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Spouts loon use TRACK ( 1 The Gamecock men's team won 1 four events this weekend at the Spec Town invitational in Athens, Ga. < Senior Ail-American Brett Mur- t ray won the shot put with a toss of 50-13/4. Murray also placed fourth 1 in the hammer and second in the discus (179). Teammate Chad Moreau was second in the discus (173-5) and ] in the shot put (49-9) and filth in the 1 hammer (183-5). < Junior All-American Frank Men- 1 sah won the 110-meter hurdles in < 14.19. He also finished in third place in the 400-meter hurdles (54.3). Ju- i nior Marcus Phillips won the 400- 1 meter hurdles in 52.74. Phillips also placed third in the 110-meter hur- ] dies in 14.8. i Senior Tom Cronin placed sec- 1 ond in the 5,000 meters (14:57) and fourth in the 1,500 meters (3:57). Freshman Lee Hughes placed second in the high jump at 6-51/2; freshman Floyd Johnson was second in the triple jump at 40-81)2, a lifetime best; senior Adrian Bonner (1:50) and freshman Marvin Watts (153.94) I were second and fourth, respectively, in the 800 meters Hie 1,600 meter relay team placed third with a time of 3:22.31. The Lady Gamecocks also won four events at the Spec Town Invitational. Sophomore Dawn Ellerbe led the way for Carolina, winning the hammer and the discus. Ellerbe's hammer toss went 16811, while her discus toss was 151-3. Ellerbe was also second in the shot put at 47-7. Sophomore Mama Chmura won the javelin at 154-5 and took second place in the hammer at 148-11. Freehman Crystal Brownlee took first (dace in the shot put at 48-10, third in the hammer (127-8) and fourth in the discus (128-9). Junior Julie Symonds hit 5-5 1/4 ii.. l:_i. ; c j _i ill uie iiigu jump iui setuiiu piace, while freshman Alicia Brunger went 5-31/4 for fifth place. Sophomore Lisa Monti ran a 1757 in the 5,000 meters for fourth place, while junior Tracey Capper placed third in the 1,500 meters at 4:45. Sophomore Rhody Williams was fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at 1.-05, and junior Beneatha Warren was sixth in the 100 meters at 12.77. The men's and women's teams will compete at the Duke Invitational Friday in Durham, N.C. SWIMMING AND DIVING USC senior All-American Dan Phillips and sophomore Jay Telford, along with senior All-American diver Vivian Alberty, were named to the first-team All-SEC Swimming and Diving team. Alberty won the one-meter board the past two years at the SEC Championships and was sixth and ninth on the one- and three-meter boards, respectively, at the NCAA Championships two weeks ago. Alberty also finished seventh on the three-meter board at the Pan-American Games between the Zone Diving Meet and the NCAAs. Alberty, who now will train for the Olympics in Puerto Rico, leaves USC as one of its best female athletes ever, attaining All-American honors six times. Phillips won the 200-meter freestyle, setting a school and pool record at the SEC Championships last month. He was the first Carolina athlete to win an SEC Championship in swimming. The native of Ypslanti, Mich., picked up All-American honors in the 200-meter freestyle at the NCAA Championships this past weekend. Telford won the 1,650-meter freestyle at the SEC Championships last month and also finished third i in the 500-meter freestyle. The native of Corbett, Ore., also picked up Ail-American honors this past weekGolf team ft in Georgia t< Staff Reports The Carolina men's golf team shot a final-round 320 Sunday to finish 15th ^ ^ .. i _ -iiL. "C* at the (Jarpet uapitai uiassic ai me r arm in Rocky Face, Ga. Georgia Tech used a strong Saturday showing en route to the tournament title at the par-72 course. The Yellow Jackets, who fired a 10under-par team score Saturday, shot a 303 Sunday but still captured the title by 14 strokes (876 total) over secondplace Stanford. The Cardinals finished at 890, followed by Florida (898) and Texas (899). ;nd at the NCAA Championships, inishing ninth in the 1,650-meter reeetyle and setting a school record. Junior Ail-American Michelle McUarthy was named to the second ?am for the women. JSC BASEBALL Carolina baseball player Craig Ross will miss the next four to six weeks with a nondisplaced fracture >f the fourth metacarpal in his right hand. He suffered the injury in Sunday's loss against Mississippi. The Columbia native will remain in a cast for four weeks, at which time his status will be re-evaluated. Ross had been the most versatile nlaver on the Gamecock sauad this season, seeing action at pitcher, first base, third base, designated hitter and in the outfield. As a pitcher, Ross was 2-3 with three saves and a 1.14 ERA. At the plate, he was batting .203 with five home runs and 15 RBI. He also had two doubles. use LACROSSE The USC lacrosse team had a successful weekend, beating The Citadel 16-8 Saturday and defeating Georgia Southern 18-3 Sunday. These wins increased Carolina's record to 6-3 and placed them in a tie for first place with Georgia with a 5-1 divi sion record. Dan South and the attackmen scored numerous goals this weekend, while goalie Matt Carr played well in the net The midfielders controlled all aspects of the game, and the defensemen shut down the opponents' offense. The Gamecocks play their final game before the playoffs at 2 p.m. Saturday against the University of Georgia on field F next to the P.E Center. This game will determine who will be division champions, a title never won by the USC lacrosse team. The playoffs will begin April 22 in Athens, Ga. USC SOFTBALL The No. 8 USC softball team lost three games to No. 10 Southwestern Louisiana this weekend. The Lady Gamecocks were defeated in two one-run games Saturday, 1-0 and 2-1, by the Lady Cajuns. The first game featured a pitch allowing three walks, seven hits and five earned runs in six innings. Her record fell to 16-6 with the loss. The Lady Gamecocks will return to action at 2 p.m. Tuesday in a doubleheader against North Carolina. oishes 15th ournament The Gamecocks' finish was at the bottom of the 15-team field. Georgia Tech's Stewart Cink, who shot a 65 Saturday, carded a one-over par 73 Sunday and captured medalist honors with a four-under 212 score. Carolina's top individual, senior Chad Mason, shot a 77 Sunday and finished 23rd with a 227 score. Rounding out Carolina's individuals were David Seawell (230,35th), Jake Kransteuber (240,63rd), William Waters (243, 68th) and Stephen Waters (259,75th). ing dual between UbL nghthander Trinity Johnson and Southwestern Louisiana lefthander Cheryl Longeway. Southwestern Louisiana scored the winning run off Johnson in the bottom of the ninth to give Longeway the 1-0 victory in the extra-inning affair. Johnson struck out 10 while allowing three hits, two walks and an earned run in 8 2/3 innings. The Lady Cajuns rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh to defeat the Lady Gamecocks. Senior Dana Fulmer led Carolina at the plate by going 2-4 with a double and one run scored. Carolina senior Darlene Gareis pitched 2 2/3 innings, striking out two and allowing seven hits, while USC sophomore Trinity Johnson struck out sue, allowed four hits and two earned runs in four innings of relief. Johnson took the loss and moved her record to 16-5. The Lady Cqjuns dropped Carolina 5-1 Sunday. Senior Dana Fulmer and sophomore Kelly Dammer provided the offense for the Lady Gamecocks. Fulmer was l-for-3 with one run scored and a stolen base, while Dammer was l-for-3 with one RBI. T_1 1_ i ? L.i.1 Tlw Qanwcock ^ Bulldogs take ROBBE MEEKS Staff Writer " The USC baseball team dropped two of three games with SEC rival Mississippi this weekend at Sarge Frye Field. The biggest loss for the Gamecocks, however, came when pitcher/first baseman Craig Ross broke his right hand. The Carolina senior was lost for the next four to six weeks. Ross, who has played five positions this year, has five home runs and 15 RBIs. He also has a 2-3 pitching record and a 1.14 ERA. Friday night, the Gamecocks (20-11, z-4) were Deaten o-i at tne nanas 01 Rebels starting pitcher Jamey Price, who went the distance. Price, a 6-foot7,205-pound senior, came into the game with a 5-1 record and a 0.69 ERA. The Gamecocks got behind in the first inning as USC pitcher J J. Pears all gave up two runs on two hits. Pearsall was the losing pitcher. Price never allowed Carolina to get back in the game. USC got its only run in the sixth. The inning started off with a Derrick Urquhart double. Two batters later, Mark Mapes drove in Urquhart. Saturday, the Gamecocks got on the board first with two in the bottom of the first. USC once again looked like it would lose to the Rebels as it allowed the Rebels to take the lead with four runs in the . oAAAnrl nno in fV*n fni1l4Vl i OCW1IU UilU U11V 1X1 UIV IWU1 VI1 Carolina got four runs in the six to erase the Rebel lead. Ross then came to the mound in the eighth to pick up the save as the Gamecocks defeated Mississippi 6-5. I Starter Wally Maynard picked up the win for USC. The Rebels got revenge in a big way Sunday as they defeated USC 20-3. Carolina pitcher Brent Moore gave , Mi^fesippj AB, R?H RBI iKbight f 40 1 1 Huisman ph 10 0 0 Abarnathy dh 5 $ 0 0 0 Dellucci cf 4 0 10 : Men&ik 1b " ' 2 $ 1 s O u 0 : Morgan rf 3 1 0........ 0 Johnsonss j&.S $ ti;= il 0 ..Harrel.son.3b4 1 2 ,1. Macmillan pr/3b b 0: 0 0 Lewis 2b 3 0 0 1 Afaoir billilll 4 1 : 0 0 Youngp 0 0 0 0. Callaway p i 0 Q 0 Q_ TOTAL 33 5 6 3 N^iooic>oir\rvi P IVIIOOIOOippi V use 2 Wright, Tanej Redshirt freshman Anthony Wright throws three touchdowns as his squad defeated Steve Taneyhill's squad 28-20. MICHAEL BAUR Staff Writer One year ago, coach Brad Scott was hired by USC to turn its football program into a consistent winner. If Saturday's Spring Game was any indication, Scott may well be on <| $ee some ability track to ac- ^ mm complishing to fpV0 OUT 0ff?05 this task. And yet at the sami a.TO leasedwithSteve Young's 242 healthy situation f passing yards, the garnet team held off USC football coach Brat the Steve Taneyhill-led white team 28-20. Combined, both quarterbacks completed 40 passes in 69 attemnts for 521 vards and five touch downs. "I should have known better than to turn the offense over to two passing guys like John Eason and John Reaves," Scott said. The receivers and running corps of the garnet team were especially imUCLA, 015! The Associated Pre? With its starting point guard on the b< greatest coach in the stands, UCLA won tional championship in 20 years and ke] from joining the select list of repeaters. The top-ranked Bruins won their record title Monday night with an 89-78 victory tl more impressive considering senior Tyus limited to 2 1/2 minutes because of a spi wrist. Ed O'Bannon stepped up as he was s but so did freshman Toby Bailey and Ce lar, Edne/s replacement, and it all mean tie for the school since 1975, when John V sat quietly in the stands of the Kingdome, of 10 in a 12-year span. As UCLA received the championship tr non, who was named the most outstandi the tournament, turned to the Bruins' stands, pointed at Edney and shouted: "T al MVP right here. He got us here." The UCLA fans then started chanting, Tu?day, April 4,1>?B two of three fr( BL*MK - 1 mm <*. - - > * &< -? -''i' - * H ' T* * S>.? , M : :>.,???. 4 ?. a?fc '.-. ?.?u>??m .<?. V,?, , ? mmJ The Ola Miss Rebels defeated the Qai an SEC baseball series. Cfalg Ross, because of a fracture In his right ham up two three-run home runs in the first th as the Rebels got the lead for good. USC relief pitcher Darius Turner tt gave up 5 five runs on three hits in two bj innings. sf Turner was replaced in the fourth by Rob Watson. Watson pitched six in- oi nings, giving up nine runs on 10 hits, w The Rebels scored six of those runs in n Dezenzo rf 5 t 2 0 U rquhart cf 3 2 1 .. 1 Strong cf 1& 0 W 0 i 3"1f0 Stegall 2b 3 1 1 1 IMapes cflf- ! ? 0 P.2-ir?:t Dour 3b 3 0 1 0 Ross1b/p '..4M0 t&MO. ...Pac.itt.ilf 2 0 0 0 Wilson C v 10:# f:M 1 0 Hucksdh 4 10 0 Baksh 1b 0 0 0 0 Bmont ss 4 Q 0 0 Szweibka ss 0 Q Q P TOTAL 94 9 9 5 Ms ? ' 40100 000 5 6 3 00 004 00- 6 8 4 I L Ml impress ? pressive. Wright connected with senior i receiver Monty Means 11 times for 170 yards, including two for touchdowns. Stanley Pritchett and Joe Troupe combined for 127 yards on 30 carries. As for the white team, Taneyhill's primary target was Marcus Robinson, who caught six passes for 80 yards and two touchdowns. "Some players played to a level I hadn't seen all spring." Scott said. "Marcus in him that's going * f ?another dimension, them. He ?time, I was equally i (Taneyhill). That's a catches I or our football team J?** seen > f him make, now. and he ran I Scott, on Anthony Wright with the football after he made the catch." Even with the improvements to the receiving and rushing games, Scott concluded that Wright will be a major weapon in the team's arsenal. "I see some ability in him that's going to give our offense another dimension," Scott said. "And yet at the same time, I was equally pleased with Steve. Thaf s a healthy situation for our foot- , ball team right now." , annon detbi Tyus!" ench and its For Arkansas, it was the its first na- of close finishes, and it ende )t Arkansas coming the second repeat cl Bruins won seven in a row, e 11th NCAA The Razorbacks had come lat was even fense and great player, Corlif i Edney was ond half, but neither was th< ained right CBannon scored 30 poir in a game that certified his. lupposed to, Bailey, who had struggled tc imeron Dol- ing in the semifinals, finishee t the first ti- rebounds. And Dollar, the 1 Wooden, who played in the shadow of the won the last came up with eight assists. "I think he had the best t ophy, OBan- of the 64 teams up until tonigl ng player in rick said of Edney. "But wha fans in the the rest of the guys. They such his is the re- Williamson, who was 9-fc the semifinal win over North "fyus! Tyus! 16 from the field against the ran USC in wei I HIv _ ^S^sl^a^. Jl mecocks Friday and Sunday, whlla C who plays first base for Carolina, I. e ninth inning. si The Gamecocks scored a run in the i : Li i * i ^ : i 'a /? lira, sixin ana eignm innings on nus ic i' Urquhart, Stegall and Bordenick, re- ft >ectively. g< Mississippi had six players with two more hits. Rebel SS Jeffrey Johnson T ent 4-for-5 with four doubles and four e< ins. His four doubles set a new MisMMmJU * l" Huisman 2b 4 1 0 0 Lewis ph/2b 0 1 if- 0 0 DeHucci cf 4 4 3 4 HatrelsonSk 1.5' 2 s 1 i t i Mensiklb5 4..... 2 1 Johnson ss'li 5 '4 4 5 ii Ignatjus |f 4 2 2 5 Bryan dh :-.\W '5 0 3 3 Afenir c 3 0 1 0 Swanc 3 0 0 i 0 McNeese p 0 0 0 0 McKenzie p ? Q ? Q_. TPTAl 42 29 19 19 . Mississippi 6( USC Of icott during S JSC football coach Brad Scott will I Jom In Tanoyhlll and Wright for his a rone Arkan 10 effort in the end of a tournament run swarming and id one game short of be- in the latter st lampion since Wooden's managed to h mding in 1973. 4:47 stretch th i to rely on their great de- of the second 1 js Williamson, in the sec- That made are against UCLA of the last-mil its and had 17 rebounds early rounds. All-America credentials. The Bruin i a l-for-2, two-point out- rebound bask 1 with 26 points and nine within 67-64 c jackup point guard who left, but O'Bai lightning-quick Edney, yet another re made two frei oumament of any player lead was agai it," UCLA coach Jim Har- Clint McD; t a gutty performance by Willamson he ;ed it up and played hard." last year's wii ir-12 in the second half of er, had five p< i Carolina, finished 3-for- UCLA exb Bruins, including a 1-for- tucky and Ine 7 3kend series <f H * * ' * "': JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock Carolina won Saturday's game In will be out four to six weeks ssippi school record. John McNeese pitched eight innings >r the Rehels crivintr 1111 three runs on ve hits. Carolina pitcher Moore (3-2i }t the loss. Carolina will play at Clemson on ueeday night. The Gamecocks defeat3 the then-No. 1 Tigers 4-2 last week. TTTTTM* AB R ,H RBI. Bezenzo ?f 4 1 Urquharlcf 3 0 0 1... Brdnok 0 StegaH 2b 3 0 0 JL... 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Bailey scored again, and the n 12 with 3:13 left. aniel led Arkansas with 16 points, while id 12 and Scotty Thurman, the hero of l over Duke with a last-minute 3-point>ints on 2-for-9 shooting, snded its lead in the title run, with Kenliana second on the list with five each.