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Waking up ing sea-gull pitch^n^a a tvilliam FOLKS otherwise free Sunday af- dy He Common Folklore ternoon was going to be Se spent covenng (drumroll in jus please), of all things ... with 1 women's tennis. - single Let's just say that I was not a happy camper. Not Ye in the least. I even launched into an emotional USC'i (but in large part logically-bankrupt) rant about the Verne apathy and pointlessness of women's athletics turn t that earned me a Drofanitv-laced reDrimand and a Fi Wednesday, March 4,1998 one-way ticket to the couch. that 1 Well, shame on me. ally fi Shame on me because what transpired at Max- na Ga w cy-Gregg Park Sunday afternoon was probably one T1 of the most exciting collegiate athletic events Fve ever seen, ? .. ever. CdrOllHS A crowd of maybe a hundred in the stands, plus twen- Wn3tl Women's teni ty or thirty players and Who: use vs. Vande coaches watching from the WllOn: Today, 2 p.m. mside fences, were treated to uh , , J ^ a Top 20 grudge-match and Maxcy-Gregg a sensationail finale that was ter (located on the con every bit as competitive, eveiy well Street and Bloss bit 513 elect-c' e\erybit Admission: Free t as emotionally-charged as any [_ USC football or men's basketball game I've ever seen. And Fve lived in this shoul town since the George Rodgers/Gerald Peacock era. into t Looking for authentic, non-egotized, non-com- It mercialized drama in your sports fare? South Car- when olina's women's tennis team is turning it out in vol- looke* umes. Ci Trailing by a 4-2 margin to tie the No. 20 Arkansas veiyl; Lady razorbacks after six singles matches, No. 19 after Carolina entered doubles competition needing to Lady ^ capture all three Pro-set matches to pull out the win. 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Spc The Gai to women's ; first, it looked like the Lady Gamecocks were Ding call this one in, as two of USC's three dou r_ii i u:_ j i~ t. : r> ^L.I* ituiiiigs mil ueiiinu eariy. ciuiiiur vmiiim ivegmd freshman Leigh Eichelberger looked lifet first, the former exhausted from just winning nth-consecutive singles match, and the latter ated with a slew of unforced errors that had pBPWF tier demise all afternoon. jjUir SC's No. 1 doubles team was also in deep trourly on, as seniors Tobi Rakic and Karolina Buewise found themselves trailing 5-3 to the La- 1 semingly running on fumes, Bulat was playing t her third match since suffering a severe bout tendonitis, and Rakic had just lost her ninth !s match of the year earlier in the afternoon. it all of a sudden, starting on the farthest court, :^?lipijL s No. 3 doubles team (sophomore Valentine . iz and freshman Mandy Carvalho) began to he tide. MMML rst, Vernaz hit a scorching baseline backhand anded only inches inside the "in" line. It liter- [ . ], - j roze Arkansas' Kendra Howard and AdrianLrcia. len Carvalho won the pame with a full-tilt. over-the-head forehand slam pnn that rocketed past the two rHW*Unl\ Lady Razorbacks like a Brett Hull slapshot. lis Then, Regnier and rbilt Eichelberger started warming things up, perhaps real-v p izing that their five-match tennis ben- winning streak as partners ier of Barn- was on the line. Trailing by lom Street) a 5-3 margin, Eichelberger n pvprvnnp hit what was without ques- .. .. o everyone tionthebesUhotofth4eaf. the nation. ternoon, a no-look, over-the- While the rinr" koolrV*on/1 nrkiln r\PP kfilnr*nn kno/^mrr 1 TlPfpHlklp PC\ u.ci uct^xviicuiu. VYIJLLAC uii-ucuaiitc axiu ucauiiig "1V1 w he fence. ample to all t was one of those shots that doesn't drop. But Elkins' girls < it did, the two seized momentum and never Women's i back, winning 8-6. town, but if i irolina's furious rally was only thwarted at the mind, it may ast moment, as Bulat and Rakic fought tiebreak The Lad} tiebreak before eventually falling 9-8 to the Vanderbilt al Razorbacks' No. 1 team of Brandi Brown and Center. Admi e Ostling. trip to the coi /ill be allocated a limited number of t games in which the Gamecocks tickets are available for purchase by Office of Student Life, West Wing of between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. A ling, March 9, to assign tickets. You . and a valid credit card number with :ation. Ticket cost for first round play ui cm suuiiiici ii aiisiciii packet, call 250-8111 or toll-free in SC 1-800-922-1183. Summer classes begin May 18. ?nt. (Tickets will cost between $50 be picked up at the tournament site, by the NCAA Selection Committee), riust pick up the ticket by producing d have their signature matched with Greenville Tech's Summer Transient Program is the answer. We offer flexible options for your busy summer J schedule. College on S TV is a great way to A earn credits by taking a teleaj-.-I course, which rl you view on |'| videocassette S..J or local cable television. We also offer five-week and sixweek compressed courses through College Online and Weekend College. )RTS mecock >tennis Mckie> staff writer JOE QUINh USC backcourt tea Melvin Watson 1 to the National Assoc; ball Coaches/General ; I All-District 5 team. ' r^ie ^uo' a|()n^ v f^yljjj^^^^l Joining Mckie an< V>tlW ^ first team are Vince Ca Jamison of North Ca Harp ring of Georgia 1 Buckner named to the second 1 w WKNBHHKBBE^nM x* W:- Ifl i j ' shawn SINGLETOI [ Singleton 3:16 (not alcohol-related), t file photo The Gamecock permanently closed. , , , L . . Now that I've clei ulat and the rest of the Lady nQW time for thig wee, ennls team are ranked No. 19 In for the*, who actually, is the time of year tha defeat was indeed disheartening, the love sports,live for. F meback effort should serve as an ex- important that I have he university athletic programs: Arlo - my copies of Cool Run, ion't quit. heart. tennis may not be the hottest ticket in March Madness t can convince my paranoid-skeptical those who are too bu be worth a shot. Try it out for yourself. luge, this is college b r Gamecocks host nationally-ranked ing raises my adrenal: ; 2 p.m. today at Maxcy-Gregg Tennis thugs and people who ission is free, but then again so is that tal rocks compete for t ?%** a liai/iuiiai tuaiupiuiia g6VJ Your Quality Alternative Phone orders accepted > 1 (80B) 2! 1609 Blc http://www.scsn, Free parking or v Page 11 Watson honored | Grant on All-Freshman team Redshirt-freshman Antonio Grant inmates Bj Mck- hag been named to the SEC Ml.Fre8hiave '1 man team, announced Monday by the lation of Basket- c cc ~ tv. conference otnce. o or 1 sion. Grant becomes the third USC playth 148 other dis- er ^our years t? ma^e the All-Freshw eligible for the man S(lua(^'as Mckie (1996) and Watson (1995) previously made the first-year 1 Watson on the team. Liter and Antawn Grant is joined on the team by Georrolina and Matt gia's Jumaine Jones, Auburn's Scott rech. "" Pohlman, Tennessee's Isiah Victor and f Clemson was Tony Harris, Brent Wright of Florida : ?am. and Greg LaPointe of Vanderbilt. ig the committee ?j] Today is a However, who gets to show off their sad day for moves in the Big Dance? Only the tourthe writer of nament selection committee can decide this column that, and over the years, their choices and a good have not been the best ones, day for all Since the tournament field was ex:; t h e b i b 1 e - panded to 64 teams, the ACC has not thumping put in fewer than four. If you listen to temperance that tool named Vitale, five should jjl groups. Due get in. However, only three of them have ? to some mi- winning conference records. nor health What about teams that could get problems screwed out of a bid if Clemson and he liquor store is Wake Forest are taken? The WAC conference has five teams with 20 or more ired that up, it's wins and winning conference records c's latest diatribe - but only three will probably be taken. *ive a damn. 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