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Sports Look BASEBALL DUNEDIN, Fla. ? With megor league umpires locked out by owners because of a contract dispute, American League umpire supervisor Marty Springstead said amateur crews have been lined up to call spring training games. Springstead said minor league umpires will not be asked to work while owners and big league umpires are IaaLa#] io loKnr diarmfo Ha waa in 1UV>HCU 111 a 1WMW1 **V ?? MW XXX Florida for an inspection of Dunedin Stadium, where the Toronto Blue Jays want to play regular-season games if replacements are used. LAKELAND, Fla. ? Detroit Tigers president John McHale Jr. said manager Sparky Anderson likely will have his job back when the strike ends, provided the settlement comes early in the season. Anderson was placed on an unpaid leave of absence Friday after he balked at managing replacement players. PITTSBURGH ? A northern Virginia group seeking an expansion team has inquired about buying the Pittsburgh Pirates, almost certainly with the intention of moving them to Washington. Bart Fisher, the president of Capil Baseball, met last week in New ark with Wertheim Schroeder, the lvestment banking firm brokering he Pirates' sale. The firm also is neotiating with John J. Rigas, the City f Pittsburgh's preferred buyer. }SKETBALL 3 VEGAS ? UNLV coach Tim Gririch, hospitalized last month for mptoms relating to exhaustion, has en told to stay away from the team. UNLV trainer Jerry Koloskie said Grgurich, who has not coached the Rebels since early January, made a mistake returning to practice before completing the six weeks of rest preicribed by his doctor. FABRIANO, Italy ? Leaking carbon monoxide caused the death of former Cleveland State forward Sam Mitchell, a preliminary autopsy report said. Mitchell, 24, did not travel with Fabriano-Turboair to Naples on Sunday, and his body was found Monday in his apartment by his coach. NEW YORK ? Phoenix forward Charles Barkley, who averaged 36 points and 12 rebounds in three games last week, was selected the NBA player of the week. Softball tea] Johnson's g Staff Reports The USC Softball team traveled to Statesboro, Ga., Wednesday afternoon, sweeping a doubleheader from host Georgia Southern. Pitcher Trinity Johnson pitched a perfect game in the first game. Johnson won her third game in as many tries this season, with a 4-0 victory. She pitched to the requred 21 batr ters, with nine strikeouts. Chanda Lee helped the Lady Gamecocks cause with two hits, two stolen bases and two runs scored. In the second game, Darlene Gareis, 2-1, picked up her second win of the season, with a 2-1 victory. Gareis had twe TENNIS PHILADELPHIA ? Second-seeded Andre Agassi, in his first match since winning the Australian Open, beat qualifier Jan Apell 6-4,6-2 in the first round of the U.S. Indoor. FOOTBALL MTTW vnroc _ Npw York Giants kidc er Brad Daluiso, who finished last season by making 11 straight field goals, re-signed with the team. The New York Times said today that Daluiso agreed to a three-year deal worth between $1.5 million and $1.7 million with a signing bonus of $350,000. BOXING INDIANAPOLIS ? State prison officials say Mike Tyson is still scheduled for release next month from the Indiana Youth Center, despite a report the former heavyweight champion could be let go this week. Boxing promoter Don King was quoted in the New York Times as saying Tyson had signed release papers and could be freed today. Tyson, serving a six-year sentence for a 1992 rape conviction, will be released March 25. YACHT RACING SAN DIEGO ? Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes beat Young America by three seconds in the closest finish in the America's Cup trials. Young America had won five straight races, including two over Stars & Stripes. The victoiy allowed Conner to cut Young America's lead in the Citizen Cup standings to 21-17. America3 is third with seven points. HOCKEY BOSTON ? Swedish left wing Mats Naslund, who last played in the NHL with Montreal in 1990, signed a oneyear contract with the Boston Bruins. Naslund, 35, agreed to terms last week for a reported $200,000 with an option for 1995-96. He had 243 goals and 369 assists in eight seasons with the Canadiens. GENERAL .TAPA Qnain Franpo'a StpnVinna V* 4 &\/i Xj V^/UIU * ? MkSVW " Aubonnet won the men's downhill, and Russia's Irina Lobatcheva and Ilia Averbouch took the ice dance title in the Winter University Games. m sweeps, ;ame perfect strikeouts, pitching five innings. Pitcher Kim Sheridan came in in the sixth inning, pitching two innings of relief and picking up the save. Catcher Tina Plew had a home run, with a walk and two runs scored in the second victory. USC moves to 5-1, while Georgia Southern falls to 1-5. The Lady Gamecocks play host to Georgia State at 1 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 at Lady Gamecock field, before traveling to Atlanta to play against Georgia Tech > Feb. 26. wm Th? Qanwcock USC overpc JIMMY DeBUTTS Sports Editor in t] The last home game for USCs women kef< basketball players Christi Timmons and ? r Jenny Randall was an ex- ( citing and fun game for the whole team. The Fighting Chanticleers of g Coastal Carolina were no *ur match for the Lady Gamecocks (12-13,1-9 SEC) WmZ/fim and were defeated 89-53 TIMMONS on1 Wednesday at the Caroli- son na Coliseum. . .? 9Q i "Everyone was excited about tfte ' game," Heather Godfrey said. ^ Timmons finished with 18 points coc' and is 11 points shy of 1000 career points. Randall scored eight points and grabbed s?n seven rebounds in her last game at Frank McGuire Arena. "It was a veiy good game for our se- *7e niors," said Coach Nancy Wilson. "We t"e needed a chance to relax and experience scoring opportunities in several differ- . e ent ways." tir( Shannon Johnson passed another milestone against Coastal Carolina. The P01 junior from Hartsville, S.C., scored 27 j"or points in the contest and passed the *e( 1,500 point mark. Johnson also dished out seven assists and snagged seven re- 8 bounds. an.( "I just wanted to have fun and play P01 hard. I'm not worried about personal achievements,. Although, it is nice," Johnson said. P01 Freshman guard Heather Godfrey ?^' was recruited to take Timmons' place an< next season. Godfrey hit four of six threepoint attempts and finished with 12 oar points. She missed both attempts from Prc inside the arch, however. Godfrey is currently seventh in the SEC in three-point shooting percentage, hitting 39.6 percent of her three-point attempts. rm t J- n 1__ J xl nai i ne L?aay vjamecoc&s openea me ~ game with a 10-2 run and never looked back. With the score 18-13 and 8:48 left I f " Co a st a MP FG FT Havnes 32 \~7. *-3 use v x Coastal Carolina Women's soccer 1 Staff Reports Karrie Miller, a South Carolina native who spent the past three years developing the state's first Division I women's soccer program as Charleston Southern's head coach, has been named assistant coach for USC Women s Soccer's team. Head Coach Sue Kelly made the announcement Wednesday. us A pioneer for women's soccer in this m state, Miller came to Charleston South- ?5 ern in 1992, a year before starting the . program there. She guided the Bucs to ln an amazing 12-5-1 record in the pro- wc gram's first year, earning Big South Con- ^ ference Co-Coach of the Year honors. gQ "We're excited to have someone of Karrie Miller's caliber join our program," WJ Kelly said. "Everything she brings to the ^ University of South Carolina will help For a free copy catalog, call 1-F 491-5250), fax e-mail your req mail this coupo North Campus 1 60208-2650. Send the catalo Name School Address City Home Address City Northwestern is an ei employer. j \ ijj ^ Thursday, Februai )wers C( ko fir?t Vialf TTSn went nn n 99,ft m >re halftime and put the game 01 each. South Carolina took a 40-2 1 into the second half. USC forced 13 turnovers in the fin f that led to fast break points. Th hting Chanticleers committed 2 novers in the game. Johnson le ith Carolina with six steals. "My teammates put a lot of pressrn ;hem which forced turnovers," Johi said. USC outran Coastal Carolina, ar ;he second half wore on, they wei ible to keep up with the Lady Gam Its. "We felt we could run on them," Job said. "We ran them down and tire m out, we really did have fun." From the outset USC was able to s : tempo and create easy baskets i paint. "We wanted to open.up and run c m," Wilson said. "Keep it up temp s them down some." Coastal Carolina was limited to I nts, which was close to a team go USC. Wilson said USC wanted ;p the Fighting Chanticleers und points. Tameka Tender scored a tea ;h 24 points for Coastal. Ali Colgro d Jackie Busch each added sevf nts for the 10-14 Chanticleers. Cindy Kelly pulled down a game hij rebounds for USC and added s nts in 19 minutes of play. South Ce na shot 51.5 percent from the fie rl 7 T\aiv>nr?t frvim tVio froo thru a uv. vviib it vui vnv 11 w vui v 3 as a team. USC held Coastal Ca ta to 28.8 percent from the field, whi ?ved to be a key for USC's succes South Carolina plays Vandeibilt Si lay in Nashville at 2 p.m. USC w id to the SEC Tournament March "We want to have fun, play and fig rd (at the SEC Tournament) in ti it round," Johnson said. EBEMSi jsc Rbs A S Pts 3 7 4- 18. 2 1 O 12 I Carolina Rbs A S Pts 40 49 89 21 32 53 ETHAN MYERSON / The Gamecock earn names 'Everything she (Karrie IV South Carolina will help achieve with our v Women's s reach the goals we aspire to achii th our women's soccer program. Fr itaff standpoint, you always want 1 st combination. With my backgroi the Southeastern Conference a irking with national coaches, the pie ildn't fit together any better than ? lg someone like Karrie with strc uth Carolina ties." Miller, a native of Greenville, S is the first woman in South Carol earn a college scholarship to play i of the Summer Session '95 (00-FINDS NU (in Illinois, call 708your request to 708-491-3660, uest to summer95@nwu.edu, or n to Summer Session '95, 2115 Drive, Suite 162, Evanston, Illinois g to O my home O my school. State Zip State Zip ]ual opportunity, affirmative action educator and ry 23, 1995 V )astal Carol n it !1 Ife 2 d "e d e lsd et n m m B fl (^ j m ix ld 4r w k ^^HHhr p. |P| ^p / a Ipn H||l! "" ^ kS HHMP ^ j|l ^ ^Bi r f ^ ^ Junior Shannon Johnson lod the Lai HH over Coastal Carolina Wednosday t scored a game high 27 points and currently sixth In the nation In a ? game. Carolina native to < llller) brings to the University of us reach the goals we aspire to women's soccer program.' occer coach Sue Kelly ive ce. She was a four-year letterman at Erom skine College from 1986-90. Miller was the captain her final two seasons with the ind Flying Fleet and was a three-time NAnd IA All-American. She received her bachces elor of arts degree in behavioral science ;et- from Erskine in 1990. ing Following her graduation, Miller was named assistant women's soccer coach ,C., at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling ina Springs, N.C., a position she held for joc- two years while earning her master in H IwT rikSI _ __ JUL 1lB t(Vc | TtJSUCTF ' More brighl -F~7. needed fi MJoin 1 fk-] Public 0> Commj Thursdays % in tl ?/1fi,Russell 1 Room This program paid for, in part J ina 89-53 H * y*-,.* * V Jn^* llKrMWi kjH'vfl W |K KIM TRUETT The Gamecock 1 ] dy Gamecocks to an 89-53 victory } it the Carolina Coliseum. Johnson I led USC with six steals. She Is coring, putting In 24.1 points a t i coaching staff arts degree in physical education. Miller has been an integral part of the growing South Carolina developmental teams program, having coached the South Carolina State Team the past four years while serving on the staff of a number of state-wide camps, including directing her own Karrie Miller Soccer Camp the past two years. The Southeastern Conference is one of the premier conferences in the United States, and combined with the funding, facilities and support of the administration, everything you could ever dream of having as a coach is here at the University of South Carolina,u Miller said. "I look forward to working with 1 Coach Kelly in developing a high-caliber women's soccer program at Caroli- , na." I ^ / : 7 7 ; w 4 i : ideas are < om you! i the : :ity Mr Ittee iv at 7pm | | ie ^ i House /1ft 201. , with student activity fees. *1