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Soccer
By NANCY SALOMONSKY
Sports Editor
The University of South Carolina
men's soccer team is looking forward
to an impressive season in the
Southeastern Conference.
With a preseason rank of 14, the
namf/Tw^lrc will lnnlr tn thp lp.adp.r
ship of senior co-captains Ruben
Tufino and Chris Crosby.
Tufino, a midfielder from Santa
Cruz, Bolivia, was named freshman
of the year by SOCCER
AMERICA in 1989. Coming into
his senior year, Tufino has accumulated
48 points, which ties him for
15th on the all-time scoring list.
"Ruben returns as one of our
center midfielders, and in my opinion
is one of the premier midfielders
in the country," Head Coach
Mark Berson said.
c Along with Tufino, senior Chris
Crosby, an outside defender from
Georgetown, S.C., will help provide
leadership to the Gamecocks.
"Crosby gives us excellent leadership
and is a very good marking j
back," Berson said.
Other key players to watch will j
be Chris Faklaris, Rob Smith and ^
Matt Haiduk. ,
Up front the Gamecocks hope to
fill the absence of graduate Andrew
Coggins with the speed and size of ;
s of Chris Faklaris. Faklaris, a 6'3"
sophomore from Stone Mountain, i
Ga., scored eight goals and collected
four assists as a freshman.
Sophomore midfielder Rob
Smith is an impressive player in i
the midfield. As a freshman he received
all tournament honors at the
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Along with being one of the top 1
teams in the nation, South Carolina
also plays one of the toughest schedules.
Nine of the teams that USC ,
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