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H By TONY THOMPSON
Staff writer
USC's socccr team defeated
the Duke Blue Devils 3-0 in a
first-round NCAA playoff match
yesterday at The Graveyard.
The Gamecocks will travel to
Clemson Sunday to play the
Tigers, who defeated N.C. State
5-2 in another first-round match.
Despite being outshot 11-4 by
Duke in the first half, the
Gamecocks made good on their
opportunities for two goals in the
first 30 minutes of the match.
After weathering some
^ dangerous Blue Devil attacks in
the opening minutes, including a
furious scramble in front of the
Gamecock goal where Duke had
several good chances, the
Gamecocks got their first goal
with 21:05 gone.
Doug Allison, USC's leading
scorer in the regular season with
37 points, took a Scott Cook pass
in the Blue Devil penalty area and
tapped it home when Duke
goalkeeper Pat Johnston came
^ out of the net.
9 Allison stood alone with the
ball in the Duke area and patiently
waited for Johnston to make
his move. 4,I just waited for him
to come out," Allison said.
"Then I slotted it past him. Scott
did well to get a ball over. I don't
know how he got it over. I think
the defender made a mistake, and
it came to my feet."
Cook made it 2-0 eight minutes
later when he hit a long ball over
the box from the right side that
? caught Johnston out of position
and went in just under the crossbar.
The Blue Devils responded by
pressing the attack and creating
some chances that tested
Gamecock keeper Warren Lipka.
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No USC running back this seaso
more than 100 yards in a game be
Against Navy, three did it.
"We felt we'd start with runnin
senior quarterback Mike Hold, v
yards on 21 carries.
"But if it went bad, we probably
to passing," he said.
The running game never did
Gamecocks went on to rush for 3S
to their 34?31 victory over the N*
Annapolis, Md.
USC, which had averaged 187 pi
first nine games, threw for just 63
tempts Saturday.
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Smith each rushed for career highs
123 yards respectively. Two of
rushers, Raynard Brown and Kenl
play because of ankle injuries.
"We were planning on runninj
quite a bit," Hold said. "We alwa
and take what they give us.
"The run was working, so the
sense in changing the game plan ri
of doing something right," he sai(
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With 10 minutes left in the half,
Duke forward John Kerr, who
has played for the U.S. National
team in World Cup qualifying
matches, got loose on a
breakaway and zeroed in on the
Gamecock goal with Dave Golan
in hot pursuit.
Lipka stayed in goal until Kerr
was in the box and then came out
to cut the angle. "When he was
about 25 yards out, he kicked the
ball too far ahead of himself,'*
Lipka said. "So I came out like I
was gonna charge him and then
stopped. Dave was pressuring
him from behind so he knew he
had to hit the ball, and he shanked
it."
With 4:46 left in the half.
Duke's All-America forward
Tom Kain found some space at
the top of USC's area and hit a
hard blast off his right foot that
Lipka was well-positioned to
calch. Just more of the usual, ac
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coruing 10 socccr neaa coach
Mark Berson.
"Warren's leadership in the
back has been great all year, and
it's the type of play we've come
to expect from him," Berson
said.
Ten minutes into the second
half, Carolina iced the win with a
Danny Ratcliff goal to made it
3-0.
The Gamecocks held on for the
rest of the match to limit the Blue
Devils to three second-half shots.
On the occasions that Kain and
Kerr got free of their defenders,
Gamecock sweeper Billy Hency
came through with the key
tackles that time and again snuffed
a Duke attack.
"Billy was outstanding today,
I don't think he put a foot wrong
all day," Berson said. "We're
able to almost anticipate his win
nd game ovi
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ning balls and move into attacking
positions and move the ball
out quickly."
"The key is to capitalize on
mistakes," Gamecock fullback
Dave Golan said. "They didn't
capitalize on ours, but we
capitalized on theirs. When we
made a mistake, there was always
someone there to make up for
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the defense a few problems all day
fied everything we had learned in
he said.
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mance boosted his total yardage for
9. said the offensive line nneneH th^
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pretty solid defense," Smith said,
line executed well, and when they
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State's Tim Kain.
"I think they relied on Kerr
and Kain too much," freshman
forward Grenville Pope said. "It
was like a two man team . . . you
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Clemson, th? defending national
champions, defeated N.C.
State 5-2 Sunday. The winner of
the match will be champion of
the South Region and play the
winner of the Mid-Atlantic
region.
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on Navy's seven yard line trailing !
"I wanted the ball," Smith said
get it, they aren't going to stop me to
get this first down. Fortunately,
Two plays later, Hold scramble*
for the winning touchdown.
Hold said he was not surprised 1
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By TRACY MIXMN
Managing editor
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a may nave not Deen sweet
revenge, but the Gamecock football
team pulled out a muchneeded
win Saturday at WilliamsBrice
Stadium, sinking Navy
34-31.
With the victory, USC evened
its record at 5-5 and avenged a
loss to the Midshipmen in Annapolis,
Md., last season that
spoiled lite Gamecocks' perfect
record and dream of a national
championship.
Though USC led 14-3 in the
first quarter, the Middies refused
to give up the ship and gradually
chipped away South Carolina's
lead. Navy running back
Napoleon McCallum scored three
touchdowns in the second half,
including two quick scores in the
fourth quarter, to give the Midshipmen
a 31-27 lead with 9:12
left to play.
It turned out to be plenty of
time for the Gamecocks to make
a comeback, as USC took the ball
at its own 24-yard line and went
76 yards for the game's final
score. Quarterback Mike Hold
scrambled nine yards for the
touchdown, and Scott Hagler's
extra point gave USC a threepoint
lead with 2:21 remaining.
"Going into the ball game, we
were well aware we would have to
play the full 60 minutes to win,"
USC head coach Joe Morrison
said after the game, "but we
didn't know we were going to
have to play the last 30 minutes
so hard. One thing for sure, the
game was exciting."
Perhaps too exciting for some
Gamecock fans as Navy had one
more shot to put the ball into the
end zone. The Middies worked
with four t
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get even,
ies, 34-31
the ball to Carolina's 24, perhaps
close enough tor I odd Solomon
to kick a field goal and tic the
game. But Midshipmen head
coach Gary Tranquill instead
opted to go for the win, and called
on quarterback Robert Misch
to put the ball in the air.
Misch, however, was unable to
connect with his receivers on the
last drive, thanks in part to a
Kenneth Robinson sack for an
11-yard loss and a strong performance
by USC's defensive
secondary.
With the loss, Navy fell to 3-7. \r
"We (were) 3-6 on the year, |
and we don't play for a tie," p
Tranquill said after the game. r
"They (The Midshipmen) are as ft
frustrated as 1 am because they h
played their hearts out the entire f
game.
"I just can't understand it ?
we play like hell and we lose."
Going into the game, 'JSC was
questionable at the running back
position, as Kent Hagood and
Raynard Brown were sidelined by
sprained ankles. Ironically,
however, the ground game made
the difference in the outcome, as
Carolina gained 398 yards
rushing.
Thomas Dendy paced USC
with a career-high 156 yards,
followed by Anthony Smith's 123
yards and Hold's 104, marking
the first time three Gamecocks
have rushed for 100 or more individual
yards.
USC wraps up its season this
Saturday in Columbia against
arch-rival Clemson, which lost a
heartbreaker to Maryland last
weekend, 34-31. The Tigers also
stand at 5-5, setting the stage for
a dramatic season finale and battle
for a winning record.
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