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GAMECOCK ATHLETICS Baseball @ Georgia All Weekend (3 games) Diamond Dawg Field Softball @ Arkansas and LSU Friday, 6 p.m. and Sunday, noon ' ON THE ROAD Tigers li 11 m Wr * & I h2E^5S2fti Mike Curry dives back to first bam Sarge Frye Field. The Gamecocks 1 third game of the four game series. MARK P1RAS Staff Writer If Clemson was still reeling a bit f 11-3 loss to the Gamecocks, it didn't s used the embarrassing loss to fuel a c spanking Wednesday. Clemson pitcher Matt White start the first game of his career, and surprise even his own coach with a 6-hit complet game. Gamecock pitcher Jason Pomar helpe out the Clemson cause, overthrowini the ball and trying to aim it rather tha] pitch it. Pomar walked Eric Demoura, th game's leadoff hitter, in the top of th first. DeMoura retired himself trying t steal second. Pomar then had one out and nobod; on base, but quickly remedied that b; walking Gary Burnham and hittii Matthew LeCroy. The fourth hitter of the game was who worked the count full. This was the third batter that Poir a full count out of four batters (he hii second pitch). Pomar threw a low fastbs of the plate, but Embler swatted it over t fence. Pomar then walked Matt Padgett and Kurt Bultmann. Gamecock Coach Ray Tanner decii enough of Pomar, so he decided to bring Bray. Pomar left the game in the first ht pitches, 24 of which were called balls. Bray got Nathan Broome to pop ou second out, but Clemson wasn't done. Brian Holstad walked to load the ba LeCroy swatted a single into right to n 0 Clemson. DeMoura batted for the second tin and walked again, to once again load the came to the plate and drilled a 3-1 riehtfield foul-pole for a grand slam h< That put Clemson up 9-0 and the G challenged the Tigers' lead. Matt White pitched the rest of the \ U rider gra This Scholarsl Tired of hearing about all the money z bachelor's degree? The Goldwater rising sophomores and juniors pursui mathematics, or engineering who pi; those fields and pursue a career ir * teaching. 1 997 Goldwater Schc Tuesday, April ' Harper Coll For more information, call the Fel SI ght up C ' , \f | '"i< 4 ' : ; :;-: ' ' v ..' .: ' ' \ 8 in the Gamecocks' 15-1 loss to tli beat the Tigers last week 11-3 at G The game b set to begin at 7 p.m. rom last week's a strike zone by A< how. The Tigers consistent than the 1 lominating 15-1 "You can't dig y ed Q (q ^ He did exactly what the doce tor ordered today. We've been struggling a little bit in the early parts of the ball% games and it was nice to be on the other side for a change. Jack Leggett 0 head baseball coach of the Clemson Tigers on the pitching of Matt ^ White. He I*) \ Jason Embler, there and pitching they're doing?pla; tar had taken to Clemson coach. t LeCroy on the ypleased vuh VThiu ill on the outside "He did exactly he leftrcenterfield Leggett said. "We've been str (on a full count) of the ballgames ar of it for a change." ded he had seen When it was a] in junior Steven pitchers, includin Baroody, who pitcl iving thrown 36 The pitching gt one batter with a p 1.to short for the Rordenirk Hrovi double down the ri| ses, and Bradley in the first inning, lake the score 5- "We've got to pi head to Georgia," 1 ae in the inning bases. Burnham Next Game: fastball off the The Gamecocks i me run. at Clemson Wedne amecocks never Coach Tanner Wofford Tuesday. T vay, overcoming also added a game f Tt 1 i iduates: tip's for You! ivailable only after you get your Scholarship offers $7,000 for ing degrees in natural sciences, an to earn a graduate degree in i research and/or college-level ?larshlp Workshop 1 5 at 4 p.m. age 107 lowships Office at 777-095S. SPORTS ON MONDAY Higt >o larolina BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock ie Tigers on Wednesday night at lemson and return there for the 2C umpire Pete Bock that was less University's policy on class attendance, ourself a hole the way we did in the first inning against a team that's Knan fn +U7A PnllorrD Wnrlrl ^orioc n WVtll IV l?"V V/VUVKV T? VI I\4 WVI 1VO) Tanner said. "HI be honest with you, four or five runs in the first?after they got those I said, 'Hey, man, we got 27 outs,' but they put a nine-spot up there after the grand slam, and that's very difficult to battle back from." White said his performance was nothing spectacular. "It's kind of easy when we've got an 11-run lead the whole time," White said. "It kind of gives me a little bit of self-satisfaction, just going out my game and not having to do what ying catch-up the whole time." Jack Leggett said he was extremely e'f pitching. what the doctor ordered right now," uggling a little bit in the early parts id it was nice to be on the other side 11 said and done, Tanner used six g freshman second baseman Mac led a perfect ninth inning. ive up 13 hits , walked 13, and hit >itch. 3 in the Gamecocks' only run with a ^htfield line that scored Mike Cuny ck ourselves up off the canvas and ranner said. i play at Georgia this weekend and sday. has added a home game against he Gamecocks and the Terriers have in two weeks on Tuesday at home. w~u WOMEN'S & M SALON HA?1 ' WALK-I 779-3777 '?- WELCO 1226 PENDLETON ST. Walking distance from campus (near -rrv" Evening anch appointments a Joyce Certified Nurse Pra< Board ( physician { and ilights from the Spring Game R1 In a day when sports spectators think athletes JK*?* are paid too much and don't truly love the games JaP*?"? they play too little, many would say Gamecock [ i. baseball's primary starting I, 1^ro-tt.catcher is a welcome and . refreshing change. ^HpuM Senior captain Rob \ Streicher, who likes major STREIC1 league catcher Mike Piazza because "he's a catcher who can hit, who just loves the game of baseball," played four years of high school baseball in Boca Raton and moved from Florida Atlantic University to Santa Fe Community College of Gainesville before settling at USC? all because he loves the game of i 1 n DaseDau. Stredcher first attended the fouryear university Florida Atlantic right out of high school and only transferred to a community college after he saw little playing time. Streicher thai notched a .348 batting average at Sante Fe, hit 5 home runs and drove in 40 runs. His stellar season at junior college convinced him he could play at a higher level. "My goals were always to play in the SEC and I believed I could play in the SEC," Streicher said. "And once I got to play in junior college and had a pretty good season there, I knew I wanted to play in the SEC and that's exactly what I did. "Coach Tanner's given me a chance to play eveiy day. He's letting me prove to myself that I can play at this level and that's what I've been doing all season." And he's doing it well. Going into Wednesday night's second game with Clemson, Streicher was third in the SEC in fielding percentage, with a .992 average. He is tied for seventh place in home runs with Lady Gamecock? J STAFF REPORTS The soflball team (43-3,15-1 SEC) in this week's USA Today/NFCA Top 2i its first ever first-place vote. Carolina is coming off a 7-1 week, s\ Tech and Coastal Carolina. Wednesday, USC swept Coastal C 6-0. Senior Tina Plew went 3-for-4 w game one. Sky Brown improved to 12 In game two, sophomore Nikki Be 8-1 with the three-hit shutout. The Lady Gamecocks also took th: SEC rival Tennessee Saturday and Si On Saturday, Carolina set an NCA consecutive games won record with 38-s before losing Sunday. Head coach Joyce Compton also won at Carolina on Saturday and All-An Trinity Johnson became Carolina's al leader with 884. Leading the Lady Gamecocks on the two-time All-American Johnson. i?N'S ASK ABOUT Lfc, en rncwT rucrrki rvrrc j U * A i/UWUil A wJ | DESIGN & TANNING NS HOURS: MON.-FRI. ME SAT. BY APPT. ONLY Lizards Thicket) are with | vailable. B.Wise ititioner. Women's Health Certified Concept jrotocols Your Health Is Your Tomorrow support. itreet, Columbia, SC 29201 779-4333 I 'J rs 11 and has driven in 45 runs, which puts him in | 11th place for RBIs in [ arguably on of college * baseball's best conferences. Through April 6, the SEC had seven teams in ,, II Baseball America's Top 25 M poll?more than any other conference in the country. IER nex* most successful conference was the PAC10 with five teams. And the Gamecocks have beaten SEC teams such as LSU, the No. 1 ranked team in the country and defending National Champions. They've also beaten No. 3 Auburn, No. 6 Alabama, No. 20 Mississippi State, and No. 25 Arkansas, all of whom are SEC opponents. Streicher said he has been pleased with the performance of a team picked to finish dead last in the SEC Eastern Division. "No one likes for it to be said that you're gonna be in last place and picked and chosen to finish last If you have pride you don't like that And I think most guys on this team have pride," Streicher said. The Gamecocks now stand in second place in the SEC East, just one game behind Tennessee. "I'm happy with where we're at right now," Streicher said. "I feel like there's a couple of games we lost that we should have won, but that's baseball. That's the way it is "Then on the other flip side, there's games we won?that maybe we should have lost?that we won just because we kept playing harder than the other guys. We wanted it more," he said. Streicher, along with fellow captains Etienne Hightower and Ryan Szwebijka, plays the allimportant role of captain and, in this position, tries to be a role model > remain No. 4 al She posts a 23-! , _ _ _ , struck out 251 batt is ranked No. 4 ei. _ _ ? one nas ueen n< 5 Poll, garnering twice, SEC pitcher ~ the Speedline/Sou seeping Georgia Carolina 4-3 and , At the plate, seni ith four RBI in ^ are leading the -0 with the win. bee *s second0 ers improved to batting average wii with 16 stolen base ree of four from Plew leads the t* mday. on ber 50 hits. She A single-season triples (4), and RBI straight victories After sweeping C new winning streal her 500th game loss to Tennessee o lerican pitcher USC returns to S 1-time strikeout today for a doubleh Then they travel mound is senior first place team, tl noon. mj^yjHK^Bt?mS?BBBB&fm? ' ^BBBI n^ \. ^wm RayBan Bolle ^ Suncloud ^ SMO Buccl Oakley* ^MMHSElia ^?6'"" yy. use TRACK RANKINGS The men's team fell from 4th to 22nd The women's team remained the 4th team in the country. both on and off the field. He said his five years of experience in college baseball enables him to help the team's younger and newer players. "I try to keep eveiyone focused, let them know what's going on and how it works, things like that," Streicher said. "I try to lead by example and alway? keep a.good attitude [and] even when I'm having a bad day, I try to keep a positive attitude so other guys see that if s just one game, and there's 55 more to go. That's the way I toy to lead." One game of the 56 games the baseball team plays which made Streicher's day was game two of the Mississippi state series in Starkville. Streicher hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning that helped the Gamecocks pull of the victory over what Streicher believes is one of college baseball's best teams. ? u; * ~ * ...? xi i i/ bi ii g in t wu luiis at Mississippi State was a good feeling because Mississippi State has always had a great feel of baseball and if s known around the country as one of the best baseball schools in the country," Streicher said. "Just playing there is unbelievable: the facilities they have, the fans they have. That's probably the highlight erf" my year so far, helping us get that one victory at Mississippi State." Those facilities and those fans are also two reasons Streicher loves playing baseball in the SEC. "Playfing] in front of a lot of fans every day?that's important, ( because you like to be seen, and it's fun to be seen. It's fun to have home crowds and it's fun to go on the road and play at facilities that are just top notch," Streicher said. "It just makes baseball fun and that's what it's all about." ter CCU sweep < 2 record with a 0.27 ERA and has ers in 155.2 innings pitched, amed national player-of-the-week -of-the-week twice and was named th Florida Classic Most Valuable ior Al]-Americans Plew and Chanda Lady Gamecocks. I n the team in hitting with a .33S th 47 hits. She also leads the team s. ;ams in batting with a .350 average ! also leads the team in runs (36). (36). Joastal Carolina on Wednesday their t stands at three games after a 6-1 n Sunday. EC play when they travel to Arkansas eader which starts at 6 p.m. t for a doubleheader with the SEC's le LSU Lady Tigers on Sunday at i#- y I BAISCH I OOO I & LOMB I XXX WORLDWIDE SPONSOR If OLYMPIC GAMES Arnette fe. Revo |H5^M Hoble wEE/^EF Gargoyle Vuarnet ff|irniintlrt Killer Loop T