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coordinated at all," Tootle said, f sha uld use her speed to get 10 s
lirst base quicker and was taught to
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Hslap the hall on the hits started coming in
the run as she Tootle's sophomore season. She
broke down the got 91 in 1991. As a junior, she
from a slow- She closed this season with 98
pitch program, I hits to break the all-lime total of
just felt like if 327 set by Martha Noffsinger of
' that's what I Fresno State from 1987-1990. The
needed to do, 207 runs scored surpass the record
then that was of South Carolina's Tricia
best for me and Popowski, who had 198 with the
for the team," Lady Gamecocks from 1988-1991.
Tootle said. "It's been the same thing the
Tootle was jjj-fj. whole time. Never slack up,"
ult for a right-handed person to Tootle said. "You've got to keep
ccome a left-handed person, but a practicing. If you continue to work
:ood athlete is going to accom- hard, good things are going to
ilish that," Coach Joyce Compton happen. And, in the end, it's paid
;iid off."
After adjusting as a freshman, Tootle said she was never wornive
early for U?
ers in on-base per- Shortstop Joe Biernat has already
centage, and he is set a school record for errors in a
second on the season with 24 so far. Going into
I conference stolen the Tennessee series, the infield has
base list. White, made a combined 52 errors on the
|| who leads the year. This inconsistent defensive
team with 52 play has cost the Gamecocks a few
I RBIs, and games so far this year, and it could
Dezenzo are both cost them again in the future,
hitting well over Despite the holes in their gloves,
R L I E .300 on the sea- these guys can hit the ball. Biernat
DALE son' Overall, the is hitting around the .400 mark,
USC outfield is placing him third in the conference
strong. They have in batting average. Second baseman
be speed, the fielding and the hit- Stacy Stokes is hitting above .300
ing. Their Grade ? A. and is among the league leaders in
Next, we will move to the on-base percentage. Although
nfield. The infield is the only trou- senior first baseman Jeff Parnell
}le spot with the team. The players has been struggling lately, he is
iround the diamond have commit- always a threat to drive the ball out
ed far too many errors this season, of the park. On the whole, the
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ried about her records and didn't reach the NCAA soft ball champispend
much time thinking about onships. South Carolina, at 36-21 them.
The tying hit, which came at 1, will have to wait for an at-large
home April 20 against Winthrop, berth to be announced in May.
was just another in a series, she If Softball is finished for Tootle
said. ? a physical education major
"Getting the record wasn't a who'll graduate in May 1994 ?
relief because it wasn't something I she'd like to become a college
was actually shooting for," Tootle coach or teach physical education
said. "It felt good, but that wasn't to elementary school children. She
mv all-limp anal hero " tenches fourth binders one dnv a
Even Compton had no idea what week at Leaphart Elementary
she'd be creating when she asked School and gets as much enjoyTootle
to switch sides. ment from working with kids as
"In a situation where you com- working the count,
pletely change what someone has "With a kid, there's so much to
done, and they've never played the learn, and you see so much more
game, I don't think records are success because they really don't
ever even a thought," Compton care how people feel about what
said. they do," she said. "They enjoy and
Tootle still holds her dream to are motivated to do tilings."
>C baseball team
infield is OK, but not solid. Their country's best in strikeouts per nine
grade ? B minus. innings. With closer Rob Mosser
The next area of concern for coming out of the bullpen, Raines
June Raines should not be a con- has no need to concern himself
cern at all. This position is pitch- with the pitching staff. Their grade,
ing. USC is strongest in this field, obviously, ? A plus.
Only three good starting pitchers Now, we will take a look at
are needed to advance in the some team categories. Team batNCAA
regionals and the world ting is not a problem. USC is not
series, and USC has three of the the best hitting team in the country,
best starters in the country. They but they are very solid. They rank
are Matt Threehouse, Rich Pratt fourth in the SEC in team batting,
and Jason Haynie. They give the Hitting grade ? A minus.
Gamecocks the best pitching staff BThe next category is team fieldin
the SEC and place them No. 11 ing. The Gamecocks rank seventh
in the country in team pitching. in the conference in team fielding.
Rich Pratt is No. 38 in the coun- Fielding will have to improve if
try in earned run average and No. Carolina is going to make it to.
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