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Gamec By AARON SHEININ Sports Editor Dick Sheridan and his 19thranked N.C. State Wolfpack come to town Saturday with their number one ranked pass defense in tow. To add injury to insult, the Gamecock's top receiver, senior Robert Brooks, is listed as questionable for Saturday's game. He is still nursing a hamstring pull sustained against West Virginia Sept. 14. Although he has been bothered by the injury for the past six games, Brooks has still put up impressive numbers. Through seven games, the 6-foot, 175-pound senior from Greenwood has 30 receptions for 408 yards. Without Brooks, head coach Sparky Woods still has formidable receive threats in seniors Eddie Miller and David Pitchko. Miller has 22 catches for 418 yards and Pitchko has caught 21 passes for 295 yards. On the positive side for the Gamecocks is the fact that it is not the Wolfpack's defensive secondary as much as their pass rush that causes problems for opposing offenses. N.C. State has 15 sacks USC freshman midfielder Bill I Erskine earlier this season. IT Sunday. 1-800-322-AIDS IVOLUNTEERS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE! Community Service Programs Campus Activities Center, 777-5780. For the cost of a first offense DUI you can get! 5000 taxi rides from Five Points to campus ; C Don't Drink & Drive! ocks tafe for minus-136 yards. Tackle John J Akins has four. Stopping the rush will be a ma- j jor concern for the 3-2-2 Gamecocks as starting offensive guards Antoine Rivens and Kenny Farrell and back-up tight end Matthew Campbell are all listed as probable I for Saturday's game. Junior cornerback Sebastian Savage is the only returning starter to the Wolfpack secondary. He is joined by strong safety Mike Reid and free safety Ricky Turner and cornerback Wade Burton. N.C. State is limiting opponents to only 143.3 yards per game in the air. and ODDOsing Quarterbacks are completing only 47.6 percent J of their passes. Gamecock quarterback Bobby Fuller, however, is av- I eraging 229.9 yards a game, at a I .614 profeciency. USC balances its offense, however, with an improving ground game. Led by freshman Brandon Bennett, USC is averaging 131 yards a game. Bennett has 571 himself, 81.6 per game and is averaging 5.1 yards per carry. Offensively, the Wolfpack are led by freshman quarterback Geoff Bender. Bender is only completing File photo 3aumhoff dribbles upfield against le Gamecocks travel to Clemson Fitne High/Lov High/Lov High/Lov High/Lov (swimm (limited All session This schedule is tentative. All classes are on ; PE Center, 777-5261, for further information. F Water-Ski Club I Sailing & Windsi Carolina Rugby Scuba Club mee World Tae Kwor Fencing Club mi Wrestling Club r Bodybuilding Cli Men's Volleyball m I lUSmnlA CKIAU A A |w uiumcue rnauee Seidokan Aikido Mountaineering Lacross Club mi For additional inform USC Gamecocks I 3-2-2 Williams-Brice i TV/Radio: ESPN/W 47.4 percent of his passes and av- PJ erages only 133.2 yards a game. ^ N.C. State is averaging 195.6 01 yards a game passing while USC's te opponents are gaining 245.4 yards w each game through the air. On the ground, N.C. State is led a? by junior Anthony Barbour with wl 339 yards, an average of 48.4 per al game. Neither the rushing nor & passing attack for the Wolfpack is sc t -m ^ ^i U5U s tourne By BRANT LONG thj Soccer Correspondent of USC's soccer match at Clemson ^ on Sunday has major NCAA playoff implications. But the Tigers SP have a much serious concern, as se.] their long-time head caoch Dr. ^ I.M. Ibrahim recovers from a heart attack. rai Ibrahim, who is in his 25th year Ai as head coach, was taken to a se Charlottesville, Va. hospital on a Sunday, after he had a heart attack no during halftime of Clemson's 2-1 fa loss to Virginia. Sam Blackman, Clemson University's soccer sports information Sa director, said earlier this week that U! Ibrahim may be released from the wl hospital Thursday. Ti, As for Sunday's game against w< South Carolina, Blackman said he thi is unsure if Ibrahim will be able to an coach or even be in attendance. The 50-year-old native of Israel pli has a career record of 344-82-25 no fo HC ss Programs - Sch / Impact Aerobics Monday thru Friday 11mpact Aerobics Monday thru Friday / Impact Aerobics Saturday / Impact Aerobics Sunday *Aqua Aerobics Monday-Friday ing skills not necessary) Stretch & Tone Monday & Wednesday Step Aerobics Tuesday & Thursday number of participants) s are 1 hour in length You i 'You must rent a locker if you are taking Aqua A Rental of lockers should be made in person a first come, first serve basis. Changes may be made due to bu 'rograms are offered to students at no charge through the Office rl has its meetings each Wednesday at 6pn jrfing Club meets every Wednesday at 7: Club is holding practices on Tuesday anc its every Wednesday in the Blatt P.E. Ce 1 Do Club meets on Tuesdays and Thursi eets Monday & Wednesday at 6:30 pm in neets on Monday & Wednesday at 6pm ii jb will hold its next meeting on Nov. 7 at practices each Sunday at 3pm in the Blc i practices on Monday & Wednesday at 7 practices Monday, Wednesday & Friday & Whitewater Club meets every Wednesc sets Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 4pr ation on Sport Clubs, please call t h-ranl 4.C. State Wolfpack Stadium VOC-AM 560 irticularly impressive. Yet, rough seven games N.C. State is tscoring opponents 170-74. The am's only loss came this past sekend against Clemson, 29-19. N.C. State opened the season roinot Virrrinia Tprh pc^aninn )UA?*OV f ith a 7-0 victory at home. USC so beat the Hokies by a touch>wn in the third game of the sea?n, 28-21. >y hopes m it ranks sixth on the all-time list winningest coaches and fifth on i active coaches list. Wednesday night, the Tigers reonded well without Ibrahim's rvices, defeating Erskine 2-0 at ggs Field. Clemson is currently 12-4-2 and iked 19th nationally by Soccer nerica. They are led again this ason in scoring by Jimmy Glenn, sophomore striker wno nas itched 10 goals and eight assists r 28 points. "This has become the biggest me of the season for us," said SC head coach Mark Berson, 10 has a 5-11 record against the gers. "Our guys have responded ill to challenges all season and I ink they will go up there Sunday d respond well." As far as NCAA tournament imcations, Berson says a loss does t mean elimination from playoff juse woi r participate ">ME A Wj edule for Fall! 4:00pm Gy 5:15pm Gy 10:30am Gy 2:00pm Gy 5:30pm Po 1:00pm Co (Ro 1:00pm Co (Ro nust bring you ID to eac erobics (,50/daily or $20/semester). in Blatt PE Center, Room 201. doet, facility conflict, or level of interest. Contact Of of Campus Recreation. Sessions are held in the Bla ubs i in the Blatt P.E. Center, Room ' 30 pm in Russell House, Room c I Thursday evenings from 7-9 pm nter, Room 134 at 6pm. days at 6pm in the Booker T. Wa i the Booker T. Washington Gym. fi the Blatt P.E. Center, Combativ 7pm in the Blatt P.E. Center, Ro< itt P.E. Center, Gym 307. :30 pm on Field F. at 5pm in the Booker T. Washing Jay at 7pm in the Russell House, n on Field a! he Office of Campus Recre ted N.C In their second contest, the Wolfpack mauled Kent State 47-0, and followed it up with a 30-3 trouncing of Wake Forest on the road. In the battle for North Carolina, State upended the Tar Heels 24-7. After downing Georgia Tech 28-21, the Wolfpack was ranked 11th in the Associated Press poll. The Yellow Jackets were the Gamecocks' last opponent, losing to USC 23-14 Oct. 19. Marshall University almost surprised N.C. State, and managed to raise doubts concerning the Wolfpack's lofty rankings. N.C. State escaped 15-14. Clemson gave the Wolfjpack its first loss of the season this past week in Death Valley. Against Georgia Tech, the Gamecocks displayed a brand of football alien to most USC teams. Featuring a wide-open offense and a fake punt, USC dominated the first half. The week before, however, Louisana Tech battled the Gamecocks to a 12-12 tie. In fact, the entire season, guessing which ay ride on CI contention, "but if we win, we will be in very good shape," Berson said. "If we don't win, we'll be in a very vulnerable position." The top two teams from each region around the country qualify for the tournament, as well as various conference chamDions. There are also 10 at-large bids given. "It's always difficult to predict who'll get bids," Berson added. "A win would really strengthen our position." There is also a revenge factor at work this weekend. During the 1990 regular season, the largest crowd in the history of The Graveyard (6,025) watched as the Tigers knocked off the Gamecocks 3-1. Clemson scored three second half goals to erase a 1-0 deficit The Gamecocks got their revenge for that loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament getting two goals from senior Greg lid like to thanl is in the weekei \Y FROM i 1991 i m 307 m 307 *1 m 307 m 307 ?l moative Hoom *<: Dm 107) mbative Room Dm 107) :h session lice of Campus Recreation, Room 102 Blatt tt PE Center. Oct. 11?- Oct' 106. , on Field F. Oct. shington Gym. Oct. e Room 107. 0ct 3m 135. Oct. Oct. Iton Gym. Room 304. Nov iation at 777-5261. Nov I. State Gamecock team would be on the v field on a particular week could make calculus look like child's play. Sheridan agrees. "They (USC) have been somewhat erratic at times this season, but when they are at their best they are a very good football team," he said. "And that is what we expect to see this season. "South Carolina is a fine football team, that like us, has beaten , both Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. In fact, the Gamecocks defeated both of these teams in an easier fashion than we did." The remainder of USC's schedule is ranked as the toughest in - the nation. The final four opponents (N.C. State, Florida State, XT .L /"< 1:_? I /~?1 ?\ i>uiui V/diuiiiid oiiu iwi USC have a combined record of 22-5-1, a .804 winning percentage. Next week, the Gamecocks travel to Tallahassee, Fla. to face the topranked Florida State Seminoles. Saturday's game against N.C. State is slated for a 4:08 p.m. kickoff. ESPN will televise the game. Air time is 4 p.m. lemson game Strehmel in a 3-0 pasting of the Tigers at Riggs Field. Berson knows some Clemson players have fond memories of the tournament loss, but thinks the Gamecocks can handle it "I think our group will respond well to that. It's going to be /another tough game. Most of our truvs e.ithp.r don't rp.mp.mhpr or 11 rrmnauxi Viet Life Qassic (Piscataway, NJ) 13 at Rutgers 3:00pm Viet Life Qassic (Piscataway, NJ) 16 The Citadel 5:00pm 20 Wake Forest 2:00pm 23 Mercer 5:00pm 2 6 Notre Dame 2:00pm Met Life Qassic (Columbia, SC) 2 7 Washington 2:00pm Met Life Qassic (Columbia, SC) 3 at Clemson 2:00pm r. 9 Kentucky 2:00pm * aren't worried about what happened last year," Berson said. The 13-4 Gamecocks are fresh off their second consecutive Met Life Classic title, downing Notre Dame 2-0 and beating Washington 3-2. Sunday's match is one of only two remaining in the '91 season. USC returns home Saturday, Nov. 9 for their first soccer match ever against an SEC opponent as the Kentucky Wildcats visit The Graveyard for a 2 p.m. contest Kickoff for Sunday's match at Clemson is 2 p.m. * you id festivities HOME [ntramurals nnertube Water Polo Entries Open - October 21 Entries Close - October 24 Play Begins - October 27 i on 3 Basketball Entries Open - November 4 Entries Close - November 7 Play Begins - November 10 Soccer Schedule 11 r?_: 1. ^.OfWvm