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By NANCY SALOMONSKY
Staff Writer
The Gamecock baseball tearr
earned its first win in the South
eastern Conference with a 20-1
win over Arkansas.
Gamecock senior designated hit
ter Jerry Shepherd drove in si;
runs with five hits, including tw(
home runs and two doubles. She
pherd gave South Carolina th(
early lead in the second inning
with a two-run homer.
Arkansas tied the score in th<
bottom of the second before senioi
leftfieldcr Brian Lawler's three-rur
aouDic in me mira inning pu
South Carolina ahead to stay.
Shepherd reached base 11 consecutive
times after making an oui
his first lime up in the three-game
series against Arkansas.
Shepherd doubled in a run in the
third, doubled again in the fourth
hit a three-run homer in the sixtl
and singled in the eighth. He
Gamecocks
sign GIANT
as recruit
By ROBERTO BONILLA
Staff Writer
Although basketball season is
just about over, the recruiting wan
have just begun. Peru native Filipe
Torres is the major battle in this
year's war.
Reason?
Is 7-foot-6, 255 pounds enougl
of a reason? Luckily, he will be
playing for the Gamecocks and noi
against them. Five SEC teams
were in the running for Torres
who went to high school in Callao
on the outskirts of Lima.
"Of course we're excited,"
mnrh SItpvf NIpwtnn caiH "Ofhr?r<
tried, but wc succeeded."
"Listen to me, this guy is going
to be a franchise for the SEC,'
Newton added. "Shoots down ai
th^ basket," Newton said when
asked about Torres' shooting style.
Doctors say his enormous size
comes from his grandfather, whc
was a 7-foot-2 professional wrestler.
Amazingly, Torres reached the
six-foot plateau when he was 10.
Yearly, the tape measure stretched
as the boy turned into a hulk.
"You just don't see this size
everyday," director of NBA scouting
Marly Blake said. "I think he
could play in the pros today."
Torres picked up the sport two
years ago after watching the Harlem
Globetrotters perform in Lima.
He averaged 16 points and 18 rebounds
in his junior year. He
fouled out of 14 of the 21 games
he played in.
In his senior year, Torres cut
back on the fouls, and practiced
long hours on his shooting. Torres
uppcd his totals to 28 points and
24 rebounds.
"His improvement was incredible,"
high school coach Enrique
Jimenez said.
"He's a muscle rebounder,"
Newton said. "I like the way he
showed improvement over a one
year period. 'Too Tall Hoops' is
what I eall him."
Kentucky, Georgia, LSU and
Ole Miss were the other SEC
teams after Torres.
"I liked Coach Newton from the
start, and I think I'll be able tc
help this team," Torres said. "This
is the happiest day of my life,
will never forget this day."
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struck out in the ninth to break the
streak.
1 The Gamecocks continued their
destruction of the Razorbacks in
1 the fourth inning. South Carolina
senior catcher Dave Willman hit a
grand slam home run and drove in
( a fifth run with a sacrifice fly in
3 the seven-run inning.
; Also in the fourth inning, senior
I third baseman Burke Cromer had a
three-run homer and a RBI triple.
South Carolina started junior
r pitcher Rich Pratt. Pratt was un|
able tb hold a 13-2 lead, giving up
six runs in the bottom of the
fourth.
t Freshman Wally Maynard
5 stepped up to earn his third win
against no losses. Maynard alj
lowed four hits and two runs, only
one of them earned. Maynard has
i 28 strikeouts in 28 innings and
i boasts a 0.96 earned run average.
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Lady Game<
By SEAN RYAN
Assistant Sports Editor
It was a good weekend for
Duke.
The Lady Blue Devil golf team
won the South Carolina Women's
Invitational.
Duke posted a total score of 914
to capture a two-shot victory at the
Woodlands Country Club. Furman
finished behind Duke on the
lcaderboard with North Carolina
finishing third.
The Lady Gamecocks finished
one shot behind the Lady Sooners
of Oklahoma to claim fifth place
in their only home match of the
season. South Carolina will next
; compete in the Woodbridgc Invitational
in Kings Mountain, N.C.,
[ April 10 to 12.
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mendous performance against th
Razorbacks.
Junior Rob Mosser worked th
final two innings for the Game
cocks. Razorback Matt Wagne
picked up the loss for Arkansa
and fell to 0-3.
The win upped the Gamecock
record to 1-5 in the SEC and 21overall.
Despite the win, South Carolin
dropped out of the Collegiat
Baseball and Baseball Americ
Top 25. The Gamecocks wer
ranked 20th in last week's Base
ball America Top 25.
South Carolina's next opponer
will be the Coastal Carolina Char
licleers. In the previous meeting c
tne two teams at Conway reo. i\
the Gamecocks defeated the Char
licleers, 5-3.
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"I hit the ball real consistently,
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short putts. All around, I hit th
ball well."
Junior. Margaret Hickey place
* 18th in her first tournament of th
semester with a score of 235.
"1 played pretty well," Hicke
said. "This was definitely my bes
showing of the year. I worked har
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weeks, but I need to keep work in
on my short game.
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By BRIAN ESHLEMAN
H Staff Writer
For just an instant, it soundi
" like a complaint.
Leah Land, an All-Americi
m both in the pool and in the cla<
m room, answered a question abo
the revised qualifications for j
tending the NCA
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s elite," Land said.
A Land and her teammates we
not invited to the recently co
eluded event in Austin, Texas.
But the up-beat junior fro
Sweet Home, Ore., is quick to cc
reel herself.
"Nothing's impossible. Th<
just made it more of a challenge
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Land reveals a lot about her 01
look on life as a swimmer and
student.
"If you think positive," she sai
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self, eventually you'll reach yo
big goal."
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said, "1 just want to be a go<
tournament,
fth place
y Vikki Valentine struggled to a
cj place finish, but did find sor
s good from the tournament.
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Kentucky, so we should still be
third place in the SEC," Valenti
n said.
Bagwell is exempted from qu
c ilying for the Woodbridge tourr
mcnt based on her strong play. T
cl four remaining team spots will
chosen based on a 36-hole qualif
ing between the remaining tea
members. The four lowest score
will join Bagwell at Woodbridge.
Valentine, who placed sixth
the tournament last year said if
she was scared about qualifyii
for the tournament.
"It's going to be a really stroi
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the team can show well, and I c
do well as an individual."
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has since earned such honors as
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Olympic trials.
,y She displays the same excellence
in pursuit of her other goal
and in fact chose South Carolina,
,e in part, for the pharmacy program.
Jt' She has made the President's List
a each of the last five semesters.
Land also enjoys reading, from
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not getting bogged down in daily ,
hassles, keeping sight of what you
want 10 do and be," she said.
Central to her is focusing on the
positives of life, from the abundant
sunshine (not so plentiful to the T
Great Northwest) to the supportive
athletic department and professors
at South Carolina that make the
balancing act easier.
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harder to draw out.
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lenge her to work harder. Whether
it is qualifying for the NCAA
Championships or changing
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