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. Sports use for ei< By Richard Meyers Sports Editor USC co-captain Jim Curl first pitch in the bottom of t over the left center field fenc< the Gamecocks a 3-2 victory Virginia Cavaliers in baseba Tuesday afternoon. The win was Carolina's eig row and raised their season'! to 12-3. Virginia fell to 3-3. Junior southpaw Dennis picked up the win for USC, g five hits, while striking out walking none. Mike Gord charged with the loss for \ despite tossing a three-hitter. Virginia picked up an uneai in the first inning. The Gar tied the game in the third w McCarthy reached on an er vanced to third when a Gordor throw tn fircf Ko on innnt /I' W? Vff *W AAAUV KfOOC wail Ul right field line and scored or pitch. Rob I,owery gave the Game 2-1 lead in the fourth inning fourth homer of the yea Cavaliers tied the game in t.h< inning on a two out run scorin Surpris By Jim Cortoett St?? Writ#* The NCAA basketball tournament has been full of upsets so far, but the Intramural Basketball playoffs were at least as surprising. The finals featured an independent team (The Empire) that had never competed together as a squad and a fraternity (Kappa Alpha Psi) that was unsure when thpir star player would show up. Along the way. only one of the Gomel's top five Athlete of Paul H For his outstanding f. | (JSC's baseball team to i \ winning streak, right fi /)AAn vtttrvmri prwf# iiufr/uu /"11/lfOCCf I Gamecock. The 6-2, 190-poun* Seneca, N. Y., is currentI hit safeiy in ait but one gi in only 11 games, and hai Runners-up this wei Hollins's teammates, Dot and Dennis Lubert. (Photo edge! nVitVi c y1"1 ^ by Virginia firs Clarke. hit the MONDAY AI he ninth Gamecocks rocke e to give 15 hits enroute to over the the Atlantic Coast i 11 action Lowery had his Carolina The 6-C ;hth in a Tampa, Fla 5 record run homer, a gran double while totali Lubert "It was my bes iving up saicl Lowery, who , 1 11 _ iL w < six ana w?euau ai ine t on was Florida and one yi Virginia, Community Colleg For the third tiro ned run Gamecocks scored necocks one. USC tallied hen Joe second inning, thre ror, ad- the fourth, two in tl 1 pickoff sixth and once in tl )wn the at bat. 1 a wild The game start* because of rain, { hftnrc ond ? ;vw*vo <a "wuio auu ocvcu II ; on his the lights before ab r. The Paul Hollins c e eighth hitting, contribute g single four at-bats and s ing pla teams in the past poll, The Empire, advanced to the championship game mainly because the top teams were defeating each other. ml 1 r ? % - ine aeienaing cnampions, the Student Bar Association, beat Pi Kappa Phi in the first round and then routed third ranked Omega Psi Phi 77-52 behind Bill Week's 28 points. SBA then met second-rated Sigma Nu, which had defeated the Roost 62-46, in a quarterfinal match. >MJJ!E_C?AME_Jitorally went ' J (iii'im'mii. the Week ol/ins \ performance in leading heir current eight game eider Paul Holiins has j if the Week by the i senior from West y batting . 543 and has j ime. Hollins has 23 RBI ? hit five home runs. 9k include three of j i Gordon, Rob Lowery by Stan Hawkins) s Virg traigh t baseman Kevin Designat three for i'TRRNnnN th? r\.r.i ^..1 ? Vf w i ^ vnv V/I4t 1 IldVJ d the Cavaliers for homerui a 19-7 victory over The G Conference team. errors, 1 best day ever tor record, t I, 190-pound senior into the ? cracked a three- Senior d slam and added a picked u ng eight RBI. six hits, t day-collegiately," while str played one year of five. Ma Tniversity of South two inni sar at Hillsborough three hit c. iMt, i ie in six games, the seven-ga in every inning but they ft three runs in the beginnin ein the third, six in USC oj ie fifth, three in the series wi heir final two turns Semi no Gameco< id 30 minutes late Southwej and finished three andTues linutes later under atMerce out thirty fans. Carolii ontinued his hot two gan ig three doubles in State, ar icored three runs. March 2^ Dnffc nh ^ WW down to the wire, with Bob Parker, who scored 22 points against the Roost, hitting his third three-pointer of the night with five seconds left to give Sigma Nu a 48-45 victory. That set up a semifinal match-up with Kappa Alpha Psi, who beat Kappa Sigma 55-48 and the Confederate Prophets 67-50 to advance to th#? cpmi'c The fourth-rated Empire edged into the semifinals with a 31-29 victory over Alpha Tau Omega, a 5f>-42 win over Columbia Hall and a thrilling 57-46 overtime win against the Spartans in the quarterfinals. That set up a match with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, who beat the Cock Flock, scraped by the Strikers at the buzzer 16-44 and slipped past the Wizards vv unit:!] By Bertram Staff Vv The USC women's tennis tear season Monday as they defeatec The seventh-ranked USC sq contests and a doubles decision After nearly an hour of play, teams to discontinue play at tl finish the matches at indoor coui Colette Bennett defeated Ti number-one singles position. ( D!nn)/1 n fx ^ n ? ? 4 iviiiaiu o-v, o-u t?i nuuiuer iwo, ar Garner 6-1,6-7,7-5 at number thi SUSAN SMITH won the numb over Sheri Sime, and Johnna C over Carola Hertle at number fii the number-six singles as Dawn 1,4-6,6-4. In the only doubles match of and Carol Fullerton defeated Fc 1 at the number one position. The 7-2 squad leaves today fo run throughout USC's spring br in tournaments in Texas and ( tournament will host eight of 1 nation including the number California squad. "We've done real well," Be should give us confidence goinj As for playing the number-on tpams Rpnnptt sairi shp fplf el mentally ready to play." COACH JEFF Kefalos said h that the most important tourna should win the tournament in T( * mrnm iWfill II I I I'lTTilfni . [inia i twin \ ed hitter Chris Boyle was six with a home run and I four RBI and hit his fourth n of the season. amecocks committed seven fwo short of tying a school >ut managed to get 18 players ;ame. southpaw Bret Baynham p the win for USC, allowing four runs (three unearned) iking out seven and walking rtin Small pitched the final ings for Carolina, yielding s and three unearned runs, i JAMECOCKS close out their ime home stand today when ?ce the Cavaliers again gat 3 p.m. )ens an important three game th Florida State Friday at the les home field. The :ks then travel to Georgia stern for two games Monday iday and then play two games r on March 25 and 26. la returns home March 27 for les in two days with Ohio id will host Ohio University land 30. ange fii 38-37 in the quarterfinals. T_ iU i * ? 1 - in uie seini-nriais, Sigma Nu got 13 points from guard Bill DeLoache to take a commanding 29-15 first half lead. However, Kappa Alpha Psi's Reggie Noble, who missed the two regular season games the Kappa's lost, arrived just before the start of the second half of play and took control. Noble scored 13 of the game's next 20 points, including two baskets on steals, and held DeLoache to just t wo points in the first 15 ? ? * -- uiiuuica 10 [uu rvappa /\ipna Psi in front, and they held on to win 44-41. TI1K ICMPIKK ? SAK match-up featured an individual battle between Rico Williams of the Empire and i beat L M. Rantin 'ritor n claimed its eighth win of the i Virginia 6-1 at home. uad \von five of six singles before the match was called, bad weather forced the two le Maxcy Gregg Courts and rts at the state fair grounds. *acy Foster 6-4, 6-0 at the jracie Barrie blanked Tina id Carol Renz defeated Laura ree. ?r-four singles match 6-2, 6-2 hafin took a 6-2, 6-4 decision /ft. I ISP's nnlv Hofoaf oomn ni ? - ? v VtVAVUV VUIUC CIV i Otto fell to Sue Silverman 6the day, the team of Chafin ster and Majorie Blank 6-1,6r two tournaments which will eak. Carolina will participate California, and the California the top ranked schools in the one University of Southern ;nnett said. "These matches I on into these tournaments." e spot against the top rated he "should be physically and lis team was playing well and ment would be in Texas. "We jxas," Kefalos said. -1>'? :%y*|lp ''I|||i8fi|? \ .-. ^y<\ -:? ^ Gamecock pitcher Deri I w * **. -m . - - - - I me iu/ pitcnes he threv tory over Virginia. (Photo t rial hoo Adger Rice of SAE. Their respective teams traded first half leads, with The Empire taking a 28-24 halftime advantage. The Empire then used their quickness to force the action in the second half and came away with a 57-50 victory. Williams outpointed Rice 27 f r\ OK f A Vl/\1 rv TUrv ; ? iw iu m ijj i iic Ciiupii c gain a berth in the finals opposite the Kappa's. In the championship matchup, LaVerne Keels tossed in 13 points and Milton Davvkins and Tyrone Chavis each scored 11 points to give The Empire the crown. The Empire's aggressive zone defense forced Noble, the Kappa's leading scorer, out of his normal offensive pattern and gave The Empire a 52-45 win. .acly Cai Kefalos said the California toi ruling which will allow for shif match to another. This will let during the tournament if necess Barrie raid the team was pei ches and if that level of play chance to defeat any team the added "we would all have to pla; Wome i /k W Jk V V T /Ai/i W 1 By Robert Staff \ | The 1981 AIAW Nation; | Championship will be held a I the Solomon Blatt P.E. C< continuing through Saturda; Over 70 teams will be par i favored to win this year Stanford. LED BY a trio of freshmen qualified 11 swimmers and ; event. USC coach Steve Coll definitely finish among the recruiting year and are muc Collins said. Freshman Liz Drosdick, Richardson have qualified events USC will be competir have also qualified for five 1 | the Lady Gamecocks' lone petition, having qualified in t NBC will tape Saturday's c to be telecast at a later date. Hra-. \'^ JH&^. X> PfHPMMPi f^ '' ' ' nis Lubert fires one of v in Tuesday's 3-2 viciy Stan Hawkins) p poll The following are the Intramural Basketball Season Highs: Most points in a game, individual Don nU?? 4 i vji aiictin ui mpna Aipna with 35 against Pi Kappa Phi. Most points, team, the Wizards, 116 in a 116-29 win over the Bootleggers. Largest victory margin, 91 points by the Spartans in a 107-16 victory over Sigma Chill. FINAL INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL POLL record points 1) THE EMPIRE (5) 12 0 50 2) KAPPA ALPHA PSI 9 3 34 3) SIGMA NU 9 1 31 4) STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION 9 1 30 5) THE WIZARDS. 8 1 . . .20 A'. A Al DL1A CnCII Afcl OO + 7) OMLGA PSI PHI .72 18 81 THESPAHTANS 9 1 10 9) CONFEDERATE PROPHETS 8 1 9 10) THE STRIKERS 8 1. . rj Honoiablo Mention: LaMachino, Kupp.i Sigma i/aliers irnament had included a new ts in team lineups from one him make position changes ary. rforming well in recent matcontinued the team had the y might face. However, she y the best we could play." n host ti/ui i ncy Crockett fVrttsr al Swimming and Diving t the Carolina Natatorium in jnter beginning today and V. ticipating, including Texas, and last year's champion i, the Lady Gamecocks have one diver for this year's lins believes Carolina will top teams, "We had a tfood j :h stronger than last year," Colleen Collins and Judy for 13 of the 26 individual i ig in. The Lady Gamecocks relays. Kathy McPadden is entry in the diving comhe one-meter dive. :ompetition for Sportsworld |