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> Lady Gan BRYAN JOHNSTON Sports Editor I ATHENS, Ga.?The Lady Gamecock volleyball team had to overcome an early match deficit and an annoying Geor _ ji__ _ r _.i gia crowa 10 come away witn a iour-sei victory (16-14,115-7,16-18,15-11) Friday in Athens. Leading the way for USC (9-3,10) was the middle-blocking duo of senior Heather Larkin and sophomore ' * / % r Senior Heather Larkin had 23 kills ag I ^ alo Sign ups are going o Tournament held on Fr Class lecock voile Dee Dee Fortman. Larkin and Fortman to 13-1 each had 23 kills for Carolina. point. "Our middles were unstoppable," A USC coach Kim Hudson said. and th Things looked bad early for USC kills b as the Bulldogs raced out to a 13-5 lead 15-14 in Game 1. 16-14. But Carolina battled back to 13-8 G Koliin^ q Klnnlr oaaiaf from anr\V*a_ ?l?r fLm uvuiuu u uiuva aoaiuv 11 uiu ouyuu uj uaJ more-transfer Crystal Moore and Georg Larkin. Moore's kill brought USC back 7, but ?? - t?? Caroli 1 !T:\ b L ' ^ | v while I Moore | had a I* asUG * \ 4.; : anoth Jtil? Ferna once ? by wii 4;. ': Game jA Ji G .. ill. 4 for US far do Special to The Gamecock |^g }gg ainst Georgia Friday night. their 1 n now through Wednesday, October ENTRY FEE; FREE! iday, October 3 starting at approxin Blatt PE Center fields B/C. ifieds \ SPORT* yball wins S] .0 before UGA had their first game A kill by Lain an ace by Larkin i n ace by Moore made it 14-11, ^ Fortman's blocl ien two kills by Fortman and two so^? Fortman y Larkin allowed USC to take a game at nine. UG/ l l C_ 1_: ccn i nnc hofnro a hln/?lr leuu ueiurc limsiiiiig uii vxtuiie 1 ^ ~ it back up. Another lame 2 was not as close as the La- P11^^ the Carolir mecocks raced out to a 11-3 lead. The Bulldogs ia managed to battle back to 11- make it 12-11 befo two errors by the T)awgs allowed cocks were able to s na to take Game 2 15-7. points to win Gam arkin had eight kills and hit .500 "Our passing the team hit .310 for the game, fourth game, and 1 fame 3 was a battle from the start broke out and got tl two teams struggled to take con- son said. "We fr f the game. USC held a one- datable offensivelj advantage at 8-7 before the Bull- Besides Larki took the lead at 9-8. An ace by lund, Laires and M< n tied it back up and a kill by for Carolina, i made it 12-9. !arolina took the lead 14-12 and Gamecc match pomt but couldn t convert A battled back to 14-14. USC had NATHAN BROW er match point after sophomore nda Laires' kill made it 16-15, but Saturday, tl igain, Georgia staved off defeat sissippi State han ining the next three points and rassing loss with ? 3 18"16- v, ^ We had our lame 4 started out as a nightmare vprv iC as UGA took the momentum ;ormea out to a ?-i lean. chances ^ Me loach Hudson took a timeout to coach Brad Scott d settle her team down. _ ? . , Defensively unior setter Ashley Edlund said contain the MSU Ititude was still positive in the total of 416 vaids, e at that point. ,, , , , r and two touchdov We were all saying, 'Never say ., ., Idlundsaid. "Ourteam , hard all the time, no matter how lackluster perfor wn we are." cannot accept all ( iter the timeout, Georgia pushed 1 d out to 9-2 before Carolina staged ^LCTause four urious comeback. MbU passes" c ftgflVjfeSjgMl T h c< H?M Ni 1 at 7:00 pm. of _I " ay $10 o fiFlf B H * Wide Range of C Daily, Weekly & I Free Local Pick-i ?Competitive Low t. J 1 EC opener ovei 3S made it 9-3, and Edlund had 65 assists and 12 digs, nade it 9-4. Laires' Laires had 13 kills and 13 digs, while l assist, Laires' block Moore dug 19 balls for USC. s two kills tied the . i .. -?? -L rmnK lt was very mucn a team i moved back up by effort; Hudson said." solo by Larkin tied block solo by Larkin ^ defense shut down ^ Play of ta lead to 12-10. the Bulldogs' big hitters. Carolina forced , ... UGA into 45 errors and a hitting perscored one point to . b r re the Lady Game- centage of 137, >core three-straight Reigning SEC Freshman of the e 4 and the match. Year Rebecca Dady had a long night as broke down in the she managed only a .041 hitting per;hat's why Georgia centage. aat big jump," Hud- Besides being the first SEC match, ecame very pre- the Lady Gamecocks wanted redempr" tion for their play Tuesday night in q and Fortman, Ed- Clemson. In that match, USC looked 3ore also played well tired and uninspired as they were swept by the Tigers. >cks fall to 2-2 with loss to I TV Senior Writer After creating these turnovers, Carolina could not do anything with le Bulldogs of Mis- the pigskin. After the two intercepted USC an embar- tions, USC's offense quickly returned . c l con i n fVip fnvnr fn MSTT wifVi a fiimklo Viv OR i until suuie ui o fii. ?~ ? "* ^ - ?>??v *jj Anthony Wright and a punt, opportunities again J ? r tn tnmp nf Hip nth * However, Carolina had better luck ^wherewehad some ** the possession resulting from id to execute," head "?U'8cfilInb^ 0n,this ?"owns: ^ kicker Steve Flono knocked a 32-yard . field goal through the uprights. Carolina could not m, . , ., , ? ... These three points provided the o ense, owing a starting p0int for USC's 17-point secrnc uding 254 yards on(j quarter. Two touchdowns were ras through the air. a(Jded on completions by wide receivers nfavorable stats and Kerry Hood (21 yards) and Zola Davis mance, the defense (10 yards). if the blame for Sat- The Gamecocks went into the \fter all, the defense lockeroom trailing 21-17, but had the nbles picked off two momentum on their side alter scoring in the final seconds of the half. MMUM (-fir IT Ajj arolina Collegiate Federal Credit Unior du back to the Fall Term at the Univen arolina! 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"There was quite a bit of difference in their mentality tonight vs. Tuesday night." And that difference will have to cahy over to this weekend if they want to continue winning. Up next for the Lady Gamecocks is a homestand this weekend. USC will host LSU Friday at 7 p.m. and Arkansas Sunday at 2 p.m. All matches are held-in the Volleyball Competition Center next to the Coliseum, and all matches are free to USC students. Mississippi State The offense was unable to score at all in the second half and was plagued the entire contest by a poor running game that accounted for a total of 103 yards on 36 carries. The Gamecock air attack had a fairly good day with a total of266 yards on 24 completions out of 39 attempts. After the shellacking that resulted from this poor showing, Scott said, "We're going to get this thing straightened out, but we have a tough road ahead of us." A "tough road ahead" might be an understatement considering the Gamecocks will face No. 1 Florida, No. 6 Auburn, No. 9 Tennessee and No. 17 Clemson. Up next for USC will be Auburn, who comes to Columbia Saturday. i welcomes sity of South w offer rate gJ aaisa? 13iy !j iivr [RCHARGE! Union. t Union, mbership. 1SPRIN6 BREAK '98l LOWEST PRICES frUARANTEEDl ^ ^ ^ ^ "ALL INCLUSIVE""" FRrr PARTY PAK 1 ^ W Wta? $??HUHwr-i?nporrp>