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By Richard Mayers
Sports Editor
USC's baseball team
easily defeated the North
Carolina Tar Heels 11-4
Sunday for their second win
in a three-game home
stand at Sarge Frye Field.
The Gamecocks jumped
on top with four runs in the
first inning on three walks,
two wild pitches, a walk, a
stolen base and only one
base hit.
Gamecock first baseman J
at the ball against North Ci
the game 8-6 after the Ti
homer in the ninth inning. (
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By Robert Crockett
Staff Writer
The coach of the University
Florida commented that his pi
pool after claiming victory in
Independent Championships ?
all worth it.
The Hurricanes held oi
champions Southern Illinois 1
406. The University of Sout
Gamecocks finished third wit!
out of a field of 17 teams.
Although the Gamecocks c
job" according to USC Coach !
Miami proved to be the stror
meet, finishing first in eight of
Contributing to that were tw
Jesse Vessallo and Matt Gr
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By Jim Corbett
| Stuff Writer
The Empire will face t
tonight's Sigma Nu-Kappa A
in the intramural basketball
night. The Empire advance
following Sunday night's 63-J
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Rico Williams of the Em]
Adger Rice, scoring 27 poini
points in leading the Empire t
The finals will begin at 8 ;
number one of the Solomo
Center. The game will be taf
Itramural Department for a
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USC added five runs in the
third on five hits, and scored
once in both the fifth and
sixth frames.
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Joe Kucharski picked up the
win for USC to even his
season record at 1-1. UNC's
David Druschack was the
losing pitcher.
The Gamecocks scored 11
runs on 10 hits, leaving seven
runners on base while
playing errorless ball. North
Carolina had four runs on
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lunge into the set five pool ;
the National were part of tw
Saturday was But this was
Diving Champ
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to win 418 to USC. He, in a
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h 284.5 points the three-mete
iid a "super THURSDAY
Steve Collins, rest of the tour
lgman of the each taking i
the 17 events. ahead 124 to 11
o swimmers, Vessallo an<
ibble. "They finished first i
dividual medl;
times. Miami v
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(51.35).
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eight hits, did not commit an
error and left six runners on
base.
Three of UNC's four runs
came on a home run by
shortstop Chris Pittaro in the
sixth inning.
"I was very impressed
with Orra (Kucharski)
today," Haines said. "He
pitched very well. He only
gave up four hits. We played
good baseball overall.
although I'm upset that we
still made a few mental
mistakes. But North
Carolina is a real good
ballclub, and I'm happy with
the win."
LEFT-HANDED pitcher
Dennis Lubert started his
first game of the season
Saturday against the Tar
Heels. The 6-2, 185-pound
junior with a 10-3 lifetime
win-loss record and a 2.17
ERA missed his first start
because of a tender elbow.
He was also recovering from
being hit by a line drive in
batting practice.
Lubert looked to be in midseason
form through the first
three innings, throwing a nohitter.
But four consecutive
singles in the top of the
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home run finished Lubert.
Scott Bradley, Joe Reto,
Pete Kumiega and J.D.
Henderson reached on
singles, and Pittaro followed
with a three run homer to
left center for a 5-0 North
Carolina lead. Raines
summoned southpaw
reliever Jeb Babel from the
bullpen and the freshman
retired two of the next three
batters to end the inning.
"We were hoping Dennis
could give us four or five
good innings," Raines said.
"He threw the ball good, but
he lost it quick."
South Carolina catcher
mers ci
nant swimmers in the meet,"
'hey had three firsts apiece,
and four meet records, and
o winning relay teams.
thft National Swimmino anH
ionships, and if there was a
t it was Mike McCorkle of
field of three all-americans,
i in the one-meter and first in
r diving.
*S ACTION was similar to the
nament, with Miami and SIU
Iwo victories. SIU finished
1.
i Paolo Rodeghiero of USC
md second in the 200 yd. iny,
both in NCAA qualify .ig
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me of 3:22.74. Vessallo and
set records with their split
D yd. backstroke leg in the 400
rassallo set a new pool record
Bedford set a school record
r Miami took the lead from
g four of the six events, all in
JSC took a solid third.
x:ks' strongest performance
me in the sixth event, the 400
medly. Rodeghiero finished
v aualifvinc? time with a npw
f 3:58.97. In second was an[>ck,
Greg Warner, who also
AA qualifying time.
roved to be a big day for
GJribble. Vessallo set both the
t records in the 100 yd. back
lid the same in the 100 yd.
Vanderluis, also from Miami,
eastroke in NCAA qualifying
800 free relay team also won
leefc record time of' 6:4? "5.
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Carolina catcher Chri,
Paul Ho/lins (19), and
first home run as a Gar
Chris Boyle slammed a pitch
from Tar Heel pitcher Mark
Ochal over the right fi?ld
fence for a two run homer,
cutting North Carolina's
lead to 5-2 in the bottom of
the fourth inning.
The Gamecocks tallied a
lone run in the fifth frame
when Robby Vollmer
reached on a successful drag
bunt. Vollmer stole second
tose and scored USC's third
run when Tar Heel first
baseman Reto let a Joe
McCarthy ground ball go
under his legs for an error.
SOUTH CAROLINA tied
the score in the sixth.
Designated hitter Paul
Hollins, playing his first
game in a week after injuring
his knee against
Pembroke State, slammed a
towering home run over the
center field fence to score
Jim Curl ahead of him and
tie the score at 5-5.
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Gamecocks placed third <
pionships this past weeke
BILL HUMBY'S second pla(
1650 free on Saturday just aboi
a third place finish for the Ga
SIU took the lead by placing th
in the next four events. Hef
16th event,SIU held a 344 to 3
over Miami.
In the 200 butterfly, the 16th
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wwn nisi, niui ana sixm,
winning in pool and meet
pulling the Hurricanes out in fr
Saturday was also McCork
After the preliminaries he wi
down and in third place, t
s Boyle (25) is congratu/at
assistant coach Johnny h
necock Saturday. (Photo b\
Kumiega notched his
second base hit of the game,
a solo home run off Babel in
the eighth to give UNC a 6-5
lead.
The Gamecocks tied the
score for the third time in
their half of the eighth.
Boyle cracked a ground
rule double to left center
field, and Art Finley ran for
him. Finley moved to third
base after Ricky Lee sliced a
short single to right field and
scored on a sacrifice fly by
Harvey Heise.
Bradley hit the third Tar
Heel home run of the afternoon
the following inning
off reliever Bobby Kish, who
replaced Babel after
Kumiega's home run the
previous inning.
use THREATENED to
score again in the ninth, but
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choice to end the ballgame.
Kish was charged with the
iird in 1
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ghiero comes up for air in t
tut of 17 teams in the Nat
id. (Photo by Tony Williami
:e finish in the Leland, who
it nailed down since he wa
mecocks. But American Ro
ird and fourth McCorkl#* n
iding into the Botsko of M
27 advantage Coach Kent
accredits hi
event, Miami working hard
with Gribbie be peaking at
record time, Coach Colli
ont for good. his young squ
le's big day. the meet we
as five points qualifiers thi
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futton after hitting his
f Chip Lowell)
loss, his first decision of the
season. Reliever James
Parks, who replaced Ochal
on the mound in the seventh
inning, got the win for the
Tar Heels.
Raines noted that two of
North Carolina's three home
runs came off sliders thrown
by his pitchers. "The slider
is the best pitch in baseball
when it's thrown right and
the worst pitch in baseball
when it's thrown wrong,"
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ivdiuca saiu. 11 was jusi one
of those things. That's
baseball."
The game featured two
double plays, five stolen
bases, and two ejections
UNC Head Coach Mike
Roberts and second
baseman Craig Shumock.
FRIDAY afternoon, the
Gamecocks had a much
easier time, dumping the
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he 200 breaststroke. The
}ional Independent Cham
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he had been diving against
is nine years old, and Ally
Botsko. ]
ailed his last four dives to edge
iami 488.15 to 483.10. Diving
Vosler, to whom McCorkle
s success, said he's been
all year for this and seems to
just the right time.
ns had nothing but praise for
ad. "I'm really pleased at how
nt," he said. "We had more
s year than last. From that
; meet went well.'' {
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