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RYAN WILSON
Asst. Sports Editor
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The Lady Gamecock volleyball
team upset No. 11
Florida 6-15,15-12,15-13,
15-12 Sunday in the Sol Blatt
P. E. Center in front of a
crowd of903. Hie Gamecocks
improved their record to 209
and 8-7 in the SEC finish- |
ing the regular season. The
Gators fall to 23-5 overall
and 13-1 in the SEC.
South Carolina snaps the
Lady Gators 41 SEC-game |P
winning streak, becoming ||
the only team in the confer- m
ence to defeat the Gators in
the regular season since 1991.
The victory over Florida is *
the first time South Caroli- m
na has defeated the Gators
since 1984.
"Winning today was a
great way to finish the season
after all the hard work
the girls have done all sea- Hjj
son long. Last week, it
seemed like we hit a wall and
couldn't move forward. We ^
have been working on problem-solving
in game situations
to help us try to get over
that barrier. Today, the girls
got over that wall in perfect I
time," head coach Km Hud- V
son said. ^
South Carolina struggled ?
in the first game as the
Gators attacked hard, winning
the game 15-6. The
Gamecocks only collected 15
kills, but the Gators collected
23 kills with only two errors.
South Carolina relied
on senior Amy Iannoccari
with five kills. Freshman ?
Heather Larkin helped the sei
Gamecocks rally back, to- Th?
taling four kills, two digs and hoi
one block assist.
In game two, South Car- 15olina
was down 9-4 early in
the game before turning on wa
its defense to tie the game ish
at 12. South Carolina sealed an(
game two with Iannoccari niij
totaling six kills as Larkin kill
added four kills. Junior Ko- tal
ri Ermigarat was key to pie
South Carolina's defense, col- on
lecting six kills and nine digs, an<
winning game two 15-12.
Florida took the court pos
strong in game three, taking No
a 6-1 lead over South Car- hut
olina before the Gamecocks fid<
started chipping away at the Toi
lead. The Gamecocks cut the
lead to 12-7 with tough play tw<
from Ermigarat and Larkin. the
South Carolina and Florida shi
tied at 12 and 13 before the da;
Gamecocks were able to take Hu
the game 15-13. en(
In game four, the Gators da;
once again came out strong, tea
jumping to a 6-1 lead before
South Carolina bounced back ag?'
to tie the game 8-8. South da
Carolina stretched the lead we
to 12-9 with the help of ju- a 1<
nior Katie Gerst, collecting cor
six kills before the Gators bet
started to come back. The Fri
Gamecocks collected the victory
after Iannoccari pow- el t
ered the final two kills to win da;
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Overall, South Carolina
s led by Iannoccari fining
the day with 28 kills
ill digs. Larkin and Ergarat
both collected 17
s with Ermigarat also toing
22 digs. Gerst comted
the match with only
! error, recording nine kills
i four block assists.
"Today's victoiy is a very
inve step for our program. |
t only by beating Florida,
; for building our self con- \
ence going into the SEC
ornament," Hudson said. |
The Gamecocks snap a
)-game losing streak with |
win. The Gamecocks were
it out 3-0 by Florida Fri- f
y in Gainesville. Coach
idson thought the diflfer?
between the games Friy
and Sunday was her
m's execution.
"Our previous two games
linst Clemson and Floriwere
frustrating because
were flat and committed
>t of unforced errors. We
apeted hard and played n
ter defense than we did f.
day night," Hudson said, g
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The University of South Carolina
ootball team suffered a 48-17 loss Satirday
to the Florida Gators in Gainesville
The Gamecocks (5-5,4-4 SEC) lost
heir first road game of the season to a
lator team (8-1,6-1 SEC) that domilated
on both sides of the ball. Florida
oiled up 521 yards of total offense, comvnw\rl
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The Gators wrapped up their thirditraight
SEC East championship and
sill face Alabama for the third consecitive
time in the SEC championship
fame Dec. 3 in the Georgia Dome.
"Coach Spurrier told us to get ready
or a championship-type game. We came
n with the attitude that we had to win
t," Florida defensive end Kevin Carter
laid.
The Gamecocks jumped out to an
larly 7-0 lead with a 12-yard run by
Stanley Pritchett. The Gators respondid
with a touchdown pass from Danny
Veurffel to Reidel Anthony to tie the 1
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Carolina held its last lead 10-7 in the
lecond quarter with a 20-yard field goal ?
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ouchdowns before the half and took a 1
51-10 lead into halftime.
South Carolina unravelled in the sec- *
>nd half, and the Gators capitalized by *
icoring 27 points in the half. Weurffel '
inished the game with 357 passing yards.
Je found SEC standout Jack Jackson *
wice in the end zone. With the two touch- ]
lowns, Jackson became the all-time
eader in touchdown receptions at Flori- (
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gaining 137 yards on the ground. Flori- [
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Gator quarterback Danny Weurffel.
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Florida heads to Nashville, Tennessee
to take on Vanderbilt Saturday. Their
final game of the regular season is in
Tallahassee against Florida State.
With the loss South Carolina still
needs a victory over Clemson in Death
Valley Saturday to earn a trip to a bowl.
If the Gamecocks can beat Clemson not
only will they earn a bowl, but they will
set a new South Carolina record for road
victories in a season with four.
The Clemson game is set for a 1 pan.
kickoff.
The Top 25 in the Associated Press college
football poH with ranking in previous poll.
1. Nebraska (1)
2. Penn State (2)
3. Florida (4)
'4. Alabama (6)
5, Miami (5) .f
6/Aubum (3j
7* Colorado (7) '
CTlorida State (8)
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12. Oregon (15)
13. Southern Cal
14. Virginia Tech (16)
16. Virginia (2.1)
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_18. Washington (22).
20, Bngham Young (23)
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%J24. Duke (18)
25. N. Carolina State (nr)
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