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i. ? I Soccer club I to Jacksonvi By BOB Dl'DKK ( ainecock Staff Writer USC's soccer club contributed to this weel Sports soap opera by losing a heartbreaker t one of the top 10 teams in the South, 1-0 Satur The soccer team, like USC football and vo lost a close game in Columbia this weeker Jacksonville's John Bifulco scored the ga on a direct kick from seven vards out remaining in (he contest. Women shov at USC Invite By MIKE HUNT (iamecock Staff Writer There is nothing quite like a women's v Vivid uniform colors of purple, orange the Doobie Brothers coming from an i incessant sound of bouncing balls. THE ATMOSPHERE is unmistakably female referees, female fans and most irr are everywhere. Xhpv cinrt onrl Ino^ J t/nag uuu ivuvi catll UillCI comes time for play to begin and the girl they prove they can play volleyball, as Yes, there's nothing quite like it. women's volleyball. Specifically, it wa Carolina Invitational Volleyball Tourna was College of Charleston, all the tea athletics was disnlav^H in ?nr? fnrm IiV?*lo - ?WW ?W|/ (VI 111 I" I lUtt Two teams of six girls, separated by , force one another into making errors wl ball over the net within three vollies. Madison. USC, Western Carolina, Coll Carolina, Francis Marion, and Georgia, action began. When it was over, Dim Pam Parsons said, "I've never seen be To begin the round'robin elimination James Madison while Clemson and West< ciiiuiiier luuri. une game evoKeo irenzy < other was relatively quiet. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS and six Gamecocks and College of Charleston w< the Solomon Blott Physical Education C The Cougarettes, two-time state charr undefeated. Carolina overcame a stronj i get back in the winners bracket and to ear [ Lady Gamecocks were faced with th< Cougarettes twice to take the champions dropped one match earlier in the tourm cnaneston, needing only one match to pionship with 15-10 and 15-13 victories in t won the first match by winning games of >.^^f|, BUI H?|| Britton Andrew: THE GAMECOCK CaTO ( AN T "K1 just one mistake Mike Hankinson heating them." Teammate Ma fort. "It was a fli | I score came on a I I and their fullbac kicked it in. The; was our best gai "This was the 1 had several opp cend's Carolina Swenter) did a o Jacksonville, tremendous save day. The loss drops lleyball teams, games remaining id. me's only goal "SO FAN we li with just 2:29 teams we've pla said. "We just d v quality cc itional Voll gam Be olleyball tournament. athl< and garnet. The sound of a Gi indent phonograph. The for t In: illus female. Female coaches, offer jportantly, female players play at pi r in cheers. But when it W Is to get down to business, und< wen. Ihoj Generally, it's known as A1 s the University of South was ment. While the winner "V n?s profited as women's "We y end Saturday . whit an eight foot net, tried to Gr hile attempting to get the mat< Eight teams, Clemson, beat lege of Charleston, Kast Pa , were involved when the in p; :tor of Womens Athletics "T tter volleyball." ach< Friday, Carolina played Sh ern Carolina competed on "Thi at every point scored; the worn imaj fenu teams later, the I^ady man ere the only teams left in the t Center. ipions, entered the finals C.I rt 12 1 - ' 1 * s i-.nr>i vuiiiiiiiu Mjuau (o at 11 it n a spot in the finals. The thenr e task of defeating the som< hip because Carolina had life f iment. level win, claimed the cham- No he final match. Carolina expr< 15-8 and 15-3, and the first Caro BOl \ Ic's Scott Reeves tries to move the ball I from a lackauuiilla ?'?? ......... inv piajci ? UWIVI*) as Una's Pay Layden watches from behind. .P but feel we outplayed them, we made sc , and that resulted in the goal," Carolina's said. "I definitely feel we're capable of ch us irshall Reeves praised Jacksonville's ef- be awless game until the end," he said. "The beautiful play. We had everyone covered l^i k (Bifulco) came down the field and just foi y're the best team we've played, and this lie to date." sel (C nost physical game we've played and we sc< wrtunities to score. Our goalie (Dave hi! fabulous job. He made about five iust s." I the soceer club's record to 1-5, with eight tal \ before the Southeastern Soccer Classic. dri lave outplayed, even oiushot most of the pk yed," assistant coach Sandy Bucknam < on't have anyone to finish the play and po tmpetifion, ma leyball Tourna e of the second matcn, ith teams played with an intensity exhibited i ;tic counterparts. They dived and manuveured li lloon. Six individuals played as a team setting he spike. stead of haphazardly racing about the court, trated the traits of being well coached hv stir >sive and defensive patterns. Both Carolina ai ed with a fury reminiscient of the Chinese and Ja revious Olympic games. INNING COACH Nancy Wilson said. "We playc ?r pressure. Every match with Carolina went dov >e we don't have to meet them too many moretim though the Uidy Gamecocks lost. I'SC coach K optimistic. Vc came out a winner in this contest in a lot of wa now know how to be a winner. We know how to b h is more important than winning a single game, aham is confident Carolina can defeat Charles L'hes. "I don't think we knew it before, but I kno them." irsons emphasized the importance of women's v irticular, women's athletics. 'o these girls, there's more to life than being a be jerleader. They just want the right to excel and c< e said that few have a true concept of what a fenv s image has never been projected well in the med en's athletics, Parsons believes that society can $e of what a female athlete is. "PeoDle will Hi lie athlete is any type of woman," she said rel y sizes, shapes, and backgrounds of the girls pa ournament. t AIIAM AGREES with Parsons on the important ;tics. "Volleyball is but one of the areas for the gi iselves physically. Each young woman is 'thing through the participating in sports. Sporl or these girls, and volleyball is one way for thenr they wish." t only is women's volleyball a method for you ess themselves physically, it is a fast and exci lina. ?a 05c a --?ME M hhhhhbbh Britton Andrew THE GAMECOCK Reeves (left) maneuvers away from three Jacksonville players who look like they're trying to trip him. ore. "In past seasons we had John Rosier. Now we're searing for that exceptional player who can be the scorer for . If we had anyone near Rosier's caliber we would likely undefeated now." rhe team was depending on Spring Valley's Jimmy iyden to be that scorer, but an injury has immobilized him at least another two weeks. 'It's hard to get exceptional players when we have no iiolarships to offer." Bucknam said. "Doug Puffenburger ollege of Charleston > wanted to come here, and he's }red 14 goals in their first 6 games. If we could have given n tV'KnlorcKirv !? ? .? ! -I 121 ?1 - " " M .. ?? ..vmuiui?iip v?v wuuiu iiiveiy ik? i>-u. tilTKNAM SAII) the team will have to work with the ent it has this season. 'We'll just work harder with the people we have on ibbling and shooting drills," he said. "We have some solid lyers that we have to make into exceptional players." "arolina goes to Davidson Friday, and then piays Highint College Sunday ' \ stery Moyotte ment wins tennis in their male - x keaLoganor fOU THC9 ITI@liT each other up both squads ^ WILSON king to strict s?>orts hdllor id Charleston , . w panose teams Carolina s Chris Mayotte, who played first singles for the d very strong Gamecocks last season, won the minine wire ,ul" >">nuai southern In.. tercollegiate tennis tournament alhy Graham this weekend in Athens, Ga J The four-day tournament con .hp sisted of the top 20 teams and the e a team now toP 64 P,ayers in the S?uth- usc's e a team now, Qiwk Hodgin, Peter MaeDonald ;ton in future fnd ^rrytuGi'bert als? Par" w now we can ticipated in the tournament. ollevball and "Chris played really well," Carolina coach Ron Smarr said. autv queen or "He beat some g??d players." jmoete " Mayotte reached the semi-finals ale athlete is. by defeating Tennessee's John ia " Through Gillespie 7-6, 7-6, I^SU s Alan gain a better Chandronnait 7-5, 6-0, Bill Rogers Jeover that a of Georgia 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 and TenWrinc to the nessee's Andy Kohlberg 6-4, 6-3, Sting in successively. Mayotte s semi-final 7-5, 6-3 win ; over N.C. State's first singles' e of women's player John Sadir impressed rls to express Smarr more than any other win. able to say "That was Chris's biggest win." he s is a way of said. "Sadir hadn't lost a set before , to attain the l.he. semi. fina,s " /\ut?r losing six match points, ng women to Mayotte defeated Wes Cash 6-3, filing sport at 7, 6-1 in the finals. ___See MAYOTTK. pagr II