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ft Youthful Lu I imisncs inj ^ GOLF continued from page 1 This year's tournament fielded some of the highest-ranked teams in the nation. Of the 15 teams that competed, 10 carried a national ranking in the latest GolfWeek/Taylor Made National Rankings Top 30, including No. 5 Duke, No. 11 Florida, No. 12 Furman, No. 13 Auburn and No. 15 South Carolina. This year's tournament provided both USC m and other SEC schools a glimpse of the future. On April 18 through April 20, the SEC Tournament will take place at The University * w * ml i jmhsv i mk ft* % i K I k ^ HbIO # w iL * HMl w I 9 p* JtaiX BRYAN JOHNSTON T) Junior Libby Howard shot a 239 this weekenc Lady Gamecock Classic in Blythewood. 1 Whah % Your Solutioi i /r~^" jsm * Right on th< Whaley's M Swimming Po< Furnished 1-4 Laundry Facili Flexible Lease; Individual & I Free Parking Now pre-Leasing % $ Carter- 9 ? p ES i A t I ?^1 dr Gamec ft in own ton Amey said this weekend's tournament will help her team when theBHHH^ championships roll around, i "There's no doubt that . this weekend will help," j Arney said. "The girls will I be able to get in touch with I how they felt and what HnH mistakes they made and I come back real strong." Up next for Carolina will ?t?s?be the Liz 4i Murphey Collegiate Ij^Hr / IS Classic in Athens, / 1 Ga. April 11 I 9 through April 13. iiNi Arney said Freshman Apryl A HMH the team is young -J an^ will make mistakes. The key is to learn from them !and to keep improving. "I see a lot of good things going on out there for such a youthful team," Arney said. "We're making the strides, but we just didn't post the numbers we wanted to post." The youthful Lady Gamecocks have only three seniors on the team, two of which frequently compete. Other than Howard, the rest of the team is comprised of freshmen and sophomores. For such a young team, the Lady Gamecocks have been making steady improvement. In the fall, they couldn't crack the top 13 in any tournament in which they participated. But in the first three tournaments this spring, USC finished first out of 17 teams in the FAU/Miami Preview Classic, fifth out of 15 teams in the SunTrust Florida Invitational and fifth out of 17 teams in the Ben Hogan/Fripp Island Invitational. With the youth on the squad and the success they've enjoyed, it's .e Gamecock easy to see why Arney is optimistic 1 at The a^out the future of Lady Gamecock golf. *y's Mi ti To Better Living H] ?j Momel I 2 edge of campus, ill offers: d1 Bedroom Apartments ties <ull Unit Leases for Summer and Fal Bf ^l"Jw mi inni/ ^jr IT" ""v"*" I 'v : : : : : : : ; >4-7801 office i Main St. M'F?C " T PORTS^ 'k golf team irnament >-"Vx^ ^ ' * J BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock rrants is instructed by USC coach Kristi Arney. yr ' " i:^gp? *. ^omM JM BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock Emma Lofgren shot a 241 this weekend. \xmm ' O ~" C i i f | 1 '97 ; u .i'm hi HI 'T^ I || Til iX^^I jt 28 in-a-row fo Misipeka defe STAFF REPORTS The South Carolina Lady Gamecock squad ran its schoolrecord winning-streak to 28 with sweeps of Mississippi State and Ole Miss. Carolina (30-2, 8-0 SEC) took two games from the Lady Bulldogs, 4-0 and 5-3 Saturday in Starkville. The Lady Gamecocks rallied for four unearned runs off of three hits and three MSU errors in the top of the fourth inning. Junior pitcher Sky Brown led the offensive charge in the first game, going 2:for-3. Also with two hits in the first game for USC were senior AllAmericans Chanda Lee and Tina Plew, who both went 2-for-4. Plew hit two doubles and also had one RBI and a stolen base. Senior Trinity Johnson scored thn win aftpr allowing t.hre** MSI J hits and an uncharacteristic three c walks. She struck out 10 of the c Lady Bulldog batters she faced. In the second game, USC. j jumped out in the first inning to ^ score four runs off five hits. v USC scored a run in the fifth inning off two singles by sophomore f Kim Retro and Brown to push the j score to 5-2. Brown picked up the win in > game two after allowing three runs 1 off eight hits. She struck out three batters as she improved to 8-0 on 1 the year. * \ Sunday, USC swept Ole Miss, c 6-0 and 3-0. In the first game, Plew, Lee and 1 Carrie Lyons each went 2-for 3 in the game as Johnson (W, 17-1) gave 1 up one hit and struck out 11. i In the second game, Retro went ; 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Sophomore i Nikki Beers improved to 5-1 with the complete-game three-hitter. < USC returns home Thursday ] mm - /? &WM I I ?r...9-4*J?MM R^RNRRIBP'^iM Hp r softball, ats Ellerbe or a doubleheader starting at 2 ).m. against Winthrop. rrack and Field Lisa Misipeka threw a lifetime >est to defeat her teammate and eigning NCAA champion Dawn Sllerbe by a foot and a half in the vomen's hammer Friday at the Veems Baskin Invitational. Misipeka joins Ellerbe as the >nly two females to throw over 200 eet on American soil. Misipeka hrew 203-10, a personal best of ilmost four feet. It is iLc fir st tin-s Ivlisipeka has lefeated EHeibe and the only defeat Cllerbe has suffered in two years n either the hammer or the weight "Lisa has had an incredible last hree weeks. She made up her mind it the NCAAs that she was going o be tough to beat outdoors," USC hrows coach Larry Judge said. Judge also said Ellerbe's throw >f202-5 was very good for this time >f year. "Dawn and I go out every day ust hoping to PR [personal best]. Ve re best friends so it s not about vho wins or loses," Misipeka said. Carolina's Candy Mitchell was ourth at 176-2, bettering her NCAA aro visional mark. Freshman Loren Thouvenot vas fifth at 162-5, which is also an ^CAA provisional mark. In the men's hammer, former JSC All-American John Stoikos von the men's hammer with a toss >f 221-9. Carolina sophomore Kevin Vlannon was third at 210 feet. Mannon's toss, a personal best, lettered his NCAA provisional nark. Mattias Ohlson was fourth at 208-1, also a personal best and an NCAA provisional mark. " We still have a little work to io, but I am pleased with our progress," Judge said. rhis spring, join TOUr d6 Cur6one of the biggest di3b6t6S fundraising events in history. 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