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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
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(polls and grabbed a No. 1 seed in
NCAA tournament. Unranked at the
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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
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der control in the midfield.
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as captain and defender Billy Clifford out ^ ^
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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^ ^
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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.
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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.
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