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USC men's Bring a friend. Donate Blood together. MMMHBWH IIIHIliWHWIili HE WAS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE THE MINUTE HE WAS BORN. He was born too small, too soon. Premature birth is the leading cause of newborn illness and death in the U.S. Some 250,000 babies are born prematurely each year. The March of Dimes is working to prevent prematurity and other health threats to babies before and after birth. The March of Dimes J(1VC> V UU Vflll liefp. * Support i (TT) March of Dimes j ' MNBRiUIh Of IK IS lOUNOAllONHMBi ; tennis team i From Staff Reports USC's men's tennis team raised its record to 5-0 Wednesday, sweeping Presbyterian n College 9-0 at Clinton. USC top seed Ricardo Acioly defeated Bill RpcKr A.O ^ "VJIJ Ui,, I-J, OIIU 3CV.UI1U 9CCU IX1 CI I it 1 U Ashby downed Thad Reichert 6-3, 6-4. No. 3 seed Sterling Cooke beat Phillipe Spokolozy 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, and fourth seed Brian Barker defeated Brett Downy 6-0, 6-1. The Blue Hose's Robby Nickerson fell to ! Carolina's Mark Avedikian 6-3, 6-0, and the I Gamecocks' David Tremaine beat Todd Grovenstein 6-2, 6-2. In doubles competition, Acioly and Ashby ! paired to beat Besly and Reichert 6-2, 6-2; Avedikian and Zoran Petkovic defeated Grovenstein and Dicker son 6-2, 6-1, and Cooke and Barker beat Downey and Brett Lewis 6-1, 6-2. The Gamecocks will take on Francis IU; *U : " V* ^ IWr <,( h vc x 3If 1 Am - . ^ B * * i v* . vi / v PS., i ' ^ c- v c ^ v. \ I r %: 1 i V , VT C?\ v ?vm I s ; kV TK... \ *. 4 l i v \ ^ \ v~ , M, x {-H V vr % ! \ i i i v*- - x v * / x * i "v*.< * \ ? fc i v v t V* s v "v *s k- ^ V * A: L ' s ^ * v . W V W k ^ f \ < * % -v v *- v N , 4 s I v V"' N ~ V . - : V? V w S <. S y V if: X A- " ; ?*- * # ,. \ , \ ! \ V% it ^ i V' * ^ ^ \ ^ 4 . \ > jjk ' *< V i'it'll WRGumr* < I* V? JK' (Jiir Ufjy w# sweeps Blue sports briefs Marion College Monday at 2 p.m. at Sam Daniel Tennis Stadium. USC BASKETBALL forward Jimmy Foster leads the Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference individual statistics in games up to Feb. 11. Foster leads the league in scoring, averaging 21.4 points per game and in field-goal percentage with a .657 shooting percentage in eight Metro games. The 6-8 senior is also tied for first in rebounding with Louisville's Charles Jones, pulling down 10.6 rebounds per game. USC center Brad Jergenson ranks sixth in that category, averaging seven rebounds per contest. "V" imZri ^ ^ ?- * x VL / T LJ j V V t * V >\ ^ 2 - '*? L VI. ' c-' -A N V V;<r / - a k; vtPV-\c v. tri-X-iW >/ ,cy '-C k v; > 4^ Cti K?> l \ vK Y: vcx v t klfflff" Hose 9-0 USC'S ATSILETIC department will par impaic in a nationwide teleconference on strength and conditioning for athletes Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The teleconference will originate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with USC strength and conditioning coordinator Keith Kephart speaking as the local discussion leader. The one-day conference will focus on testing procedures, evaluating test data, setting individual goals and developing and implementing a strength program. uiscussion will cover the specific needs of athletes in many sports, including track, football, basketball, swimming, wrestling, gymnastics and baseball. The use of a computerized athletic performance index will also be demonstrated. A rate of $10 is being offered to USC students. For more information regarding registration, call Braden Kuhlman of Telecommunications Instruction at 777-7210. J *mm raSflfli^ ^p