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Wednesday March 24, . GAMECOCK &]g?5Egg? o f\? nn uecap Hi IOU USC Falls To W By MIKE LOUGH SriDlt* Wriler MARCH 13. Columbia. S.C. - USC four-for-35 (11 percent) shooting pe Carolina and a 13-of-19spreeby freshm; to defeat ECU 79-54 before a crowd Coliseum. Southers, a 6-1 Columbia native, s snared 19 rebounds in her "best game center Sheila Foster hit on 10-of-17 shi finish with 20 points. USC, although never really threaten fouls awav from finishing with thr Southers, and Marsi McAlister). Evelyr four as did junior forward Becky Park with a bothersome ankle injury. Sharo the flu. MARCH 18, Ruston, La. ? Earlier handled Kentucky (ranked No. 11 then) Carolina Coliseum. USC won 91-81, bu sometimes by as much as 20. But tli J *u i 4i ~ I v^uiifctrum auu mii? was> nut me bauie lazy The Lady Wildcats took advantage oi come out with a 73-69 win in the NCA Semifinals in the sweatbox known as tl Tech. USC led by a 30-22 count with seven i the first half, but UK got hot and ended i IU.TX I 1 n A A on O A nit: ljctuy vjcunecuuivs, IO-H, iui a oo-o** The Lady "Cats" remained hot and up 47-36 in the opening minutes of the final I USC, who made it this far by not throv odds were against them (as they hav came back and tied it at 65 with 3:J Southers' three-point play. But UK All-American Valerie Stil points for a 69-65 lead and, for all inte game. i ininK 11 was a meniai DreaKaovn Terry Kelly. "Turnovers killed us. That (JSC outrebounded the Lady Wildca percent of its shots compared to 44 perc Southers finished with 14 points and 1 McAlister added 13 points and eigl Johnson finished with 11 points, but hi from the floor. Sheila Foster closed a sparkling fou points and 19 rebounds. Soccer Tourney "|J CLEMSON? South Carolina's soccer team will play in the EastmanClemson Invitational Soccer Tournament April 2-4 along with live other college teams and over 40 Laura youth soccer teams from Bobby the upper state area. U.S. Oj | On Friday, April 2, at 2 team's p.m. USC will take on the Bernst( North Carolina Tar ' iivcio. ni t p.m. l/uim: win B?m* i play against the h f ' University of South , ,HKipr , Florida, followed by a 6 ..j ^ p.m. clash between Wake thmitfht Forest and host Clemson. South Carolina will ' H tackle Duke the following u ? I l?"l Ult (lay at noon, with South Didn't I Florida playing Wake nrartin Forest at 2 p.m., and ma(j j Clemson going against rea|ize North Carolina in the break'1 nightcaD. From 9 a.m. until r> p.m., the youth soccer "1? t preliminaries will be myself held. wouldn The tournament con- guilty a eludes Sunday with the 1" th youth finals beginning at ste'n ai noon and the college was consolation finals star stayed ting at 1 p.m. The college championship will begin She SJ at 3 p.m., with trophies *im pr and victory awards tennis, presented afterwards. Gardi rney; 11 f -aCbi liacats v^uiuc, BY SAMMY FRETWELL took advantage of a Sport*Wntpf rformance by East _ .. _ . , . an Brantley Southers , 81)11 th Caro ina erupted for of 2,000 at Carolina flve r""? ln ^ first ,n(ni"g on just three hits en route to cored 30 points and ever." All-America ?/m!)roker. State ? veS o.c tv-ir. n^r. Monday afternoon at Sarge w. prye Field. ed by ECU, was two USCs Larry Hernandez ee players (Foster, ?nd John Sullivan both i Johnson played with homered m the contest ;er, who was plagued A?e,r Pembroke had taken n Rivers played with ? 'eat' ^ P ? 'he first on an RBI single by in the season, USC ^?r,ace Robby with relative ease at Vo l r a"d Jeff Swindell t led the whole way, lis was not Carolina ^twl" "a" W1. Heise then singled and r 26 use turnovers to Yfllmer made it home on a A Midwest Regional hr?w!"8 error by cen,e home of Louisiana 'erf,^fr Gref Bryant. Swindell scored when the ninutes remaining in g?tby the catcher on the the half by outscoring tilrow >n Heise scored he lead at intermission. Gamecocks third run on the ped the advantage to "ext P'tch when catcher Brian Turley was charged ving in towel when the W1lu Pas. "a e been since Jan. 1), The inning was npt over as >3 to go on Brantley Hernandez doubled, Neil Fox stole second base and 1 hooped four quick scored on Greg Morhardt s nts and purposes, the f"^le to ^ Morhardt was thrown out trying to stretch m," said USC Coach [he hit into a double to end wastheballgame." the inning. ts 50-35 and hit on 48 Carolina added to the ent for Kentucky. fcore w'th ?"e the seco"d two in the third, one in the J ICUUUUU& dliu IVldlbl . f ? , it rebounds. Evelyn >"h courtesy of Hernandez t only five-of-18 shots brs} (home of ."Vf,*53""1 J and two in the eighth wher r-year career with 23 f,hird baseman John Sullivar homered with a man or base. ernstein Says Mot By JULIE JAMESON Staff Writer Bernstein has won $50 from great tennis hustler Riggs, won the Mother-Daughter competition at the )ens and is an essential factor in USC girls tennis high position in national rankings. What makes Laura iin, USC No. 1 girls tennis player such a success? >tein started her tennis career when she was 12, and nily made the move from Chicago, 111. to Fort dale, Fla. in't know about tournaments then. In my first one, I I'd beat everyone ? I lost 6-0, 6-0 to the No. 1 sc;ed," 1, "but I've beaten the girl many times since then." nother, who was ranked 10 in Illinois, coached her in ? 1 ~ 4 ~ J an* 1- All A. .1 :-uuiiegiui.e uays. mum maue nif meniaiiy lougn. baby me when I lost," she commented. "When we'd e she would cheat on purpose ? and I couldn't get didn't realize what she was doing then, but now I and it's made me mentally tough. She'd say 'don't *vhen I was down." he beginning I didn't need any push at all. I pushec Bernstein said, "but later she pushed me. She 't have to say anything, just look at me, and I'd fee! ind go out and practice. e 1978 U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., Hern id her mother won the Mother-Daughter tournament ; incredible," she said. "We got chauffeured around at the Waldorf." aid that her mother is "different than most. She says, oud of you just the way you are ? with or without I love to make her proud." nar Mulloy, a professional tennis cocks Down Pen - l^i*aSw ^^^SB8BKBHMb9HMMMK % Mi MKJKJP m ItSHHflP' l ..'5 -* <*#&- ^ USC's Kent Anderson (23) motions courtes (9) to stand up as Hatcher scores a run in Pembroke State Monday. Carolina won, 11-5 The Braves picked up Raines said "I've I three runs in the second disappointed with somi inning to cut the lead to 5-4, the defensive lapses, b but the visitors from North think we've hit the ball \ I Carolina were never able to It's games like tl ; take the lead. Their final (against lesser kn ; tally came in the fifth, when schools) that you ve gc i first baseman Forace w*nI Oxendine hit a mammoth Carolina is now 16-4 or shot over the right field season, while Pembi fence. falls to 3-4-1. Senior right-hander Don In Sunday's game ag? ? Gordon got the win forthe Eastern Kentucky, ? Gamecocks to run his record Kucharski fired a six-h A A .'K tho iu i-u. uuu uauci Laiiiu uii 111 V*MI*ivvwj\O UW | the eighth inning to pitch the the Colonels, 11-3. i final innings of play. Kucharski, who impr< i Commenting on his team's to 4-1, allowed no ea play, USC Head Coach June ns as the big right-ha her Helped Her A L player, also recognized Bernst tennis laieni. jusi Knowing someone like " * believes in ne helped me out." Mulloy was responsible for Bernstein's money-match Bobby Riggs. Mulloy told Riggs to play this "little girl didn't have $100 so Gardnar put it up. I beat him i could've won 6-0." Riggs still asks for "that really good ? This past summer, Bernstein played in the Maccat tournament in Israel where she defeated Andrea L< ranked 18th in the world and Laura's "closest tennis frie "One great thing about tennis is staying with diff families. I've met so many people all over the world." Bernstein is pleased with her decision to come to "I've never been around such caring people. Everyone close." She reflected about the girls' first loss to Kolli Florida. "1 always cry when I lose, but this was espe< hard." "I couldn't have picked a better coach in Jeff Kefalos, commented "He understands wp'm not him, and he knows his tennis. He really works us hard." Tennis coach Jeff Kefalos said, "Laura's an aggre personality and an aggressive tennis player. Usuall I personality comes out on the court." I This summer Bernstein will be playing six profess tournaments. "You need six to get a ranking," she sa September, she will head for Flushing Meadows again tc in the U.S. Ooen. After she gets a rankino cho'ii preparing for Wimbledon 1983. Bernstein loves the pressure and the sport ? the mal of a winner. "Everyone in the Top 100 has the shots, mental game is the only thing that separates them," 1 stein said. "Most people say 4I want to win,' I say, 'I h? lose.'" :ibroke ' r. iir^w.; rizSim* Staff Photo by LAUHA W1LUN1) sy runner Wade Hatcher Knc.nknii uascuan atuuu agamsi >een struck out six and walked i of none as he went the distance, ut I Kucharski, however, was veil, not the only star for USC. lese Swindell and Morhardt both own hit home runs and Her?t to nandez went three-for-four with a pair of doubles. I t hp QurinHoll'c onrl l\/lrvrliirHf 'c vasx/ v/TVlllUVll kJ 1411M 1T1V1 tldl ViV O roke round-trippers came in Carolina's six-run fourth linst inning, which broke what Joe had been a tight game. itter The Gamecocks play their /ned first night game at 7:30 p.m. at Sarge Frye Field Thur)ved sday when they play host to rned the Indians of Newberry nrir?r Prtllooo _ a Spring Sprints ^ Several area residents will compete in the 1110 ;ein's WBT Spring Sprints this him weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway in with Harrisburg, N.C. [." "I Burk Scheper, Audrey 5-1. I DesPortes, R.B. Haynes, ?irl." Mickey Trotter and Mike >iahls Harrison, all of Columbia eand, will race in the series nd." Saturday and Sunday. Harrison and DesPortes will both drive Corvettes in the GT-1 class, while Haynes and Trotter will . ' drive Zink Z-10-Zs in the ls ?? F'ormula Ford class. ,ns.!n Scheper will drive a ~ial,y Datsun 1200 in the GT-4 class. she Lexington's Dale ilk to Johns, an accountant, will drive a Datson 1600 in ssive q production class, y the Other South Carolina residents driving in the races are from Greeniional ville, Fort Mill, Sparid. In tanburg, Taylors, Clover, >play Hock Hill, Piedmont and start Lamar. The WBT Spring tings Sprints is the Sports Car their Club of America's iern- showcase event for ?te to America's amateur drivers.