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SPOrtS ? GAMECOCK Swim team By Charles Bloom South Carolina's men's and women's swim teams outswam a pack of nationallyranked teams to win the Gamecock Invitational this past weekend at the Carolina Natatorium. The Gamecocks, ranked 15th in the women's National Swimming Coaches' Poll and 16th in the men's, outdistanced Auburn, Southern Illinois, North Carolina and West Vir/tinJ'i r\ nloim T 1151111a I\J V1U1III 111V* In the men's competition, USC scored 820 points, easily defeating second-place Auburn with 652 points. Auburn came into the meet ranked sixth. Thirteenth-ranked Southern Illinois came in third with 615 points, while West Virginia finished fourth with 598 points and North Carolina fifth with 491 points. IN THE women's competition, the Lady Ciflmernrkc piohfh.ranlfpr) North Carolina 1134.5 to 1003.5. Fifthranked Auburn was third with 831 points while West Virginia was fourth with 606 points. "It is a great, great win for us," said South Carolina head coach Steve Collins. "Our kids knew the competition we were going up against, and they came to the task." South Carolina sewed up the men's title by taking the three-meter diving one-two-three as Rob Gentry won the title. Perry White finished second, and Rob Vaught finished third. The Lady Gamecocks came into Saturday's action leading North Carolina by 72.5 points and gained on that lead by taking onethree-four in the one-meter diving and winning the 200-freestyle relay. TAMI MERRILL won the one-meter diving for Carolina with Lisa Williams third and Rpncr\n f/-v?irfU I TCI J-?WI\; UVIIOUU i \y U1 11 ft i 1 ^dlillidn L^CIgll Ann Fleshman was leading the event after the eighth dive, but on her ninth dive her head hit the diving board. She went to Richland Memorial Hospital where she received stitches and was released. After the first night of competition, the scores were much closer. Actually, West mHHHHHK'~1 li^S^SS ^^' jPjhHBbB l^mmlmm,pr -- M f BBB&BBBSB& L tl^sr i i ^kP&?P^whI^I **"" ^?9 HP ^?^Kik&? K^^r ' ^ ^~' ^HHb^ ^ S-t-r-e-t-c-h USC's Mike Brittain slam dunks in Saturday's 79 Towson State. The Gamecocks face The Citadel, 4 | Carolina Coliseum at 7:30. See stories, pages 13 is take wee Virginia and USC were tied for first in the m men's competition while South Carolina held p a 28 S nnint IpaH nvpr Mr?rth Parnlino in tKo m women's. Both the men's and women's teams trailed going into the last event of the first night, but scored big on relays to take the lead. The Lady Gamecocks' 400-meter medley relay team of Susan Hagberg, Joanne Seymour, Linda Criddle and Kathy O'Donnell finished second to give Carolina the lead. The men's squad was fourth going into the last event ? also the 400 medley relay. But the foursome of George Jurch, Jeff Alexander, Mark Taylor and P.J. Brink won the event and evened the score with West Virginia. SOUTH CAROLINA had one other first place finish on the first night; O'Donnell won the 50-meter freestyle with a time of :23.93. Southern Illinois1 Gary Brinkman set a Carolina Natatorium pool record in the' 500-meter freestyle with a time of 4:23.24. USC stretched its lead after the second night of competition. The men's squad held a 72-point lead over Auburn, while the women's squad had a 72.5-point lead over North Carolina. South Carolina's women scored the bulk of their points in the three-meter diving, the 200-meter medley and the 100-meter ?J breaststroke. IN THE three-meter diving, South ^ Carolina finished first, second and fourth. Lisa Williams, a returning All-American, j won the event with Paula Crail finishing se- m cond and Fleshman finishing third. H The 200-meter medley relay team of O'Donnell, Criddle, Seymour and Hagberg won and qualified for the National Col legiate Athletic Association's championships H in the process. Seymour also won the 100-meter breaststroke and qualified for the - NCAA's. Seymour and Criddle are p freshmen. The men's squad scored most of their See "SwimminQ, page 14 Gi Volleyball in USC's Ru .Innrino knrfh I mm J VWMIMIU ?tu I III DURHAM, N.C. ? Duke Univ ty defeated USC's women's vollej team Saturday in the first round ol National Collegiate Athletic Assc tion Tournament 15-13, 15-8, 1C 15-9. The loss came in Duke's Cam* Indoor Stadium in the first appear; by either team in NCAA post-se< play. The Lady Gamecocks fell I dominating Duke offense, w I Keyed on tne power hitting of 6-0 i die blocker Linda Kraft and 6-3 h Diane Brown. CAROLINA MIDDLE blocker I Rowe highlighted an otherwise inef tive USC offense with a .351 hit percentage. The Lady Gamecocks were no confident against Duke as they been in winning the Metro Toui ment, Carolina head coach Boi Kenny said. The team was "not as gressive and intense," she said. Throughout the match Carolina grm uptight on serve receives. Initial pa to setter Shellie Higgins were foi Duke jumped out to an early Im. Jgg? lead in game one before Carolina w up to rally for six unanswered pc anc' a 7-7 tie. The Blue Devils c back with four straight points that ! Lady Gamecocks answered with KJl lllC11 uwu. i?l THE SEE-SAW game was dec v by outstanding defensive efforts I both teams, a slight majority of w ?? 7. went to the Blue Devils along with game, 15-13. The beginning of game two by Jennifer Wooten peared to be the start of a new m for Carolina led by Rowe who f?r? ?? J oo win over three kills to win (JSC its first t 0/ tonight in side-outs. Kraft and Brown prove \ and 15. be an unstoppable combinat , however, and carried Duke to an e ikend invite i' Hk?'. ' -_T~vr ~ *'jgPSfg * . v IfelP5L-;~ ': :"|^- -. | ^fcs?itSs|^^: ^po.. ^H^v',1. ' fepfcg^:!Sjigp^.y- v^is \ ; - v^i-- jabla?1,"~-~-f=^ >zr?^%~. ~i" ~ - ^:iyj^ . gg?.; " :7-'^:flr^,i ||l^r gp -t; JEEM^HEHHEhu^^vv^v^ ^^^B^BB^.... '^^HF. ?^-^z'iT.L-" ?1~-Tv - - - - "> - -. - - "?-ti rS^^^^BaS1. .... ?*V' *.-. Brfect form Diver Becky Benson enters the water as she competes f amecock invitational over the weekend. USC won both team falls to first nnct-Qoac I II U i |JUU i UUUVl ersi/bau "(We just were) not as agressiv f the )cia1-15, 2ron 5-1 lead. ance After a USC timeout, the Lady ison Gamecocks regrouped and fought back to a 6-6 tie. but were frustrated o a by unforced errors. Carolina could not hich move off the eight-point mark as Duke nid- ended the game on five consecutive itter points, including two kills by Brown and one kill and one block by Kraft. Game three was USC's only victory ^ori of the match, but even in that win the . ~ Blue Devils still seemed to be in control ting of the game. t 3S , . AN 8-3 Carolina lead was increased to a six-point margin late in the game rn?~ at 12-6. The Blue Devils pulled within 11 two, 12-10, before Carolina closed out ag~ the game on two Lorri Anderson serves, neither of which could Duke was return. sse^ Despite having fought back to win r after being down two games to none, the Lady Gamecocks did not appear to pick up any enthusiasm. unts Duke dominated game four. After arj*e building a 12-4 lead the Blue Devils e never let up. The closest Carolina came was within five, 14-9, but Duke used a timeout to stifle the Lady Gamecocks' ided final surge, which came loo little and i by too late. hich Brown turned in a .500 hitting i the percentage from 27 kills in 48 attempts with three errors to lead the Blue ap- Devils. Kraft hit .357 from 16 kills in " aicn uiicmpis wnn lour errors. had hree ROWE, TIKI) for 15th in the nation d to in hitting percentage at .354, had 15 ion, kills in 37 attempt in an errorless per:arly founance to earn her .351 mark. itionals ^ "'-Nvr' V-"B m B' lH fl 4s8SeBfcffl^^?i r. - - ** - | ''-'^m m I ^ P r ' '':wT^rl^&HHH^HHnH I I * ??? ' j%YY Photo by JoMph Garnttt or USC in the 1-meter diving competition at the the men's and women's titles. Blue Devils on match e and intense." - Bonnie Kenny USC head volleyball coach Higgins, in a three-way tie for 15th in the nation with 10.6 sets per game, averaged 10 sets in the four games against Duke. Teri Montoya led the Lady Gamecocks in defensive digs with 16. A nrlprcnn anH \/i a . ...uviavn UIIU iTldl jjU ? tl IIILI 11 ClU 14 each, and Higgins recorded 12 out of a team total 84, more than twice Duke's total of 39. Although hitting is one of Carolina's usual strengths, Kenny said she did not feel the team's spiking game against Duke was what it should have been. USC is tied for the number eight spot in the nation with a .274 hitting percentage, but turned in nnlv a .229 performance, compared to Duke's .340. DUKE'S HEAD coach Jon Wilson praised Carolina's performance. He said he thought the Blue Devils' ability to block the quick-set attack more efficiently than USC was the key to the match. 1 - i^urwc uasci us onense arounu Kratt and Brown and the quick attack. USC added this dimension to its offense in mid-season, an accomplishment for which Wilson gives Carolina credit. Kenny was disappointed in losing the match but said she was proud of her team's 'never say die' attitude. "We had four seniors out there, and they never gave up," she said. The team members were also unhap py with a loss to Duke when there had been frequent talk of making a trip to Texas to face a second-round opponent, but they were consoled by their feelings of satisfaction in being the Metro champions.