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| Sports I Woolston, WaU 1 P am I By Michelle Burchette Sports Editor Frank McGuire Arena was I dotted with familiar faces for two young women last Thursday when the Lady Gamecocks defeated Old Dominion 74-64 in an exciting display of women's basketball. While Carolina posted a victory over the number-two ranked team in the nation, possibly the most important j aspect of the event to many fans was the return of former USC players Suzanne I Woolston and Jean Walling. | Walling and Woolston f transferred to the Lady [; Monarch squad in 1980 aft#?r j having disagreements w (h J the USC Women's Athletic \ Department. For the two I young women it was their j first trip back to Carolina Coliseum since their departure from the Lady Gamecock squad. J "When the bus first rolled I into the city it was real t exciting," Woolston said. * "We were very happy to be * back. It was good to see } people we know-familiar faces." s I King, bi By Tammy ? Staff Wi It was the young, rising stars Carolina Coliseum Friday nigh in Columbia to the delight of 3,0 Hana MandliRova, the young way to sixth in the world last spokeswoman of women's tenni 13th-ranked Eliot Teltscher Butch Walts 6-4 to make the nij the group. But King and Walts settled ii IoacK uieir earner tusses uen dlikova 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles i winner in the Junior League ex! SPONSORED BY the Junic exhibition raised money for I Columbia with a glimpse of pro The exhibition was the secoi day exhibition tour. Playing ii stopped briefly in Columbia Rapids, Iowa for the last exhibi Timms i Carolina D.. I U rkanrllar Iuy ki* viiuM?iiw? Staff Writer Valentine's Day is truly a lovers, or at least it was fo who love to run, as some 300 filled with devotion to the came out Saturday to compe fifth annual Carolina Marathc Overcoming high winds a peratures in the 40's, Bicky 22, of Anderson won the n with a time of 2:24:06. Alth time does not break the Marathon's course record, personal best and qualifies apply for the prestigious Marathon, held in April. THE FIRST woman cros finish line had more odds to t the winds and tempera! Colleen Joiner caught the Wednesday and battled a 1 and congestion during th Joiner outran 206 finishers, whom were men, to place 27t I ana first tor me women, join year-older from Lilburn, G; 2:52:51, also her personal bes "Is it always this windy?"; 5-5 Georgia State freshnru taking her third marath Finishing almost a half hour number one male, Joiner en finish line having a comfoi minute lead over the second Timms, however, found petition a little stiffer. Bob V; Gary Comfort, 28, David Br in/T f?>^nrn ay i y i lina u] WH'.V- ? 1-- - "vi. ' Foster contr women dow The Lady Gamecocks bs domination of the hoards ai Saturday to run past Misslssij Hie Lady Rebels and Car? |pojtats of each other until 8 rally with ten minutes remaii The All-American forward ikolnts as she aided teammato Rivers III running off 12 una the game open. I ALL HOPES of regaining |;fcs$?OBter controled the boa The Lady Gamecocks out-ret t Evelyn Johnson, who was 1 11 nnlM>e InW iltA?a<Hl |wui?fy *V1 %***?' |; *7 attd Rivers added 12. ALTHOUGH USC Head basketball Coach Pam ^arsons said going against wo former Carolina players lad no effect on her team nembers, Woolston and Walling felt differently. The junior guard Woolston said playing against the ig-time; Ulpatrick her i against the veteran pros in t, as big-time tennis arrived 00 spectators. Czech star who worked her year, defeated the veteran is, Billie Jean King 6-3, while Hpfpj?ted nowprful-serving ght 2-0 for the youngsters in ito their own niche and paid eating Teltscher and Manmatch, making everybody a hibition. >r League of Columbia, the the charity while providing ?tennis. id of three stops on a threei Shreveport, La., the group before heading to Cedar tion Saturday. triumphs i Maratf ana bod scniau, Timms and all fin day for minutes of each oth r people spcts, respectively, runners, "1 knew at Fort ir sport didn't catch him te in the might not be able to >n. the 5-8 Timms said, ind tem- BRANCH LED til Timms, mile mark, where larathon him and held secc ough his stopped for a breatl Carolina cramps. Varsha toe it is his to pass Branch an him to Branch at the 23 mi " ' -* nrtnin Ur BOSlOIl Siup|icu again, ui hold off a final eff ;sing the took fourth place. >eat than "Around 22 miles ;ure, as numb, and it was flu last wanting to win it or leadache "If you don't feel t - ? ?v/m% fr It? I'ilt'C. Ilitl U. I uu CAjn-ti vu most of The 26.2 mile co h overall a.m. at the corner c er, an 18- streets, headed do a., ran a way through the ui t. and Lake Kateri isked the making two loo ?n, after Jackson and retur on title. Sol Blatt PE Centei after the As the last finish Dssed the some four and onertable 25 start, the runner: female. Elephant Room his com- Coliseum to eat, arsha,29, their experiences anch, 24, for some, was theii c I ols boards, t n Ole Miss ' : V^il isketbali team combined nd several scoring sprees [ipi 87-70. lina remained within three beila Poster keyed a USC ling in the first'half.. 1 dropped in six of her 20 st Rita Johnson and Sharon inswer?d noiitts that broke the lead faded'for Ole Miss rds, grabbing 14 rebounds. KHtnded Mississippi 45-28. leading scorer in the game, er in the first half. Johnson > while Rita Johnson scored Lady Gamecocks had a definite affect on her. "I was nervous at the start of the game. I can't deny that," she said. "Once I got into the flow of the game I felt pretty good. Woolston said the pressure was just as great for both tennis v Although tired from late f crowd a light-hearted displa> joking with the crowd and calls. In the first match of the nigl games until Teltscher broke V the set, but was never able to I even in the match. WALTS, A 25-YEAR-OLB powerful serves, had eight ac serve knocked part of the n crowd. But Teltscher, 21, who read five tournaments of 1980, p occasional displays of brilliai placed drop shots while wait booming returns out ot bound The women's set opened < exclaimed to the crowd, "tha night" after a particularly with Mandlikova. King was right, as the you ion JB , tested the young ished within four er, for the top five ; jj?J| Jackson that if I \ a 1 ? ittrancnj, uien 1 catch him at all," ** le race until the 20 Timms overtook * md place until he pRi ;'J ler due to stomach ^ | fSi ?k that opportunity d Comfort passed ile mark, where he anch managed to ort by Schlau and .. U??? Mnlln rtnt just a matter of ^ not," Timms said. >ad, you didn't run urse began at 9:00 y**jfi )f Lady and Sumter wntown, wound its liversity, Shandon, ne areas, before ps through Fort ning to finish at PWP r. ers crossed the line half hours after the Bicky Tirr s gathered in the , (hg Ct \ of Carolina s drink, and share mornmg. of the race, which 2:24.06 - Valentine. the marat ODU onunrlc "I Hnn'f thinlf thprp ovjuauo. A UVII V Vista Mm w was any animosity present," she said. "They were in a strained situation just as much as we were." Walling and Woolston passed off their team's defeat to Carolina as just another loss and look forward to meeting South Carolina in regional play. "I have to hand it to Coach Parsons," Woolston said. "They came into this game very well prepared and they did a good job." "I'm just going to put this game down as another loss, team irom 11 anu gu on u um there," Walling said. CONCERNING THEIR transfer to Old Dominion Walling and Woolston have no regrets. "I love it up there," Woolston said. "The people are super. "I'm very happy with my decision to transfer despite the outcome of the game I'm very happy academically as well,' Woolston added. "I've im proved a lot as a player." # j isir LAtr* lights, the players gave the r of professional tennis, often politely disputing liriesmens it, Walts and Teltscher traded /alts serve in the fifth game of sreak Teltscher's serve to pull - ? lu i Californian known for his es for the night. One booming et down to the delight of the hed the finals in four of his last >layed steady despite Walts' ice and won the set with well ing for Walts to hit one of his s. )n a comical note when King t will be the longest rally of the long rally while warming up ng Czech downed the 37-year '^H*> Bkv?: >: . 0*9VDBHHfiB& fflSHH^^':;": ^^y^BSPgyPB^^KWKJjKjECT1;-1 Ba&BftiajBaM^iy IWK .1 Jlra? wk^ * ^ tms crosses the finish /in< iro/ina Marathon Saturda Timms' winning time o was fastest he'd ever ru, hon. (Photo by Chip Lowei I V I ~ . f - Wku ^ ^B?s^i|| ?SP> :^?*' *&aHE IB | ' ^tB -a--- BS^w JH^HhB w?- ^Bl |"v ".^V|j^HraBH^p:,^9P ** if ]' Old Dominion's Jean Walling and Carolina's Becky Parifar /?ait-Id fnr a rahoiin/V in Thnre/Vai/ n>/iA?/'o 7vf. ' ??-" ? IDMI/WflU III I 11 HI JU?y lll*flll J /T 64 L/SC victory. (Photo by Tony Williams) olina Coliseum old veteran easily 6-3. Mandlikova broke King's first serve and started out with a 3-0 lead, and her rifling serve and volleys kept King from making up the deficit the remainder of the match. MANDLIKOVA KEPT the crowd laughing when she correctcd the umpire who pronounced her name wrong by asking, "who?" After being called for three foot faults, Mandlikova asked the judge to stop paying so much attention to the foot faults and then served with one foot into the line. But the youth of Mandlikova and Teltscher gave way to me aouDi* j experience as King ana waits used tne oest parts of their games to easily defeat their opponents. King, ranked first in U.S. doubles 12 times, and Walts, who won the NCAA doubles title in 1975, used powerful serves and quick volleys to win their games. Walts served five aces during doubles, and King clowned by blowing kisses to linesmen while winning short volleys. Mandlikova had troubles during the match, losing her serve three times and being called for foot faults often. William and Mary downs Carolina By Richard Meyers remaining in the '.'ontest. Sports Editor William and Mary jumped Carolina guard Zam ou* a five point lead live Fredrick continued his minutes later, and the scoring spree Saturday night Gamecocks never got closer, by tallying 34 points but it Fredrick, the 6-2 co wasn't enough to help keep captain from St. Matthews, pace with William and ^ a^. scorers, totaling 1. Mary's balanced scoring points in each half. Forward I attack as the Gamecock Kevin Darmody added 1L' basketball team dropped a P?ints, and center Jimm\ 77-68 decision in William- Foster contributed nine sburg, Va. points. ?. . ? ii . LVW 1U DI AVL"UC usu s season recora xen 10 ^ 14-10, while the Indians' ?n double figures for the mark moved up to 13-8. Indians. Mike Strayhorn had "We played about a half- 17 points, followed by Scott step slow, it seemed," Whitely with 15, Ken Bowen Carolina Head Basketball with 12 and Billy Barnes - . ? - a n *-v 1 A Coach Bill Foster said. "We i". had quite a few more field USC shot 53 percent from goals than they did, 31 to the floor, compared to T>5 their 26, but I think the percent for William and number of fouls just reflects Mary* Carolina hit only 38 we played slow and reached percent (six for 16) of their a i0t " of their foul shots, while the fmiiii ?*??. > I InHinnc ehnl AQ nnrpont 19^ i me, w-?s ciiR>ei v'^ r v~w I than the final score in- f?r from the line. * dicates. The Indians'biggest For Fredrick, the game | lead of the game was only marked the 10th consecutive two more points than their game he has scored 29 or final margin of victory. more points. In that span, he The two teams traded has averaged.35.1 points per ' baskets for most of the first game. He is currently ' half, with the Indians win- averaging 27.7 points per f ding up on top 36-33 at the game this season, which > halftime. unofficially places him i Fredrick tied the game at second among the country's J 56 with less than ten minutes t0P scorers.