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USC's ( By KEVIN COULTER th Staff Writer P' jj USC's baseball team will continue its SEC baseball schedule this '. weekend when it travels to ^ Knoxville, Tenn., to take on the ^ 18th-ranked Volunteers. ur USC took two of three from Vanderbilt this past weekend at home and stayed at No. 14 in the ^ Baseball America top 25 poll, lhey , remain in first place in the SEC ?. Eastern Division, one-and-a-half ^ games ahead of Tennessee, but trail LSU by one game for the overall conference lead. The Gamecocks head into the series with Tennessee boasting the f conference's best ERA. Their 3.12 j team ERA also ranks them 11th in ju SEC honor n eight USC ten By CHARLIE TISDALE Ph Staff Writer ta' Sa For the second straight year, USC leads the Southeastern Conference in tennis scholar-ath- ? letes, placing eight members on ^ the honor roll. Five of the 11 players from the ^ men's team and three members pa from the women's program have . been named to the 1993 SEC ! Academic Honor Roll. USC's eight scholar-athletes are the most , from any of the 12 SEC schools. The men's team was led by m two-time honor roll member ^ Johan Wiig who earned a 4.0 ^ GPR. He is a senior finance/mar- ^ keting major from Oslo, Norway. g Following close behind Wiig is m junior Johan Sandberg. The mar- . keting major from Falsterbo, Sweden, has a 3.75 GPR. clC Other scholar members of the ^ men's team include marketing senior and second-year honor roll member Jose Frontera who ^ earned a 3.1 GPR, sports admin- ^ ( istration senior Mark Palus who ?' tpi earned a 3.09 GPR and humamties sophomore Jim Vanagapoulos ^ who earned a 3.05 GPR. de The members of the honor roll ^ played a big part in the success de the team had this year. Wiig . Lady Gamecoc earns academii From Staff Reports Pa Four members of the USC m women's golf team were named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll . ^ inl today. The Lady Gamecocks selected to a ; the list were Rachel Bates, lara "" Joy, Jill DaiT and Margaret Hickey. The honor roll consists of those student-athletes who are at least a m: sophomore in standing and have ^ completed at least 24 credit hours 113 with a minimum grade point ratio stl of 3.0 for the previous two semesters. 311 Rachel Bates, a senior from t0 |Don't ignore what | ] you will find at Riverbend Apartments | ONF. MONTH j i FREE RENT! i _i | Spacious 1, 2, & 3 bedroom Tennis & volleyball courts 2 swimming pools 5 minutes to USC campus RIVERBEND 100 Riverbend Drive West Columbia 794-2948 | livision e entire country. The senior H tching duo of Rich Pratt and Matt II ireehouse have records of 9-1 ai id 7-1, respectively. Freshman E tcher Jason Haynie has also per- st rmed well, posting a record of 6- th All three pitchers have ERAs ai irtpr ^ m w Threehouse and Pratt are expect[ to start in Saturday's double- u] :ader, and Haynie is expected to a1 ke the mound on Sunday. Pitcher ai m Stoops is still sidelined with G ndinitis. 01 Tennessee's pitching staff's B RA (4.13) ranks eighth in the P iC despite receiving a confer- h; ice-leading 13 complete games tc om their starting pitchers, tf jnnessee's top two pitchers are nior college transfer Bronson fi )ll selects ] mis players I tys No. 5 singles while mainining his outstanding GPR. ndberg holds down the No. 2 lgles spot and teams up with llow honor roll member ontera for USC's No. 1 doubles un. Palus is co-captain playing in e No. 3 singles slot, and nagapoulos holds down the No. singles position for the team. The women's team, not to be itdone by the men, placed ree athletes on the academic mor roll. They were led by arketing junior Claire immond. The second time nor roll recipient from Essex, igland, earned a 3.78 GPR. isiness administration sophoore Pauline Rodriguez also aced on the honor roll earning 3.76 GPR. Heather Cobum, an counting junior from aterloo, Ontario, Canada, rned a 3.75 GPR. One requirement for receiving 2 academic award is a GPR of 3 or greater the past two semess. The recipients must also be phomores academically, have ! credit hours towards their gree, and earn a letter during 2 1993 season. In all, 66 stunt-athletes earned the presti3us award. :k golf team c honors " r rragut, Tenn., has a 3.24 GPR d is majoring in sports administtion. Tara Joy of Daxbury, ass., is a sophomore majoring in ernational studies and maintains 3.08 GPR. Sophomore Jill Dan- is ijoring in psychology and has a \ GPR, the highest on the team. The final Lady Gamecock to ake the honor roll is Margaret ckey of Schenectady, N.Y., who is a 3.24 GPR in international jdies. These four Lady Gamecocks are long the 28 SEC golfers selected the academic honor roll. ^CDfE pAA>sS&i Monday, N $2.00 Double 1 950 Hard (S) 252-9 VBeer / ? , v V All ABC regulatio Spor lead at eflin and freshman Ryan Meyers. Mike D< eflin is 6-2 with a 2.93 ERA, Mac V rid Meyers is 5-3 with a 3.21 through RA. The Volunteers' other top getting arter is Chris Freeman, who is against lird in the SEC with eight wins age bad id is fourth in complete games Tuesday ith four. 52 for At the plate, USC continues to put SEC. p impressive numbers in batting Tennt /erage (.305), runs scored (366) lackluste id stolen bases (124). Recently, the team bal amecocks offense has been riding in the c ti the hot hitting of shortstop Joe hitters < iemat, who was named the SEC Todd H< layer of the Week Monday. Biernat conferen as raised his season batting average age, h ) .399 and ranks third in the SEC in Combine lat category. for over Strong batting has also come runs an om Rob DeBoer, Stacy Stokes, RBIs. Bodybuilding p odybuilding Club member Jamie Jeffo 'lJV, diiu va^iiai V.11 y uuu^l/uiiuiii^ vum How to free yourself from a 9 foot BOA CONSTRICTOR? If you've got something hanging around that you don't need, chances are there's someone else who will want it. The Gamecock will help you reach that person. 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Both are among the Vanderbilt 6 9 0 ice leaders in batting aver- L___? ome runs and RBIs. ... ... . .. , . , Shutting down these two v d the two have accounted a for ^ Gamecock , halt of Tennessee s home ,his weekend xhis week id over one-third of its series js jm for usc I club crowns ne I By NANCY SALOMONSK Sports Editor The USC and Capital Bodybuilding Competition fe 59 bodybuilders competing i separate categories, USC Capital City. USC sponsored two classe USC lightweight and heavyv Isaac Gant won the overall c tition earning the title of Mr. Sophomore Jason Rauch w< heavyweight class. The Saturday competitio held in Drayton Hall. Mori 400 people came out to wat event. A nnr\ri\ inn tn c hrwir r*c\r\rr Ii wvvnuin^. iv/ oxiv/ yy vv/v/iv Shane Craig, the show ran sr ly from start to finish. 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