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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
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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,"
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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
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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
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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
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first. Coons finished fourth behind
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hammer throw (155) and discus (1555).
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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.
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the hurdles with sophomore Frank
Mensah pacing the way (14.05). Senior
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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
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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.
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