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Sports Look USC BASEBALL Clemson defeated the Gamecocks 11-1 Wednesday at Clemson. The Tigers improved their record to 34-4. while South Carolina dropped to 22-14. J.J Pearsall took the loss for the Gamecocks. Carolina managed just four hits. Clemson scored a run in the second inning and took the lead for good in the third inning by scoring three runs. They also added five runs in the fifth and two in the bottom of the eighth. Carolina scored in its lone run in the fourth inning. USC will play Georgia April 14-16 in Athens. BASKETBALL SEATTLE ? Seattle SuperSonics guard Kendall Gill returned to the team after a week off for treatment of clinical depression. He said he would practice this week and hoped to play Saturday at Golden State. YACHT RACING SAN DIEGO ? Left for dead at the end of the semifinals, Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes handed PACT 95's faltering Young America its second straight loss in the three-boat Citizen Cup defender finals. Conner, a three-time America's Cup winner, finished the semifinals with three straight losses and survived only because of a compromise Qemson baseball to come by as Tig Associated Press Sure ifs baseball and sure if s just one of those other sports that fill the gap between sold-out football Saturdays at Death Valley. But getting a ticket to i t n _ uiemson s DaseDan games is getting tougher, too, as the Tigers taste success on the diamond as well as the gridiron. Consider that all 735 season ticket at $50 a piece sold out this year or that the average regular-season crowd, which was 1,980 last season, already is 2,389 this year. During the past eight games, the average has been 3,553. In short, 3,800seat Tiger field is starting to bulge at the seams. Teople say its a great place to watch a game and a great place to bring the kids for cheap entertainment," said Van Hilderbrand, ticket manager. General admission tickets are $3, but students and university employees get in free. Good weather, an attractive schedule and the baseball strike also helped, he said. Nnt In m nnt inn a tnam that SDent a brief time atop the national rankings and has been close to the top for the entire season. Clemson's No. 1 ranking for four weeks at the end of last season and its season-ending series with Miami and Florida State that averaged 3,800 and 4,800 fans a game also have helped. "That just turned people on," said Dwight Rainey, associate athletics diHave y yourd;al Tax deadline among the syndicates. Stars & Stripes, which beat Young America by one minute, 15 seconds, trails Americans Mighty Maiy and Young America 21. In the opening race of the challenger finals, Team New Zealand's Black Magic 1 beat oneAustralia by 4:55. GOLF LAKE OCONEE, Ga.? Corey Pavin beat Phil Mickelson 3 and 1, and Loren Roberts defeated Tom Kite 3 and 2 to advance to the U. S. Section semifinals in the Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf. Pavin and Roberts will join Paul Azinger and Mark McCumber in the semifinals July 31 at Kohler, Wis. Azinger and McCumber advanced Monday. In the Rest of World Section, Australia's Craig Parry beat Zimbabwe's Mark McNulty 1-up, and South Africa's David Frost edged Argenti D O 1 A 11a s uuuoruu xvuiiiei u 4 auu x. nuotralia's Steve Elkington and Robert Allenby advanced Monday. TENNIS HOUSTON ? Defending champion Sabine Hack of Germany routed compatriot Silke Frankl 6-0, 6-2 in the opening round of the Houston Women's Championships. [ tickets difficult ;ers taste success rector. There was a snowball effect and it carried over to this season." Dean Finley, a Pendleton schoolteacher, has chartered two buses to take Clemson fans to next weekend's games at Florida State. He has 70 reservations. "T think thp mninr lpnonie nrohlem * J *?O I has had something to do with it," Finley said. "People love baseball. And they tell me, 1 wish Clemson would play all summer and we wouldn't have to watch major league ball.'" Last year baseball took in about $66,000 and cost about $400,000 to operate, but this year the income could double, Rainey said. The crowds also give Clemson an edge in attracting the NCAA regional tournament for a second straight year, he said. However, he doesn't see the ticket prices going up. Rainey said Clemson is more interested in getting exposure for its baseball program than it is making money from it. But the crowds mean the school may have to put in more temporary bleachers and reserved seats in the grandstand behind home plate. When the stadium concrete was set in 1989, Rainey remembers thinking, "We had enough seats to last us for a lifetime." "Well, it was a short lifetime," he said. ou done xes yet? is April 15th. The Gamecock Sophomore Randy Stegall sets his sights on leading Gamecock baseball / $ to the next level / // ROBBIE MEEK Staff Writer f $ fhe Gamecock baseball l j team lost a lot of talented j / J9 players off last year's // team, including four JB talented leaders^ Coach Junes Raines knew he would have to count on young talent to lead his team into the 1995 season. One VJ \ of those is Randy Stegall. The USC sopho- J| more has been one of the most consistent leaders on this year's team. Stegall only played in 22 games last year because of a broken hand. He returned to JI the team and played the last part of the mSW * season at third base. ) Stegall batted .242 in 95 at bats. He ? > / also had a double, a home run and 15 F / RBIs. Stegall also had a .906 fielding / percentage. / "I couldn't do anything for about five months," said the J \ S Stegall USC second baseman, "so / Jir Battii /X ^4-1% /-V ^aruiuia suiiua Failed bunt costs Lady Game- Ing^m? cocks game, snaps home win- pj^reee] ning streak. hitters. Johi RYAN WILSON Sports Editor 20-6. The Lady Gamecock softball squad On the i appeared on the verge of a comeback in Carrie Lyon the bottom of the seventh when center each going' fielder Dana Fulmer stepped to the plate C arolin with Kelly Dammer on second and no bottom of t outs. ( Fulmer, who was one of 1 hottest Carolina hitters com- c ing into Wednesday's double- I header with Nicholls State, ^K|| t popped up an untimely bunt 'U| t which Nicholls State turned in- * JW c to a double play, catching mi t Dammer off second base. Shani Cannon grounded out to end j^k ? the game, which the Lady ? Colonels won 3-2. JOHNSON 1 The No. 11 Lady Gamecocks 1 won the early game 5-1, splitting the ?ble to end t doubleheader with No. 17 Nicholls State. Game t The Lady Gamecocks record moves to as the Lad 38-10, while the Lady Colonels up their the bottom record to 39-5. hitless in (. Student athlete s MASON BEST Staff Writer It's 5:30 a.m. and Ashely Roe's alarm clock is going off. Time to get out of bed, race down to the Sol Blatt P.E. Center, put on a bathing suit and dive into the cold water. Does this sound like your ideal way to wake up each morning? Probably not. But for Roe and the other women of the Lady Gamecock Swim Team, not only is this a typical daily morning schedule, but it is followed by an afternoon of classes and even more time in the pool. Roe, a 21-year-old senior on the women's swim team at USC, has been following this schedule for the past four yeai-s. Roe, who came to USC from Roanoke, Va., has been a swimmer since the ninth grade. A breast-stroker and sprint freestyler, Roe was a member of the SEC Team and the traveling team during her time as a Lady Gamecock. Roe describes her experience as a USC studentathlete as difficult. "As an athlete, and especially as a swimmer, you are very restricted," Roe said. "You are up before every IN 1 N All po minim have v judgec a fori * ^ Thursday, April 13, 1995 Sims n throwing wise, my arm was out of shape. They really just threw me into the line-up and told ?? me they needed me to play." r||f Last season was the first Ste- ?| ||* gall had ever played at third j wHF Randy was the captain and a CTSBWMi lip, honorable mention All-American ^ on his high school team, which ^ |F?? : was ranked No. 1 in the countiy lf!m' \i? I in 1990. He said the experience ^ ? J *? has halned him a crrpat deal in colleSe- STEGALL |mF ? "I came from a good ~ high school," said Stegall, > "and I played a lot of guys who have come out of college and played professionally. I knew I could come here and have success." Randy chose USC over ^ some ot tne country's top scnoois. ??a^was *? p^ay *n ? '""v^ >. South Eastern Conference," \ said Stegall. "I could have - gone a lot of other places but here they told me shortstop and third base were going to 's 1995 Highlights be open. Coach lg average - .395 , , Raines told RBI - 24 Hits -47 riding % - .978 >oubles -14 Runs - 25 mplled from games before April 12 J1 splits two with one, Carolina's Trinity John- first at bat. Plew drove Full a complete game, allowing a single, and Collett drove 1 aits while striking out five batters later, iison improved her record to The Lady Gamecocks w again cross the plate, offensive side, Cannon and Carolina's Darlene Gar s paced the Lady Gamecocks, 0n the mound for the Lady two for three. but struggled early, partiall' a opened the scoring in the the (Jic drizzle that k; he first inn,ng when Beth bgU> we( Nicho,|s gtate a yOilstt drove C&nnon snd .. , , rina Plew in on a fielder's ?wered m the top of the seco ,y10jce with a run scoring off of a fie Nicholls State responded er's choice, ry scoring a run in the top of The Lady Gamecocks sta he fifth, also off a fielder's ed the bottom of the seco hoice. Johnson answered, re- strong. Chanda Lee started iring the last seven batters, the inning with a bunt but hi The Lady Gamecocks an- ber band on a successful sti iwered at the plate in the ofsecond base. Carrie Eili lixth. Cannon sao-ed off a Col- ^^for the injured Lee I ett bunt, with Plew and Col- , , . . , ,. a- t , j was stranded on third, as t ett sconng off a Lyon s dou- ^ , , . ' he scoring at 5-1. . Colonels retired the next t wo opened just like the first, Carolina went cold at i y Gamecocks scored two in the third but managed to k( of the first. Fulmer, who was Gareis began to struggle ii lame one, hit a triple in her as Nicholls State scored a r ays benefits outwe one, and up later than everyone doing homework. All of your time is accounted for. You leam to plan your life around your sport." She also admits that being an athlete was a sacrifice. "You have to give up so much of your time, it is hard to be a honnal' college student," she said. "Dur< I VII 1_ i. mg tfie season you eat, sieep ana ao noinewons., umis it. You have no time for a social life." A typical workout day for Roe consists of swim practice from 6-7:45 a.m., followed by classes in the afternoon and then another workout that afternoon. Swimmers alternate days of weight training and circuit training - sit ups, push ups and running. Nancy Duncan, assistant coach for the Lady Gamecock Swimming and Diving Team, said student-athletes, especially swimmers, follow a very demanding schedule. "It is almost like a job," Duncan said. "They get up, go to work from 6-8 a.m., go to classes and back to i workout until 5:30 everyday. It forces them to be very organized and very focused, much like they will have LpaHprchin are avai Garnet & Black Quarterly Magazine Editor rhe Gamecock Summer Ed rhe Gamecock Fall Editor VUSC - FM Station Mana| Applications can be picked up in 331. Deadline for completed app] sitions require that applicants be junior or senior stai um GPR required to remain in good standing in the vorked for the respective organization for at least one 1 on their submitted samples of work responses on the nal interview before the Board of Student Publ L V 7 > THE pun me I had a chance to start at third or short." '. . This season Randy has been on fire. He is Hii now batting .395 with 14 doubles and 24 EBIs. 1 | In the field Stegall has a .978 percentage in 65 | attempts. "Me, Mapes, and Dezenzo are the big bats j on the team right now," said Stegall. "I feel like '"M us three have to try to carry it (the team). I have confidence in my teammates, and I know they r - can play because I have seen them do it whether in practice or in games. So I know if s just a matter of time before the other guys that are strugging are going to hit." If Stegall's career continues at the rate that it is going now, he will more than likely be playing at the next level one day. itor the Russell House room lication is 5pm, April 13. riding, have a minimum GPR if 2.50 overall or major college (whichever is greater), and must year (or equivalent experience). Application are ir application form, two letters of reference, and ications and Communications on April 24. "I would like to get drafted and play professional," Stegall said. "While I'm here I would like to get a chance to go to the regionals and then ofcourse the College World Series. "Personally Td like to make the All-SEC team eveiy year Fm playing," Stegall said, "and overall, leave here and people look back at me and say, like Mac White, he was a great ballplayer, great for the team and the fans loved him.' I like to think of myself as maybe being like Mac White here, filling that role. He was just a great ballplayer." i Nicholls State ner in with outs to tie the game at two. The Lady 3lew in two Gamecocks were poised to retake the lead, but Fulmer struck out for the third r?uld never out stranding two runners in scoring position. eis started The fifth opened with Gareis allowGamecocks hig two hits, and the Colonels scored any because of 0ther run to take the lead. Johnson came >pt the soft- jn for relief striking out three straight. in" _ All told, Johnson, a nd transfer from Cal-State FullerId ton, retired nine of the last LaI dy Colonel batters. ^ HHRPPM| The Lady Gamecocks nc* fitllJlK Wffl cou^d never find a groove at off the plate, and the closest they art Hk. came was Fulmei^s failed bunt beiI Hi Gareis, who was credited ott mm JuBmm the loss, struck out two )ut LYONS an(i waihed a pair. With the ;he loss, her record goes to 18-4 ; wo b atters. Lyons again led Carolina at the plate, the plate in going two for three. The sophomore from jep the lead. Newtown, Penn., started at third base i the fourth in Game one but moved to catcher for un with two Game two. igh sacrifices to be in the working world." Duncan said she admires the Lady Gamecock team members for their hard work. They are a very focused group," she said. The sacrifices come from all over, classes are missed and have to be made up, social activities and friendships are put on hold. It is hard to miss classes and have to make them up, miss out on parties and social events, to out of town for swim meets on the weekends, do well in academics and still work hard in the water, but they do it." However, Duncan said the benefits of being an athlete will be valuable in the long run. The benefits are lifelong, healthy bodies, high selfesteem, confidence and the ability to be competitive, all requirements for survival in the real world," Duncan said. *-> - ? 1- - i J - i. i ?ru Koe saia ine sacnnces sue iias inaue tu ue an auilete are worth it. "I am glad I chose to do a sport," Roe said. It helped me to become organized, goal-oriented and self confident, and I made some great friends in the process." positions ilable