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BRIEFLY SEC Champion Auburn on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. and Alabama on Oct 5at lp.m. Equestrian team to play host of meet The USC equestrian team will begin its season Saturday by playing host to the South Carolina Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. The competi tion will be held at the Irish Oaks Equestrian Centre in the Ascot subdivision in Irmo. The field will include riders from Clemson, Berry College, Erskine, Lander, Anderson, Augusta State, Judson College and other colleges and universi ties. Carolina starts the compe tition at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The Gamecocks’ next event will be at Georgia on Oct. 3. Cross country team to run at two meets The USC cross country team splits up again this weekend, with the A-team traveling to Cary, N.C., to run in the Great American Cross Country Festival and the B-team to run at The Citadel Invitational. The Great American Cross Country Festival will include over 400 teams and over 4,000 runners, from universities to elementary schools. Carolina will be one of 80 collegiate wom en’s teams competing and will run at 5:15 p.m. Friday. The Gamecock B-team’s race at The Citadel Invitational in Charleston will start at 9:45 a.m. Saturday. Security measures remain at Tennessee Security measures instituted at the beginning of the football season at Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium will remain in effect for Saturday’s game between USC and Tennessee. Gates will open at 5:45 p.m. — two hours before kickoff. “Authorized personnel will be at the gates, advising fans that large parcels such as backpacks or boxes are not permitted inside the stadium,” said Philip Scheurer, Tennessee vice presi dent of operations. “In addition, no items may be stored or left at the gate.” Radios, small bags, cell phones and cushions will be al lowed, but UT reserves the right to search any bag. “We want fans from both schools to support their team en thusiastically,” ScK urer said. “At the same time, ve expect them to demonstrate good sportsmanship outside and in side the stadium.” SPORTS CHALLENGE THE CHALLENGE: Brad Wes Charles Adam Meg Andy The Gamecock’s readers and Senklw Wolfe Tomlinson Beam Moore Ferris staff test their sports knowledge Sports Asst. Sports Editor in Managing The Mix Reader of with nrpriirtinn<; nf thp Editor Editor Chief Editor Editor the Week weekend’s games. (Rankings (23-17) (25-15) (26-14) (28-12) (27-13) (18-20) are from The Associated Press.) 9 Arkansas at Alabama Arkansas Alabama Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas 25 Florida at Kentucky Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida 13 Iowa at Michigan StateIowaMich. St. Iowa_Mich. St. IowaIowa Notre Dame at 22 Purdue N. Dame N. Dame Purdue Purdue Purdue_ Purdue Texas Tech at Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Ole Miss Tex. Tech Ole Miss Ole Miss M21 Wash. St. at 10 Oregon Wash. St. Oregon Wash. St. Oregon Oregon Oregon Iowa State at 20 N. Illinois Iowa St. N. Illinois N. Illinois N. Illinois N. Illinois N. Illinois Wake Forest at Virginia_Virginia Wake Virginia Virginia Virginia Wake Georgia Tech at VanderbiltTechTechTech Tech Tech Tech USC at 8 Tennessee UT UT UT USC UT USC 24-14 21-10 28-7 21-17 28-10 24-20 SPORTS CHALLENGE’S FIFTH-WEEK OUTLOOK: Adam Beam once again won the weekly challenge, going a rough 5-5. Wes Wolfe, Brad Senkiw and Charles Tomlinson each finished at a terrible 4-6 after a few upsets took place nationally. Overall, Beam continues to shine, while the selected staff member trails closely. The readers are having a difficult time keeping pace after a 2-8 week. This week’s reader needs to be nearly perfect to make an impact on this week’s standings. Be sure to get those picks in every Thursday by 2 p.m. WANT TO BE READER OF THE WEEK? E-mailyourselectionsnextweektogamecocksports@hotmail.com. If you’re picked and have the best record, you’ll win a free Gamecock T-shirt and be able to talk all the trash you want. Michigan wins appeal; NCAA ‘tournament eligibility reinstated BY LARRY LAGE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANN ARBOR, MICH. - The Michigan basketball team won its appeal and will be eligible to play in the 2004 NCAA tournament. The decision to overturn the ban handed down in May was made by the NCAA’s infractions appeals committee, the organiza tion announced Thursday. “This is a tremendously positive day for the University of Michigan ^and our basketball program,” ■Michigan coach Tommy Amaker ^said in a statement. “We are so ap preciative of the news we received. I am thrilled for the young men on our team, and I believe they truly deserve this opportunity.” Michigan’s successful appeal concludes all NCAA procedures regarding the Ed Martin scandal. Martin, who died earlier this year, had been accused of making illicit cash payments totaling $616,000 to former players Chris Webber, Maurice Taylor, Louis Bullock and Robert Traylor. Of the NCAA sanctions handed down in May, the ban on partici pation in the NCAA tournament and National Invitation Tournament was the only one that Michigan appealed. Other sanctions, including 31/2 ^years of probation and the loss of one scholarship in each of four seasons beginning in 2004-2005, re main in effect. A message left with Terry Don Phillips, chairman of the appeals committee and Clemson’s athlet ic director, was not immediately returned. “We accepted full responsibility for the wrongdoing that occurred, and we felt that the loss of schol arships, extended probation, and other penalties imposed by the NCAA were an appropriately se vere response to the violations,” school president Mary Sue Coleman said in a statement. The school’s appeal was focused on the additional postseason ban, because it fell “disproportionate ly” on the current players and coaches, Coleman said. Expectations for last season’s Michigan team were low because of an apparent lack of talent and motivation. The Wolverines lost their first six games but staged a remarkable turnaround under second-year coach Amaker, win ning 13 straight games for the first time since 1987-88. Michigan finished with its best season in five years, going 17-13 overall and 10-6 in the Big Ten and earning a first-round bye in the con ference tournament. The 2003-04 Wolverines are expected to contend for an NCAA tournament berth. Michigan officials hoped the penalties they imposed on their program in November 2002 would appease the NCAA. Those penalties included a post season ban for 2003; forfeiture of 112 regular-season and tourna ment victories from five seasons, plus its victory in the 1992 NCAA semifinal; returning $450,000 to the NCAA for money earned from the NCAA tournament during those years; and placing itself on two years’ probation. It also removed four banners from Crisler Arena: for the 1992 and 1993 Final Fours, 1997 NIT title and 1998 Big Ten tournament title. Martin, a self-described Wolverines basketball booster, pleaded guilty in 2002 to conspiracy to launder money and told federal prosecutors he took gambling mon ey, combined it with other funds and lent $616,000 to Webber and the other players. He was awaiting sen tencing when he died in February at age 69 of a pulmonary embolism. “This long and unpleasant chapter in the university history has ended once and for all,” ath letic director Bill Martin said in a statement. “We have learned some hard lessons from this experience, but we emerged from it with a stronger program and a renewed commitment to the highest stan dards of integrity.” USC downs Wofford in women’s soccer The USC women’s soccer team (5-3-1) beat the Wofford Terriers (3-3-1) at Spartanburg on Wednesday night 2-0. Forward M.A. Foster scored her second game-winning goal of the season, while midfielder Erica Bowie scored the insurance goal. Foster knocked the goal in early in the second half with an assist from midfielder Abi ^Markham. Bowie got her goal ^with less than three minutes left in the game with forward Ashley Williams being credit ed with the assist. Carolina fin ished the game with a 13-3 shot advantage over Wofford and is still undefeated against the Terriers. The Gamecocks will take their three-game winning streak to the UGA/Nike Tournament in Athens, Ga., on Friday to compete against Georgia Southern and Liberty. Overall, Carolina is 4-1 against Georgia Southern, winning last season’s contest 1-0. The Gamecocks’ match versus Liberty is the first meeting be tween the two schools. USC takes on Georgia k Southern on Friday at 5 p.m. and * will play Liberty on Sunday at 11 a.m. Carolina’s next home games come against defending "She s a very w woman." Together we can stamp out prejudice. It only takes one voice to make a difference. 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