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RYAN WILSON
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This Saturday brings the annual Carolina-Clemson
football game and usually
signals the end of fall sports. The only
fall team normally playing after this weekend
is the soccer team, which has made
the NCAA tournament nine of the last 10
seasons.
This fall sports year has been different.
The football team can earn a bowl
bid with a victory in Death Valley. Of all
the news the two men's teams have generated,
one team has quietly had a great
season: the Gamecock volleyball team.
Head coach Kim Hudson has created
a winner in only her second year with the
program. Her first season with the Gamecocks
ended with a 15-18 overall record
and 4-10 in the SEC. The team finished
this season with a 20-9 overall record and
8-6 in the SEC, the best conference record
since joining in 1991. The season ended
on a high note as the Gamecocks shocked
Florida 3-1 Sunday.
I was one of the 900 to attend the game
Sunday, and I could not stop thinking
about the Carolina-Kentucky basketball
game that ended Coach Eddie Fogler's
first season. Just like the Kentucky game,
the Lady Gamecocks came in underdogs,
but outplayed the Gators and broke their
41-SEC game winning-streak.
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coach Brad Scott's first regular season
comes to an end Saturday, win or lose,
the Gamecocks already have a better record
than they did last year. All of this can be
attributed to one man: Mike McGee. He
has received a lot of flak about the Panthers,
but when it comes to Carolina athletics,
he has brought in only the best.
Getting back to volleyball, I, for one,
am excited about the Gamecocks' chances
in the postseason. They are a very good
team with upperclassmen experience and
young talent.
Take Shani Abshier, a freshman from
Tucson whose play has earned her a starting
position. She is an aggressive player
who will only get better. If s only when
she gets excited and starts to jump around
that you realize she is still just 18. Imagine
what she'll be like in three years.
Cary Beeson is the Gamecock's defensive
specialist. She comes in during
serving situations and has made the best
of her role. The junior from Palos Verdes,
Calif., is always focused when she is on
the court, and it shows in her play.
The key to the Gamecock attack is senior
setter Jodi Thompson. Thompson is
the one who should get some credit for
the kills that Amy Iannoccari and Kori
Ermigarat have collected this season. She
has been very consistent this season and
is one of the vocal leaders on the team.
Everytime I have seen an interview
with junior Katie Gerst, she is always
smiling. When she is on the court, she has
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University of South Carolina men's
basketball coach Eddie Fogler announced
Monday the signings of three individuals
for the 1995-96 season.
The group is made of three studentathletes
from the Palmetto state, giving
Fogler and his staff five players on next
year's roster from South Carolina.
This year's class includes: B.J. McKie
(G, 6-feet-2-inches, 175 pounds, Irmo,
S.C. Irmo High School); Leonard "Bud"
Johnson (C, 6-feet-10 inches, 220 pounds,
Columbia, S.C. Eau Claire High); William
Gallman (F, 6-feet-7-inches, 210 pounds,
Chester, S.C. Chester High School).
"We feel we were able to fill some holes
with this year's recruiting class," Fogler
said. "We are particularly pleased to be
able to keep some of the best players in
the state of South Carolina at home and
give them the opportunity to play in front
of family and friends over the next four
years."
McKie is a consensus Top 25 national
player by major recruiting services and
is considered the nation's third best high
school point guard by the Bob Gibbons All
Star Report. He averaged 21.8 points and
3.2 assists per game last year in leading
Irmo to the state AAAA championship
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the task of recognizing the opposing team's
sets. In the Florida game, she was instrumental
in many of the Gamecock rallies.
She should continue to be a force in
the SEC next year.
Speaking of dominant forces, USC's
starting outside hitters have been one of
the main reasons for the Gamecock's success.
Junior Kori Ermigarat, a transfer
from San Diego State, has fit nicely into
Hudson's system. She also has taken some
of the pressure off of Carolina's main
weapon: Amy Iannoccari.
Iannoccari has had a great year. She
has the honor of being the first USC volleyball
player to be named as SEC Player
of the Week. The senior from Miami
fittingly completed the Florida upset by
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and a 31-3 record.
McKie was a Nike and Street & Smith's
All-American and earned all-state honors
as well. Going into the 1994-95 season,
McKie has led Irmo to a combined
record of 73-9.
Johnson will become the third individual
in six years from Eau Claire to play
for the Gamecocks. The center led the
Shamrocks to the state AAA championship
last season and a 25-6 overall record. Johnson
averaged 14.7 points, 9.8 rebounds
and 2.8 blocked shots per game. He is considered
by the Bob Gibbons All-Star Report
as the fifth best senior center in the
nation.
Gallman is a very athletic player who
posted some fine numbers as a junior at
Chester High School. Gallman averaged
26 points, 17 rebounds and 4 assists per
game as Chester finished 16-9 and advanced
into the state AAAA playoffs. Gallman
has been a starter his first three years
at Chester, averaging 16 points and 13
rebounds as a sophomore and 13 points
and 11 points as a freshman.
"Overall, I'm pleased with the job our
staff did to attract quality young men to
the University of South Carolina and the
basketball program," Fogler said.
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scoring the final two kills.
Not only is the team enjoying one of
its best seasons, the team members are
also overachieving in the classroom. In
all, seven team members were named to
the SEC Academic Honor Roll. They are
Amy Iannoccari, Tami Green, Jodi Thompson,
Cary Beeson, Katie Gerst and Anna
Wasilewska.
My biggest regret is not seeing more
of the home games than I did. Watching
a volleyball game is comparable to watching
a basketball game. Whether or not
your team is winning, you are going to
see something you've never seen before.
The Gamecock Sports staff wishes the
USC volleyball team the best of luck in
the postseason.
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Early wins not as
important as building a
successful program, says
Gamecock head coach.
(AP) ? South Carolina coach
Brad Scott may need to take a
course in logic.
He says his Gamecocks, which
have lost four of their last five,
are better than six weeks ago,
when they had a
4-1 record and
were the talk of the I
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ference.
Under Scott's
reasoning, if South I
Carolina gets any I
better, they may I
not win another I
game.
"Even though
we won some early,
I think our football
team is better
than it was earli- jhL
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Scott said Monday.
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the season at Head Football Cc
Clemson on Sat
urday. Scott said
he told his team to forget about
their sizeable 48-17 loss to No. 3
Florida as soon as the game ended
and begin focusing on the
Tigers. And there's a lot of good
to focus on, the coach says.
Scott said he sees the improvement
on film, if not in the
standings.
The coach said the week-toweek
execution and preparation
has improved, while annoying
little mistakes have been eliminated.
Steve Taneyhill is in the midst
of his most productive season,
with 2,003 yards, 18 TDs and a
completion rate of 64.5 percent.
The defensive line, led by end
Stacy Evans and tackle David
Turnipseed, is giving up just 146
yards rushing a game.
And thaf s what's important
as Scott enters the final regularseason
game of his first season.
"Ifs frustrating because you're
losing, but I've still got to look at
the big picture," he said. "Hopefully,
their character and their
work habits and the experience
that they're gaining and the folks
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will let us build."
Scott said as soon as the Florida
game ended, he told the players
what they had to do to ensure
a 31-point loss would never happen
again.
"There are benefits from losing,
but certainly, I'd rather be
winning," he said.
A win on Saturday against
South Carolina's
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take care of many
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,ach Brad Scott there's been no
bigger game than
this."
Clemson has won five of the
past six meetings with South Carolina,
but the Gamecocks won
two years ago at Death Valley.
The Tigers have turned around
their season with three straight
victories. They stand 5-5 and, despite
no hopes of a bowl bid, are
eager for the winning season that
at one time seemed guaranteed
at South Carolina.
The Gamecocks started 4-1,
then faltered. Many times, however,
they were close to victory
only to fall to defeat.
They trailed East Carolina
27-0, but got the lead to 27-21 before
losing. They wiped out a 21point
Mississippi State lead a
week later and took a 36-35 advantage,
but a late TD gave the
Bulldogs the win. Against Tennessee,
South Carolina trailed
24-3 at halftime before rallying
to make the final score 31-22.
"If s frustrating to play good
games and all of a sudden break
down and let a team slip in on
you," South Carolina defensive
end Chris Rumph said. "We've
just got to wane sui e we worn
hard this week."
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