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JOSH PENRQP Staff Writer
Prior to Saturday's postgame press
conference, reporters and cameramen
alike all speculated as to the degree of
anger that USCs head coach Brad Scott
would reach.
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to start firing shots at him, while everyone
else braced themselves for the sharp,
biting comments of a coach whose team
squandered some lata game opportunities
and lost a close Homecoming game, 1410.
It was going to be a room in which
women and children would not want to
be in.
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Bulldog victory Saturday. The Gai
Men's Tennis
USC sophomore Keith Brill won
three matches Sept. 25 to qualify for
the main draw of the ITA National
Collegiate Clay Court Championships
in Baltimore, MD.
Brill, a Columbia, SC, native, defeated
Alberto Brause of Duke 6-1,1-6,6-4 in
his first match of the day. Then, he
defeated Jack Brasington of Texas 6-1,
6-2. Needing to win his final match to
qualify for the main draw, Brill responded
with a straight set victory over Fazel
Syed from Temple University 6-1,6-4.
After losing an opening round match
to top seed and the NCAA's number one
ranked singles player Cedric Kauffman
(Kentucky) 6-4, 6-4, he defeated Nick
Chisholm (South Alabama) 6-2,6-4 and
Richard Wemerhilem (VCU) 5-7,6-4,
6-2 in the quarterfinals.
Brill was then eliminated when he
lost to Dmitry Muzyka (Duke) 6-7,6-4,
6-3 in the semifinals.
Soccer Honors
University of South Carolina snorer
players, junior All-American midfielder
Clint Mathis and freshman forward
Jennie Ondo were each named to the
Soccer America Team of the Week,
respectively, for the week ending
September 22.
Mathis, the nation's leading goal
scorer a year ago, broke out with his
first four goals of the season, netting
two goals against Charleston Southern
and two goals against No. 20 UMass.
Mathis is currently fifth on the alltime
Carolina point list with 83 points
and his 38 goals paces him third on the
Carolina all-time list behind former AilAmericans
Doug Allison and Chris
Faklaris.
Ondo, scored a goal and an assist in
the program's biggest win to date, a 32
victory over then-No. 9 Clemson.
Ondo leads the team in scoring with
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As coach Scott entered the room, such
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have appeared as an instant version of
the quiet game.
He paused for a moment to collect
his thoughts, possibly to ready himself
for a thrashing of his team and any
interrogator that dare challenge him.
As he looked up from the podium
marked South Carolina, these are the
grueling words that rolled out his mouth:
"Well, that was a hard fought football
game. I guess thafs SEC football, maybe
at its best, where you go out and compete
for 60 minutes, and the game comes
down to execution of a few plays at the
end of a ball game. You win some of
those kind and you lose some of those
kind."
What eveiyone had expected to hear
did not come out. That is because Scott
understands the game in a way many
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18 points on 8 goals and 2 assists and
has scored at least one goal in six of the
Gamecocks' eight games. She is currently
tied for fourth in scoring and tied for
third in goals scored in the Southeast
Region.
Men's Soccer
The men's soccer team battled Santa
Clara to a 2-2 tie Friday night in the
Nike Coca-Cola Classic in California.
Clint Mathis and Josh Wolff scored goals
for the Gamecocks.
On Sunday, the Gamecocks lost to
San Francisco, 2-1. J.C. Nicholson scored
the lone goal for USC. The loss drops
the team to 24-1.
Women's Soccer
The Lady Gamecocks lost to
Tennessee Friday night, 3-2. Ondo and
Mindy Sanders had goals in the defeat.
USC outshot Tennessee 12-7.
On Sunday, USC dropped their
second game of the weekend when they
lost to Georgia 2-1 in overtime. Gina
Iacovella scored the only goal for USC
in the 113th minute during overtime.
After winning three in a row, USC
is now 4-6 overall, 0-4 in the SEC.
Volleyball
The Lady Gamecock volleyball team
defeated Mississippi State Friday night
in Starkville,15-3,15-9,13-15,15-11.
Heather Larkin had a career-high
22 kills and Ashley Edlund had a careerhigh
71 assists in the victory.
Sunday, USC defeated Ole Miss 1510,10-15,16-14,
15-6 in Oxford to
improve their record to 11-3 overall and
2-0 in the SEC.
USC was led by Columbia native
Cindy Robarge, who had 15 kills and
four block assists - hitting an impressive
.429.
Freshman Fernanda Laires also
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coaches never will.
He sees into the future and knows
this game is just a stepping stone.
He knows redshirt sophomore
quarterback Anthony
Wright's 352 yards passing rfll
in only his fourth game as
USC's starting quarterback
is no fluke.
He knows sophomore Arturo
Freeman's eight tackles, one assist, and
one pass defended may be just short of
the defensive numbers he is likely to put
up in the future.
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Gamecock is sure to be the first of many.
All three Gamecocks played important
roles in a game that USC kept close in
all four quarters but just could not hang
on to, dropping them to 2-2, and 1-1 in
the SEC.
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lumbers, but were plagued by mlssc
played solidly with 15 kills and 25 digs.
Carolina returns home to host SEC
Western Division rival Auburn on Friday,
Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.
USC will then host Alabama on
Sunday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m.
Equestrian
- aoutn Carolina was tne reserve
champion at the Intercollegiate Horse
Show equestrian competition Saturday.
The Gamecocks are competing in
collegiate zone five, region two.
Kristen Drozenski was USC's top
rider. Georgia was the high point
champion.
On Sunday, the Gamecocks finished
in second place as the high point team
reserve champion.
Senior Leslie McDill finished in
second place as the Reserve High Point
Champion and Drozenski captured first
place in her open flat class.
The Gamecocks are now in first place
in the Zone 5 Region II point standings.
Intramurals
On Saturday, September 14th, the
initial Red Zone Challenge was held at
the Blatt PE Center Fields. The
tournament was sponsored by Gatorade.
A total of 32 games registered for
the chance to attend the SEC
Championship Football Game in Atlanta
on December 7th. Through the single
elimination tournament, Sigma Nu was
crowned tournament champions of this
annual event.
In addition to attending the SEC
Championship game, Jon Beckham,
Matt Lroddard, and brent Whitaker will
represent the University of South
Carolina in the SEC Red Zone Challenge.
This tournament will feature the
winners from each of the SEC schools
participating for a chance to go to the
Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on January
1,1997.
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USC received the opening kickoff,
but after Wright was dropped for a loss
of six yards on 2nd down by Mississippi
State's Eric Dotson, Carolina's Courtney
Leavitt got hold of a 52-yard
rTTTVKTiJ punt that found it's way to
THBeI the MSU 24.
During MSU's first
possession, on 3rd and two, touted
running back Keffer McGee fumbled a
pitch and recovered for a loss of seven
yards, forcing an Andy Russ punt that
pinned the Gamecocks at their own threeyard
line.
On the first play of the series, Anthony
Wright let loose a bomb to receiver Marcus
Robinson that put USC at the 50-yard
line, but the play was called back after
Robinson was whistled for offensive pass
interference.
Four plays later, Wright connected
with Robinson for a gain of 44 yards that
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competitive since the post-season
playoff system began in 1969.
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any further than last year's playoff bei
Mariners and the New York Yankees.
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put USC down on the MSU 42. Leavitt
later missed a 38-yard field goal attempt
wide right to end the series for Carolina.
On 3rd and 11, on the Bjtlldog's
second series, quarterback Matt Wyatt
scrambled for a gain of "20 yards before
getting hammered by USC's Shane
Burnham and having the ball stripped
by Darren .Hambrick. Defensive back
Ben Washington recovered to give the
Gamecocks the ball going into the second
quarter.
USC then scored in a 3-play, 90-yard
drive highlighted by a Corey Bridge's
curl-route reception that froze his
defenders as he darted 77 vards into the
endzone. Leavitt came on to convert the
extra point and put USC on top, 7-0.
Late in the quarter, sophomore
quarterback Chad Barnhardt made his
second appearance of the season, only
to fumble on the MSU 24.
Mississippi State went on to score
off of two Anthony Wright interceptions
that gave the Bulldogs a 14-7 lead at
halftime.
Mississippi State opened the second
half with possession of the ball, and after
driving down to the USC 31-yard line,
Ray Green intercepted a Wyatt pass in
the endzone.
Then, on 3rd and 20 from the USC
10, Wright looked long for Robinson for
a 75-yard completion that put USC down
to the MSU 15. Wright was then sacked
twice, and Leavitt missed his second
field goal of the game, a 40-yard attempt.
The next seven alternating series all
ended on punts with Barnhardt making
his second appearance of the game in
one of them.
- Robinson's back-to-back receptions,
totaling 40 yards, highlighted a 66-yard
drive that led to Reed Morton's 22-yard
field goal, his first of the season, that
cut the lead to 14-10.
In Carolina's next series, on 4th and
14 from the MSU 16-yard line,'Wright
missed a diving Zola Davis in the left
corner of the end zone, which gave
Mississippi State the ball with 2:37 left
in the ball game.
The Gamecock defense then came
up with a much needed three-and-out
series and Mississippi State was forced
to punt, giving USC the ball and one
last chance from the 50-yard line. *
In ?the last Carolina offensive series
of the game, Wright had four straight
incompletions and the USC rally came
to a halt with Mississippi State coming
out on top, 14-10.
In the suspenseful loss, USC had its*
fair share of lofty statistics. Wright's
77-yard touchdown pass to Bridges was
the longest of the year.
Robinson had a five reception, 190yard
performance that gave him the
second-highest single-game yardage
output in USC football history. It was
just nine yards shy of Fred Zeigleris
record of 199 yards.
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Duce Staley rushed for 99 yards, one
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Burnham paced the defense with
nine tackles, one for a loss.
Ifs a tough loss. We knew this week
that we'd be facing a great back in Keffer
McGee. We just tried to come out here
and shut the running game down. I
think we did a good job," Bumham said.
The Gamecock defense held McGee,
the SECs leading rusher and the nation's
thiiyl leading rusher heading into the
USC/MSU match-up, to only 108 yards
rushing before McGee left the game with
an injured knee.
"We had a good week of practice this
week. We worked on sustaining drives,
but we got out there today and we just
couldn't get the ball in the endzone,"
Staley said.
"We wanted to come out of this
homestand a lot better than .500. This
is far below our expectations, which is
tough to take. I think well go back to
practice next week like we're 4-0 and
well go into Auburn ready to play a good ?
ball game," Burnham said.
This week the Gamecocks head into
Auburn, which is 3-1,1-1 in SEC action,
and for the first time all season, they
will go in as underdogs.
"We'll keep playing hard like this
and we'll get this one back somewhere
along the line. Because thafs the way
football happens and thafs why the ball
is shaped kind of oblong and strange
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like this and that (ball) will bounce our
way a few times," a confident coach Scott -<
said.
And when a coach that has been an
important cog in a Florida State program
that has had 10 straight bowl wins, has
won a national championship (1994),
has produced a Heisman trophy winner
in Charlie Ward and has been ranked v
in the final national top ten poll seven '
of 10 years, speaks, people listen.
1st quarter
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2nd quarter
USC-14:48, C. Bridges, 77 pass
from Wright (Leavitt kick)
MSU-11:45, Woodberry, 42 pass
from Wyatt (Hazelwood kcik)
MSU-3:40, McGill, 28 Int. return
(Hazelwood kick)
3rd quarter
None
4th quarter
USC-5.48, Morton 22 FG
Score by Quarters
Team 1 2 3. 4 Final
MSU 0 14 0 0 14
USC 0 7 0 3 10
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