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Wednesday, June 1, 1988 THE GAMECOCK 5 mmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmammm-m?mm-m mm-hk iinnii ..mi 'j Baseball te: : region ima From staff reports With three wins and one loss, USC lost the final game of the NCAA Atlantic Regional to the Miami Hurricanes 10-3. The Hurricanes, 51-12-1, will go on to play in the ColIrop World Sf?rir><; Miami has hi?pn to thr ?i(*rio<> 10 times and has won the national championship in 1982 and 1985. The Gamecocks, 43-21, beat James Madison in play on Thursday. Sophomore outfielder Skeets Thomas drove a fastball over the fence at University of Miami's Mark Light Stadium in the bottom of the ninth inning to give USC a 3-2 victory. Garrett Carter, named to the All-Atlantic Regional L- team, scored on Thomas' home run after hitting an infield single. On Friday, Georgia Tech handed USC its first loss in the double elimination tournament. The Yellow Jackets beat the Gamecocks 7-6. USC returned to play on Saturday against Towson State. With the pitching of Craig Goddard and Will Lewis, the Gamecocks outscored the I igers 5-1 to auvance in the tournament. Goddard returned to play after being out of action for a 3$ month because of a sore arm. He gave up only three hits and one run during his four-and-one-third innings on the | mound. Lewis allowed the Tigers only two hits during his four-and-one-third innings. Coach June Raines called on Brian Beatson to finish the game. Beatson's pitch to pinch-hitter Chris Nabholz | ended the game with a grounder to first base. The Gamecocks advanced to play unbeaten Georgia jg Tech. For the second week in a row, Brian Williams pitched an entire game and struck out 15 Yellow Jackets to give USC a 5-0 victory over Georgia Tech. Williams pitched a I A Aa * -f iuolj finishes e SBBr fflBS' /ijfei wra& Sit 1 Drawing a line Freshman Brett Quigley, 1987 U.S. Coif / Champion, lines up a putt. He shot a 7S-298 playoffs in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The Rhode Is fellow freshman teammate Robert Dargan plaj tournament to allow the team to tie Ceorgia for (Former Gamecocl From Associated Press One athlete refuses to go to camp, and the other is h ing he can attend one. Sterling Sharpe and George Rogers, both former IJ football standouts, arc discussing final contract tci with National Football League teams. Sharpe is negotiating terms with the Green Bay Pack and Rogers is discussing a contract with the Den Broncos. (Sharpe won't go Green Bay Packers coach Lindy Infante said he v disappointed by the absence of wide receiver Sterl Sharpe at the opening practice of the team's four-day s ing minicamp. Sharpe, the team's first draft pick, was one of 11 players who did not report to the camp Friday. "I would say right now Sterling doesn't have < (knowledge of the Packer system)," Infante said. "I'r little disappointed he's not here. He's the only rookie t we had who's not here. He's not going to help us in So Carolina." Sharpe attenueu tne team s May 6-9 minicamp, but ? in I 1 hac nnJp/^l Ja ctau ai I Vfi IIUl \JCk\ HI IMC rrui rvvnu. ?*v iimj v/)/ivv< ?v -?m; m from camp because contract negotiations have slow said agent Rick Mostak, who represents Sharpe. am yields 1 i iu lTiiaiiii shutout of Southern Mississippi in the Metro Conference tournament. Williams, who improved his record to 3-1, gave up two walks and two singles. Tl>.> I'n.ili .11-111 rinlif.li'inrl(>r out of I 111* . 11V I. V bullpen rotation early in the regular season to fill in for Tripp Cromer, the injured shortstop. The Gamecocks were then in position to advance to play in the College World Series with the stipulation that they win their next two games against unbeaten Miami. The Hurricanes ended USC's chance on Sunday with a 10-3 win over the Gamecocks. Starter Brian Rountrce's arm gave out in the fifth inning as Miami began their hitting barrage that ended USC's early lead. Brian Williams hit a double then scored on a Garrett Carter single in the third to put the Gamecocks up 1-0. USC scored two more runs in the fourth to up its lead 3-0. Mark Nelson hit a single, advancing Bobby Underwood to second, and both players continued on a groundout. Mark Taylor's single allowed Nelson and Underwood to score. Frank Dominguez hit a two-run homer off Rountree in the sixth which gave the Hurricanes the lead. Dave Mcnhart and Brian Beatson pitched in the seventh, giving ,iti runt iho I llirrir-lllc Adrian Adkins, Skeets Thomas and Brian Williams were selected for the all-tournament team. Adkins will be the designated hitter; Thomas was chosen as an outfielder; and Williams made the team as a pitcher. The tournament's Most Valuable Player was Joe Grahc, who pitched the entire game for the Hurricanes, and captured his second tournament victory. ighth in NCAA By BOBBY JONKS Sports editor il^P USC finished ten shots behind UCLA to tic the University of j Georgia for eighth place in the * NCAA golf post season play Saturday a* the North Ranch Country I The Gamecocks made the final round of play and ended the tournamerit with a 1,186, a strong individual and team finish. - The University of California, Los Angeles, shot a 1,176 to capture its first team title in the sport. Oklahoma State's E. H. Pfister KBSImU^ shot a four-undcr-par 284 to win the g|||ft individual honors. Junior Jeff Hull led the Gamecocks, shooting 73-291 for a HB 13th-place finish. - Jeffs been tne most consistent player. He came through the tourna% ! mcnt with three solid rounds," said coach Steve l.ichler. .v?* . - * He also said Hull would be named \ ? ,? a second or third team All American '''iftiiViT 'fr r -* / * due to his performance this season. -A All American candidate Rick ^ Williams finished at 73-296. I.iebler complimented the sophomore on his I "Rick Williams has come a long way. He will be an All American."": , . Freshmen Brett Quigley and Robert Dargan shot 75 in the final round for a 298 and 307 respectively I.iebler said Quigley and Dargan Prov'ided maturity and poise which BHS9991i vlftV " was a strong backbone for the young Senior Rob Hrubala finished three strokes ahead of Dargan at 75-304. Third-year coach Steve Liebler was pleased with his team's performance. "I'm elated," Liebler said. "It was .?the greatest moment of my coaching career." Although the team was young, St.AN KI't.Fb.R' The GameiiK'k i ui I #i I Liebler said the Gamecocks accomplished a lot. He had hoped for them to finish in the top 15 before tournament play began. \ssoeiation Junior "To beat some of the teams we at the the NCAA beat was a great accomplishement," hunt mitivp iind his said I icbler. >ed strongly in (lie l.icbler and his team haven't set an eighth place. their goals tor the upcoming year but their goals will be higher than the ones set lor this year. ks negotiate contracts Mostak said contract talks Friday with Tom Braatz, th< Packer's vice president of football operations, left the twe sides "about where we were almost two weeks ago." Roaers seeks contract ms The Denver Broncos have offered Cieorge Rogers i multi-year contract, and I he free-agent running bact :crs could be signed by (his week, his agent said. vcr Jack Mills, Roger's Boulder, Colorado-based agen said he would iron out the details with Denvci management. "I'm hoping it will turn out, because that's wha vas George wants," Mills said. ing Mills would not discuss contract details, but said it wa: pr- an agreement "with substantially less base money" thai the $720,(KM) Rogers would have received next seasor ine from the Washington Redskins. Me said the propose< contract with the Broncos is weighted with incentives, my The Redskins recently waived Rogers, the 198 n a Hcisman trophy winner, and he also became a free agcn hat after clearing waivers unclaimed. uth To date, the Broncos arc the only team to make Roger an offer, and Mills said it is likely that Rogers will sigi with Denver. "It definitely looks like they want to make a deal,' Mills said. if*(\ . * Id like to see it happen. Denver is the place Cieorg has always wanted." ?- .; Mi Sign of the times Construction of a now five-story dorm f The dorm will house 204 student-athletes i and computers compatible with those on < Primal sere By BOBBY JONKS f Spols editor ba; Three USC softball games kicked ing off the summer intramural season orj Sunday. He Sunday's games 1 Primal Scream won a double- j-jn header. The team is comprised of students in the psychology department, and ^ Hob Meckel, a faculty member, is the ^ team coach. Primal scream "is a form of q, therapy," said Paula Skedsvold, a . memocr 01 mc winning (cam. "That's where the name comes jj from." To begin the afternoon, Primal Scream beat the Visitors 16-5. Primal pi; Scream finished with a 16-4 hitting pe win over the Competitive Inhibitors. A Skcdsvold said the team was happy R< with its victories. ga "I think we did well. We had a few people hit home runs." tr, ? : I 'N i - I < ) t I c ' y acility on South Marion Street next to Hi in two-bedroom suites. Kach room will h :ampus. 'am beats 1 ikedsvold said lhat they also form Thi sketball and volleyball teams dur: the spring and fall under the ^ani/ation and leadership of Not ckel. 7 PPrimal Stream is looking forward '^ls the upcoming matches and the als, Skedsvold said. '>'u "The biggest opposition we've had ^ai the past is from the chemistry partment and the computer science ^ partment," she said. '>'K In the last game of the day. the u'n uolina Marketeers narrowly 1 ;,v feated the Pinheads, 8-7. 'K>' >day's games More intramural games will be ? ayed today. Past Times will comic against the Staffcocks at ( > p.m. ' Softball Team will take on the t :ar Entries at 7 p.m. to end toda\'s r UIIC>. I All competition takes place on In- [ amural Field B. _ PACK 3= BEFOE GO I With Bo< (selected s I OUR 1st Wed. 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