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GAMECOCK :
USC Splits With Clemson; Begins Miami Series Tonight
Philip Wilson Leads
Carolina To Victory
By SAMMY FRETWELL
Sports Writer
CLEMSON? A one-out single in the
eighth inning by John Sullivan scored what
proved to be the winning run as USC
defeated archrival Clemson 5-4 Monday to
split the two-game series. The Tigers
won the opening game Sunday 4-1, in a tight
pitcher's duel.
Su'livan's shot up the middle scored Chris
' Boyle from third to put the Gamecocks
ahead for good in a highly emotional contest.
Catcher Neil Fox was thrown out as
he tried to score on Sullivan's hit.
The inning began when Boyle reached on
an infield single, and after a fly out ad
vanced to second when . Clemson third
baseman Craig Roberson couldn't come up
with a ground bal1. hit by Fox. Boyle and Fox
then pulled off a double steal and Boyle
scored on Sullivan's hit. Fox was thrown out
easily at the plate for the second out. left
fielder Ph ilip Wilson, who had two triples on
the day, popped out to end the inning.
Carolina opened the game by taking a 1-0
lead on a single by center fielder Larry
Hernandez,who stole second and advanced
to third on an infield hit by Jeff Swindell. He
then scored when first baseman Greg
Mordhardt hit into a double play.
USC added to the score in the fifth when
Wilson tripled with two outs down the right
field line and scored on Art Finley's single to
center.
In the bottom of the inning, though,
Clemson countered as catcher Jim McCollom
homered off Mark Calvert with one
on to make the score 2-2.
The game remained knotted until the
sevenin wnen me uamecocks once again
forged ahead with two runs. Fox led off by
drawing a walk from Tiger pitcher Jeff
Gilbert. Sullivan then hit into a fielder's
choice, and later scored when Wilson
blasted his second triple of the day, this time
to deep right center field. Finley followed
with a single to left, which put Carolina up 42.
The Tigers chased starting pitcher
Calvert, who had been breezing along, in
USC Wins Lady Ga
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Sports Editor
The USC Lady Gamecocks ^jr
held off a mild Furman
threat to capture the Lady
Gamecock Invitational Golf Sir
Tournament this weekend. %,
Carolina's Jan Ilikard led | ir f;
all golfers during the threeday
event shooting 73,69 and yll^
77 fnr a 91?*ntal
South Carolina led the
opening two days, but |Bg|^
finished third in the finals
Sunday behind Furman and . .
Rollins. However, the Lady IMsMfil a
Gamecocks still managed to
hold on to their lead, Jan F
finishing with an 897 total.
Furman came in second Susan Ladd s
with 913; Rollins third with one stroke I
922; Wake Forest with 929; stadt.
and Alabama fifth with 933. Cindy Da
Memphis State, Florida Ellis, both
Atlantic, Mississippi State, finished foui
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State, Duke and UNC- USC Head
Wilmingtoun rounded out the Bobby Fostc
final seven teams. women's tea
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their half of the seventh inning due in part to
two Carolina errors. They tied the score
when Frank Russ, who had reached on a
fielder's choice, scored after Fox threw the
ball into center field while trying to cut
down an attempted steal of second by Derek
Spears. Spears made it to third on the play
and scored on a Bryan Smith single.
Clemson threatened again in the bottom of
the eighth, after the Gamecocks had forged
ahead, but came up short this time, thanks
largely to a great play by second baseman
Swindell, who picked up a ground ball, which
had hit off the glove of shortstop Ginley, and
nippea me Dase runner at first to end the
mecock Invitational
mental side of the game, and
is building a solid game for a
professional future after
she completes her eligibility
"Lisa Russell played very
steady and had her best
tournament for us. Robin
Abare, who finished 24th in
last year's women's AIAW
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JFM I 71-78-78 to tie Lise for sixth
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"Kandi Kessler rebounded
Jmgm from an opening 82 with a
fine 73-76 to tie for 11th (with
four other players). Kandi
played No. 1 for us all fal!
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tikard team's victory by having the
fortitude to bounce back,
hot a 222 total, "Suzy Ellison was one
behind Darm- stroke behind Kandi with
232. Suzy has worked hare
ivis and Joan an(j her mental game is
of Furman, improving to catch up witl
'th and fifth, her physical game," Fostei
added.
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inning.
Reliever Mike Werner, who had come in
for Calvert set Clemson down in order in the
ninth to preserve the win for USC raising
his record 2-2. The loser was Lynn Martin
(0-1), also in relief.
The game was not without its fireworks as
Carolina Head Coach June Raines was
angered by several questionable calls made
by the umpires. One in particular occurred
in the eighth when Fox drilled a ball past
first base which the home plate umpire
called foul.
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Carolina Hooking
For Revenge
By MIKE LOUGH
Sports Writer
The USC-Miami baseball series of March
12 through 15 was not one that Gamecocks
I remember with a smile.
While everybody else basked in the sun on
I the beaches of Florida or set up jobs for the !
| summer, USC traveled to the University of
I Miami (Fla.) for a four-game series with
I the Hurricanes. The Gamecocks were 9-0
| when they headed south. They came back
i with a 9-4 mark.
? USC will get a chance to avenge those I
% losses beginning tonight when the 25-7 [
| Gamecocks host the 35-11 Hurricanes.
I Miami, ranked 16th in the latest collegiate f
baseball poll, were on a hot streak when
|? USC came to town, according to Head Coach
Ron Fraser. .
"We caught them at a good time," Fraser
said Tuesday. "We were due: we had been
? on a losing streak."
The Hurricanes outscored USC by a
margin of 18-11. Fraser admits that it's
unlikely that his Hurricanes will sweep the
H Gamecocks but wouldn't mind doing it
H again.
m "Of course not," Fraser chuckled. "We
! caught them at the right time. But we've
had our problems."
The only two returning starters for Miami
are shortstop Billy Wrona and second
baseman Mitch Seone.
Fraser expects to go with righthander
Mike Kasprzak, a 6-2 senior with an 8-1
mark and a 2.90 ERA in the opener tonight.
In Thursday's game, it will probably be
senior righthander Sam Sorce, who is 5-4
with a 3.21 ERA. Freshman righty Rob
Souza, 5-2 with a 5.32 ERA, should start
Friday's game while Saturday's starter is
still unnamed.
First baseman Steve Lusby leads the
Hurricanes with a .403 batting average
while outfielder Calvin James follows at
.352. Third baseman Phil Lane is the top
Miami longoail hitter with 13 home runs and
43 RBI.
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into third as Tiger third baseman
he bag. Wilson went on to score