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sports S^HHHKP > oa* f "r-": - r^L.V Jacksonville's Steve Donovan slides back to first base as USC first baseman Johnny Hinkel waits for a pickoff attempt. USC lost the first Gamecocks split By MITCH SHERWOOD Sports Editor After losing the first game of a doubleheader 2-1, Carolina came back in the second game to defeat Jacksonville 4-2 Saturday afternoon at Rex Enright Athletic Center. In the first game, the Gamecocks had just two hits, a sacrifice by left fielder Chuck Mcl^ean and a double by right fielder Don Repsher. Jacksonville had nine hits, including a home run by first baseman Dave Chappell. JACKSONVILLE scored one run in the second, sixth and seventh innings. In the second inning, shortstop A1 Rausch got a single and catcher Ray I^aval followed with another single. Fran Chamberlain, the designated hitter, hit a single to right field to score Rausch. In tV?n civili inninrt I ot.nl UU ? 1 4 1 ... V..V- uiaui niiHiig, uovai nil d r>11It" ailU Wt'TH 10 second on a error by USC left fielder Chuck Mclean. Chamberlain then got a single and Laval scored on a fielder's choice by David Bowerman. Jacksonville scored its final run in the seventh inning on Chappell's home run. The Gamecocks scored its one run in the seventh Doubles match d By DAN PALMA The singles coi uamccock staff Writer without its own e sets ended in tie It took two tennis courts and about five hours of tennis to do it, USC's numb* but USC's rtien's tennis team player, Chris J defeated Clemson Friday at Fernando May Maxcy-Gregg courts in one of the Maynetto was th team's longest and most contested College Champioi matches this season. a member of the team. It s always good to beat Clemson," USC coach Eton Smansa id. "It would've definitely hurt MacDONALD our morale if we lost this one." match to Steve \i with USC's Rip ' Mike Gondolfo 7SMAKR'S AND the team's morale were in the process of USC's Arthur deteriorating during the final Steve Miller b( doubles match between the USC matches in two s team of Peter MacDonald and Jeff defeated Ixxler 6 Hull and Clemson's Dick Milford defeated Mark I find DdV6 Lodcr. The team score was tied at 4-4. a match lasti That fact alone was not enough to a half houi hurt a team's morale, but this fact Milford 6-7, 6-3,13 was-Clemson's doubles team was leading in the final set 3-0 when the In the two othei inuicn was movea 10 uie iignied Miller and Tr P.E. courts because of darkness. Maynetto and Va / ? ?///?> >'? ?. .fX/ft - 5u*l? St?ven*-THE GAMECOCK game of a doubleheader to Jacksonville 3-1 but won the second game 4-2. doubleheader inning when Repsher got a double and then went to third on a wild pitch. Repsher scored when Jacksonville pitcher Mike Pustay threw another wild pitch. JIM LEWIS was the losing pitcher for USC. Lewis Unr. ~ C O 1 nets a ?j-o recoru. In the second game, Repsher hit a home run in the second inning to give USC a 1-0 lead. USC scored two more runs in the fourth inning when Repsher walked and designated hitter Steve King hit a home run. Jacksonville came back in the fifth inning when third baseman Steve Donovan got on first base on a throwing error by Carolina third baseman Bart Murphy. Chappell followed with a single and Rausch then hit a single to USC centerfielder Mookie Wilson to score Donovan. Laval hit a deep fly to the outfield and Chappell tagged up on third and scored. With a 3-2 lead in the fifth, USC catcher Robbie Parrish got a single. Carolina second baseman Mark Van Bever then hit a sinr?1p nnH irsr* < ;?* 0-~? IIUU A1 i V/l I Ull Uidl and second base. A wild pitch advanced them one base and then a passed ball enabled Parrish to score. USC's next game is a doubleheader against Clemson at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Rex Enright Athletic Center. lecides USC victo repetition was not xcitcment as breakers. jfl' .4?53SBSl^B9l^!^^^?^^^K*jrt er one singles e National Junior |g|M| n in 1Q7C on/1 ?i;XSS Peter MacDonald '-4 at fifth singles. Mayotte and Anastopoulo won r doubles matches their match 7-6, 6-3 over Gondolfo ammell lost to and Buechler. This made the score ushan 6-2,6-3, but 4-4 with the final doubles match Natl rmal pliamninn .w bowls for enjoyment By VINCE MOOBE Gamecock Staff Writer When USC's Jeffrey Bellinger flew to Reno, Nev. for three days, it wasn't to gamble or file for a ouick divorce. Instead Rnllinanr rptnmod to Carolina as U.S. intercollegiate singles bowling champion. The top 32 U.S. collegiate bowlers went to Reno for the three-day national tournament, where they were judged on total pin performance for nine games. KKLLINGKK WON the tournament by bowling a 1817 total, or a 201.8 average per game. Although he was happy to win, Bellinger said the experience provided more than victory. "The bowlers I met in Reno were really nice, and I de\ eloped some good friendships during the tournament," Bellinger said. "The competition was tough, but everybody pulled for everybooy else to do well." The country is HiviiipH intn Knujlino Mninnc ?u~ * ? _ J Y? wniMig i^giuno Willi II1C IWU lop qualifiers representing each region. This year, however, two more bowlers were picked from the nation's larger regions. Bellinger was the top qualifier from region five, which includes South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia. Runnerup to Bellinger in region five was James Berry of Virginia Tech. You might have figured Bellinger meant business when he rolled a perfect 300 game in the sectionals tournament. It was the first time he had ever accomplished this, and only the second 300 bowled in Southeast collegiate competition. "IT'S A DIFFICULT thing to describe," Bellinger said. "Your first reaction is disbelief. It's not easy realizing that you've just rolled 12 strikes in a row." Bellinger is president of USC's men's bowling team, the defending national champions. USC, who finished third in regional competition this spring, will go to-the national team tournament in San Antonio, Tex., because the second-place team was ineligible to compete. Members of the team are Bellinger, Matt Culbertson, Kenny Skenes, Jerry Owens, Leigh Leventis, David Leadbitter and James Laskis. Although Bellinger won the singles competition, a disappointing performance in doubles caused him to finish sixth in overall competition. Ted Schmidt of Florida placed first. Tn Hniihloc pa?y%r*nf ? -J 1 ... vu...iA.miuii, uciiuiger ueveiopea problems with his left knee. His average dropped dismally but he was determined to finish. "I HADN'T WORKED that hard to go the nationals and not finish," Bellinger said. "So after some deliberation, the tournament director let me continue." Bellinger worked hard in preparation for the nationals. He bowled 30 to 40 games a week and bowled 140 games in a 10-day period for final practice. But ironically, Bellinger doesn't consider bowling his primary sport oi:c DimLtK, page 11 ry over Clemson Mayotte, Trammell, Mac1 ?? ti 11 Donald, Hull, Anastopoulo and Bob JCiI null Kaplan won singles matches while Mayotte and Anastopoulo and Trammell and Randy Osga won still in progress. first and second dnuhlps ri FM?jnM rnAfii n,,,?i, respectively. Hull and MacDonald LLhMhON COACH LhUCk 1^* 7_e c 7 7 ? u;- , Kriese was confident before the third dmitries 'A