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Gamecocks
beat Virgir
By DOUG AUBE
Sports Editor
Last week, in a prelude to Saturday's
USC-Virginia Tech game,
USC head football coach Sparky
Woods mentioned Virginia Tech
would provide a physical challenge
to the Gamecocks.
However, Woods didn't count
on the Hokies out-muscling the
Gamecocks for three quarters.
Fortunately for Woods and the
Gamecocks, there are four quarters
in a game.
The Gamecocks, down 24-13
with 7:21 to play, awoke to the
physical challenge and rallied for
three touchdowns in beating Tech
35-24 Saturday afternoon in
Blacksburg, Va.
"That's got to be one of the biggest
turnarounds I've seen in a
long time," Woods said. "We
knew Virginia Tech was strong
and physical up front. I thought we
did a good job along the line of
scrimmage there at the end."
USC running back Mike Dingle
rushed for 68 yards and two touchdowns
in the fourth quarter to lead
the Gamecock rally.
"They (Tech) played hard for
four quarters, and I just felt like
they just wanted it a little bit more
in the first half than we did,"
Dingle said. "We came in at half
time and Coach Woods told us
what we were doing wrong. Coach
Woods is a damn good motivator,
and he just told us what we needed
to do and we got it done."
The Gamecocks had the first
scoring opportunity of the game
after a Tech drive stalled at the 50
yard line.
USC marched down to the Tech
four yard line behind quarterback
Bobby Fuller's 27 yard toss to
tight end Charles Steward, but the
drive stalled and placekicker Collin
Mackie's 22 yard field goal attempt
sailed off to the left.
The Hokies got on the scoreboard
first with a 24-yard scoring
strike from quarterback Will Furrer
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to tailback Vaughn Hebron with
:34 left in the first quarter.
Tech made it 14-0 in the second
quarter with another scoring pass
from Furrer, this one a three-yard
toss to fullback Phil Bryant.
The Gamecocks responded by
marching 65 yards in 14 plays,
capping off the drive with a Dingle
one yard plunge to make the score
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In the first half, USC was behind
in total offense with only 131
yards to 196 for Tech. Dingle was
limited to 33 yards on 13 carries as
the Hokies were able to stifle the
Gamecock running attack.
"Defensively they are a real
tough bunch .... They throw a lot
of things at you," USC receiver
Robert Brooks said.
Enter Woods and the halftime
pep talk, which helped get "the
kinks worked out," USC linebacker
Patrick Hinton said.
"We came in the second half
and, ... and we tried to get all the
guys together," he said. "We
wanted to come out in the third
quarter and really shut them
down."
USC appeared to have things in
hand as they took the opening kick
of the second half and went 86
yards in 10 plays capped off with
another Dingle one-yard plunge.
Mackie's extra point attempt
was blocked and Tech held on for
a 14-13 lead.
The missed extra point was the
first in 94 attempts for Mackie.
"That happens and you move
on," Mackie said. "One less thing
to worry about."
Tech obviously wasn't worried
as they answered the USC score
with a 7-play, 73-yard scoring
drive to take a 21-13 lead and
looked to put the Gamecocks away
near the end of the third quarter.
Furrer and Hebron led Tech 31
yards to the Gamecock five yard
line and were knocking on the
door with a third down and one
play.
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USC lineman Kurt Wilson met
Hebron at the line of scrimmage
for no gain and Tech had to settle
for a 22-yard field goal.
"You lick your chops and are
ready to go," Wilson said. "You
expect a big play when you do
that. That definitely gave us life."
"We had a little breakdown in
the third quarter, but the field goal
is better than the touchdown," Hinton
said. "We tightened up and
tried to get the offense the ball as
much as possible because we knew
as long as our offense was on the
field we could put points on the
board."
The Gamecock defense did just 1
that as they held the Hokies to 14 1
yards in the fourth quarter. I
While the defense was stopping :
Tech, USC's offense switched into
high gear with 132 yards in the fi- 1
nal quarter. ''
"We just executed in the fourth quarter,"
Fuller said. "The line
blocked great the whole game. Ed- '
die (Miller) and Robert (Brooks) ^
man on man ?they're just tough 1
to cover. I knew the way we were
moving the ball there was no way 1
we were going to come out ot ;
there with a loss." 2
USC cut the Tech lead to 24-19
with 7:20 left following Dingle's (
third touchdown of the game, an 1
eight-yard scoring pass from j
Missed opp
in 2-1 home
By BRANT LONG
Assistant Sports Editor
Several missed opportunities
came back to haunt the USC soccer
team as they lost their first
home match of the season Sunday
to South Alabama, 2-1.
The Gamecocks controlled the
opening half but could not convert
on several chances.
At the 16:15 mark of the opening
stanza, Clark Brisson passed to
a wide-onen Andrp.w Pocminc on
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the right side of the goal. Coggins
drilled a shot right at Eduardo Caracho,
the South Alabama goalie,
who deflected it.
Late in the period, Brisson raced
downfield towards the goal but
was shut down by two Jaguar
defenders.
USC head coach Mark Berson
was disappointed by the missed
shots.
"It definitely was a tough
loss .... I thought we missed too
many opportunities," Berson said.
"We had too many good opportunities
to score and we weren't able
to cash in. That's what happens in
a high-level game."
Mid-way through the second
half, Brisson collected a pass at the
top of the penalty box. He spun around
a defender and shot, but Caracho
again made the save.
Fuller. Fuller also completed a
pass to Brooks in the end zone to
?ive USC the two-point conversion
ind cut the lead to 24-21.
On Tech's next possession Fur-er
fumbled and USC lineman Gerild
Dixon recovered on the 19
^ard line.
After a Dingle run for no gain
ind a Fuller sack, USC was faced
vith a third down and 17 yards to
jo for the first down.
Fuller hit a streaking Miller at
he goal line, and the Gamecocks
ook their first lead of the game
18-24.
"It was a great throw. They
Tech) had a lot of pressure on
lim (Fuller)," Miller said. "When
'Ou have a good quarterback it just
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South Alabama struck late in th
game at the 73:19 mark. Stebfc
Steinsen put the ball past ,US(
goalie David Turner off of a Ja
guar corner kick to give Soutl
Alabama the advantage.
With about seven minutes left ii
the game, USC knotted the garni
at one. After numerous chances ii
front of the Jaguar goal, Rubei
Tufino found Jeff Love open nea
the goal mouth. Love's sho
bounced off the crossbar and int(
the left side netting to tie tht
game.
Both teams hurried to break th(
tie as the game was ending.
USC freshman Ward Harrifor
faked two Jaguar defenders an
shot from outside the penalty bo>
His shot sailed just over the to
crossbar.
With less than one minute re
maining, South Alabama had fou
men attacking the USC goal. Stein
Loftsson found Derek Deavour
open on the right side and Devour
scored past Turner to break the tie,
"I thought South Alabama had <
tremendous play there at the end tt
win it," Berson said. "It dis
possessed us in the back .... Thej
pushed the ball square, and the guj
stuck it in."
USC scrambled but could not
score in the final seconds. Berson
makes my job easy."
The Gamecock defense shut
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a Hokie 32-yard punt, Dingle
took over.
Dingle rambled 29 yards on the
first play to give the Gamecocks
the first down on the Tech 30 yard
line.
The Gamecock senior running
back had runs of five, three and
four yards to set up a first and goal
on the eight yard line.
Dingle ran around right end and
came face to face with a Tech defensive
back. As the defender prepared
for the collision, Dingle catipulted
into the air and landed in
the end zone untouched for his
fourth touchdown of the game, a
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e was discouraged at the loss but
^ thought the Gamecocks played
" well.
" "They (South Alabama) found a
way to win it there in the last minute
of the game. I think that's
probably the most discouraging
" thing that at the end of the game
1 we let it slip away from us," he
1 said.
"I think we're getting better,"
1 Berson said. "I think we're impro}
ving defensively. I was most
; pleased with the fact that we
played better in the midfield."
USC outshot the Jaguars 17-5 in
the contest. With the loss, the
^ Gamecocks fall to 5-2-1 on the
^ season.
Berson said to come back, the
P Gamecocks must play with the
same intensity but convert their
opportunities.
r "I just think we have to come
1 out with the same intensity. I think
s we have to do the same things just
s a little bit better on Wednesday,7
he said. "We can't afford to miss
1 our opportunities. We need to be
5 sure to cash in on our opportuni"
ties when we get inside. That's re1
ally the big difference."
' The Gamecocks host the Hying
Heet of Erskine on Wednesday at
The Graveyard. The match will
1 start at 5 p.m.
USC record.
"Mike was really a key. He ran
the ball great in the second half,"
; Fuller said. " He took control of
the game as a running back."
' On the patented dive play,
i Dingle just wanted to get in the
I end zone any way he could.
"I wasn't really thinking. That
might hurt me in the future somel
time. I felt like I had to get the ball
in there at any cost. I wanted to
win, and I knew the team needed a
touchdown," he said.
Woods felt the win was a show
of leadership and character.
"I was really proud of our team.
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