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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
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op in poll
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Mercer. USC beat the