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i di nceib siugj uiiiiieuii 'Execution' mi By Jeff Hartsell USC head football coach Joe Morrison's new-look Gamecocks ran into a virtual stone wall in the University of" North Carolina's defense at Williams-Brice Stadium Saturday night. The Tar Heels combined a steady offense with a stingy defense to wear USC down 24-8 before a sell-out crowd of 74,200. WzJRHRrr \ w^?HMmmMMSm v 1 ^ r ?!5h ?^W&^ ^JMBBBKy ^1III|M r USC quarterback Bill Bradshaw Prepares to pitch the ball to runningback Kent Hagood as he is pursu 24-8 by the eighth-ranked Tar Heels Saturday. Soccer team suffers firs By Haywood Taylor could start the fol!o\ USC's soccer team suffered its first Western Carolina ; loss of the season Sunday night, a 1-0 unable to plav. Coacl (li'cision to Old tlnmininn nullum ilk ino twr* onall'fpnp - ~ ? ? ? ? I CT ' 11 ID 1 " W t,v?.nvvrv I record for the season at 1-1. advantage. Old Dominion scored the winning "We are very fort goal on Goran Elvossan's shot after a such outstanding co scramble in front of the goal. both are playing wel Despite the loss, head coach Mark Freshmen Aaron Berson said he feels the team is Niles and Bill Hencj improving. Old Dominion gam "Most of our mistakes are due to in- Danny Ratcliff al; experience, and we'll just have to con- siderable playing tir centrate and improve week by week Roger Norman had ^ and game by game. Our goal as a team for his freshman tea ill is to imDrove with each eame." "It was touch for I The Gamecocks, who already have playing their first av suffered injuries to starters Dan Gog- did a good job." gins and Tom Norton, continued to be Naturally there plagued by injuries. Goalie Warren justments to make Lipka separated a shoulder in the Old handled the role of Dominion contest and will be sidelined Berson is a bit co for one or two games. Lipka will be team's offensive pn replaced by junior Glen Thompson. but says it is nori Thompson, who started against defense to progres Lander, will start the Baptist game and offense. Former Gamecock AllBy Ray Mclndoe After playing four years of varsity baseball at USC, Paul Hollins found himself as the starting left fielder for the Columbia Mets this season. I The Columbia squad is the Class A affiliate of the New York Mets in the South Atlantic League. The team won both halves of the season in the Southern Division with an 88-54 The mets lost in the league championship playoffs to the Northern Division Champion Gastonia (N.C.) Expos three games to two. The final game of the series played Monday, was a 5-4 come from behind with the Expos winning in 1 1 innings. While at USC I lollins, was an All-America selection and the 1981 Most Valuable Player during his senior year, when USC finished fourth in the nation. He was selected to The Bulletin All-American Team and was a three-year Academic AllAmerican. HOLLINS PRAISED USC, saying it had one of the better schedules in the country, fine baseball facilities and an excellent coaching staff. "1 think it improved my skills greatly playing under some very good coaching from coach (June) Raines. It was exciting to play baseball at USC, and Columbia is a great town to play SporfS~ icks ssing in USC's n Despite the loss, Morrison was not discouraged. "I THINK it's a great starting point," he said. "Hey, yo hate to lose, but I am pleased with their effort an enthusiasm." The Gamecocks had trouble running their new veer offen: against UNC's defense, rated No. 2 in the nation in 1982. USC's lone touchdown came on a fourth-quarter pass Iroi quarterback Bill Bradshaw to running back Thomas Dendy A<^pr ^ V HHF ,.:- ^EKI^I^Hfrti ' > d# .I"--' "' '-' Photo by Chip Lowe ed by UNC linebacker David Boggs. The Gamecocks were defeated t loss to Old Dominion ving game against The Gamecocks have allowed on! ihould Lipka be one goal in two games this season. Be li Berson said hav- son said he was particularly please rs is a distinct with the defensive play of Tim Berr; Brian Murphy, Mike Kell, Tom Run unate to have two ble, Bill Hency and Roger Norman i liege type goalies, . the Old Dominion game. 1." Next on the agenda for Carolina Blakeney, Ben Baptist College, and Berson said he / all started in the expecting a tough game. e, and midfielder "Baptist is always competitive ar so received con very well coached," he said, ne. Team captain Berson does not think the loss to O nothing but praise Dominion will have an adverse effe mmates. on the team. them to adjust to "We did not win, and that's a disa vay game but they pointment in itself. But we won't dw< on this game; we'll look ahead to Ba are a lot of ad- tist. In spite of losing the game 1 have but the players very positive altitude toward the rt adversity well." of the season, and 1 think the team w ncerned about the continue to improve. oduction thus far, Carolina faces Baptist today at mal for a team's p.m. at the Graveyard; admission s faster than the free and no student identification required. American leads Met Paul Hollins Former USC player now starting for Columbia Mets. in. The fans are terrific, and we seem to have the same supp carry over here with the Mets." In 130 games, the South Atlantic All-Star left fielder v among the league leaders with 138 hits, 21 home runs, 97 n batted in and a .302 batting average during the regular seas< As for his season with the Mets, Hollins said he is eont ew veer offense Morrison said the Tar Heels "were mixing their defense i w<?ll 'Cnmptimpt I lii>v \\:r>rf tnLino nitrli I I dill iiv, .1 sometimes they were going after our quarterback, so we could get the pitch off. "THKV WKRK flowing their linebackers pretty quick. 1 i don't know how long we were holding our blocks on the offensive line. That was the key." Bradshaw completed 10 of 16 passes lot 68 yards on the night, but was intercepted twice. "We needed more drives early in the game to keep our defense off the field," Bradshaw said. "We felt like we could run our basic offense, but we didn't execute well enough." Offensive tackle Rusty Russell placed some of the credit for USC's offensive problems with UNC's defensive quickness. "WE WKRK not overmatched physically, but they had great quickness," Russell said. "(Defensive tackle) William Fuller is the quickest I've played against." Fuller said stopping USC's veer early in the game was a key for the Tar Heels. "When we came out and stopped them on their first set of r>lo\/c if chnt tr\ t ivmiI lininci t hi>ir voor from the beginning, it fired us up and slowed them down because that's all we heard about all summer ? USC's new offense," Fuller said." However, USC players and coaches said tlies belie\e the veer can work, and pointed to the Gamecocks' fourth-quarter touchdown as proof. "\VF. BKI.II A K this offense can work," Russell said. "We went out with an air of confidence." Sophomore running backs Kent Hagood and Thoma.-, Dendy said what USC needs to do against the University of Miami (Ohio) Saturday is execute better. Dendy, who gained 77 yards on 1 1 carries, said, "We need I to make better blocks and better reads at the line of scrimmage. We'll have to keep our heads up and pick out the , positive things of the game." Hagood, who rushed seven times for 46 yards, said, "We need better execution on offense and better quarterback protection. So, we're going to have to let this game be a learning experience." 1 ^MMMMunt *?- ^iMMBr' ;.. *<&$# < >- Jgg gpy^g ?$83r^& ... Photo by Andy Lavalley 4 The race is on is Senior defender Tom Rumble drives past Lander College's Jay is Eaddy in a Sept. 1 match. The Gamecocks lost their first match of the season to ODU 1-0 Sunday night. s to division title with tlie way things have gone this year. "I am happy to show a little home run power. That is what 1 have to do since I am not a very strong fielder." MKTS MANACKK John T amargo said of Hollins, "there is no doubt he carried the team for the first half of the season. He sould try to improve on his fielding foi next year. How hard he works will determine how far he \sill go in baseball." With the year Hollins had with the Mets, he hopes to get a shot in the New York training camp next spring. At 23, Hollins said he cannot play class A ball after this season. "1 either have to produce or fail at a higher level," he said. "Either 1 move up in baseball, or no one's going to play me anywhere." "Hollins has been the main power source foi the team this year," Mets general manager Bill Black well said. "He is a quiet individual, but lets his bat do the talking lor him on the field." >rt HOLLINS SAII) he was happy to receive his degree in finance at USC in four years. During the off-season, he works as as a licensed stockbroker for Thomson Mckinnon near his ns home m Buffalo, N.Y. n. "He may be the only Class A ball player that reads the W all nt Street Journal," Black well said.