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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
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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.
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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
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S USC will complete its regular
a season schedule in Chattanooga,
f Tenn .when they play in the Chattanooga
Tournament April 21-23.
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\ Borup qualifies
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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
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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.
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Simian won in the No.l singles slot in Wednesday's match against thirdranked
LSU, but the Gamecocks lost 5-4.
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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.
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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
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off system for the past weekend bel
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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.
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