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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
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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
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Old Dominion's Jean Walling and Carolina's Becky
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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.