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Tuesday, September 26,1995
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LARRY WILLIAMS
Sports Editor
While leaving the monsoon-soaked
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watching their Gamecocks get run over
by the Kentucky Wildcats, USC fans
searched for answers. "How could this
have happened?" the drained fans must
have asked. "Why did this happen?"
they probably reasoned. One thing was
for sure, Saturday for the Gamecock
faithful: This one hurt... bad.
Mostofyousawit Many of you who
were there now have the sore throats
and wicked coughs to prove it. None of
you need a game summary, however, for
this was just plain ugly.
The Kentucky Wildcats were losers
of 12 straight games until their September
16th win at Indiana. Winners
of one game last season. 35-30 winners
at South Carolina on Saturday. That's
13 point favorite South Carolina, for the
record.
Moe Williams. A big, solid running
back who was averaging 70.3 rushing
yards in Kentucky's first three games.
After Saturday's effort, Williams is averaging
127.5 yards per game and leads
the league in rushing with 510 yards.
Williams rushed for 299 yards Saturday.
No misprint. Moe Williams
rushed for 299 yards Saturday. This is
the most Staggering statistic for the
Gamecock defense, who is ranked near
the bottom, statistically, in nearly every
defensive category.
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touchdowns against USC. Arkansas'
Madre Hill scored six. These two misfortunes
were certainly bitter pills for
Carolina to swallow, but what occurred
Saturday was a double dosage.
Don't let the final score of 35-30 fool
you. Kentucky controlled the game from
the outset, running the ball down the
Gamecocks'throats. The plays that the
Wildcats ran were nothing that Carolina
hadn't prepared for, and that's the
scariest thing. Linebacker Hank Campbell
said that the Cats attack was pretty
basic.
"We practice tacking during the week,
but it just seems like we don't want it," he
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Kentucky's Antonio O'Forral mak<
Gamecocks. The Wildcats did not
said. "They kept running the same five
plays, but we couldn't get it done."
It would appear that the Gamecocks'
problems would boil down to one thing;
poor tackling. But after witnessing what
transpired Saturday, it's evident that
the mistakes are deeper than that Campbell's
indication that USC "doesn't want
it" should be a warning sign. A team
that doesn't have desire in an SEC game
is in need of a serious reality check.
Last year's team was able to be successful
because of heart and a never-saydie
attitude that made Gamecock fans
proud. This year's team is a different
story. The spark needed for victory has
been absent. Why?
Aside from the mental aspect of the
team, Carolina was dominated physically
by a weaker Kentucky team. use
managed only 90 yards rushing, on 33
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SEC play.
PATRICK PQHERTY Senior Writer
It was a dark and stormy night, literally.
The USC women's soccer team
strived for victory in the midst of a driving
rainstorm Friday but ended up losing
1-0 to LSU at the Graveyard.
The Gamecocks were searching for
their first win against an SEC opponent
but came up short in a hard-fought contest.
"It's unfortunate, considering we
had possession for most of the game,"
head coach Sue Kelly said of the loss after
Friday's match.
The match was physical, with players
on both sides constantly slipping and
falling in the poor weather conditions.
At one point in the match, Kelly received
a yellow card for trying to get the referee's
attention after a long delay of game.
1 don't feel anything about it (the card),"
Kelly said. "What are you supposed to
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need to pass as tailback Moe William
carries, against Kentucky's "feared" defense.
If Carolina's offensive line, which
was supposed to be the strong point for
this team, gets dominated by a team like
Kentucky, imagine what the LSUs, Tennessee's
and Florida's will do to them.
Before the season, the coaches repeated
to fens that this year's team might
not be the best team in the SEC, but that
it was certainly one of the best, conditioning-wise.
In the third and fourth
quarters, they said, Carolina would be
able to wear down their tired opponents
to win ball games. In the second halves
of their three conference games this season,
USC has looked the ragged team,
being dominated physically.
Perhaps this sounds a little negative,
but judging from their performance this
season, there isn't much positive to draw
from Carolina's football team. Much of
the fans' disappointment can be traced
:cer drops twe
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The Carolina offense was again dominant
in terms of possession, but in the
poor conditions, they had trouble finding
the back of the net.
"I'm extremely disappointed," forward
Lexi Tourtellotte said after the
game. "We gave everything we had, and
everything seemed to be working against
us."
LSUs Jackie Cooper scored the first
and only goal of the match at the 50:10
mark with a dribbler that got by keeper
Amy Toms. Toms did have six saves
on 12 shots in the poor weather. "She
(Toms) really kept us in the match," Kelly
said after the match.
The game ended with LSU running
out the clock, with USC unable to push
the ball down the field that had become
like a swamp later in the match. In the
end, the score stood at 1-0 LSU, and the
Gamecocks were still winless in the SEC,
with an overall record of 6-3.
The opportunity existed for the Gamecocks
to rebound on the road Sunday
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JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock
Saturday's 35-30 victory over the
s rushed for 299 yards in the win.
to unrealistic expectations before the
season. Nine wins? Eight wins? Get
real. You don't lose your star running
back, your entire defensive line and your
leading tackier and expect to win many
games.
Maybe Steve Taneyhill said it best
after the game: "I think it's time to panic.
We want to go back to a bowl game.
We see that dwindling in front of us.
We're 1-3, and it doesn't get any easier
next week."
With the grueling part of their schedule
ahead, Carolina's backs aren't to the
wall, they're through it With LSU com- _
ing to town this week, smother embarrassment
? at home ? is more than a Ipossibility.
This is serious gut check
time for South Carolina's players and
coaches. To sit around and look for the
positives is a lost cause, because there
are none.
> SEC games
with a game against Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Arkansas quickly extinguished
any hope for redemption that USC had
by scoring the first of its five goals at the
59 second mark. Arkansas poured it on,
shutting out the Gamecocks 5-0, scoring
three goals in the first half and two
in the second half.
Arkansas outshot USC 21-6, silencing
the offensive firepower that had become
USC's trademark against non-division
opponents. A bright spot of sorts
existed in keeper Amy Toms, who saved
eight of the 21 shots she faced. The Game-'
cocks will look to get back on track against
SEC opponents with games against Florida
and Georgia Oct. 11 and Oct. 13.
The loss to Arkansas on Sunday drops ^
USC's overall record to 6-4 and 0-4 in
the SEC. The team will take this week g
off before traveling to Clemson to play ^
in the Clemson Tournament. They will
play Marquette at 5 p.m. Friday, with r
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Getting a leg up
use forward Krlstinn Larusson gets ahead of a VCU player In
the Gamecocks SO victory Sunday at the Graveyard. Carolina
travels to Charleston Wednesday to take on The Citadel.
USC SPORTS LOOK
Volleyball In earlier weekend action, the Gamecocks
defeated the Lady Cougers of the
I Playing their fourth top 25 opponent College of Charleston, 15-8,15-7,15n
seven matches, the USC volleyball 8 Friday at the Johnson Center in
earn could not overcome mistakes and Charleston,
vere defeated by Georgia, 3-1, Sim- Ermigarat and Laridn had 12 kills
lay in Athens. Carolina moves their each.
ecord to 9-5 and 0-2 in the SEC, while The Gamecocks return home Fri;he
Bulldogs move to 8-5 and 1-1 in day for a 7 p. m. match versus the Unihe
SEC. versity of Arkansas, the 1994 SEC
In the first game both teams, bat- West champs, Carolina the hosts LSU
led back and forth, exchanging leads at 2 p. m. on Sunday, Oct. 1. Both
leveral times, but the Bulldogs came matches, which are held at Sol Blatt
>ut on top, 15-13. P. E. Center.
In the second game, Carolina, down
L0-1, fought back to 11-12, with the M?n'S Golf
lervice of Shani Abshier and Heather
jarkin. Georgia then scored twice be- The USC men's golf team shot a fibre
senior Kori Ermigarat same back nal round 10-under par 278 to take
vith two points for Carolina ? tying third at the Keswick Club Cavalier
ne match up at 14-14, the Dawgs Classic.
itopped the Gamecocks charge and Head Coach Puggy Blackmon's
von 16-14. squad got as low as 13-under par on
In the third game, Carolina again the back nine Sunday afternoon befell
behind again, but battled back to fore finishing at 278 in the five-some
ake the lead 12-10. Carolina was able format. The final round was payed
o hold on for a 15-12 victory. where the low four scores per hole
Georgia rallied back in the fourth counted for the team total,
fame, taking the match with a 15-6 Host Virginia and SMU shared
ictory. team honors with a three-round total
The Gamecocks were led by Er- of865, seven strokes ahead of the Gamenigarat,
who had 17 kills and 18 digs, cocks. Carolina was able to pass ACC
Sophomore Heather T .arkin added 13 powers Georgia Tech and North Caralls,
1112 digs and three solos blocks, olina on the final day to claim third.
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