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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
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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
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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;
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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
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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
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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
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| 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.'"
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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.
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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.