16 Men's i By TONY SANTORI Sports Editor The USC men's tennis team con tinued its strong play Saturday with 5-2 home victory against Ole Miss (11 5, 4-3), marking the Gamecocks' thin consecutive win against a Top 15 op ponent in the past 10 days. USC (13-4, 3-4) won on th< strength of its outstanding singles pla as the Gamecocks won the top fivi positions, most in close fashion. Gamecock Mark Bommelje rallie* from a second-set deficit to post thi match-clinching point at No. 5 singles Carolina began a six-match road streak. This was the Gamecocks sixth consecutive loss to the Blue Devils. Gamecock Helen Crook, ranked No. 72, was a bright spot on the afternoon as she defeated No. 35 Monica Mraz at No. 1 singles. Crook, a senior from Essex, England, won 7-5, 7-5. This was the seventh time she's defeated a ranked opponent in her USC career. USC junior Murial Abella won a tight three-set match against Karen O'Sullivan at No. 4 singles. The Bompas, France, native dropped How often KTI I F J \ j mMm! STD Testing HIV Testing < p) Plannec 256Off Forest Drive, 1/2 mile Saturday, Lunchtime & I ?Free Cc i to adr n Dead C ? Opening 0 APR 11 T APR 13 ? APR 14 lilitili^iiwCCCWWwwwW'wCvW'W'S^W^C'WW'W'Xv 2112 DEVIME! The freshman from Orlando, Fla. won the first set 7-5 but trailed 2-5 ii the second. However, he won thre< straight games and eventually won thi set and the match in a 7-6 (7-4) tie breaker against Van Van Lingen. The match was Bommelje's secon< since returning from a two-month ill ness. "I've just been dying to get back oi the court," he said. "I'm not nervou at all. In fact, I enjoy having to figh back when I'm behind." No. 10 Dul Lady Game By TONY SANTORI Sports Editor The USC women's tennis team lost its first Southeast Region match of the year Friday against No. 10 Duke in Durham. USC (15-3) lost 7-2 to Duke as tennis t< Senior Johan Sandberg once again played strong for the Gamecocks at k No. 1 singles, defeating JoakimApa pelqvist. The match between the two Swedes went the distance. Appelqvist i won the first set 7-5, but Sandberg re >. bounded to win the final two sets 64, 6-3. e Sandberg has been no stranger to y three-set matches, playing in seven, e He has proved his toughness by going 5-2 in those matches. Despite i playing the nation's toughest schede ule at No. 1 singles, he has yet to lose back-to-back matches this season. f Sophomore Maxsy Jimenez won his i fourth match against a ranked player e when he defeated Ole Miss' Mahesh e Bhupathi at No. 2 singles. Jimenez :- downed then-No. 27 Bhupathi 7-5, 76 (7-5). J Junior Jim Panagopoulos defeated - the Rebels' No. 36 Johan Hede at No. 3 singles 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. The win was i Panagopoulos' 20th singles victory of s the season. t "Today was by far the best match I've played on slow courts, outdoors," te defeats -4 m cock tennis the first set 4-6 before rallying to take the last two sets 6-4, 6-1. For both Crook and Abe 11a, it was i their 20th victory of the season. 1 Gamecock sophomore Heather Greene lost for the third time this spring as she fell 6-1, 6-1 to No. 34 Wendy Lyons at No. 2 singles. , USC junior Victoria Davies dropped a straight-set decision at No. 3 singles. Christine Neuman downed Davies 6-2, 6-4. The Gamecocks had a chance to win at No. 3 doubles. Abella and Sophie Ljucovic won the first set 76. The duo then lost two tough sets 4-6, 4-6 to the Devils' Wendy Fix and Kim Schiff. ! USC will return to action at noon Sunday against No. 16 Kentucky in I Lexington. 1 do you have & Counseling & Counseling \ Parpnthrwf " V*.l v./1 *_ V/ vy 4908 from Providence Hospital Evening Hours Available )ndoms? irk Mncnlv'c HsiUfEiilp:? i ijj/Beojralf^^l lit TVee CD Release Party I Three Walls/Run Wesley Run HE ROOT DOCTORS HE BREAKFAST CLUB " re A-Call for details BUSSTOP "HOWIRSllers vw/Cnome 5T.?252-ROCK %\\i<5 >am pul Panagopoulos said. "Winning the first set gave me the confidence to go for everything on my serve and forehand." Jorge Esquida earned USC's other singles point at No. 4 singles with a 63, 6-4 victory against Ali Hamadeh. The Gamecocks' lone victory in doubles came via the team of Jimenez and Panagopoulos. The duo, who defeated Appelqvist and Hamadeh 8-5 at No. 2 doubles, have a chance to duplicate Phil Dukes' and Steve Geller's 20 wins for USC in 1975. USC's 13-4 start is the best since the 1989 team, which reached the NCAA semifinals. Coach Kent DeMars is confident about the Gamecocks' recent play. wWe began putting the pieces together in the Duke match," he said. "They say you are only as strong as your weakest link, but I don't know that we have one now that the team is completely healthy. This is the strongest singles lineup since... 1989, when we went to the Final Four." Track teams < From staff reports The USC men's and women's track teams each won four events this weekend at the SpecTown Invitational in Athens, Ga. Junior Leslie Coons competed in all four throwing events for the Lady Gamecocks, winning two. She won l/UUI 111L JAVUI1I OllU 11IUU1IIWI UilUW, setting two records in the hammer. The Poway, Calif., native threw the hammer 174-6, which is the fifth best ever by a collegiate and sixth best ever in the United States. Her 162-9 throw in the javelin qualified her for the NCAA Provisionals. Fellow Lady Gamecock Lisa Misipeka broke the school and meet records in the shot put. Misipeka, a freshman from Temecula, Calif., threw the shot put 50-10 1/4 to win DONTJ CACTUS STEM MAF * * o rr WITH PURCHASE OF 2 QT. < APRIL6 THRONG Ty^Evjy^ KITCHEN BED 2013 Devine St. in Fiv Make a da If you have or have r mononucleosis, or n may contain valu Earn up to $400 a mc a week for more i 803-254 Q Serobg Creating A Heal Minimum $50 per donati a week; 1-1/2 he amecock Is third M-hf *'* * * i ? ; tijxnxrtrn-hrH 11 b~?* r * * * r- * t if * 4 * ? . ; , ; j-f'T f j f > > > *" * ,. A v .> X , * ^ 4 * * f * < x , ., * , v , v > y. -. X- * y . v <- * y * Mark Bommelje and Jose Fontera ch; Fontera defeated Paul Harsanyi and C each win fou: first. Coons finished fourth behind Misipeka with a toss of 46-5. Misipeka finished second in the hammer throw (155) and discus (1555). Coons, competing in her fourth event of the day, finished fourth in the discus 0 3^) Sophomore Tracey Capper had a strong meet for the Lady Gamecocks. She won the 1,500m (4:37.15), while placing fourth in the 800m (2:14.55). Assistant coach Kim Dean was pleased with Capper's performance. "Tracey continues to show her strength and versatility in a number of middle distance events," Dean said. Freshman Tara Hughes placed fifth for USC in the long jump (19-3 1/2), breaking the school record by more than two feet. Seniors Danielle Adams and Sue #on |is! 3GARITA GLASSES BP?"?" HP???I - - * - aLass cactus pitcherm H APRIL 20, 1994 A >) # # ^ ' INTERIOR. BATH DESK '6 Points 765-0272 te with us. ecently had herpes, leasles, your blood able antibodies. inth - in just 3 hours nformation, call -6537. ? icals thier World. on, donate up to twice >urs to donate. I straigh &* \^M: &**& jsr" ,*r; : f| ' f v~ * * >.. .* * * ^ ) *' )$ i..,4.,.,i , r ' " arge the net In the Gamecock's ooper Pulliam 8-4. r at SpecTowfl ssffsss-r^ gjssiaps^ *SSBS*-??^,/x-^? J I lUin numifS ami inr n^mmer rnmw USC placed first through fourth in the hurdles with sophomore Frank Mensah pacing the way (14.05). Senior Terry Winston, junior Steve Owens and sophomore Marcus Phillips finished behind Mensah with times of 14.09 (season best), 14.59 and 14.69 respectively. Phillips also placed second in the 400m hurdles (52.19). Senior Ail-American Ron Willis continued his winning ways in the hammer throw with a toss of 211-10 to take first. iRiVE m A momen CP "The horror, We're here to c ^ / ? U All programs ar< in part, by student i Wednesday, April 6, 1994 it upset . : : | ii+I-G ttTf+l v i:telitti David Mandrell/The Gamecock ry Tuesday against UNC. Bommelje and i Invitational Willis' teammates ? Sophomore John Stoikos (209-10), junior Brett Murray (204), senior Lavon Page (172 0), sopnomore c-naa Moreau (OU-ii) ? finished second through fifth. Senior Tom Cronin won the 3,000m steeplechase (9:18.87), with sophomore Eric Rorschick finishing fifth (9:49.35). Senior Mark Cruz placed third in the 5,000m (15:05.50), while teammate senior Jared Haag finished seventh (15:18.45). Junior Chris Swartz placed third in the 1,500m (3:58.80). Both the men's and women's track and field teams will compete in the Sea Ray Relays Thursday through Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn. Give the gift of life, Give blood! American Red Cross South Carolina Regional Blood Services ui SB t without U...