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State slipping Wolfj RY JAMES P. IIERSH Asst. Sports Editor If Carolina is to win its third consectutive game, it will have to be done against North Carolina State, a team that was 8th ranked two weeks ago but is now slumping badly. Now out of the top 20, the Wolfpack has lost to North Carolina, 33-14, and Maryland, 20 10, consecutively and is two games behind Maryland in the ACC Soccer An excellent defense and two goals by winger Tal Albertson propelled the Carolina soccer team to an easy 4-0 victory over Furman in the Gamecock's home finale Tuesday. The- win, USC's fourth straight, raised the season mark to 7-4-1. The Gamecock defense was outstanding, limiting Furman to only five shots on goal, the lowest total by an opponent this season. Carolina's offense had 26 shots. USC scored the only goAl it needed with just 15 minutes gone nC4 D ed UInivesity Dii from top rank )ack ch race. Its record is 5-2. "You know after having lost two games in a row they're going to be kind of cranked up," Paul Dietzel, whose USC team is coming off two wins, said Tuesday. "They are a fine looking club and have scored a lot of points. Some people have scored on them, but they have the knack of coming up with the big play.'" Last year, when State was 9-3 and won the Liberty Bowl over Kansas, the . Wolfpack beat defense 1 when left wing Howie Crossan scored. The play was set up by John Rosier who drew Furman goalie Les Evans out of the goal then slid the ball across where Crossan banged home his sixth score this season. Albertson accounted for Carolina's next two goals. He scored his first at the 29:08 mark by jamming in a rebound of a hard shot by halfback Ken McCord. Albertson then scored his eighth goal of the season 14 minutes into the second period, after halfback 00 mpromisi icated to .sfying pal pockelbool ving Services T allenge Carolina 56-35 in Columbia. Although not as powerful as a year ago, State has still scored 28 points or more in four games. However, in its last five games, State lost twice and had three close calls with defeat--beating Syracuse 28-22; East Carolina 24-20 and Virginia 22-21. State has the leading rusher in the ACC--Stan Fritts, who has gained 790 yards on a 4.6 yards-per carry average. Fritts averages almost 99 yards per game, and he Eads win Tim Hankinson brought the ball deep into the Furman defense and pushed the ball across the goalmouth. Albertson then charged in and booted the score for a 3-0 lead. High-scoring Rosier, the team's leader, finished the scoring with 12 minutes left. Rosier dribbled around two Furman defenders, then placed the ball past Evans for his 18th goal of the season. The soccer team will travel tc Atlanta where they are attempting to defend the championship in the Southeastern Soccer Classic al Georgia Tech on Nov. 1, 2, and 3 igly ales and e 'Peonie Pleasers' s win -st is the leading career scorer in the conference. Roland Hooks, States other starting running back, has 606 yards rushing, and his 6.4 average is the highest the league. Quarterback Dave Buckey, with a 64.2 percentage completion rate 86 for 134, is second in the ACC in passing. He has thrown eight touchdown passes. - Eventhough it has had defense troub!e, State is still rated third in the conference in total defense, Freddie Ron Bass' excellent per formance Saturday night against North Carolina, complimented with the memory of Jeff Grantz' talents, is quite likely to leave no one complaining about the quar terback situation at Carolina. And that seems an oddity since just a few years ago the Gamecocks lost a player who is now making a definite push for All America honors at quarterback and just a few weeks ago was being mentioned as a Heisman can didate. Freddie' Solomon, who wanted desperately to come to USC but never was able to enroll here because of academic deficiences, is making national headlines at Tampa University in Florida. Solomon, a native of Sumter, failed to meet the NCAA enrollment requirement of a predicted 1.6 grade point average and so was unable to enroll at USC. He opted for Tampa, then a minor college which has since gained major university status. If not for Bass andl Grantz, Solomon 's performance at Tampa might have the Gamecock football department wishing Carolina had dropped out of the NCAA to obtain !'im. Solomon has been a virtual one man show for Tampa, rushing for over 100 yards in six of the last eight games and leading the team to a 5-3 record. Perhaps more impressive than Solomon's 936 yards rushing thus far this season is his 100 points scored, including 16 touchdowns. A mark which ranks him second nationally. "Freddie would probably win the Heisman if he was at Alabama or Ohio State," Mark Carlson, Tampa's sports information director said. "lte'es efne... reak second in rushing defense and third in pass defense. It -ranks first in total offense with 421.8 yards-per game. Carolina, meanwhile,will be looking for its third straight win after losing its first five this season State has won the past two games between the clubs, and Carolina's last win over the Wolfpack was in 1971. The game will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Carter Stadium in Raleigh. Solomon Ill-America threat athlete our coaches have ever seen. "I would guess he'd go in the first round of the pro draft. I'd say he won't exist after the first 12 picks and maybe not after the first five," Carlson said. "I'm sure he'll go that early, but I don't know where they'll play him after he's drafted," Carlson added. A pro scout was quoted in the Sporting News as saying Solomon would be the first wide receiver selected from the college ranks. From his days in high school, when he was the most valuable player in the Shrine Bowl game, through this season, his passing abilities have not exactly shown pro potential. Solomon has completed 44 of 114 passes this year for three touch downs, while suffering six in terceptions. His aerials have netted 659 yards. Solomon is just 65 yards away from 3,000 yards rushing and already has over 5,000 yards in total offense -at Tampa. According to Carlson, USC tried to lure Solomon into transfering schools after both his freshman and sophomore years, but Coach Paul Dietzel denies this. "'That's the first I've heard of that. I've heard all kind of rumors about what Freddie would like and would not like to do, but we never spoke with him." In any event Solomon will finish out his collegiate career at Tampa, and if not for three close losses to Tulsa, Miami of Florida and San Diego State by just I5 total points, he might have won the Heisman at a school which just a few years ago wasn't even in the NCAA.