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^ BRYAN JOHNSTON Sports Editor
The Gamecock volleyball team
looked to get back on the winning track
after suffering two tough losses to Florida
last weekend.
Their first chance would come
against an injury-riddled Tennessee
team and a Kentucky team that took
them to five sets Oct. 24.
Carolina went into Knoxville,
Tenn., Friday and defeated the Lady
Vols. In sweeping UT (15-6,17-15,152),
USC defeated Tennessee for the seventh
consecutive time.
"It's always nice to win on the
road," USC Head Volleyball Coach Kim
Hudson said. "While I wasn't entirely
pleased with our performance, it's important
for us to win every match the
rest of the season to reach our goals."
Carolina was led by the play of AllSEC
middle blocker Heather Larkin.
Larkin had 15 kills, hitting .433. She
also added nine digs, a block solo and
a block assist.
Senior Lori Drost hit .467 with seven
kills and sophomore Fernanda Laires
added 11 kills while hitting .300. Redshirt-sophomore
Dee Dee Fortman
added 10 kills for Carolina.
In Game 1, USC took a 4-0 lead
before UT tied it at four. Junior setter
^ Ashley Edlund served up four points,
including three aces, to give the GameA
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KELLY MAGUIRE Senior Writer
Leadership by example is one o
any sport. Senior goalkeeper Jamie
that example for his teammates on 1
of the main reasons why he was selec
upnr'a tunm
Starr began his soccer career i
his friends all decided to play.
When Starr reached high schoo
He was a member of the United State
earned first-team Ohio All-State hon
lected to the All-City team his sophom
and was named Cincinnati's Most (
1990. Starr also led Sycamore High tx
son in 1992, posting nine shutouts.
When deciding where he want
Starr decided he wanted to play at Ca
team had just competed for the nati(
"The fact that they went to the n
before, in 1993, my senior year, wai
"The fact that Coach [Mark Berson]
fore was a factor in my decision beca
When I came on my recruiting trip, i
they had gone to the final game the ye
had any egos and it was all a team e
Starr's proudest moment in-goal
when keeper John Mills went down w
against nationally ranked Clemson.
"I went in. made three or four re;
the game, and we eventually ended
Aside from Starr's playing abili
to be coaching. Starr has always be
and he prides himself on helping out
possible.
"Any player on this team can lo<
ous good examples of the way to con
said.
Teammate Clint Mathis attrifc
tude to his selection as a co-captain.
"He's not one-sided, liking one p
another," Mathis said. "He treati
same, and he has a real good team (
"He's probably one of the most fi
team, which is rare for a goalkeeper
knowledgeable of the game he's lik
4P all the time," Matt Landman said. u.
lot about being a leader just by watcl
teaching ability's phenomenal."
Starr is also a leader in anoth
the leader of the Goalkeeper Corps
Landman and Henry Ring.
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working with them, but he's also help;
on a lot of the basics with them as th
said. "So, it's really a wonderful situa
side to have a player that's that ded
the abilities involved in his position t
training and competing as a top cla
Burnham
NATHAN BROWN Asst. Sports Editor
Shane Burnham, a senior line
backer on USC's football team, is one
of 11 players nationwide named to
the 1997 Division I-A American Footkoll
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service.
Burnham, a native of Tallahassee,
Fla., has been actively involved with
a number of community service projects
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cocks an 11-4 lead. USC put four
more points on the board to close out
the first game 15-6.
Carolina jumped out to a 7-2 lead
and Edlund dropped another serve in
for an ace as the Gamecocks took a 1410
lead. The Lady Vols fought back and
tied it at 14 and took a 15-14 lead.
But USC fought off a game point to
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ue 11 at iu uii a team uiuck. uy r ortman
and junior Cindy "Big Red" Robarge,
taking the lead for good on a kill by
Laires.
In Game 3, USC raced out to a 90
lead before UT was able to score a
point. Carolina went on to win Game 3
and the match 15-2.
Friday's win marked the 100th victory
at South Carolina for Hudson.
Sunday, USC travelled to Lexington,
Ky., and defeated the Kentucky
Wildcats 3-1. Match scores were 13-15,
15-9,15-7 and 15-4.
Carolina was led by Drost with a
season-high 17 kills, hitting .536. Drost
added an ace, seven digs and a block
assist.
Laires had 16 kills, hitting .483,
with an ace and 18 digs. Shani Abshier
came off the bench to add 13 kills.
"We had to play well," Abshier said.
"I knew I could bring some energy into
the match ? there wasn't another
option."
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teaching it
plus."
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Starr has continuously set taught me a
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:ted as a co-captain for this composure i
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n the second grade when initely a me
have a lot oi
1 his soccer career took off. '
s Under-18 National Team,
ors his semor year, was seore,
junior and senior years a se
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Starr said.
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up winning 3-2," he said, and what Td
ty, his greatest gift seems leadership,
en a student of the game, sarily as a pi
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of the game.
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themselves," Berson f5, ^*.c .
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ss goalkeeper, but also in a great time
named to (
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gram known as "Team Gamecocks."
This past year, he participated in
the following community service projects:
Habitat for Humanity, Visits at
Richland Memorial Cancer Treatment
Center, American Cancer Society "Relay
for Life" team car wash, which benefited
churches destroyed by fire in
South Carolina, Epworth's Childrens'
Home and Irmo Middle School Rock-athon
for the Ronald McDonald House.
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ith victory i
USC took a 4-1 lead in Game 1 and
went up &-3 on an error by UK The two
teams tied it at nine and 10 before
UK went ahead 12-10. Carolina managed
to tie it at 12, but the Wildcats .
went on to win the game 15-13.
UK went up 9-6 in Game 2, but
USC scored the next nine points to win
Game 2 15-9.
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and 9-3 lead before UK pulled within
three at 9-6. The Gamecocks scored five
consecutive points to take a 14-6 lead.
USC won the third game on a kill by
Larkin.
In Game 4, Kentucky scored the
first point, but USC scored the next 10
to take a 10-1 lead. The Wildcats managed
two more points, but Carolina won
the game and match on an ace by Abshier.
"The first game was a wake-up for
us," Hudson said. "We had to play
better to win this match."
South Carolina's record now stands
at 19-5 overall and a best-ever 11-2 in
the SEC.
The Gamecocks have one remaining
regular season match. *
USC will host Georgia at 2 p.m.
Sunday in the Volleyball Competition i
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After graduation, the philosophy major
go to graduate school and hopefully become a
te assistant, wherever he is.
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higher," Starr said. Starr loves every asp
:cer.
tion means an end and a new beginning in 1
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r said. "Whether I'm starting or whether I'i
ractice, I love to be out there, getting dirty,
d being part of the team. I mean, I love bein
[ love being on the team with all these guys. It
to be playing and to be at Carolina."
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Carolina, I feel I have the responsibil- tl
ity of being a role model to young kids ^
and giving something back to this com- ^
munity," Burnham said.
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and I myself have benefitted a 01
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Burnham has started eight of nine
games this year and is the team's thirdleading
tackier with 59 total hits. He
also has three tackles for a loss and two S(
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heir last regular-season match will be at 2 p.m. Sunday is
JSC stands at 19-5 overall and a best ever 11-2 in the SEC.
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NATHAN BROWN Asst. Sports Editor
| In their first exhibition game of the year, th
ll Gamecocks looked like the same team they were las
year.
The only problem was Carolina played not lik
the SEC Championship team that won 12 consecv
tive games, beat Kentucky twice and posted a fins
record of 24-8, but more like the team that starte
out 5-5 and lost to Coppin State in the NCAA Torn
nament.
k Making their first appearance in Frank McGuir
ii Arena since "Midnight Madness," the Gamecock
were defeated by Marathon Oil 76-63 in front of 5,54
H spectators.
"That was a thing of beauty," Head Coach Ec
die Fogler said sarcastically. "We weren't very goo
here tonight. We got a lot of work to do... Mayb
[the loss] is good for them. I don't know, we'll ses
I They didn't play very well, played with no emotior
looked scared."
One player who did play very well was sophc
more guard Hagen Rouse, who led all USC player
with 17 points. Rouse shot 80 percent from the fielc
not including 75 Dercent from behind the three-noir
arc, and a perfect six for six from the foul line.
"I think Hagen Rouse was the best player in
South Carolina uniform tonight, easily," Fogler saic
It was Rouse who led the Gamecocks back fror
an early deficit. Late into the third quarter, Rous
nailed a three-pointer to pull Carolina within on
point. Then, he drew a charge to give USC posses
sion, on which junior guard Bj Mckie tied the game
After Mckie's basket and a foul, sophomore guar
taW Herbert Lee Davis gave the Gamecocks a two-pom
lead on two foul shots. Davis finished the game a
the second-leading scorer for Carolina with 11 points
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didn't creased as Marathon Oil pulled away with the gam
to just in the fourth quarter.
;ive or Rouse was about the only player with whon
Fogler seemed pleased.
' plans "Our All-SEC backcourt [senior guard Melvii
grad- Watson and Mckie] looked like a second-string back
court," Fogler said. "They were not very good today
iiture. They're better than that, and they'll need to play bet
te d e - ter than that. But, I would tell you I didn't think any
11 body played particularly well, with the exception c
iect of Rouse"
Watson was a dismal one for eight from the fieli
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SEAN RAYFORD The Oamerork
picked up her 100th victory at South Carolina Friday
Kentucky Sunday on their last road trip of the year,
i the Volleyball Competition Facility against Georgia.
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s Junior forward Bud Johnson goes up for a slam
dunk in the Gamecocks' exhibition game
d Thursday night against Marathon Oil.
it
s injuiy. And junior forward Arthur Carlisle is no longer
' a member of the team.
But who is Marathon Oil? Marathon Oil is the
e defending national champion of the Amateur Athletic
Union, which consists of players who have alii
ready completed college and are looking to advance
their careers. So far this year, Marathon Oil has beat1
en N.C. State and lost to No. 5 Clemson and No. 19
_ Georgia by a combined total of 13 points.
r. The Gamecocks defeat came on the same day
r they were rated as the No. 7 team in the nation by
r- the Associated Press. This is the first time in school
if history USC has been rated in the Top 25 in the preseason.
USC was also picked to win the SEC Eastjj
era Division.
J But, Fogler appeared not to have much faith
r in polls.
- "A: Polls don't mean anything like that. Aba
solutely zero. B: I would say that's a little high for
cr our team, a slishtlv. teensv-weensv bit high." Fopler
said.
5. The next game for Carolina will be Friday against
e Maryland. According to Fogler, if Carolina doesn't
t step up its level of play against the Terrapins, USC
e could start the season with a loss.
ccer wins two
s at The Grave- South Carolina goalkeeper Henry
Ring made fives saves in the victory.
g an eight-game Myllenberg had two assists for the
res to 14-2-1 on Gamecocks.
The Gamecocks also defeated No.
Myllenberg pass 22 N.C. State 4-0 Friday in Raleigh,
right side and N.C., behind the two-goal effort of
leper William sophomore forward John Harr.
side of the net USC will close out the 1997 regular
season at 7 p.m. Wednesday in
Gamecocks was Greenville with a match against Furhad
two goals, man.
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shots. Mckie finished with eight points on three fo
eight shooting and was 50 percent from the foul line
re the
n j ugj. Carolina did manage to out-rebound Marathoi
mak_ Oil 41-37 with senior forward Ryan Stack leadini
g part the way 1?;'s
just Carolina was playing without some key players
Junior forward LeRon Williams will not be eligibl
to play until after the first semester is over. Redshir
freshman forward Antonio Grant was out with a kne
i Team, Men's so
Burnham's selection marks the time in front of2,382 fan
lird straight year a South Carolina yard Sunday,
lotball player has been chosen to this USC, which is ridinj
tarn. winning streak, impro\
Center Paul Beckwith was hon- t^ie year"
red in 1995, while offensive tackle Ja- Wolff took a Jonas I
tar Nesbit was recognized in 1996. an(* dribbled down the
, beat Tar Heel goalke
S SOCCBT Woodroffe to the right
The No. 5-ranked USC men's at the 93:20 mark.
)ccer defeated North Carolina 3-2 on Also scoring for the
Josh Wolff goal five minutes into over- Nathan Watkins, who
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