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SPORTS LOOK Baseball CHICAGO (AP) ? Gene Lamont, who managed the Chicago White Sox to a first-place finish in the AL Central before the strike, signed a oneyear contract. Lamont, 47, was named | AL Manager of the Year in 1993. CINCINNATI (AP) - Cincinnati manager Davey Johnson has been given permission to speak with the Baltimore Orioles about their manaciner vacancy. ' The Orioles have made Oakland manager Tony La Russa the top can- | didate to replace Johnny Oates. La Russa's contract expires next month, i Johnson played for Baltimore from 1966 to 1972. i i NHL i BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo goalie Dominik Hasek agreed to a three-year, $8 million contract extension that includes another $3 mil- | lion in incentives. Hasek won the Vezina Trophy last season as top goalie, leading the NHL in save percentage and goals i against. wrr ill u IRVING, Texas (AP) ? NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue emphatically approved Deion Sanders' contract, saying the San Francisco 49ers met every salary-cap obligation. Also, the NFL completed plans 1 for stocking the expansion of the Car- i olina Panthers and Jacksonville i Jaguars. They will be allowed to pick i from a pool of six players from each of the 28 teams and get one extra . draft pick per round in the next two i years, giving them a total of 14 to ] seven for each of the existing teams. '! NBA NEW YORK (AP)?Charlie Ward, the Heisman Trophy winner passed 1 up in the NFL draft, signed a five- i year contract with the New York i Knicks, who took him in the first < round of the NBA draft last June, i Ward, 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds, 1 joins Greg Anthony, Doc Rivers and ft ft * Jr JP >- Jf J'W I W OPENSFRI] atath Derek Harper in vying for time at point guard Ward averaged 8.2 points at Florida State, had 396 assists and was the school's all-time leader with 236 steals. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ? Mark Eaton, the 7-foot4 center of the Utah Jazz, retired, ending an 11-year ca reer in the NBA. Eaton won the NBAs shot-blocking title four times and Defensive Player of the Year twice. Tennis PALERMO, Sicily (AP) ? Jordi Arrese upset Carlos Costa at the $300,000 Sicilian Open. Arrese outlasted the third-seeded Costa 6-4,4-6,7-6 (7-3) to earn a spot in the quarterfinals against sixthseeded Alex Corretja. Also, second-seeded Thomas Muster and No. 8 Gilbert Schaller advanced. I BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ? Michael Stich, the top seed and defending champion, beat Magnus Larsson 6-1,7-6 (7-4) in the first round of the $800,000 Swiss Indoors tennis tournament. Second-seeded Stefan Edberg, No. 4 Wayne Ferreira, No. 5 Marc Rosset and No. 7 Arnaud Boetsch advanced. USC Volleyball The South Carolina volleyball team opens its SEC home competition tonight against Alabama. A bicycle will be given away compliments of The Cycle Center. At Sunday's match against Auburn, the first 100 fans will receive a free spirit towel. All home matches for USC are held at the Sol Blatt P.E. Center. USC Basketball Senior forward Andy Bostick suffered a sprained left ankle Monday and will be out for an unspecified period of time. The ankle will be in a cast for two weeks, and he will be reevaluated then to determine rehabilitation time. jflr jig .V m&tM jpf 'VpPHHpf t<-p: r rf r.| r- r-i DAY, SEPTEl [EATRE NE^ USC shoots do1 ? fll Gamecock senior Chris Faklarls s match against Ersldne College. The ( Tennis tea From staff reports 5 The South Carolina men's and ^ women's tennis teams earned rankings ^ among the nation's top 25 teams in the ^ Rolex Collegiate Tennis Poll released I Sept. 27. The men's team is tied for 15th in ^ the poll after posting records of 19-8 over- 11 all and 5-7 in the SEC last season. The ? Lady Gamecocks are rated 21st after compiling a 19-7 record overall and 7-6 within the conference. s Gamecock Mazsy Jimenez was rat- n ed 25th in singles and 15th in doubles P with partner Jim Panagopoulos. Jimenez 11 is an All-America candidate this season d after posting a 22-10 overall record, in- b eluding wins over six nationally ranked A players. AVMirVllI A fl??A T A/lir riA?M AAAnlr 1V1 lTiccuiYv IUIC, inu uauy vjohic^UGA. in- r dividuals and one doubles team earned L national rankings. Junior Heather Greene c; earned a ranking of 38th. Greene won b 21 of 25 double matches last spring at a the No. 2 singles position. She was also d named All-SEC after recording a 25-8 f( record overall and 13-3 in conference play. si Freshman KaroKna Bulat was ranked n i mmmmmms ^Hfln nnngin MBER 30 I \R YOU. J n wn Flying Flei ' vjwa Jk % *lm VAN HOPE The Gamecock ets up a goal In Wednesday's Samecocks are now 6-2. ms game 4th in singles and 20th in doubles with JSC returning Ail-American Victoria )avies. Bulat, a native of Mosina, Poland, as been ranked as high as 17th in the TF Junior World Rankings. Bulat also won seven Polish National unior titles. She went 4-0 this summer l doubles en route to leading her home ountry to a runner-up nnisn at tne lasablanca Cup. Davies returns for her senior seaon after reaching the NCAA Semifials last spring with Helen Crook. Davies osted an overall 31-9 doubles record 1 1993-94 and is the defending SEC oubles champion. Davies became onf the second Lady Gamecock to earn Jl-SEC honors last season. The women's team begins fall cometition today, hosting the eight-team ady Gamecock Fall Classic at the Maxy Gregg Tennis Center. Singles play egins Friday and Saturday mornings 18:30 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m. Sunay's singles and doubles finals are set >r 10:30 a.m. The Gamecocks return four of six ;arters from last season's team, which arrowly missed a berth in the 20-team R* T:yh i Ik^ Elk viani: et 7-0; FakLaris nears record JIMMY DeBUTTS Sports Editor on the all-time South Carolina scorThe South Carolina soccer team ^ points. run,* . n n \\i~a?? Faklaris scored a second eroal with ucicaucu JLilOIUllC VUllCgC |-V TTCU11C3- . 11/? day to improve their record to 6-2. J113^ m ^ half to put the The Gamecocks, ranked No. 5, won Ga?f?C^P 5'?;Ce^ Marshall their first regular season match un- and Jeff Wilson also had goals for der lights at the Graveyard under the leadership of senior Rob Smith. Smith .C held a tremendous advanhad two assists in the game and scored ^>e *n sh?ts on goal. The Gamecocks a goal 50:23 into the game. took 59 shots to the Flying Fleets' four. With his two assists, Smith passed Jamie Starr made two stops for South current assistant coach Doug Allison Carolina. Erskine goalkeeper made for first place on the school's all-time sev??: . assist list with 33. Smith assisted on USC committed nine fouls while goals by Billy Baumhofif and Kristinn Erskine committed 17. The GameLarusson cocks had 16 cornerkicks, while the Erskine dropped to 3-4 for the ^leet ^adnoneyear.The win was the sixth consecu- ^he Gamecocks travel to Tampa, tive victory for South Carolina. Se- ^la Sunday to take on South Florinior Chris Faklaris put Carolina on da-USC "' ^with the Bulls for first the board 22:59 in the match. It was placeum the Metr? Conference. The his 44th goal of his Carolina career, 11CAt 11UUW 1UI W1" ue and it moved him into second place Oct. ? aSainst Appalachian State. r national rankings mm ^KiTXL , wBkP-- ^j or FaHP^V 'MmSBnt vH^Hy ff jiff' A^BPPr ^BbI VB Sports Information The South Carolina women's tennis team enter this year ranked No. 21. The team finished last season with a record of 19-7. They host this weekend's Lady Gamecock Fall Classic. NCAA Tournament last spring. Sophie 30 singles wins, while Abella posted a Ljucovic, Muriel Abella and Tracy Pul- 24-10 record overall at No. 4 singles, liam will be competing this weekend in The men's team will be competing at 4-- j - tti A XT_A: 1 rn ___ rr t _ T 1 auuiuuii w jjavies aim DUiai. uie hh ivauunai ^iay courts in aacKLjucovic led last year's squad with son, Miss, this weekend. JH| FEST DISCS ** - ? 1