Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I cjuiriy u ! f IO/1 i/ju - i/nra. Date: C Place: V (! Tickets: S Series Record: F Season Records: l I B By Bruce Ritchie Gamecock Staff Writer After a 27-20 road victory over Georgia, USC returns home to face the Cowboys of Oklahoma State i i _ a nr: 11: ~ nMi aaiuruay ai wnnauis-Dntc Stadium. The 7 p.m. meeting will be the first ever between the Gamecocks and the Cowboys of the Big-8 Conference. Leading OSU into the game will TnKriPAn ?ir^A t r? hie f i f Uv UIIUIUJ ilUllllOl/11, VY 1IV/ 111 1 HO 111 Ot year as head coach, currently sports a 2-1 record. The Cowboys have found success at home this season. Back-to-back wins over North Texas State, 25-7, and Wichita State, 16-6, began the season successfully at home. On the road, however, OSU suffered a 27-7 setback to the nationally ranked Razorbacks. JOHNSON IS pleased with the patience Cowboy fans have shown, despite the loss. "People unIKJ/\YYion v VV U111C11 1 By Tammy Kilpatrick Gamecock Staff Writer The USC women's tennis team started the fall season with a victory in the Blue Raider Classic in Murfreesboro. Tenn. last weekend. ? -> i lie cuoi nzrmcTTi pai impains included Middle Tennessee State, University of North Carolina, University of Mississippi, University of Alabama, Mississippi School for Women and Austin Peay University. Each seeded player competed with others of her seed to deterisSitfiiBifo jfl JHHHhmHHHBHHhmBI nH owboysn ucaicr )ctober 6 Villiams-Brice Stadium 54,406) 7 p.m. old Out irst Meeting USC (3-1) Okla. St. (2-1) derstand that we are a young team and lack some needed depth. We may play well one week and not the next, because we need time to mature," he said. While a lack of depth may hurt the Cowboys, they do have experience in the return of seven starters on defense. Leading the "50" formation is junior safety Greggory Johnson and linebacker Rick Antle. "Defensively, I'd have to say we're fairly balanced," Johnson stated. "We have some good all around talent tbc? e." Leading OSU on offense will be quarterback Harold Bailey, a converted wide receiver and defensive back. His rifling throws have earned the Cowboys a reputation for their passing. Behind Bailey in the backfield will be fullback Worley Taylor, who picked up 807 yards for the "Pokes" last fall. "We plan on using whatever it takes to move tho fnnfKoll " Inhncnn ovnlairioH V1AV M. WVUUO f VVllllUVkt "I hope that we won't have to rely win tennii mine the points won by each school. USC won a total of 48 points, with the nearest competitor, UNC, winning 32. NUMBER-ONE seed Susan Smith, second seeded Colette Bennett, third seeded Carol Renz ans sixth seeded Missy Malool all finished first in their flights. Number-four seed Carol Fullteron placed third, and fifth seeded Ellen Oxrieder finished second in their respective flights. The doubles teams of Bennett and Fullerton, Malool and Smith, ..w^niijia ^ i ill [ vsns in < ', juS9BRH3QB^HKH| I' ['' t--j - jfffifflTOCTBm^M^n^^BMB^g Stephen McCormicfc ? GAMECOCK on passing alone to get us through." ON SATURDAY, the Cowboys will be playing their first game since September 22. This break ir the schedule, according to John son, has its good and bad points "An open date can be an ad vantage because it gives you time to heal some injuries. On the other hand though, you lose some of youi crispness in execution." While the OSU schedule is traditionally made up of other Big 8 teams, Johnson does not view the Gamecocks as weaker com nptitinn "rnrnlirin ic rioht thorn in line with Big-8 teams like Nebraska and Oklahoma. As a matter of fact, one of our scouts told me that Carolina was the besl team he'd seen this year." "South Carolina . is a verj physical ballclub," the Cowboj coach pointed out. "They're th? kind of team that can control a ballgame with their solid ground attack." "THEY HAVE quite a few of fensive weapons, so we won't b< able to key on any one phase o their game. Carolina can hurt yoi with their running or passing." As for the rest of the '79 season Johnson holds a "wait and see' attitude. "Well, I'm still optimistic qV\A1lf Ant* coo1 rl/\ UMVUV VUI OV/UOU1I. If C 11 UU Clli lgll if we can stay healthy. "With oui lack of depth," he added, "W< can't afford to get injured." > tourney and Renz and Gracie Barrie all won their matches. Coach Jeff Kefalos said, "It's what I expected." Kefalos said Barrie had injurec her ankle and was only able to plaj doubles, but will play at position two when she recovers. Curreni ranks will move down one notch when she returns. "It was a good opener for us. thought UNC would be a lo tougher than they were. They hav< a lot of talent and some nev people," Kefalos said. KEFALOS POINTKD out tha many USC practices have beer rained out this fall, making i difficult to determine a line-up. He explained that the purpose o the fall schedule was to helj prepare the team for the spring but the fall will have a bearing 01 the season. "Fall does coun because when we qualify for th< nationals, they take the fina result. But they'll look at the lates matches first, so the fall will b< less significant," Kefalos said. The remaining fall scheduli includes matches against Ten nessee, Georgia and the College o Charleston. "We should win al three matches," Kefalos said. THey will also participate in the Catherine Sample Memoria Tnnrnamont in Miami EMo ir i vMiimiMviiv in t iu* it November, which will offer th< toughest competition of the fall "In November, five out of the to{ 20 teams will be playing, so i should be a top test for us," h< said. ' Kefalos said the next match wil be against Tennessee Oct. 6 at 1< a.m. in Maxcy-Gregg Park. H< said, "If we play toell, we shoulc .. win, Thpy were fourth in the regioi ' outof"flV(?stJatVs last year." ' :MpHH^Hjj^n^j|^Bp|^^P^ /"%-. -^5 f. 1.5^1 uGiimg ms kicks USC midfielder Richard Wurdack : on goal in a game earlier this seasot 1 nine Gamecock goals in the second, [ victory over the College of Charlesu to play Emory on Monday at home, i Scott leav< irn+i i irr? c M ICLUlUOLUll Willie T. Smith j Gamecock Staff Wri , The USC basketball team received a y learned that freshman point guard De ^ from school. j Scott has returned to New York to em where he originally signed . When contacted, Gamecock assistan j stated that Scott was concerned ove , situation with the board of trustees. > McGuire's problems would make it diffi with all the players graduating it migt | next year," he said. ^ / r* . - i * ? IuerricK ren UKe c problems would make it recruit this year...' SCOTT AVERAGED 18 points a game in Flushing, New York. Among the hi defeating Mater Christi High and the hi out of three games. "Derrick always g t Mater Christi because they were natio Bruin to his two lowest games of the seas According to HpnHpr?r?n "nnn.i,.i/ 0 wx/.., 4/Vlll\.A WU f needed. He's an excellent ball handlei 1 outstanding passer. I have no doubts I I starter here in the future and^made a year's team." i Hender o was quick to point out tha 1 Kevin Dunleavy returning this year the i moment, but it could hamper future seas i Henderson also said that Scott was w and they were all excited with his level ol > When contacted, Scott's former roomi t "I was very sad to see Derrick go. He wa ? very good friends. The way he could ha I really helped us. Everyone on the team 1 also said that wherever Scott ends up, he ) ; FROM HAVING watched him play anc i teammates, Derrick Scott might have t >,. .the. Gamecoeks.need, so badly. 4 >' ' vay v.v. . y^aB|cgjt^:,:-j Dava Roback - GAMECOCK strains after taking a shot 7. Wurdack scored one of half in Wednesday's 10-1 on. Carolina returns home >ee Story, page 17. jsteam, \7 1 ! ew yotk mi ter olt this weekend when it was irrick Scott had withdrawn roll at Fordham University, t coach Charlie Henderson r coach Frank McGuire's "Derrick felt like coach cult to recruit this year and it make for a weaker team ] '.oach McGuire's more difficult to Charlie Henderson i for Holy Cross High School ghlights of his career was ghly-touted Tony Bruin two jot a charge out of playing nally ranked. Derrick held on," Henderson said. s just the type of olaver we r with great speed and an : that he would have been a strong contribution to this ) t with Kenny Reynolds and situation is not bleak at the j ons. jij 'ell liked bv hi play. \ mate, Zam Frederick, said, s a good guy and we became i ndle the ball he would have liked him a lot." Frederick wishes him well. 1 listening to his coaches and >een the play-making guard