The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 28, 1995, Page 9, Image 9

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Spouts loon NCAA Basketball ATLANTA (AP) ? Joe Smith of m( Maryland and Rebecca Lobo of Connecticut are the winners of the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year awards, the Atlanta Tipoff ni i i n i LI! uiud announcea aunaay. UCLA's Jim Harrick was chosen in men's Coach of the Year and Con- G< necticufs Geno Auriemma was se- At lected the top women's coach in the poll of writers, broadcasters and coaches. ra bl< FARGO, N.D. (AP) ? Lori Roufs Te scored 23 points as North Dakota th State beat Portland State 98-85 Sat- 2; urday for its third straight NCAA 4, Division II women's title and fourth ^ in five years. The Bison (32-0) became the first Division II women's e(j team to go undefeated Portland State finished 26-6. w, NFl. ^ PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? Ricky ai Watters became a member of the Philadelphia Eagles Saturday when gii San Francisco refused to match a pj $6.9 million, three-year offer sheet ni to the star running back. Watters, 25, rushed for 877 yards on 239 carries last season and added 719 yards on 66 receptions. ca d? SUWANEE, Ga. (AP)?The At- u lanta Falcons acquired running back 71 Eric Metcalf from Cleveland Satur- fa] day in a deal that also involved the team's first-round draft picks. The gj trade gives Cleveland the No. 10 pick at in this year's draft, with Atlanta picking up the No. 26 slot. NCAA Swimming * INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Michi- 1, gan's Tom Dolan set his third Amer- N ican and NCAA records in the NCAA pi championships Saturday, winning m the 1,650 freestyle in 14 minutes, th 29.21 seconds. SI Dolan, the 1994 world champion in the 400-meter individual medley, A: broke the previous mark of 14:34.91 ti: set in 1994 by Arizona's Chad Carvin. 0 Dolan also set records in the 500 cj freestyle and the individual medley. The Wolverines won the team ti- 31 tie with 561 points. Stanford was sec- m ond with 475, followed by Auburn at 4, 393. Yacht Racing , SAN DIEGO (AP) ? The Ameri- ir ca's Cup demolition derby caught up ti with Dennis Conner's Stare & Stripes 21 Sunday when the sloop took on wa- w ter and was forced out of its semifi- E nal race with Young America. C Conner, who has won the America's Cup three times, is battling tc Americans Mighty Mary for a spot w in the Citizen Cup defender final r with Young America. w m Running m DURHAM, England (AP)- 01 Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu beat Ireland's Catherina McKiernan by nine ai seconds Saturday to win the women's s? title in the World Cross Country cc Championships. st Tonight ( USC vsfl SaraeFn i a a Tulu, the 1992 Olympic 10,000eter champion, finished the 6,450ster race in 20 minutes, 21 seconds, mya's Paul Tergat won the men's 1,000 in 34:05. 5C Athletics n m J _ c 1.-1. I _ - Carolina snapped a iour-maicn 10sg streak with a 5-2 victory over jorgia Tech Sunday afternoon in ;lanta. For the first time this spring, USC llied to victory after losing the dou5S point. Jimmy Panagopoulos beat *h sophomore B J. Traub to clinch e match for the Gamecocks at No. singles. Panagopoulos' 6-7,6-3,6/ictory was the Aurora, 111., senior's tth three-set match of the season. Tech senior Paul Stevens hand1 Maxsy Jimenez his sixth defeat 31 matches this season, as Jimenez is forced to retire because of a sore ick while trailing 7-6,4-0. Jorge jqueds, Ben Cook and Miller Brice 30 posted singles wins for Carolina. Carolina will face another key recm opponent in Wake Forest at 2 n. Wednesday at Sam Daniel Tens Stadium. Senior decathlete Steve Owens ptured the decathlon title Saturly at the Alabama Relays at the niversity of Alabama by scoring [)51 points. It was a personal best r the Greenville native. Ud next for the Gamecocks is the pec Towns Invitational Saturday the University of Georgia in Athens. Carolina sophomore Jay Telford nished ninth in the finals of the 650-meter freestyle event at the CAA Swimming and Diving Chamonship. Telford posted a time of 15 inutes, 6.56 seconds, which broke ie school record he set at February's EC Championship. Michigan's Tom Dolan set an merican and NCAA record with a me of 14:29.31. Telford, a Corbet, re., native, is the defending SEC lampion in the 1,650-meter event. USC senior Dan Phillips finished 5th in the preliminaries of the 100eter freestyle event with a time of 1.78. Phillips didn't qualify f?r Satrday evening's finals. The Carolina women's tennis team aproved to 14-2 overall and 6-1 in ie SEC with a 5-1 victory over No. 5 LSU Friday afternoon. Friday's in was the 180th for coach Arlo lkins, who's in his 13th season at arolina. Junior Heather Greene improved 16-0 this spring and 20-6 overall ith a 6-0,6-1 victory over Suzanna odrigues. Freshman Tracy Kotseos on her team-leading 21st singles latch by a 6-1,6-3 count over Cylantha Owen, who suffered her secid loss of the season. Karolina Bulat, Victoria Davies [id Muriel Abella posted straightit singles wins for the Lady Game>cks, who defeated LSU for the fifth ;raight meeting. wM B _ _ _ _ lemSOIl reFleld Th? Gamecock Gareis perfe RYAN WILSON Sports Editor j ~~ The USC Softball team continued its j 14-game winning streak by sweeping Toledo 4-0 and 9-5 in a doubleneader j Monday at Lady Gamecock Field. Senior Darlene Gareis led the way jig 11111 for the Lady Gamecocks by pitching a ! B >v* nerfect erame in the first contest. This !B SB marked the second perfect gem of her jig |il| career and the second of the season for iUM a Lady Gamecock pitcher. Gareis recorded her first one last 11 year with a 12-0 win at UNC-Charlotte, ;K GAREIS Righthander Gareis put on an ? awesome perfoimance as Carolina downed Toledo. Gareis pitched to the required 21 batters, striking out one while mov ing to 15-2. for-4 wi At the plate for Carolina, senior Dana Trinity t Fulmer (2-for4), junior Kim Sheridan ?uts an (l-for-3) and freshman Carrie Elliott (2- nings ol for-3) each had a triple and scored a run. Cart Fulmer and Sheridan each added an the S.C RBI, and Elliott had a stolen base. 9-1 s' The second game featured the of- Florida fense of sophomores Chanda Lee and the Lad Tina Flew and senior Beth Collett. Plew 3 while was 2-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and day. two runs scored, while Collett was 2-for- hi S 3 and had three RBIs. Lee was also 2- stra>861 Florida sets recc at Lady Gameco Staff Report* diana's No. 8 Florida carded a solid 300 team with 22 score Sunday at the 13th annual Lady hi tl Gamecock Classic at the Northwoods 3 Wake Golf Club, bringing Florida's three-day scores i total to a record 895. the top Host Carolina shot a 307 Sunday, on the < slipping from fourth to fifth place with a three-day 916, I three strokes behind in-state I foe Furman on the par-72, I The 895 score by the Gators I broke the old record of897 set i|ML " ?" Jl by Carolina when the Lady Gamecocks won the 1982 classic. Florida freshman JeanneMarie Busuttil, who survived 1 back-to-back birdies by Duke's L1M Kathi Poppmeier on the final two holes, earned medalist honors with (239,2< a three-dav 214. Busuttil led Pouumeier aRd Le by one stroke entering the final day, out while Minnesota's Amy Schmiesing remained in third place with a 219. dividua Ohio State's Jessica Luciuk and In- 59th), I Fries (1 From way Professors, MIBS, G MOVING 0 Call: BO UVEAL)'S. SC's Oldest & Largest t 771-640 Free gj Estimates Register with C Selective Service, sei it's quick, it's easy, and it's the Law! edt We busii to 'C ' Tuesday, March 28, 1J ctasCai | 1 ;.... v * . , ' k 10 Lad:' Gamecocks extend >a went 6-0 and captured the i th two runs scored. Righthander < Johnson (16-2) recorded 11 strike- I d allowed two hits in 6 2/3 in- i f work. alina completed the final day of ] . Invitational Sunday with a 7weep of Hofstra. Carolina beat i State 2-1,3-2 Friday, and it beat ] ly Seminoles again Saturday 6i beating Hofstra 7-1 later that lunday's competition against Hofnior Darlene Gareis had a strong >rd seore ck Classic Erika Wicoff shared fourth place !2 scores. he team competition, Florida, No. i Forest and Duke each had 148 on the front nine as no team at of the pack could make a move Gators. Duke finished play with a 299, moving past Wake Forest for second place with a three-day 906. The Deacons finished with a 908. The best round of the day came from Tennessee, which fired a 298 to finish 10th. Carolina's top performance came from All-American junior Siew Ai Lim, who carded a 75 Sunday for a 224 total, good tor seventh place. Kebexah Lee (228,16th), Julie Norris Oth), Clarissa Childs (234,33rd) :a Bagwell (241,59th) rounded i Lady Gamecock team scores. USC had three players in the inil competition: Libb Howard (241, jatie Weiss (244,68th) and Karin 246,73rd). downto rad Students IN?? 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Ful- \ mer went 2-for-4 with a home run, one 1 RBI and two runs scored, while sopho- 1 Offense shines Staff Peports- . ] Carolina's offense clicked into gear and turned in its share of big plays 1 Saturday during the Gamecocks' two- | hour controlled spring football scrimmage at Williams-Brice Stadium. ^ Senior running back 1 Stanley Pritchett, operat- ~|g| ing from the tailback posi- | tion, racked up 98 yards on pjl 15 carries. Steve Taneyhill, iVw , the returning senior starter j|^ at quarterback, completed Ik 18 of 29 passes for 233 yards. Taneyhill also tossed five g|i|V touchdown passes. ^ Anthony Wright, the ||| |P redshirt freshman, was 16- ; 25-2 for 248 yards and three PR,TCHET TD completions. Junior Tom Pritchard was the leading receiver with eight catches for 113 yards and two touchdowns. Sophomore running back Scott Moritz showed some i promise, picking up 50 yards on five carries with one touchdown run. Defensively, big plays were turned in by outside linebacker Jody Caldwell, who had a pair of sacks; outside linebacker Robert Smith, who had a inn RAMf vviimum iv FR-L5ilM^Nl aNP. INTEREST Graduate-Level Teacher C 0UE.6T k?N6? CA wus< Uwm\ ALTERNA1 Give tt Ij Gi\ ?:E3 I A H BgB Sc "nwTm 10Prj eer.W ""* Pfll Regi Selecti 9 is Toledo \ 1 . I- 1 1 I I ? ^ ; -f'S' . 'f -t ^ ^ - ?***&&?* | ;, ?&> &** ??-y* - ."-;t"x CHUCK GRIFFITH The Gamecock ( by winning two against Toledo nd. nore Tine Plew went 3-for-4 with a run icored and an RBI. Righthanders Trinty Johnson and Kim Sheridan combined o throw a two-hit shutout in five inlings. Johnson recorded all five strikejuts as she improved to 15-2. The Lady Gamecocks will be in Louisiana for three games this weekaid. They will face Louisiana Tech in a loubleheader at 5 pan. Friday and then vill travel to Southwestern Louisiana jo face the No. 14 Lady Cajuns in dou Dleheaders baturday and bunday. in scrimmage pressure and a sack; and tackle Mike Washington, who had a fumble relovery. Interceptions were made by freshman Arturo Freeman and junior DeAndre James. Lee Wiggins, who blocked a school-record five kicks last season, blocked a field goal attempt. !"TMs is really the first scrimmage the offense has come alive and dominated," coach Brad Scott said. "There were some good performances out there. Stanley Pritchett looked good. We will find a way to get him heavily involved in the offense. He adds another dimension to our running r game from the tailback spot Anthony Wright worked the pocket better, and Steve made some nice reads." The Gamecocks continue spring practice with workouts today and Thursday before the annual spring game at 1 p.m. Saturday at WilliamsBrice Stadium. 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