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. Metro Classic si Nine play M0. ******** " ^ ****** A. &>:<& %;<v H Ull * 1 " Ji ^1 *r ' - 6 -v 1 vk|/ <?^^|^jh? i^ii Stiff-armed shot USC sophomore Richard Ashby follows through today at 1:30 p.n. Women's tennis starts spring sli By Kelli Freas USC's women's tennis team enters 1 season with optimism despite a 6-5 fall rec Arlo fclkins said. "Although it doesn't show in the recor said, "we had a pretty good fall season." Elkins said he had to make adjustment! tions since the fall season. "I had to deal with an increasing a among a couple of the girls," he said. "O team is presently made up of five walk-or Senior Johnna Chafin is the top-seeded followed by sophomore Jill Hausler, seni senior Megan Armstrong, Cathy Bootle, \4! f - missy Lawnorn and Lori tagerton. The team has already competed in two ii first was held in Miami, Fla., where t defeated in all nine matches. At the Indi; USC finished 1-2, beating Iowa 7-2 and 1 and Kentucky. "The team is playing better with eve match," Elkins said. "They are working Chafin, unable to participate in the 1 tional because of a leg injury, is expected season, Elkins said. She is hoping to be among the top 16 Na Athletic Association qualifiers honored a: Chafin had a winning record last year o for this season. j "Both Johnna and Jill Hausler have a qualify for the NCAA women tennis fii JElkins said. "Jill has been playing really ' In the Indiana Invitational, Hausler won matches. Last season she finished with a 11 4-3 in singles and 3-4 in doubles this year "The team record is not a very good ir much potential we have," Elkins said. "I to win almost every match we play." The Clemson Invitational, held March eight strong teams competing, Elkins said good time for the girls to show what they arts today ers return to i 7V' Photo by JoMph Garrett on a shot. USC will play Florida Stata University team % w w >. fwU ' ' Ui f owly d itself," Elk ins > and compensa- ftCRs&'d Laura Wilund, nvitationals. The v"' ' - --* rlCTfflMiQfc he women were . ana Invitational, osine to Indiana I ;ry practice and ^ . nional Collegiate Crossing the bar M5-9 ^nd^s^-i Freshman Tracy Fowler practices good chance to I ji*8 f & 1# f* lals this year," | I Qpil ||| well." r,u,?? Bv Andrew Miller I IWU UI I1CI IIII r-3 record, and is When USC became the member of the Metropolitan legiate Athletic Conference thi: idication of how year, head track coach Charlie 5 think we deserve said his coaching philosophy ch* "When we were an independ i 9 11, will have use to want quality in the athlet . "This will be a quantity," Strong said. "Thi? 're made of." because the meets that we went I _ such high qualifying standards. men's tennfc By Laura Dannhardt aj The top three men's tennis teams in the Sout pasi year s ivieiropoiuan collegiate Atnietic sumi Conference and the 7-0 Gamecocks begin recoi play in the 1984 Metro Classic, the first of its A1 kind hosted by USC. top "This is ?> good opening tournament for Geor us," head coach Ron Smarr said. "It is the Smai first true test for our 1984 team; the competi- of T tion in the Metro is fierce." singl USC will face the 6-0 Florida State Seminoles at 1:30 p.m. today. Saturday the Ba Gamecocks meet Memphis State and Sunday junic they challenge Virginia Tech. All USC mat- Spor ches will be held at Sam Daniels Tennis Tc Stadium. The other opposing teams will meet West at Maxcy Gregg Tennis Center. Saturday and Publ Sunday matches begin at 1 p.m. past (< A m.T%/ TrimMW? f -x t t /%i-i * iiiYic, you piay ai nome you nave i-i an advantage," Smarr said. However, the No. courts at USC are similar to those of the past other schools, and the only disadvantage the push visiting teams will face is that "basic travel this ) itself is a little tiring," he said. playt The Gamecocks are returning seven three players from the 1983, 21-8 squad. recor "Basically everybody's played fairly well so far," Smarr said. "It's too early in the Ec season to say who's doing great. We're just year getting into it." comj The 1984 team has seniors Greg Macko from and Zoran Petkovic, and juniors Ricardo Acioly, Sterling Cooke and Stan Pu Tzouvelekas. Sophomores Richard Ashby, tions Marlier Beebe, Edward Filer and Arthur Plani Heller and freshmen Mark Avedikian, Brian fresh Barker and David Tremaine round out the Tren '84 roster. has Smarr said the team is expected to finish in Mar; the top 21-25 in the nation. In four of the past six years, the Gamecocks have finished M in the top 20. limit Acioly, a red-shirted junior from Brasilia, impi Brazil, was a two-time national junior college Tzoi doubles champion and NJCC All-American. squ; Acioly transferred to DSC from Tyler Tzo (Texas) Junior College,but because of a knee injury was forced to sit out part of the past year's season when he could have played No. flu, 1 singles on the USC squad. Teamed with froi Ashby, the Brazilian reached the 1983 are Southern Intercollegiate Doubles Finals. witl W - IKr - 4 \y: Jf Mafsra ?. jrf ^^8^P||g| aHr '^^*. vJjSPflj kAhHKHHHH ** wBnn^kMI Hb|H H* ? ? his hurdling form Wednesday. lach changes "I didn't have room for an athlete eighth that couldn't make those standards so Col- I recruited the people that I thought s past could make the standards. I could only Strong recruit a runner or a field event person inged. that could make those standards. ti : * ? I 1 I1CIC JllM Wrt.Ml I 1 UUI11 1UI iu en ' A develop in our system." es not ? was Strong said since USC became a o had member of the Metro conference, he can now recruit people that can louiucny <-t, i out, uaMictuin II ^ s team ?HBY, FROM Atlanta, Ga., won the hern Men's Closed Singles Title this ner, complementing the past year's 20-6 d at the No. 4 singles position. so from Atlanta, Avedikian, one of the junior players in the South, won the gia AAAA high school singles title, rr said he expects Avedikian and Barker rumbell, Conn, to push for starting es and doubles positions. irker, ranked No. 1 among New England >r men, reached the 1983 National ts Festival finals this summer. p-rated New England junior "be of Hartford, Conn, won the onal ic Parks Singles Championships this summer in San Diego, Calif. )OKE OF Nassau, Bahamas played 3 singles and doubles positions for the year's squad, and Smarr expects him to for a top singles and doubles position /ear. Petkovic, from Tuzla, Yugoslavia, :d the No. 1 singles position for the past years. Petkovic had an 18-8 singles d last year. Iward Filer, who played his freshman at the No. 6 singles position, is out of setition because of a knee injury. Filer is i South Bend, Ind. shing for top singles and doubles posiare Heller and Tremaine. Heller of tation, Fla., had played last year as a man at the No. 5 singles position, and lain, a freshman from Potomac, Md., built a solid reDutation as one of /land's top junior players, Smarr said. acko of Glastonburg, Conn., saw ;ed playing time this past year, but has roved and is expected to return, avelikas is expected to add depth to the ad in both singles and doubles, uvelekas is a junior from Greenville. WE STILL have some guys out with the " Smarr said. Art Heller is recovering m a wrist injury, and Cooke and Petkovic returning to their full strength after bouts h flu. ... Mmi-m m Jilj -' Hi; T~ Photo bv Jciaeh Ctmrnail strategy develop and eventually contribute to the team. STRONG SAID Carolina will be strong in the sprints as has been the case in the oast. "I think we'll be pretty strong from the 800 meters down," he said. "We've got some good people returning. Our school record mile relay team See "Track," page 12