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Friday, April 17, 1992 Newton By TIM THORSEN I Staff Writer After losing six seniors, includ- 1 ing four starters, to graduation, the 1 South Carolina men's basketball team needed a quick infusion of J talent. { Head coach Steve Newton signed six players to national let- ; tcrs of intent to install that talent. "Our focus was to bring in a balance of high school seniors and transfers who can give us immediate help," Newton said. "Our focus was on offense and guard play, as ; well as improving our depth. We ' have a solid foundation, but to be pffpplivp in thr> ^mifhpQCtPrn Pr*n. ference you need 10 to 14 solid players." Percy Eberhart and Norm Greene each signed with the Gamecocks during the early signing period, and recently South Carolina has received commitments i from Cortez Barnes, Shannon Hoskins, Waide Franklin and Terry Bynum. Barnes, a 6-foot-7, 205-pound forward, has played his last two seasons at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. Last season, he netted 14.8 points per game, while pulling down six boards a contest in leading Hutchinson to a 27-7 record and a berth in the finals of the Region VI Baseball te ) By ROB RODUSKY Staff Writer The Winthrop Eagles upset the Gamecock baseball team, 6-5, when sophomore pitcher Steve Kolbert threw a wild pitch to allow the winning run in the 10th inning. The game was nothing less than sloppy. The Eagles commited five errors, struck out 13 times, made a wild pitch while attempting an in. tentional walk and gave up six extra-base hits out of South Carolina's first seven hits. They also let the potential win nmg run rcacn iniru wun one out in the eigth. "They tried to give it to us, and we refused to take it," South Carolina coach June Raines told The State newspaper. Winthrop ] made five errors and didn't play 1 real good defense, Raines said. The Gamecocks earned three doubles, two triples, a home run and ' I five runs. While the Gamecocks hit well and the Eagles played poor de- 1 fense, Carolina left many players 1 on base. "It's hard to win that J way, Kaines saiu. The Gamecocks, 26-15, got the tying run to second base in the ; bottom of the 10th when junior 1 pinch hitter Joe Biernat beat out an infield hit and advanced on a wild 1 pitch. However, senior catcher ' * Tennis team Ioj By NANCY SALOMONSKY Staff Writer The South Carolina men's tennis team lost to No. 21 Clemson, 5-2. Senior Dirk Hahneiser won his 20th game of the year with his 6-2, 6-2 victory over Clemson's 1V1IKC vviuiaiiid. The only other South Carolina ^ win came from sophomore Johan Wiig. Wiig beat Bryan Twente 6-1, 6-4. Wiig has an overall record 20-8. The Tigers' George Lambert was a straight set winner over South Carolina's junior Mark Palus 6-1, 6-4, while freshman Ben icHassi "Gameco< I MONKEY. p VM> \Get it tic I ! rWsjh 15 Point C El * I IN 10 Minutes We'll * Change oil No Replace oil filter Appointment J ?lubricate c has is Necessary El Checktfill transmission fluid ri Check/fill brake fluid " Check/fill battery fluid Check your wiper blades j Check tire pressure Automatic Tran I Vacuum interior Radiator Flusl Wash windows AC Recharge. I Check/fill windshield washer I Check/fill differential 1101 Broad '| Checkfill power steering (on 5126 Old B (J signs six tournament. man "Cortez Barnes brings in experi- play tmcc and maturity at the college solid level. When you lose six seniors, grou you need someone to come in and gym. give immediate help, and we feel Fr Cortez can fill the bill," Newton guari said. "He brings in goal size and Junic rbility and is a very athletic ba- his sketball player who should help Fran improve our shooting from behind He k Lhc lines. Inside and out, he is a h's > _ ? n . very versatile piayer. < Hoskins, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound steal guard from Manchester Clay 21 f County High School in Kentucky, and became the third high school se- seast nior to sign with the Gamecocks, "V along with Ebcrhart and Greene. perfi Hoskins, who placed third in the Phys balloting for Mr. Basketball for the and stale of Kentucky, was a five-year rangi high school starter. very The first team All-State star av- ccrta eraged 26.4 points and 10.4 assists brinj a game in leading Clay County to prog the Kentucky "Sweet 16." Hoskins R( shot 55 percent from the floor, 42 form percent from 3-point land and 83 Byni percent from the free-throw line. pour "Shannon Hoskins is a highly ing 1 successful guard from Eastern Coll Kentucky who has achieved much seas in high school, both team-wise and team personally, Newton saia. He is a none very unselfish player and has the four ability to Contribute to the team in gain< am loses to Dave Willman was retired on a fly ball and junior outfielder D.T. Cromer grounded out to end the "Our pitchers did a great job of not letting them get a big inning QnH nnttinrr tho Ko 11 rro rr?o oumn " uiiu pulling uiv uanganiv^ a w ay, first year Winthrop coach Joe HuIn the second inning senior H Burke Cromer led off the scoring for the Gamecocks after doubling to left field and scoring when the jgj| Winthrop first baseman could not hang onto the ball. Winthrop scored three times after Gamecock freshman pitcher Jim Stoops retired the first six bat- SB ters he faced. Cromer, who also had a pair of singles, smacked his third home gg run of the year in the third inning 10 give the Gamecocks a 3-2 lead. South Carolina took a 4-3 lead in the fourth. Consecutive triples ennhrvmr\fQ rvuffinl/lar SHI u j jupuuuiuiw Willi i viuvi iviat I |gg White and sophomore shortstop Randy Thompson tied the game at jm Lhree. Thompson then scored on freshman outfielder Mark Gugino's groundout. Winthrop got Stoops, who allowed four hits, walked one and struck out seven in six innings, for the tying run in the sixth. "We had men on base every in- ning and couldn't get them in," Raines said. The ;es to Clemson L Cook was defeated by Clemson's ? Bas Wild 5-7, 7-5, 6-3. Cook has : an overall record of 13-10. Jimmy Panagopoulos was beaten by Frank Salazar in com straight sets 6-2, 6-1. Panagopou- min los, a freshman, is 18-20 on the lhis season. left South Carolina fell to 8-11 ft overall. This was the first time ^ar since 1989 Clemson has defeated Hen South Carolina in men's tennis. befc The Gamecocks will next meet win: the Ole Miss Rebels on April 17 f'na at the Sam Daniel Tennis Center. eisft South Carolina will continue its ctiar homestand on April 19, when they take on the Arkansas Razorbacks. :k" Student Special me before your long trip! >IL CHANGE for HQ99 ! IU: Coupon tegular $23,99 smission Service $36.99 (reg. $39.99) h $36.99 (reg. $39.99) $36.99 (reg. $39.99) | River Road St. Andrews 7^-5330 s block West of Greystone Blvd.) p( ush River Road Irmo 731-9638 >even Oaks Shopping Center) IGaineco recruits y areas. Shannon is a learn son G cr who comes from a very year' program and basketball back- ?yv, nd. He's jusi grown up in the a qqj, oliniai anklin, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound j0jn c d, comes from Gadsden Slate "j-je ^ )r College in Alabama. In both Collcj seasons at Gadsden Slate, Schoc klin led the team in scoring. knowi mocked in 20.7 points a game ^is g ;onhnmnro ramn itlontT wilh o ? luuym rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.5 ^ame s per contest, after hitting for enthus >oints, 4.4 assists, 3.5 boards )0jn ^ 1.5 steals in his freshman )n. Gre Vadie Franklin is a very solid 'orwai )rmer at the guard position. State ically, he is a strong player a's0 a has very good shooting l'y rar 2," Newton said. "Wadie is a senior consistent player, and he will Sliru * inly add to our experience and Pos I fine offensive skills to our ball re ram." cruit ! burning home to Columbia is starrer er Eau Claire Shamrock Terry both f am. Bynum, a 6-foot-4, 210 Wh id guard, returns after spend- sketba lis last two years at Anderson for th< ege. During his sophomore counti on, Bynum earned second- "W< junior college All-American is an >rs for averaging 20 pojnts, playe rebounds and three assists per would t. He was also named Ander- to tak< Winthrop, s r <>. -sj* baseball team lost to Winthrop on JSC intramura SEAN RYAN stant Sports Editor / 1 Duth Carolina spring intramural petition in floor hockey, swim- t|l|E LL Koebot Kali onrl tro/^b g,, uaoivv^ii^un auva uati\ ^iiuvu week, with Softball and soccer EBE to play. 1 floor hockey competition, the ikees-, captained by Brian was 1 ike, drQpped their first game 'im )re reeling off seven straight cw s to win the competition. In the J00l1^ Is, the Yankees took a 5-1 dein over the Tracers to win the I npionship. on 1 u DUUK 20% OFF or All College Stud< w/ID ck for baske ollegc's "Male Athlete of the e arc especially pleased that U| jmbia native and South Carr? has chosen to return and >ur program," Newton said. Hi as excelled at both Anderson *e and at Eau Claire High >1 as a guard and is well i for not only his skills but real intensity and mental less. Terry brings a complete /Mir nmtrram anf\ \i/n urp ;iastic about his decision to ic Gamecocks." cne, a 6-foot-8, 185 pound rd, was recently named Allfor Michigan, and Eberhart, 6-foot-8 forward, was recen- ijaMj iked 35th among high school **'* *, s in America by recruiting lob Gibbons. sibly augmenting the basketjcruiting class is football reSteve Tanneyhill. Tanneyhill . 1 for Altoona High School in ooiDaii and basketball, ile Tanneyhill playing ball would be a definite plus 5 squad, coach Newton isn't ng on anything just yet. 2 haven't talked, although he accomplished basketball ;r," Newton said. "We n't reject him if he wanted * a look at the hardwood." Jamie Watst 6-5 La< By CHAD Sports Editc HH The swept Wir Sboutn l. sponsor th against Eas gia Souther the Lady Ea The first period foi Gamecock s Fresh mai . Gareis pick< the shutout, lost five gar four hits an strikeouts in Freshmar mer also sh a future stai and 53rd R the third in 19th in the i Junior sf cnnhnmnt uvr,,v,,,v" Toinettc R fielder Kri scored runs Freshma Renee Meyer/The Gamecock Sham Cann a 10th inning wild pitch. committed 1 season to end > \ the fraternit) F'oor place finishi ? Hockey swimming c ?Championship Bundy, Joe ( ^ \ggl> Winners Narang wer J tllV I |J >11 ! jTi] y Mark Lerne : performances lie first game of the season "It was im a motivatior," team member mural champi Depelteau said. "Everyone in second pit their role and did it to per- ahead of Sij >n. 1 think that was the big Lerner said. The swimr )ha Tau Omega put pressure petitions wer eta Beta Tau, the leaders in Alpha Delta I ~E HIT X X W D ni) HEAD Outlet April 17 631-D Har< 5 tball team W |Bf* j^M Pt tBBMMIHi \%.^^bS s 1^HhhRR&#S 49M Eric Glenn/The Gamecock >n will receive help from six newly signed recruits. ly Gamecocks ;ep Winthrop BRAY Carolina while Winthrop com>r mitted three errors in the game. 13 Lady Gamecocks Winthrop's Kristen Gebhart ithrop in a double- (10*9) allowed five hits and three iday. earned runs. arolina, which will South Carolina scored three e USC Invitational runs jn the the third and one in t Carolina and Geor- ljlc sjxl^ n this weekend, beat igles 4-0, 5-1. In the second game, junior game was a shining hurler Charity Ballard allowed ' freshmen on the five hits, one run and one walk, iquad. Ballard improved her record to n sensation Darlene 8*1 with five strikeouts. 2d up her 21st win in Reed lead the Lady GameGareis, who has only co^g tw0 ancj one run nes this year, allowed Kordonowy went l-for-3 and had d two walks and two tw0 runs 0j-j- a ^ an(j a i the game. i catcher Dana Ful- Winthrop's Lauren Paul (8-25) owed her potential as allowed two hits, four runs and r with her 11th triple six walks in five innings of :BI of the season in baseball. ning. Fulmer is now ^ udy Gebharl a|_ la ton tn lowed two hits and one run in torislop T.ff Tootle, inni Qf lfef_ c center fielder eed and senior left Cannon committed two errors is Kordonowy also for South Carolina. Winthrop in the game. committal six errors ? three by n second baseman third baseman Aubrey Cohen's ion and Tootle each and three by shortstop Crissy an error for South Martin. T 71 /V1111 OUlLUail, JL r division, with first vision. The winners edged Delta es in the track and Delta Delta for the swim meet :ompetitions. Brian championships, and won the track Christopher and John meet over Kappa Delta, e noted by captain "One of the assets for the swim r as giving strong meet was the the new members who performed well," captain Ashportant for the intra- Icy Gunderson said. onship because we're icc and AMSTERDAM $358 ROME 383 MADRID 383 MEXICO 205 TOKYO 395 Fares are from Atlanta, 1/2 round trip based on round trip purchase. Taxes and surcharges not included. Come and visit us in our NEW office! den St. 1561 N.Decatur Road, Atlanta 1-800-877-2433 1 I Call Now