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Monday, November 18, 1985 7 THE GAMECOCK USC throti readies foi | By TONY THOMPSON Staff writer USC's soccer 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 thf 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. W Allison stood alone with the ball in the Duke area and patiently waited for Johnston to make his move. "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 richt 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. USC's grow 1 Dendy, Smith/ as Gamecocks By BOB LANG Staff writer No USC running back this seaso; more than 100 yards in a game bel Against Navy, three did it. "We felt we'd start with runninj | senior quarterback Mike Hold, u " 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 39 to their 34?31 victory over the M Annapolis, Md. USC, which had averaged 187 pa first nine games, threw for just 63 ; tempts Saturday. Running backs Thomas Dend; Smith each rushed for career highs I 123 yards respectively. Two of " rushers, Raynard Brown and Kent play because of ankle injuries. * 4 w/p li/pro nlftnnirirt ? % % i % *? *? v "VIV ISftUIUIlllg V/1I I Ulllllll^ quite a bit," Hold said. "We alwa; and take what they give us. "The run was working, so thei sense in changing the game plan ri( of doing something right," he said Sophomore flanker Sterling Shar yards receiving going into the gam mind his team concentrating on th "I think they (the coaches) did a fl > / /ttl WATCH FOR REMEM8ER < SUNDAY JAZZ MONDAY CAT< TUESDAY IS 0 WEDNE8DAY f i ties Duke, r Clemson 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 1- 1 ^ ^ vjcuiiciuvr guai wun uave uoian 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 catch. Just more of the usual, according to soccer head 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 Vnrr ~ J-f ' - nvi I ft w l IltV U1 II1C11 UCICIlUCiS, 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," Bcrson said. "We're able to almost anticipate his winrad game ove Hold combine f t rack up 398 ya with the game p time," said Shari n had rushed for v?rH? fore Saturday. "I don't feel t much," he said, g the ball," said our backs turn tl rho ran for 104 receivers contribu backs." would have gone One explanatic game was tl" use go bad as the two. Coach Joe 8 yards en route Navy's defense 01 iidshipmen from ning backs. Eric Fudge, def ssing yards in its receivers did just yards on nine at- "When we got newspaper that t y and Anthony coaches prepared of 156 yards and is, except for thn USC's leading "That caused t Hagood, didn't because it nullifi practice all week, I the inside veer Junior runnin ys go into games Saturday perforn the season to 349 e really was no Gamecock runnii {ht in the middle "They had a \ 1. "Our offensive 1 pe, who had 383 execute good thii e, said he didn't One "good th c running game. crucial fourth?i good job staying With just over tl nerlca's uture Coming TUESDAY, NOVEK A & M RECORDING AR an iv owiiwnrou r Coming FRIDAY, NOVEMI the SPONGETi THE RED HOT CHJU PEPPERS ON T BW MONDAY MMHT WOWOl VM LUES MOHT WITH THE UPSETTEI 1TCHER SPECIALS ?SB^. i USC's Marty Baltzegar battles N.C. 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 it." irpowers na 383 yards rds rushina ^ ilan they came up with at game ?e, who caught two passes for 35 >ad at all that 1 wasn't used that "I blocked fairly well and helped lie corners. All in all, I think we ited about the same as the running ?n for the success of the running of three wide receivers instead of Morrison said it would spread it and open the middle for the runensive end for Navy, said the three that. to town (Friday), we read in the heir tight ends were hurt, so the us for everything, everything, that ?e wide outs," Fudge said. he defense a few nrnhl#?mc all Haw ed everything we had learned in " he said. g back Anthony Smith, whose lance boosted his total yardage for , said the offensive line opened the lg game. >retty solid defense," Smith said, ine executed well, and when they tgs happen." ling" happened for Smith on a ind?two play late in the game, iree minutes remaining, USC was J|^M Mliaffftnln ir#n VVVp vWWf vfTKn Support the March of Dimes MCWIH H((cn KXMCVUIONMMi ?? _ / / FIVE I f A / LIVE R< 2112 DE -??* PHONE 2 1BER 19th TISTS: DDL Qfs JER 22nd ONES HURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21st. 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Hold said he was not surprised Donate 1 i JOINTS' 7 DCK-N-ROLL CLUB / [VWE ST. / 52 ROCK / [HAPPY HOUR: / / FRIDAY / / FREE OYSTERS/ / Gamecocks down Middi ly TRACY MIXS0N Managing editor It may have not been sweet revenge, but the Gamecock football team pulled out a muchneeded win Saturday at Williams Brice 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 the 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 scorcs in the fourth quarter, to give the Mid snipmen a 31-27 lead with 9:32 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 trpmintari tor tin hull' "* l|gl*'? ?-^: IVI tiiv uuifi iff UUU 9 I U9I1IVI 31-27. much. 1. "I felt like if I "When you sU ? that I'm going "sooner or later , I got it." ing in on the guy id from the nine have to run it. he had to run so "I don't mind Blood, i ^herp^testi J Also Av J "Herpes an v Can Live 9 Price: A * ? ?- ??? 7 ItlU LAUIES IJLII { < Blocks firm Ctpatoi 4 - ^IIIIBMMMllStrMl 4 acitwi J PHONE: 254-755 get even, es, 34-31 the ball to Carolina's 24, perhaps close enough for Todd Solomon to kick a field goal and tie 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. "We (were) 3-6 on the year, and we don't play for a tie," Tranquill said after the game. "They (The Midshipmen) are as f *? * ? ? * nusiraiea as i am because they played their hearts out the entire game. "I just can't understand it ? we play like hell and we lose." Going into the game, USC 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. ouchdowns BK W^v J^B|/VB ** w r* V * * UHft f!3fla RAY 6*GMC?m?m? 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