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By BRANT LONG
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A coach whose teams win
nearly 75 percent of their games is
either in his first season, or is a
great coach. Gamecock soccer fans
will tell you, that after 14 seasons,
Mark Berson is a great coach.
The USC soccer head coach
notched his 200th career victory
Wednesday afternoon at The Graveyard
as the ninth-ranked Gamecocks
defeated Presbyterian College,
2-0.
Berson, 38, started his career ai
The Citadel in 1977, where he led
the Bulldogs to an 11-5 record
Then, he came to USC, where he
has built one of the nation's besi
collegiate soccer programs ovei
the past 14 years.
In the previous 13 years as
Gamecock coach, USC has had
only one losing season, and has
advanced to the NCAA Tournament
seven times. Berson has beer
named National Soccer Coaches
Association/Metropolitan Life
Coach of the Year in the South or
three occassions ? 1984, 198f
and 1988.
The Gamecocks, 2-0, tried tc
put the visiting Blue Hose awa>
early for Berson's 200th, missing
numerous first half opportunities
Freshman Rob Smith and senioi
captain Andrew Coggins both
missed goal chances on Presbyterian
goalkeeper Bret Boulware, as
USC outshot the visitors 10-4 ir
the opening stanza.
Sophomore Matt Haiduk de
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Grant led the team in tackles in
jam defea
cided it was time to convert one of
those chances at the 25:38 mark.
Taking a pass from defender Brian
Scott, Haiduk faked a defender and
' drilled a 30-yard shot into the right
1 corner of the goal past a diving
Boulware.
"Haiduk's goal was outstanding,"
Berson said. "I don't think
you'll see a better goal than that
this year."
USC's best chance for an insurance
goal came in the second half,
when freshman Chris Faklaris, jut
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shots in front of a crowded Blue
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t Sophomore Bret Kurland didn't
miss his attempt to notch his first
goal as a Gamecock. With 52:02
i gone in the match, Lohner crossed
I the ball to a wide-open Kurland on
> the right side of the Blue Hose
goal. The Clearwater, Fla. native
i calmly headed the ball past Boul?
ware for the final 2-0 tally.
^ "We played pretty well," Bcrson
i said, "and we kept our composure.
> We have a young group and PC is
a good team. Our guys did a good
> job."
' It was the second straight game
; where the Gamecocks held their
opponents scoreless, as junior goar
lie Spencer Lueders shutout the
i Blue Hose. He had five saves to
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> also outhsot PC 20-10. The loss
i evens PC's record at 1-1. The Blue
Hose hammered Limestone in their
opener 8-0.
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By AARON SHEININ
Sports Editor
Big questions remain for the Gamecocks as
they head into Morgantown, W.Va., to face the
Mountaineers in the second game of the season.
One question is whether or not a young USC
squad can bounce back after tying Duke. Outside
linebacker Robert Gibson doesn't think
there is any problem.
"We're going to take it as another game. We
said at the beginning of the season we had 12
games to play. This is just another one of the
12," he said.
In order for the Gamecocks to advance to a
12th game, a bowl game, they must right themselves
against a big Mountaineer squad.
In the opening game, West Virginia was
soundly beaten by Pittsburgh, 34-3. The Mountaineers
only managed 267 total yards against
the Panthers. Spring surprise Adrian Murrell
finished the game with 79 total yards, 75 rushing
and 4 receiving.
The following week, coach Don Nehlen's
Mountaineers rebounded with a 24-17 victory
over Bowling Green, to even their record at 1-1.
Murrell racked up 152 yards rushing in that
contest.
Although West Virginia's starting quarterback,
Darren Studstill, is still hurt, senior Chris
Gray has stepped up and played well. In two
games, Gray has passed for 283 yards completing
25 of 44 passes, with two interceptions and
one touchdown.
Michael Beasely, this past season's leading
rusher with 607 yards, returns for his senior
year. Beasely, who will play a number of positions,
and Murrell, will probably be running
through or around right tackle a lot this season,
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USC forward Bret Kurland is helped off the fi<
in Wednesday's game against Presbyterian.
After the game, USC Athletic could only
Director King Dixon presented an Davidson \
award to Berson commemorating son said the
his 200th victory. But Berson's good game
201st victory will likely be tougher Tar Heels,
his 200th. "UNC is
Sunday, USC plays host to he said. "It
seventh-ranked South Region pow- valries. It v
erhouse (and Berson's alma mater) tests for oui
North Carolina. The Tar Heels, an absolutel
. 2-0-1, have already edged ACC ri- Kickoff f
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taking advantage of 6-foot-10, 320 lb. lineman
John Ray.
Murrell has gained 231 yards on 48 attempts
in two games this season, and returned 227
more.
The Mountaineers, who have never had backto-back
losing seasons under Nehlen, will have
to rely on the rest of an unproven offensive line
to help Ray. Sophomore Rich Braham at left
tackle and junior Lorenzo Styles at left guard,
both earned starting spots by the end of this
Dast season. Junior Mike Compton is another
key, returning after surgery on a broken leg.
The strength of the defense is in the secondary,
where four starters return. Sophomore
Mike Collins at strong safety and senior Darrell
Whitmore at free safety are 195 and 205 lbs.
respectively, and are capable of making big hits
at any time. The Mountaineers also have a veteran
back-up in Tim Newsom to offer relief.
Two returning starters, Cecil Doggette and
Kwame Smith, battle for the start at wide corner,
with Doggette being listed atop the depth
chart. At short corner, junior Leroy Axem will
start over a highly-touted redshirt freshman,
Tommy Orr.
a pair or taientca uneoacicers ieaa west Virginia
defense in tackles. Senior inside linebacker
Steve Grant had 141 tackles in 1990,
and already has 26 in two games. On the inside,
sophomore Derrick Wiley has 18 stops. On the
defensive line, junior Boris Graham will have
the job of putting pressure on quarterback
Bobby Fuller, while Tarris Alexander will drop
back and contain.
The heart of the line, however, was rattled by
injuries during the spring. Jim Gray returns as a
four-year starter at nose tackle, after Steve Redd
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By AARON COUN(
Staff Writer
Andrew Coggins
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year is a strong cai
All-America honors.
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young, and there
new players. This
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leader on the field,
make the younger pi
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against Davidson. H<
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against nationally ra
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manage a tie against Coggins played
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three state titles in \
always a great game," He also holds the
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and Todd Robinson were sidelined for the season
with injuries. Sophomore Scott Gaskins was
the only lineman to escape spring without injury,
and will back up Rick Dolly at tackle.
In this past season's matchup, the Gamecocks
made Thanksgiving Day turkeys out of the
Mountaineers, with what coach Sparky Woods
called "a complete game," a 29-10 win in Columbia.
Running back Rob DeBoer finished with
98 yards and a touchdown, filling in for injured
Mike Dingle. Collin Mackie kicked five field
goals in his final game as a Gamecock, and
Bobby Fuller passed for 229 yards.
The year before that, however, was a different
story. The Mountaineers, behind quartert
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Morgantown, 49-21. West Virginia plays on
Omniturf in Mountaineer Field, and this will
be USC's only appearance on turf this season.
West Virginia leads the overall series 6-3-1, and
the last time USC won in Morgantown was
1953.
Another major question is ? can a young
Gamecock team learn from mistakes against
Duke. Woods will try to convince young special
team players and a defensive secondary to
move on, as Gibson, a senior, said. If the secondary
plays to potential, Gray will have a hard
time finding receivers, and the load will fall on
a more experienced linebacker corp to stop
and Miiitp.11
The Gamecocks should be prepared to see a
lot of gold and blue, the colors that most of the
expected 63,000 fans will be wearing. If the
Gamecocks are going to challenge for a bowl
appearance, a win on the road will be a big
step, as USC comes home next week to face a
tough Virginia Tech team.
soccer captain
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son at Middleton, he scored 43
enters his goals 'n leading the team to a
ain of the 6-AAA State Championship
am, which ?ver Riverside of Greenville,
o. 9 in the While on the subject of soccer,
congratulations go out to
ig off this Coach Mark Berson for getting
the leading his 200th victory over Presbytes,
and this fian Wednesday afternoon,
ididate for Coggins believes he owes Berson
a lot of credit for being so
am is very influential in his development
e a lot of as a soccer player. "He's a great
mnfivatnr anH he's taught me a
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is a lot as far as the skills I have
which will learned in college," Coggins
ayers more said
Berson commented after the
1 has done Presbyterian game Wednesday
tories over that Coggins "is a good athlete,
sbyterian. he's a g0od example for the
n the game young players, he leads by exawever,
the ample on the field, and he
is Sunday Works very, very hard."
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In addition to the accomplishhis
high ments Coggins has made on the
Middleton soccer field at USC, he is also a
lharleston, very good student. He is a
the team to member of the South Carolina
four years. Honors College, where he has
South Car- maintained a high grade point
)ring record average.
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