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? 1 Thomas leads USC over Chanticleers USC left fielder Skeets Thoma drove in five runs with three hits, in eluding a grand-slam home run Tues day night to lead the Gamecocks to 10-3 win over Coastal Carolina. Gamecock pitcher Brian Rountre fired a six-hitter, improving hi season mark to 5-6. Rountree held shutout until the ninth inning, whei the Chanticleers scored three times paced by a two-run shot by Ton; Spires. Thomas had a perfect seven hits ii his last seven at-bats before makinj an out in his final at-bat, missing ; chance to tie the school record o eight consecutive hits. The Gamecocks raised their seasoi mark to 25-15, while the Chanticleer: fell to 28-11. USC faces a tougl challenge this weekend, as it began : three-game series with Clemson or Thursday night at Sarge Frye Field Tonight's game starts at 7:30 p.m. while Saturday's contest will begin a 2 p.m. Gamecock catcher to undergo surgery Arthroscopic surgery on USC baseball catcher Tray Witt's injured riaht knep TnpcHav r/?v#?alpH hnth car. tilage and ligament damage, causing Witt to miss the remainder of the season. Gamecock head coach June Raines said surgery to repair the damage will be performed after the spring semester final examinations which begin next week. Witt, who is batting .351 with one home run and 18 RBI's, injured his knee March 28 during a game at Coastal Carolina and has been playing only sparingly since the injury occured. Lady Gamecocks split with Furman The 15th-ranked Lady Gamecock softball team finished the home portion of their 1989 regular-season schedule by splitting a doubleheader with the Lady Paladins of Furman. I WHBHii I A CI Ho I In I USC took the opener 3-1, but the Lady Paladins came back to take the nightcap, 2-1. Furman took an early 1-0 lead in ^ the first inning of the opener, but the , Lady Gamecocks answered with two runs in the?fifth when designated hitter Cheri Laskowski doubled home two runs.. USC hurler Charlene ? Manley picked up the swin for the i- Lady Gamecocks, improving her ?- record to 19-3. a In the second game, both clubs went scoreless until the top of the e sixth when a Lady Paladin double s brought home two runs to prevent a a sweep. Lady Gamecock pitcher a Angie Lear took the loss, dropping ? her season mark to 19-5. y With the split, USC's record stands at 38-8, while Furman is cur1 lil 11 '* I til Li^ S USC will complete its regular a season schedule in Chattanooga, f Tenn .when they play in the Chattanooga Tournament April 21-23. i \ Borup qualifies ; for national team USC All-American Reyne Borup ' captured a second-place finish in the [ one-meter competition Wednesday at the U.S. National Diving Championships in Boca Raton, Fla. With the second-place finish, } Borup has qualified for the U.S. National Team and will compete in the U.S. International meet in Orlando, Fla. and the World Final Cup meet in ^ Indianapolis, Ind. in May. Borup was to compete Thursday ? afternoon for the three-meter title. ; Racquetball team ! has good showing t The USC racquetball team traveled to Chapel Hill, N.C., this weekend to i play in the Eastern Seaboard Collegiate Tournament. Representing the Gamecocks were Brian Polsky, Mike Glowa, Gary McLaurin, David Bonheimer and Jackson Rowland. Polsky won the men's open division and, along with partner Glowa, also captured the men's open doubles division. McLaurin went to the final tour in the Men's C division, and Bonheimer made it to the quarterfinals in the same category. There were nine schools represented in the tournament. The Depi tccepi 'or T1 assic! >st An <Y>r A forme S, ; mm , jl m USC tennis player Stephane Simian returns a forehand earlier this season. Simian won in the No.l singles slot in Wednesday's match against thirdranked LSU, but the Gamecocks lost 5-4. rrr> -fr\s\ + bi /* 11 irk 1? J KJULUULL JJIU By The Associated Press Eight Conferences, plus 1< ATLANTA ? The College Football Association as Notre Dame, Penn Sta has presented a plan to bowl representatives for a The playoff would ex 16-team national championship playoff in the early Pacific-10 conferences wh 1990's that could bring participating schools sion package, the paper s millions of dollars but undermine the present bowl According to bowl sou system, a newspaper reported. seriously studying a play The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said CFA Ex- four months and conside ecutive Director Chuck Neinas revealed the plan at before deciding on the o a closed meeting with eight bowl representatives in the paper said. Atlanta Wednesday. Attending the meeting were According to the Journ officials from the Orange, Sugar, Cotton, Holiday, calls for a selection comr Citrus, Fiesta, Liberty and Peach Bowls. that picks the field for the The CFA is a group of 63 schools which play nament. The committee w Division I football, including teams from the teams for the playoffs. Southeastern, Atlantic Coast, Southwest and Big The top eight seeds wou! use Athl artment Is ting Appli le 1989 Ca 5, The Rec id Hostess n Applicat ition, Call Third-ranl rally to de By CHRIS SILVESTRI Assistant sports editor The third-ranked Tigers of Louisiana State rebounded from a 4-2 deticit by capturing all three of the doubles matches to beat fifth-ranked USC in a dramatic 5-4 win Wednesday afternoon at the Sam Daniel Tennis Complex The victory raised LSU's mark to 19-2 on the season, while the Gamecocks fell to 19-7. The loss marked the sixth time in seven losses that the Gamecocks have lost by one point. The loss of players to injuries proved costly for the Gamecocks, as Ken Diller did not participate because of lower back strains. Diller's absence was felt most in the doubles action where, because of his injury, two of the three USC teams were not the usual pairs. "It's very hard to beat the No.3 team in the nation without a healthy team," USC head coach Kent DeMars said. "But I was very pleased with our guys' performance." The Gamecocks dominated the singles competition as their No.l player Stephane Simian, Johan Karlen, Dave Herman and Erick Sydow all defeated their LSU opponents, and USC carried a 4-2 lead into the doubles competition. In the doubles action, the Tiger team of Johan Kjellsten and Tom Furakrantz defeated Gamecocks Karlen and Richard Lynch, 6-3, 6-2 at the No.2 slot. yoff plan j ;ading independents such on the can tte and Florida State. semifinal an ;clude the Big Ten and at current 1 ich have their own televi- would essen aid. The champi trees, the CFA has been among seve off system for the past weekend bel :red more than 40 plans The CFA ne revealed Wednesday, proved by tl expires at thi al-Constitution, the plan sell the regul nittee similar to the one the highest t ; NCAA basketball tour- The CFA ould pick and seed the 16 its annual c passes there, Id host first-round games ballot for th etic i Nov* catio trolin :ruiti] i Groi ;ion 0 7-665 ced Tigers feat USC Then disaster struck as LSU's Roland So and Donni Leaycraft won the final three games of the third set for a 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 win over USC's Sydow and Louie Gloria. Within five minutes of that loss, the LSU tandem of Mario Pacheco and Ged Schwing broke two Gamecock serves for a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win against the Gamecock team of Simian and Steve Longley in the top doubles match. USC men's and women's tennis teams will compete in the Metro Conference Chamnionshins this in Cincinnati, Ohio. USC-LSU results Singles: No.l Stephane Simian (USC) d. Roland So (LSU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. No.2 Donni Leaycraft (LSU) d. Steve Longley (USC), 6-3, 5-7, 6-2. No.3 Johan Kjellsten (LSU) d. Louie Gloria (USC), 6-3, 6-2. No.4 Johan Karlen (USC) d. Tom Furakrantz (LSU), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. No.5 Dave Herman (USC) d. Steve Vasquez (LSU), 6-2, 7-6. No.6 Erick Sydow (USC) d. Mario Pacheco (LSU), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Doubles: * No.l Pacheco-Ged Schwing (LSU) d. Simian-Lonley (USC), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. No.2 Kjellsten-Furakrantz (LSU) d. Karlen-Rich Lynch (USC), 6-3, 6-2. No.3 So-Leaycraft (LSU) d. Sydow-Gloria (USC), 6-0, 4-6, 6-3. imposed npuses. The four quarterfinal, two d championship games would be held jowl sites yet to be determined and itially take the place of those bowls, onship game, which may be rotated ral bowl sites, would be held on the ore the NFL's Super Bowl, is attempting to get its playoff plan aphe time its current contract with CBS e end of the 1990 season. Then it could lar-season package and the playoffs to )idder. will take the plan to its membership at :onvention June 2-4 in Dallas. If it the CFA will attempt to get it on the c convention in January. . ? 1 J ns Q %Af ng up. 1 ?r 8. II