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I BRYAN JOHNSTON Asst. Sports Editor
Before the match all the talk was of
a mismatch, but after Evander HolyfielcFs
stunning upset over Mike Tyson, the
talk centered on a rematch.
Holyfield, the former world
heavyweight champion, was a 9-to-l
underdog, but he knocked Tyson down
and belted the reigning champion
senseless, winning by technical knockout
I with 2 minutes, 23 seconds remaining
in the 11th round.
Holyfield used his heart, his hands
and his head in a gallant performance
that restored him to the throne from
which he lost on April 22,1994, to Michael
Moorer.
Promoter Don King calls for rematch.
"I did what it took to win," Holyfield
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Men's Tennis
USC sophomore Keith Brill won
four matches in two days to advance
to the winner's bracket of the Rolex
Region II Indoor Tennis Championships.
Brill has now rnmlifipH for tho RaIpy
National Indoor Championships.
On Saturday, Brill breezed past
* Andres Guzman of Wake Forest, 6-3,
6-2 and then defeated Hampton's
Fernando Arauju, 7-6,6-3.
On Sunday, the Columbia native
came from behind to defeat Murphy
Payne of Florida State, 3-6,6-1,6-4.
He then beat Georgia Tech's BJ TVaub
in straight sets, 6-4,6-2.
Brill was supposed to play Doug
Root of Duke to determine the outright
k winner, but both players declined.
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Volleyball
The Lady Gamecock volleyball team
dropped to fourth place in the district
Four poll which was released Nov. 12.
Florida, who is 26-1 and ranked number
one in the nation, Arkansas (20-8,103)
and Auburn (19-8,9-4) are ranked
k ahead of USC.
Carolina is tied for second in the
SEC East standings with a 19-7 overall
and 8-4 SEC record.
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p.m. in a match against Tennessee.
USC will play Sunday afternoon
at 2 p.m. against Kentucky in a match
that should determine the SEC East
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tournament.
Equestrian
The USC equestrian team finished
in second place in the hunt seat division
at the Clemson Horse Show Sunday.
Carolina maintained their second
; place spot in the Zone 5 Region II point
standings. The Gamecocks trail Georgia
by 16 points.
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said. "Tyson fights well inside. My
advantage is outside. He throws good
short punches."
It was his 33rd victory against three
defeats and by far the most amazing.
"I gave it what it takes to win the
fight," Holyfield said. "It wasn't about
getting tired, it was about not giving up."
A capacity crowd in the MGM Grand
Garden Arena chanted his name as he
stood and delivered in a furious battle
with Tyson. He was leading on all three
judges' cards at the time it ended.
"Fm not a guy who makes excuses,"
Tyson said. "He fought a good fight. I
look forward to a rematch."
The first punch Tyson threw was an
overhand right that sent Holyfield
bouncing backward, but Holyfield had
prepared himself for this, and he
Regional Championships which it will
host on March 22-23 at Softwinds Farm.
Senior Amy Kamrath, juniors
Adriana Black and Christina Perrine,
sophomores Nikki Mirabella and
Juliette Vinel and freshman Ellen
Smoak are the Gamecocks who
qualified.
More Equestrian
The Gamecocks have been invited to
compete in the Holiday Tournament
of Champions on Dec. 7 at Lake Erie
College in Ohio.
Men's Swimming
USC swimmers Jon Waldenmayer,
Matt Houp and Andrew Cho currently
rank in the Top 25 in the nation in
individual events as released by Taper
& Shave.
Waldenmayer, a sophomore from
Ft. Thomas, Ky., currently ranks fifth
in the nation in the 200 yard individual
medley with a time of 1:53.17.
Waldenmayer is also ranked in the
100 yard backstroke (50.95) and 200
yard backstroke (1:50.18).
Cho, from New Minister, British
Columbia, is ranked eighth in the 200
yard butterfly with a time of 1:51.08.
Cho is also ranked tenth in the 400
yard individual medley after a time of
4:01.53.
Houp, from Pawleys Island, SC,
is ranked 24th in the 100 yard
breaststroke with a time of 59.62.
More Mon's Swimming
The men's swimming team returns
to action on Friday, Nov. 22, when the
Gamecocks travel to the McHugh
Natatorium to take on the Clemson
Tigers.
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last season, South Carolina leads
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I gave what it takes to win the
fight. It wasn't about getting
tired, it was about not giving
up."
Evander Holyfield, New Champion
responded.
Sliding forward, bent at the waist,
he answered with a hard combination
of his own that got Tyson's attention.
Unlike so many of Tyson's previous foes,
Holyfield had no intention of running.
And late in the second round, Holyfield
maneuvered Tyson into a corner and
ripped into the champion with thunderous
combinations to the head and the body.
By the fifth>round, the pace had
slowed a bit, but it was still torrid.
Holyfield had said before the fight
Women's Swimming
The women's team returns to action
on Nov. 22, when the Gamecocks travel
to McHugh Natatorium to face the
Clemson Tigers.
The dual meet with the Tigers starts
at 4 p.m. and fans in Clemson for the
football game should come out and
support the team as they look to avenge
last year's defeat.
Women's Cross Country
The women's cross country team
competed in the SEC Conference
Championships this past weekend by
placing just 11th out of the 12 team
field at Oxford, Miss.
The Gamecocks scored 285 points
as the University of Florida clinched
the women's title.
Carolina's top runner was Kristina
Brown (47th at 19:26). Finishing second
through fifth were: Mary C. Barry
(54th at 19:36); Joyce Peebles (56th at
19:39); Karen Padula (60th at 19:48)
and Suzanne Higgins (77th at 20:52).
Men's Soccer
The USC men's soccer team finished
its season Monday, coming back to tie
N.C. State, 2-2 in a penalty-marred
game at Stone Stadium.
After falling behind 2-0, Robbie
Pait scored two second half goals to
knot the score. Neither team was able
to score in the extra period.
A total of 67 fouls were called with
14 yellow cards and two ejections of
Carolina players (David Tart and
Kristinn Larusson) called, leaving
Carolina with only nine players on the
field at the end of the game.
USC ends the season with an overall
record of 8-9-2.
It is the school's second losing season
m 19 years, and the first since 1983,
when the Gamecocks posted an 8-112
record.
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punch combination as the sixth round
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They were trading blows once again
dien that round ended.
Late in the ninth, they exchanged
withering combinations. Neither backed
p, but Tyson struck first.
Tyson hurt Holyfield with a left hook
d the throat a minute into round 10,
ut the challenger had not come this far
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He rallied again, catching Tyson flush
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n the round, Holyfield had the
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backward.
His legs turned into rubber and ha
staggered backward. Miraculously, he
did not fall.
But maybe he should have.
With no count of eight to help him
out, Holyfield followed him, raining
punches down on the champ. Tyson was
glassy-eyed, although still standing when
the bell saved him.
He answered the bell to begin the
11th, but he was going to meet certain
doom.
"He fought a good fight," said Tyson,
who was knocked down for just the second
time in his career. "He's a good fighter
and I take my hat off to him."
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