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By Tracy Mixton
Greater enthusiasm and a beefed-up defense gave USC's
football team a 21-0 victory over Duke University Saturday at
Williams-Brice Stadium.
After the narrow 31-24 victory over The Citadel Sept. 8,
USC head coach Joe Morrison said team enthusiasm against
the Blue Devils would be necessary to win.
"We were much more emotional this evening and more en
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tremendous amount of enthusiasm."
CAROLINA LINEBACKER Carl Hill agreed that team excitement
was a must for the game, and said the Gamecocks
were inspired to improve after their season opener.
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Winning any soccer tournament is a thrill, but when you
said USC soccer coach Mark Berson, but have to expect
winning your own is great. It was the I
And that's exactly what the Gamecocks had trailed all
did yesterday, as they defeated Old Domi- team showed i
nion University 2-1 to win the 4th Annual "We didn't
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"It's just a great feeling for us," Berson "I'm real ]
said. "I know the players are thrilled, and so fought back,
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hard for this." a Keith Leep
It was the second time Carolina has won thorsson assis
their own tournament. They also won the game.
first one in 1981. Leeper, the
To win the tournament a team would tournament,
either have to win both games, or if two place at the'ri
teams have identical records, the team with "The ball
the higher goal difererence would win. kept it alive" 1
The Gamecocks put themselves in a posi- right in front
tion to win the tournament by beating the The second
University of Tennessee 6-0 Saturday, behind came after a n
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Also on Saturday, the University of North do again was
Carolina at Charlotte beat Old Dominion in "I was jn {
a sudden death shoot-out 9-8. National Col- for both goal:
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score be reported as a 0-0, but for tourna- Qf the trouble
ment purposes the win went to UNCC. "They sagg
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Morrison commended USC's defense, which forced four
Duke turnovers and seven sacks.
"It's always good to win the football game, but tonight I'm
especially proud of our defense," he said. "Anytime you shut
out a team, you have to have people hustling and going to the
football.
"I'M PROUD of (USC defensive coordinator) Tom Gadd,
his staff and of course our defensive players."
While the coach praised the defense, he said he was still
uncertain about the team's offensive unit.
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'It was an unfortunate thing,
have a let down like that you
a goal."
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"We came a long way defensively since (The Citadel) game,
but offensively, I'm not sure," Morrison said. "Offensively
we need to eliminate our mistakes and eet a lot crisner anH
sharper with the schedule we have coming up."
USC faces high-rated Georgia this Saturday, then Kansas
State, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame the. following weekends.
NEITHER CAROLINA nor Duke could produce a successful
drive until midway through the second quarter, when
USC recovered a Blue Devil fumble and proceeded to score.
Allen Mitchell, who completed eight of 11 for 87 yards, ran
right on the quarterback keeper for two yards and the
touchdown.
"The defender was outside, and I was able to turn it in, get
up field and into the end zone," he said of the play.
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thanks to another Duke fumble.
LINEBACKER JAMES Seawright, who recovered the
miscue, said Carolina's defense shifted to a different
linebacker alignment that confused Duke and eventually led to
the fumble.
Running back Raynard Brown swept right on the ensuing
play for 17 yards and the score.
Scott Hagler's extra point was good, and USC led at the
half, 14-0.
THE THIRD quarter began with USC's defense continuing
to flex its muscles.
Threatening to score, Duke's first possession ended when
Gamecock defensive back Bryant Gilliard intercepted Drew
Walston's pass on Carolina's 18-yard line.
The quarter ended with unsuccessful scoring efforts from
both teams, but USC's first possession of the fourth quarter
produced the game's final score.
RUNNING BACK Quinton Lewis rushed twice for 33
yards, and Mitchell connected a 31-yard pass to wide receiver
Eric Poole for the touchdown.
Linebacker Paul Vogel credited motivation and difficult
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"We had two weeks of hard practice with high intensity and
a lot of team spirit," he said. "We tried to hustle with 104
percent."
FITZGERALD DAVIS, who had six tackles including three
sacks for minus 19 yards, said "geting excited is part of the
game.
"If you're not excited, you'll be about a second off the
play," he said. "We had a mental edge this game. We had to
be more intense and a lot sharper. Our timing was off (against
The Citadel), but now we have it back."
USC's shutout over the Blue Devils was Carolina's first
since 1980 when the Gamecocks beat Wichita State 73-0.
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