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Socceiteam 1 Brian Murphy m'? USC junior defender beats a South Florida player to the ball during Saturday's game. The Gamecocks lost 3-1. Bulldog quarterbacks 'sere 'Versatile' G By Kevin Sullivan rushing an ATHENS, Ga. ? A "versatile" Universi- Georgia, ty of Georgia attack and a lack of defensive containment by USC's football team Lastinger stonewalled a possible upset of the 11th- third quarte ranked Bulldogs Saturday, USC head coach Williams hs Joe Morrison said. quart The Bulldogs defeated USC 31-13 "bet- things ha ween the hedges" at Sanford Stadium before Lastinger," a sellout crowd of 82,122. b?x him UP room to rur "1 was very pleased with their (USC) play in the first half, but we didn't get the job ir WAS done containing their quarterback inthefiist Bulldocs in half or second half," Morrison said. j ^ Qan "Georgia is a good ball club and they just "jn (jie , wore us down there in the second half." Georgia foe Vince Dool use LINEBACKER J.D. Fuller said, pressure or "We could play with them up front, but in light you. 1 the second half they got it through." cond half Georgia continually found the first downs Lastinger a in tight situations to maintain possession of have never the ball. like 1 was < "On those third and shorts (yardage for With 1< first down), we knew what they were going to quarter, G do, but 1 was surprised to see their quarter- 47-yard' p backs scramble that well," Fuller said. Butler boc Georgia Quarterbacks Todd Williams and John Lancaster combined for 116 yards rushing, many of those yards coming on On Cai crucial third downs. chell drov behind a A AFTER GEORGIA received the opening but a Flee kickoff, starting quarterback Williams led blocked t the Bulldogs to the USC 27-yard line with blocked fi short-nass nlavs and a solid ground game. A field goal attempt by placekicker Kevin (JSC W Butler was wide to the left. by McClu USC quarterback Allen Mitchell, starting with only in his first game, then led the Gamecocks in- Within to Georgia territory with an 11-yard pass to the five-y; Eric Poole. Three plays later, Mitchell hit wood's pt Chris Wade for a 32-yard reception. half, 10-1 Georgia All-American Terry Hoage and "I thoug defensive guard Kenneth Sims grabbed Mit- said."We chell in the backfield for a loss of 11 yards our mind: and USC settled for a 38-yard field goal by Mitchel Mark Fleetwood. pleting e Georgia then marched to the USC 41-yard intercepts line, gaining all yardage on the ground. On a third-and-two situation, Bulldog tailback IIS TH David McCluskey broke through the middle points, \ for a touchdown run. endzone. "We h "I FF.I.T that we failed to stop the short but the i passing game," USC defensive coordinator responde< Tom Gadd said. "You just can't keep getting Dooley si in third-and-short yardage situations. Possession passes and underneath passing tarly 11 routes have been our problem all year." Georgia t Morrison said "physically we stacked up 1-V, an< well early, but I don't think that was the case arence later on." was B?od The Carolina defense gave up 344 yards With 9 F s U no 4U m* ?1 LI III U II By Haywood Taylor USC's soccer team took third place in the Carolina Invitational, losing to South Florida 3-1 on Saturday and battling George Washington to a scoreless tie yesterday. The two losses dropped the Gamecocks' record to 4-3-1. In Saturday's match, South Florida opened the scoring early, as Kelvin Jones put a loose ball into the upper right corner of the net approximately three-and-a-half minutes into the match. The Bulls then extended their lead when Nigel Armorer-Clark scored from the left side to put the Bulls ahead 2-0 with 23:51 remaining in the first half. CAROLINA BATTLED back, however, and cut the lead in hnlf whnn Tnnv \zfrf nil crorprl frmn an Aarnn Rlnkpnpv niQt with 21:29 remaining in the game. That was as close as the Gamecocks would come, however, as tournament most valuable player Roy Wergerle scored the final goal for South Florida to provide the final margin of 3-1. The Gamecocks came back yesterday, playing George Washington to a scoreless tie. In that game, both teams played physical soccer as two red cards were issued, one to George Washington defender Chris Falk and the other to McCall. Several scuffles also broke out during the contest. USC head coach Mark Berson said he thought part of the reason the game was so physical was the fatigue factor. "BOTH TEAMS were tired and made some fouls that nor mally wouldn't occur," Berson said. Although the Gamecocks remained winless throughout the tournament, Berson said he is proud of his team's effort, especially defensively. imbie well' eorgia attack dow second half we resembled a true ' Mball team," Georgia head coach n'' i us all day, and they will really |k|| however, we came back in the se- WIR^f tB|L under the direction of John ? xvs ' N> nd we were able to come back. I ^s"v' ' 1 . ' < been prouder of one individual )f John." W >> xJ;' >*V * ? #, ***** "xV A 1 *> romoinino ill t hf CCCrtnH T? I IVIIUIIIIIW^ >*? V..W ? . ... . eorgia began a drive following a " * - - ** ' unt by USC's Chris Norman. >ted a 32-yard field goal to put x' v? -a . "s^ ,. i p 10-3 with 9:34 remaining in the ? 1 -*r v.- ^ '*>* >4. v ..i" - Vl olina's ensuing possession, Mit- j^?^|^u>iiri,.j)i,r rup H .1 j e USC to the Georgia 17-yard line ^ , \\-yard pass to receiver Ira Hillary, ; >.. !*C- ji Jtwood field goal of 34 yards was >y Hoage. It was Hoage's third ' : eld goal attempt of the season. * " LI. >? aDie to capitalize on a iuiuuic ? -v. ? .*,* skey 011 the Carolina 48-yard line 3:45 remaining in the half. five plays, Mitchell took it in from ard line and combined with Fleet)int-after, the game was tied at the 0. Iv we played pretty well," Mitchell can throw the ball, the question in s is if we can control it." Oops! 1 threw for 151 yards passing, com- USC running back Quinton L( ight of 21 attempts with one Jerry Hoage (14) during secor on. E second half, Georgia scored 21 Mitchell was intercepte vhile keeping USC out of the linebacker Tommy Thurso 17-yard line, Bulldog Mc( ad several good individual efforts, and defensive back Hinton important thing was the way we on the ball in the USC J as a team in the second half," touchback. lid. \ the second half, Lastinger brought .. DROVE to the G 0 the USC two-yard line, where on '',ne ^as' as f case in 1 goal, he passed lo tight end Gamecocks were forced t< Kay for six points. The conversion wood field g?al- The qui by Butler. Georgia leading 17-13. :49 remaining in the third quarter, In the fourth quarter, G< i tournament "I'm proud of our determination. I think we played as hard as we could. I think (USC goalkeeper) Warren Lipka was outstanding." Our defense as a whole played well also, and this is shown by the amount of people we placed on (lie all tournament team." Defenders Tim B?rra and Brian Murphy, McCall and midfielder Roger Norman represented USC on the all-tournament team picked by the coaches of the various participating schools. SOUTH FLORIDA won the event with victories over USC and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (8-0). George Washington took second, finishing 1-0-1 by virtue of a 2-1 win over UNC-C Saturday and yesterday's tie. Carolina was third, and UNC-C was fourth. This was the third year the Carolina Invitational has been in existence, and Berson said he is pleased with the response this vear. "I think the tournament went very well this year," Berson said. "The people who came out to the tournament saw four exciting games and I am very appreciative of the athletic department for giving us this opportunity." The Gamecocks, who have already played ranked teams such as Alabama A&M and Old Dominion, must face another tough opponent in Erskine. "Erskine is a very tremendous team," Berson said. "They are ranked fifth in the nation among NAIA (National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics) schools." Carolina plays Erskine Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Due West. rns IISC 31-13 ^ ^S jM?|g3li?8jflBPjBfl^ws|p?^HBBB|^BffiB^^ iBjjKv ib>- ' .;'- xvvo^v. -v^ ."> xV- -V V, . ^ *?** 11 Pholo by Chip Lowell wis fumbles as he is hit by Georgia defenders Tony Flack (8) and d quarter action. USC recovered the fumble. 1 by Georgia ed USC by scoring touchdowns by Keith 1. On the USC Montgomery and Lastinger. Butler's F'ATs luskey fumbled made the final score 31-13. Tayloe pounced end/one for a The Gamecocks play at home Saturday for the first time in three weeks. USC compiled a 1-1 mark away, with a 2-2 record overall, orcia nine-vard Southern California, which lost to Kansas he first half, the Saturday night 26-20, will be USC's next accept a Fleet- opponent. iter ended with ,,, . , , , We 11 just have to work on those big third-down plays," Fuller said. "We've got orgia outdistanc- 10 prepare for their offensive attack."