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USC's Trevor Raal races for a return s
yesterday 8-1 to raise their record to 5-0
Tennis Stadium.
Injuries plague
By Jeff Rogers
Injuries have plagued USC's men's
tennis team this season as they did
last season^ but Head Tennis Coach
- Ron Smarr said he hopes to see his
team improve last year's 22-7 finish.
Two of the team's top three players
were injured before last year's season
started.
This year, Smarr lost junior
Ricardo Acioly in the fall, when
Acioly tore ligaments in his knee in
the quarterfinals of the Milwaukee
Classic.
Acioly, a two-time Junior College
All-American at Tyler (Texas) Junior
College, had advanced to the finals of
the Southern Intercollegiate Tennis
Championships and was expected to
contribute heavily to the team as the
No. 1 seed, according to Smarr.
"I thought before Acioly got hurt,
we had a shot at the top 20," Smarr
said. "He (Acioly) is one of the top 16
players in the country and one of the
^ best in the world in his age group (18).
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By Brad Cunningham
With eight players returning, Head Coi
Bobby Foster and his golfers are look
forward to a good season for USC's me
golf team.
Returning to lead the Gamecocks t
H spring are seniors George MacDonald
Virginia Beach, Va., and David Tolley
Roanoke, Va. Juniors returning inch
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Sepp of Hamilton, Ontario, Webb Hei
zelman of Bethesda, Md., Clay Uselton
Tullahoma, Tenn., Tom Cornforth
Denmark, S.C., and Brian Crisp
Columbia. MacDonald and Tolley are te<
co-captains.
Foster said he believes the returni
players can contribute to the team t
spring. "These eight players have l
capability to play at about the same lev
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is not playing well, he can be replaced
someone who is playing better at that tim<
"There's a friendly competition amc
the players, and that competition tends
bring out the best in everyone. I'd like
have 20 players like these."
WITH THE HELP of Sid Kenyon,
member of USC's strength staff for athlet
Foster has put his players through a n
conditioning program. Foster said th
0 have responded to it enthusiastically.
The program includes three days
Nautilus workouts, six days of running a
seven days of flexibility workouts ea
week. Foster said he believes the n
program will help the team.
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lot in a match against S.C. State on Mon
for the season. They play the College of CI
i USC's men's
We still have an outside chance for the
top 20."
Zoran Petkovic, a junior from
Tuzla, Yugoslavia, replaces Acioly at
the No. 1 position. Petkovic played at
the spot last season, finishing with an
18-8 record in singles and a 5-9 record
in No. 1 doubles with Jose Neto.
Starting as second seed is Trevor
Raal, a senior from Johannesburg,
South Africa. Raal finished with a 16-9
singles mark last season and is a
squad co-captain with Acioly.
Playing at third position is
sophomore Sterling Cooke, who
posted an 18-6 record in singles and a
20-4 doubles record with Raal last
year to earn the team's most valuable
player award.
Richard Ashby, Authur Heller and
Moc Kruger will play at the four, five
and six positions, respectively. Ashby
and Heller are freshmen, and Kruger
is a sophomore. Heller was redshirted
last year because of a hurt wrist.
Doubles teams are Petkovic-Ashby
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"Our players have reacted \
T thusiasm toward the new program,
*C"J have worked very hard on th
in? ditioning," he said. "We could be
n s conditioned team in the country.''
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basic goals for this season. "We ji
am everybody to improve as much as
each day. In addition to that, we'<
keep everybody in good condition,
*?|s them improve on technique as n
, possible and keep up a good, pos
'el.
uiuue.
>{Je "So far, we've made good i
toward these goals. As far as tourn
there are about 20 teams in most of
we'd like to finish in the top five in <
|? of them as we can.
*? "Outstanding individual perfoi
usually have a positive effect on
players," Foster said, citing as an <
a Tolley's second-place finish in t
es' Amateur tournament last fall.
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when one of them accomplishes so
of outstanding, it makes everyone wori
ind because they realize they also h
ich capability to make the sar
ew complishments. There's no jealous;
team."
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|day. The Gamecocks beat Presbyterian _
larleston today at 2 p.m. at Sam Daniel
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at first seed, Raal-Cooke at No. 2 and
Heller-Kruger or Marler Beebee at
the third spot.
According to Smarr, the
Gamecocks will open their season
with a light schedule, playing matches
almost daily to prepare for their
tougher opponents.
"We should have no problem with
opponents in the opening part of the
season, except for Penn State and Old
Dominion," Smarr said. "I'm not
trying to sound overconfident, it's just
that we have much more talented
i
piayers.
After the Old Dominion contest, the
Gamecocks travel to California to
face Cal State-Fullerton, UCLA,
Redlands, New Mexico, Long Beach
State and San Diego.
The Gamecocks have later contests
against Atlantic Coast Conference
schools North Carolina, N.C. State,
Wake Forest, Duke, Clemson and
Maryland. The Gamecocks, 5-0, play
host to College of Charleston at 2 p.m.
today at Sam Daniel Tennis Stadium.
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earned him a spot in The Mast
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mething "That type of exposure is gi
k harder helps us to establish a reputati
iave the country," Foster said.
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at Western Carolina 1:00
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WHEATON 3:00
UNC CHARLOTTE 3:00
UNCWILMINGTON 3:00
UNC WILMINGTON 3:00
at Georgia Tech 2:00
at Stetson 7:30
at Stetson 7:30
at Jacksonville 2:00
at Jacksonville 2:00
MERCER 7:30
MERCER 2:00
NEWBERRY 7:30
TENNESSEE 7:30
OHIO STATE 7:30
OHIO STATE 7:30
OHIO STATE 2:00
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FRANCIS MARION 7:30
at Furman 3:00
WINGATE 7:30
WESTERN CAROLINA 7:30
WESTERN CAROLINA 2:00
Georgia Southern at Allendale, S.C. 7:00
at ONC Wilmington 7:00
DAVIDSON 7:30
MIAMI (HA) 7:30
MIAMI (FLA) 7:30
MIAMI (FLA) 2:00
at Newberry 3:00
THE CITADEL 7:30
BAPTIST 7:30
at Georgia Southern 7:00
at Georgia Southern 2:00
at Winthrop 3:00
PrEIFFER 7:30
at The Citadel 7:30
AUGUSTA COLLEGE 7:30
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7-^n
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 2:00
at Clemson 3:00
at UNC Charlotte 4:00
CLEMSON 7:30
CLEMSON 2:00
FURMAN 7:30
at Miami (Fla) 7:30
at Miami (Fla) 7:30
at Miami (Fla) 6:00
at Mercer 3:00
at Mercer 3:00
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Bobby Foster
"I'm really pleased with the hard work
i players have put forth this year," he
id.
'We've sure made a great deal of
Dgress, and I'm sure we will represent
IC very well."
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