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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
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"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.
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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.
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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/~
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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
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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."
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"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."
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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.
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"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."
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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.
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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