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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
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mistakes. The key is to learn from them
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"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
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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.
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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
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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. <
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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.
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