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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
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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.
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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."
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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."
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