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I nPMnwnHMHnnHHHHMWBHaMMai Many Faces M By DENNIS SWITZER SUM Writer Any baseball team that loses 10 of its best players would noi oe expected to come Dack witn more than a skeleton of a team, under normal circumstances. But head baseball coach June Raines, proclaiming to be a "born optimist," has high hopes when *he spring season rolls around. Fall practice, with batting practice and scrimmage games, began Sept. 8. "We think we got a good recruiting year; How good, we're just going to have to wait and see," Raines said. RAINES, WHO guided the Gamecocks to a fourth-place finish in the College World Series at Omaha, Neb. last season, has only three seniors returning to the lineup, and two of thnsA arp nitrhprc Joining senior center fielder Hobby Vollmer will be junior second baseman Jamey Thaw and sophomore catcherdesignated hitter Chris Boyle as the only returnees to the everyday lineup. Senior lefthander Dennis Lubert, wno posted a 12-2 mark as a junior, was drafted by the New York Yankees but opted to return to Carolina. Returning to the bullpen along with Lubert will be senior Don Gordon (8-3 last season), juniors Joe Kucharski (6-2) anH Mark Pnlvprt o.] 1 nnH cnnhnmnro loh Rahal / Q_?>^ OTHER RETURNING lettermen include catcher Neil Fox use Volleyball Wins Three M< By LESLIE I1 ERN position ; ai.J Theresa Green an off-side 'hitter.' "Each The USC volleyball team opened the 1981 season by winning three of five matches Friday at the ? University of Asheville's VolleyDai scrimmage. r L-i stucuuie The opening match opponent for Carolina was East Tennessee State. USC won thp fir<;t pamp IQ-17 and thp thrid game 15-13. ETSU Sept. 19 USC Scrimmage broke the shutout by beating ? the Gamecocks 16-14 in the ^ second game. Other 25-26 Kentucky Carolina wins came against , v AcViuillo anH Hiohiv?int Th*? ' ilUIIT UIV U1IU A IV Lady Gamecocks suffered ^ /-i defeats to veteran Georgian ?ct 2 3 Carolma Class,c and Clemson teams. 9-10 Florida St. InCoach Terrie Drake, who vitational recently came to Carolina to fill the vacant spots of head rpn#M| cn volleyball and softball coach left by Judy Martino, ap- (away) pears to be extremely happy with her squad and is looking 21 College of iorwara 10 a goou year, r^veii with the brief but intense Chas. training schedule before (away) classes, both coachesDrake and assistant Star 23-24 Maryland Burdell? felt their team played wen. However, any * n team understands the need for much more work. 27 Clemson (away) Three team captains were selected to lead this year's nov. 7 USC-Quad Match group: Debbie McClure, Carolina's experienced 13-14 Tennessee setter; Gloria Mack, functioning in the center 'hitter' (away) issing From Bai and infielders John Sullivan, Harvey Heise and Art Finley. According to Kaines, the one thing that will be absent from i this year's team will be the power of last season. For, along with the team leadership and experience that last season's t t "Carolina baseball has been good for a I on a timp an/I u/o nlan tr* Lnnn I* *U-?* < o ?*- V\y i\V-V.p II Uiai k way." j ?Coach June Raines 1 ___ { squad provided, they also provided 78 home runs. 1 The only big gun coming back will be Boyle, who slammed 1 10 home runs and drove in 55 runs as a freshman. i "It's going to be a different type game. We can't sit back < and wait for that big inning to happen, we're going to have to < make it happen," the five-year USC mentor said. 1 "THIS TEAM is going to develop, but it's going to take i time," Raines added. But Raines hopes that what he lost in power he will be able ] to make up in speed. "T thinVr nnr cruiia/1 iinll Ka rfrvrvrJ " kn nnmmnnfn^ M. Ullim VUl opvvu VTlii fc/v 51AAI, IlVi V,UlIllIlVlliV.U. | I Team itches mmM captain has some positive W:;> ? * fe JSImB contribution to give this ' wtf team," Drake said. ^ m ^ Coach Drake had a dif ficult time pinpointing any outstanding player on the - team in reierence 10 lasi fg|gMsgy>? Friday's performance. > s!^? "Each member of the team jlffl f had their moments," she j|j0r i said." We don't have many JgP $gjgf Uam bodies (substitutes) on the Mb WEm bench? every person has me aDiiuy 10 lane anyone s place, which definitely is a yr plus in regard to a team's bench strength." . y ^ ^ -^1 ,v% Gloria Mack, an all-region & > '*vUSVBA team member "did J a good job blocking center for us while also using her v y * > quick attack, aided by setter McClure," Drake continued. "Mary I^ee Ladue handled ^ f , 'A~ down the line defense :? L. 'i \cr* c ""Tr* especially well and Green "C UjL jOCCCC I C??S gave the oponents a difficult whf?n it mppk Rat nme wun ner ettective "**r spikes. mission to all home "Kim Brown, originally a I ^ ~ setter, did a great job in the I ? ? middle hittine nositinn Shf? I H I is quick enough to take on ??- IB I such a responsibility," ? Drake said. , r Carolina will host its own scrimmage Saturday from pr* 12 to 5 p.m. at Sol Blatt PE m Center, free of charge. Winthrop, College of Charleston, Coastal Carolina | ' and Clemson will be (JSC's opponents. nrnm-Trwr-u' immiL 'I J seball Linsup . I 'Speedwise we've got Philip Wilson, Mookie's brother, who ! uns just like him. "Wft've cot a rounle of other cuvs in the lineun we recruited hat we think can run, Larry Hernandez from Valencia Junior College and Kurt Korinek from Iowa Western. j /ollmer's back, he can run. We feel like our speed is going to >e real good," Haines added. rkTIIPD IIIMIAD n.illnrln tKrinnfAKr. T/vff C...ir./1/ill u iiirjn juniun uuiwicio aic ucii owiiiucn, miivc Sharperson and Mike Werner. Joining Wilson in the fresh- \ nen ranks are Kent Anderson, Kevin Burke, Wade Hatcher,^ ^arry Price, Scott Mackie, Greg Morhardt and Craig j Vlatorana. During the summer Raines was an assistant coach of the JSA team that won gold medals in both the World Games and he Intercontinental Cup games. At the World Games at Santa Clara, Cal., July 28-30, the [ISA wnn nvpr Knrpn Panama ar?H Australia Than in TTH. ronton, Canada, the USA team defeated Cuba 6-5 in 10 in- | lings to bring home the gold medal of the Intercontinental [Jup. The Intercontinental Cup is considered the world championship of amateur baseball. It was the first time Cuba lad lost the Cup since 1968. Rut nnu; Painoc \ c 1 anlr inrf o i Kic Amnrinon Arvrwnnantc ^/UV IIVTT 1VU111VO AWIVlllg at IUO iV>OH UFFV/1IVI1UJ) ncluding a tough Miami team that USC will face eight times. ? Although some people may think the outlook is grim, Raines is not giving up by a long shot. "Carolina baseball has been good for a long time and we plan to keep it that way," Raines concluded. j PV * 9n JK -:-Ur^mxS * h mwB^Skk a |B ?| Hfl n^H| ^rtdraB^T 8|B jH 9| _* . <*$' - , v>:' ^ >x ' X'My' :* :'AV:.. >. .<?' V . x&- \ ' > :<*... .... . >;' *> 4v^:v v m, x-xv. . ' t '* .v.; j V;'*'' . * *' .: % > * V . ** < ] . >.. s Sm #*** ^ .... . '; v . ssk?- : " v *:/;&*$>.* ' b # * >-V , ' im Seeks its fourth win today at 4 p.m. itist College at the "Graveyard." Ad soccer gdnries is free. photo by cawrs hammond IlUCa ?...?? J ! McEnroe National Poll ^ t page 14 page 14 n ?BWWHMH.iWiilllWWI I 111 lIMMMHilUK?BB?IIHiWMIIIiHWHIMIiUjUUIIIIIIlMw