The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 14, 1992, Page 7, Image 7

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Soccei M | * ? . m %Vr % * ' !i $ 3L * % JrA Cross Country season f onens TI By ROB RODUSKY Assistant Sports Editor j The University of South Carolina men's and women's cross country teams both kicked off the 1992 season at the Georgia State Invitational Saturday. Junior Keith Gorski helped lead the men's squad to a fourth place finish out of 16 teams by placing seventh. Sophomore Tom Cronin placed eighth while juniors Mark Cruz and Eddie Clarke finished in 26th and 27th place respectively. South Carolina finished with 106.points, but was edged out by Georgia Tech (59), Alabama (62), and Auburn (69). The Lady Gamecocks, who placed second, were led by AllSEC performer senior Sue McGhie who finished the 5,000 meter run 1 in fourth place. Auburn, with a total of 33 points edged out South Carolina with 58. Other key performances by Lady Gamecocks were turned in i by senior Danielle Adams (6th place), freshman Tracey Capper (14th), freshman Sara Singletary (16th), and junior Marielle L Bertrand (18th). The Gamecocks will travel to ^ Raleigh, N.C., to participate in the N.C. State Invitational on September 19. Razorbacks store 1 A F oamecocKS, 43-/ By The Associated Press Talk about your ups and downs. Arkans; Kines and his players had them this week. "These young men went through ever state this past week, and they responded w said Kines, whose newly inherited Raze South Carolina 45-7 Saturday night. "I believe we went from an all-time lo time high. We really accomplished a lc despite everything seeming to move at dou One week ago, Kines was defensive cc Arkansas and Jack Crowe was head coach Sp team ups : nv : c V * /^ nfield for a goal assist. Photo by Pete Rogers USC takes s< . '. ' ' :: : *' . * : *. ; : : :: 111 M - | t 5 ?*?^?? :? )utside hitter Amy Iannoccari slams one home during the a 10-3 loss to The Citadel, an NCAA Division school that wasn't expected to win at Fayetteville. "I think the key to the game was our defense,' Kines, whose team held South Carolina scoreless a late, fourth-quarter drive. "We set the tone 01 first play witJh the sack and picked up from there.' [is coach !oe Meanwhile, South Carolina coach Sparky W said the Gamecocks were beaten by their own y emotjonai hikes and a "buzzsaw" by the name of Arkansas, 'ell tonioht" "I've never in my coaching career seen a j >rbacks ?beat w^en we so many things happen to us," W said. "We contributed to a lot of that, Arkansas w to an all- verte^ on so many things, and we began to fall ap; t this week We didn'1 Play S??d football at all and that : ble speed " me ?oes down the hne." >ordinator at The keys t0 Arkansas' night were Orlando Wa Then came who returnetl an interception and a punt for tc orts sets Bi x - * -w* ^ j I MBBBBBHMMwHBM m - ' ' - - ' "' ^ygJst' #fSl Sophomore Bill Baumhoff tackle the Gamecocks defeat second-rai By TONY SANTORI Staff Writer On Sunday, the St. Loui University soccer team, ranked 2nd ii the country, found out just how tougi it can be to play the Gamecocks ii "The Graveyard." Coach Marl Bersnn'?; lOth-rankerl team nrwf rh favored Billikens 3-1 before an over flowing, boisterous crowd. USC came out firing as Junior for ward Matt Haiduk's left-footed rocke found the upper left-hand comer o the net just five minutes into th< game. At the 27 minute mark of the firs half, Chris Faklaris, a sophomor front line player, took a perfect pas from his national under-20 teammati Rob Smith, touched the ball past oni defender, and buried the ball in thi right side_ of the goal, giving thi home team ^ comanding 2-0 lead. econd ii i w I \uP VBllKMl :.||.. ^gsMa mS^ | J *i ? 4 * ^Hl Palmetto State Invitational. I-AA downs, and Jason Allen, who p two more touchdowns. ' said While scoring almost at wil until Arkansas defense throttled Sc [t the offense, holding them to 23 ya 123 yards after that, oods South Carolina, like Arkans mis- Southeastern Conference, only ritory four times before their s ^ame late in the fourth quarter, oods Allen's 20-yard touchdown con- series gave the Razorbacks ; art. threatened while the Arkansa sians carolina s onense iook nopeies The win moved Arkansas to tters, to 0-2. >uch- Arkansas put the game a\ lliken A Htm !S a St. Louis player during the 1 iked St. Louis. St. Louis regrouped at halftim began pressing the Gamecocks ; _ second half started. With abo s minutes remaining in the garni n Louis forward Brian McBride s h on a "header" to cut the lead in 1 n With just 13 minutes left, s k co-captain Rubin Tufino rifled < e direct-kick through traffic to the - of the St. Louis net, effectivly c! ing the game. Despite the valiant effort o :i duiikcii onense, me usl uei f led by goalkeeper David Turne e defender Helgi Bjorgvin: stonewalled any scoring chanc t the closing minutes, and e Gamecock fans began to celebral s Coach Berson smiled as he pi e his team's efforts after the g e Coach Berson cited the Gamec 2 defensive prowess first and speci e ly the play of his junior g< Turner. n tnnrr Oh.} i^h ! \ HF mm is, 3-1 Lea Clayton/The Gamecock Jmbro Kickoff Classic. Baumhoff helped e and "Turner did a great job in the goal ts the for us," Berson said. "You just can't ut 36 say enough about his play, especially e, St. at the end when they sent a lot of cored balls in on him." lalf. Besides setting up Faklaris' goal, enior Rob Smith also provided much-needi low ed leadership for the Gamecocks, back "Rob was all over the place," Berson linch- said. But the coach made sure everyone if the knew USC was victorious because of fense. an all-around team effort asainst the r and talented Billiken squad. sson, "Whenever you play St. Louis, es in you've got to have a team effort. We the had that today" he said. :e. The win against the higher-ranked aised opponent should move the :ame. Gamecocks higher in the national ocks' polls this week. Faklaris said he fical- expected the team to move "into the oalie Top 5" in the nation. lament Gamecocks host Palmetto Invitational By ROB RODUSKY Assistant Sports Editor The University of South Carolina women's volleyball team lost to Clemson in the finals of the Palmetto State Invitational on Saturday. Clemson captured the title b^ winning a tiebreaker against the Lady Gamecocks. Both South Carolina and Clemson were 4-0 in the tournament, but the Lady Gamecocks dropped two games to Furman Friday and one to Coastal Saturday to finish in second place after the tiebreaker. n..? Pi j:.i * i dui v^icniMui uiu hui lose a game in the four matches it played. The Lady Gamecocks defeated Furman 15-8. 7-15. 15-6, 13-15, 15-9, and Charleston Southern 15-12, 15-5, 15-6 on Friday. On Saturday South Carolina beat sixth-place Finisher Coastal 15-0, 15-2, 13-15, 15-9, and seventh-place Winthrop 15-12, 15-6, 15-6. The Lady Gamecocks will travel next to San Antonio, Texas, September 17 to play the Lady Roadrunners of Texas-San iamecock Antonio before competing in the southwest Texas State Tournament September 18. It's Marty Simpson punted two series follow 's scoring pass to flanker Ron Dickerson. s, Arkansas' starting cornerback and punt took the kick at the Razorbacks' 13 and > the end zone ? an 87-vard scorine run. other touchdown came in the second quarhe intercepted a pass thrown by Steve inserted at quarterback after starter Wright vas unable to move the team, aneyhill was intercepted twice and the ks turned to freshman Blake Williamson, leered the only South Carolina scoring drive irew a pair of interceptions, it a ground game, South Carolina relied tirely on the pass. Williamson, a freshman /hill, completed five of 12 for 54 yards and a ichdown pass to wide receiver Toby Cates. Stephanie Newlin/The G assed for 178 yards and Gamecocl ing Allen I early in the game, the Walter >uth Carolina's hapless returner, irds in the first half and broke intc Watterj as new tnis year to the ter after entered Razorback ter- Taneyhill, ;ole scoring drive came Mitchell \ But T; pass on Arkansas' first Gamecoc a lead that was never who engii s defense made South but also tl s for three quarters. Withot 1-1 and South Carolina almost en like Tane> vay seconds after the 4-yard ton