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SPORTS ON I GAMECOCK ATHLETICS m Women's Golf in Lady Gamecock Classic Today, University Club in Blythewood Women's Equestrian in Regional ' Finals U^KKLm Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Softwinds Farm 5 =3 I I.1 1 IWl . 1L ?1L.JL. ,1 .1 ML .JBJi ^P J **< '--4 W? jj^B .* * **?iwa||^V;: ^ \? " "**^ *?. ?. tH ^ w^ BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock Senior Trinity Johnson fires a pitch toward home plate in Wednesday's opening game of a donbleheader against Princeton. Johnson, who was named SEC Pitcher of the Week, gave np only two hits against the Tigers. v <> W- > hgiiigpfcy y ' mr- fck, <*- fym-mJ0& ^W *A&* ^MhsistiS^ M5S?^SB w^p V smwFm^ .. / r an *l?iS'!MPlr sS V t* *- ^b ? \ =^P X, * -^afi^^BL,. -^^lwES?^ IRalkw^ \ /r- ' M * V Hr m Wt |w 4 w ' - <afBft ' ,w' ^ VC ? U ^ W * - * 9 Hf WC^ f*4 a CvH jK w?m? ?*lP ^HHH ?? AL~ \ ? As part of the Walt Disney World? College Program, you can do some pretty amazing things. Learn from some of the top managers in the hospitality and entertc Work behind the scenes at the world's number one vacation destin Live with people from all over the world. The opportunities are priceless! And so is the experience. You n Casting Session to be considered. Start building up that res Ask our Representative about special opportunities for those students v\ INFO SESSION DATE: Tuesday, March 25 TIME: 7 pm LOCATION: B FOR MORE INFO. CONTACT: Tom Ward ((03) 777-72 Also visit us at www.careermosaic.com/cm/wdw/wdw1 htm I 6^tip^1stff^World.Co EOE Drawing Creativity from Diversity MONDAY: March Madness com ?ftl BRYAN JOHNSTON Sports Editor Princeton students are supposed to be smart, but they weren't smart enough to stay away from Lady Gamecock Field Wednesday as USC swept the Tigers, 2-0 and 8-0. In the process of upping its record to 26-2, South Carolina ran its school-record winning-streak to 24 games. So what's the key to this remarkable run? "I think we've been staying up, staying positive and knowing that whether if s close or not, we have the ability to pull it through," pitcher Trinity Johnson said. "We've been taking it gameby-game," senior Tina Plew said. "We really don't concentrate on what records we've broken or how many games we ve won. In the first game, Carolina scored only two runs, but that would be more than enough for Johnson. Johnson used a good mixture of pitches as she dominated Princeton, giving up only two hits. "I just threw my usual pitches but my riseball was working well," Johnson said. "I worked on throwing some more offspeed pitches in there." Batteiy-mate Hew agreed. "As usual, [Johnson's] rise was working well. In the first game, defensively we were strong. We held tight behind'T. J.' and she pitched a really good game." \ The only scoring for the fourth1 ranked Lady Gamecocks came in the third inning. I A celebration Members of the Carolina baseball team congratulate Mike Curry after bis home run Wednesday against Western Carolina. USC improved to 19-5 with the 39-12 vie- I tory. Curry tied a school record with six hits. The Gamecocks travel to Mississippi State this weekend. BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock H jinment industry, ation. ai ic+ at+onri 01 1 r IUJL UllLI UUI ;u me now. /ho speak Portuguese. elk Auditorium I d I 1 les to Columbia... women's ; R1 Sophomore shortstop Kendra i McCutcheon led off A the inning with an infield hit. She ^ moved to second on I senior Chanda Lee's | sacrifice. Sophomore Kim Pietro drove in McCutcheon ^ with a single to the rightcenter gap. WI # M Designated LI L player Carrie Lyons drove in Pietro to cap off the scoring. s That would be all Johnson 1 would need. TVio apninr frnm MpmnViis i Tenn., struck out 14 in the process of recording her 28th-career shutout. Johnson is just 81 strikeouts away from tying the school record for career strikeouts of874 held by Darlene Lowery. In the second game, the Lady v Gamecocks pounded out 12 hits and scored eight rims to propel themselves to their 24th-straight victory in a game that only went six innings because of the "Eight run mercy rule." The big inning for Carolina was the second inning. Junior Carrie Elliott and freshman Leana Troesh each got base hits and then McCutcheon walked to load the bases. Senior Kelly Dammer drove in Elliott and Pietro drew a walk to bring in Troesh. < teasjon&J Hi Our flexible leases Now Pre'arter-Haston \X/ | Properties * * *211 Free Weights Muscl jiiMiL Close 1 925 1/2 Huger St. stylet no I Plew then t cleared the bases with s a triple to right-center f that rolled to the fence. Freshman Scndra Hall e drove in Plew with a ( single to end the fc scoring for the inning. USC ended the ( game prematurely in 0 the sixth when Hall j AT dr?ve in I W I I 1/1/ Plew to ^ M W W make it 8-0. r * Sophomore Nikki Beers g went four j strong innings and picked up her ^ burth victory of the year. ^ Junior Sky Brown came into ;he game in the fifth inning to elieve Beers and went two scoreless innings. Plew was 3-for-6 on the day ? vith a single, double, triple and ^ our RBIs. Tve been focusing on the ball * a lot more and being a little more patient at the plate. Thaf s where Fve struggled the most, and I felt ^ ike I improved on that today," 3 Plew said. USC coach Joyce Compton said * she was pleased with her team's v Derformance. r "I thought we came out and swung pretty good bats. The first t jame we were a little anxious in v here offensively. I wish we could ? lave pushed more runs across but lefensively I think this helps us a ? be in tight ballgames. "In the second game, Nikki a ^me out and threw real well. On a Decisions^. JLB Whaley's I Mill can fit almost any situ Leasing for summer anc laley's Mi Main St. 254.7801 (mon-fri) 9:30-5:30 es Steppers Treadmills jonal Training Indoor Rock e Dynamics and Hammer Str to Downtown and US ^fJTTilWTiTl Athletic Cli Columbia, S.C. 29205 (c . NCAA TOURNAMENT SCOREBOARD Third Round MIDWEST ft4 Clemson 84 ffl Minnesota 90 20T WEST H7 Stanford 77 02 Utah 82 OT he whole, I thought we came out md played well and stayed ocussed." Since this is the first year of ixistence for Southeastern Conference softball, there must >e "firsts" in every category. Wednesday, two Lady xamecock players picked up two if those "firsts." Pitcher Trinity Johnson and Jl-American right fielder Chanda jee named the SEC Pitcher of the Veek and Player of the Week, espectively. Johnson picked up three wins md a save in USC's sweep of I Florida. She posted a 0.00 ERA n the series, striking out 26 in 17 73 innings of work. She pitched i no-hitter in a 5-0 game-one win in Saturday. On the year, Johnson a 1 K_1 o H AO A onr] 1 RC\ 3 lU i. vviui a u.ta uiu x. cum xuu trikeouts in 98 2/3 innings of play. 5he was twice named the NFCA National Player-of-the-Week earlier his year. Lee, a second team Allamerican last year, hit .500 for ( he week (8-for-16). In the Florida eries, Lee safely hit in seven of .3 at bats with four runs scored, n an 8-0 win over Furman, Lee rent l-for-3 with a walk and two uns scored. The Lady Gamecocks travel to he state of Mississippi this veekend to play four games, laturday, USC takes on Mississippi State in a doubleheader ind play two at Ole Miss Sunday. They return home Thursday it 2 p.m. for a doubleheader igainst the Eagles of Winthrop. feaSKNIS ation or need! I fall! II i b K)3) 256-9001