The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 23, 1987, Page 7, Image 7

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Sports Fridaj^Qctober 23, 1987 THE GAMECOCK 7 Gamecocks earn do '.\ tf>* *.-&\ * ** ?**$?,?$?$'', 'x% *.V-*? -'* ' ;.j * - ^ , 'r'H *' -" - "': '" "" ' '" " The 2-1 win over North Carolina should assure the No. 3 USC soccer team a chanci I | Old-fashioned street fight Gamecocks, ECU vV * *' - *. . SpV siclcH prccl 1 + ^4 hosfl I ciici I j* 1 pPH^BSR WLi ^SflflK the I I I TlffPi'I fa 4| M P4 jS foe si I Fa^^MU^I \ >! j| ,-- Nfl I pa ^r\j[ B^Hjjr^ IBmI Hk ^K ^^RHfi s(arl m HL^& ! n MiiJ H thal! I ^Jj^HnHpEBn ^ ^p^tgHW co nil ir**f m 2 ^^Gmjsfr igB^ ^ ^ ''r ~ 1,1 ti JhHNIhtR SrUB'lh, (,amn,Hk with Winghack Sterling Sharpe has the new (JSC receiving record of 2,121 yards on Stat 144 catches. During Saturday's win, Sharpe caught six passes for 106 yards. Cine II II i JPfciSVB ril<uiri mmmmmmmmmmm CHALLENGE. RESPONSIBILITY. OPPORTUNITY. REWA [ Important points when you're considering a cc As an Air Force officer, these words have real meaning. You'll be in a challenging position in high-tech environment with responsibility frorr ( start. You'll have opportunities to continue you | education and expand your experience. And y< have all the rewards, including an excellent st( ! qnlnrw nrnnt hnnpfitQ nnri rtm/o wrir>nti^r? vvt,v.i J, vv.. ww. vii iu w vy uujfj \j l VUUVJIIUI I ; pay each year. If you want the important thing: i your career, contact your local Air Force recruit i today. Call MSgt John Siemers 1 (803) 77 1 -4058 Station to Station Collect |l_ Mi ssible bid with win ? By RICHARD BRKKN USC went A second-half rally keyed IJSC's talk (o the 2-1 home soccer win over North of this pa< Carolina Wednesday. Heel win. i tic win should assure the third- "I was < ranked Gamecocks, who have a croachmcn JH|f| record of 12-1-2, a bid in the NCAA direct kicK Mijlagp' . playoffs. was the di |j||g|j|jj "I'm tremendously proud of our year." "jji |p 2SBLj2 guys," USC head coach Mark Her "We s came back in the second half. USC had s t'- i* - "We've been trying to find that 30seconds game to put referee's ]HB5Hr r nopuiuiiy, mis was it." datory 10 ; ' 1 '* looked as though USC would go The cloc Hp. pfc. on top early, when senior forward time the Ci, ^'*1 l& W&k ' lit '^ouK Allison converted a cross less time had r Bj H[ Tm ^*' ^1^^ ?'ian ,'ucc minutes into the game. tying goal. Bk v ",c ^oa' was disallowed, however, had some l< ' .jS HR H because of an offside call and the the half. "* ign -, 99M teams set off on a frantically paced "I told _. HHThe Tar Heels, 11-4, went on ton emotion," -> 1 ?! T jSJ at the 26:40 mark. A ball got past wind adva v* v ? B N% J -|H freshman Gamecock sweeper Mike something HjL f) $lB Bw6MM? wPB Gossclin on the left side. A IJNC for- Arndt said HMjj^RHF Jy^j ward ran it down and sent a ball into "We w< HP*vn^K * I he middle. wind, but 1 K. > Ciossclin and senior stopper Marty well. We h Pl^1 *"* Balt/.egar collided going after the half, and i ball, and UNC's Derek Missimo put game." .f ) v it into the goal. The game continued y.'-" *. ,v , feverishly, and the Gamecocks saw More th; an opportunity slip away with two half, the C i., , - wKTi*,f?'h minutes left in the half. score. Bait V"^ \' '* USC pushed deep into Tar Heel into the Tj ~" -*". territory, and senior Scott Cook Sonefcld ' ' > * headed a cross on goal. UNC's Dar- cd a pass i ren Royer deflected it, but teammate ding on '**'<* -**' John Cocking cleared the ball direct- redirected ?? . ly to Gamecock halfback Jim stood stun MARK THOMPSON/The (iamtcock * Sonefcld. We wo e to vie for the NCAA litle. Soncfcld's shot missed wide, and this time i Use prepare for battle as ed sixth >VAYNK WASHINGTON The Gamecocks made victims of Memphis is editor Appalachain State, Western Tournam ct's assume that USC and E*ast Carolina, Virginia Tech and Virginia The tei jlina were about to engage in an to post a 4-2 record. the toui fashioned street fight. Hast Carolina relies on a re- Truie Til he two would meet in an alley juvenated running attack, which pil- her wrist across a cracked portion of ed up 500 yards against Cincinnati. "I gue walk. The Gamecock defense held Timmom nlookers might attempt to Nebraska to less than four yards per to go to Met who might send who to the carry Oct. 3 and knocked starting The lital or who would bloody the quarterback Steve Taylor out of the medalist r's nose. game. Kentucky nc way they might do that is to Also, the Gamecock defense has k the fight-log book and see if allowed little more than 12 points per two have faced any common game, despite the fact that safety y? Greg Philpot missed this past week's JL^gjIC*. umblings and murmurs would contest. when the onlookers discrwrr 1 ISP's r?ff/?ncn k->c ? " '"-v.. Will IV. Uy KICJI USC and Mast Carolina have two too, averaging 30 points per game. Iniramurals mon foes ? North Carolina Gamecock head football coach Joe A new a c and Virginia Tech. Morrison said this week's street fight |>Umpkin Maw, N.C. State don't count," will be tough because Hast Carolina use Intrs angry onlooker might blurt out. is a team on the rise. Sports Dcr iC played them last year!" "Hast Carolina is a much- Tho h Yeah, but they're on the improved football team," he said. features tv iccock schedule this year too," "They've been playing their best (hat begin jther would respond. football of the season the past two sj(je (|lc j> nth would be right. The weeks." not come fpack stored a touchdown with Hut Morrison said he has been im- finish line ime left on the clock to defeat pressed with his team, too. course chai ; 23-22 this past season. And yes, "The thing that has been im- having to < arc scheduled to come to pressive is that I think we've shown I'umpkii iams-Brice Stadium Oct. 31. improvement each week," he said. ners in ea< ist Carolina toppled N.C'. State "Defensively, we played pretty who come cr this season 32-14. sound the entire game against time and i \ for the Hokies of Virginia Virginia. We moved the ball well on costumes, l, both teams had their way with offense and made some things hap- The entr i. pen. We need to build upon the win want a T-< ic Pirates defeated them 32-23, over Virginia and muix, iw i- "' .w. cisc. Kimn the Ciamccocks ripped them Carolina." shirt on r; 0. Two people should be ready lor Monday. > how can the onlookers predict the Pirates. Meanwh jutcome? Running hack Harold Green rush- released ell, there are other facts. ed for a career-high 133 yards against playoffs. *1 ist Carolina comes into Satur- Virginia thirteen days after knee followed 1 s street fight with a 4-3 record surgery. Philpot is expected to see ac- Alpha Ta wins over Virginia Tech, N.C. tion after recovering from knee White Boy e, Georgia Southern and surgery he had Oct. II. A division innati. So what about that street fight? In men's ?? | cc\in a to A Ghc ,RD. jfep ireer. n / %4P ' he Ro?i Nting I" 1 1 v./ifK wmi n ii 5 from I I er k f. ^ || Boo-grams will appes mP1* I 1 L a r^var T o r Unnl c? lf T VI JL 611 JL JL V^lk5 away empty handed. " I he only way to pay them buck was will, Herson went out to through our skill." referees and remind them IJS( was now beginning to over >t year's game, a 1-0 I ar come the Iar Heels, which Herson called "the most physical team we concerned about theii in play all year." With the Gamecocks t on out direct and in resting frontline players for the clos ts," Herson said. * * I hat ing minutes, a reserve struck for the Terence in the game last winning goal. I.ess than three minutes after Allison's goal, freshman Slark < if I lluil in Mil. 1 UKA I. : . in.iivn, Diiiniii iook on uiiODling down the i free kick with more than right sideline. I he Tar Heel defense left, but IJNC' ignored the came out to meet him, and his shot irdcrs to move the man- was blocked. yards away from the kick. k kept running, and by the IJNC.' let the ball bounce loose, amecocks got the kick oil, however, and lieshman Jell I.ove un out, nullifying a game- rushed to it, scoring from 20 yards Berson added that he also out. ley words for his players at "I was going in alter the shot to see if the keeper would make the them to keep then com- save," I.ove said. "It w;is a case of I not get caught up in the being in the right place at the right i>eisou saiu. um (Kid the time." ntage lor the second hall, Gamecock goalie Charlie The Gamecocks could have iced "was definitely a factor. the game minutes later, but a Grenere concerned about the ville I'ope shot bounced off the right thought we adjusted quite goalpost and into Tar Heel ad to win balls in our own posession. t worked its way into our Bcrson praised his victorious team. "When you score two goals on a team that's in a position to go back an halfway into the second and defend, which North Carolina iamecocks finally tied the does extremely well, that's really zcgar sent a throw-in deep something. We came back and earntr Heel penalty box. ed those goals the hard way." I faked a move, then flickto Allison, who was stan- In the process, the Gamecocks may the Koal line. Allison > -i <-? u:.i -> ? .....V- V.UIIK.U n |Uciyi)ii U1U IIIL' easy it into the goal as UNC way ? winning their way into a slot, ned. USC takes on Jacksonville Sunday rked on it in practice, and at The Graveyard. Match time is 2 t paid oil, Allison said. p.m. 7 places 4th in women's golf CY SCHMID Individual scores for USC in the ;r three-day tournament were women's golf team finish- Elizabeth Mcfie's 234, Cathy out of 16 teams in the Rurnfclt's 242, Liz Galbrcath's 245 Women's Intcrcollcgiate and Sue Rcdard's 248. cnt this Dast weekend I KP i km?? r X.^x. MVUV4 WUUV.II LvlllUU am was fourth going into says she still doesn't think her team nament before captain has reached its potential. mmons tore ligaments in "We're making ground and improving step by step," Mescan ss I swing too hard," said said. i. "I'll be ready in a week "Once we realizo haw.good we . our next tournament." arc, we'll start winning,"Tim'mont*... individual first place said. was Kate Rogerson of "We'll be strong this year. We're \ She shot a 222. on the winning track." 1 e gets different course I AIM) HRKKN iniTc'lnghlighls (his year's 111 traiTl Ural Run, sponsored by the imural and Recreational )artrnent. alloween-morning race folio wee! by The Horsemen and the vo- an ' five-mile courses Dude Men. Bates West GDI heads and end on the ramp out- the women's division, followed by ! :. Center. Runners will Kappa Delta and Delta Delta Delta. i mm w heal Mrect to the I he Mangy Dogs have won the as in past years. The wifflc ball National League and arc nge will keep runners from set to take on the winner of a playoff :ross railroad tracks. between Navy and Nobility. is will go to the top run- Three traditionally strong soccer iii age group, the people teams should head into Sunday's closest lo guessing their playoffs with perfect records. The he runners with the best Bongers arc 4-0 as is Sigma Alpa lipsion, who beat Pika this week. Sigma y fee is for those who Chi is 3-0. diirt and $2 for everyone Brian Burkhart is the champion of ers who want to get their the men's C tennis division. Larry tec day must sign up by Kristinik has made the B finals and is waiting for the conclusion of play in ill* f "tl 11 1 -i--. ..v, ...v .VVVllM^l 111.111 lilt VMIIiri l> UiaCKCI. for the flag football 'he Rear lintrics arc No. I, The Howling Club is headed to >y Sigma Alpha lipsilon, Raleigh this weekend lor regional u Omega, the Average tournament competition. The men's s and AI RO in the men's and women's teams will be battling C lemson and North Carolina State, B, the Hosers top the list, among others. BOO-GRAM^^. 3st or Ghoul! yp "m ' V 2 lines for $2.00 \r ring below form to Russell House i 323 or Send to Box 85131, Campus, /lake Check out to The G amecock. j j ir in the Oct. 30 Gamecock, j i