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use SPORTS LOOK Women's tennis The No. 11 Lady Gamecocks picked up where they left off last season continuing their winning ways as they hosted the annual Fall Tennis Classic this weekend. In singles play, Karolina Bulat walked away with third place in flight . A Singles as Spadea of Duke defaulted tfte match, while Tobi Kakic took 7th place in Flight B Singles by defeating Hardin of Furman 6-4,6-2. Teammates Tracy Kotseos and Muriel Abella were scheduled to play each other for 7th place, but both turned down the challenge. The girls looked especially good in doubles, as two pairs played in the finals today. In Flight A Doubles, Bulat and Kotseos faced Spadea and Webb of #7th ranked Duke, but were not able to pull out the win as they fell 8-2 and were awarded second place. Webb not only took first place in doubles but was also a 1st place winner in singles. Sophie Ljucovic and Rakic celebrated as they captured 1st place in flight B by defeating Coetsee and Racey of # 14 ranked Indi\ ana 8-2. The Lady Gamecocks will travel to Greenville for the Furman Fall Classic Oct. 13-15. Men's tennis The men's tennis team saw some bright spots this weekend, after a tough season last year, as they played in the North Carolina Open. Top-seeded Jorge Esqueda was on fire as he took down evaybody in the Flight A Singles. Esqueda pushed his way to the finals as he took care of No. 4 seed Tomas Malik of Coastal Carolina, 6-0,6-4 in a semifinal match, Sunday morning. Esqueda then faced a tough opponent in second-seeded Paul 1 Harsanyi from No. 22 North Carolina for the finals. Harsanyi has been known to give Esqueda a tough time, as he has beaten Esqueda the last two times they have met. This match, however, had a different ending as Esqueda maintained control to become champion of the North Carolina Open 64,6-3. This was a huge win for Esqueda and a much-needed win to build up confidence again for the Gamecocks. The Gamecocks next event will be the Southern Collegiates in Athens October 5-9. Women's golf The sixth-ranked USC women's golf team shot its best round, a 302, of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL T0P25\ The.Top 25 In the Associated 111 Press college football poll, with-#:; previous ranking in parentheses. ft. I.Florida State (1) ?11 2. Nebraska ' 3. Florida (3) . ' IM. Colorado (4) 5. Southern Cal (5) |JS tie Ohio State 7. Michigan (8) 8. Texas A&M (9) l?18j f? 9. Virginia (11) 10, Tennessee (12) 11. Auburn (13) : 12. Penn State (6) 13. Kansas State (16) If 14. Oklahoma (10) f||l|f| j is. vvasningion (i?) j 16. Alabama (20) lljill 17. Oregon (19) (? 18, Arkansas (23) ll|i| 19. Stanford (22) ' 20. Texas (21) Sill 21. LSU (14). 22. Wisconsin (nr) 23. Notre Dame (15) ff 24. Kansas (25) 25. Northwestern (nr) JEHE^ cutting-edge authority on campus. QUARTERLY JKXJ Tuesday, Oc Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M., Saturday to finish fifth. UCLA fire an even par 292 and moved past second-round leader Texas to capture the team title at the par 73,6,069yard University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course. UCLA picked up six strokes on the Longhorns and finished with a three oay total ot o?4. Texas, which shot a 29S Saturday, finished second at 888, followed by Arizona (907), host New Mexico State (914) and the Lady Gamecocks (916). Carolina had back-to-back rounds of307 in Friday's first and second rounds and improved by five strokes to finish on stroke ahead of New Mexico and two ahead of SEC rival Florida. Individually, Lady Gamecock AilAmerican Siew Ai Lim fired a 71 Saturday and finished tied with Kathy Choi and Texas' Heather Bowie for fourth. South Carolina has a strong finish out of its top three players, led by Lim's Sponsored by Carolina Productions zzt Fre tober 3,1995 fourth-place showing. Junior Rebekah Lee had a 73 Saturday and finished in 19th place at 227, while senior Clarissa Childs had a 78 and finished in a tie for 20th place at 228. Rounding out the Lady Gamecocks were Columbia-native Cecilia Barksdale (245, T69th place) and Karin Fries (247, T72nd). Women's soccer The women's soccer squad fell to Clemson Saturday night, 7-0, in second-day action in the Clemson Tournament. flumiA T Qnrlnnn fKroo rrAnla uuiiu^ iJtuiuL^ii oi/Ui LU UUUL guaia in leading the 13th-ranked Lady Tigers to the victory. The Lady Tigers generated 26 shots to USCs three. USC goalkeepers Amy Toms and Emily Crain made five and two saves respectively. Both Clemson and Marquette went 2-0 in the Tournament, but the Lady Tigers won the championship by goal differential. R **JL * 1 * % ftjk% Wkw III W E D N E S I 9 Russell *e passes will be avc aftei The Gamecock In Friday's action, Danielle Henion scored a unassisted goal in the overtime period giving Marquette a 2-1 victory over the Lady Gamecocks. Marquette opened the scoring at the 24:30 mark. Regina Sekrya threw the ball in to Kim Engelbert, who headed the ball to Mary Revnew, who scored in the upper left corner of the goal. South Carolina tied the score at 39:42 when Debbie Smith sroreH nff a Hnnnv ... ,u. u. ? rr; Payne header. Marquette's goalkeeper Karin Tinucci charged out and missed the ball on the play. USC goalie Amy Toms made 13 saves on 18 shots. The Lady Gamecocks return home to host Woflford Wednesday at The Graveyard. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Cross Country The women's cross country team traveled to Minneapolis and competed in the ft ^ JH ^ft' ^ '. v ^ ^ ^Hj|| H 1 % ^ "?W - jJB W fL $$$ . ^^K|>;:-' ] *W.^|J- |j^H DAY, OCT< ? : OO P.M. HOUSE 1 tilable at the Rvssel 8:30 a.m. tomorro\ Nike Invitational held at the Universi- fir: ty of Minnesota. , All In a meet that featured five of the wh nation's 15 ranked teams, South Car- shi olina finished 18th overall. Scoring for Me the Lady Gamecocks were: senior Tracey wii Capper (50th), junior Lisa Monti (72nd), freshman Claire Kelly (86th), senior Ka- wh trina Smith (127th) and sophomore Maiy Claire Barry (13<3rd). Other Carolina finishers were sophomore Noel Webster Pa] UbUth) and Ireshman Jennifer Britz (154th). set The Lady Gamecocks travel to East tac Carolina University for the East Car- S01 olina Invitational in Greenville, N.C., ^en on Saturday. - ? na def Club Lacrosse nai The USC lacrosse team finished second in the Palmetto State Lacrosse Cham- sec pionship in Charleston this weekend. USC beat The Citadel, 9-4, in the * PI 1*3 I. i|2^HHBx :;-;. 39M OBER 4 "HEATER '/ House Info Center M 7 st game Saturday. Midfielders John in and Scott Atkins kept score high me aeiensemen uron mggins neiped it down The Citadel's offense. Goalie itt Carr made some key saves in the 1. USC's second game saw Charleston 19-4 in a game that featured some igh hitting. "They caught us off guard, and we fed for it," Allin said. USC beat Augusta, 10-5, to secure :ond place in the tournament. Atkman Eddie Young and Eric Johni helped secure the win, while desemen Scott Allen was named tourment MVP for his hard-hitting ensive effort. Overall, Charleston won the tournent for the second year in a row, ile Carolina finished second for the ond consecutive year.