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1 Sports Unbe get be By Bertram M. Rantin I Staff Writer The USC men's tennis team remains undefeated following back-to-back victories over Louisiana Tech and Georgia Southern this week. The 16th-ranked Gamecocks blanked Louisiana Tech 9-0 at home Tuesday and stopped Georgia to raise their season mark to 10-0. 'mm V m X V-.v USC's Zoran Petkovic / Louisiana Tech. Number-1 5, 6-4. (Photo by John Pa Raise season*: Cat ffMy'' USC's Grade Barrio win the number-two s beat the Lady Vols 6< by Jose Panganiban) d m atenG ick-to USC Coach Ron Smarr said he was pleased with the team's performance, citing the Georgia Southern contest as "by far our toughest match of the year up until this point." Georgia Southern is only the second team to win more than one match against the Gamecocks this season. "They are probably a top30 team I think," Smarr ppp "1 "**** eachos to hit a ball in 7 two seed Petkovic beat Ted rnell) \ s record to 5-2 olina di ^|HHk defeated Tennessee s Sally. singles match for the Lady 3, chalking up their fifth wir lamec -back said, adding that each of his players had to play well to win. THE USC squad won seven of their nine matches in straight ~>ets during their shutout of Louisiana Tech. Brian McDonald needed three sets to defeat Tech's Don Gordon 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 in number-six singles. Zoran Petkovic dropped * ; ' ' uesday's match against i's John Maginley 1-6, 7imnc 9^ Af f &** \j . ??v; \ / Appledaum 6-1, 6-4 to Gamecocks. Carolina i of the season. (Photo :ocks wins hie f t r*o f pa4 O 1 to *11 ov act. U" I UC1UIC beating John Maginley 1-6,75, 6-4 at number-two singles. Petkovic said he and his teammates are playing well. "The team is very good. The top eight players are very close," he said. The tennis team has faced little pressure in doubles matches so far this season. In all but one outing USC had already won the match before doubles were played. However, Smarr said he is confident in his doubles teams and in their ability to play under pressure. "I think we're pretty strong in doubles," he said. Smarr explained that against Ohio State in the Buckeye Tennis Classic last weekend, doubles were played prior to singles. Two of USC's doubles teams were down a set and the other behind in a tiebreaker before all three came back to win their matches. DARON ROBERTS said the wins are helping the team's confidence. "We all played well up there (the Buckeye Classic) and we're really getting psyched up for our matches," he said. The team's next match will be Saturday against North Carolina. Smarr said the Tar Heels are a "good, solid team" and will be USC's first regional match up of the season. Hh-ranb By Bertram M. Rantin Staff Writer The USC women's tennis team improved their record to a 5-2 mark with a 6-3 victory over 20t!. - ranked Tennessee in Knoxville Wednesday. ' / Tnnnnoo/wi \ o ** i iivj \ ait a pretty good team," USC Coach Jeff Kefalos said. "We're starting to play better now." The USC' women won four of six singles matches on the indoor courts in Knoxville. CAROL FUL LICK TON won 6-1, 6-4 over Peta Kelly at the number-two singles position. Gracie Barrie shopped Sally Appledaum 6O ^ A a t nntr\Knr f r\% ir Pornl Lty u v ai uuuiMui iuui . v?i v/i Henz added another victory with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Jennifer Jones at number five and Dawn Otto won the number six singles 6-0, 6-1 over Heidi Franz. The singles defeats came when number one seed Colette Bennett fell to Tennessee's Michelle DePalmer 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, and Ellen Oxreider was defeated at the number-three spot by Teri Kirk 6 4, 6-4. USC's doubles teams won two of three matches giving the team its fifth win in seven outings. Fullerton and Johnna Chafin lost to Paula and Peta Kelly, 6-3, 64. Oxreider and Otto combined to defeat Franz and Kirk 6-3, 6-2 and " "T- -Wj6|^^*r' Si?p HWf i Mm k - < ! Wm ? ? 0M i' I ' li#Wi SW - . K' M " 14:- / tWihII - v.'.*" . ?*. ' '*' i |: SB|g>;r;:? ?p ? ? v :>;:> 4..v":i.; : ,'*? ^ " X: ' : . ' ' ' >:S:; . Tret\jr%r Final hitc hall /?? i - - - ? ????w tiru A/oil f U match against Louisiana T Carolina shut out Tech 9-0. (P zed Term* the team of Barrie and Renz nar dropped just one game in Cal their 6-0, 6-1 defeat of Appiedaum and Jones. 1 ma THE TEAM'S next match abl will be March 15 against per Vanderbilt at home and aid Kefalos said the 10-day set break will give the team the "T oDoortunitv to imorove in mri certain areas before tour- ne> Gameco beat Fur t\ ? 'i ? i_ i - L/espue uiowing an early 6-0 le team came back to crush the Thursday afternoon by a score of 1 The victory broke a two game lo raised their season mark to 3-2. Fu The Gamecocks broke on top wi three at bats, but Furman came 1 after four innings of play. With the score still tied in tl Carolina tallied five runs to take ; scored eight times in the eighth inr account for the final 19-6 margin. DON GORDON picked up the vi< Bret Baynham. Jamey Thaw colle< five RBI to fpace the Gamecocks set a new Carolina record by bein times, by three different pitchers. USC totaled 19 runs on 13 base hi Furman scored six runs on 11 b< mitted two errors. After playing four of their first f i ton ?in . i - ~ * win piay iu 01 tneir next 11 g Frye Field. The Gamecocks open a three g? facing Aiderson-Broadus at 3 p.m Carolina will play last year's champions, the North Carolina 1 will begin at 2 p.m. wammmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmr 4-fM " " "ii Hi _ ; ^ jiij| mm** fSC in the Gamecocks' ech. Sixteenth-ranked < 'ho to by John Par net I) | \ essee I 1 nents in Texas and ifornia later this month. Juring the first seven itches, Kefalos has been e to observe each player's formance and this will him during practice ;sions. Kefalos sa:d. here will be a lot more ividual attention in ihe it 10 days." he said i >cks ! i i man ; ad, Carolina's baseball { Furman Paladins late I 9-6. sing streak for USC and \ rman fell to2-G. < th six runs in their first 1 )aek to tic the score 6-6 | ic top of the seventh, an 11-6 advantage. USC s ling on only three hits to I 2tory in relief of starter ^ted four hits and adde nffpnciuolw Uir.U?. i <. v?.v?iuitvij . * viv. r\ y LA*r g hit by the pitch three ts and two errors while ise hits and also comive games on the road, ames at home at Sarge I ime home stand today, . Saturday and Sunday ACC regular season j *ar Heels. Both games I