The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 21, 1994, Page 7, Image 7

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ft Gamecocks fall to Gators (JSC was defeated by No. 17 Florida Saturday 88-64 in Gainesville, Fla. Point guard Dan Cross led the Gators (21-4, 11-2) with 24 points and 7 rebounds. Dimetri Hill and Craig Brown also scored in double figures to w 0 -help the Gators establish a new school record in wins with 21. The Gamecocks (6-16, 2-10) were led by Jamie Watson and Andy Bostick. Watson scored a team high 12 points. Bostick was the only other Gamecock to score in double figures with 10. pi The Gamecocks play host to Mississippi State at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Frank McGuire Arena. USC men's tennis starts season 4-0. The Gamecocks defeated James Madison and Western Carolina Saturday. Jim Panagapoulos, Jorge Esqueda and Johan Wiig all had wins over JMU in singles competition. Ben Cook and John Steers defeated John Lisack and Kevin Long 6-3, 6-2 in the only doubles match against JMU. Esqueda and Wiig also won their singles matches against Western Carolina. Johan Sandburg, Maxsy Jimenez, Ben Cook and John Steers also picked up wins against Western Carolina. Sandburg and Jose Frontera, Jimenez and Panagapoulos and Esqueda and Cook all won their doubles matches against Western Carolina. No. 2 UNC drops Virginia The Tar Heels defeated the Cavaliers 69-56 Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C. UNC trailed by as many as eight in the first half, but were able to shut down UVA's offense in the second half. The comeback was led by freshmen Jerry Stackhouse, with a team-leading 17 points, and Jeff Mclnnis, who scored a season-high 16. Arizona overwhelms UCLA No. 15 Arizona defeated No. 8 UCLA Saturday 98-74 in Tucson, Ariz. The Wildcats were led by guards Khalid Reeves and Damon Stoudamire. Rppves srored 2^ anrl ^trmHamirp arivnm iicm a - ? ? .v. vv vv ^ -v.vy vv? mm WV/ ivwv* iUl^v/lia p(Wl U V<W\. The O'Bannon brothers were held to just 15 points combined for the Bruins. Boston College upsets No. 14 Syracuse Boston College's Bill Curry scored 23 to lead the Eagles past the Orangemen 89-83 in Boston. A 9-0 spurt by BC with 5:48 left in the contest was the eventual difference in the game. The spurt gave the Eagles a 81-75 lead, from which the Orangemen were never able to overcome. Upsets galore in Big Ten Two higher-ranked teams in the Big Ten fell to conference rivals Saturday. Kevin Rankin scored 23 points for Northwestern in their 75-71 defeat of No. 24 Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. No. 16 Indiana handed No. 9 Purdue their fourth loss of the season, winning 82-80 at Bloomington, Ind. Despite Glenn Robinson's 39 points, the Boilermakers were not able to end the Hoosiers' 42-home winning streak. Saint Louis edges UAB in overtime No. 18 Saint Louis beat No. 21 Alabama-Birmingham Saturday 73-72 at St. Louis. H Waldman made two three-pointers and sealed the victory for Saint Louis with two free throws with 4.4 seconds left in double overtime. W rr > "7"7 - Marlin wins Daytona 500 Sterling Marlin won the Daytona 500 Sunday. Marlin drove the No. 4 Kodak car. Bradley out for season TKp PKiliHAlrthin 7/*prc nrill tKo i iiv i iiiiuuvipuia /wu win UK. WllllUUl II It U1 II1CII I UUKJC CCI1ter Shawn Bradley for the remaining of the season because of a dislocated left knee cap. * Bradley will be out for up to three months, said 76ers spokesman Joe Favorito. Bradley was injured against Portland Friday. U.S. hockey team takes on Italy today The American team needs at least a tie to clinch a berth in the quarterfinals. A loss to the Italians would take the U.S. team out of the medal round. 1 | Buy 1 and Fries j mmm a* Regular Menu Price IIUwII f RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS A. ' - ARMY ROTC SALUTES OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS. * Every year Army ROTC awards well as books, lab fees and an allow- ^ thousands of merit-based scholar- ance up to SlOOO/year. But more than ships to qualified students t^lat Army ROTC is one course m around the country and right p-Mj that develops your leadership here in your school. These abilities and confidence, quali- t scholarships pay most tuition, as ties that lead to success ARMY ROTC J THE SMARTEST COLLEGE % COURSE YOU CAN TAKE. t Find out more. Contact Captain John Leo, Military vScience Building, 777-3642 ^ Sports Gamecocks improve to The Gamecock baseball team improved to 6-0 with wins at Charleston Southern Saturday and at L home against College of Charleston Sunday. USC second baseman Stacy Stokes had four hits, * V including two doubles and a triple, drove in three ,JS| runs and scored three times to lead the Gamecocks ^ The win was the second of the season for USC ' Jf * % f USC designated hitter Mike Tarter drove in three runs with a two-run home run and a single. Mark Gugino hit his second homer of the season, a sin- ff gle and scored three times as the Gamecocks col- - lected 11 hits off three Charleston Southern pitch- *%|||JK||| Greg Rushing, the third USC pitcher, worked 3 1/3 scoreless innings to earn his second win. Craig ifls Ross retired six consecutive Charleston Southern batters during the final two innings to gain his first save. Charleston Southern starter Jim Maas (0-1) was the loser. USC took a 1-0 first-inning lead on Stokes' dou- c . . _ , _ blc and Rob DeBoer's RBI finale, bu. Charles,on s?Ph?m?re sh??s,?P Southern came back and scored mice in the bot- gles, an error, a hit batter torn of the inning on the first of three hits by Ash- damage to the Gamecocks ley Creel. Two walks, an error and Scotty Gardner's USC scored three runs ii RBI single added the second run. including Stokes' second USC scored four times in the third on Stokes' home run added a run in t triple with two men on and Tarter's two-run homer, cocks added an unearned i However, the Cougars batted around in the fourth, USC defeated College of scoring four times to regain the lead 6-5. Four sin- Frye Field. A more extensi Alberty wins first women's J By TONY SANTORI All-American Alberty qualified for Sports Editor the NCAA Championships with her Junior Vivian Alberty won the one- winning score of 430.80. The native meter diving event Thursday at the Puerto Rico remains undefeated ccr Cnnmmlnri nnj thlC Afl rhp nnp.mpfpf jLiV. jyviiuiiuug diiu L/lviug V^lldllipi- ?v?wvt. VII uiv UI1V-1I1VIV1 uwaiu. onships, becoming the first-ever "Vivian ran away with the title," divGamecock woman to be conference ing coach Todd Sherritt said. "It champion. wasn't even close. She was really foThe men's swimming and diving cusing on the required dives. She is team finished sixth in the tourna- really improving and maturing as a ment, while the women's team placed diver, and I think she is in an excelseventh. lent place to win the NCAAs as well." Track and field teams dominaf ma BHiHilM i W BPI ^ \N-1N 7y. ^sv .5 ! i % w Se<^ dite/Md c*t foUMt! ^ * ? O TT co c 1904 iroaJ River Road J 772-7811 Monday - Thursday t Sundav - Thursday ... v.. / . -v / ?/ Popcorn shrimp with Fish and shrimp combo two side orders Lunch $4^ $3^ all day long Dinner $5^5 THE ETA GAMMA CHAPTER OF WELCOMES ITS NIMT1ST SISTERS Mary Sfahim Staumda JLaiewtii % SwBtiTjtert <faiUM + Xctfy Cavamtf CtnJy Leutaer 4 m-Miren jnc^am 7 fatty CvMer ieana Moffat % Jemmr Parley Wm'Erin Shalt Imity fommett Xrtsta Siechnaa XM&ijU fort J&istin Smstanaf Salty jdthst* &wU SnMJg % Xtttfcnne Jo&uon ^ ??rcyJ?K* * Afe/onu XjuUut fona Wells % Jauiy Windham XAXQxaxQXfiXfixaxfixat By TONY SANTOR1 will compete in the USATF Nationals r Sports Editor March 5 in Atlanta. The men's and women's track and The Lady Gamecocks excelled in fields teams tuned up for the SEC the weight throw. Sophomore Dawn Championships by dominating the Ellerbe's throw ol 60-1/2 in the 20Gamecock Open this weekend at the pound weight throw, which is the Indoor Facility. best in the nation this year, qualified The men's team, ranked No. 15 in her for the Nationals, the latest polls, took first place in nine Freshman Crystal Brownlee placed events, while the Lady Gamecocks second in the shot put and broke won eight events. teammate Leslie Coons' school record Coach Greg Kraft was satisfied with with a throw of 50-3 1/4. Brownlee his teams' performances. and Coons qualified for the Nation"This was an outstanding tune-up als. (*rv r n Avf n ron Irtio d " Ua c "W/rt "Tt TiflC Ovpitinn raa Dr*^tt iui iiv.ai wvl^uu, lit aaiu. wc uiu 11 ?? tAtiimg it? att uitu iTiunay everything I hoped we would." do so well after struggling the last Senior Ail-American Ron Willis con- couple of weeks," Kraft said. "1 was tinued his excellence in the 35-pound pleased with Crystal Brownlee in the weight throw, finishing just ahead of shot because that throw will probably teammate Brett Murray. Willis threw send her to the NCAAs." the weight 71-3 1/2, while Murray The SEC Championships will be tossed it a lifetime best of 69-10 3/4. Saturday and Sunday at the UniversiLavon Page placed fourth. The three ty of Florida in Gainesville. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY I [ 6-0 with weekend wins rfs ? 8 ?Wyig~rC. i Ur * ? , . ^mhIIHHI Mt^! iu^..-- - " v ^ / : * , *.4. '^.'xS* .< ' " ' ? r : *" - < ~ * " ' . <. m? * < -,: ., > ?.. ?. David Mandrell/The Gamecock Szwejbka hits one into left field in Sunday's 5-1 win over College of Charleston. and two walks did the appear in Wednesday's edition of The Gamecock. The Gamecocks start a five-game homestand i the fifth on three hits, Tuesday, including a re-match against The Citadel double. Gugino's solo _ ~ , IIC~ . he sixth and the Game 5 ^ m Tuesday. USC Wl" P'ay "linois at 5 P mrun in the ninth Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. USC will Charleston 5-1 at Sarge finish the stand against Charleston Southern at* 7 ive game summary will p.m. Monday. >EC diving championship Senior Jon Moore finished second freestyle, in the 100 breast (:55), qualifying for (JSC's version of the Fab Four the NCAA Championships. The time broke the school record in the broke the school record of 55.28 set women's 800-meter freestyle. Freshin 1991. men Alberty, Michelle Killins, Ann Senior All-American Rik Leishman ? . _ ? . ~ . . , . finished second in the 100 butterfly Co?'ns and 8tacy Many fin,shed ,n (48.08) and qualified for the NCAAs. 7:22'38' brcakin8thc old record by freshman Valery Calkins placed sec- almost three seconds. This is an NCAA ond in two events. She followed a sec- consideration time, ond place in the 500-meter freestyle The NCAA Championships will-be with a second in the 200-meter March 24-26 in Minneapolis. :e weekend Gamecock Open Q i USC Women s Winners I I 20-pound weight: Dawn Ellerbe (60-1/2) f 55-meter dash: LaTasha Hughes (7.89) CC I J?_. , 1. r> "> ? t i j^-uucici ?uiu*c5?: juue symoncis (y. /U) ' ' 2,000 meters: Maricllc Bert rand (7:20.9) ;tL, 3,000 meters: Liz Figlar (11:19.2) Long jump: LaTasha Hughes (18-10 3/4) Triple jump: Danielle Slutzky (32-3/4) Ory High jump: Danielle Slutzky (4-8) . USC Men's Winners 35-pound weight: Hon Willis (71-3 1/2) 55-meter dash: Terry Winston (6.51) C J 55-meter hurdles: Terry Winston (7.49) ^ 400 meters: Frank Mensah (53.98) "^-1^ 600 meters: Chris Goodwin (1:29 6) j 1,000 meters Ted Towle (2:44.1) 2,000 meters: Jared Haag (5:54.3) r High jump: Steve Owens (6-8) L Long jump: Marcus Phillips (22-11 3/4) Pat Holland/The Gamecock V k.4 A V 11 i ISLAND TAN# i! 765-1219 Introductory Offer! Tan Before You CTnnc^l'l^ A Minute M Hit the Sand! 3 ldllj J From Campus! M *w/coupon when purchased B **v by 2/25/94 m .? ; Mon-Fri9-9 806 Pavillion Ave. - Five Points Mon-Fri9-9 sat 9-6 Sun 1-6 (Pink building behind Eckcrd Drugs) Sat 9-6 Sun 1-6 r ???????????????? 9 South Carojina ^ BASEBALL Citadel, Tues., Feb.22, 5:00pm Illinois, Fri., Feb.25, 5:00pm Illinois, Sat., Feb.26, 2:00pm Illinois, Sun., Feb.27, 2:00pm (Sarge Frye Field) I; ; SOFTBALL Eastern Michigan, Mon. Feb 21, 2:00 pm (Lady Gamecock Field) ? 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