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use ad soccer s By RICHARD W. ROWELL Staff writer In front of 1,696 fans at ' Graveyard, the USC soccer teani s out Southern Methodist Univers 1-0, in a national quarterfinal ma Sunday afternoon. With the win, Gamecocks, 14-3-4, will advance the NCAA Final Four for the f time in their 11-year history. The loss also halted SMU's ni game unoeaien sireaK. i ne Musia: finish their season with a record 12-2-6. "I give a lot of credit to Soi Carolina," said SMU head co< Schellas Hyndman. "They put he; pressure on us, and when we did the ball in the midfield there was i tant chaos because they had a lot legs chasing after it. "In the second half we spreac out a little more, got our fullbai going up and were able to control midfield a little better. Also in the cond half, we opened the game \ We went for the goal but ... we j didn't have the luck. The ball boui ed right for us; we just didn't pu in." Early in the match, both tea were creating quality scoring opp< tunities but neither defense woi allow the attackers to finish. At 1 28:40 mark, USC scored what pro\ to be the winning goal, as team c; tain Billy McMullan stole the b from a SMU defender in I Gamecocks' offensive third of 1 field. McMullan then sent a pass Clark Brisson, who was breaki down the left wing. Brisson contrc ed the pass and slotted the ball Mustang goalkeeper John Howari ten irom 10 yaras out. 1 ne snot ji beat Howard to the far post for t goal. Clark has five goals on 1 year, two of those coming in the p; two matches. USC applied tremendous pressi on the Mustang defense for the mainder of the first half, but cot only get one goal out of seven sho SMU committed 14 fouls in the opt ing period as a result of t Gamecock pressure. In the second half, SMU beg pushing people forward in order score the equalizer. The Mustari t' ? $ i ^W jflllilPlil 11111^1111^ USC senior forward Grenville P< day's 1-0 Gamecock victory over t advances to the NCAA Final Foui All I Want For PLACE A CHRIS1 THE GAMECOCK I SO COME BY ROOM COST: 2 Li I the C P.O. Bo* 85131 Name: SSN: All I Want For*Christm, Ivances to emifinals had their best chance to tie the mate! at the 56:47 mark. On a corner kick rhe USC goalkeeper Charlie Arndt cam< hut out and punched the ball right t< ity, SMU's David Pfeil. Pfeil ripped ; tch shot from close range, but Arnd the made the save to preserve his 13tl to shutout of the year. : . u? r>_: *u. IIM J-'vaput l lie Will, DI looVJIl oalu LIU Gamecocks are worried about no ne- capitalizing on their scorinj ngs opportunities. of "We were concerned about th< number of chances we had that w< uth couldn't put away because you an ach not going to have too many," saic ivy Brisson. "Luckily, we did put on* get away. Hopefully, next week, we car ns- work on finishing and put all of then of away." USC head coach Mark Berson wai 1 it also concerned about the missec :ks chances but was, nevertheless, pleas the ed with the win. se- "In the first half, after scoring, w< jp. missed a number of good chances tc ust slot some goals away that we didn'i nc- take advantage of," Berson said t it "That is a scary thing because the) (missed shots) can come back tc ms haunt you. or- "SMU came out in the second hall aid and had put a lot of pressure on us the We counter-attacked pretty well anc ^ed had some real good chances (tc ap- score). The team held together, kept iall its composure and played a great he game. SMU did a fine job; they were the very composed and knocked the bal to around very well. They are certainl) ng a top team and we are very pleased tc >11- win today." to d's The Gamecocks will next pla> ast nowara mis Saturday at noon ai he Bloomington, Ind.. Howard he defeated No. 1 Virginia, 3-2 in overast time Sunday to advance to the semifinals. Indiana and Portland will ire square off at 2:30 p.m in the other re- semifinal match. The championship ild match on Sunday will be televised by ts. ESPN. :n- "I've been waiting on this for five he years," said USC senior midfielder Pat Walsh. "It was a tough game but an we were fortunate to hang on and to win. Now let's accomplish our goal igs and win the whole thing." mm? / ' ' 11'' | j ^ ' w ^ \A PURSER rhe GamecM-k ope dribbles the ball up the sideline in Sunhe Mustangs of SMU. With the win, USC Christmas Is. . . MAS CLASSIFIED IN CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! 323 AND PLACE YOUR AD nes For $2.00 iamecock Columbia, S.C. 29208 as Is . . . IBB-*'1' Wk .jimmfMB t is i -: - * * . m r ) The Gamecock soccer team celebrates after clinching a Final Four spot in 1 now face Howard in* the semifinals. f ' I Cham SCREEN JACKETS?CAPS "Anything Textile" 791' Come By Oor t 1 36 State Street, ... 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