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Spouts Iook NCAA Basketball TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ? Arizona guard Damon Stoudamire was cleared to play in Thursday's NCAA tournament opener, the university announced. The NCAA found Stoudamire violated a rule because his father accepted an airline ticket from an agent and ordered the player suspended for a trame. That suspension was served Saturday against Arizona State. Teammate Ben Davis remained ineligible under a separate violation. MADISON, Wis. (AP)?Wisconsin coach Stan Van Gundy was fired after directing the Badgers to a 1314 record in his only season. Van Gundy, 35, took over the team when Stu Jackson left to become general manager of the NBAs expansion Vancouver Grizzlies. Van Gundy had four years left on his contract. NHL EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) New Jersey acquired defenseman Shawn Chambers and right Danton | Cole from Tampa Bay for center l: Alexander Semak and right wing * Ben Hankinson. USC Tennis The South Carolina women's ten- I nis team improved to 11-1, defeat- ... ing Texas Christian University 6-0, | Wednesday afternoon at Maxcy Gregg Tennis Stadium. Meanwhile, | Louisiana State University improved to 9-0 with a 6-1 win over the Game- | cock men's tennis team. Junior Heather Green won her | 12th consecutive singles matcn, b-z, 6-1, over TClTs Deidre Walsh. Vic- iji toria Davies, Tracy Rotseos and So- : phie Ijucovic also posted straight set '? wins for the Lady Gamecocks. Freshman Karolina Bulat won 12 consec- g utive games after losing the first set i to TCU's Coryn Wilken. Bulat reg- , istered her 10th win of the season by ii a 4-6,6-0,6-0 score. The LSU Tigers, off to their best jj start since 1938, swept all three douviiifllilMi ' ? 1 I { Pi bles contests to earn the match's first _ point. Tiger sophomore Pedro Braga clinched the match with a 7-6,6- bl 3 win over Jimmy Panagopoulos at tv No. 2 singles. Maxsy Jimenez cap- te tured the Gamecocks lone win with a( a 7-6,7-5 victory over Gus Fernan- ri des. Jimenez improved to 24-4 overall and 7-3 in the SEC. in The Lady Gamecocks play host tl to Texas A&M tomorrow at Maxcy be Gregg Tennis Center at 1 p.m. The tl South Carolina men face 16th-ranked tl Kentucky, Saturday, Mar. 18, at Sam st Daniels Tennis Center in a 2 p.m. starting time. in n use Football 1 Tickets to USC's annual Spring tc Football game are on sale at the Athletics Ticket Office. Ticket prices are tc $5 for adults and $2 for non-USC students. Carolina students will be ad- _ mitted free with a valid student ID. The Spring Game is set for Saturday April 1 at 1 p.m. at Williams- s Brice Stadium. The Top 25 In theUSA Today/National Softball Coaches Association poll. tAr&ona zucLa : Fresno State 4.UNLV | 5. Cal State-Fullerfcm j 6? California .77 Cal State-Northridge Nil!!! rtichigan 1ot Hawaii 11. Souillparolina 9 12. Nebraska 13. Cai State-Sacramento| H v ' + a \ j: . * i f*. Missouri ? i &. Oklahoma Stale 111! ( .16, Kansas g IT. CP-SaljLuis Obispo 0 : 18, SoutbwestoraLQuisiaoa 19. IflMs^Chioago . t 20. Texas A&M i ^I.Nicholls. Stale 4 f 22. Notre Dame s 23. Washington 24. Oklahoma t 25. Virginia Ifllg] J Gamecock Graphics ? c Silk \M$k mm mmkrn mm / ^&3&& t&'?w T:##\ Ky&Si / pH p|fe^l|A rPlI H ICE lit $gp tei i ^p||j 3;Vf1 A' ?^? y.*^JV ?tffl Due to pop York will n students. 11 sure you sli ' ?? rtw Oaiwcock Stegall's dou OBBIE MEEK Staff Writer Randy Stegall hit a bases-loaded doue in the bottom of the ninth to score /o runs and give the Carolina baseball am a 6-5 win over the Furman Pallins WarinasHav nicrht at. Sarcra Frva leld. The Paladins got on the board first the top of the first with one run. Then le Gamecocks evened the score in the )ttom of the first as Mark Mapes scored ie first run for USC. Mapes' single in te first continued his 12-game hitting reak. The Paladins then had their biggest Jiing of the game as they scored three ms in the top of the third to take a 4lead. The Paladins then increased the score 15-1 in the fifth. Carolina's rally started in the botim of the fifth. Ryan Bordenick drove s/Iartz 3S 4 13 0 :0 1 0 yiorrjl) 1 b 3 0 Q 0 ifoim dh '''/III 4 0 1.0 0. _eibach rf 4 0 10 A/ateh 3b !'ll?'4l 1; :: 1 . 0 3luckman c 2 110 iilewdlil?3 1 2 2\ Jordan p 0 0 0 0 tWdklep -I 0II .0 0 0 3landp 0 0 0 0 \lberty ends i | ,ff f|?ii ?wTT Kspons USC senior Ail-American diver Vi lan Alberty, timsned seventn on tne hree-meter board in the Pan American James being held in Mar del Plata Ar[entina Tuesday. And that is only part f the story. Alberty won the one-meter board at he SEC Championships Feb. 24, before njuring her shoulder on the 10-meter )latform the next day. She then had to it out 10 days with her arm in a sling. Alberty recovered and went on to win he one-meter board at the NCAA Zone rhree Championship last weekend at he University of Kentucky, placing (ighth on the three-meter board. This lualified her for the NCAA Champip?^|| y^jlp mm r Sf HPI t^jP ular demand," n ake one more hey will only b< low up early to taken free TODA 2nd floor ri 10 a.m. u caps and gowns Thursday, March 16, 19 ble powers G; in Craig Dour with a double. Mike Bezen- g= zo then hit a triple to score Bordenick. gj Dezenzo scored on a wild pitch to end S the inning's scoring. Furman still held the lead 5-4. Watson then replaced Jason He.yiie on the mound for the Gamecocks. Watson was the winning pitcher as he pitched g four innings with no hits and three strike outs. USC went into the ninth down by |fl five. With one out and two runners on H base, the Paladins intentionally walked Urquhart to load the bases. Stegall then hit a double to drive in two runs to give 9 the Gamecocks the lead 6-5. "I was taking it on myself to win the game," Stegall said. "They were expecting the double play, and they didn't get Carolina (13-7) will play their next | game at home against Butler at 7 p.m. Friday. , m s y m Dezenzo rf$ 2 3 1 Urquhart cf 4 0 0 0. Stegall 2b i 'AM tM! 2-f Mapes If 4 0 1 1 Pacitti m 211 0 f!0 i 0 Baksh ph/l b 2 J9L^?L^P,w. i Ross on 3 0 1 0 Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0 Dow3bCM 4 ilifO M 0 Bordenickc 3 1 0 1 Szwejbka ss 3 10 if 0 : 01 Hucks ph 0 0 0 0 u i Beurriont or 0 1 0 0 t< n WWTIWJLIIU lUlii onships to be held today U and Friday in Austin Texas. I Immediately after the H Zone Diving meet, she flew I (alone, without any coach) 0 ^ to Argentina for the Pan fcj| American games as part of ||| ? ^ Puerto Rico's team. Alberty had to compete at the IHt Pan American Games as one of the meets she will need in order ii to qualify for the 1996 Puerto Rican v Olympic team. She was told by Puerto a Rico that she had to finish in the top F eight of each competition and is considered a favorite to make the Puerto Ri- t can Olympic team next year. a At the NCAA Swimming and Div- e Sl| lik MBit I rhornton Studios trip to USC to pi 3 here for one da have your studei ) of charge! f ONLY issell house ^x!l /> mil o p.m. ITERLY available if needed 95 amecocks pa * WBKKSBm x jH^fl g I w|| SC third baseman Craig Dour scored t>ry over Furman. The Gamecocks wc Inth-lnnlng double by Randy Stegall. with NCAA Chi I 'My goal the last two yoan boon to win the on*meter I at the NCAA's, and even wit Injury and all the travel, I tl have a good shot.' USC All-American diver Vivan Alber ig Championships in Austin, Texas she e) nil compete on the one-meter board to- tv iay, with the three-meter board com etition Friday. ' S] "My goal the last two years has been tl d win the one-meter board at the NCAA's, S nd even with the iiyuiy and all the trav- C 1,1 think I have a good shot," said AlWz if$ & s'j .*! 8 jjjj| from New lotograph y, so make it portrait i ' 5 st Paladins Ml 2? WLr OE^SBj CHUCK GHFFT7H The Gamecock a run In the Gamecocks 6-5 viehi the game on a bases-loaded impionships berty. ' hM Tor Vivian to fly to )Oard Argentina right after the Zones and right back to h 1116 NCAAs is a tribute to the link I type of student-athlete she is," said Todd Sherritt, USC 11 l - j- ?tt. C diving cuacn. ner periurty mance this past weekend is just a continuation of all the ccellent things she has done the past vo years." Alberty is Carolina's only two-time EC champion for the women, winning te one-meter board in 1994 and 1995. he also placed eighth at the World hampionships in Rome last August. I Wk ' . a