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THE GAMECOCK Sports April 15, 1985 - Page 13
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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
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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
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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.
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^ that team could hit with anybody," Raines
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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AUGUSTA, t;?
wouldn't it?" Cur
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turned into a puzz
13th and 15th hol<
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While Strangc's
80 fell apart, it w?
V-j champion.
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won by two shots v
National Golf Clu
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JOSEPH GARNETT/TNi G?m#cock But in the final
par-5s, the 13th an
birdie targets, but
Langer made bi
occasion.
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"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[
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USC centerfielder Rob Rinehart prepares for tl
U.S. victory
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lifer Langer
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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.
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RAY GRONBERG/Th? Gamacock'
is pitch in a game earlier this season.