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Wildhares dr< Strik . ByJI St The Intramural softball p as 54 men's, 14 women's a spot in the softball finals on There has been one ma, Wildhares dropped a 21-11 co-rec play. That enabled ' over the Baptist Student Un co-rec division. The men's division had sc team was beaten including Strikers upset the eighth : Weekenders ousted Bates 1 mention squads. In other men's playoff Psycho's 10-7 to drop the 1 status. Chi Psi held off th< battle of honorable mentior the Headhunters 6-4 to rais dropped another honorabl from the playoffs with a cor Sigma Alpha Epsilon e fraternity battle and Zeta Machine 7-.1 tn nHvunro tn H Ten teams received by automatically puts them ir The majority of second i Monday night, with a few of the Gamecock's top ti Wildhares, The Beceneki B LA (Lancaster),^ the Sch receiving byes were The B Gamec TheCi By Jim Corbe Staff Wrltar The Gamecock baseball t Tuesday and Wednesday and Charleston to boost thei 31-9. Gamecock right-hander a happy homecoming in ( nesday night as the former nlotmv* v\inlr a/1 nrv Kic piujr vi piviw/u up ino oiai season against the Bulldo The Bulldogs, tied for fii Southern Conference, fell tc THE CITADEL startin Pendleton lasted only 3 1/3 six runs, as Carolina jumpc after four innings. The Gamecocks added i their final at-bat in the nint six innings, giving ud eie earned runs while strikin walking two. Joe McCarthy and Pa drove in two runs for USC bases, three by McCarthy. The previous evening i Gamecocks employed a m, beat Mercer 5-0 before 1,00< A key factor in USC's satility was left-handed sh Martin Small who not only hits, but also played leftfiel 'TAN VOI! nb?v loft fi, Baseball Coach June Rai before the game. "Sure," answered Sma two of Carolina's four hit run. "I'm not gonna tui portunity like that." Small, normally a pitch* first baseman, was pres; after an injury sideline< R< by Vollmer and second Thaw sat out the game bei Rob Lowery switched fro cher's spot to designated h Tom Williams moved to j fielder Mcc^rtny switcne reserve shortstop John SuJl as onJIy . three starters customary positions. Small made the most of 1 the second inning, when single off the glove of Bean Dave Jednesky. That was four-run rally that gave th the runs they needed to wir losing pitcher Scott Barnh [ ' ) Jj , op in poll ;ers ta (m Corbett ff Wrtt*r layoffs continued Thursday nigh nd 16 co-rec teams battled for April 30th. jor upset already, the top-rate decision to Lambda Chi Alpha i rhe Strikers, who won by forfe ion to move into the top spot in th >me suprises, but only one top-te games of Wednesday night. Th ranked Horer's 714's 6-2. Th ?vesi 13-4 in a oaiue 01 nonorabi action, Sigma Chi out hit tli Psychos from honorable mentio e Wade Hampton Hotel 14-8 in 1 squads. The Horseshoe cut dow ie their record to 6-1. The GSAP e mention team, Grad Histon wincing 8-1 victory. dged Pi Kappa Alpha 7-6 in Beta Tau held off the Snowde ie second round of the playoffs. es in the men's division, whic i the second round of the Dlavoff round games will be played c scattered Sunday contests. Sew m received byes, including T1 oys, Lambda Chi Alpha, the Bull ilitz Bulls and Bo-Sox. Othei ushleaguers, Skoal and Columb '.nrks nv itadel, IV u and a field* grab the lea earn tallied wins their 30th wi against Mercer c r season mark to in t^bie. __ _ . , , plain," Rail Don Gordon had Charleston WedCitadel baseball MERCEI h victory of the tofourbut( gs, winning 7-4. , te ..We rst place in the ^riving ^ Coach Burr g pitcher Mike Senior s( innings, yielding his record 1 id off to a 6-1 lead his 21st car wonder if ] Dne more run in said Baynl h. Gordon hurled since Man iht hits and four than si* on g out three and The Bea ul Hollins each two out in !, which stole six single and the bases. n Columbia, the Jack Pool akeshift lineup to shortstop I )fans. Carrawa display of ver- with one 01 ort-relief pitcher on, but Ba; lead the team in strikeouts A u. ui ive. eld?" USC Head "I SET I nes asked Small of the year feel more 11 who collected my four ye s and drove in a William* *n down an op- sixth. Afte second bas er and sometime walk of th< sed into service and score i center fielder left. Cam I baseman Jamey despite goi cause of the flue. Baynhai m his usual cat- stepping si itter. Utility man "If we p! second base, left potential t d to center, and goal right nvan piayea inira gei 10 .( were in their Omaha." lis chance during The Gan he managed a four gam< ;at first baseman College la the only hit in a Carolina v e Gamecocks all both game i. Three walks by USC will n ?ouse two errors beginning i mhmmbbmh iketirsi ,t Intramural soj a MEN ? . RECORD n 1 WILDHARES (5) 6 0 it 2- THE BULLS Ith) 6-0 e LA (LANCASTER) (th) 6 0 4. BECENECKIBOYS (ttoj 6 0 LAMBDA CHI ALPHA (th) 5-1 6. SHLITZ BULLS 5 1 n 7. THE BUSHLEAOUERS 5-1 ie 8. THE HOMBRES 5-1 ,e 9. THESTRfKERS 5-1 I 70 THE WEEKENDERS 5-1 HONORABLE MENTION: Th* Bo-Sox. OSAPS Chi Psi. S/gms Phi EpsUon. Zeta Beta Tau. NO ie in WOMEN a n RECORD 5 1. SOUTH BUILDING 6-0 2. DEL TA DEL TA DEL TA 6-0 '? I 3. CHI OMEGA 6 1 4. SIMS 6-1 5. LADY SKOAL 6-0 3 HONORABLE MENTION: Bates West, Ktpoa D n COREC :h s. >n RECORD ?n 1 THE STRIKERS 70 ie 2. LAMBDA CHI ALPHA 70 3. THECOOTERS 7-0 S? 4. THEDOQS 7'0 l*S 6. BETA ALPHA PSf ?-' 'ercome lercer er's choice enabled Carolina to id and send them on their way to in against ten defeats. jot them in trouble, errors got us | But a 5-0 shutout, I can't com- i nes said after the win. I t OUTHIT the Gamecocks seven | wouldn't push any runs across the | i've outhit a lot of people but | m in is another story," Mercer | y Meyers said. rnthpaw Brett Baynham raised I ;o 7-0 on the season and picked up j eer victory. "I was beginning to I I was gonna get past six wins," ham, who hadn't posted a win I ;h 31, and had never won more I mes in one season. ? rcats' biggest threat came with the third inning. A walk, a bunt a sharp single to left field loaded But Baynham got cleanup hitter I to ground out unassisted to lod Carraway to end the threat. iy made two consecutive errors it in the fourth to put two runners ynham recorded his third of eight and a fly out to end the scoring * goal for myself in the beginning for ten wins," Baynham said. "I confident now than ever during ars here." > scored Carolina's final run in the r being hit by a pitch, he moved to >e when McCarthy drew his fourth e game (to tie a Carolina record) d on Carraway's hard single to *way had two RBI on the night ing one for five. n was encouraged by the win as a tone toward the rest of the season, lay like we can, we have the ;o go somewhere," he said. "My now, more so than ten wins, is to the College World Series in) lecocks were scheduled to open a e home stand against Baptist si nignt. Tonight and Saturday /ill host Georgia Southern, with ?s starting at 7:30 p.m. Sunday leet Pfeiffer at Sarge Frye Field at 2p.m. " L L UU1I1 Hf ftball poll flr' I In AI ro PO/NTS Bf so A! J J f 35 25 fir ;; wi 9 on 5 ho th . Kappa Sigma. ?/?ML ft. th Horseshoe, th [ w POINTS Wl n d< 1 6 ?< 9 th 5 0ha t 71 S! ! A POINTS Q 23 fc 22 " 15 10 5 fit 1 E plpii/ : 9 : IB* - '": ,. (K^V^vf vHr "^l<j BIB ,v j ' ^ y-r -.. ,x '>"v<">': ' :>, i'<y' <?: :;<? $* '' ':v .<? '. :'V :? ' A..y: ? ' A , - V - * ^ ^ ' ' ' " -x. ' V \ " ' y.: ?*v '. * x< .% . > x. <> ^ <* * ? x Gamecock catcher Roi second base {bottom a Bears 5-0. (Photo by Stai \ . lg pla |U. rwo unbeaten women's squa st round; top-ranked South Bii first round playoff action, 3rd rRO 22-7 to raise their record uiea uoiumoia Han iy-7 to gn ites West beat Alpha Delta Pi lnighters 11-1. Sims and Kapp >m the PEM Club and Baker's Besides Lambda Chi's upset c st round co-rec playoff games n number six with a 9-3 decisii ito third place in the poll. The: oked up in a duel between two e Dogs edged the Zero's 9-8 to i The Wade Hampton Hotel han e Russell house beat SPRI 19 oodies had a tougher time, hile Beta Alpha Psi edged lending champion Strikers h Ivancing to the second round, e Baptist Student Union. Despite the relative lack of a< sams. there were several chai L4's dropped out of the poll trikers, who jumped from n< Iso catapulting into the top tei Weekenders. Each squad sp ushleaguers only loss a one-i Hirth-ranked Becenecki Boys. Playoff games will continue elds immediately next to t ducation Center on Wheat St. < >* * <** < < W " : ; . ' .* v p.%1 , * ,, w mM ' ^ !) Lowery loads off first ba Cll/iV CO/^nn<J / ?*? ? " r"? ?ww?/uu later ttya/nsr n Hawkins) yoffs ds also received byes in the lilding and Delta Delta Delta, i ranked Chi Omega trounced to 6-1. 5th ranked Lady Skoal re them a 6-1 season's mark. 13-1 and the Strikers beat the a Delta received forfeit wins Beauties respectively. >f the Wildhares, seven other i took place. The Cooters took on over a.l.. tuoeoers 10 noia Dogs and the Absolute Zero's unbeaten, ranked teams and advance to the quarterfinals. died the Golden Spur 13-3 and -8 in a pair of runaways. The outscoring Bates West 12-7, the Horseshoe 12-11. The ad the easiest time of all in receiving a forfeit win from :tion for most of the top-rated iges in the men's poll. Rorers following their loss to the )where to the ninth position. i are the Bushleagers and the orts a 5-1 mark, with the *un defeat to the undefeated, throughout next week at the he Solomon Blatt Physical * * N > ***" x > . y$: & * *. # >. ** ' A . ..-X-.-'- ^ , ^|k;. > >; ,, % 'H* r ** ?* ... ' * se (top) and slides into Mercer. USC beat the