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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
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The win lifted Carolina's record to 6-0 for the program's
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Carolina's first ever over the Fiahtina Irish.
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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(
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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...
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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.
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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.
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perform well until the second
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needed is a little seasoning,
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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.
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Photo by Roy Ounhof
the ball upfield during the Gamecocks' 1-1 tie with Duke yesterday.