Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ t ITSf. vaIIp V/ K/ V_>* vr JLiV> swept by BRYAN JOHNSTON Sports Editor The University of South Carolina volleyball team started off its season with a bang, beating the Oklahoma Sooners 3-0 (15-9,15-4,15-9) in the first match of the Carolina Classic. It is the ninth year in a row Carolina has begun the season with a victory. "I was very pleased with the individual play of Lori Drost and Ashley Edlund," Carolina coach Kim Hudson said. "As a team, I was happy with our offense. It was a great first match of the year for us." v^tuumia was xeu uy sopiiumure-iruus- 1 fer Crystal Moore who had 14 kills, 12 digs I and two aces, hitting a fine .615. Junior setter Ashley Edlund had 44 as- t sists with five kills and seven digs. ^ j|5|M . ' i? Senior Heather Larkln had 23 kills and eight dl SMAS ONTO TELEY Win a trip t< in the Conai College Ban What's the gi video (no longer!) of the tape to ConanO'B 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NY 10112. Videos musl 1997. Tapes will be ju< ance and rock spirit, legal U.S. residents a 3M of members musl equivalent) by Septei rules, send a SASE to Plaza, Room 4880E, I THE 12TH ANNUAL COI COLLEGE BAND SEAR( yball s\v A ~ Arizona In the first game, it took both team vhile to get going as Carolina raced oui i 8-0 lead on two block assists by Drc Carolina went up 12-4, but let the So ;rs climb back into the game at 12-8. Fr here, USC ran away with it, 15-9. C )Una hit an amazing .422 in its first ga )f the season. Carolina continued to control the ma n game two, going up 7-1 on two aces jophomore Fernanda Laires. Drost knocl iown an ace to push the score to II ind Laires added an ace to make it 11 Oklahoma scored one more and tl vas it USC went on to rally for four strai joints to take the game, 15-4. In game three, the Lady Gameco* ;ook a 3-0 lead on two aces bv Moo rhe Sooners took an 8-5 lead before cc ^ j*? ' fe ' ' '' #SV^I -W ;*'' ' * '<: ^sMs - ??, ^ ' ? *<" ' ..' * V.. - f* % > BRYAN JOHNSTON The Garnet Igs in the two matches this weekend. H YOUR ? LATE NIGI MM All! I9IUN! ) New York 11 O'Brien id Search! IgJ: Make a five-minute j|g your band, VHS only. Send P rien's College Band Search, % Room 4880E, New York, t be received by October 15, I iged on creativity, perform- J Band members must be md be 18 or older to enter; *1 t be enrolled in college for M mber 30,1997. For official f : Conan Rules, 30 Rockefeller Slew York, NY 10112. Rock on! NAN O'BRIEN :H IS PRESENTED BY: SPORT! eeps Oklahom in Carolina CI s a mitting a few errors that allowed USC to mhhhhb t to creep back into the game at 10-8. Drost hit >st. an ace to wrap up the match at 15-9. on- Carolina wasn't as fortunate Saturday om as they were defeated by No. 18 Arizona, ar- 3-0 (15-7,15-13,15-13), in the Champime onship match of the Carolina Classic. Carolina falls to 1-1 on the young seatch son while Arizona improves to 2-0. by "This was a gut check for us early. I 1 ceo know we are a better team and we will fl ^^ prove it down the road," Hudson said. This B match was closer than it appeared, but we lat have a ways to go." Sb* South Carolina was led by Edlund, who plwMti * knocked down seven kills in eight attempts :ks for a sparkling .875 hitting percentage. re. She also had 29 assists, two aces and 11 ,m" dig3- L 1 - jTL A 4m I Also playing well was senior Heather fi|r Jm&t * Larkin, who had 12 kills. Larkin added an ace, three block as- ^ JS sists and three digs. "Heather and Ashley are two very fine in players," Arizona coach Dave Rubio said. The Lady Gamecocks were named to the All-Tournament team. Edlund hit .625 in the two matches, with 12 kills. She had 73 assists, 18 digs, an ace and one block assist. "Ashley looked so athletic out there this | gg weekend," Hudson said. "She did a fanK tasticjob in both matches." _ . , P J Fernanda Laires, a Larkin had 23 kills in the two match- matches while sel jj|| es, hitting .347. ^ was named to th * ^jjjl ^ ^ JpF^ ^^^ i-^^^SB^^^B^^:^W^^MWtMKr.:; '?% //,, ^HjjHpPp^i y'"^QnBBE " ^SbBkSrP^ - vv^B^m ^ fom^.. . 4' ^r W **??** ^ -^v1toSa^^>. . -y^,: ^ ?y>~ ' i'l' |'|'^i| 11. . i |'|'u'| n 111 -" -^-^|||^j^ 3 a Men . seasi assic NATHAN BRC I soccer team kid against the Ne\ Facing the 1 first time, the proved little m cocks, who easil peared satisfied "We did imp] son game, and objective at this every time we co: From the st dominated the c Indians only one tire game. Bers was worked on son scrimmage opener. "Defensively, sound, tonight," on that in betw We really work shape. ...That1 ment tonight." But, perhap goes, the best d fense. The offensii the ball on Ne\ field almost the VAN JOHNSTON The Gamecock ing the Indians'| 40 shots on goal e the ball past mid the entire game kA/j KJ TI k/U^ll. then. By the en( ers from Norw counted for 44 ~~ points and 75 p< ' I sists. score, Myllenbe / defender and st the left side. ' Hi Indians found further in the 1: I - - 1 Chris Lockwood WHERE G http://www.uv 0t? 11 c 's soccer starts 3ii with shutout >WN Senior Writer native, scored on an assist by Ronnevig. ranked USC men's By halftime, the Gamecocks had ted off a new season established themselves as the dom vberry Indians Ffi- inant team, holding Newbeny scoreless for 45 minutes and denying the Gamecocks for the Indians a single shot on goal. USC's , Division II college 0ffense had knocked in three goals JwonM within 16 minutes, with a total of 19 l Mark Berson ap-. 'hots on goal. I with the rout. Newberry came out in the secrove since the David- ond half playing strong defense, holdthat is the primary ing the Gamecocks idle for 10 minpoint ?to improve utes. Any hopes of an Indian iMout, Berson sai . comeback were laid to rest at 34:54 art, USC s defense when sophomore Ryan O'Neill, from nlhot on goalihe en- Wailingford,Penn.,sa1redonadou. on said the defense ble assist by Ronnevig and junior between the David- Kim Eriksen, also from Oslo, Norand Friday night's way. About five minutes later, the we were much more , , c,, . c he said. "We worked crowd of 918 868311 to filter out of een the two games. ^u&ene btone m stadium alter ed on our defensive freshman Matt Stephenson blasted ivas a big improve- the ball past the Newberry keeper, giving the Gamecocks a 5-0 lead. The ?s as the old saying five-point advantage quickly became lefense is a good of- seven wfien sophomore John Harr, who hails from Sarpsborg, Norway, vberry's^half'of the ^noc^e<^ ^ back-to-back goals. i entire game, keep- Before the end of the game, goalkeeper busy with freshman Jason Smallwood and se. Newberr} advance Robbie Pait added a goal each, field only three tames , . . . A bnnging the final to 9-0. ive attack, led most- After 90 minutes of play, Anders m the Scandinavian Ronnevig was content with the reck with 36:12 left to suits, alf. "It was a good start for the sea,10. Nonva^scm-ed son'" RonneviS said' "We sisted by Jonas Myl- much better today than in the scnmamore from Falster- mage. Everyone played very well. I'm very pleased." avians weren t done As bad as 9-0 looks, the score may 1 of the match, play bave been a lot worse if the entire ay and Sweden ac- _T__ percent of the total USC team had heen Present. Miss;rcent of the total as- ing from action were Clint Mathis, Josh Wolff and David Tart. Mathis, nutes after the first an All-American, and Wolff were re OUtmaneuvered a rnmnpHncr nt. thp WnrlH TTnivprsitv nred on a shot from to Ita]y rr minutes later, the With the return ofthese key play[ themselves even ers>the entire sQuad ** readylole when freshman ing to face Georgia Southern at 7 , an Arlington, Texas p.m. Thursday at the Graveyard. in the WORLD are you OING? yplatt.edu/programs/study_abroad/