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Someone could have easily mistaken Wake Forest's play-by-play 1
announcer Saturday afternoon for a very obedient sailor. All he kept i
repeating was right, roger, right, roger. I
However, Carolina's Johnnie Wright and George Rogers were
responsible for those announcer's responses as the two runningbacks
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Wake Forest.
USC's running game Saturday was not just the dominating pari of
the offense. It was the offense. Carolina's Ron Bass attempted three
passes, one of which was intercepted, another nullified by a penalty,
nrw? Mimnlplci fnr 11 varHs rninnarpd with 343 total rushing Yards.
"This was my best game since I've been here," Wright, a freshman,
said. "All of us had a good game. The offensive line was
blocking real well."
Not only were Wright and Rogers' names heard frequently (42
times, total) but also that of Spencer Clark and Steve Dorsey, USC's
| two sophomore runningbacks. Clark, who ran 58 yards for one touchdown,
gained 88 yards in 10 attempts while Dorsey rushed for 49
yards.
Wake Forest coach Chuck Mills, whose offense had more success
passing than throwing, relied on runningback James McDougald for I
90 of 108 rushing yards. Mills, however, thought the Deacons would |
have prevented USi; s runningDacKS irom gaining anywnerc near jto
yards.
"I'm disappointed we didn't do better against them," Mills said.
"But they're good, young backs. They were catching us on stunts and
picking at our noseguard."
USC's rushing attack moved well through the middle, politely
bypassing Wake Forest noseguard Reuben Turner who had no
} tackles Saturday.
"Running straight at them is where we had the most success,"
Wright said. "We alternated runningbacks enough so being tired
didn't affect us."
Wright may not have been tired during the game, but most of Wake
Forest's defense were probably tired of seeing him carry the ball. In
USC's first touchdown drive, Bass handed off to Wright on seven
consecutive plays for 33 yards.
Dorsey, who carried the ball 13 times, said the choice between the
four runningbacks is decided by whoever happens to be playing best
at the time. "With just two runningbacks, you don't get as much rest
as vou get when four are alternating in," Dorsey said.
Q USC coach .JimCarlen said he thought the offense moved the ball
well Saturday, something USC has had difficulty with the past three
games. "All four of our runningbacks had a good day," Carlen said.
"I was disappointed in our three turnovers, but we still moved the
football and then we got that last touchdown when we had to have it."
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Before the Carolina Fall Invitational
Tennis Tournament,
(JSC tennis coach Ron Smarr said
it would be a close tournament
between all teams involved. But
even Smarr didn't know it would be
as close as it turned out with
Tennessee winning the tournament
by defeating Carolina in final
doubles play.
Carolina and Tennessee played
each other in doubles late Sunday
afternoon at Maxcy-Gregg courts
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tournament. Both teams came into
the doubles matches with a 3-0
record. The Gamecocks had split
three singles matches with the
Volunteers and going into the
doubles USC needed to win at least
two of three matches to win the
overall team title.
The team of Chuck Hodgin and
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the Tennessee team of Don Brewer
and Dave Cooper 6-4, while the
team of Chris Mayotte and Arthur
Anastopoulo lost first set to the
Tennessee team of Don Brewer
and Dave Cooper 6-4, while the
team of Chris Mayotte and Arthur
Anastopoulo lost their first set in a
tie breaker 7-6 to the Volunteer
team of Andy Kohlberg and Dennis
McKeown. Barry Gilbert and
Peter MacDonald won their first
set 6-4, and the Hodgin-Hull team
came back to win their second set
6-1, to bring the Gamecocks within
range of winning the tournament.
However, the Hodgin and Hull
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and the Mayotte and Anastopoulo
team lost their second set in
another tie breaker 7-6, to give
Tennessee the overall team title.
McDonald-Gilbert lost 4 6, 6-4, 7-6.
The Kohlberg-McKeown team,
which defeated Mayotte and
Anastopoulo, had recently finished
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nament. Seven of the nine matches
the Gamecocks had with Tennessee
went to three sets.
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in the USC Kail Invitational was of
high caliber and either team had
an excellent opportunity to win the
overall title.
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tournament it would be a close
tournament, and we felt our game
plan was to make sure all our guys
were going to play tough for as long
as we were on the court," Newman
said. "The doubles final with South
Carolina was pure vintage
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kind of tennis we can play, and I
can happily say that my guys
played as well as they can against
a team 01 cquai aunuy.
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played to their full potential, and
overall, he was pleased with the
team's second place finish in a
field of teams which included
Duke, Clemson and North
Carolina.
"Our guys played extremely vsell
when they had to," Smarr said.
"I'm not disappointed in the least.
I'm very happy to see our team lias
progressed as fast as they have.
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faced, they easily met the
challenge that faced them."
The Gamecocks had reached I lie
finals by defeating Clemson 7-2,
Duke 5-4 and North Carolina f>-3.
Tennessee ended up with a 4-0
record, the Gamecocks finished 31,
Clemson 2-2, North Carolina 1-3
and Duke was 0-4.
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