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use splits s By ROB RODUSKY sor Assistant Sports Editor ^ The Hast Division of the Southeastern Conference still T I. i i icr> .1 ?i:. ^ ,i^.. PCioiiga ,u uov uicy :>jmi a uwu- . bleheader with Tennessee on < Saturday. . the The Gamecocks managed to keep their one-and-a-half game . lead over the second-place Volunteers when they battled back to win the second game 4-3. Tennessee won the opener 9-3 as ma USC senior hurler Matt Threehouse \ (7-2) gave up five runs in the second inning. ^ The Gamecocks could not convert in the second as they loaded die bases on a hit batsman and sin- , gles by junior Rob DeBoer and ^ Women's tennis in first round of From Staff Reports Sh ~~??????????????_ ,ip Vanderbilt edged out victories in j: a third-set tiebreaker at the No. 3 ,c and 5 singles positions and went on sir to defeat 25th-ranked USC 5-1 Thursday afternoon in the first ov round of the SEC Women's Tennis wa Tournament. ^ Tha i r.n;^ Sir i iic i sciysy vjaiiidwiKa liincvu uic season at 10-12 overall and 5-7 in the SEC. Freshman Heather Greene cap^ ^ 1 tured the first set of her match ' against Vandy's Kim Draud 6-4 at '\n the three position, but dropped the ,1 last two sets 6-4, 7-6. Spencer 1 ( i I w / SP e * -i Mountain Bikes Specialized Hardrc Diamond Back Ou Diamond Back Tra Trek 800 Antelope | Five Points a.d^ HARDEN 616 Harden Si (Between Blossom < 256-0557 2 eries with thomore Mike Dezenzo. Senior ke McGuire hit a pitch back to mound that started a home to st double play. Junior Mike ter struck out looking to end the ing. smith Pnrntina mannoprl to trim lead to 6-3 after six innings, hut lid not put together another ralIhe Volunteers put the game ay in the eighth as they scored ;e runs on three hits off freshn J.J. Pearsall. South Carolina won the night) on strong pitching by senior :h Pratt (10-1) and sophomore irk Gugino's three-run home t. South Carolina scored all four of ir runs in the second inning off season ends SEC tourney effler also overcame a one-set ficit to defeat USC's Pauline >driguez 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 at No. 5 igles. I A AO iicmnv~i v wuuiu ;> vj-v/, u-z. win er Vanderbilt's Allyson Kincaid is her 21st victory of the season, ng her for the team lead in total igles victories with junior Helen ook. Crook, meanwhile fell to ichelle Dodds 7-6, 6-3 at the No. position. Dodds' victory avenged earlier loss to Crook in which ook rallied for an incredible ee-set victory alter trailing 6-4, 1. XJ A f you're CI /AT A T s~\ /AT A 7 -fA -A rA , vv uuvvil am ecialized accessoi verything you ne So stop in the C >ck $329 tlook $219 iverse $279 $339 3 I treet & Devine) 56-0804 Spc Vols, keeps Ryan Meyers. DeBoer led off the second with a single, and McGuire and Tarter both walked with one out. The Gamecocks took the lead on junior Stacy Stokes' sacrifice fly. Gugino stepped up and belted his third round-tripper of the season, a 350-foot shot that hooked inside the left-field foul pole. Tennessee rallied to score two runs on in the bottom of the seventh. It was at this time that Coach June Raines relieved Pratt for senior right-hander Rob Mosser. "Mosser is a fine bullpen man, but I still thought Rich was throwing the ball good," Raines said. "They were ground-ball base hits." Mosser walked the first batter he faced, but got Richie Wyman on a NpW PfiitPl -X. 1 T The end of the school year inevitably ~~ causes us all to look . back on the past 12 months and see not ?| only where we've I come from, but where I we are going. Here at USC, the I year has been very eventful. When we AND came in last fall, the B O R Gamecocks were about to undertake (lie first season in SEC tootball competition. We got to see a team struggle early, rebel against the coaching staff and come back to steamroll through the last half of the season. The mutiny attracted national attention to Gamecock football, and it was Coach Woods' calmness and strength during the crisis that helped to end the ugly affair. The most memorable moment for me came on Halloween after ? i?? pH , ,>r ?o .1 gas I 1 in the Wi d check out Cycle Ce ries and components ed, from helmeted h ycle Center today ar DEALER of TRi D1AMONDBAC CANNONDAL SPECIALIZE] m It's your choice 'WE SELL THE BEf SERVICE THE RI -2 Convenient Loca Financing Availal llg >rts SEC lead PB Score by fly hall to end the game and earn his eighth save. rnmPfl Pratt scattered seven hits, struck out three, and walked none over 6 000 111 c 2/3 innings to earn his fourth consecutive si*c win. Voiunfee "He's a good seventh-inning p. -i^w pitcher," Raines said. "He gets you over the hump whether you win or lose the first game." During the doubleheader, the HorV?ll Gamecocks committed four errors, jp h X amassed 16 hits, left 17 runners on ? ? 2 0 base, and turned three double _______ piays. EasESaG The Gamecocks stand at 32-13-1 nvpinll nnrl 1 l-S-1 in (hp <JF.G jiffpr I the split. Gugino They play a three-game series DbBOGT against the Florida Gators next Rose weekend at Sarge Frye Field. Ii, deaths highli noon. With a little sion and headi time left and motion offense Carolina clinging to er). Carolina d a 24-23 lead, the ble-overtime Tennessee Vols Tennessee tha stepped up to the for us. It was line for the poten- year that baskt tial game-winning Columbia, two-point conver- The most i sion. South Carolint ) R E W Tennessee on the playin; G E R T attempted a screen closed doors " pass, and as the phone. Wher receiver raced for hired Dr. M the end /one Hank Cnmnhell Southern Fnlif came up and stuck him, thus pre- birth of a ne serving the victory. The image of well-organize Williams-Brice Stadium rocking ment. with cheers as the final seconds McGee cair ticked away left a great impres- the reputation sion on all who were there. coaches and Basketball season came and, clean prograi unfortunately, left little in the way done exactly tl of memories for USC fans. We No more ap were awe-struck by the power of when the seart North Carolina, the skill of the ball coach t Kentucky Wildcats and the preci- Bobby Cremir Sp*jL ' T * $ * f". > *4 If > / O DC png Gear. writer's selection of . The Cycle Center has ead to pedalling foot. \d get up to speed. Hours EK, Mon.- Sat. lOarr 3K. Sunday lpm JE, j-j Quality Repairs on t Licensed Mech I St. Andrei ' >T AND 1-26 5STM tions- b?mdr,verro. 2719 Broad Rivei tile (Near Rush's across from Rc | 798-77 cks O Gamecocks a XX) ^ 040 000 0 ^ 1111 q |11:: Volunteers O )3x ^ I 000 100 2 ^ Pratt er bb so I ip h r er bb so 0 2 3 6.6 7 3 3 0 3 , abir h bi ab r h bi 3 1 1 0 GuglfX) 4 12 3 ' :U:!T :i:2 0 DeBoer 3 110 2 10 0 Stokes 2 0 11 Chris Muldrow/The Gamecock ght sports year ness of Vanderbilt's brought up as the obvious choice ; (more on that lat- to replace Steve Newton. Cremins id treat us to a dou- had the record, the national exno thrijler against sure and the clean image that it ended in victory McGee was looking for. And he . the one time this was an alumnus. Jtball seemed fun in We all know what happened after that, but thanks to his quick mportant event for action, McGee was able to bring 1 athletics came not in an equally respected coach in g field, but behind Vandy's Eddie Fogler. At the and over the tele- moment Fogler signed. USC took 1 President Palms a big step towards becoming the ike McGee from national power in basketball that ornia, it marked the it was 20 years ago. w, aggressive and Overall, this has been a rough id athletic depart- year for the sports community. The deaths of Iowa basketball te to Carolina with player Chris Street, NASCAR for hiring respected champ Alan Kulwicki, Cleveland making them run Indian pitchers Tim Crews and ns. So far he has Steve Olin and most recently exlat for us. 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