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sports (JSC's running at' By RONNIE IIUTCHINS (iainccock Stall writer ai lo In a game both teams needed badly for morales and win columns, Carolina defeated Wake Forest 24-14 Saturday m afternoon in Winston-Salem, N.C. It was relief for the he Gamecocks and more frustration for the Demon Deacons. bi Entering the game, Carolina was hoping to avoid its first d< five-game losing streak since 1970, and Wake Forest was or iust trving to get its second win of the season. "This was a good win for us," USC head coach Jim Carlen W said. "At this point we needed to have a good game and put o> nrin in flip win rnlnmn " c< For Wake Forest coach Chuck Mills, always philosophical in victory or defeat, the game was just J< another case of "Ifs, ands, buts...and nuts! It's too hard to th say what might have been," Mills said. "It was a battle between two strugglers," Mills said. di "Thov striifyeelod bettor than wo did Wo hurt ourselves on Si our turnovers, and they hurt us with their first down plays. h; "Their first downs killed us," he said. "How many times did they come up with second and five? And third and s^ one?" s< But all wasn't gloom for the Deacons' coach, who has now sppn his Ipam los? its ninth straight came. g t Carolina's Spencer Clarl tries to elude the grasp of a Wake Forest defender during I'SC's 24-14 win Saturday. Clark rushed IUI OJ juiua, liinuuiu^ a ?JO- yg.,,.";"!"1." yard touchdown run, as the Gamecocks snapped a ' four-game losing streak. HMranH^v s, KBmaBy ^ ^if ;"SH V/AllAukflll 4 t W ^ JMMII By CHK1S MYERS (jamecock Staff Writer The USC volleyball team became South Carolina state champions Saturday as they won ten straight games and defeated four teams, including first seeded -r 1?4 ? UUllCgU Ul \_Iiai lCMUIl. The Lady Gamecocks, seeded second in the tournament, defeated Erskine and Francis Marion in the round robin pool play to advance to the double oliminnHrtn riiiartnrf'innl*: After getting a bye in the first round, USC defeated third-seeded Winthrop College 15-8 and 15-13. In the second game, however, USC found themselves trailing 13-3. "After we were losing in that second game, the whole team decided to get together and start playing the way we can, C oach Kathy Graham said. The team started moving when Vicki Mann became the server, scoring 12 straight points, giving USC the damn arirf thn ^aniv uuu uiv iiiuvvi*. "During the whole game we felt like we could come back. It was just a matter of when," (JSC's Cheryl Grindle said. tack ends losiru * "There are eight hundred million people in China who dn't know this game was played today," Mills said, oking for the smallest favor. TKn HnnrtAnc urnrn ctill Vi r*r\in rt f Ar \ifitll Aldht 1 iIV. L/VaV-UIIO YTC1C OVlil lUt t IV VVI J tiivii viguv inutes remaining in the game. Wake's Mike McGlamry >d passed to John Zeglinski with 9:53 left in the game to ing the Deacons to within 17-14 from an earlier 10-point ;ficit. Then the Gamecocks had to punt after three downs > their next possession. Zeglinski, whose receptions had been essential to both ake Forest scores, fumbled Max Runager's punt at his vn lz-yara line, spoiling me cnances ior a ueacon jmeback. USC's Nat Veal fell on the fumble and, three plays later, ^hnnie Wright ran through the middle of the Wake line for le score that insured a Gamecock victory. Carolina's runningbacks gained 343 yards rushing for the ay. George Rogers led Gamecock runners with 97 yards, pencer Clark had 87 yards, Wright had 82 yards, Dorsey ad 47 yards and Ron Bass ran for 30 yards. Clark had the longest run of the game with his 58-yard bveep around the right end and down the sideline for a :ore that put Carolina ahead 14-7 in the second quarter. While the Gamecocks outgained Wake Forest on the round 354 vards to yards, the Deacons passed for 254 yards aibaa Bi^^^Kfls^^?Mik^Ji^^ 3H The loss dropped Winthrop into the losers' bracket, while USC continued on and met the top-seeded College of Charleston. "The College of Charleston was definitely the toughest team there," Grindle said. "But after our enmphflpk aeainst Winthroo. we iust rained con fidence." USC defeated College of Charleston in straight games also, 15-11 and 15-12. The College of Charleston then defeated Winthrop in the losers' bracket. So once again it was USC against the Cougars of the college 01 vnariesion. "The pressure was all on them in that match," Graham said. "They would have had to beat us twice for them to win the championship. We only had to defeat them one more time for us to win." USC defeated the Cougars again in straight games, 15-3 and 15-7, to advance to the AIAW Region II volleyball playoffs. The College of Charleston also qualified for the Kegionals in the small college division. The Regionals are to be played November 17-19 in Harrisonburg, Va., where eight teams from five states g streak while Carolina gained only 11 yards passing. "We're supposed to have a good pass defense, but Wake Forest picked us pretty well," Carlen said. "Their passing game hurt us." The Gamecock pass defense is second in the nation for the season. Wake Forest quarterback Mike McGlamry set a school career completion record against the Gamecocks, passing for his 294th completion. Saturday he completed 22 of 38 passes. r\n/l Tir? Cmrflolnn ln^ llin V 1CP JL/C1V1U I I U/ilUO'.i Cl 11VI lllll Ulllgl^iUU It-U IIIV UUV> UVIVIUL which allowed Wake Forest 103 rushing yards. Prezioso had five unassisted tacklesand helped on 11 other tackles while Singleton had three unassisted and nine assisted tackles. Curtis Boyd, who was in on eight tackles, recovered two fumbles for the Gamecocks. Wake Forest has one game remaining in the season, next iirmilr of \7ir?rf ?r?iq Tnph wtvi\ at tiigiuin i vv.ii. "Our players are not giving up," Mills said. "They're not 4 surrendering. But they're not playing hard enough-or maybe they're playing to hard. It's the last year we'll ever play like this." Mills, speaking for both teams, said the worst part of a dav likeSaturdav was that "We coaches and Dlavers feel the hurt all week long. It's not just a Saturday thing." jjggjSJW ; ITWTWTIIiliPITllllllllBIII IIIWWIliMHMMWBHHWBi ^ I Crti Pe,rce lampionsnip? v will compete for the regional title. As for USC's chances in the tournament, players and the coach teel anything could happen. "I don't think that any limit can be set for this team," Grindle said. "When we take it to the net and nlav offpnsp thp uiav u>#? r>an I"in no " ! .. J f>?/ vMCtf tlWWVMJJ VUII Oiup UO. One thing that has to make Graham smile about this season's team is that none of the girls are seniors, and only five of the sixteen members are juniors. lunin^c kf '? r UU?*AU i? 1 1 uuuiuio nunijr uutv.il , I'jlCdiKI DI UWII illlU SUpnOITlOre Kim Evans were named to the All-Tournament team. Burch and Brown were also named to the All-State team. Despite the honors these players received, Graham thinks the whole performance by the entire team should be praised. "I feel that anyone on the team could have made uiuoc icauia, Mic iiiliu. I [1(5 CIIHTO lOUTnamcM W3S tl team effort, and without any one of our players we could not have won." And if the Gamecocks are to do well next weekend in the regionals, they will need outstanding performances fmm nvttru uno t\t (Knm