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THE GAMECOCK Sports April 15, 1985 - Page 13 Mm Dave Delseni of USC's tennis team is ready to Cloudy day di 9 By Bob Lang a, v; Looming black clouds cast an would evil shadow over Sam Daniel Ten- doubl lis Stadium Saturday when the Thi men's tennis team played arch rival the G c-lcmson. And when the fog swept cleared, the deed was done. No.2 The Gamecocks lost 5-4 to the and F Tigers, with four of the five losing cond matches going three sets. Wh "I'd hate to say we were unlucky an ov but there today," USC head coach in tin Kent DeMars said after the match. hours "But you'd like to think you can ended A win at least one of the four matches "It . .1 nun wcni mrcc scis. rnatcr who i IN THK MATCH, which was "I ha rain delayed for an hour/USC split credit the singles to head into the doubles "I Launching pai USC sets hoi ^ By Jeff Owens % Sargc Frye Field has become college a baseball's version of Atlanta's "launching a pad," as USC's baseball team has sent a record 89 home runs sailing over the fence. "The ball just seems to take off in this I1 ballpark,"said USC head coach June Raines. h The left field fence, which stands only 310 l feet away from home plate, has also been c quite generous to the Gamecocks this year. r The "launching pad" in professional baseball is Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium, 1 where more home runs have been hit in the c 4) past few years than any other major league r ballpark. r WHILE BASEBALL GREATS like Hank 1 Aaron and Dale Murphy have made history I in Atlanta, names like Joe Datin, Jeff Morris J and Keith Killian are making history and r breaking records at Sarge Frye Field. s In 1981, Raines fielded a team that hit 83 home runs in 61 games to set a school record. 1 This season's Gamecocks tied that mark in I just 37 games. i ^ In a recent game with the University of > W Maine, in the bottom of the ninth inning, t designated hitter fcddie l.cndenski cracked a two-run homer to lie the record for most home runs in one season. I I THK NF.XT DAY at the Citadel, second ; baseman Riley Polk hit his first homer of the I year to break the record. i "li was a big accomplishment," Raines i said. "The '81 team had excellent power, but this team is incredible." I The '81 team featured such power hitters as Ail-American Paul Hollins, Jim Curl, Rob i Lowery and Robbie Vollmar. A *4Th#? (u/n fnnr anH fitnn ^ that team could hit with anybody," Raines C^| m back hand the ball yesterday against Ctemson. arkened by III I. The winner of the match singles be I have to win two of the three is in their cs- then whei tigs began looking sweet for the doub iamecocks as all three teams things go their first sets. But only the doubles team of Jan Sanilbcrg The vici lichard Ashby won their sc- ranked Ti set and their match for USC. NCAA CI icn Clenison's Joe DeFoor hit in Athei erhead winner at match point Carolina s r No.3 doubles, five grueling large bid of top college tennis had Clcmson I. DcMars s i _ -_u i,. v\d* a* yui)u a cuncgc icniiis 114 i as I've seen," said DeMars, '"g." E>c s in his 12lh year of coaching. really be < ive to give them (the Tigers) ' I2(US( is good er HOPED WE would win at ? W> reM"i aid. And so far, this year s two, three, tour nd five hitters have proved they can hit with nybody. JEFF MORRIS (2nd), Joe Datin (3rd), Ceith Killian (4th) and Lewis Jenkins (5th) lave combined for 42 home runs. Add in eadoff hitter Jeff Barnes, who has clubbed iinUt r<\> n /I t riMmufc nnd daii U'tit/i CH tt /\ tvi a Iglll IUUIIU UIIV1 ) V li lldvt ->KJ llUlllt uns, over half the team total. First baseman Joe Datin has been the eader this year in almost every offensive :atagory. The record for hits, doubles, home uns and runs batted in arc all within Datin's each. The junior from Cincinnati has hit 15 lome runs and driven in 60 runs. Datin is ony five homers away from breaking Hank >mall's 1975 single season record for home unsuvj. nc aiso neeus omy lomorcKm 10 urpass Jim Curl's mark of 75 set in '81. "When 1 came here in the fall, Coach taines had me hitting third, and the third litter is supposed to hit home runs and drive n runs," Datin said. "After I found out vhat my role was, I got used to it and started s\ nninu Kittinn f hir/l " w viijv/j 1111111(5 uiiiu. BUT UNLIKE the '81 (cam, the lineup's op five have not had to carry the load, as 18 flayers have hit at least one home run this /ear. Everyone who has had at least 10 at nats has connected for a round tripper to make the Gamccocks the nation s top home run hitting team. "This lineup has power from top to bottom," Raines said. During this record-breaking year, one mark remains to be broken. In 1982, Florida State set a national record for most home runs in one season with 131 in 74 games. 8m "Hemcfs," HI* IB fnr nr By Associated Pres AUGUSTA, t;? wouldn't it?" Cur it." But his hopes o turned into a puzz 13th and 15th hol< West German to w While Strangc's 80 fell apart, it w? V-j champion. <:. He won gsa J|? ^ B under gloomy skic won by two shots v National Golf Clu _ ? ? ric won u oy pi: JOSEPH GARNETT/TNi G?m#cock But in the final par-5s, the 13th an birdie targets, but Langer made bi occasion. L" | lOOO And s,rangc m IIJOO Creek with his sccc ^ W W w jo thc pond in frol "1 never conside cause Clemson's strength 4,| didn't have tha doubles," he said. "And Strange, the lea< i we won the first sets in season, said the tv les. That's just the way trickling along a I guess. downfall." That distinction lory clinched for the 10th- He looked up in gers, 23-11, a bid to the face, when his see lampionship Tournament handed Langcr th< is, Ga., May 19-26. till has a chance for an at- .<1 fjushed a 4-ir . ?u. ? v?.,ory against do?., un(|crsla?d. certainly would helped, Thcrc was ? , aid. llt , . . , I guess the mil .ve a good chance of go- nu. it did. Mats said, " ..m m wdl , happened for : l o se . I really don . know Hc ? d h[ 5 nf".onal '5am nk""? misfortunes and j, tough to make tt. _ curr(,|U Br|,u|) Qp Sea 'Tennis," page 15 foreign players to \ and British O.nens 1^ i BL isS I i W- i?il Wa I f '' ^ A ^ ] SfJr?'i^^irtlf? USC centerfielder Rob Rinehart prepares for tl U.S. victory *? I' #%>! v Cl I III dllUKC lifer Langer ? 4 * 11 v&7 o 111 /'I h n \/f* h/*nn q hnlliu/o ct/\rw tis Strange said. "We can all drcain about r the greatest comeback in Masters history ling nightmare Sunday in the waters of the ss, and Hcmhard l.anger become the first in any ol golfs four major championships, bid to rebound from an opening round of is "a dream come true," for Langer, who strokes back with nine holes to play. He \merican title and* became only the third on the green jacket that goes to the Masters 4-under-par 68 in steadily building pressure ts that sprinkled an occasional drizzle. He villi a 282 total, 6-under-par on the Augusta b course. aying (he last nine in 33. analysis, he won it on the two back-nine d 15th, both rcachablc in two, both prime both guarded by water. rdie on both holes, two-putting on each ade bogey-6 on each, hitting into Rae's md shot on the 13th and lashina a 4-iron in ill of the 15th green. red laying up on either hole," Strange said, t far to go." Jing money-winner on the PGA Tour this /o strokes he played from the little stream rocky ravine on the 13th "was not my he saved for the 15th. amazement, disbelief clearly written on his ond shot there splashed into the pond and r lead for the first time. on, and I was downwind, downhill ... I just I'd do it all over again the same way." ie pause. acle of '85 didn't happen." (.anger. ough the opening provided by Strange's oincd South African Gary Player and the >en champion, Sevc Ballesteros as the only .vin the tournament that ranks with the U.S. and the PGA as golf's Big Four titles. *:&^^fp-~r^~L f|gi^H RAY GRONBERG/Th? Gamacock' is pitch in a game earlier this season.