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e Gamecocks overci v.' 'v i t . & ^wb^s ,--.. * | K -^^PwlKfl^K' ~ ^^V^Hpi ^BPf* } TYSO If ^ KrisUnn Larusson heads tha ball In the Qamacocks' 3-0 victory ov _ tha first round of tha NCAA Tournament. Larusson suffarad a broker tha match that also saw Carolina's loading scorer, Clint Math Is, leav 9J si . jr ' i "**'* ...f % lo as Sophomore Clint Mathis was ur?j|$ . j tha first round of tha NCAA ^ Carolina. Mathis, tha loading goal scorer la the nation, Is ^ round of the Tournamant at Photos by Tyson rsnigrew Tiger win typifies Game< ^ ing up 323 yards on the ground. Even OUT OF BOUNDS quarterback Nealon Greene had his way ?T ,rmu^c with the USC defense. Completing nine Lany WiUutms of ^ ^ 171 yards ^ ^ good, especially with Clemson's run The color orange has never been so run - run- screen pass offensive attack, cruel to the South Carolina Gamecocks. The Gamecocks played well for about In Knoxville against the burnt or- two-and-a-half quarters, but then fell ange Tennessee Volunteers, USC was apart at the seams in every way imag"pummeled, 56-21. At home against the inable. Leading 17-10 in the third, Carorange and blue Florida Gators, the olina, as a result of poor tackling, alGamecocks were crushed 63-7 in front lowed Antuan Wyatt to scamper for a of the country on ESPN. And in their 56 yard touchdown reception ? on thirdmost painful defeat of all, Saturday, the and-2. Then, after a Carolina punt on Gamecocks were drubbed 38-17 by their the ensuing possession, the Tigers, in most bitter of rivals, the CI em son Tigers the definitive turning point of the game, ? the orange Clemson Tigers. marched 80 yards in 10 plays for the goFor those of you out there keeping ahead score. And every one of those plays stats, thafs a combined 156-45 against were runs. If this didn't send a message the teams in orange. And for those of to the Gamecocks, nothing did. you out there who need a clue, thafs not The game had some striking simigood. laritiee to last year's Orange Bowl when Saturdays game was a surprise for the flashy Miami Hurricanes played the many people, but I really can't under- smashmouth Nebraska Cornhuskers. stand why. Over the years, Clemson The Canes bolted to a lead at halftime, holds a 5o-34-4 record against the Game- and the Huskers appeared beaten. Tococks. Most of those 55 wins for Clem- ward the end of the third quarter, howson came when they had the better team, ever, the tide began to turn. Nebraska's Most of those 34 wins for Carolina came mammoth offensive line began to take when they had the better team. Satur- control and dominate the weaker Hurday, Clemson had the better team. The ricanes. Running the ball at will, the Tigers might not have had the more tal- stronger Huskers ran over Miami and ented squad across the board, but they gave Tom Osborne his first nahad the better players in key positions tional championship to better exploit Carolina's weaknesses. The underlying theme here is that, Clemson's offense looked like a well- nine times out often, the more poweroiled machine. With Raymond Priester, ful and better defensive team will win Emory Smith, Lemont Pegues and An- the game Brad ^ have gotten thony Downs runnrng the ball whenev- the ^ of Tommy West lagt year ^ er and wherever they wanted to, the bjs ^ck plays, but this time the chiGamecocks were rendered helpless, giv- was no match for power SPORTS ime injuries, defer PATRICK POHEHTY Senior Writer Freshman J< The USC men's soccer team ^?ufhlth? advanced to the second round of ?ehed baU off the NCAA Championships on Sun- j^as waitr|1^0^o Coital Carolina in overtime. fnd The story of the game was the physical nature of play. A total of 50 fouls were issued, and more ,. ,e.wt cards than anyone could keep track f " of Unfortunatel for tho Odm?~ dofonQGr towsrcl It cocks, one of their best players was ^ ^On^^game tSayoffif f?r 'he remainder ?f er, sophomore CUnt^athis, was ^fsb^to ule totote ^StWs^ZS so"v dWo'ff |RHf amenijonraepiayanawmmiw the goal in an atte WffiF ,iv'i ll the rest of the playoffs. A foul was ^ad. IB .A v4 fl| called by referee Paul Wright, not Wolff started gfBi I\vMB the red card that FIFA would man- as he had ended t pS|*|* date in international play after a through the Coas similar play. tng in for the iqjur V star forward Kristinn Larus- was the victim of ^ pP son sustained a devastating face similar to the on Hi injury at the 69:15 mark in front Mathis throughor of the goal. In a bloody play, Larus- continuously beinj J ? son, after being headed by on op- behind as he appr 1 I posing player, sustained a broken At the 57:12 mark fll * Ml "* cheekbone, nose and upper jaw. defender Barry F E? Kl He was rushed to the hospital from Coastal was then IHF " Wm the field, and received emergency man down the ra reconstructive surgery Sunday af- Late in the m III j| * ternoon and is listed as question- awarded two pei 7*^ able for Sunday's game against Wolff-trippings, v , "ft Duke- were missed by C As for the scoring, Coastal got ers. Freshman To off to a quick start, scoring off a the first shot hij -s, , M | free kick at the 6:28 mark. Senior mark. Sophomo - ?"---I Neil Payne scored for the Chanti- missed the secor n pcttmrew The Gamecock deers, unassisted. The Gamecocks, well, this one at t r Coastal Carolina In even without their star forward, Both misses were i Jaw and noso later In fought back to even the match at Gamecocks, bec? e with a knee Injury. the 18:54 mark. was still tied at o I S fIBfB hi ijhk , W'' , ^ ^ i t jLmjf-., , ^^HHkI BBI^^^BKi^ ; J^HH I 'i^liflM m flMI ?* e^&SL -? fBm ^^nninMMH Hik; x Mill :ocks' season |jSjJ??S3^ And so another disappointing chapter is closed in the never-ending, mys- 3 ?0 I *2k?~ terious story of South Carolina football. pfflryP^# After this year's chagrin, Carolina fans 11 Jnb^r 7 ?jjm ' have a familiar outlook on the fortunes of their program, and itfs "Wait till next ^ Maybe Carolina fans learned a les- mi JmUS *? 0> son this year. Predicting nine and 10 ^gPfffjEtty wins before the season, surely they've " jRf^PM I come back to reality after only four vie- \ ^J tories in the win column. Well, maybe not. Gamecocks be better? Til offer a modest W mmm answer when I say maybe. Losing a bundle of players, the Gamecocks will have to rely on some new, young talent to be * ^^T?competitive. Losing Stanley Pritchett to on a JUCO transfer for a fullback. The offensive line will take some blows with Delvin Herring, Luther Dixon and James Dexter graduating. The receiving corps will have to make do without the services of Monty Means and Darrell Nick- ; low, who were a big part of the Caroli, or *. na offense. , , g V A * v <r . I v On the defensive line. Mike Wash ington and Eric Sullivan will be gone. Aubrey Brooks and Ronnie Smith will A? was ths cass all ssason be gone. The good news for Carolina is tor big yardage. With the 38 that their secondary returns almost 100 percent intact, with Ron Nealy being the some irreplacible memories. Taney] only senior. endured some tough times that not mi i Which brings us to Steve Taneyhill, people could cope with. After two hi who played his last game in a Carolina coaches and three quarterback coacl i uniform Saturday. I don't think that Taneyhill still emerged as one of the t i we've ever been able to witness some- players in the nation, and thaf s an i one mature from a boy to a man in front tremely strong compliment to Steve of our very eyes as we did with Taney- the person. I still believe that if Tar hill. He provided Gamecock fans with "*r* ~ o few seconds, the ball found its way have to be overwhelmed," sophothe second half to junior Jeff Wilson, who sent a more David Tart said. "Last year he first, knifing scorcher into the right side of the was an extremely big disappointtal defense, fill- net from a moderate distance, ment." ed Mathis. Wolff Carolina played defensively The Gamecocks find themselves several attacks, with the lead for the rest of over- in collegiate soccer's Sweet 16 with e that took out time. Josh Wolff tacked on a ex- a game against Duke University it the afternoon, tra goal to make it3-l with 4:14 np*t Sundav at The Gravevard g cut down from meaning in overtme. Wolff again KwJfad? oached the goal, beat every defender around him it looks like a challenge for the , it cost Coastal's and shot the ball past the last re- Gamecocks, but its something that te?d,Cari Coastal plajer in his path thi9 team is used to by now. forced to play a to p* USC up for good Clifford and Wolff both susjt of the match. ntou have to give South Car- , . , . . . , . ,, atch, USC was olina credit," Coital coach Paul ? ifr)u ?<^ISthe aalty kicks for Banta said They're . good team d the team was but both shots with 11 players, and they played 3 to put together a 15-3 Carolina's strik- fast." record, my Soto missed Coastal's star senior, Neil Now, ifs up to Carolina to see jh at the 81:50 Payne, blamed USCs speed on the if they can adjust to the injuries ra rinvirl Tart rlamisp nf t.be Chantiiin t.hft first of Mathis and Larusson and ral id shot high as round. "What killed is was the ty around their mantra of persehe 87:21 mark. pace, they were a bit qiicker than verance to win four more games s critical for the us," he said. for the championship. The match tuse the match USCs head coach Mark Berson against Duke next Sunday will tie and heading stressed the ability of his players start at 1 p.m. Ki ^ JvBi ^ I^^BHIHHBHB jww^W 9^ * ..-V ** . ^-^dm - '- ?> ~ w - < 1 ^ J V ?** ' I ,8 *, * !.'* M?& - * y ^ ' - *'*'' ' v*?S>\ **""* - /-> - ' * ^ , ,* - ' * / t. : 1 ?*V ? ? - \ v ?H - uq . - 1 v. " :. , . - ; . ? -.-- ?? DANIEL CIVELLO The Gamecock , tailbacks Ilka damson's Lamont Paguas victimized tha Qamacock dafansa -17 loss to tha Hgsrs, Carolina flnlshas tha saason at 4-6-1. hill hill would have been in Scotf s scheme reer mediocrity on their minds. Going any for his entire career, he would be at the throughout the Sparky Woods controjad top of the Heisman ballot at this stage versy made them better men in the end. ies, in his career. Gamecock fans must also remember that >est Every senior on this year's football these players gave Gamecock fans someex team deserves to be commended for their thing they didn't have before ? a bowl i? efforts. When they first signed with Can victory. So, to the Class of'96, best of ley- olina, I'm sure that they didn't have ca- luck, and stay away from that orange. ?? ?? Tuesday, November 21, 1995 it Coastal 3-1 in OT osh Wolff cut toward a 30-minute overtime see- to overcome adversity and perseing defense and sion. vere. "This team's responded to David Tart, who The 90-minute regulation end- adversity all year, and they conle right side of ed with a 1-1 tie, and the first over- tinued that today," he said, ped the ball, set time period began after a five "I can't say enough about the ast Coastal goal- minute break. Coastal, still play- psychological fighting power of son into the left ing with a man down, made only this group." - ?4-r\ kotrA hiiA onkofiliifinTifl fka mofr?V? n . . i 3 - wcrncu iu nave mu ouuuuiuuuii. un, vn^v cerson was aiso impressed ai world to set for USC looked focused and came out his team's ability to fight back aflad drawn every jmthagoodbit .finten^tyatthe ter several misL opportunities im,leavingTart beginning of the first 15-minute iatein the second half. "Next time, score overtime session they're going in," he said "(After was tied at one, One minute and 45 seconds in- ? -physical quick- to the OT sessioa, senior defend- Je missee) they still didnt let anyi shoving matdi- er Billy Clifford took the ball up thing break their spirit. ik out between the right side of the field, streak- The wrn was an improvement rily then did the ing past Coastal defenders and over last years early exit for the the cards. Lau- pushing the ball to the 35-yard Gamecocks against N.C. State, both started to line. Clifford centered the ball in and the players from last year's ,ch on the offen- front of the net alter the remain- squad were elated to advance to ; breaks toward ing players made it down the field, the second round. mnt tn nut TTSf! After heinp batted around for a "After a game like this, you