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6 USC's Ashley Edlund sets to Heatt loss to LSU Sunday. Carolina dofea Lady Game weekend S' ACHIM HUNT Staff Writer After a slow start for the Lady Gamecocks (10-6,1-3) in volleyball this season in the SEC Eastern Division, they needed a couple of wins this weekend to be able to compete for the conference title. Hie opportunity arose for coach Kim Hudson and her team to pick up two wins against Arkansas (9-6,2-1) and LSU (10-5,3-1). The opportunity for both wins was not realized, however, as the Lady Game ~vnl?-o mnn tVioir TOmo ncroinst. Arkansas VAJUIW3 nvu UlAvu guutv . . ..... - on Friday night, but lost their game to LSU on Sunday afternoon. Hudson attributes the split of the matches to the inexperience of her players. "We played as well this weekend as we have all season," Hudson said. "The girls played with heart and emotion, which is something we have been missing during the first games within our conference. Inexperience was the key to us not winning both games as we played four freshmen on the floor after losing Kori (Ermigarat), our team leader, in practice this week" In the Arkansas game, the Lady Gamecocks were led by junior Lindy Stevens, who had 22 kills, and freshman Dee Dee Fortman, who had 15 kills and 15 digs, which were both career highs in the Lady Gamecocks win of 13-15,153,15-8,15-11. The game was tough for the Lady Gamecocks, as Arkansas, the defending Western Division champs, came to town and won the first game, 15-13. Carolina took the momentum in the second game as the Lady Gamecocks took a 12 point scoring run and won the game never to look back as the Lady Gamecocks won the match 3-1. Sophomore Shani Abshier was quite excited over the ballgame as she though! this match was pivotal for the rest of the season. "This was absolutely a great win foi us, as we proved that we can play wit! anv team in our conference," Abshiei said. "We truly played like a team to gether and we can win a lot of game.1 with team work like that." Hudson agreed with Abshier in tha she was quite impressed with the tean work displayed by her young players "The awesome display of teamworl was great in this game and it played ai important part in our critical win ove Arkansas," Hudson said. Pick-up your copy of The Gamecock's new Monday Shopper Loaded with plenty of great coupons, movie listings, campus calendars, 5-Points' calendars, and much more! Every Monday | ' ' ' : . : 1." . I ! 1 0 1 ML |fe ^ j9I JAMIE CLARK The Gamecock ier Larkin in the Lady Gamecocks' ited Arkansas Friday at home. cocks split EC matches The game on Friday was a great effort for the Lady Gamecocks, but despite a hard fought match Sunday, they came up short to a more mature and experienced team in LSU by a score of 3-1. The Lady Gamecocks were led by true freshman Cindy Robarge, with 23 kills and 9 digs. Shani Abshier also had another great game with 10 kills and 18 digs stepping up as the team leader for injured senior Ermigarat. The first game was a hard battle as the Lady Gamecocks took the tough match 15-3. The second game saw the Lady Gamecocks make a great comeback from a five-point deficit but fall short 14-16. The third game of the match seemed to be the toughest of the match as the Lady Gamecocks fell apart in a 2-15 defeat. Hudson reasoned that the cause of the falling apart was the braking down of the passing game. In the third game our service and passing broke down against the tough LSU defense," Hudson said. "While our entire game fell apart in front of our eyes LSU seemed to pick up their game and they controlled the game and match from that point on." The Lady Gamecocks came out roaring in the fourth game to an 8-2 lead but lost the lead to a scrappy LSU team. Caiy Beeson had 3 service aces in the game, but the team was unable to control the tough Tiger team and lost the game, 14-16, and the match 3-1. The overriding theme of the weekend was Carolina's young spirited team against more talented and experienced teams. The spirit was enough to defeat . Arkansas but the deep and experience ; of LSU was too much to overcome. The s young Lady Gamecocks continue to improve, and will continue to compete very well in the conference as the develop as a team and learn what it takes to win in the SEC. The Lady Gamecocks continue their SEC schedule this weekend as on Friday at 7 p.m. they play Ole Miss a team they defeated 3-0 last year. Then, on Sunday at 2 p.m., they face the Mississippi State Bulldogs a team that was beaten by the team 3-0 last year. Both games are to be played on campus at the Sol Blatt P.E. Center. pi GAft Sports C This Week in Gam Men's ? SUN, OCT. 8, vs nation at 4 pm, natior All home aames art WOMEN'S SUN, OCT. 4, \ WED, OCT 1 1 , vs Uni All home games an VOLLE FRI, OCT. 6, vs Univer chance to win c SUN, OCT. 8, vs Mi All home games are c For Ticket InformaFor More Details Contact: US SPO Gamecoi LARRY WILLIAMS Sports Editor Some football teams are like chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. It appears that the Gamecocks are one of those teams. T-? _ o?i_i_ ry 1! ^ mar ID DOUU1 UUUlims gaiuc i lot/ the 14th-ranked Louisiana State Tigers on Saturday, my prediction for the outcome of the game was LSU 41USC 26. And I considered that a modest spread. I said that there was no way that the Gamecocks could contain Tiger runningbacks Kevin Faulk and Kendall Cleveland. I said that quarterback Jamie Howard would rip the USC defense to shreds. I said that defensive end Gabe Northern would get at least six sacks. Well, I was wrong. Dead wrong. Who could blame me? Any and every objective football fen would have to have agreed with me on this one. Takeaway my cohort Ryan Wilson, who must have been touched by some supernatural spirit and actually came close to picking a winner, and just about everyone expected the Gamecocks to be beaten soundly by the Tigers. We were wrong. Maybe the Gamecocks were fed up with being the defensive laughingstock of the SEC. Maybe they just plain woke up. Whatever it was, the garnet and black were ready to play on Saturday. In the pregame warmups, there was something different about this team. Instead of just going through the motions, Carolina was fired up with their fists clenched, boiling with anticipation to get it on with LSU. When the battle commenced, the once-lethargic Gamecocks were now fearless, running around the field with reckless abandon. From the sidelines, onlookers could see the fire in their eyes. Offensive tackle Randy Wheeler refused fn Vio/^L- rlnum from an T55TT nlaver who tu IJUVU \AV ?? U u VAM ? ^ ^ attempted to intimidate him. The defense threw Kevin Faulk for a loss on a fourth and two attempt. The crowd roared. This, friends, was a different team. The defense dominated the LSU runI Blue Hose i i ; * I ***" ' ^ ^ JAMIE CLARI USC's Mark Anatol and Mike Sol ulate Clint Mathls during the Mathis scored two goals in the 4 1EC0CKS calendar ECOCK ATHLETICS >OCCER ally ranked North Carolina lally televised i at The Graveyard SOCCER 's Wofford at 5 pm versity of Florida at 7 pm 3 at The Graveyard VO All sity of Mississippi at 7 pm i mountain bike ssissippi State at 2 pm it the P.E. Blatt Center hon Call 777-4274 C Sports Information 777-5204 t RTS sks, Tig -mJt: Carolina defensive end Sylvesta tie with the Tigers. The Gamecocl ning game, holding the Tigers to 33 to tal rushing yards, and only four in th< second half. That's right, four yards They also sacked Howard six times, ha rassing him into bad pass after bad pass But perhaps the defense's shinini moment came with 5:02 remaining u the third quarter and LSU trailing tb Gamecocks 17-10. With the Tigers a the USC 1-yard line and facing third and-goal, Faulk was stacked up at th goal line. On the ensuing fourth dowr Cleveland was stuffed and the intens: ty reached a fevered pitch. Carolina1 offense moved the ball to the LSU 36 tx fore punting, but the message was clea the much maligned Carolina defens had made the play of the game. It was USC against the world Sa urday, and the Gamecocks darn nea pulled it off. Facing third-and-two ii side their own ten yard line with tb third quarter winding down, Carolir no match fc i PATRICK POHERTY Sen The men's soccer t byterian College Sundf and the competition an toiy. PC played well thi inner defense collapsed less assaults by USC's Head coach Mark B( performance on Sunda ning of a trend. 1 was j settled into our game match, "In spite of inji pace a bit. We talked a showed it today." Injuries have becoi cent weeks, with start* both out of the line-up is expected to be out at a broken collarbone. V being intentionally bod monwealth match a w Offensive power C early Sunday at the 1' the bottom right coma ing captain Sigmar S Matbis is on fire, scor (The Gamecock 7; ?7 - _ ano congnrt- he e.ght matches US PC match. Mathis had two goals ^0 victory. n^ne ?oals f?r the sea INTRA] Entries being ao Thursday,1 DEPARTMENT OF S ers fit to Bg W Miller celebrates a sack of LSU's Jai k defense rose to the occasion, hold! - was under some major pressure. In a 2 play that was representative of the determination of the Gamecocks on this - day, fullback Stanley Pritchett was held i. up at the line, and on an amazing secl Mid effort, gained extra yards and grabbed i the first down. They were determined, e and would not be denied. t No, Steve Florio's 53-yard field goal r attempt didn't sail through the uprights e in storybook fashion to give USC a 23L> 20 upset. And no, Carolina's defense l" could not hold the Tigers one last time. s And sure, Jamie Howard overthrew about 15 open receivers deep. But the r point remans: the South Carolina Game e cocks tied when they should've won in a game they had no business being in Ask LSU head coach Gerry Dinar ir do. He'll tell you that the Gamecocks 1_ beat his team in every phase of the gams ie Saturday. His decision against goinf ia >r Carolina; I ior Writer vidual sta sam played well against Pres- ^or iy afternoon, fighting the heat d walking away with a 4-0 vie- !?, oughout the first half, but their in the second half, after count- ^ ^ forwards. three goa] irson was happy with his team's secon iy and hopes this is the begin- penalty k Dleased with the fact that we've P^h by ^ ," Berson said after Sunday's playing a iries, everyone's picked up the Sunday,4 lot about team concept, and we time for t Eveni ne an issue for the team in re- ers out fo irs Billy Clifford and Josh Wolff lotte and for Sunday's game. Josh Wolff to change least another three weeks with "We v ifolff sustained the injury after The n lv-checked in the Virginia Com- yard next eek ago. vised on lint Mathis started the scoring ranked I 0:39 mark with a scorcher into ranked oj of the net. Robbie Pait and act- on Sept.; icheving assisted on the play. past UN( ing at least one goal in each of not a >C has played so far this year. 49erg on Sunday, raising his total to exceiien4 son so far. In spite of his indiMURAL S SIGN UPS 11 1 11 J?1 ? J I jyiwrt InMHiinl eepted now thru October 5. fSign up in Office of Ce 202 Blatt P Call 777-5S TUDENT LIFE/ DIVISION ? Tuesday, October 3f 1995 > be^tied 1 Ifit ??* ? ^sf ?llllll"35r ;> < v ^,an ^ >* <'jf/*'h M **? F iiiPM 1 .jflfct DANIEL CIVELLO The Gamecock nie Howard in the Gamecocks 20-20 ng LSU to 44 yards on the ground. for two was for good reason Ask the referees, and they'll tell you that Carolina beat the Tigers too. It seemed that on every positive play for USC, there was a yellow flag that came shortly thereafter to accompany it. For the Gamecocks to manage a tie against the 14thranked team in the country AND the re- 1 ferrees is nothing short of a miracle. On paper, Carolina tied LSU Saturday. Nothing better, nothing worse. Their record still stands at a disappointing 1-3-1; however, the team showed something Saturday that was absent in the > first four games of the season. Witnessing hiiT-fimo fnntkall SatlirHflV l was a refreshing change for the football fan. The beauty of this whole thing for the Gamecocks is that there are still six 5 games left in this young season. There's 1 still time, but if s fleeting. How will the > Gamecocks respond? Stay tuned. JSC wins 4-0 0 itistics, Mathis is quick to credit his teamhis success. "The great wing work is what the opportunities," Mathis said after the Ay teammates are setting me up to score, rting to pull it together." vaited until the second half to score if s last Is, with forward Robbie Pait scoring twice in d half. Pait scored at the 49:34 mark off a ick and again at the 63:88 mark after a full he Carolina offense. "I feel real good and am lot better," Pait said off his performance on 1 feel like we're starting to come together in he match with Chapel Hill." though injuries will keep two of his best playr big matches this week against UNC-CharUNC-Chapel Hill, Coach Berson isn't going 5 his game plan. /on't change anything," Berson said, latch with UNC will be played at the GraveGnn/lav atinm ami will he nationally tele Prime Network. The match against eighthtforth Carolina will also be USC's highestpponent since they played and upset Clemson 3. However, the Gamecocks will have to get D-Charlotte on Wednesday in Charlotte, and game Carolina is looking past. Last year the at USC at the Graveyard 3-1. "UNCC is an ; team," Berson said. "I can't say which will [her match." PORTS , S the /f^ impus Recreation E Center. ? J61 for more info 3F STUDENT AFFAIRS