The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 25, 1996, Page 5, Image 5
Wednesday, September 25, 1996
Women's
BRYAN JOHNSTON Asst. Sports Editor
The women's soccer team cruised to
their third consecutive victory Monday
night over Radford, 6-1. Although the
end score looked as though the Lady
Gamecocks had it
easy, which they
did, theT
Highlanders (0-60)
came out gunning for the upset.
Just 25 seconds into the match,
Radford's Amanda Lebo rocketed a shot
* toward the goal, but Carolina keeper
Amanda Sandling made a nice save.
Then, at the fifty-second mark,
Radford's Megan Brooks scored on a
corner kick when Sandling misplayed
the ball.
"If we continue to start games like
that, we're going to crucify ourselves,"
head coach Sue Kelly said. "If s just not
good enough to let them score in the first
50 seconds, and thafs a lapse. If we do
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to improve during the off-season in more
ways than one. Sure head coach Mark
Berson signed his fair share of recruits,
but there were other improvements for
the program, too.
I Those other improvements included
' a total overhaul to the existing soccer
stadium, dubbed for many years as "The
Graveyard."
Well,'they buried that name this
year and the new 5,700-seat soccer
venue is now called Eugene E. Stone IE
Stadium at The Graveyard.
So who is this Eugene E. Stone III
guy you may be asking? Well, he is the
man who donated the $1 million that
I the athletic department used to build
the new soccer stadium.
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Spartanburg and was graduated from
the University of South Carolina in 1930.
As a student here he served as a student
professor in geology.
After his graduation, Stone moved
to the oil fields of Texas to work as a
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Then, in 1933, in the middle of the
Great Depression, Stone and his wife,
Linky, moved to Greenville, where they
purchased eight sewing machines and
hired five employees to start the Stone
Manufacturing Company.
A mere 12 years later the company
became incorporated and Stone was
named president and treasurer.
Today the company has grown to
| include locations all over the Carolina's
and Georgia and employs 2?50 workers.
Stone Manufacturing in 1992
purchased UMBRO Europe to become
one of the world's leading manufacturers
of soccer equipment and apparel.
In addition to being an accomplished
business man, Stone has devoted his
life to the community.
He has served in the Rotary Club,
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* Greenville and the Greenville Water
Commission.
Stone is an avid fan of South Carolina
athletics and has played a major role in
the development of collegiate sports
throughout the state.
His generous gifts have helped the
University of South Carolina soccer
program become one of the strongest in
the nation.
The newly-constructed stadium was
made possible by the $1 million gift given
by Stone.
J Stone Stadium's west side houses
permanent stands that will hold 4,000
fans, with stands to hold 1,700 fans
placed on the east side of the field to
bring the capacity to 5,700.
It is equipped with a 70* by 8' press
box with a camera deck on top, and one
of the finest electronic scoreboard/message
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After getting past the
shaky start, Carolina
controlled the game. USC
got on the board at the 23:19 f?
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on each side of the stadium.
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soccer match against the University of a
Massachusetts, Stone was honored with o
a plaque in a pre-game presentation by
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Sloan then scored another goal
at the 32:18 mark with an assist
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H the USC lead to 4-1.
South Carolina added one more
goal before the half when
iophomore Nikki Garzon stole the ball
m a Radford attempted clearing pass.
She scored the goal from 17 yards
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ower-left side of the net at 40:45 to send
Carolina into the locker room with a 5L
lead.
The Lady Gamecocks came out and
?ntrolled the ball for the majority of the
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At halftime, there was an introduction
f former Gamecock soccer players and
he 1996 women's soccer squad.
Those introductions were followed
ly comments made by women's soccer
lead coach Sue Kelly and 1996 United
Jtates Olympic Soccer Team Member
iob Smith, who was graduated from
JSC in 1994.
Stone's contribution helped improve
he facilities for both USC soccer programs
ind allows our soccer program to be one
f the finest in the country.
USC owes Eugene Stone a big thanks
or all that he has done in support of our
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Freshman forward Leslie Lamb made
the score 6-1 when she scored the first
goal pf her collegiate career.
Lamb drilled a shot off a Radford
defender's head and past Nicole Reed,
the Highlander keeper, to the lower-left
post to finish off the Carolina scoringfest.
"It was a good game. We started out
with a bit of a shock with that first goal.
We got the wake-up call and scored a lot
of goals in the beginning," Smith said.
With their third victory in a row,
coach Kelly said she feels that Carolina
is on the right track.
"I think we've finally got it going in
the sense of how to win games and
battling hard. I still think we have some
tremendously tough games ahead of us,"
she said.
Two of those tough games come this
weekend as the Lady Gamecocks jump
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South Carolina's football game
at Auburn, Saturday, Oct. 5,
has been selected for television,
and will be shown
regionally by CBS-TV as part
of the Southeastern
Conference television package.
Kickoff has been changed to
3:30 p.m. (Eastern time).
South Carolina plays host to
Mississippi State this
Saturday at williams-Brice
Stadium in a game that will be
televised by Jefferson-Piloi
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back into their SEC schedule,facing
Tennessee on Friday in Knoxville and
Georgia on Sunday in Athens.
"We need to be extremely intense
[this weekend]; battle as well as we did,"
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games this weekend and thats going to
make the difference to this ball club."
Smith feels the way this team is
playing, they are ready to make a name
for themselves in the SEC and challenge
for a tournament berth.
"We had two disappointing losses at
the beginning with Vanderbilt and
Kentucky, which we could have taken
and gotten wins," Smith said. "We've
got Tennessee and Georgia this weekend.
Hopefully we can go out there and get
the wins and build on that."
The win raises USC's record to 4-4
in just their second year of competition.
Also on the upcoming road trip, Carolina
will take on Charleston Southern on
Oct.3 and Wofford on Oct. 8, before.
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When the Pittsburgh Pirates end
their regular season this Sunday, they
will say goodbye to one of the few class
acts left in Major League Baseball.
For 11 years, Jim Leyland has roamed
the dugout of Three Rivers Stadium with
a cigarette in one hand and a playbook
for success in the other.
A master psychologist, he won despite
countless changes in personnel. No one
could do more with less than Jim Leyland
Under his leadership, the Pirates won
three division titles from 1990-92.
However, they could never win die World
Series, losing all three times, first to the
Cincinnati Reds, then two consecutive
heartbreaking losses to the Atlanta
Braves.
Since then, Leyland has witnessed
the decline of his team come about
through free agency and cost-cutting
trades. He saw the departure of AllStars
Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla and
4ohn-Smiley and, a?~of lateT Danny
Neagle, Dave Clark and All-Star Danny
Darwin.
Jim Leyland's career in Pittsburgh
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returning home on Oct. 11 to face the
nationally-ranked Florida Gators.
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Radford 10 = 1
South Carolina 5 1-6
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was another chapter in the history of
this storied franchise. A franchise which
has seen the likes-of Hall of Famers
Honus Wagner, Pie Traynor, Roberto
Clemente, and Willie Stargell.
This team has given the city of
Pittsburgh some of Major League
uaseDaii s greatest moments. Bill
Mazeroski's game-winning homer in the
seventh game of the 1960 World Series
is one that comes to mind.
But the question is, does the city of
Pittsburgh really even care about the
Bucs? So thus, it is this week's winner
of the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Big Fat
Idiot Award.
If the Pirates left Pittsbwgh tomorrow,
would this week's winner even notice?
The city of Pittsburgh has showman
apathy that dates back to the "We Are
Family" days of the late 1970s. Not even
during the Bugs' postseason runs of the
early part of this decade could they sell
out Three Rivers Stadium.
In an era in which owners in all sports
are threatening to move their teams
elsewhere, Pirate owners have virtually
broken their necks to keep the team in
Pittsburgh! Face it gentlemen, you cant
keep a team in a city that just doesn't
want them there! Roberto Clemente
must be turning in his grave right now.
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