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By L.S. LICHTENFELD
Staff Writer
To say there was nothing flat in
West Virginia would be a lie.
In Saturday's game against the
Mountaineers, the Gamecocks
were completely flat for the first
half of football and this lack o?
emotion could be the main reason
for the 21-16 loss.
"We have a lot of young players
who have to learn to play from the
beginning of the game," said
Coach Woods, trying to explain
USC's early lack of direction. The
Gamecocks failed to move the ball
well in the first half, amassing a
meager 96 total yards. The highlight
of those yards being a 16
yard Robert Brooks reverse. The
only scoring attempt of the half for
the Gamecocks was a 47-yard field
goal try, which fell short and right.
The offense was not to be outdone,
though. The defense lacked
any ability to stop the Mountaineer
Missed ch
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By BRANT LONG
Copy Desk Chief
Time ran out on the Gamecock
soccer team Sunday as they
dropped their first game of the season
to seventh-ranked North Carolina
2-1 in overtime at The
Graveyard.
But it took a valiant effort by
USC, 2-1, to force the extra time
against the Tar Heels. Down 1-0
late in regulation and without senior
captain Andrew Coggins, who
was ejected with a red card on a
controversial call, the ninth-ranked
Gamecocks needed some magic
... and got it from sophomore
defender Helgi Bjorgvinsson.
After numerous USC opportunities
to tie the game, Bjorgvinsson
took a pass from Rob Smith at the
85:07 mark and drilled a 40-yard
shot that beat UNC goalkeeper
Watson Jennison into the top right
corner of the net and sent the
packed house at The Graveyard
into a frenzy.
"We lost our concentration with
about five minutes left," Tar Heel
head coach Elmar Bolowich said,
"and their defender took a nice
shot from 40 yards out that left our
goalkeeper flat-footed. That should
not have happened at that stage in
the game, especially after they had
missed so many opportunities earlier
to tie the game."
And missed opportunities were
the key in the loss. Early in the
oam? frp.shman Bill Rfliimhnff
crossed the ball in front of the goal
to Coggins, whose shot sailed
high. Later in the first half, Baumhoff
let go with a 30-yard shot that
went wide left of the goal.
"We had so many chances to
score in this game," USC head
coach Mark Berson said. "I think
we hit three posts and had a couple
of shots point-blank that were
knocked down inside the area. The
field was tilted uphill against us all
day. We were a man down for
what seemed like forever and our
Lady Cocks lose,
play Clemson next
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Staff Writer
The Lady Gamecock volleyball
team ran into a tough squad from
Sam Houston State on Sunday,
falling 3 games to none. Their record
now stands at 4-5 with the
loss at the Sol Blatt P.E. center.
The Lady Bearcats, from Huntsville,
Texas, dominated the match
winning the games with scores of
15-9, 15-7 and 15-6. Sam Houston
improved to 11-3.
Bonnie Kenny, entering her
eighth year as head coach, was disturbed
with the loss. "We should
have been a lot more fired up to
play," she said. "We should be
embarrassed by our lack of effort
and intensity"
Caryn Case had 6 kills and 7
digs, in the losing effort. Sophomore
Amy Collinsworth had 8 assisted
blocks to lead the team.
The Lady Gamecocks travel to
Clemson for a Tuesday night
match, where they will try to end
their four-match losing streak. The
team returns home to play College
of Charleston Sept. 24.
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offense. Darren Studstill passed for
142 yards, with one touchdown.
Adrian Murrell ran for 64 yards
and one touchdown and Jon Jones
ran for 45 yards. The Mountaineers
had 279 total yards for the
first half and dominated the Gamecocks
defense.
Then, the best thing that could
have happened to the Gamecocks
came: halftime.
The Gamecocks came out of the
locker room renewed and seemingly
a different team. After a slow
start that cppmp/l to mirror thp first
half, the defense finally stopped
the Mountaineers. This was to
mark the first the time the Gamecocks
would hold West Virginia to
four plays. The Mountaineers
would not score again in the game.
The Gamecocks would now
piece together their first scoring
drive, consisting of a 48-yard Eddie
Miller reception and a Brandon
Bennett touchdown run, his first as
ances key
5 to UNC
guys just showed so much character.
I'm just very pleased."
The Tar Heels, 4-0-1, took the
lead for good in the last of two
15-minute overtime periods. Freshman
forward Ben Di Meo made a
long run down the right side of the
field at the 108:56 mark and beat
USC goalie David Turner into the
left side of the goal.
UNC got their first goal with
just over 30 minutes gone in the
match when Gamecock freshman
defender Jamie Posnanski's pass
back to Turner was intercepted by
Tar Heel midfielder Adam Tinkham.
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Turner into the left side of the net
for the 1-0 advantage.
"We made a bad mistake early
in the game that put us behind,"
Berson said. 'The guys kept fighting
but I thought that that unnerved
us a little bit towards the
end of the first half, but they regrouped
and played so well."
USC will be without Coggins
for Wednesday's match against
Erskine because of an NCAA rule
which suspends a player for one
match following a red card.
"I think we'll adjust to it," Berson
said. "We'll just have to play
without him. We've got some
good guys up front that came in
and did real well today."
The Gamecocks outshot the Tar
Heels 24-21 in the match. Turner
recorded 10 saves while UNC's
Jennison tallied 12. Kickoff for
Wednesday's match against the
Flying Fleet is at 5 p.m.
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another scoring possibility for
the Gamecocks. Terry Wilburn ran
the ball from 7 yards out to bring
the score to 21-13 in favor of the
Mountaineers. Marty Simpson
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cocks would have to settle for a
30-yard Marty Simpson field goal.
"I believe kicking the field goal
at the end of the game was the
right decision," Coach Sparky
Woods said.
With 4:35 left in the game,
Woods feeling confident the defense,
on an emotional high, could
maintain their level of play called
for a normal kickoff. The Mountaineers
simply ran the clock out
trom that point.
The Gamecocks proved once
again they are incapable of playing
a full 60 minutes of football. "We
worked good last week in practice,"
linebacker Gerald Dixon
said. "And I don't know why we
came up so flat." Unless something
changes soon, Gamecock
fans might be in for a long season.
The final statistics are deceiving.
In the first half, West Virginia
converted seven of eight third
downs, the Gamecocks just one of
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outran the Gamecocks 230-111,
but USC's Bobby Fuller passed for
237 yards to Studstill's 176.
Bennett's 30-yards rushing
paced the Gamecocks, while Murrell
only managed 66 for West
Virginia. Rob DeBoer only rushed
for 29 yards. However, he only
carried the pigskin seven times to
keep his season average around
four yards per carry. Miller again
led the team in receiving, catching
eight for 119 yards. Pitchko had
another impressive game, catching
three passes for 57 yards.
On defense, USC was led by Dixon's
eight tackles, three for los- .
ses. Mountaineer linebacker Steve
Grant again led his team with seven.
Linebacker Robert Gibson
also had an impressive afternoon,
making six tackles, one for a four
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