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Sports , i 8 . ? Friday, April 24, 1987 jj Both USC 1 ? A . f V V V i zth-ranKeci men seeK fourth conference win By JEFF SHREWSBURY Sports editor Ranked No. 12 in the nation, USC's men's tennis team is favored to win the Metro Conference Championships in Hattiesburg, Miss., today through Sunday. Metro coaches and the Metro News have both said USC should be the favorite for the individual tournament competition with Florida State as the second seed. USC has won its past two matches, downing Miami of Florida and Tennessee. Thp namppnelft hau(< w/nit thrpp clrQioht \y1r>trr? championships since finishing second in the first year of competition, 1984. The past year, USC won 24 of 25 matches, with the one loss coming in the semifinals. Five of the six champions from this past year's team have returned for the Gamecocks. The toughest competition for the Gamecocks should be from Memphis State, Louisville and Florida State, according to the Metro News. USC's No. 1 seed Johan Karlen, ranked No. 44 nationwide, will face Florida State's Paul Haarhuis, who has a ranking of 34th. Karlen's record for the CAOCAn IC 94 - 1 ^ JV.UOU11 u ^-T 1^. The rest of the top-four seeds for USC are: No. 2, Ken Diller, 27-14 and 65th in the country; No. 3, Steve Longley, 35-16 and 63rd in the nation; and No. 4, Jan Sandberg is 22-18. Brian Barker, USC's No. 6 seed,will not compete in the Metro tournament because of a pulled stomach muscle and will be replaced by Dave Delseni. Head coach Kent DeMars says he wants to rest Barker for the NCAA tournament May 15-23. Barker will, however, compete in the doubles competition. APART Acb Tell Them You J R I V E R B 1- N D !ll=- SOUTIJMAUK MANACJLMLN I -si* tour RATION iT w>| I IM I DM i'AT m ?i 11 T*0 IWMIAS. IMA) Ml M ;;! We've j i living at ; Icipcll III ICI1 style, ligh vollyball 1 BEDROOM $265/mo 2 BEDROOM $310/mo 3 BEDROOM $370/mo (12 MONTH LEASE ONLY) WE HAVE 6. 9 & 12 MONTH LEASES AVAIL* DON'T WAIT - CALL I 794-2948 Come on over and Mon.-F I A LOW SECURITY DEI YOU AN APARTM tennis teams favored MLady Gamecocks going for third Metro title By JEFF SHREWSBURY Sports editor USC's women's tennis team has won its past nine matches of the season, is ranked 20th in the nation anH ic oniric* fnr itc fhirH ctraiohf Confcrcncc Championship today through Sunday. 5 ~b jHH&hH The Lady Gamecocks are favored by both the Em Coaches Association and the Metro News to win the team tournament in Hattiesburg, Miss. ; " * gP pT* With a record of 22-8 for the season, USC will t ^ HT J ,dM^B have to contend with the No. 2 seed in the tourna\l UIBjgm ment, Florida State. The Lady Gamecocks beat FSU at this past year's Metro tournament, 5-4. I': WB > Hljra FSU has lost three of its six starters since this past ;:R MHhH year, and IJSC defeated the Lady Seminoles in i j?7^ Feburary,5-0. Unlike the men's individual competition, the m. ' women play a team tournament, which places team against team in the brackets as opposed to individual draws hv seed number in the men's 7/ ijjk tourney. SrlifcY&Kw?lB^^@l USC's top-seed, Rita Winebarger, is 35-16. ?"J|^^^S8y^B/TH5555^S ^'ie rest ?^ l'lc s'x seeds 'i^e ^is: No. 2, Paulettc J|||^^gggg0M^H^cSMSS^S 4, Biljana Mirkovio at 27-13; No. 5, Margaret O'Grady; No.6, Lisa Winsor. R Thp \Aof m Wouic cqvc thp Hr\nhloc r>nmn?titinn M BIM ? ,,v v v.mv wvuv-iv.) vv/i npvi J uv/u should be the difference in the tournament. USC's No. 1 seed in doubles, Mirkivoc.and \ ^ Roux are 18-8 and were once this season ranked as ? high as 18 in the country. The Lady Gamecocks' i)lf-?secocnd seed is Winebarger and Winsor with a THOMAS HUMPHREY/The Gamecock TCCOrd of 15-3. 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I i now state ^ i house f |? i U|-?nr-j ffbwi Bfl a a ^ *?.mmf check out our apartments, I LLtt MANAGEMENT/ ri. 8:30-5:30. gj I POSIT WILL GUARANTEE 1 ILNl rUK intfHLL | = f I I 111 in iiwiiiwiiiiiiiiMiiMiiiwiiiiiMiiiimiHiiiiniimiiPMniMi'wiiMii'iiirl N MHBMMHnnMBHBaHBaHRBnHS use uses to spur cc defeat M< By The Associated Press Joey Hardee pitched four innings of one-hit shutout relief, and Dave Hollins drove in three runs as USC defeated Methodist 10-7 Wednesday. Hardee improved his record to 4-0, and the Gamecocks moved to 34-10. Methodist fell to 32-9-1 as sophomore left-hander Rich Seagroves took the loss. Hollins drove in runs with singles in the third and sixth innings and had a sacrifice fly in the fourth for a third RBI. Charlie Aldrich and Tripp Cromer, each with a double and a single, had two hits for the Gamecocks. 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