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Players say re SOFTBALL continued from page 7 record of874. Going into Saturday's game, Johnson has 866 ICs, 9 awaj from the record. With all of this going on, will Carolina be distracted as they take the field? , "I think we've done really wel] with not thinking about the streak and just thinking about one game at a time," senior Carrie Lyons said "We've been looking at the team we have to play that day instead ol looking up and into the future." "I think it'll be in the back ol everyone's mind, but not so much as it will affect us and our play. I think we have the willpower to stay fbcussec and on track," Johnson said. Tm very proud of this team foi not looking ahead because the streak we have going is a very good accomplishment. Ifs pretty exciting and hopefully once we get through Saturday and break the record, maybe ^ S IV 1 SI# EvWm Low-Fat Menu Mastered 2030 Devine Street 799-0196 cord won't be < the pressure will die down a litth bit," Lyons said, i Compton said she believes he: r team will be able to look past th< historic event and concentrate or L the game. ? "There's probably no way th< streak can't be on their minds, bu I don't think it'i B? into the game. Johnsor I said Compton'i "J *1 victory and he: I strikeout recorc won't be on her mind as she takes to the mound Saturday. : "No matter what, coach is goinf I to get her 500th win this season. Ant r if things keep going they way the] i are now, Fm going to get the record > It's not something that it's now oi li 4% 8 EM j^aurantand^v Items Hi the Art of Serving t Delivery (Pi http://w gTSi Saturday play it through," Johnson said. "Our team has always had the ability to do it, it was just a matter of doing the little things to be successful." With the team assembled by Compton, an SEC title looks eminent and a trip to the College World Series looks probable. With five seniors (Johnson, Lyons, Lee, Plew and Kelly Dammer) on the team, Johnson said now is the time. She saw a T-shirt for the women's Olympic soccer team with tVin alArron "TKia ia flio foam nnnr ia 4J 0 ' I ? ^ 8 I I ; : I kbzbe ''//a W A I? Z^i ^ ?z/se Specialties I the Public W only) and Take-Out ww. scfivepoints. com ,i 1 _SPO on mind, affect 2 never," Johnson said. "If s something that's going to happen so hopefully r my mind won't be focused on, "Okay, 3 I have to do it today.' Fm just going 1 to pitch my game and see what happens." 3 When looking at the schedule t back in January, no one on the team 3 would haver 3 believed the team jip||gw^ 3 would be 38-2 and JK r ranked No. 4 in 1 the nation. * "We've never * jumped out to a f|gSJ l beginning like g* \ Wpr 3 that before. So we \ f r never thought it ft 1 would be within 3 our grasps. When you play every other day like we do, any team can I beat you on any given day," Lyons 1 said. 7 "I never doubted that we could do it, it was just a matter of r everything foiling together and pulling UliV OlWgUil AU10 U11V/ I^CUll) llv W 10 the time" on the back and has adopted the slogan for the softball team. "Every time I think of our team, that* s what I think of. We have a lot of seniors who really want to go through and put [the championship] off.," Johnson said. "This is the team and now is the time. We have the ability to do it and I think we have the focus to do it." But for now, the time is Saturday and the team is Tennessee. L ' ... \ : I. ' / : ^ , ' | ? I ^ I B Ni i i i I 631 Harden Street M< Volleyball headed to UNC i mbi Jrnr |PB EF1KK1 THORPE The Gamecc ' ' : ' V " : ' " 7 ' ; : - 7-:-: ^ ^ ^ ^ f * 1 >ur feet will hank you. J Super Birki Clog Our washable clog from the Birku? collection. IIRKENSTOCK, ow Open in Five Points PWWSfflM >n. thru Sat. 10-6pm, Sun. 1-5 J I Head volleyball coach Kim Hudson will take her Lady P Gamecocks to the University of North I Carolina at Chapel L Hill this weekend I for their first tour f" nament or the spring. IJSC will be l competing against || UNC, Dnke and George Washington. ( > ick I, r ?* * \ pm 254-9488 I IWHfrHHP " v