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Yellow maul U By BRANT LONG Staff writer Eighth-ranked USC lost its fir: game of the season Saturday to th Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech ? Grant Field in Atlanta. Behind a 125-yard performance b Yellow Jacket running back Jerr Mays and the almost-perfect passin of quarterback Todd Ramplej Georgia Tech scored a 34-0 upset c 4. 1 ? uic vjamecucKS. "It was like (University of Georgi coach) Vince Dooley said of us, USC coach Joe Morrison saic "They took us to the woodshed They simply outplayed us." The troubled USC offense wa held virtually helpless by the Yello\ Jacket defense, ranked No. 1 in th nation against the pass. Georgia Tec forced four Todd Ellis interception and three fumbles. "The team felt good before th game," Ellis said, "but things jus didn't seem to click. The team need to be able to convert better, and need to put the ball in the righ place." A crowd of 45,103 saw the Yellov Jackets dominate the first half, scor ing all but three of their 34 points. After USC couldn't convert on thi opening drive of the game and had tc punt, Rampley took the Jackets 71 yards in 10 plays, ending the driv< with a 12-yard touchdown pass tc split end Steve Davenport. On the Gamecocks' next posses sion, dropped passes, a constant hin drance this season, forced anothei punt. Again, Rampley marched Georgit Tech downfield, throwing a 48-yarc pass to Greg Lester, which put th< Yellow Jackets on the USC 30-yarc line. Several plays later, fullback Stefen Scotton plunged in from ? yard out to give the Yellow Jackets ? 14-0 lead. The Gamecocks mounted their on ly real drive of the first half late ir the first quarter but were held scoreless when Collin Mackie missed a 45-yard field goal attempt. USC got another chance to score wher\Patrick Blackwell recovered a Yellow Jacket fumble at the Georgia Techj?8-yard line. But once again, turnovers held back the Gamecock attack, as Keith Bing fumbled at the 3-yard line and Willie Burks recovered for Georgia Tech. "The fumble wasn't an emotional drain," said linebacker Patrick Hinton, "but it hurt us." The Gamecocks got the ball back, but Ellis threw his first interception on third down with nine yards to go. After Andre Thomas returned the interception to the USC 4-yard line, acouon scored nis second toucnoown on a 1-yard dive. i . "" ?*,, * * * +/'/i ,/ ifll v" f ? I - r : r IK *m <* 4 . 1 I? gS 1 sk&BP * ffe" "J> .y|W/ I jl >* f ma Winner Jimmy Arias, formerly the sixth-ra smack a forehand against Jimmy Brc Tennis Championships, held Sunday Arias defeated Brown, 6-3, 6-4 to wi Jackets SC, 34-0 i f, ?f After an Ellis fumble on (JSC's next possession, Tech's Thomas a Palmer booted a 29-yard field goal to " make the score 24-0. I, (JSC's woes continued on its next |. drive when Ellis' pass was tipped and picked off by Georgia Tech's s Thomas. Thomas returned his sev cond interception of the game 51 e yards for a touchdown. Palmer's h PAT made it 31-0 at the halftime s break. "We still thought we had a chance e to win at halftime, even though t Georgia Tech beat us in every phase s of the game in the opening period," I defensive tackle Derrick Frazier said, t But the Gamecocks never came close in the second half, as the v Yellow Jackets began to chew up the clock. Palmer missed a 37-yard field goal attempt late in the third quarter = and the game went into the final > period still 31-0. ? USC tried to mount a final drive in ; the fourth quarter but the team was ) stopped on a fourth and one from the Georgia Tech 20. The Jackets marched slowly the other way, and with 58 seconds left, Palmer kicked a 35-yard r field goal to complete the scoring. The pasting by the Yellow Jackets i marked the first time in six years thai 1 USC has been shut out and the first ; time in two years that Georgia Tech 1 has beaten a National Collegiate ; Athletic Association Division I-A opi ponent. Before Saturday, the Yellow i Jackets had lost 15 consecutive games against Division I schools. "We obviously underestimated i them," Matt McKernan said, "and I they humiliated us. Our defense I seems to be a mule you have to kick to get going. Saturday, we got ! kicked." t. Running back Harold Green, who . only had 5-5 yards rushing, said, "It was humiliating knowing what we're capable of and not doing it. We have to overcome playing on the road. It has always held us back." "The coaches are disappointed and our guys are disappointed," Morrison said. "We just didn't play a crisp mental game. We hurt ourselves a lot." USC dropped to 6-1 while Georgia Tech improved to 2-4. The Gamecocks have an open date next week before traveling to Raleigh to take on North Carolina State Oct. 29. ........ m s ffi -T w ? 'i -/* ?, ' "' . y'' jBfMBgg ' j' 'f'"; , ; -*** ' ^. , UBl.. i V <& V TtDDY LEPP The Gtmieo>ck tnked player in the world, prepares to >wn in the finals of the Columbia Pro at USC's Sam Daniel Tennis Center, n the $10,000 first prize. Georgia Tech running back Jerry M Gamecoch By STEPHEN GUILFOYLE Editor in chief USC coaches and players thougl good week of practice before Sat against Georgia Tech. They were thought. But after losing 34-0 to Tech, tl good luck that they have two weeks i their next opponent, North Carolin has an open date next weekend. The Gamecock defensive squad d good after the game. In fact, they felt embarrassed, hi very embarrassed. USC's defense prides itself on r points, defensive coordinator Joe L< to tell people. Saturday, it g< touchdowns. "It was horrible. We were suppose* the top defenses in the country. To< one of the worst," said USC lineb McKernan. Turnovers by the offense resu touchdowns and two field goals, gi points. USC wins two over weekend From staff reports The Lady Gamecock volleyball team won two out of three matches this weekend at the University of Georgia Invitational Tournament in Athens. USC's six-game winning streak was broken by Georgia in the Lady Gamecocks' first tournament match. The Lady Bulldogs defeated USC for the second time this season, 15-10, 15-5, 14-16, 17-15. On Saturday, the Lady Gamecocks fared a little better, defeating Tulane University and Boston College to run their record to 15-8. USC defeated Tulane, 10-15, 15-10, 15-9, 15-11 and swept Boston College, 15-6, 15-7, 15-8. The win over Boston College marked the 100th career victory for USC head coach Bonnie Kenny. Now in hpr fifth cooc/>? I TCC" 1/~ "vi linn jvajuii ai u jv., i\.cilliy S career record is 100-59. The Lady Gamecocks return home to face North Carolina Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Sol Blatt P.E. Center. WORLD SERIES Saturday, Oct. 1 5 Los Angeles 5, Oakland 4, Los Angeles leads series 1-0 Sunday, Oct. 16 Oakland (Davis 16-7) at Los Angeles (Hershiser 23-8) Tuesday, Oct. 18 Los Angeles at O.akland Wednesday, Oct. 1 9 Los Angeles at Oakland Thursday, Oct. 2 0 Los Angeles at Oakland, if necessary Saturday, Oct. 2 2 Oakland at Los Angeles, if necessary Sunday, Oct. 23 Oakland at Los Angeles, if necessary ^ yjc-i* iSI mm m H ' " m mJ lir J v-v ays splits the USC defense Saturday in Atlanta. Mays rushed cs embarrassed I The USC offense was held scoreless for the time since Georgia trashed USC 24-0 in 191 lit they had a Athens. urday's game "It was just one game," said quarterback 1 : ready, they Ellis, "but we're upset and disappointed. V not a very good offensive team right now." hey think it's And the only good thing about the loss, a< to prepare for ding to the players, was that it came at jusi a State. USC right time ? USC has an open date next week so ir?4ias two weeks to prepare for a road tri idn't feel too Raleigh to prepare to face the N.C. 5 Wolfpack. N.C. State defeated North Care umiliated and Saturday, 48-3. "We need to convert better. We're just a I tot giving up fraction off, and we have two weeks to prepa ee Dunn likes Ellis said. ive up two "This was a major disappointment. We em rassed ourselves," Ellis said. "Everyone's dc i to be one of but we can come back and play some g day, we were football." qpItpt \4aft ^?:? ? i u.v.v^. ...mi ivicrvci nan anu umci ucicusivc players agi "There's a lot of football left to be played," Ited in two McKernan. "It may be that we were slipping, ving Tech 34 ting away with less . . . It's a good time foi open date." wBtmR USC sophomore defender Mike Gosselin kicks the ball aw Graveyard. Duke defeated the Gamecocks, 3-1. Gamecocks fall i By RICHARD W. ROVVELL Staff writer The Gamecock soccer team lost a close match Sunday against region opponent Duke by the deceiving score of 3-1. With the loss, fifth-ranked USC falls to 10-3-1 on the year, while Duke moves to 12-3. Duke controlled the first half of the match, scoring its first goal at the 20:18 mark. It came off the foot of Clint Carnell, who shot the ball in from 20 yards out. The Blue Devils scored their second goal of the match with 6:04 left in the first half. Tom Mitch dribbled around a USC defender and sent the ball to Carnell, who looped the ball over Arndt from 10 yards out to score his second goal of the match. In the second half, the match became physical as USC attempted to catch up. Nine yellow cards (warnings) were given out by the referee and 25 fouls were committed in the final 45 minutes. The Blue Devils had several opportunities to increase their lead, but couldn't convert their chances until the end of the match. USC closed the gap to 2-1 with 5:49 left in the match. After a corner kick, the ball bounced around the Duke goal. Finally, Phil Seidenburg got the ball to a wide-open Jeff Love, who drilled it into the net. a\\r^ ~^u: ~ ~ ~-a * A n u : vv c wcic puMiuig luiwaiu auu 111c uaii waj uuuiiVriug BHHk <fc,. .jii y- ( llL^ Ww <#>$&? 3tg$^H m ; :< ^0*^ ,^'^ij HDD) ii rr i iw iiaim-i iH ^ for 125 yards in the Yellow Jackets' 34-0 win. ->y performance f; TV>A t^om'c AvnppfotiAnc IIOWA??'? -1 ' ii1m HIV ivMi.i j >./i^v.iuiiuii.i liavcn I LllcUlgeU, $1 at McKernan said. "It's always reasonable to have expectations, ["odd but 't s not where we should be looking right /e're now," he said. "We can go very far if we play our best ball, but we'll never know until we play it." :cor- "This is going to make us play harder," said the defensive tackle Derrick Frazier. "It won't be difend, ficult at all to regroup." ip to *' ' ' *. * * State Running back Harold Green, wjio managed to )lina ga'n ^ yards on the ground, the best since he was hurt in the Georgia game, said the running game, ^ j which was non-existent against Virginia Tech last re ,, week, "did some good things out there." "We were stretching it out, and it was working kar at the beginning," he said, "but we started losing )wn the blocks we needed." ood "There's frustration. We're not doing what I know we're capable of doing. We're not conceneed. trating on blocks. We need to put a lot more work said in during the week," he said, get- "I don't think it's blown anyone's expectations r an for the rest of the season. We'll learn from this and work hard," Green said. mm ^^ms^Ms DANA PURSER /The Gamecock ay from a Duke opponent during Sunday's match at The to Blue Devils around and it landed right in front of me." said Love. "I couldn't miss, it was six yards in front of the goal." The final five minutes proved to be intense. USC pressed to get the equalizer and missed several close chances to tie the match. Duke scored a final goal with two seconds left to make the match appear lopsided. Chris Harrington scored on a one-on-one against Arndt; Joey Valenti recorded the assist. "The last goal (by Duke) capsulized the tone of the day," said USC Coach Mark Berson. "We did not play well enough over the entire 90 minutes to win today. Our guys played with courage to come back . . . but we expect that. We have five tough games coming up ... so it is time tn mnrentrnfe r?n that " The Gamecocks travel to Los Angeles next weekend for the Metropolitan Life Classic, where they will face national powers University of California Los Angeles and San Diego State. The next home match is Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. against N.C. State. FINAL STATISTICS USC Duke Shots 12 15 Saves 5 4 Corner kicks 4 3 Fouls 24 34