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MATT PiOOtNEC Staff Writer
Many football players will tell you th
its slobber-knocking, bone-crushing tack
the roughest sport on campus. Soccer j
claim their sport is tougher because they
an entire half and don't wear pads. Neitl
is correct. The real men on campus are ti
by players.
Friday, the USC rugby club outpow
tough Duke squad for a 31-21 victory. Lec
piring football fullback Keith Quiller, th
squad physically manhandled the Blue
on its way to victory.
USC won the vast majority of the s<
and despite giving up two tries on long ru
Oflmwytrk Httfanoa di/1 an ono^iWa inK at
the speedy Duke team.
After a defensive goal-line stand, USC <
Owners acce]
Associated Ptmi
A day after the strike ended in a
truce, baseball players headed to training
camps today, fans lined up for tickets,
and Marge Schott kicked off Cincinnati's
traditional opening day parade
Monday ? a month before her Reds'
newly scheduled home opener.
After 234 days, more than $800 million
in losses, no World Series and not
even a settlement, the longest and costliest
work stoppage in the history of professional
sports finally ended Sunday
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ler one 15-yard run around the left end.
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USC came alive. Quiller, a 265-po
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Devils another scrum a scant five yard
touchline following a blocked kick
Tiima, son. The Gamecocks won the scru
ns, the the ball around the left end to Bri.
opping sliced in for the try.
With the score 14-7, USC dela^
jpened wben it forced the ball carrier out <
before he could touch the ball doi
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Owners accepted the union's offer to
play without a work agreement The season,
which had been scheduled to start
with replacement players Sunday, will
begin April 26.
Msgor league players were told to report
to spring training camps beginning
Wednesday, and exhibition games will
begin April 13.
Atlanta Braves outfielder Ryan Klesko i
didn't wait. He was the first Brave to i
show up Monday morning at training 1
camp in West Palm Beach, Fla. 1
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the whole year," said Klesko. "I'd hate o]
to see this happen again." w
In Cincinnati, the opening-day pa- w
rade went on anyway today even though ti
the first home game isn't scheduled un- th
til May 2.
Schott sounded a horn on a fire truck tl
to begin the festivities, then walked down re
the streets handing out Reds stickers to w
children. The Reds owner gave a thumbs
up sign to cheering spectators and said, pi
Isn't this great? Tradition, right hon- ce
sy? Thafs what if s all about."
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By 10:30 Monday morning, 22-year- 1
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MMY DsBUTTS Sports Editor
The Carolina women's tennis team,
inked No. 20, defeated Florida State
3 Sunday in Tallahassee, Fla.
USCs Heather Greene, No. 79 in the
ition in singles competition, was deated
by Florida State's Lori Sowell 61-6,6-4.
Sowell is ranked No. 56.
Sowell snapped Greene's 17-match
Inning streak. Greene dropped to 21with
the loss.
The Seminoles' Elke Juul defeated
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tie Lady Gamecocks took two of the
iree doubles matches against FSU.
avies and Tobi Rakic were the only vicns
to the Seminoles in doubles comstition.
Rackic had lost seven straight threet
matches. Juul and Sowell combined
defeat the Carolina tandem 6-4,6-3
straight sets.
Greene and Karolina Bulat defeatJenny
Graf and Mary iym in straight
ts 6-4,6-1. Sophie ljucovic teamed up
th Tracy Kotseos as the No. 3 doubles
am and defeated Ashley Delaney and
?ri Junker 6-4,4-6,6-3. Kotseos also
>n her eighth straight No. 4 singles
atch over Graf, improving to 23-7.
The Lady Gamecocks also got wins
im Tobi Rakic and Muriel Abella. Rail
defeated FSlPs Tym 6-7,6-3,6-2,
lile Abella defeated Junker 6-2,6-2
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sions were missed to make the score 31-14.
ke ended the scoring with an 80-yard run.
y was nearly disallowed when a USC playde
a last-ditch attempt to knock the ball
Following a short, profane protest by a
(layer, who claimed that the ball had been
ed away before it was touched down, the
s awarded the conversion to Duke because
portsmanlike-conduct.
ller was pleased with the match. Despite
trail lack of size, he was impressed with
i effort.
was physical," Quiller said. "They don't
big team."
;by club President Stan Kirkland agreed,
ey have a solid team," Kirkland said. "It
s[ood effort. We played great."
lis team wins;
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in No. 6 singles play.
The women's team will compete at
Clemson at 1 p.m. today.
The men's team didn't fare as well
as the women. The Duke Blue Devils
swept the Gamecocks 6-0 in singles competition.
The three doubles matches were
not played after the match had been decided
in singles play.
The win was Duke's sixth in a row,
improving its record in Region II to 7-0.
The Gamecocks dropped to 8-2 in the
region. Carolina lost the services of three
of its top five singles playere because of
ipjury.
USCs Jimmy Panagopouloe was defeated
by Duke's Chris Pressley in straight
sets 7-5,7-5. Pressley is ranked No. 18.
In the No. 2 singles slot, Carolina's Ben
Cook was defeated by No. 9 Rob Chess
6-3,7-6. Duke's Peter Ayers, No. 100,
dropped Miller Brice in straight sets in
No. 3 singles competition.
Adam Gusky and Phillippe Mogglo
also recorded straight set wins over Carolina
players. The Gamecocks had to default
the No. 6 singles match, so Sven
Koehler of Duke took the win.
Duke moved to 13-3 with the win,
while Carolina dropped to 11-8. The
Gamecocks will take on No. 2 Cenrcrio
Wednesday in Athens.
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