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Friday, September 27, 1991
ECU matchup
brings rivalry
S Paula Cobb
From the Hip
If USC loses to East Carolina,
Joe Reaves can never go
home.
Reaves is from a small town
by the name of Whiteville, N.C.
Ninety percent 01 the graduates
from his high school go to
ECU. So beating ECU has been
a big part of Reaves's college
career.
Reaves and I are in a similiar
position. No, I don't play linebacker,
and I'm not getting a
Masters in Business Administration,
but my closest
friends and loved ones also
worship the ground ECU was
built on.
For the past eight years, this
game has been a time of joy for
us. This past year I sat proudly
in Williams-Brice and smiled.
OK, so I did yell continuously
that day to my ECU visitors,
"Ya'll are terrible!"
Reaves made a point after
each game to call his friends
and remind them that they
would never have a team to
beat us. We used to laugh when
they swore they were better
than us.
I have never met fans like
those of ECU. They are diehard
win or lose. They are famous
for running their mouth.
Which amazes me since they
nave never oeaien us. n musi oe
in their college creed or
something.
This year is a little different
though. ECU has the 17th best
offense in the nation. They are
also 2-1, and should be 3-0 if it
wouldn't have been for a lousy
official taking away their major
upset over Illinois. The other
problem is that USC doesn't
have the power team we are accustomed
to. So I am worried.
So what about our "young"
players, I ask.
"I remind them that every
week is a different game. It
doesn't matter who or how you
played the week before. The
freshmen get caught up in the
mystique of college football. I
remind them they have got to
be ready every week, and every
loam wt yiay guing iu uc
gocxi," he said.
So how is our defense going
to handle ECU's ranked
offense?
'The same thing we try to do
every week. Be intense and
keep motivated," he said.
Reaves said ECU's offense
uses big plays to win. "We have
to key in on the three wide guys
and keep the quarterback covered.
The line has to fill up the
holes, if we are going to shut
them down."
It sounded like he had everything
covered, but I was not
completely convinced. So you
really think we are going to
win?
"ECU better be ready to for
the Cocks. We are ready to
play. They are a another notch
hi uur Deit, and just a stepping
stone to a winning season and a
bowl game. They better have
their helmets strapped on because
we are going to Ficklen
Stadium to win."
Lady Game
improve to,
By SEAN RYAN
Staff Writer
The Lady Gamecock volleyball
team ended their five match losing
streak with a thrilling 3-1 win over
the College of Charleston Sept.24.
The win improved their overall record
to 5-6.
The match opened with a service
ace by freshman Jodi Thompson.
However, the Lady Cougars
from Charleston raced out to a
10-6 lead, and later widened the
margin to 14-8. The Lady Gamecocks
fought off one match point
and scored six straight points to tie
the match. A service ace by Amy
Skidmore and a Caryn Case kill
capped off a dramatic 19-17 opening
game.
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By BRANT LONG
Copy Desk Chief
The rain stopped on Wednesday
just before kickofF at The Graveyard.
Unfortunately for Georgia
Southern, the worst was yet to
come.
The Eagles, 3-4-1, held the
lOth-ranked Gamecock soccer
team scoreless through 65 minutes
with great play from their goalie,
Kevin Chambers, and a lot of
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But the lightining struck with 24
minutes remaining in the game. Junior
Hans Lohner and freshman
Chris Faklaris would score twice
in the next four minutes and senior
Jonas Gudjonsson, who has spent
the first weeks of the season on the
bench with an injury, added a penalty
kick goal to give USC, 5-1, a
5-0 win.
"You have to credit Georgia
Southern," Gamecock head coach
Mark Berson said. "Their goalkeeper
was very good in the first
half.. .1 really want to credit our
guys because they never lost then
composure. A lot of times you fear
that your team is going to rush forward
and get frustrated with a tremendous
number of shots and nothing
on the board, then get victimized
on the counterattack."
And tremendous was the word,
as USC outshot the visitors 38-4.
The Gamecocks also had 14 corner
kicks to the Eagles one.
USC started the scoring when
freshman Bill Baumhoff received a
deflection off of a corner kick to
the right of the Eagle goal. He
crossed the ball back in where
Lohner headed it in for the game's
first score.
Less than three minutes later,
another corner kick, by junior
Andy Ferguson, set up a goal. Ferguson's
boot was headed strongly
by Faklaris into the right side of
the goal past Chambers for the 2-0
advantage.
"Both those guys (Lohner and
Faklaris) have played real well. It
was great to see Hans get such a
tremendous goal. That was a bril
liant assist by Billy Baumhoff and
Chris Faklaris' header was really
an outstanding goal. It was good to
see them score."
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5-6 overall
The Lady Cougars jumped out
to an early lead again in the second
game of the match. The score
was 13-6 before the Lady Gamecocks
began their second furious
comeback. In this game, USC
scored the last nine points for the
15-13 win. Amy Collins worth had
a crucial ace and Amy Iannoccari
had a great save for a point before
ending the game with a kill.
After losing the third game of
the match 15-6, the Lady Gamecocks
blasted the team from Charleston
15-2 to close out the match
three games to one.
The Lady Gamecocks will play
in the Winthrop Tournament in
Rock Hill starting Sept. 27.
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other to take the life out of th
Eagles.
Freshman Rob Smith, wit
20:26 remaining in the gam<
crossed the ball on the groun
from the right side. Faklaris, set u
in front of the goal, slapped it i
past Chambers for his second scoi
of the game.
Before you could blink, Lohn<
dribbled the ball to the top of tf
penalty box, faked a defender an
lifted a shot over Chambers for tli
4-0 advantage and his second go;
of the day.
Gudjonsson then came in. Th
senior from Reykjavik, Icelan
who is 15th on the Gamecock al
time scoring charts, got a nic
hand from the few hundred specu
tors that braved the rain.
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maining in the match, Gudjonsso
got the ball just to the right of th
goal*. While he was dribbling, Ei
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IBy AARON SHEININ
Sports Editor
The 1-1-1 Gamecocks roll into
M Greenville, N.C., Saturday to face
% an above-par East Carolina squad,
tas USC looks to notch up win
number two.
The 2-1 Pirates opened the season
by almost upsetting Illinois. If
not for a disputed taunting call,
ECU might have pulled off one of
K the biggest upsets of the season.
Instead, the Illini won 38-31 and
I the Pirates went home thinking of
what could have been.
The next week, ECU beat an inconsistent
Memphis State team at
home 20-13 and followed it up
with a 47-25 trouncing of Central
Monaa on tne road. Now comes
USC, a team that might have
straightened itself out with a win
against Virginia Tech.
With its 17th-ranked offense in
the country, ECU faces a suspec
Gamecock secondary. However,
the Pirates have never beaten the
0 Gamecocks in eight tries. ECU's
potent offense has also had its
share of problems against the
m ground
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h down, and a penalty kick was
ie awarded.
Trainor guessed to the right on
h the kick, and Gudjonsson beat him
5, to the left for the final 5-0 tally,
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ip for 14 saves, while USC goalie
in Spencer Leuders recorded the shutre
out, which keeps his goals against
average at a nonexistent 0.00. Fak
-i lans is now tied with senior capie
tain Andrew Coggins for the team
'd lead in goals with four. Lohner has
three goals this season and Fergud
son notched his fifth assist to lead
use
ie The Gamecocks now hit the
d road for their first away game of
1- the season at the Aces Soccer
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i- weekend. Tonight, USC takes on
the Dons of San Francisco, 7-1 and
J- ranked 18th in the nation.
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? have met only once, at the Stani
ford Invitational Soccer Tournament
this past season, where USC
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between the teams, ECU has only
scored 26 total points in the second
half, an average of 3.25 points
per game. The last time the Pirates
scored in the fourth quarter against
USC was 1987.
Senior quarterback Jeff Blake is
in his second year as the starter for
the Pirates. Through three games,
Blake has passed for 795 yards
and six touchdowns. He is rated at
a 161.5 passing proficiency. I
Joining Blake in the I-formation
is senior fullback David Daniels i
and Cedric Van Buren at tailback. <
Van Buren leads the team in rush- j
ing with 164 net yards, Daniels is i
second at 107. As a whole, the Pi- 1
rates offense has generated 1358
yards. The Pirate defense, how- <
ever, is giving up 1393 yards per <
game. ;
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Robert Jones, the ECU defense is <
allowing an average of just over i
25 points per game, in multiple j
alignments, compared with the 1
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triumphed 1-0. San Francisco is
coached by Steve Negoesco, the
winningest college soccer coach
ever with 452 wins. The game is
scheduled for 7 p.m..
"I've seen San Francisco on
tape," Berson said, "and they are
an absolutely sensational team. j
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have a number of new players in (
the lineup, and they just look
tremendous." ]
Sunday, the Gamecocks face the (
host Evansville Aces, who are ,
3-3-2 and coached by Fred \
Schmalz. USC won the only meet- y
ing with the Aces in 1987 at the (
Adidas/Met Life Soccer Classic in
Indiana, beating them 2-1.
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in the national top five, let ti
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with 167 tackles. He also tied a
school record with 23 tackles
against Temple. Lining up beside
Jones will be Ken Burnette,
another senior. Burnette has 16
tarklp.c in 120 nlavc
The biggest hole in the ECU defense
is in the secondary, very
much like USC's major problem.
Junior Derrick Fields at strong
safety is the only returning player
with starting experience, and he
has been fighting injury problems
all season. At free safety, Greg
Grandison has made 29 tackles,
second on the team to Jones. Four
starters from 1990 are gone, and
two junior college transfers will be
looked upon for a lot of support.
One of the more solid areas for
:oach Bill Lewis's Pirates is the
special teams. Senior punter John
fett is currently the second ranked
punter in the nation, averaging
3ver 41 yards per kick. Sophomore
\nthony Brenner, redshirted this
3ast season will handle the place
ticking. Brenner is 5-7 for Field
;oals on the season, and has made
ticks of 50, 39, 36, 33 and 25
fards.
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tough games and they are not in
the top 20, but they are certainly a
great team.
"These games are going to be
real important, and it will be a
good measuring stick for us. I
thought the North Caroliona game
was a good test for us. Now we
:ome up to another major test.
Two games in a real quality tournament
on the road in a very tough
mviornment. Evansville at Evansville
on Sunday will be one of the
>iggest challenges our guys face.
?Ve're looking forward to going
nit there. I think it should be fun."
Kickoff for the Evansville conest
is at 3:30 p.m. Both of USC's
;ames will be played at Black
Jeauty Field in Evansville.
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