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Eagles
By AARON SHEININ
Assistant News Editor '
The previously undefeated
Gamecocks entered Wednesday's
home baseball game against the J
3-10 Georgia Southern Eagles averaging
over nine runs per contest. ^
Holding a team to three runs, |
means an automatic win, right?
Eagle pitcher Joey Hamilton and
company said, "Nope. Guess i
again."
Hamilton brought a 7.43 earned (
run average and a 1-3 record into 1
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shut down USC batters en route to :
a 3-2 win. 1
USC's Matt Threehouse (1-1,
3.27 ERA) only allowed three hits 1
until the fifth inning when Eagle
rightfielder Todd Greene took a 1
two-out pitch off the scoreboard in
right-center with two men on to
give the Eagles a 3-0 lead.
USC's bast
on season
By MELISSA WINGATE
Staff Writer
Make or break. Do or die. A
must-win situation.
Any way you say it, USC's basketball
team must defeat the
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Saturday afternoon to salvage
the dignity of a season filled
with high expectations.
Riding the crest of a successful
December when it recorded wins
over North Carolina and Temple,
USC's wave crashed Jan. 18
against Florida State at Carolina
Coliseum when the Seminoles upset
the Gamecocks 81-80 in
overtime.
- That was the game where starters
Barry Manning and Joe Rhett
watched the first few minutes from
the bench after breaking a team
rule and Bo Popovic and backup
center Edmund Wilson were responsible
for keeping the Gameeocks
alive in the first half.
USC is 6-6 since that loss to
FSU and now it faces those same
Seminoles in hostile territory. This
is the last regular-season game for
USC and could possibly be "magic
win number 20," and breath a little
bit of life into the Gamecocks'
NCAA hopes. V
Florida State is led by the surprising
play of sophomore Douglas
Edwards, averaging 14.9 points
and 7.4 rebounds per game, while
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Gamecock bats fell dormant after
beating the Eagles Tuesday ti
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was the story. Hamilton gave up c;
t)nly five hits in nine innings of q
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gers to designated hitter Jerry Shepherd
in the seventh and catcher tl
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the bottom of the third with a lea- K
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to center, White was stranded at
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In the fourth, Shepherd, the only
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hit, followed third baseman Burke 1
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with a one out single to left, which S
brought up leftfielder Brian 0
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with 15.8 points and 3.2 assists per i
game. ? n
FSU is coming off a thrilling
victory over league leader South- c
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and were riding a three-game win- 1
ning streak heading into last a
night's game at Memphis State. J
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Lawler brought a four-game hitng
streak and a .600 batting averge
to the plate. Shepherd was
lught stealing and Lawler subseuently
struck out to end the
ming.
Then, in their half of the fifth,
le Eagles made it count.
Catcher Buddy Holder got a
ne-out single, and shortstop Chris
eterson walked after centerfielder
levin Hallman flied out to Willan
behind the plate, to bring up
Ireene with two on and two out.
Greene then extended his hitting
treak to 12 games with a flick of
le wrist and a three-run homer to
ight-center, recording his 19th,
0th and 21st runs batted in.
'hrpphniicp. ant nut nf thp. innina
/hen third baseman Chad Sumner
rounded out to short for the third
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Down 3-0, USC coach June
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ednesday's 50-41 loss against
nee with Virginia Tech after gong
2-6 in the Metro since that lasi
neeting with the Seminoles.
A victory Saturday is especially
rucial as USC heads into the conerence
tournament next weekend,
"he Gamecocks' performance
gainst the Seminoles and in the
detro Tournament in Roanoke,
/a., could be their catalyst into the
JCAA tournament later this
nonth, a dream that everyone has
alked of since November.
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Raines pulled Threehouse fo
lefthanded senior Will Lewis
Lewis, sporting an 11.25 ERA ii
four innings of work, gave u]
three hits, struck out two am
walked one in three innings, cut
ting his ERA almost in half.
After emerging unscathed fron
a bases-loaded situation in the to]
of the seventh, USC got on thi
board. Shepherd stepped to thi
plate to start the seventh and cu
the deficit to two with his fourtl
home run of the season. But thi
Gamecocks couldn't keep thi
momentum going.
Hamilton got Lawler to fly t<
right, struck out shortstop Rand;
Thompson and got second base
man Mike Adams to fly out ti
center to end the inning.
Georgia Southern's bats wen
south in the eighth as Lewis foum
a rhythm and the Eagles wen
Softball t
.
By PATRICK VILLEGAS
Assistant Sports Editor
'
A 49-14 record, two A1
American softball players and
team full of desire and determin
tion couldn't quite bring 1989
Lady Gamecock softball team
NCAA tourney bid this past year.
This season there's one reasc
why they should make it: they']
due.
USC, 6-0 and ranked 14th in tl
nation, brings to the new season
host of veteran players that coul
very well take the talented Lac
Gamecock team to its fourth a]
perance in the Women's Collej
World Series this May.
USC returns 13 <of 14 playei
I from this past year's team, inclu<
ing A U-American Michelle Dellos
at second base and second-teai
AU-American Tricia Popowski i
centerfieid. The tandem of Dellos
and Popowski will provide an e:
cellent defensive game as well?
offensive firepower to the Lad
Gamecock team.
Delloso, who was an All
1 American in 1989, struck out oni
once in her 212 at-bats in 199t
apd produced an outstanding .34
batting average that helped h<
lead the Lady Gamecocks with 7
hits this past year.
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r down in order.
In the bottom of the eig
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u naa tneir cnance again, l
p Wllman extended his hitting st
d to 9 games with a one-out
homer to put the Gamecocks d
by one.
p But again, USC couldn't c
e up with the rally. D.T. Crc
B grounded out to the pitcher,
t Parnell struck out to end
j, inning.
In the ninth, Lewis shut d
e Georgia Southern again with I
ground outs, but Hamilton
3 gained form and finished off
y Gamecocks with a three-up, tl
down bottom of the ninth.
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USC was scheduled to stan
t first of a two-game series with
d University of North Carol
t Charlotte 49ers Thursday aften
fcam hunff
At second base, the USC i
year starter had an incredible
fielding percentage, commii
l_ only three errors in all 63 ga
a Many consider Delloso as Ui
a. best defensive player ever.
's Popowski, another foura
starter for the Lady Gamecc
this past year led the team in
m offensive cateorgies, inclu*
re RBI's with 36. With a career
ting average of .340, USC's
,e doff hitter will be. expected to
a the Reworks each game,
[d "We got a good group ol
ly lented players," head coach J
3- Compton said. "We are tryin
re get everything in place."
Compton said she expects
rs productivity from her remai
j. two seniors on the squad, pi
;o Angie Lear and Kelley Kirkla
rn third base.
in Lear, a 1990 first team
;o South member, pitched to a 2
c- record this past year, with an
is of 0.84, and crept up to secor
[y the USC all-time victory list
69 wins. Kirkland, the final s
[- on the team, is expected to
!y utility player this spring.
3, - Compton said the undefc
0 Lady Gamecocks will soon i
;r intoVthe difficult part of the st
2 that will really test the pla
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Sarge Frye Field. The Gamecocks
travel to Charlotte today to
t the take on the 49ers at 3:00 p.m.
1 the USC's next home game features a
ina- match against College of Charlesloon
ton Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
ry for niortT
our- naments on the rise, Compton
.991 hopes the work ethic and optimism
ring that has carried the team so far
mes. will not fade in the future.
SC's "We had a succesful fall (workout),
and this team is hungry from
year not making last year's NCAA tour>cks,
nament," Compton said,
wine In order to make tip ultimate
line goal of the college world series,
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bat- especially as an Independant,
lea- Compton said the team has to keep
start up with the hard work that is
needed to accomplish that feat, and
f ta- adds that the team has shown the
oyce potential to go all the way, prog
to vided injuries are few and far
between.
big The Lady Gamecocks will play
ning their first home game of the year
tcher Saturday against the University of
nd at North Carolina at 1 p.m. and then
will face Louisana Tech at 3 p.m.
All- at The Lady Gamecock Field near
L8-13 the Roost. The teams will again
ERA play each other March 3.
^ PP USC, which has already de.
featcd the Lady Tar Heels 4 0 car?*10r
lier this season, will expect a very
a tight game ih which pitching will
mted ^ctate game' Compton said.
nove This weekend's games will be
jason the only home games for the Lady
yers. Gamecocks until March 24 against
tour- Toledo.
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