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' -iiHr ^JHI d8i iiPr ^?*iif & jjy; WJimM ', *JL ^ ll Socc By Steve Riddell Gamecock Staff Writer The Carolina varsity soccer tea: hard fought 1-0 victory over a Furman team Wednesday. The game was not as close as t indicated, yet Furman played a ve game, giving the Gamecocks a match. FAT LAY DEN connected for score of the game mid-way through period. He scored after a fine pa! m \ < v :>; Lady Gamecocks Regit Clellan go up for the voile I H^filK - ^H mt JeBp&Wj Battles around the net t}, 4 ;er team the goal from Richard Wi Gamecocks later had a second m won a on a disputed off-sides call, stubborn Carolina fired 35 shots at the he score and had several golden ;ry tough portunities. With the exceptior difficult score, Carolina either just miss drove it right at the Furman the lone MEANWHILE, Carolina goa I the first Turin was called nnon tn st 5S across Furman shot. r "" H p> : Ca Leslie Erlckton ? GAMECOCK ia Bell (18) and Patti Mc>y. dii jS^Mgggns ^^ftf-J;r:^jR- J^B "' 'rr-, nBBr ^^B^^-^.;jy |^W ' "" I.w"t . . \ ^1 MB ipified Wednesday'! i picks irdack. The Before the Furi goal nullified played five tough g and were, as Co "awfully glad to f Furman goal scoring op- Berson was plea i of Layden's of his squad. "W ;ed the net or game of the year goalkeeper. "We kept our oj dav." */ 1 keeper Paul op only one BERSON EXPL to make adjustm Volley bi uy lYiicneue isurciieite Gamecock Staff Writer n their last home game of the ison, USC's volleyball team feated Francis Marion and skino to extend its record to 29-8. n the opening match of the night rolina's first team topped Erne 15-8, 15-7. )own by 5-0 in the first game, ^ j i va u, uni/i jfi u? uiuir, ir Burdell and Kathy Burch nbined strong defensive and ensive maneuvers to run off 14 ints and gain a 14-5 lead. \ STRONG HIT by Maureen lern coupled with Lauren ighes' timely block broke a ree-point Erskine streak, indie aced a serve to give irolina the 15-8 victory. The second game started a little ferent than the first for USC. yWWIIWPWiBWiWPWWII^^^^^^^^^^ ^^:ftrtftJitifrr tiMi n^i 1V"-- - * - - - - fSBi *11111 5 match with Furman up lOtl nan game, Carolina had injuries ;ames in a row on the road and Tho ach Mark Berson said, change 1 ;et back home." "The < midfield sed with the performance been we e had our most creative said. on onense, said fcierson. >ponents off balance all CARO 3-1. Th< tomorro AINED that his team had their la ents because of several Marion ill team ti Consistent blocking by Ahern and Fern helped the Lady Gamecocks open with a 5-0 lead. Allowing Erskine only two points, Carolina boosted their lead to 9-2. Spikes by Fern, Hughes and Kim Evans led USC on to another win. "We're changing our offense to be quicker so we were more concerned with certain plays we'd been working on," said coach Judy Martino, explaining her team's slower play. "The setters are going through a change. They'll be changing our attack and defense." Francis Marion was downed 15-9, 15-3 in the second match by Er skine. After Erskine opened up an 8 0 lead in the first game, Francis Marion threatened by taking seven points. The threat was short lived as Erskine claimed a 15-9 victory tiwin to such key players as Jim Heilich mas Fouch. One adjustment was to to a 4-3-3 set-up. 1-3-3 aivpc lie mrtrn -? *i ?iuic aiicugui Ul Uie position which is where we have akened most by injuries," Berson UNA'S RECORD now stands at 10?y will play at UNC-Wilmington w and then return home to play st home game against Francis o O.OA ~ m.T_- ? cn. o.ou p.m., l\OV. Y. riumphs IN THE SECOND game the Lady Patriots came from behind twice to pull ahead of Erskine but even many lost 15-13. Carolina's second squad faced Francis Marion in the final match. Consistent offensive and defensive play by sophomores Alexis Homer and Sandy Benson combined with the leadership of Burdell helping the Lady Gamecocks win the first game 15-2. A nine-point USC lead started the second game. Combined team work heloed nrp^ruo a , r - r v U VUI1 * siderable lead to push Carolina on to a 15-6 victory. "The competition wasn't very strong," Martino said. "They (Erskine and Francis Marion) are very young and inexperienced; they're using a lot of freshmen." See VOl.I.FY BALL, page 17