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By KEVIN COULTER th
Staff Writer P'
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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.
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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
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By CHARLIE TISDALE Ph
Staff Writer ta'
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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.
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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 ?'
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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
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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.
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Rachel Bates, a senior from t0
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tching duo of Rich Pratt and Matt II
ireehouse have records of 9-1 ai
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Threehouse and Pratt are expect[
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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
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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 "
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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.
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Sports Editor
The USC and Capital
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59 bodybuilders competing i
separate categories, USC
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USC sponsored two classe
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Isaac Gant won the overall c
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heavyweight class.
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