The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 10, 1978, Page Page 9, Image 9

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fflt^BBBBal: k^ 4, flWnHHa ?.. vs' M-a,'?!' >i^' A Tiger lacrosse player moves in on a USC player with stick poised to strike. With a record Carolina ral By DON ARMSTRONG Gamecock Staff Writer Carolina versus Clemson. Just the sound of the words raises any local fan's pulse. The annual "big game" with the Tigers always brings out rabid fans and top performances on the field. ine crowd Saturday afternoon on physical education field A would not have filled a football stadium, but a good sized lacrosse crowd was treated to a great show by the two intrastate rivals as the USC Yazoo lacrosse club came back late in the game and forced Clemson into a last second play before losing 12-11. The Yazoos fell behind 12-7 in the second half and their sloppy play gave no indication that the injurydepleted USC team had the ability to come back against the surging Clemson squad. wMMHW^llM hiBa^BSHBHKi famBBrnm^^ HVIT' " ' n i ^Bmmm M-t >:-'-^B^^j^-jJ|l|^^Bfif|^^ - a. * &> Clem son came to USC Saturday to face the Gamecock* in a lnsM<\s?p triafrh a BSsP&^fi^ ^s&SW < IfflgBBI .- -, f j[ f i^j ^ ^^jMNI^ MBF ? '* Dave Roback- THE GAMECOCK of 5-2, Carolina met The Citadel yesterday in a home match. ly falls short BUT THE Yazoos found themselves down by a point with 25 seconds to play. As Carolina attempted to score to tie the game a Tiger defender came out of tne melee with the ball and gave Clemson another win to add to its won-loss column. "We were disorganized on the last play," Carolina lacrosse captain John Cebe-Habersky said. "Since we're just a club and I have to try to coach while I'm playing and make substitutions. We just weren't really set on the last play. That fourth quarter was ours, but we had to come from too far back." HSP wac httft Ku ?wir Kail !? 'u:?1 quarter. Clemson's Bryan Thomas said his team also handled the ball badly. Overall the game was pretty sloppy, Thomas said, but that was from trying too hard. See LACROSSE, page 10 ::V-_ '*?>: , - <x Wffi'-' idP*''^ Dave Koback mi gamVc.O'k Carolina player rushes the net for a score early in the match. Despite the goal, the Tigers went on to win 12-11 in a late rally. Lady Gameco By TERESA MIZZELL Gamecock Staff Writer I < The Lady Gamecocks sDlit th?*? < singles matches and lost two of ] three doubles matches as the University of Georgia's women's I tennis team won a 5-4 decision I Friday afternoon at the Maxcy- i Gregg courts. ; "We had close matches," USC's coach Jeff Kefalos said, "butg things were not falling right fori us." I With Laura Martin still out with I a wrist injury, Cindy Kincaidl continued to play in the number! one spot. Kincaid lost her match 7-61 and 6-4. I KINCAID AND Deborah Cooper agreed that Georgia was an excellent team. "It was a tough match," said number two singles player Cooper. Cooper was defeated by Lady Bulldog Fendig, 6-3, 6-4. "I played hard, but I guess she played harder," Cooper reasoned. Missy Malool, Carolina's number three singles nlaver haH a better day than her two| predecessors. Malool defeated her? opponent 1-6, 6-4 and 7-5. Carolina's Kathy Wheeler, playing the fourth singles spot burst out of her recent slump by clobbering her opponent 6-2 and 61. Wheeler, who said that she felt strong before going into the match, won her first match in singles in quite some time. WHEELER WAS HAPPY with her performance. "I have been nlnvina cnmp tnnah ??-J -mmcy VVU^ll uppvll^lllO lately. Today I controlled the game and played it my way." USC's Cissie Melson had some , trouble handling her fifth seated I. opponent as she lost 6-1,2-6 and 6-3. Sally Wilson again evened up the score by soundly defeating her opponent 6-3, 6-1. Wilson has played well since being inserted into the Lady Gamecock lineup. COMPETITION WAS TOUGH in the doubles matches with USC losing the decisive two of three matches. Carolina's Deborah Cooner and Martha Rprrv . ..j .vrw?v ?.V# the Georgia's number one doubles team, 6-3, and 6-1. Kathy Wheeler's streak ended quickly as she and her partner Missy Malool were defeated by Georgia's Price and Fendig 6-2, 4-6 and 7-6. Dropped b* difference i By DON ARMSTRONG Gamecock Staff Writer A missed baton was the difference finished second in the State Collegiati at Clemson. Only a bad handoff from Howard . last leg of the 440 relay kept Carolina "That was a sure win for us. I dor guess Howard just missed the han< quick. All I saw was the stick flying, t I had already counted those 10 po separation (in the final total) but the tkl-J ?? 1J ? iu uiuu, saiu uov, euacn ^narne j THE TIGERS took first place with a 162. Rounding out the field were ] Citadel (31), and Presbyterian (2). "Last year we only we only scorec fourth or fifth place so we've really c< cks lose 5-4 The situation was brighter for Carolina's Cindy Kincaid and Lassie meison as mey took apart Georgia's team of Gilbert and Martin 6-3 and 6-2. MELSON AND KINCAID were tiappy with their performance in the match. "We had our things together, and we played our best, and we won," Meison said. The loss left the Lady ii 11 D?ve Roback-THE GAMECOCK Kathy Wheeler Gamecocks with a 5-6 record. "We have to work on our weaknesses and get some breaks to come out with a winning record," Coach Varnl/v<. oniJ iiT uciaius adiu. i rcaiiy mum we can do it." Saturday, the Lady Gamecocks traveled to Georgia Southern and rebounded from their loss to the University of Georgia by defeating Georgia Southern 8-1. The Lady Gamecocks play today at Francis Marion, and then travel to Clemson on Wednesday. Both games will start at 2 p.m. Hon makes a meet ? for Carolina as the Gamecocks 5 Track Championships Saturday Adams to George Thomas in the from tying Clemson. I't really know what happened. I ioff or George pulled away too >ut we were five yards ahead and ints. There was a twelve point y (Clemson) would have dropped Strong. a score of 174 as USC trailed with Baptist (156), Furman (60), The I 80 points and were way down in >me far," said Strong. See TRACK, page 11