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Swim teai By Tracy Mixson USC has claimed its first and se( Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Confer championships > Both the men's and women's swim t( clinched the 1984 Metro Swimming and ing titles Saturday night in the Can Natatorium. The men outscored runner-up Flc State University 574-424 over the four event, while Cincinnati finished third 311 points. THE LADY Gamecocks earned I crown by downing the Lady Semin 615-532. Cincinnati's women also plj third, finishing with 359 points. "Obviously, I'm very happy with our formance," USC head coach Steve Col said after the meet's final day. "To win Metro Conference is a great honor for u "We're very proud to be the first (U team to win a Metro championship." The Metro meet was held concurrei with the men's and women's National aepenaeni v^nampionsnips, wnicn were d won by Southern Illinois University. USC'S WOMEN placed second in the dependent championship, while the n finished behind SIU and Miami of Floric Metro honors also went to Carol coaches and divers. Collins was named Metro Coach of Year, while Mike Finneran was elected C ing Coach of the Year by the confere coaches. USC junior Rob Gentry and sophom Becky Benson were named Metro Divers the Year for their performances during 1 qft^-1 qra CAQCrtn ml ^ v w> a ^ v?nr ovuoi/il* Spring has Home runs lift ( past Methodist, By Johnny Boggs Oll/mmV hnnoflll ^rnnr \yf ? y-l * * mm upiv nupviui vjivg iTiuiuai ui 1111 1 w USC's baseball team to a 9-2 win ovei yesterday at Sarge Frye Field. Morhardt, one of 44 finalists for the ^ U.S. Olympic team, hit solo shots in the ings as the Gamecocks opened its home ! The junior first baseman from Winstei run-scoring single in five plate appearanc "MORHARDT IS an outstanding coll of the finest players in the game," US Raines said. "He's one of the final 44 for the Oly SDeaks well of him." Junior right-hander Larry Price picl Carolina, ranked 19th in Collegiate Base The Cherry Hill, N.J., native pitched ( ing six hits and striking out three. "LARRY PRICE needed a game lik< "He has been erratic in the past, but he | He only walked two batters and I was g Junior Glenn Jenkins came in in the se the game. The junior-college transfer ret ters. allowing onlv a ninth-inninty sinolp V/ v O "- O*" "We would like Glenn to start a coupl< with the injuries on our pitching staff, w< Coker can give us the most help out of said. "Glenn just likes to pitch. He's the tyj can throw two of four days if we need 1 JENKINS SAID he was pleased with 1 as a Gamecock. "I thought I did surprisingly well for i St. Petersburg, Fla., native said. "I tried with a six-run lead and wasn't looking f Methodist jumped out to a 1-0 lead * homered over the right-field fence in the Carolina, however, battled back in th frame. RIGHT VIELDER Jim St. Laurent str third when Monarch catcher Dennis For and threw it into right. After Kent Anderson walked, Morhai Laurent. Anderson scored when Chris Be play. . Neil Fox's two-run homer in the secon< After Methodist scored an unearned rui the Gamecocks scored four runs in the fi Sf ms claim US' rida -day Per_ r r> K SU Hins .v,-;. . nly In- - ' )v 0th ina ^ ^ ' " Rocninn Inr nir uuopniy u i ail l.he An unidentified swimmer competes in this pas )lv" won both the men's and the women's conferei nee TWO FLORIDA State students, Davi ore DeGruchy and Sara Linke, were name i of Swimmers of the Year. the Collins gave credit to his coaching staff f< USC's success this season. > arrived; US( Carolina EH 9-2 HH - . 1 * - . ? * MfcJ W\l\h and is one IBS C head coach June |?' -- _ mpic team, and that <ed up the win for ' > -; ball's preseason poll. > 2/3 innings, scatteri this," Raines said. ^jt?5?B8mt v'%jLl Ditched a good game. lad to see that." v:;iJ*?fe3agy j of games for us, but D e think he and Robby * ? the bullpen," Raines USC second baseman Pete second in yesterday's 9-2 wii De of competitor who at Georgia Tech today. lim." MORHARDT HOMEI his first performance double. Scott Mackie wa with a run-scoring single, my first outing," the That chased starting an to keep the ball down Steve Rangel. or any strikeouts." But Rangel walked his 1 strike to score Mackie. T when Michael Currie mound, and St. Laurent i ; first inning. choice before Anderson fl _ I i r _ r aU _ c nullum nan ui ine Morhardt's eighth-inni scoring. uck out, but reached SOPHOMORE RIGHT bes dropped the ball niound for the Game Georgia Tech. Coker and Jenkins will dt singled home St. USC returns home We >yle hit into a double METHODIST \ inning made it 4-1. USC n in the third inning, METHODIST: Bowden (I, 01), Rant fth. USC: Price (W, 10), Jenkins (7) and >orfS C's first Metro Villa, v, 1#'% w?rk< , . . *.: #Ot ^a-fPPpfpmjjfe great \ * ^SSWiJlS^ believ \ ''* $? it's al ^^||l . ' ; fiTh. |sS1B3? '"', * * " .>.*, Dlace WBgt.' : c ^~HFB ' 'w ' BeHw r PJ-' >v Photo by Joseph Garnett ^ fjomf t weekend's Metro conference swim meet. USC 400 ice competition. yg| id "I think we have the best coaching staff in contri :d the country," he said. "A big reason why I 200-y won the award was my staff, and all of their relays ar hard work. Ocl "In addition to Mike Finneran, a lot of I miens hasehal By Tracy Mixson CHARLESTON ? - when he returned hon g; Cook picked up the with an 8-1 victory ov< . to 15 mph at Baptist < t A native of Charle: out the Buccanneers strikeouts, while givin rnw season turns out ^ Photo by Chip Lowell "The pitching Staff Fisher stretches for a force out at have three pitchers th II ni/fir MnthnHict Pnllonn IICP arm " .. ?. W. .*>w?iawuitf I UUIIO^O. uuu piayo Senior pitcher Bo T< and Rex Perozo, are o IED, and Boyle followed with a ... ___ _ . /r. Iked, and John Sullivan followed ?,?P ^ home crowd, he said. d losing pitcher Henry Bowden for flfth innin8- My showed. irst two batters without throwing a Cook retired nine ba hat brought Frank Sessoms to the wa!ks,a,n1d ? cI(?uble in drove home Sullivan on a fielder's . ^ fielder s choice to ew out to center to end the inning, "nning^and the game f< ng snot rounded out Carolina's ^eve ^oiey tor three in the ninth to finish the Baptist College sent -HANDER Casey Reed will start on only to be shelled by C cocks today, when USC travels to 11 hits. be in relief. BUCCANEER STAI dnesday to meet Armstrono Stat* 0 nig umy ij i/ j innings ? two of them earned. 101 000 000 -273 Senior Jim St. Laui 220 040 01x - 9 10 2 three-for-four with two iel (5), Sessoms (5) and Forbes. Second baseman Pete F Boyle. in the third inning. titles should go to (assistant coach) Jim who did a great job for us all year." LLA SAID the Gamecocks' success with hard work and long hours. fp kent the nressnrp nn all season anri ~ it - ?' r* " ? ;d harder than ever before," he said. ?is the best we've ever done, and we had cooperation from our kids. They ed in the program we set up, and now 1 paying off." z USC squads combined to take 22 of 38 )lace medals in the conference competiwhile adding 12 second- and 11 thirdfinishes. C placed third or better in Metro com3n in all but one event, the men's 'ard freestyle. Sophomores Mel ood and Steve Havward and freshman Brink finished sixth, eighth and ninth, :tively. SAN HAGBERG won three Metro s, taking the women's 100- and ard backstroke, and the 200-yard yle. She also helped USC win the ard freestyle and 400-yard medley i, and placed second in the 200-yard injal medley. )homore Anne Zavertnik placed first in vents, the women's 100- and 200-yard rfly. She also placed second in the ard freestyle, and helped the Lady :cocks take first in the 200- and ard medley relay. C's Kathy O'Donnell and Leslie Ochs ibuted to three relay victories in the ard freestyle and 400-yard medley bis also swam in the 200-yard medley See "Swimming," page 11 I season lore wins hometown Mike Cook got a windy reception le Saturday afternoon. win as USC opened its baseball season ;r Bantist Onlleoe whilp farino winric un College Field. ton, the sophomore right-hander shut in five innings. He recorded seven g up only three hits and two walks. ;t freshman to win more than five games 8-3 record in 1983. As an occasional tter, he batted .307 with one home run. .ndrews High School, Cook had a 30-8 in four years of American Legion ball. ' our pitching staff," USC head coach e expect him to have about three starts g break." il power Miami of Florida, along with ms during the March 9-17 break. >ects USC's 1984 squad to be successful juries to several pitching teammates. : great, and I think defensively we're ifter Saturday's game. "But I think the ;oing to have a lot to do with how the has had a lot of problems so far. We at are injured, and I even have a sore jylor, along with juniors Brett Garland >ut for an indefinite period. urday), especially pitching before the "But I think I was getting tired during arm was feeling sore, and I think it itters in a row before surrendering two the bottom of the fifth. third baseman John Sullivan ended the ?r Cook. He was relieved by freshman ,?wnKa. ocuiui Koooy L.oKcr came on in game. five pitchers to the mound Saturday, ramecock batsmen, who connected for ITER Del Hardee took the loss, throwmH nllrtiuinn civ U!?? 1 -I? ..... w..vi>in5 jia 11113 ami six runs, only ent led Carolina at the plate, going runs batted in and another run scored, isher went two-for-three, scoring a run