Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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8 Sports Look Auto Racing ROCKINGHAM, N.C. (AP)- Scott Kalitta beat Larry Dixon with a quarter-mile run of4.886 seconds at 288.46 mph in the Top Fuel final of the NHRA Winston Select Invitational Sunday. Tennis LISBON, Portugal (AP) ? Thirdseeded Thomas Muster won his 25th career title Sunday, beating Alberto Costa 6-4,6-2 in Estoril Open. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) ? Martin Sinner beat Guillaume Raoux 6-1,6-4 in the final of the South African Open Sunday. WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) ? Chris Evert and Olga Morozova beat Martina Navratilova and Francoise Durr 6-4 in a Virginia Slims Legends Tour event Sunday. Evert also beat Navratilova in a singles exhibition. BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Jimmy Connors beat Johan Kriek 7-5, 6-3 Sunday to win the Corel Champions over-35 tournament. Olympics ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - U.S. Olympic officials said Sunday they were taking extraordinary steps to ensure China sends a team to the 1996 Games in Atlanta, a trip that could be jeopardized by criticism of drug use by Chinese athletes. Saturday, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was reelected to the governing board of the U.S. Olympic Foundation. . NHL UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Kirk Muller, acquired by the New York Islanders Wednesday, finally reported to his new team Sunday. mi i a a r i 1 ine ien wing was pair or a rraae that brought Mathieu Schneider and Craig Darby to New York for Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov. BASKETBALL AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Robert Traylor of Detroit had 22 points and 11 rebounds Sunday in the West's 114-99 victory over the East in the Magic Roundball Classic. Mind if we play through' use Women's Golf After strong showings in early spring tournaments, the USC women's golf team has moved to No. 12 in the latest National Women's Golf World magazine poll. Arizona State, which has won all six of its tournaments this season, was the consensus No. 1 pick with 260 votes and all of the 13 first-place tallies. The Lady Gamecocks, headed by first-year coach Kristi Arney, was rated 14th in the previous Golf World poll. Carolina began the spring with a second place showing at the prestigious Chris Johnson Arizona Invitational in February, and has followed that with top five finishes at the Lady Gator Invitational and Lady Gamecock Classic in March. Carolina will close out the regular season by participating Friday through Sunday in the Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic in Athens, Ga., prior to the SEC Championships Apr. 21-23 in Franklin Tenn. USC Soccer In what has developed into quite a spring tradition over the years, the ? USC men's soccer team will be host of the Alumni Soccer Match at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Graveyard. The game will match the current varsity squad against the graduating seniors and alumni. The alumni team will feature the following players: Jim "Soni" Sonefeld (1984-87), a former soccer starter who now plays drums for Hootie & the Blowfish; Marty Baltzegar (1984-87), the first soccer Ail-American from the state; Carolina assistant coach Doug Allison (1984-87), the program's first All-American; Irmo native Scott Brown (1983-86); "Mike uossehn (1987-90), a member of the NPSL and the APSL All-Star teams; *U.S. Pan American team member. Rob Smith (1990-94). The soccer match is free and open to the public. The men's soccer team has played in 10 NCAA tournaments in coach Mark Berson's 17 years at the school, including a runner-up finish in the 1993 tournament. /'' "' V \ /7..''-' \ \ lilMk I - j|j| ["^jJSSLl amecockSpoi|s IBLbsI ['mIJB| 9 v ; V \ \ / The Gamecock Gamecock; Pearsall named SEC Pitcher of the Week as Carolina wins series against Bulldogs. MiCHEAL BAUR Staff Writer A combination of good pitching and timely hitting propelled the Gamecocks to a 7-3 victory over Mississippi State Sunday at Sarge Frye Field. Junior Jason Haynie pitched six solid innings, striking out six Bulldog batters and retiring eight in a row in a span of 2 1/2 innings. RBI singles by Craig Dour, Mike Dezenzo, and Ray Baksh ? paced the nine-hit Gamecock attack. f Reliever Jim Stoops pitched the ninth to record his second save of the season. The win improved USC to 1 22-13 overall and ^ / 4-5 in the SEC. J Sunday's win PEARSALL marked the Gamecocks' second victory in the three-game series with the BuQdogs. Friday night, junior JJ. Pearsall pitched a complete game six-hitter while his teammates pounded out 15 hits to notch a 6-1 victory. Pearsall's performance garnered him SEC Pitcher of the Week honors. The Burnt Hills, N.Y., native has struck out 68 batters and has a 2.83 ERA for the season. He has struck out 10.67 battel's per nine innings and has held opposing batters to a .209 average. Pearsall struck out a career-high 11 MSU batters and walked three, while Lady Gamec Fulmer hits three dingers as Lady Gamecocks dominate Coastal, Virginia. RYAN WILSON Sports Editor The No. 12 USC softball team defeated Virginia 6-0 in the first game and Coastal Carolina 11-0 in the second game Sunday on the last day of the Coastal Carolina Invitational. The pair of wins moves Carolina to 37-9 on the season. Seniors Beth Collett and Carri Fredericks both had home runs in the second inning of the first game, with Fredericks' homer coming with one aboard. It was the second home run as a collegiate for both. Fredericks later added a single and a run scored. Trinity Johnson continued to dominate the competition, pitching four inMM 11 \ ' Pg ,, ** "** * . T m mr\ \ I MR T* 11 Trekker" - &< - jr?^ - Tuesday, April 11, 1 s take two f P jgjllI * S|* ^>:i^^^^^WMBfc?ipi^^iililli|i?iJ.i ii? Carolina's Greg Paclttl gets the c Gamecocks will travel Wednesday t Brian Hucks and Mark Mapes led the Gamecocks in hitting, both going 4-for5 and driving in three runs with three 'doubles between them. As a team, I think we really did eveiything right except for one eiror early," Hucks said. "If we can limit our mistakes and keep putting pressure on teams by swinging the bats..., then we've got ocks win Coa nings on one hit and seven strikeouts. Freshman Sky Brown pitched three innings of relief, giving up one hit and striking out one. Johnson moved to 19-6. In the second game, senior Shani Cannon hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning for her | second homer of the season, i Sophomore Tina Plew had I three singles, with one dri- 1 ving in two runs. Senior Dana H Fulmer hit her third home fl run in two days, cracking it I on the first pitch of the game H for her eighth of the season. I Fulmer had a super week- HMP end, going 10-for-12 with three FULMER home runs, five hits and two walks. She also added eight runs scored and sue RBIs. On the mound, senior Darlene Gareis A \ Available a .111 llvl Id Order Toll Fr 1 -800-442-9337 or w 995 rom Missi; i i Ifttt i :i j:: iP* j, . * r %.* ?s?ii#S!ir^i:: ;::Li::.-, * ~ > .Mi llfl .^1 - ^ ut In the Gamecocks' weekend o Clemson to face the Tigers for a chance to be good." Saturday, the Gamecocks strande 10 men and managed only six hits in 3-2 loss to the Bulldogs. One bright spc for the Gamecocks was the pitching c Wally Maynard, who struck out nin and scattered six hits in seven innings However, Maynard gave up a costly hom run in the third inning that allowed MSI istal Carolin pitched three innings with one striki out, two walks and one hit. Gareis mov< to 18-3 with the victory. Junior Kii Sheridan entered in relief in the fourt] giving up three hits and striking out or in two innings. In Saturday's action, the Li dy Gamecocks beat Virginia 1 0 in the first game and wer victorious against Coastal 8in the second game. In the first game, Fulmer h a grand slam in the second ii ning, the second of her caree Fulmer stepped up to the plat in her next at bat and hit ar other home run with no on on. Also having a fine day ? the plate was sophomore Carrie Lyon: who had a double to drive in a run i the fourth and a single in the sixth t drive in two more runs. r Dutch Square Mall .rid$~ k llllli ,,, rf- l 1 . - . "Euro Hiker" - $95 k SSIc s ?r Ladies ee UC 1-334-277-9681 ssippi State Jf kt4k > **' ' - * .* ' .' * -- ~ ? *K ' ' ' JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock series over Mississippi State. The the third time this season. to even the score at 2. d In the ninth, Stoops gave up a doua ble, a wild pitch and the game-winning >t single to put the final score at 3-2. )f Next for the Gamecocks is their third e meeting of the season against Clemson 3. at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday at Tiger Field, e J a Invitational b- On the mound, Johnson dominated *s the Cavaliers in five innings with two 31 hits, six strikeouts and no walks. Sheridan pitched an inning of relief. ie In the second game Saturday, Fulmer again led the charge at the plate ^ with three singles, two runs scored and ,e an RBI. Tina Plew hit two doubles with . i two RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base. Junior April Farr added three singles it and a run. l- Darlene Gareis threw the second r. game for USC with four hits, one walk :e and a earned run. Sky Brown took the mound in the sixth, pitching two innings of relief with two strikeouts and two g walks. n The Lady Gamecocks will be at home o at 3 p.m. Wednesday for a doubleheader against Nicholls State. JP! <S.DRtolL ? MM TRAVIL NRVKU "European Rail Experts" HIllJilBa EUROPASS 50% DISCOUNT Now you can travel in style. With our 50% EUROPASS discount two 1st class tickets cost only a few dollars more than 2nd class,Youth. Compare... 10 DAYS TRAVEL - 4 COUNTRIES $353 per person 1st class $338 per person 2nd class, Youth 15 DAYS TRAVEL - 5 COUNTRIES $495 per person 1st class * $478 per person 2nd class, Youth Europass is for travel in Germany, France, Italy, Spain & Switzerland. Other countries which may be added at nominal additional charge include Austria, Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg & Portugal. Also ask about DER airfares to all major European cities! AAA Carolina Motor Club 810 Dutch Square Blvd. (803) 790-9295 k d '!