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Soccer at Umbro Tournament, SMU Fri., UAB Si
Women's Soccer vs. Auburn, Sun. 2 p.m.
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It is pressure time once again for the
Gamecock football team, after responding
well to pressure last week on the
road, in a 65-39 drumming of Mississippi
State. This week, the Gamecocks
entertain Vanderbilt in a must- win conference
match-up. Carolina needs to win
three of its last four games to have a
chance at their second straight bowl victory.
If the offense can stay on the same
track against Vanderbilt that they have
been on the last four weeks, averaging
more than 57 points per game, the Gamecocks
should have no trouble against the
Commodores (0-5,0-3).
Last week, the offense, led by Steve
Taneythrill, was just awesome. Taneyhill
set or tied six school or conference
records. He completed a string of 15
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yards, three passing touchdowns, and
yes, Steve even caught a touchdown.
Can he top that performance? I can't answer
that one. I can say though, that I
want to be there to see it if he does, because
he was close to perfect Saturday
night.
The big surprises this season on offense
have been the play of JC transfer
Duce Staley and redshirt freshman Zola
Davis. Staley leads the team with 459
yards rushing and a 6.2 yards per carry
average. Duce is the full package. He
can run over you, around you, he can
catch the football, and last week Duce
even threw a touchdown.
Davis has lived up to all of the recruiting
hype that surrounded him when
he entered USC. He is the leading receiver
on the squad with 710 yards and
a 15.8 yard average. Zola already holds
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Robbie Meek
four school records and his performance
last Saturday ranks second in the Carolina
record book for most receiving yards
in a single contest, with 11 catches for
185 yards.
Preseason Doak Walker candidate
Stanley Pritchett has been a solid receiver
out of the backfield although he
hasn't regained his 1994 rushing form.
Pritchett has 43 catches for 500 yards,.
The Gamecock defense, which was
thrashed by three different SEC runningbacks
at the beginning of the year,
has played well the last four weeks. One
lag task for Carolina's defense this week
will be to replace middle linebacker Hank
Campbell who tore ligaments in his knee
at Tuesday's practice. Campbell will be
out for the remainder of the season.
It's a shame to see Hank go out this
way. He has been a very important ingredient
in the Carolina defense since
his sophomore season when he earned
a starting spot at inside linebacker.
Remember the Tennessee game in
1992? How could any Gamecock fan forget
that game, right? Well Hank played
a huge part in that win. He had nine
tackles including the game winning stop
of James Stewart on Tennessee's twopoint
conversion. Campbell was named
SEC Defensive Player of the Week after
that game, and if you saw how Steve
got shafted out of the Offensive Player
of the Week this week, you understand
how hard it is to win that type of award.
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College of Charleston.
RYAN WILSON Sports Editor
It's been said that you never get a
second chance to make a first impression.
The Lady Gamecock soccer squad
learned second chances don't always
come easy and missed opportunities can
comeback to haunt you.
These facts were evident in USC's
1-1 tie with the College of Charleston
Thursday night at the Graveyard. The
game, which was played on a slightly
chilly night, ended regulation scoreless,
with both teams scoring goals in the second
overtime period to secure the tie.
Carolina (7-7-2), opened the game
strong, and managed to control the ball
throughout the first half. Junior Debbie
Smith, who celebrated her 21st birthday,
had an impressive first half, but
missed on a trio of legitimate shot opportunities.
To head coach Sue Kelly, Smith's role
early in the game signals both a strength
and a weakness of her team.
"Debbie is lethally dangerous," Kelly
said. "If she has the ball within 20
yards of the goal, she's always a threat
to score. Right now we make her play
so dynamic, that it seems she has to do
everything."
Before starting the second half, Kelly
gathered her squad together and
stressed the importance of taking advantage
of their scoring opportunities.
The team responded with four shots
on goal in the first 10 minutes of the half,
which included a shot by freshman Perry
Moniuszko hitting the crossbar and
bouncing out. Freshman Lexi Tourtellotte
also turned it up on the offensive
end, and attempted a number of shots.
Both Smith and Tourtellotte agreed
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Good Luck to Hank, the defense will definitely
miss him.
Outside linebacker Ronnie Smith
will move to Campbell's inside position
and junior back-up linebacker Benji
Young will start at Smith's outide position.
Smith is third on the team in hits
with 52 and Young is sixth with 45 and
3 sacks. Eric Sullivan who missed the
first game of the season, and played little
in the second, has 30 hits and 4 sacks.
With the loss of Campbell, Sullivan will
be counted on to be the leader of the defense.
Maynard Caldwell will get his sixth
start of the season and has been playing
very good the past few weeks. Caldwell
has 18 hits and 4.5 sacks from the
defensive end position. Ben Washington
is leading the team with 32 tackles
and 27 assists.
After Vanderbilt, the Gamecocks will
face the toughest part of the season. It
will start with a game against No. 6 Tennessee
they will then return to WilliamsBrice
Stadium for games against No. 3
Florida and arch-rival Clemson.
Vanderbilt should be a tune up for
the Gamecock "D." I don't really think
the offense needs a tune up, considering
that it is the third- ranked scoring
offense in the nation, but the defense
needs to get some experience without
their leader in the middle, Campbell.
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and predict a bowl season. I'm not sure
how big around that limb is, but I'm
putting my belief in the Gamecocks to
hold it up. Let me climb back over to the .
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that the Lady Gamecocks struggle once
in the box, but they are showing some
improvement in that category.
"Finishing goals in not one our
strengths," Smith said. "It something
we have got to work on."
When all was said and done, the Lady
Gamecocks ended regulation in a
scoreless tie, and couldn't convert on the
11 shot opportunities in the half. Overall,
coach Kelly was impressed with the
play of her team in second half.
"I fhnncrht wp nlnvpH wpII fin fho fircf
half), but we played content," Kelly said.
"I told them we needed to win the game.
We came back and played an outstanding
second half."
Both teams played the first of two
15 minutes overtime period without scoring.
The Lady Gamecocks let one chance
slip by when Smith hit a header wide
off of a corner kick.
Carolina finally got on the board with
9:06 left in the game, with Tourtelotte
scoring an unassisted goal. Tourtelotte
took advantage of a bad play by a Lady
Cougar defender and put the goal in the
upper left corner of the net.
"The girl just missed the ball and I
was there to make the goal," Tourtelotte
said. "It was long overdue because we
were already into the second overtime."
The College of Charleston answered
with a goal by Natalie Huneau with 5:25
left in the game. Neither team could
muster another offensive threat before
time expired.
The Lady Gamecocks have four more
regular season games left on the schedule,
starting with 1 p. m. game Sunday
against Auburn at the Graveyard. Carolina
is still looking for its first SEC win.
"We are taking our baby steps," Kelly
said. "You can't expect to step into the
SEC and play well. Right now we just
want to finish the season strong."
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The Curse has risen its ugly head,
again.
For those of you who dont know what
I am talking about, you should get used
to hearing those most horrid of words.
That's right sports fans, I am talking
about the fabled Chicken Curse. The
Chicken Curse is part of the sports lore
that has been woven into the fabric of
Carolina history. It's Carolina version
of "why bad things happen to good people."
Example: The Gamecocks' storied
*84 football team was 9-0 and 2nd in the
nation, but lost to Navy, of all teams,
38-21. They managed to beat Clemson,
but fell to Oklahoma State in the Gator
Bowl.
Example: The 1994 Carolina soccer
squad became the first team in school
history to be ranked No. 1 in the nation
during the regular season. They never
won another game that season.
The Curse has been working overtime
this week. First, Gamecock QB
Steve Taneyhill plays out of his mind
against Mississippi State and gets National
Player of the Week honors. In
some strange turn of politics that is be
coming more evident in college football,
Taneyhill was overlooked for SEC Player
of the Week.
If that travesty wasn't enough for
Carolina, the defense was dealt a major
blow this week when senior linebacker
Hank Campbell went down with a career-ending
knee injury.
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yet.
Smelling like a rose. As much as I
hate to admit it, it looks like we could
have two undefeated teams in the Rose
Bowl: Southern Cal and Ohio State. The
Buckeyes have a fairly easy remaining
schedule, but close out the season against
Michigan. Southern Cal has the tough
game with Notre Dame, a team they
have not beaten in over 10 years, but
they should managed to go unscathed
into the Rose Bowl.
This could become the Bowl Alliance's
worst nightmare, and could end up something
similar to last year's Penn State
problem. The problem occurs if Florida
State and Nebraska end up playing each
other on New Year's Day. Both teams
should be undefeated at that time and
the National Champion politics will take
over. Playoff anyone?
Soccer's rising star. If you have been
keeping up with Gamecock soccer this
year one name should ring true, Clint
Mathis.
Mathis had scored a goal in every
match this season until last Saturday's
match against New Hampshire when
he was held scoreless. He came back
with a vengeance Sunday, "scoring three
goals in the Gamecocks' 4-3 victoiy over
St. Louis.
Mathis is the Gamecocks' most dom
uiant player, and he is only a sophomore.
I wish I was going to around to see him
finish his career. Oh well, if I don't get
my grades under control, I just might
be able to.
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