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USC tennis final matel ny ltuit'ii oiici v?i?m Carolina's mens tennis team ended their regular season Tuesday with a 31-2 record, beating Furman 72 at Maxcy-Gregg courts. Carolina also defeated Florida State 8-1 Sunday and Davidson 9-0 Monday. Davidson finished first in the Southern Conference and Furman finished second. "I'm pleased with the overall effort of all the players, and they have been working hard since September." said head coach Ron Smarr. "We've played well throughout the season, and the players have been consistent all season long." Carolina won four singles matches and swept the doubles competition in their win over Furman. Jeff Kefalos, Rip Trammell, Phil Dukes and Jeff Hull posted singles victories for USC. Andreas Hufschmid, playing in the number two position for Carolina, lost 6-7, 7-5,7-6 to Hap Core, with Core winning the sudden death tie-breaker 5-3. The same went for Chris Mayotte, who was defeated by Jim Wynn 6-4, 2-6, 7-6. Mayotte lost his 1! ? 1 c A t# mnr Po^nlina'c nnlu nlhor 1r\UC nf tllP UC"UI CdftCI J"t. 11 VV do VOIU1IIIU uumj univi iuuu I..match. USC eased through the doubles matches in straight sets. Kefalos and Hull defeated Jeff Maddox and Jack Jones 6-2, 6-3, while Trammell and Mayotte had to struggle in their first set to win 7-5 but won the second set 6-2. Dukes and Steve Geller also barely won their A11. A JL JLJLJL *L. m By Sally Wilson What Jeff Grantz has done for men's athletics Carolina, Charlene Dubose has done for women's athh in her four years at USC. While Grantz excels in football and baseball. Dubc favorite sport is basketball with softball ranking sec "I think she's probably one the smartest players I've i seen," said Frankie Porter, women's basketball and ball coach. "She's very instinctive and has a good fee the game which a lot of players don't have." Dubose was recently named All-American at the i National Women's Basketball Tournament in Gallup, I She set a tournament scoring record of 139 points for games. Dubose began her athletic excellence at USC as soo The Gamecock CJUllUitU IC Mill By Mary Louise Young USC's women's softball team finished its Tuesday with a 23-1 victory over Voorhees Co undefeated. The victory was the team's 17th without a 1< Denise Nanney was the winning pitcher, and I and Janet Hoffmann led USC in hitting- McCrai four with two doubles and a single, while Hoffma two. Cheryl Grindle started USC scoring in the firs bases loaded triple, and Robin Drain homered ir For the season, USC has scored 248 runs to it Carolina's total Datting average is .411 cum pa ponents' .188. In fielding USC has also bested .856 percentage with .893. The team won the only tournament it partici the regular season, the Hinds Junior College ? ? ? - - ? J ? r?*?,j /~^ll Kaymonci, IVI1SS. Ui5^ ut'iuuiuu miaMaaippi vyun to take first place in the eight-team contest. I i Porter said she feels sure that this is the mc ball team Carolina has had. In the future USC concentrate on improving the quality of its s said. "There are few good teams in this region schedule good teams," she said. The team car out of the region for games in order to play talc Carolina will host the state tournament t See SOK team wins i, 7-2 first set 7-5 but came back in the second set to win 6-3. In the Florida State match USC only lost one singles match. Florida State earlier lost 5-4 to North Carolina, a team which beat Carolina 6-3 earlier in the season. ? ? ' ? "> 1 i 4 ?f iU? Smarr saia is.eiaios nuu ins uesi wm ui mc season" with his victory over Gordon Jones in the number one position. Jones has beaten numerous topranked players in the country, including North Carolina's Billy Brock. Rip Trammell, playing in the number three nosition. lost to Allan Bellamy 6-3, 7-5 for Carolina's only loss of the day. In the rest of the matches, Florida State won no more than five games in any individual match. In the doubles competition only one match went three sets. Dukes and Gellar defeated Bruce Knittle and Rich Thomas 7-6, 5-7, 6-1. USC's other two doubles teams posted easy victories. Carolina swept all the matches from Davidson, who finished the season with a 20-6 record. Again, Carolina's singles players did not have to struggle too " ' - - - rv..l M tU/v much tor meir wins, rnii uukus, piaying m im; number four position, defeated Steve Hollman 7-6, 57, 6-1 to win the only match that went three sets. Clyde Skaflestad, who played in the number one singies for Carolina earlier in the season, has not been playing lately because of personal reasons. ;aii ...Charlene Dubos she arrived. During her freshman year Dubo ; at basketball and softball, receiving all-state hone Jtics sports. In basketball she was also named t< tournament, all-regional and all-national teanr >se's nationals in New York Dubose became the na ond. leading scorer as she scored 100 points in four gan ever She also played on the winning Junior Olympic soft- was named most valuable player on that tean i Dubose started her soDhomore vear lei 1 IU1 ? A *r Volleyball, her only season of participation in l \AU She was named most valuable player in basketb; ^.M. year 1974 also brought Dubose the honor of beir five one of the Outstanding College Athletes of Ami The summer before her junior year Dubose wa: n as try out for the World Games, and she also playe< ?regional team against the Russian national teai l was rhospn to attend the OlvmDic Trials in tear (a combination of soccer and basketball pl< basketball court) and was later invited back fc cut. She declined because of other obligations. As co-captain of the basketball and softball te junior year, Dubose became a member of Street y magazine's Thousand Point Club by scoring mor finishes nerfe< M. regular season liege to remain ^ uss mis secisuii. ^ w ^ lobbie McCrary W& *y was three for W\ Jr inn went two for Fy it inning with a flgp^ ^ i the fifth. s opponents 80. M W* ' red to their op ?^ its competitors' ipated in during :?* ^ Invitational at ege in the finals >st talented softwill most likely ichedule. Porter :'j jhg?l>, 'jrr , so its hard to .not afford to go ? ?nted opponents. his Friday and Dentac Nanney delivers pitch a TBA1JL, Page !> ...Chicks won I Hi 12 SBBBPg* : -f v-v-'t ; , . : . ; ;.> *-* ? S#r* * * i...? -? , J.? ? * * * ' * ^ t . ? * > ? * ? < ? - V ? * ?* * * t ^ r ''" * ' f * * *! * w * * ?1 ' "* i?? ? ?^ . .^s... % * . -^ *- ;-* ...? ?% * -* * t % ? r / i < I L ' > ' - :' - f. ... * + . 4 # * 4 4 * * * - ' * * * ? ? r * % 4 * f * < -i ?A * \ +?4 * -?r jfc -4.. ' 4 ? % r - *. * \ ' f ">% - X'" VW'.V SV ' %- '*? -4- - 4""~ -- > %" 4 4 ' V *' * * * * .4 . 1 % -4~ ^ ~ * --4 ' " ? *-- * "-"4 V -*4 -* *" 4* * * ,..^~~V...'?~ <* "f 'f V ~f- ^ vf ? ^ . .4 t % + ? ? * A 4 * * Photo by Paul Htfmep Hip Trammell returns shot against Furman ...Trammell beat Jerry Robertson 7-6, 6-3 e ends career at USC se played points in her basketball career. She was also named to the irs in both all-state softball team in 1975. o the all- In addition to becoming an All-American in her senior is. At the vear Dubose was selected to the all-state and all ition's 2nd tournament teams in basketball. Dubose stopped playing ies. Softball this spring because of the work she'd missed. "I : team and wanted to make sure I'd graduate," Dubose said. [i. A Darlington, S.C. native Dubose began playing ttering in basketball in the fifth grade. "I really didn't play too much Lhat sport. then because I was a chicken on the court," she said. ill, and the Dubose stayed with the sport, however, and played ig selected basketball on school teams for six years. Her career higherica. scoring mark came when she scored 52 points for St. Johns s invited to High School. i on an all- Dubose credits Brenda Byrd, her junior high, Junior m. Dubose Olympic and AAU coach in New Mexico for giving her a n handball great deal of help in basketball. lyed on a Parental pressure, Dubose said, never affected her. ?r the final "My parents let me choose whatever I wanted to do," Dubose said. "I just sort of drifted into it." ams in her As for future plans, Dubose, a physical education major, and Smith said, "I'll probably want to get into coaching, either e than 1,000 basketball or softball, at the college level." zt season Track tea competes in 43Sji|v Penn Relays Carolina track coach Bill McmV ' \? Clure is looking for some outsiBf * ^ V> standing performances from several of his Gamecocks at the if Penn Relays this weekend in ^ PhilaHplnhin Pn The meet gets underway at noon TV'f Friday and runs through Saturday ...y. r"':> < - at Franklin Field. V ' v 9 Hw// V' "I think a number of our athletes ^ Ifc* Vr 7 v; **' * ~ " * have a good chance to turn in some excellent performances," McClure ':Xx*_ ?rara|&. v, t,|.- said. "The meet should be a great ione -it's the most prestigious relay meet in America today. ' l *ee* we have a few individuals l who can either place high or possibly win," McClure said. T* "Steve Wilson has a good shot in v|^g^|iilfc>ay [w?~ j*~ the high jump and so does Lou TW^hi/^nhin ir? tho iavAlin Our chrvt putter, Billy McElveen, can finish Wilson ha# qualified for the * ' ' mwto i^Vari iLwwiew ' Olympic Trial* with a jump of 2.18 rtQ, # meters (7' IV) at the Statelo remain undefeated after .7 games Record ,W^S carlier this month See TRACK, Page ?