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By SEAN RYAN
Assistant Sports Editor
When opponents face the Lad
Gamecocks in tennis, they ma
leave seeing double. South Ca
olina has something that you ju
don't see every day.
Twins.
Nathalie and Pauline Rodrigue
team together as the Lady Gam<
cocks' No. 1 doubles tandem. A
ter playing singles at the beginnin
of the spring, the twins were ret
nited as doubles partners March 1
against TCU, and have sine
posted three wins against tw
losses.
But playing on the same court;
the same time is nothing new fc
the Rodriguez sisters.
"We know how the other or
plays," Nathalie said. "We corr
pensate each other very well."
Since the age of five, the twir
have been playing the family spor
Their older brother, Manue
played tennis at Trinity Universit
and the University of Miami. H
also has coached on occasior
Their mother, Michelle, who i
from France, met their father, Pau
from Chile, through tennis.
Michelle Rodriguez was a tc
player in France before becomin
a Federation Cup coach. Palo Rot
riguez is a professional tenni
coach who has tutored such pla}
ers as Jose Luis Clerc and Andre
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By NANCY SALOMONSKY
Staff Writer
Former Olympic gymnast Cath
Rigby, who battled eating diso;
ders for more than 12 years, cam
to USC on Tuesday as part of Wc
men's History Month.
About 100 people attended he
speech in the Russell House Bal
room Tuesday.
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Cup tennis for 10 years.
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ing often, Nathalie and Pauline
ry were taught much of the game by
st their mother and grandparents. At
s age six, the two practiced 30 minutes
to an hour each day.
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iy AARON KNOWLTON
Staff Writer
The No. 25 Lady Gamecock
ennis team continued its winning
vays Wednesday by virtue of a
i-2 victory over Southeastern rival
\uburn.
After posting a 2-4 record to
;ick off their innaugural season in
he SEC, the Lady Gamecocks
lave won eight consecutive
natches to improve to 10-4 overall
nd gain a national ranking.
Senior Michelle Duda led the
vay as she posted her 18th victory
)f the season by defeating Diana
vlieres in three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
n another three-set match, South
Carolina's Nathalie Acacio
lowned Nancy Smith, 7-5, 2-6,
'-5.
In other singles matches, Robin
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Staff Writer
Senior Dirk Hahneiser and sothomore
Johan Sandberg defeated
lationally ranked Geoff Grant and
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ipset win over 24th ranked Duke.
The most exciting contest of the
natch came when sophomore
4ark Palus beat Duke freshman
Hhris Pressley 1-6, 6-2, 7-6. So)homore
Johan Wiig and freshman
Sen Cook helped in South Carina's
dominance with impressive
vins at No.4 and No. 6 seeds
espectively.
The victory, which raised South
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By CHAD BRAY
Sports Editor.
The softball team swept UNC^harlotte,
3-0, 8-1, in a doubleicader
Wednesday.
This weekend the Lady Game;ocks
travel to Birmingham, Ala.
or the Southern Invitational.
Senior hurler Jana Zimmerman
)rovided most of South Carolina's
)ffense and defense in the first
;ame. She went 2-for-2 from the
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After taking four of six singles
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needed only one doubles win to
complete the victory. Despite being
swamped 6-1, 6-2 earlier,
Nathalie Rodriguez teamed with
her twin sister Pauline to clinch
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a 6-4, 6-1 triumph at No. 1
doubles.
The next match for the Lady
Gamecocks is today at 2 p.m.
when the No. 1 Lady Gators of
Florida visit Columbia for an SEC
showdown. This match should
serve as an indicator of whether
the women's tennis team will be
able to compete with the upper eschelon
of the SEC, and retain its
national ranking.
team wins
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Carolina's record to 7-6, was the!
second straight for coach Kent DeMars
over former Gamecock assis-'
tant and. current Duke head coach
Jay Lapidus.
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and she picked up the win by allowing
only four hits. *
In the second game, junior
Charily Ballard and freshman Darlene
Gareis combined for a two-4
hitter to improve Gareis' record to S
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went 2-for-2 and had two runs in \
the second game. Zimmerman had "
two RBI's.
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