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^ Baseball vs. Wofford Tonight, 7 p.m. @ Sarge Frye Fi Softball vs. Princeton Thursday, 3 p.m. @ Beckham Fi Wednesday, March 18,1998 Snyder, NCAA Ii npP " V/ Iffl FILE PHOTO The Gamecock Brad Snyder won the men's shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Snyder, who has won the last four SEC titles, placed third in last year's competition. 171 l. r resnman | Joe Quirtn | p- Baseball USC's Kip Bouknight, a freshman pitcher from Gaston, S.C., was named Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week Monday. Bouknight made two appearances against Tennessee last weekend, allowing only four hits (all singles), no runs, two walks and striking out 11 in seven innings against the Volunteers. I Limited 1 ^1 I^Sfi I Call your Ga Equipment offer valid while supplies la locations only. Certain restrictions app eld ield Misipek idoor n< staff writer JOE QUINN s s USC track and field athletes Brad g Snyder and Lisa Misipeka both won NCAA titles at the NCAA Indoor Cham- c pionships Friday in Indianapolis, Ind. t Snyder brought home a title in the i shot put while Misipeka prevailed in 1 the weight throw. It was the first NCAA (j title for both. r Misipeka won the 20-pound weight title with a toss of 70'5 1/4. Misipeka o had been the runner-up the past two r years to former four-time NCAA cham- ? pions Dawn Ellerbe. Misipeka led all v the way. 1 "First, I thank God," Misipeka said. "He helped me get here. It was awe- .( some. It is a completely different feeling coming in here knowing I could win. v There is so much pressure." E Snyder won his first NCAA title in C the shot put after finishing third last r year. Snyder threw 66'6 to clinch the fc title. He has won the last four SEC ti- v ties. f "You lose some energy throwing in a big dome like this, but I am pleased," i] Ditcher ho X He went 5 2/3 innings for his win on Saturday against UT. n Fortheweek,Bouknightwas2-0in ^ 9 1/3 innings pitched. He allowed six ^ hits, one run (earned), two walks and struck out 14 batters. *] Tennis fi Both of South Carolina's tennis j teams fell in the ITA's latest polls, the ^ men dropping six spots from No. 22 to No. 28 and the women dropping three spots from No. 19 to No. 22. *5 Ma Mi I1U If in 1 Time Offer! JjBB wT* I H mecock sales rep a st. Activation fee required. Annual contract required. Subje ly. See store for details. Spoi The Gamecocl a throw t itional til aid the Windsor, Ontario native. "I had record ome really good warm-ups so I felt good 56'0 to ping in," Snyder said. was th Redshirted in '97 after an injury, has fin Inyder went on to say, "It's so nice af- put at er so many disappointments over the the laa ast couple of years with the injury. a ?o finally win gives me a lot of confi- Brown lence for outdoors. I want to throw 21 53 feej neters (69 feet) now." outdoc In the final day of the Champi- season rnships, senior Corey Bridges was the ^ unner-up in the 55-meter dash. The jjg^ ^ louth Carolina men finished seventh season /ith 18 points, while the women were T ., . 1th Invitat Bridges posted a time of 6.16, just )1 off his personal best. rial lr "My performance wasn't what I u^5' /anted, but there isn't much I can say," Th' Jridges said. "I need to give credit to North k>d because he helped me get to the fi- S13* Lais. I took advantage of it. It's not first, Th' iut I'll take it. I hate losing. I always Friday /ant to win, but I am pleased I got this ing pla ar." Th Senior Crystal Brownlee was fourth public, a the women's shot put, setting a school the tra nored by coi Individually for the men, USC fresh- Eichell nan Vladimir Pavicevic dropped from charts Jo. 7 to No. 10 in the singles rankings, Cai reshman Guillaume Legat dropped an^"' rom No. 13 to No. 29. ^ will be Sophomore Jerome Jourdon dropped jjg rom No. 42 to No. 59. Jourdon and Maxcy 'avicevic remained at NbT 16 in the Gregg oubles rankings. som an Individually for the women, junior Adi Jeline Regnier rose from No. 63 to No. 17, and teamed with freshman Leigh naming the Cai I t(803)608-2625. ct to credit approval. 30 minutes must be used in local coveragt CTS k O win Wri ties viei ties Dol in the process. Brownlee threw break her own school record. It ? e sixth time in a row Brownlee ished in the top seven of the shot the NCAA. She has won four of t five SEC titles. \ . m happy to have a personal best," lee said. "Now that I've thrown t, I would like to throw 57 feet ?rs. I am ready for the outdoor to begin!" *-r d that season begins Friday when 5 awn osts the first outdoor meet of the Singleton 3 . The Weems Baskin Memorial ;ional will take place Friday and way. Foi ay at the Weems Baskin Memo- P^y aimed ai ack, located behind the Round- idealistic nu: rest easy, yc 3 meet will include teams from ocrites. and South Carolina and Geor- _ J N?wJtfait I decided to t b meet will begin at 11 a.m. on Pas^ we' , with the throwing events tak- tfrig*the Fe( ice on Saturday. attending tl e meet is free and open to the gport For more information, contact ^ eniovine tck office at 777-7925. icecubes. This has P mood to writ "I tpypTl PP ""if anyone car vl vilvv basketballs well-documei berger to debut on the doubles of under-ach at No. 55. Instead, "olina now stands at 6-5 overall er disappoin J in 4-V\r\ CI?P /innonnn^ I?r J 111 tlic UJJU. tUllOUlUU. JLil next for the Lady Gamecocks out on this p a match with Clemson. the Triple J< C will play at 2 p.m. today at Diamond Da Gregg Tennis Center. Maxcy Raven, r is located on the corner of Bios- really notev id Barnwell. many people mission is free to everyone. v er^ n0^e^01 ' Bischofff BRIEFS page thirteen ^hat matc,J1 berg wasn t | charge roiinasji a w-4 w^m* M ^^w-7i I fj I V?2 ZTTJ J | * Ti]KT\ 1 * m I I I I r -^V 0 I www.alltel.c ! area. "$10 paging activation fee required. Offer available at particq \ Nate says a weekly ritual began when the Associated Press announced the results of the first weekly basketball poll on Jan. 18, 1949. Saint Louis was ranked No. 1 in the initial poll, followed by Kentucky, Western Kentucky, Minnesota and Oklahoma A&M. Page 11 estling pay-perw a washout; )y deserves vote T] Bfefore I get a title shot eventually because I'm start this sick of seeing him beat the hell out of t \ column, I the Hock. Match him up against Kevin jIj- . would like Nash in a cage or ring of barbed to clear wire like the old days of the NWA. ? something How about that wonderful main up. The event? Sting unfortunately is the name of champion, but my least favorite mem" this col- ber of my favorite organization headiijuj umn *s *n ^es car^wlITOW n0 way an Personally, I don't think Hogan>16 i n s u 11 t o Savage in a cage should out shadow religion in a world championship match on any r me, "3:16" is a philoso- pay-per-view, even if the champ is not t all the pretentious and a part of the.NWO. Once again, mskulls in the world. So BischofF dropped the ball, but it was iu Bible-thumping hyp- still pretty cool to see Sting give the "down here" sign three times to Dusty UiC UVjUUX OUUlCiO V1UOCU) IVllWUtO. ake my show on the road It is now time to present a new ek. So USC's Most Dan- award this week. For those who are was in Daytona outwit- expecting another winner of the "U Is, freezing his ass off, Suck" Award, time in next week. Inle wonderful spectator stead, I would like to present the "It's as a wet t-shirt contest About Damn Time" Award to Major weird escapades involving League Baseball for finally inducting Larry Doby into the Hall of Fame, put me in an excellent Guys, it only took you three-ande this latest installment, a-half decades to induct the Camden es. I won't talk about our native and first African-American in ;am because it's already the Junior Circuit into Cooperated that they're a bunch stown. What were you thinking? ievers. He should have been inducted I will talk about anoth- along with Jackie Robinson if not, betment, WCW/NWO Un- fore him. I have very little respect for ic Bischoff really struck him after learning how he fed enteray-per-view. Other than tainer and college football legend Paul iopardy match between Robeson to McCarthy's wolves in Jlas Page, Chris Benoit, the 1950's. Did Doby not suffer the tone of the matches were same racist taunts of white, Southern worthy, but then again, teammates and Irishmen when he i ^nn't fVnnlr fViio onnrt io pomn fn Rnotnn onrl Mnur Vnrlr9 UUli K UiUXA UUO OJLfWi b 117 VCU11U bV 1VUO IWil UilU ilv TV AUllki [ thy. * It's about damn time that this for>robably stole the idea for gotten ground breaker got his due, from ECW. Bill Gold- along with the rest of the Africaneven there. He needs to American legends of baseball. om / i I 1 I J