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By TONY SANTORI
L Sports Editor
The men's tennis team droppei
below .500 in the SEC as they lost t
the Auburn Tigers Sunday in Auburr
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" The Gamecocks (19-6, 5-6) un
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,bles matches and the doubles point
Jose Frontera and Johan Sandberj
playing No. 1 doubles, fell t<
Auburn's Adham Alaily and Cyri
miscagiione in a close matcn. Th<
Tigers upset USC's tandem 8-6, wh<
; "are ranked 29th nationally.
| Likewise, USC's Maxsyjimene:
and Jim Panagopoulos, ranked 37tl
nationally, lost a tough match at No
! 2 doubles. Auburn's Carlos Enge
and Roberto Teofilo defeatet
Jimenez and Panagopoulos 9-7.
k At No. 3 doubles, USC's Marl
Bommelje and Ben Cook were de
ieated by the Tigers' Gustavo Loiaz;
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Florida' 10-1 .9
Georgia 9-2 .8
Mississippi State 8-3 .7
Ole Miss 7-4 .6
I Auburn 7-4 .6
Kentucky 5-6 .4
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The sweep was only the second
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0 Sandberg, ranked 23rd in singles,
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to defeat Auburn's Engel in straight
i. sets. The senior from Falsteibo, Swei.
den, won easily 6-1, 6-4. The win
1 improved Sandberg to 1.1-3 in SEC
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3 USC also took the No. 2 singles
| position as sophomore Jimenez
e downed the Tigers' Buscaglione.
3 Jimenez, ranked 47th in the latest
polls, dropped the first set, 1-6. The
z Valencia, Venezuela, native took the
i next two sets in close fashion 6-4, 7i.
6. The victory was fifth in five three1
set matches, moving him to 22-7
1 overall.
Panagopoulos struggled at No. 3
< singles and lost to Auburn's Alaily 2
6,4-6.
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09 16-6 .727 Tennessee
18 15-4 .789 South Carolina
27 17-5 .773 LSU
36 14-6 .700 Arkansas
36 15-7 .682 Vandeibilt
55 16-10 .615 Alabama
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ued his strong play by winning his
seventh straight match. Esqueda,
playing No. 4 singles, downed the
Tigers' Teofilo 6-4, 6-1.
Bommelje took the first set 6-1
and had a chance to take the second
in a tie-breaker. But Auburn's Loiaza
won the tie-breaker and second set,
and then won the third set and
match 6-3.
Junior Ben Cook lost the first set
3-6 but rallied to give himself a
chance by winning the second set in
a tie-breaker 7-6. However, Auburn's
Billy Petrocco won the third set to
clinch the team match 6-4.
The loss assured the Gamecocks
of the eighth seed in the SEC Tournament
beginning Thursday in
Tuscaloosa, Ala. USC takes on No. 9
seed LSU at 3 p.m. If the Gamecocks
can defeat the Tigers, they will compete
against the No. 1-seeded Florida
Gators Friday.
5Ei .455 WIS
. 5-6 .455 19-6 .760
3-8 .273 9-12 .429
3-8 .273 13-9 .591
2-9 .182 12-10 .545
2-9 .182 7-16 .333
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SEC Pet. All Pet.
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? Auburn 4-7 .364 11-9 .550
Tennessee 3-8 .273 6-15 .286
Arkansas 2-9 .182 5-13 -.278
LSU 2-9 .182 9-12 .429
Mississippi State 0-11 .000 6-13 .316
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