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Larkin
Kill
BRYAN JOHNSTON Sports Editor 0f
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Warning: A killer is on the loose.
SEC opponents should be on the look- be:
out for a 5-foot-ll-inch blonde with a an
powerful right arm and answers to the toj
name of Heather Larkin. Those who C01
spot her should get out of her way because
she's considered armed and dan- i
gerous. . tot
Larkin has quietly made a name i0?
for herself in the SEC and if she continues
playing the way she is now,
sfte could easily make a name for her- ,
self in the USC record books.
With 168 kills through 12 match- CQ(
es this season, Larkin needs just 20 ^
more to jump up three spots on the USC na
all-time kills list.
Larkin would pass Caryn Case ai]
(1,083,1988-91), Stephanie Pflughaupt (Cj
(1,093,1986-89) and Lora Meyers (1,100, c a
1987-90) to vault into the No. 4 spot all- Te:
time. an<
To reach No. 3 (Kim DeNeve) she
needs 98 kills, and to hit No. 2 (Amy 0f 1
Iannoccari) she needs just 151 kills in to (
the 13 regular-season matches left. Lori Cai
Rowe's school record 1,853 kills an<
(1983-86) may be out of reach. es i
Larkin is also No. 7 on the career
attempts list with 2,482. and is No. 5 son
on the all-time block assists list with w
280. sai
"It would be nice to move up, but wh
I'm not dwelling on it," Larkin said in a lc
a soft, timid voice. Td like more for the * ing
team to do well than for me to move up
in the record books." wh(
For being such a quiet girl from ley
Lake Elmo, Minn., (a city east of St.
Paul's) this senior has made quite a lot SUB
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Edlund said. "She constantly has
as to where we want to be this yea
she's always putting those goals i
head."
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mM illM team ofFthe court, she's even more
able on the court.
"She's a great all-around p]
. . . . _ and some people nationally look
noise in her four years in Co- her," Edlund said. "She's a greal
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? 'VStPtr* ?h>4 Larkin is m^orin? '
roftheAh-SEC first team J, | _ ft ish with a minor in busi:
disconsideredoneofthe M-rl but is not sure what she i
xll ? to do after graduation.
This season she is tflLk MljA leybalMs MtTop
ding the team in kills, Larkin-said she woul
al attempts block so- to study abroad.
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Larkin decid
That's not all she's come to USC for thre
M through the first sons _ the coach, th(
If of the season. versity and the wea
, The Lady Game- ? "From the volli
volleyhall squad a side of it, it was a goo
3 played in four tour- portunity for me to step ii
ments this year and play somewhere," Larkin
rkrn has been named to ?And with Kim bein|
four all-tourney teams new coach> l really got,
irolina Classic, South well ^ her
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that s really good down here
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the best volleyball players fBg^f ter than Minnesota's weather
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rolina program, Larkin is loved 'WS ] "^*uu eBreauy nappy
i admired by both her coach- f i he^r choice to come and play v<
and teammates. ball at South Carohna.
"Heather's a good-hearted per- Ml "Everything has turned out r
who's very sensitive," USC Vol- < 0 w for me, and I feel like Fve i
ball Head Coach Kim Hudson ? a,1real^ S??d de?sion in coi
d. "She's a very special girl 0 e' Larkin said,
o has put a lot of effort and As far as the rest of the
>t of hard work into becom- son goes, Larkin has a clea
a better volleyball player." vision of what she wants t
"Heather is someone ?F fompliAtefore playing her last it
a is extremely dedicated," junior Ash- m a Gamecock uniform.
Edlund said. "I'd like to be one of the top
Dedicated she is. indeed. This past *"??^ ""J ?? ""idcfil
omer, Larkin stayed in Columbia to ma NCAAs and go t<
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[oing Sweet 16," Larkin said. "I just want tc
have a good relationship with the coacha(jer
es and the team and most importantgoals
ly> I want to have fun."
rand Family is very important foi
a our Larkin. She is very close to her parents
and is annreciative to have such a car
othe ing family.
valu- "My family has been very supportive
of me," Larkin said. "They come
layer down as much as they can. Obviouslj
up to they can't come down that much be'
play- cause of the distance and work.
"They've always believed in me and
Span- told me I could do it, even when I wasn't
ness, playing well. My dad always wants me
vants to call him after the match because he's
really interested in how I play."
d vol- T .arkin also said that if she could
t*on> go out on the town with anyone, it would
^ be her brother because she feels she
doesn't get to see him enough,
ed to Volleyball takes up a lot of time foi
e rea" Larkin, but if she had a day off, mean
B j"11" ing no classes or anything associatec
1 er" with volleyball, Larkin had an inter
jyball esting plan as to what her perfect da]
d op- off would be.
"I think I would probably sleep
. i ' honestly," Larkin said. "But otherwise
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sunny day and just sit there. Or else Fc
, , go shopping."
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, Larkin won t have any time off this
.' I al- weekend as the Lady Gamecocks hosl
t bet- two SEC matches.
Friday, Carolina hosts LSU at 1
-with p.m. and Sunday, the Arkansas Ladj
alley- Razorbacks come to town for a 1 p.m
match.
eally USC is looking for a little revenge
nade on Arkansas, the team that defeated
ming them in five sets in the semifinals of the
SEC Tournament and kept them from
, sea_ making the NCAA Tournament.
r-cut "The players who were here defio
ac- nitely want revenge against Arkansas
latch this year," Larkin said. "We were only
two points away from making it to the
> two NCAA Tournament and we felt like we
litely really deserved it. We can't overlook
) the LSU at all because it's going to be a
tough match."
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Hudson said. "Arkansas is the tean
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match and Arkansas did. They're verj
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) the USC kills list. If Larkin keeps her
2 on the USC all-time killa list. The
it 7 p.m. and play Arkansas Sunday at
eyball Competition Facility.
' goals and leave her mark on Carolina.
i If she can't leave her mark in the record
books, she wants at least to have fun
t trying. And that's what Larkin is all
r about, having fun.
But don't be misled. She may be
fun and games off the court, but when
i she's on the court, watch out, shell "kill"
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