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6 iil k t ' JflULk. vjM s~m m Jr1"SI UP Jlr^ Sophomore guard Heather God play, hitting 50 percent from b shown right, have looked Impn s. _ /-> 1 (jamecoei PATRICK POHERTY Senior Writer - The South Carolina men's soc -team is preparing for another run at ^NCAA Championship. That run be? Sunday. Last year, the Gamecocks wer< good shape to make it tar in the nati al championship tournament They st ed off the year respectable and v known. Then came N.C. State. The W pack beat South Carolina last yeai the first round of the NCAA playoffs, upset of major proportions. Now, 1 then, the Gamecocks are in a good Isition to go far in the NCAAs. The ference this year. USC brings to the f a team that was very underrated at ? beginning of the year but has come throughout the season to become on ? the nation's best, and most resped i teams. T h Gamecocks will face Coastal Carolir p.m. Sunday at the Graveyard in first round of the championships. T - ets are $5 for students and children ^ $8 for adults. This season was supposed to be ^ of rebuilding for the Gamecocks; but ofood tkov Vmuo iyvWpH til Mf> in (polls and grabbed a No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament. Unranked at the I The Lowest oifpx^ THRIF Furniture CiotJ Jr VB 33001V 7\ ? Village Wheels 13 Slices J out of 1 H? 2009 Fiv 25 4 X ~*M& iimrk <fc,^^ ?M , * j is fray has had the hot hand from behirw eyond the arc. Despite Thursday's los ?ssive. k soccer loc ginning of the year, the Gamecocks sta cer ed their regular schedule against tl the then-No. 2 team in the nation, the Clei fins son Tigers. Not only had USC not playi any real competition before then, it wi i in on the road at Rigg's Field. The Gam ion- cocks played their hearts out against tl art- Tigers, and scored a major upset with rell 3-2 victory. That winning effort seem< folf- to set the tone for the rest of the seaso r in The team fell to Wisconsin and Wal , an Forest in successive matches early ike the season; but since then they ha) po- found their stride, winning 13 out of the dif- last 14 matches, and posting a seast ield record of 15-3. the The key to the good play this seasi ; on has been the offense. The Gamecocl e of boast the nation's leading goal scorer ted, sophomore Uimt Mathis. Maims n, e amazing speed and is always a thre ta 1 to score when Carolina has possessi< the of the ball. Freshman Josh Wolff retur ick- from injury just in time to add his < and fensive explosiveness to the Carolii line-up for the NCAA's. Sophomor one Kristinn Larusson and David Tart a ; in- also threats to score, and look to see the lot of action in the tournament. The z the sist man for the Gamecocks is senior Si i be- mar Scheving. Scheving has nine assii Prices Everyday A VETERANS H CAROLINA T STORE -.v.-*: , a rung and Appliances... tit All Tastes! ro!Notch Road. r / iati > Idiot on ^ tttSt Happy Ho >U ^ T^ ? . Monday Friday mi 4-8 IB? $2.50 Pitd W $ .20 Wim 3? $ .25 Slici Devine St. e Points 2- 8646 The Gamecock KldUmM Frldt DWAYNE MCU Slovan Brat olina Coliseum' quered the Lad team 81-73. T ?*.& m* k van's record to i their exhibitioi Senior gua helped the Lad trol earlv as st a game-opening ] by as much as time behind 46 Coach Nanc with the team' did a great job she said Slovan oper nine unanswe tered with a 9-( ing the score 5 the game. With the L nine midway tl F jL Hp JH Johnson commi y J^H ;j^^H| W jfl ing her to the H vantage of her 2 Jj^^H 19-7, and takin qHp j^^HHr the Ht Jonisova leadin, ^H^JHHjj^^^J reboun Hk ?-^ g cova paced the babebt unaTAU Tk? qt?^ Kon/lincr Ol nvDtni nnfcivn 1110 uamuuu^iN uuu uuuuuig u 1 the 3-point arc during preseason For the Lad s, Godfrey and Shannon Johnson, who scored 37 tion opener ag ?ks to start chamj rt- for the year and has kept matches unle der control in the midfield. n- Not to be understated is the impor- JjnM 3d tance of the Carolina defense. Even with as captain and defender Billy Clifford out ^ ^ e- most of the season with injury, the de- fa ye fense was able to come together and a make the difference for the Gamecocks ~i*>W 3d in many close games. n. With Clifford back in the lineup for | te the playoffs, look for the Carolina "D" to in be outstanding. In goal, the Gamecocks le have one of the best keepers in the na- UQC# ar tion, John Mills. As of Nov. 7, Mills had >n an incredible 0.58 goals against average, among the best averages in the counts The Gamecocks have been picked by ~ in the NCAA to make it to the Soccer Fi- .r."V , - ** as nal Four by being selected as a No. 1 at seed. The Gamecocks have never won a m national championship in soccer, even as though they've played in two final fours , )f- and a one championship game, la USC looks like they have the potenes tial to change history on Dec. 10. The ftp' ',* 4^ ^ re South region and possibly the whole en! a chilada is Carolina's for taking; it's now is- just a matter of controlling their own sigmar Sche ig- destiny. NCAA Soccei >ts 1 rtr -r : H ^ XvK&G JeWekfcJ" > *At\dAptyj8i<&[ & ^ooksbre. Wxft ^ M -S,. ilerce Jospi^i * /&-' ^-s 78 E>y eArfh, winci^ i _ a ^ t f* 2.508 3>e^7l?&33 ^ E| Crystals ~ Xioceose ~>fa3 jftai If you haven't noticed yet, Classifieds Woi [hci<rel* KiV W^kI Ta jh \v ^ h^iv^y *' ? . b|b i _ ^-1 BfllsiL J xSl si fj ty, November 17,1995 ly Gamecocks in exhibition EMORE Staff Writer finished with 25 on the evening. Forislava invaded the Car- ward Lisa Williams shot 5-8, including Fhursday night and con- two three-pointers, scoring 12 points. y Gamecock basketball "Lisa Williams has the ability to step he victory pushed Slo- up and score," Wilson said. "She's got 6-0, while USC finished that ^ 0f confidence." l schedule at 1-1. Despite the loss, Wilson continues ird Shannon Johnson , . . . . . , y Gamecocks take con- t0 havc a Posltlve outlook on the u>>" ie scored 10 points in a coming season. irk c\ m i *11 I*m nnm rxlotr of flio nooo An Knfk lz-z run. oiovan trailea ^ um p??j at uxx^ ^avc vxx uvwi 17, and went into half- ends of the floor that we did in the first '-33. half moving offensively, I think we're y Wilson was impressed going to challenge in just about every s transition game-"We we out wilson ^ with it m the first half, , . , c We re gomg to have to convert for led the second half with ^ minutes. red points. USC coun- The Lady Gamecocks open the reg) run of their own, mak- ular season Nov. 24-25 in the Wake 5-42 with 14:38 left in Forest Tournament, facing the host Lady Demon Deacons. ndy Gamecocks up by tirough the second half, Vo|,eyba? tted her fourth foul, fore- y bench. Slovan took adibsence, outscoring USC Carolina sophomore Heather g the lead for good with Larkin, a native of Lake Elmo, Minn., game. was named Southeastern Conference players finished in dou- first team Thursday by the SEC volth 6-foot-4 center Luba leyball coaches. T.firkin is only the secg the way with 19 points Qn(j voueyball player from Carolina to s. uar ona u e- ^ name(j grg{. team since Carteam, scoring 10 points . . at 8 assists. ohna J0med the SEC m 199L ly Gamecocks, Johnson, Senior Kori Ermigarat and freshpoints in USC's exhibi- man Ashley Edlund were named to the ainst Team Champion, second team. Dionship tradition ujtf jM fljjjjl Mf ?m Mflrir UK ^Bj ving and the South Carolina soccer team received one r Championship. 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