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THE GAMECOCK Sports October 22, 1984 - Page 13 JUi uumuuuui\o 111 By Tracy Mixson I (SOUTH BEND, IND.) USC's llth-ranked undefeated j football team continued to disprove its critics Saturday, "Hold-ing" off traditional power Notre Dame, 36-32. # i Backup quarterback Mike Hold led USC to a 22-point burst* i in the fourth quarter, scoring two touchdowns on a keeper and ? -J7 a j-vyuiu mi dinuiL. The win lifted Carolina's record to 6-0 for the program's ... spggjl :! ;|Q|^ ft Ini Wyio 1 /^jp :H xBy rjrr 1I1I ^ '^^5 ~Mpf itt Here's the handoff USC quarterback Allen Mitchell hands off to running back Kent Hagc Carolina's first ever over the Fiahtina Irish. Gamecocks tie Blue face Davidson Wedr By Kelli Freas This has bccn li -ill <x..t ii<.< ii?. tirm* malrh in fl I till V?Hl Ml IIIV. V.IIU I Wl I IIV. Gamecocks and Blue Devils at the Graveyard defeated by CI yesterday. time, 3-2. Two teams determind to win, tied 1-1 in "Unlike the overtime. players did not i "It was a great college game between two hall, we played highly competitive teams," USC head coach entire game," t Mark Berson said. Gamecocks saic in overtime." iiii-. 1- IKS I goal ol the game came at 11:47 in the second half, when Duke's mid- BKRSON lielder Marlon Robinson out ran senior Tim performances Berra and shot past goalkeeper Warren Benedikt Hrein I ipka. Baltzagar, a Despite the goal scored on Lipka, Berson from Irmo, has said the St. Louis native had a sensational this season, performance. "All he has "He had several valuable saves," Berson which we have said "one penalty save which was unequal to Berson said. " any I've seen in my thirteen years of college now on even te soccer." The Gameco Freshman Doug Allison, settling a net Wednesday to t scramble, scored the tieing point for the Gamecocks. "ALT HOU( some struggle w ALLISON, A native from North Devon, them out as an Eingland, also attempted to settle a different said. "They score of sorts in the final seconds of field." overtime. Carolina def A one-on-one struggle for the ball with '"0... uti. ... _ i . r Duke's Kelly Weadock resulted in swinging i nese last i fists, and both teams clearing their benches. to win," Berso No penalties were given for the disruption. bid Tor the pla "The game was played pretty evenly by clear of losses.' stretches," Berson said. "It all really boiled The Gamecoi down to breaks, chances, and misses." Coast Conf The Blue Devils, who have not been beat when the Gam by USC since 1980, had three missed scoring University this opportunities early in ths game. THE LAST I MIDFIELDER JIM SONEFELD, Demon Decon finishing the game with six shots, had two 3-1. near goals back-to-back in the closing The Gamec< minutes of the first half. ACC opponent "We had one tremendous chance in over- Finishing up time to score," Berson said, "I thought we on l'ie No. 1 IV had it." University. raid' nn host li 3est start ever. Notre Dame, losing its third straight home of game for the first time since 1956, fell to 3-4. "This was a big, big win for us," USC head coach Joe Mor- qi rison said following the game. "Coming here and beating a b? ;eam that has great tradition really means a lot. G ' TAKlNin r-i'nDr.i* uiitru..mu a /-> /ear is exciting ? 1 told the team that I'd never been prouder U Msc m w at tc \ ?9B^9^BH^9^V v^flyf j2^fe^#|?itiss^ "'' <eK^siS^^Pi|^^^MS| v Photo by Jostph Garnett q iod in Saturday's 36-32 victory over Notre Dame. The win was 3 Devils, : I i } ^ *%*% M a ie5Udy the Gamccocks sccond over- . he past two weeks. USC was emson last Sunday in over'c - ), Clemson game where the perform well until the second 100-percent throughout the ' he seven-year coach for the # , / l."We were especially strong ,, ? 5 ' ~ "i, * WE credit for outstanding to defenders Tim Berra, ,;jMP sson, and Marty Bait/agar. jpr^ 6-3, 202-pound freshman mmjIM seen action in 11 of 16 games h . ^ ;V_ 'wmj1 ? needed is a little seasoning, c"-^s beat Carolina in overtime H? x*ks have only beaten one in their seven year history. their season, USC will take lidwesi powerhouse St. Louis Concentrated kick USC midfielder Keith Leeper dribbles rish 36-32 a group of individuals. "We got down, we hurt ourselves at times, but we never lit, and we made the plays we needed to to win the illgame." USC edged closer to cracking the top-10, another first for amecock history. Losses by fourth-ranked Boston College 1-20 to West Virginia) and number six Southern Methodist niversity (29-20 to Houston) should help Carolina's ranking. The Gamecocks got on the scoreboard first Saturday, mething Morrison said USC couldn't do last season when e Fighting Irish thrashed Carolina, 30-6. MIDWAY THROUGH the first neriod USC recovered a imbled punt at Notre Dame's 31 yard line, and five plays ter quarterback Allen Mitchell scored on a one-yard keeper. Not to be outdone, the Irish dominated the second quarter, Jtscoring the Gamecocks 17-7. ND opened the period by takg the ball downfield for the touchdown, a four-yard dash by e-season Heisman troph y candidate Allen Pinkett. Two drives later the Irish scored again, following an inrception by cornerback Troy Wilson. Quarterback Steve suerlein conected with tight end Mark Bavaro in the end >ne to put Notre Dame up, 14-7. But USC wasn't finished, and on the next possession the amecocks put together a nine-play, 73-yard drive to even the ore at 14. WITH SECONDS left in the half, the Irish scored once ore on a 48-yard kick by John Carney, who earlier missed a )-yard attempt, his first miscue of the season. The half ended ith Notre Dame on top, 17-14. Down by three, Morrison said a key to turning the game ound was the defense's enthusiasm, which has carried USC > victory most of the season. "Coach (Tom) Gadd, (USC's defensive coordinator), did ost of the talking in the locker room at halftime," he said. We didn't really change anything in the second half. We just layed up to our potential." The second half opened with rain, a quick Notre Dame ore and two Gamecock turnovers. A THIRD Carolina turnover, this time a fumble by running ack Quinton Lewis, led to an old fashioned flea-flicker from inkett to Beuerlein alone in the endzone. The two-point con ersion iauea, out iNoire uame leci alter tnree quarters, 26-14. Down by 12, USC staged its comeback in the fourth [uarter, scoring on Hold's one-yard keeper and again on his >3-yard dash to the endzone. Sea "Gamecocks/' page 14 Wgj&M Photo by Roy Ounhof the ball upfield during the Gamecocks' 1-1 tie with Duke yesterday.