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USC tennis
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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...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
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^.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
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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.
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excellent performances," McClure
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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
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rtQ, # meters (7' IV) at the Statelo
remain undefeated after .7 games Record ,W^S carlier this month
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