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BRYAN JOHNSTON Staff Writer
No matter what happened at the
softball game Tuesday, Carolina was
guaranteed a win. It was just a matter
of which Carolina team was going to
be the victor.
Tuesday was a day when the two
Carolinas clashed at Lady Gamecock
Field, and it was South Carolina who
came away with the sweep.
Behind the superb pitching of Trinity
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hitting of Beth Collett, the Lady
Gamecocks swept North Carolina 2-1
and 13-0 (five innings).
"The team did really well today,"
said first base player Beth Collett "We
came out a little slow in the first game,
and we weren't getting our bats going,
but in the second game we came out
hard. Everyone was hitting and everyone
played really well."
The first game belonged to Johnson.
The junior Ail-American thoroughly
dominated the Lady Tar Heel batters
as she took a perfect game into the
seventh and final inning. It was not
until UNC shortstop Robyn Coombs
tripled to lead off" the seventh to break
up the no-hitter. Despite losing the
bid, Johnson still picked up the win
(17-5) while striking out 14 batters.
The first four innings were fairly
uneventful as both Johnson and UNC
pitcher Megan Shelton shut down the
offenses. But in the fifth inning, USC
finally put some runs on the board.
April Farr led off the inning with a
single to right-center field. Chanda
Lee then grounded the ball to second,
but Farr was able to beat it out, and
both runners were called safe. Center
fielder Kim Pietro then stepped up to
the plate to try to drive them in.
In the third inning, she struck out
with runners on second and third to
end the inning, but this time she came
through in the clutch. She launched
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off the right field fence for a double that
allowed Farr and Lee to score.
Leading 2-0 going into the seventh,
Johnson looked to finish off the perfect
game. Instead, Coombs tripled to lead
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off the inning. She scored when
shortstop Diane Heathcock misplayed
a ball hit by Christtfie Kubin to make
it 2-1. But Johnson kept her composure
and struck out Jeanine Gunther to end
the game. With the 14 strikeouts,
Johnson now has an amazing 222
strikeouts in 143 innings pitched.
"In the first game, we didn't have
to play a whole lot of defense. We had
some chances with the sticks, and we
probably didn't come out as quickly as
we needed to. Sometimes we tend to
do that if T J. is pitching, and we become
a little complacent," said head coach
Joyce Compton.
The second game was a totally
different story. Even though it was
dominated by the USC pitcher, the
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bunches.
With Brown on the mound, the Lady
Gamecocks didn't have to worry about
scoring too many runs. But they did
anyway.
In the first inning, USC jumped all
over the UNC pitching. Lee started
things off with an infield single. She
advanced to second on Kendra
McCutcheon's single and to third when
Tina Hew reached on an error by UNC
shortstop Coombs. Lee scored when
Pietro singled to left field, and
McCutcheon scored on a fielding error
by the catcher on a play at the plate.
Carrie Lyons reached on an error by
first baseman Lorin Slade, allowing
Hew to score. Retro scored on Colletfs
single to left, and Lyons crossed home
plate after Kelly Dammer's single.
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But the Lady Gamecocks weren't
finished. In the second inning, they
sent 11 batters to the plate and scored
six runs to make it 11-0 after two
innings.
Lee and McCutcheon reached on
errors while Plew and Lyons reached
on fielder's choices. Collett did some
more damage at the plate when she
collected her fourth hit in six at-bats
on the day with a two-RBI double to
right-center. Fair's single to left field
drove in Lyons. The second time Lee
came up in the inning, she beat out an
infield ball to drive in Collett to finish
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along on the mound. Through two
innings, she had a no-hitter of her own
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In the fourth inning, USC added
two more runs when Jamie Williams
and Lee scored after singling to make
the score 13-0 going into the fifth.
The way Brown was pitching, most
were counting on the game ending after
five innings because of the "mercy rule."
The only question left was if Brown
could finish off her no-hitter. But that
question was answered when Jennifer
Klesaris doubled down the left field
line. Brown then got the next two
hitters to ground out as she picked up
her 14th win ot the season against one
loss.
"In the second game, we came out
in the first inning and pretty much put
them down, and that's going to take
any team out of the game," said
Compton.
Although the game was the main
attraction of the day, another event
was celebrated. Tuesday's games
marked the last home dates of the
season. And with every ending of a
season, there are usually seniors
graduating. This year the seniors,
Collett, Farr, Jen Davis and Kim
Sheridan, were honored in a pregame
ceremony.
"(The seniors) have been here for
four years, and they know what it takes
as far as the work ethic and the pride
that is needed to play the top
competition," Compton said. "They've
been excellent leaders, and thev are
four kids whoU definitely be missed."
"If s been four good, long years. Ifs
a great program, and IVe enjoyed every
inning of every game that I ever played
here," Collett said.
With exactly one month until the
NCAA regionals begin, the Lady
Gamecocks stand at 34-8. This weekend
they will travel to Chattanooga, Term.,
to participate in the Frost Cutlery
Invitational. After that, they will take
a week off before closing out the regular
season in a three-game series at Florida
State on May 5 (a double-header) and
6. With a strong finish, USC will likely
host a regional bracket for the third
consecutive year.
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Sports Briefs
Associated Press
BASKETBALL
INDIANAPOLIS ? Reggie
Miller, progressing well a day
after reconstructive surgery on
his right eye socket, was released
from St. Vincent Hospital.
The Indiana Pacers will be
without Miller at least three
weeks, well into the start of the
NBA playofls. It could be longer
if his double vision has not
cleared completely.
Miller was injured in a
collision with Detroit's Otis
Thorpe and Allan Houston on
Saturday night. Miller, averaging
21.1 points a game, also sustained
a mild concussion and neck
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BASEBALL
NEW YORK ?
Pitcher Hideo Nomo of the Los
Angeles Dodgers and outfielder
Brady Anderson of the Baltimore
Orioles were honored as NL and
AL players of the week.
Nomo pitched two threehitters
last week, allowing one
earned run and striking out 23
batters. Anderson batted .500
(9-for-18) and scored six runs
with three homers, two doubles
and a slugging percentage of
1.111.
COLLEGE
CORAL GABLES, Fla. ?
University of Miami football
player Marlin Barnes and a
woman were beaten to death
with a blunt instrument, police
investigating the pair's slayings
said.
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dead in his campus apartment
Saturday. Timwanika Lumpkins,
also 22, died on the way to a
hospital. Both were bashed
severely about the head and
upper torso. No murder weapon
was found.
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