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By TIM CASEY rated
Staff Writer Jay 1
USC ? "Welcome to Williams-Brice 20^
Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina for a SEC (
battle between the Gamecocks of South tev
Carolina and the Crimson Tide of Alabama. a^ai^
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This is Chris Berman reporting live for ESPN."
This is something many students and fans *
will hear because the game is sold out. Even j^ea]
though Alabama is undefeated and ranked No. 2 shQu
in the nation, USC fans know that with the
1 Gamecocks being a young and talented team, ning
; anything can happen. y^.
This is the second consecutive week the more
Gamecocks have been featured on ESPN. jjl
; Coming off a tough loss this past Thursday to blam
,; Kentucky, 21-17, the Gamecocks have to be the i
j upset-minded and hungry for a victory. Dixc
Comparing the two schools player by player Awa
! and by team talent definitely gives Alabama the defei
! edge. Alabama has returning All-American cor- throt
I nerback Antonio Langham, who leads the top- H
Baumhoii lead!
| By WILLIAM GETTYS v^SHi
{ Staff Writer
I USC ? The soccer team buried
j The Citadel 8-0 Tuesday at The
' Graveyard and improved its record afiSBHHHK jj
to 6-2.
The Gamecocks mounted a
relentless attack on the toothless
Bulldogs' and secured a 4-0 halftime
lead. USC worked the ball Vfj
; around the back and up the flanks
? with quick one- and two-touch
' passing. This enabled USC to flood
! the goal mouth with crosses and JM
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A balanced attack saw seven dif- HBjjjj^
ferent Gamecocks score in USC's
; biggest offensive output since a 10- .
1 shellacking of Appalachian State Junior Rob ^
in 1991 tory against Th
i Senior captain Peter Duitsman ly stands at 21 b
! triggered the onslaught with a 1989.
; bomb into the upper right comer of Rob Smith m;
thp onnl inct S-9Q intn thp matrh thrmmh thA half
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Team scoring leader Chris Faklaris the upper part of
put USC up 2-0 with his 10th goal, made it 4-0 wl
drilling a penalty kick at 13:47 of cross from Bill
the opening period. Faklaris is on tied a school i
t pace to break the USC single-sea- assists.
son record for goals, which current- Coach Berson
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team. The Gamecocks are led by lErnest D
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Citadel Tuesday at The Graveyard.
y Clark Brisson in in the second half, and the s
barrage continued. The half i
ade it 3-0 midway identical gjime of keepaway,
with a rocket into ing in four more Gamecock ?
' the net. Duitsman Sophomore Steve Pier n
len he finished a his third goal of the seaso
y Baumhoff, who Brett Kurland got his second
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his game: you could follow the national f|-)j
ings, you could say the team with the home
. advantage is going to win or you could
ict by judging past games. (If so, Alabama [~C"
22-point favorite. The Crimson Beat beat
isiana Tech 56-3, while USC beat them 34The
team with the most confidence, adrena- 1?|
and will to win will win, and in this game, " A
factor is up in the air.
labama has a big game next week against
lessee that the Crimson Tide might just be Tjpj
:ing forward to, while Saturday's game Uht
be USC's most important game of the M
. This could put the Gamecocks on the map. ||
a trivia note, the highest ranked team USC ||
ever defeated was No. 3 North Carolina, 31- ii?
in 1981. i|!|
on't be too surprised if you come home j
l Saturday's game and hear on ESPN, "Oh |:]
god, this is Chris Berman at Williams-Brice
lium, where the Gamecock fans are going
I. This is one of the biggest upsets of the
Even the Swami didn't predict this one."
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I This victory moved USC to 12-0
against The Citadel, including sev- 'I
en wins at The Graveyard. The *
Gamecocks have outscored the
Bulldogs an astonishing 32-0 in ^
Columbia.
USC has developed a killer
instinct, a necessity for any winning
team. The Gamecocks have
murdered their last three opponents
by a combined score of 19-2. ^
The team now travels to South w(
Bend, Ind., to participate in the h
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the host Fighting Irish Friday and
Indiana Saturday. The Hoosiers, th
imecock ranked third in the nation, promise co
0 vie- to be one of USC's toughest tests
this season. Kj
The Gamecocks are riding a ?h
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result- tournament. With two wins this u,
>oals weekend, USC will jump into the
otched Top national prominence as co
n, and a team to be reckoned with.
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? The lady's volleyball ished 1~13 in the SEC in 1992,
im will face SEC competition *ts s0'e w'n a?ainst
r the first time this season this Mississippi State.
:ekend. The Gamecocks will , Alabama ente/fs lhfe contest
,st Alabama at 7 n m tndav 10"8' cominS off a four.-8ame
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. ? / . / . Against USC, the Alabama is 1inday.
Both matches will be in ^
e Sol Blatt P.?. Center on Alabama is led by junior midurt
307. Admission is free. miocker Mavis Reed, who
The matches will be Coach was eighth in the nation in hitim
Hudson s inauguration into ting percentage, .396, for the
e SEC. She previously week of Sept. 28.
ached at Northern Arizona Mississippi State is 8-6. This
diversity. Hudson has a career is the third meeting between the
r9-48 record in seven years of Gamecocks and Mississippi
aching. State. USC leads the series 2-0.
USC is 9-4 after clinching the A free bicycle, compliments
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g Appalachian State, 3-0, given away during the USCrestern
Kentucky, 3-1, and Alabama game.
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