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^ THE GAMECOCK Sports March 25, 1985 ? Page 13 I Miami.nhifi ri ! ?* I I Vaulter Gerke ups mark, t r r reiayers tumble race I From Staff Reports " Ollic Taylor won two events and freshman Dale Gerke broke a pole vault record ? his own ? Saturday, but the Gamecock track team still lost to Miami of Ohio. 84-70. thanks in part to a dropped baton. Carolina's 400-meter relay team dropped its baton late in the meet, as Charier, Coburn and Andy Mattison couldn't execute the exchange. The miscue cost the Gamecocks 5 points in the final tally. USC had been leading the event when the baton was dropped. "THK 4x100 relay was a 10-point swing against us, and that jv really hurt," USC track coach Charlie Strong said. "But, [ every one of our guys who competed gave it his best shot. "Miami has an excellent track tradition, and they have an outstanding team." Strong also commended USC sprinter Ollie Taylor, who won both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. "We are pleased with the wav Ollie ran." he said, "esnpeial ly since this is the first time he has run an outdoor meet at home. He had some injuries last spring and did not run." TAYLOR, A SOPHOMORE, took the 100-meter event in 10.6 seconds, and then won the 200-meter dash in 21.8. "For him 10 win the 100- and 200-meters is a big boost for him," Strong said. "He ran a great indoor season, and he is P picking up now where he left off from the indoor season. "He has a lot of talent and a great attitude, and we just expect him to get better and better." il?A inn ... .1 ?" * Iiv vkiiii^vucm 11IV linz-illtivn, U> I aviui > ICcllllmales liarl Johnson and Tony Coleman finished at 10.7 and 10.8 respectively. ANOTHKR USC HK.MI K.HT Saturday was Gerke's performance in the pole vault, where he increased his own school H S' Hvi 11 111 II III WillllillMllllMli Take that USC's Lori Anderson spikes Saturday against N.C. State. The ' team last to Georgia and beat the Wolfpack over the weekeni in the Blatt P.E. Center. tinners outdis miMSmMr wuwLt ? R Rnmnrnrlf cnrintnr Hhnrlnc Pnhnrn hnttlnc anainil Miami n( fl Redskins beat USC, 84-70. mark of 16-fcet, zero inchcs by one inch, at 16'1". Jim Bemiller of Miami finished second, at 14'6". In addition to Taylor's and Gerke's first-place finishes, won seven other events. Kon Yarab and Eric Eversole took first and second place in the javelin, while Wayne Smith By Owens All good tilings must conic least that's what seemed to haj to USC's nine-game winning s After playing almost flawlc; nine straight games, the Gam< i . team experienced defensive err W pitchmg,^ as Georgia South 1 /mkj JU31 Ullt I'l I IIUM f nothing went right lor us," coach June Raines said. "It w; things that are going to happe you play every day. "Errors and walks are as n . Dasebaii as home runs are. w t-V.the good with the bad. They t H of everthing we did wrong, a they are a good ball club." _ L- Rut P uinpc u/pnt r>r? f a cat/ hi ? MWkSSg^Hg his team's performance i HBft/Gamecocks won nine consecui eluding six Metro Conference "I've got to be proud," he s " y-'.p - ' 1 nine of our last 10 and eight hnm# . I'll fair** that onirtimA m&msm I " ,.,wi m "?? ?U? H 1111,11 Wi I > Ullglll W?J IIIC -iC^VZ'T" 'eft fielder, Rob Rhinehart. J" -1 - Rhinehart led the Gamecocl going four-for-four with two double, and three RBI. J-LL2 i-nminr. i.-d/x ?>,r ^ -3 vv/......6 ...IW II.V P.he had been rushing himself ai r : that seemed to change yesterda ^ best game of the year. K "Baseball is a very m RAY GRONBERG/Thfl Gamecock rat all day but that's the wi Hopefully now 1 can straight nnH nlav mnrf* rnncivfpntlv M Lady Gamecock volleyball I Hnrink nff.oaaonn a<?tinn lllllMli'li i?t a i/L' .l? WMI '"B wii oonouii uuiiuii I\Illlir<Il/\ l\ I V r MIC 2-0 lead in the second inning u a two-run homer with Lewis J stance (JSC 3K at;'1-'c ~* %*$$ * Hft "1 fflri fmM ^wu t <. zssmasBBKMm VISKO HATFIELD/Th* Gamecock hio's Pat Walsh during the 110-meter hurdles Saturday. The won the long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 3 and one half mcnes. Gamecock Keith Latney won the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.7, Anthony Bennon edged out Miami's Doug Schroer in the 400-meters in 48.4 and Charles Coburn won the 400-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 54.5. I* | lllldldKCd ?s snap USC win streak to an end. At rrerday "Errors and walks are as much a >s baseball for part of baseball as home runs are. Ts'VdTT' We have t0 take trie ^00d w,tf1 the icma pounded bad. They took advantage of everything we did wrong, and that Two^wnd'pit- shows they are a good ball club." sscd ball kent r?_: juiiH numus s most o t it ygp baseball coach i itr ^ Wu?rn Hut Georgia Southern's Mike Shepard, USC baseball .u r?_ r _ f . wiiu wcm iuicc-iui-iuui, iciaiicticu wan a *s one o those three-run homer in the third to give the n to you when Eagles the lead for good. Georgia Southern , _ added three more runs, all unearned, in the mic 1 a part o fourth when USC committed two errors and e have to take gavc up a wa,R and a wj,d pUch ? \ h va"tagc The Gamecocks got a run back in the third HC t clt S lOWS whpn !f>ff Rarnpc HnnhlpH anH cpnrpH r\n a sacrifice fly by Joe Datin. Another USC run . f scored in the fourth when Jeff Morris hit the e was prou o longest single ever at Sarge Fry Field. . . e With the bases loaded, Morris hit a shot to i ? mes'm" left that bounced off the fence right into the aicT^W' hands of left fielder Greg McMullen, allow - . - 1I1K UIIIV UllC IUIl (U SL'UIC. out of nine at THE FINAL Gamecock run came with i j .u u-. Rhinehart's second home run, a solo shot in a the h"' the eighth. recent games. game was decided in the seventh when play of senior n?nrait r?^ ?... vivv/igiu uuuinvi II av\/l VU JIA II1UIV llllld) Iivt , . unearned. The Gamecocks gave up three <s a e p a e, Walks, an error, a wild pitch and a passed home runs, a ^ u : game, he said - Depite the loss, Raines said it has been a : the plate. But good week for his team. "In modern day ly as he had his baseball, anytime you have a streak like that ? nine in a row ? you have to be proud." ental game," The Gamecocks are now 18-6 and will play ! was zero-tor- at Furman Wednesday before returning ics. 1 felt like a home on Thursday for a three-game series ay baseball is. with Ohio State. len mvself our ? ueofg'" aouinwn 003 300 020 South Carolina 021 100 010 luman; Rot*rt? (4) and Hofanda; Cwria, B. Taylor (3), Rwi Gamecocks a (4), Sawyer 17) and Lambwt, White (81. W-Roberts. 6 0. L-B. /hen he blasted Taylor, 11. HRs-Georoia Southern Shsoherd 14). USC enkins aboard. Rinehart 2 (4).