Wiggins and Ayako Suzuki defeated Clemson’s Ana Stiglic and Richele Lesaldo 8-6 in the final. Jodi Kenoyer and Audrey George were runners-up in the A3 draw, dropping the doubles final to Rosemary Younger and Stephanie Root of Coastal Carolina 9-8 (5). Two of the four singles finals were between Gamecocks. The top draw saw Kenoyer defeating Wiggins 6-2,7-6 (6). The other all Gamecock final displayed Magda Wojdylo defeating Suzuki 6-0,6-2 in the A2 singles. ---1 1 STUDENT TRAVEL | www.sdadravel.com [TRAVEL 11 onune » on the PHone » on cnmpur » on the /treet AROUND THE SEC • ' . , i r Gators back in SEC East race Florida 20 (6-3,4-2 SEC) Georgia 13 (8-1,5-1 SEC) JACKSONVILLE, FLA. (AP) - There was no party for Georgia on this night. That privilege be longed once again to Florida, the team that befuddles the Bulldogs like no other. On a night when the fifth ranked Bulldogs could have clinched a title, Rex Grossman ru ined those plans. The Florida quarterback threw for 339 yards Saturday to help the Gators breathe life back into their on-and off season with a 20-13 victory. “This was huge,” Grossman said. “It couldn’t have been any bigger for us.” In a season on the verge of flaming out, the Gators (6-3,4-2 SEC) proved they didn’t need Steve Spurrier to beat Georgia. Florida won the game known as the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party for the 12th time in 13 years, this time with Ron Zook as coach; The Bulldogs (8-1, 5-1) could have clinched the SEC East — their first significant title since they won the conference in 1982 — and made headway in the na tional-title race on a day in which three other undefeated teams lost. Instead, they went home losers, and their fans — cau tiously optimistic in all the pregame revelry this week—had to make the slow walk of shame out of Alltel Stadium. “It’s real unbearable,” said se nior tackle Jon Stinchcomb, tears streaming down his face. “For the rest of our lives, all the seniors will know they never beat Florida. It’s one of our biggest ri valries, and we’re all 0-4. That’s a pretty tough pill to swallow.” It’s made worse by the fact that Florida didn’t play its best. Nor did the Gators need all of their best players to win this game against the rival Spurrier hated the most. Leading receiver Taylor Jacobs left during the first series with an injured right knee that could keep him out four weeks. That simply opened the door for Kelvin Right and Carlos Perez, who broke ca reer receiving records on Grossman’s 36-of-46 night. “They were coming into the of fice and complaining that they didn’t get opportunities,” Zook Standings EASTERN CONF. OVERALL Georgia5-18-1 Florida 4-2 6-3 use ~~ 3-3 5-4 Kentucky*2-36-3 Tennessee_2-35-3. Vanderbilt 0-5 ~2-7 WESTERN CONF. OVERALL Alabama* . 4-1 _ 7-2 LSU3-1 6-2 Auburn4-26-3 Arkansas2-3 5-3 Ole Miss2-3 5-4 Mississippi SL 0-4 3-5 * - not eligible for postseason said. “I’m so happy they got their opportunity and made plays they had to make.” With the loss, the Bulldogs need to win their remaining SEC games — against Ole Miss and Auburn — to ensure the SEC East title. “We’re still trying to do things one at a time,” linebacker Tony Gilbert said, “and we can still ac complish that.” But after a loss like that, they might be forced to at least con front the possibility that Gators offensive lineman Shannon Snell was right when he predicted Georgia would lose to Florida, and again somewhere down the It was great bulletin-board ma terial, and the Gators took care of the part they could control. “Like I said earlier, and I’m not lying, they’re going to lose an other one, and I hope they do,” Snell reiterated after the game. Indeed, the Gators are think ing about a title, just like Georgia. If Georgia loses once more and the Gators beat Vanderbilt and South Carolina in the next two weeks, they would win the SEC East — a notion that seemed laughable just a few weeks ago. “It’s fun, to be underdogs in a rivalry game, to come out with a victory and spoil their season and keep yourself alive,” Grossman said. Auburn 31, Ole Miss 24 Travaris Robinson caught Eli Manning’s third interception of the second half in the end zone with 1:52 left Saturday to seal Auburn’s 31-24 victory over Mississippi. Ronnie Brown rushed for 224 yards on 33 carries and three PHOTO BY AL DIAZ/KRT CAMPUS Florida quarterback Rex Grossman celebrates a touchdown pass in the second quarter of the Gators’ 20-13 win over Georgia on Saturday. touchdowns for the Tigers (6-3,4 2 SEC). Brown’s third touchdown, a 21-yard run in the third quar ter, gave Auburn a 22-17 lead. The loss was the third straight for the Rebels (5-4,2-3) and their first home loss in six games. Kentucky 45, Mississippi State 24 Derek Abney returned two punts for touchdowns and Artose Pinner scored on a 1-yard run — all in the third quarter — as Kentucky beat Mississippi State 45-24 Saturday. Abney’s first touchdown came on a 69-yard punt return to turn a close game into a rout for Kentucky (6-3,2-3 SEC). The Wildcats had lost their previous three games to Mississippi State (3-5,0-4). Alabama 30, Vanderbilt 8 Tyler Watts threw for 176 yards and ran for a touchdown, and the 12th-ranked Tide used a dominant defense to beat Vanderbilt 30-8 Saturday for their 18th straight victory in this series. The Crimson Tide, the SEC’s best team at playing keepaway, held the ball for more than 36 minutes and rolled up 428 yards of offense with 76 plays. The na tion’s fourth-best defense held the Commodores to a season-low 162 yards and forced two turnovers. Arkansas 23, Troy State 0 Bo Mosley scored on a blocked punt return for the sec ond time this season, and he capped a 23-0 Arkansas victory over Troy State on Saturday with a 50-yard interception re turn for a touchdown. While Arkansas (5-3) struggled to get anything going on a cold, rainy day, the Trojans (3-7) were equally inept. The Razorbacks held Troy State to 142 yards and 14 first downs. Tennessee CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 a fourth down and made them punt. But Tennessee muffed the punt and led to Carolina’s first score, a 26-yard Daniel Weaver field goal. Tennessee answered on its next drive with a 2-yard pass to C.J. Fayton that was set up by Jabari Davis’ career-long 62 yard run. Tennessee also scored on two Alex Walls field goals. USC doesn’t have much time to mope about the loss, as it will face a rising Arkansas Razorbacks team next Saturday. “We have to face a good Arkansas team,” Moore said. “They’re going to run the ball down our throat. So we’ve got to step up, throw our necks back and try and stop them.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com Passing CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 “Corey’s our starting quar terback, no doubt,” Lou Holtz said. Going into the start of the sea son, most fans knew the running game would be highlighted, es pecially because of the uncer tainty of Jenkins’ throwing abil ity. But it has been the ground attack that has received the go ahead more often than not. Being a team that runs the ball most of the time does not please Lou Holtz, who recognizes the need for an offense that can do more than use its rushing speed. “We can’t be one-dimension al,” he said. “I think we run the ball well, and I think our goal line offense is good. 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