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By Willie T. Smith III
Gamecock Staff Writer
The USC Lady Gamecocks fought
off a tough Tennessee Tech team
and lackadasical play to win the
first round of the AIAW Region II
tournament 68-62 Wednesday night
at the Carolina Coliseum.
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By Willie T.Smith III
Gamecock Staff Writer
The USC men's tennis team
continued its' winning ways this
week defeating Penn State 8-1 and
the Citadel 7-2.
With the two victories the
Gamecocks improved their record
to fvO nn t hp <Pat;nn "I'm
happy with the results from these
two matches," coach Ron Smarr
said. "We only lost one match and
that was a pro set in doubles
against Penn State. Against the
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because they enjoyed it and they
work hard in practice all week."
AGAINST PENN STATE, the
Gamecocks breezed through
singles play withut losing a set.
Peter MacDonald, Chuck Hodgin,
Trevor Raal, Ulf Pettersson, Brian
McDonald and Greg Macko all
won,
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Parsons said. "This is a pressure
type game and when you're tense
likp that sometimes thines don't Co
like you would want them to."
Parsons stated this was not
unexpected. "I expect that kind of
thing. We seemed in a daze at
times and I relate that to
pressure," she said. "A lot of times
we were caught standing.
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Against the Citadel only David
Kramer lost at number-four
singles. "David lost 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. It
was David's first match since
coming off a back injury," Smarr
said. "He really wasn't quite ready
toplay."
Smarr said that the Gamecocks
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Wake Poorest. "I think Friday
without a question will be our
toughest match so far," Smarr
said. "Georgia Southern had a
good team, but Wake Forest is a
little more solid."
THEY'RE 3-0 and are coming off
a win against a strong Vanderbilt
team," he added. "Their top
player Arman Molina was the
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region last year. He had the best
record of all the singles players
around here. They have their
whole team back and two good
recruits. We only beat them 5-4 up
there last year, so we should have
our hands full."
Friday's match against Waki
Forest will begin at 2 p.m. at th<
Sam Daniel Tennis Center.
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especially on the fast break. You
tend to stand when you don't know
what else to do."
The game was tight for most of
the first half A Reckv Parker
jumpshot with 5:54 left in the half
gave the Lady Gamecocks a seven
point advantage at 24-17.It was
their biggest lead of the first 20
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Gamecocks in the first half was
Suzanne Woolston, who had nine
points. Woolston hit several key
shots when USC needed them.
The second half started out just
like the first with Tennessee Tech
staying right with Carolina. Then
the explosion came. Evelyn
Johnson took over, hitting twelve
of the Lady Gamecocks next 16
points to give them a ten point lead
at 48-38.
JOHNSON SAII) her second nail
explosion was caused * by some
advice from her coach at halftime.
"At halftime coach told me instead
of passing it off that I was open and
to look for the shot. In the first half
I wasn't really looking for the shot,
I was passing it off," she said.
"In the second half I started
taking the shots and luckily they
were going in," "Sweet E" added.
"I think we played a lot better in
the second half. In the first half we
were standing around, but after
the half we started moving and
hitting the open person and making
the basket."
Although the lead didn't widen,
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control from that point on. Becky
Parker and Cheryl Autry also
contributed to the cause in the final
stanza. "I think I could've done
more in the first half, but I was
tight and tense, too," Parker said.
"1 calmed down and played my
type of ball in the second half,"
Parker added. "I'm very well
pleased with the way I played,
however. It's a good win for us."
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nights scoring wise, Lady
Gamecock players Sheila Foster
and Cynthia Jacobs controlled the
boards with 12 and 13 rebounds
respectively. Jacobs also added
seven assists to the USC cause.
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Lady Gamecocks poor first half
play was probably because of the
nervousness of finally. being in
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finally get into regionals and semifinal
play you get a little nervous,"
Johnson said. "That's been our
problem for the last couple of
games. We've been a little nervous
in the first half, but in the second
half we came on to play our
game."
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with the Lady Gamecock team as
one who adds enthusiasm when she
gets into the game. "I try to come
in and give the starters a pick-up.
That's my job." she said. "Cheryl
Autry is also that kind of player.
She's very emotional and it helps
us.
"I think as long as everyone
works as a team we can go far. We
got out of perspective," Parker
added. "We had to get regrouped
and reorganized. Once we do that
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Parker isn't too worried about
getting ready for Tennessee, who
defeated Clemson to become the
Lady Gamecocks next opponent.
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Johnson is already thinking
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ALTHOUGH THE Lady
Gamecocks did not play their best
game of the year, Parsons is not
upset. "We're young and. we
played a little bit scared. Why
not," the coach explained. "This is
the tournament and it was the last
night if we didn't win, but we won
and that's what counts."
The Lady Gamecocks game with
Tennessee will be the second part
of a doubleheader Friday night.
The opeining game will pit top
ranked Old Dominion against ACC
Champion NC State. The ODU-NC
State battle will get underway at 7
p.m., with the USC-Tennessee
clash starting at 9 p.m. The two
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