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Wwlnssday, September 4/1985
THE GAMECOCK
Coach rate
By TRACY MIXSON
Managing editor
Among the many numbers
tallied at The Citadel-USC football
game, perhaps the most
M?llllll<llll was II1C litllllg JUC
Morrison gave his team.
"On a scale of one to 10?
About a five," said the
Gamecock head coach.
A five?
"I think we can play better,"
Morrison said.
If true, USC may well deserve
us iop-zu raiiKing among ill college
football polls, including a
No. 18 rating by The Associated
Press. In its 56-i 7 victory over
the Bulldogs Saturday night at
Williams-Brice Stadium,
I ?1/ *-*-1
vaiuiuict iiiumcu uui ujo lUltti
offensive yards ? a school
record for a season opener.
"It was a good win for us,"
Morrison said after the game. "I
a
Huimuu UBpar
more than foe
Without wanting to jump on an
ed bandwagon and give athletic <
cum ana neaa coacn joc Mornso
pat on the back for mastermindin]
program, there are some peop
department whose programs are
but go largely unnoticed.
And they deserve some recc
endeavors, especially since USC
Metro Conference All-Sports Aw
Tl I _ ?- * * * -
i iic awuru js given oy me iviein
year to the MftKo team that scon
in the eleven conference sports. P
to each team in tfie order of th
sport, with eight points awarde
seven points to the runner-up, six
place finisher and so on.
The eight Metro schools (seve
Tulane was banished from the c<
of the recent point shaving scand
intercollegiate sports: cross c<
volleyball, women's swimming,
women's basketball, men's bas
tennis, men's tennis, golf, base
track.
Carolina claimed team titl
volleyball, men's and women';
men & anu women s tennis, an
finish in baseball.
USC finished first with 70.5
Florida State and 64 for Virginia
In other words, USC offers the
posure than just a Saturday fo
students remain almost univers
fnnthall Thp (Mm Hn?c Ho
and adulation of the student bod
programs.
For instance, some students.
ones, may not be aware that June
baseball team won the northeri
Metro Conference before losing I
the championship. Despite that d<
selected as one of 32 teams to
NCAA regionals, winning t
Regional and going to the Colli
USC was ranked eighth in the r,
Collegiate Baseball top-twenty pc
And how many students are i
soccer team ended last season as t
the nation and were ranked No
nrec<?asr>n nnlH
i rv,i
How many students are av
volleyball team is coming off of a
championship?
Not enough, I think.
Head coach Mark Berson's so<
17 of the 21 players on the roster i
ing an outstanding recruiting yea
several Europeans including mi
Polk, a standout from Great Brit
The team opened their season S
ed outmanne.d Francis Marion 1C
cis Marion is not noted for their sc
Gamecocks appear to be worthy
ranking. They face Baptist Coll
meeting a more formidable chalk
State Sunday.
The Gamecocks play all of the
"The Graveyard", located on Wl
from the Cliff Apartments.
USC's volleyball team, under tl
cond year coach Bonny Kenny, is
outstanding 28-8 season and N
championship. Four letterwinners
are back from that team. The Lac
their Metro conference title del
beginning Friday at the Central
ment in Orlando and play their 1
Friday in the Carolina Classic T
Sol Blatt P.E. Center at 2 p.m.
Kentucky.
is USC ope
saw some good things out there.
But I think we need to work on
several things before next week
(against Appalachian State), like
penalties, turn-overs and mental
miefakpc "
True, mistakes were made,
which the coach said were expected
from the first game of the
year. But in the end, people will
prooaoiy oniy rememoer tne
score.
On the strength of the Fire Ant
defense and balanced rushing attack,
USC jumped out 14-0 in the
first quarter and never lost
momentum.
xl ! - -
yjn mcir nrsi possession, tne
Gamecocks took the ball 80 yards
in seven plays for the first score,
a 37-yard dash by running back
Thomas Dendv.
Less than three minutes later,
USC was on the scoreboard
again, on a 32-yard pass play
rr^ %
p talk Ik
6G LASKY BEjJ
Hircauy
won the 1984-85
n r/4
USC's Benedict Hi
d Conference each
2s the most points
oints are awarded
leir finish in that
d to the winner,
points to the third ^
*
n this year, since ? ^
inference because
lal) compete in 11 |
suntry, women's
men's swimming, t
ketball, women's * Jg
ball and outdoor i 1
les in women's
s swimming and
d a second-place
students more extotball
game. Yet
ally interested in
serve the attention
y, but so do other
0 ' r-. V ~" ^ i _
particularly new
Raines' 1985 USC
11 division-of the
:o Florida State in '
;fcat, the club was -^1?:
participate in the
he Southeastern k V."
ege World Series.
lation in the final ? VB
oi i l
r. Berson snagged
ain. MKBi|Sill
unday and thrash>ccer
program, the
of their national
lege today before USC goalie Warr
nge from Georgia
laley Street across
he direction of se- I
coming off of an f
ictro Conference | USC # ?
and three starters
ly Gamecocks put
tome opener next [
ournament at the | l
wing win |
from quarterback Mike Hold to 1
tight end Danny Smith. V
In the second quarter, a
17-yard buVst by running back
Kent HagoOd ? who gained all I
of his 86 yards in the first two I
^uaiivid ? pui 111c vjaiu^uwrd y
up 21-0. Later in the period, I
Hold scored on a seven-yard j
keeper to the right side to end the I
half, 28-0.
The Gamecocks continued $
their assault on the Bulldog
defense in the third quarter, scor- *
ino on Hold's 45-vard n??? fo
Eric Poole at 14:38. *
|
But The Citadel, remembering 4
the narrow 31-24 loss to I JSC last *
season, refused to be shut out. Sjj
Recovering l<3amecock quarterback
Allen Mitchell's fumble, the
Bulldogs moved 61 yards on three
plays and scored on Kip Allen's <
pass to Lee Glaze in the end zone.
wHHKi .
'ireinwon
can't stretch fer enough to prevent
"...*? v':" Wm
mg y %
pw f
en Lipka battles a teammate for a loose ball
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See you later
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RAY GBONBERGfTta
a breakaway by a teammate during preseason d
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by
RAY GRONBERGfT* I
during preseason practice at the graveyard.
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wig kickoff returns against The Citadel.
I Nationally
USC soccc
routes Pat
By TONY THOMPSON
, .. ' | Staff reporter
USC's 1985 soccer seas
start last Sunday at "The
MK| Carolina hammered Franci
SEI I 10-0.
HttBl Keith Leet>er. Dannv Ra
Sthe scoring barrage with
Gamecocks peppered the P
It was even more of a
dicates. Numerous hard-lui
bar or missed the upright
might have been in order fc
goal-keeper, who had to (
running rampant in front c
90 minutes.
English import Doug A1
goal scorer) struck first j
p )r|, match on a cleverly orche
_.M minutes later, Ragnar T
Francis Marion keeper in
Band chipped it over his he
A scdtfhg frenzy took
' weeft'tMfee'goals. Danny
from Doug Allison for
Sonefeld got number six
Arnthorsson shot that had
!bar. Scott Cook and Keit
number seven, Scott Brow
in a ball that got away froi
Glenn Witt added the
Thorarinsson cross by hea<
USC head coach Mark E
to begin in attempting to i(
formances by his players.
"I r#??!lv pan't cinoV rtin
team as a whole perfori
"Naturally I'm pleased wi
/ rT; have some rough edges, b
smooth those out."
Defensively, the Gam
Marion to three shots on
ren Lipka was never seri
I came out early in the sec
Us/ ?.sB touted freshmen goal-ke<
r ??A!2H * ? <:i i?i- ? ?
"wqpi .1 tin miimicK some piayinf
In the pre-season, Be
Jrafigp defense as his "main cor
graduation of Tim Berra,
]Bk "heart and guts and soul
Filling that void again
Benedikt Hreinsson, whor
best college sweepers it
j i i Baltzegar, Carolina's stop
'jSkI'D Davp Pinlan u/hn cam* it
Wf and started all 20 games;
moves to right full-back f
HM9| Berson seemed less an>
V - | situation after the Francis
^ Ha sively , we played better
: players developing an i
other back there," he sai<
Ahead of the Gamccoc
includes nationally rankec
year's national champions
N.C. State and George M
toughest schedule we've (
Em?cwukicks on toaay ;
Graveyard" against Bapti
Notes: Sadly, senior m
lost for the season due to
pre-season scrimmage
Ii)|[|LB[ll Charleston.... Francis \
goal against Carolina. In
Gamecocks enjoy a 34-0
JSEPH GARNETT/Tfn Gtmcock
a i
rainieu
it team
riots
on got off to a rousing
Graveyard" when South
is Marion by the score of
teliff and Glenn Witt led
two goals each as the
atriot goal with 38 shots.
rout than the score inck
shots rattled the cross- |a
s oy inches. A flak vest "? '
>r the beleaguered Patriot
:ontend with Gamecocks
>f his goal for most of the
llison Oast year's leading
ust six minutes into the
strated free kick. Eighty
horarinsson caught the
i a one-on-one situation
ad tor goal number iu.
plate in thcfthterim bet- A]
Ratcliff pur<?way a gift
goal number two. Jim
by pouncing on an Ami
refunded off the crossh
Leeper teamed up for
n made it 8-0 by booting
n the Patriot keeper, and
finishing touch to a
iine it in for coal number
lerson didn't know where
ientify any stand-out per- (J)
t any one guy because the
med so well," he said,
th today's result. We did
ut as we play more we'll
lecocks limited Francis
goal. Team captain Warously
tested in goal and
:ond half to give highly:pers
Charlie Arndt and
\ time.
rson had identified the ?)
icern," citing the loss to
whom he described as the
of the defense."
st Francis Marion were:
n Berson calls "one of the
i the country;" Marty
per, or middle full-back;
1 as a freshman last vear
; and Jim Sonefeld, who
rom the mid-field.
tious about the defensive
i Marion match. "Defen.
It was good to see the
inderstanding with each 91
i.
:ks looms a schedule that
I teams like Clemson (last
i), Alabama A&M, Duke,
ason. Berson calls it "the
iver had." Game number
?t 4:00 p.m. at "The
ist.
id-fielder Steve Presing is
a knee injury suffered in a
against the College of
(arion has never scored a
the five match series, the
goal advantage.
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