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Softball team triumphs
Posting a 3-1 record in this weekend's action, the South Carolina
Lady Gamecocks tied for first place at the USC Round Robin Tournament,
pining victories over Northwestern, Dayton and South FloridaLeading
the Gamecock barage for USC were pitcher Angie Lear
and shortstop Tiff Tootle. Lear, 18-2 overall, threw two shut-out
games and allowed only six hits in 17 innings while Tootle had eight
hits and five runs over the weekend.
In the first game of the Round Robin event, South Carolina scored
two runs in the top of the first and two in the top of the seventh to put
Northwestern away 4-0.
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team collectively had nine hits and three walks. In addition to offensive
power of the Lady Gamecocks, Lear pitched a solid game allowing
only four Lady Wildcat hits.
Against Dayton in USC's second match-up of the tourney, South
Carolina pummeled the Lady Flyers 12-0, scoring three runs in the
first four innings of play. USC catcher Leslie Adams led the Gamecocks
going two-for-three with two RBIs, while second baseman Michelle
Delloso went two-for-four with three RBIs.
Hurler Jana Zimmerman worked four innings and limited the Lady
Flyers to one hit, while Charity Ballard picked up the fifth to earn her
First save this season.
In USC's final two games on Sunday, the Lady Gamecocks lost to
Toledo 1-0 and beat South Florida 1-0.
USC was scheduled to face Florida State, 3-1 in the tourney, Sunday
afternoon to decide the overall winner of the tournament but the
game was canceled becuase of darkness.
Golfers place second
The 17th-ranked Lady Gamecocks' golf team finished second behind
13th-ranked Kentucky in the South Carolina Women's Invita
tional at the Woodlands Country Club in Columbia. U5C posted team
1 totals of 307-312-308--927. These scores should help boost the Gamecocks'
national rankings, as they placed ahead of fifth-ranked Indiana
and seventh-ranked Furman.
For the Lady Gamecocks, returning All-Metro golfer junior Debbie
Eckroth and senior Aileen Robertson finished in a 12th place tie at
232. Eckroth fired rounds of 79-73-80, while Robertson turned in
rounds of 77-81-74. Junior Sofia Gervas had an impressive 'tournament.
She posted scores of 79-79-77-235 giving her a 16th place finish.
Junior Vikki Valentine finished in an 18th place tie at 236, and
sophomore Rachel Bates ended the tournament at 242.
The Lady Wildcats fired a team score of 314 Sunday to take the
title. UK was paced by Jayne Lohr, who finished second in the individual
running behind UNC-Wilmington's Nina Van Drumpt. Van
Drumpt posted rounds of 77-72-74-223.
I The team standings were as follows:
1 1. Kentucky 307-305-314-926
2. South Carolina 307-312-308-927
3. Duke 303-312-308-928
4. Furman 312-318-308-938
5. Auburn 322-308-311-941
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7. Minnesota 324-312-326-962
8. James Madison U. 321-325-322-968
9. Indiana 327-322-329-978
USC is off to a great start in the 1991 spring season. They won the
Country Club of Alabama Invitational in the beginning of March and
finished second place in the S.C. Invitational. USC travels to Greenville
Friday to take part in the Lady Paladin Invitational this weekend.
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By GREG STREHMEL
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Gamecock discus and shot put
thrower Brett Murray is expected
to be at the top of USC's track and
field team lineup for the next four
years.
"I think he will contribute immediately
to the team," USC head
coach Greg Kraft said. "I think he
will come in and score some solid
points for us in the discus. That's
why we basically recruited him."
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year) at Kent High School.
"I'm very dedicated to the sport
because I love the sport so much,"
Murray said. "Each day I try tro
improve on some aspect of throwing,
and my college goal is to win
the NCAA meet in track and field.
I think I have the potential."
For now, Murray's goal is to get
a college degree in criminal justice,
and become one of the best
discus throwers in the country.
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said. "We have a really good
criminal justice college and I'm
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Staff Writer
"Right off the bat," a new exhibit
on baseball, opened in a new
exhibit area at the Thomas Cooper
Library on Monday.
The idea for an exhibit area was
that of Dean of Libraries Dr. Arthur
P. Young.
"I came up with the idea and
helped form the committee and
they did all the work from then
on," Young said.
.The purpose of the exhibit area
is to give information on interesting
subjects.
"Although the first exhibit has
many books, we are. not looking
for exhibits with only books," said
Laurie Preston, assistant reference
librarian. "We are more interested
in memorabilia on any subject as
long as it is informational, educational,
cultural or intellectual."
The exhibit area is located on
the main level of the library. It
consists of four glass cases which
are locked and insured.
The exhibit committee asked
members of the library staff if they
had anything interesting that would
make a pood exhibit for the ooen
ing. With the opening of baseball
coming soon, the committee felt
baseball would be a great way to
open the exhibit area.
The first exhibit which is on
baseball was donated by Gary
Geer, a member of the library
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criminal justice, I plan to join the
military as an officer in the Air
Force, and hopefully begin training
in the FBI," Murray said.
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'The exhibit reminds us of the
season when the 'boys of summer'
come out onto the 'field of
dreams'," Dr. Young said at the
ribbon cutting ceremony.
Geer's collection has many
small press books on baseball.
There are also small items of memorabilia
such as a brown leather
baseball glove, two baseball caps,
a crackerjack box, several baseball
cards and postcards from the Baseball
Hall of Fame in Cooperstown,
N.Y.
One of the books displayed in
the collection, Baseball 3000, is a
science fiction book.
"There is a Rod Serling story in
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Geer said. "Other stories describe
what it would be like to play baseball
in another planet and how the
physics would make it different."
The exhibit committee asks that
anyone who has a collection and
would like to have their collection
exhibited at the library to get in
touch with them. For further information
and exhibit application
forms, contact: Antje Mays, exhibitors
liason, Exhibits Committee,
Acquisitions Dept., Thomas
Cooper Library, USC, Columbia,
SC 29208 or call 777-3850.
Each exhibit will run for a twomonth
period. The baseball exhibit
will end May 15.
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spend most of my time with my
friends playing football or going
out to the movies," Murray said.
"He's really a nice guy," teammate
Steve Owens said. "He has
unlimited ability, and each day he
is developing more and more. He
is truly dedicated."
Murray is not only dedicated,
but he also has the potential to become
an Ail-American candidate,
according to graduate assistant
Coach Daniel O'Mara.
"I think he's mentally very
strong for a freshman," O'Mara
said. "He cares about what he's
doing, and he wants to be the
best"
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