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Hot bats b BRYAN JOHNSTON Staff Writer Wednesday was a good day for Gamecock athletics. The basketball team advanced to the second round of the NTT, JtU U ,_1 11 4. ? ^ OI1U ll 1C UCU5CUCU1 team oumiuijr ucicaicu in-state rival, the Citadel. Behind the timely hitting of Craig Dour and the strong pitching of five USC pitchers, South Carolina defeated the Citadel 13-5 at Sarge Frye Field. "I feel very good (about tonight's performance)," Head Coach June Raines said. "We made some great defensive plays. The guys played hard with intensity; we ran the bases well, and we swung the bats." And swing the bats they did. Eight different Gamecock hitters combined for 13 hits. Dour led the team with a three for four night and two RBI. Etienne Hightower, Eric Stanton and Brandon Walters also contributed two hits each. The pitching was also impressive. use BRIEFS Staff Rei HUCXANDFEU) Dawn EDerbe, a junior on the USC track team, won the 20 lb. weight on March 2 at the U.S. Track and Field Indoor National Championships in Atlanta, Ga. with a throw of 68-11 to set the unofficial world record. Teammate sophomore Lisa Msipeka was the runnerup. On March 8, Ellerbe became the firsts ever female NCAA champion for USC with a throw of 67-10 1/4 in the 20 lb. weight atthe NCAAIndoor Championships. Msipeka finished second to Elleibe once again. Brad Snyder placed eighth in the shot put to receive AilAmerican honors. On March 9, Gamecocks Kevin Mannon, John Stoikos, Marcus Robinson L \ r telp Gamecocl T66i very epoci [woui loviiyii s penornienceje w defensive plays. The |uyi played hard with bitansl and we anw| Mw bate.w Oliver Harwas (W 3-0) pitched three Walters an innings, giving up only one run. David by a Mape Brooks, Chad Hoehour and Patrick Sexton South ( combined for 5 2/3 innings of shutout fifth inning ball. the game v For a change, USC jumped out to a to the plat< big lead and didn't have to play catch- of only fou up. Hightower started off the first inning Streic' with an infield hit. After stealing both advanced 1 second and third bases, he scored on a to left fiel wild pitch. Left fielder Mark Mapes Williams ai walked, and catcher Rob Streicher to score Sta connected on his seventh consecutive three more hit. Mapes scored on another wild pitch, With men and Streicher was driven in by a Stanton one out, H bloop to right field. with his fii The Gamecocks pushed two more sacrifice fl runs aat?s in the second inning, brandon the sconnj ports and Misipeka all earned All-American that the L honors during the second day of the the semifi NCAA Indoor Championships. Mannon ever NSC. placed sixth in the 35 lb. weight, and (Mar. 1-3) Stoikos placed eighth. Robinson, a wide On Ma receiver on the Gamecock football team, 21 Oklahoi placed ninth in the 200 meters. Misipeka followed placed eighth in the shot put. Michigan On March SOFTBALL Atlantic,! No. 18 Illi The USC softball team (18-2) teaminth maintained their No. 8 ranking in the received a third weekly USA Today/NSCA Division single-elir I Softball Top 25. In qua The Lady Gamecocks had an Carolinab impressive showing, posting a 6-1 record falling to and advancing to the semifinals of the Both seni< South Florida Classic in Tampa, Fla. and junioi This is the second consecutive tournament Johnson 4n Ei Caro Women Don't rr WIS-TV with this A recepti M; The Office of Wome Department ks doM to made some ty; we ran the bat? wd June Raines, head co* id Mike Curry were driver 8 double to right field. Carolina led 6-1 going into It was this inning that b ride open. USC sent 10 batl } and produced seven runs rhits. her was hit by a pitch ? to second on a Stanton sir d. Designated hitter Di id Kyan Szwgbka both wal richer. Hie Gamecocks see runs before the big blow ca on first and second and ightower drove in both r st triple of the season. Cur y scored Hightower to fir Iady Gamecocks have reac; nals, as they did in the fi A Leadoff in Columbus, < irch 8, Carolina defeated na State, 1-0, in eight innii by victories over Cent (1-0) and Notre Dame (5 9, Carolina defeated Floi L0-0, in five innings and t nois-Chicago, 4-0. As the eir pool, the Lady Gameco bye in the first round of lination championship, irterfinal action on Sund eat No. 17 Indiana, 5-2, bel Iowa, 1-0, in the semifin; >r second baseman April F All-American pitcher Trii were named to the A ^er lyr 's Hist liss the 's Carolyn dynamic on will fo arch 18, Russc Bal \ n's Student Si of Student Li m Bulldogs p The Citadel scored four runs in the II seventh inning, but their only chance for a bright spot was eliminated in the ? eighth inning. Center fielder Garrick Haltiwanger, an Irmo native, came into x in the game with a 28-game hitting streak over two seasons. Haltiwanger went zero the for five to end the streak, which was the |ew the longest current streak in the nation. "I was verv pleased with the way that Aao * i 0fp we pitched (to Haltiwanger). One swing of the bat from him, and it could've been in d a different ballgame," Raines said. (g]e The win improved the Gamecocks' ike record to 10-8. USC travels to Oxford, ked Miss., this weekend for a three-game irecj series against the Ole Miss Rebels. me "I think we're getting better," Raines I no said "We need to get healthy. We haven't ung been playing good defense or had good ry-g pitching, which we did tonight, so maybe dgh this is a good sign of things to come." hed Tournament team. Farr, who started all ret" seven games in the tournament, batted ^a> .348, leading the team with eight hits j^0 and seven RBI. Johnson posted a 2-0 1gS> record with one save in three appearances, ral striking out 24 in 17.1 innings. -2). The Lady Gamecocks are led at the plate by junior All-American Tina Plew. 1 /X s~\ -a/% 4Xa X ( ury iviunin ?: opportunity to he [ Sawyer. Come spe television personali How the event. , 1996 at 7pm 11 House lroom ervices/Women's Students' ife/Division of Student Aff 'Belt Plew leads the team in batting average top cks (.403), doubles (6), triples (2), home runs the (4) and RBI (20). On the mound, the junior All-American posts a 8-1 record [ay> with a 0.36 ERA and 91 strikeouts in ^ 58.0 innings of work. <nw Carolina travels to Greenville, S.C. arr tity today to battle the Lady Paladins of l!1- Furman in a doubleheader at 2 p.m. I^Bl ling \ 1 Saw iPORTS BRIEFS As, BASKETBALL NEW YORK - The NBA took legal action against several agents and attorneys for the players' union, accusing them of trying to interfere with the new collective bargaining agreement. The league filed an unfair labor practice charge against the union with the New York regional office of the National Labor Relations Board ana a teaerai lawsuit against tne union and the agents in U.S. District Court in New Jersey. Among the agents cited were Frank Catapano, David Falk, Marc Fleisher and Ron Grinker. JACKSON, Miss. - M.K. Turk resigned as Southern Mississippi coach after going 12-15 in his 20th i. il U??l CO 996 ;ar . ak tv. 'J Association airs seasun ai me ocnuui. iiun, wy nuu had two years left on his contract, has a career record of 300-266. PRINCETON, N J. - Bill Carmody, a longtime assistant basketball coach at Princeton, will succeed retiring Pete Carril as coach of the Tigers. Carril said Saturday that he would step down after the NCAA tournament. FOOTBALL SAN JOSE, Calif. ? Ronnie Lott, one of the best defensive backs in the history of the NFL, announced his retirement after 15 seasons. Lott, 36, won four Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers and was voted to the Pro Bowl a recordtying 10 times. He also played for the Los Angeles Raiders, New York Jets and Kansas City. He was on the Chiefs' injured reserve list last season after breaking his left leg in an exhibition game. NORMAN, Okla. - Billy Sims, the 1978 Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma who starred for the Detroit Lions, was reported missing by his wife. Edna Sims told police in Norman he has been missing since Feb. 13. She told police her husband had gone to visit his children in Hooks, Texas, Oklahoma City station KWTV reported. mi_ _ _i_n J > i.1 r ine cimureii a luumci , lui iuei wife Brenda Sims, told The Associated Vith yer sociated Press Press she thought she last saw him during the last weekend in February. KOCO-TV cited a source as saying Sims, 40, was in Detroit working for a real estate company. TENNIS INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Spain's Carlos Costa upset Boris Becker 63, 7-5 in the second round of the Newsweek Champions Cup. firman rnmnatrint Steffi Graf had no such problem in earning a semifinal berth in the Evert Cup, beating Amanda Coetzer of South Africa 6-4,6-1. In a third-round match, Chanda Rubin beat Jennifer Capriati 6-3,6-3. LONDON ? Mats Wilander and Karel Novacek asked a court to stop the International Tennis Federation from continuing an investigation into alleged cocaine use by the two. The players want the ITF's proceedings against them to be postponed until a court can rule on the validity of the testing procedures. They allegedly tested positive for cocaine during last year's French Open. BASEBALL WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Montreal Expos agreed to a five-year deal with outfielder Rondell White for $10.3 million. PEORIA, Ariz. ? Lou Piniella, last season's AL Manager of the Year, agreed to a four-year contract ?*- :? ?:il o Tkx extension wiui uie oeaiuc ivimuxcia. Financial terms were not disclosed. FORT MYERS, Fla. ? The Boston Red Sax waived second baseman Luis Alicea, saving more than $1 million. Another team could claim Alicea in the next three days, but would have to pay his entire $1.5 million salary. WRESTUNG PHILADELPHIA ? John E. du Pont will not face the death penalty when the multimillionaire goes on trial in the slaying of an Olympic wrestler, Delaware County District Attorney Patrick Meehan said. Du Pont, 57, is chaiged with shooting Dave Schultz to death on Jan. 26. ' JA