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SHANNON E. MOTLEY Staff Writer Tart said USCw
teams in the countr
David Tart believes in the power of they lost in the first
teamwork and thinks it might hold the Tournament after a
magic it will take to bnng the Gamecocks was then ranked Ni
men's soccer team out of last season's last year, but finis
slump. for the first time in
The 22-year-old senior captain said
the team worked through its disappointing / /
last season, when it finished 8-9-2 under W
head coach Mark Berson, with a spring It was like we'*
full of position and attitude changes. coaster. We 1
"Coach was concerned with players' and then won)
team concept, but he did a good job teams we sh<
explaining to us (captains) and we relayed
that to the team," said Tart, a biology Davit
major who hopes to go to medical school USC men's socc
after graduation.
"Through us, the younger guys
understood how things needed to be done
? as a team," he said, with an emphasis an NCAA Tournan
on the word "team." "We were confid*
Tart will be playing defense for the national champions
Gamecocks this season as a right fullback, the team chemistr
He had been a midfielder, but because were not where the
of the style of play and Berson's decision It was like we w
to move players around, Tart will be in We beat big teams
a new spot. to small teams we s
"We didnt have the season we wanted Tart said USC h
last fall," said the Garner, N.C., native, class for the 1997 se
"But spring was productive and things some players who 1:
look better." soccer experience.
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as one of the top four "Its a hard transition from high s
y two years ago, but to college, and it's easier because
round of the NCAA have played college ball," he said,
bad game. The team Tart said he visited and was recr
3.4 in the preseason by North Carolina State, North Can
hed unranked, and Chapel Hill and Greensboro, Fui
i five years, without and South Carolina out of high sc
when he was on the Under-17 Nat
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eat big teams impressed me and my parents, i
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ouldn't have. said of why he chose Carolina.
Tart was redshirted his first
1 Tart after breaking his leg. Despite the ii
er senior captain he made a great recovery and
earned his place as a 1997 team caj
y y as well as four varsity letters. He
also a scholar-athlete All-Americ
lent bid. 1996.
jnt we would win the He has a positive attitude aboi
hip," Tart said. "But season ahead. Tart said the spring gs
y and team attitude workouts and attitude changes
y should have been, necessary to boost the team spirii
ere on a roller coaster, get them ready for the 1997 sche
and then would lose "I hope we're not ranked so the j
shouldn't have." guys feel like they have somethi
tas a great recruiting prove," Tart said. "Win one game
ason, which includes then concentrate on the next game,
lave previous NCAA the NCAA Tournament, and ther
to the Final Four."
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