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Friday, March 20y 1998 Gamecoi *preparir sports editor BmMi JOHNSTON It's wise never to anger a rattiesnak The College of Charleston found th, out first-hand Tuesdav as it ancrarf RfH | "cJL v W * I Caroli 4 No Dance accepti for Exe Memb Dai JL>^ V* I stu< coil A beri V ch < v rais the ' V^j 7v^ the rattlesnake that was the US baseball team. After C of C struck for five runs i fe the top of the second inning, the No. 1 Gamecocks erupted for 17 unanswere runs over a five-inning stretch on il way to crushing the Cougars 22-8. On a chilly and rainy night at Sar? Frye Field, USC was led by the hittiii of catcher Ryan Bordenick and shortstc Adam Everett. The two combined t drive in 10 runs. Hie Gamecocks struck early, scorin a run in the first inning. Mike Curr led off with fl walk stole sernnrl an Hjk moved to third on Derick Urquhart' ground out He then scored on Bordenick double to deep center field, extendin his hitting streak to 14 games. The Cougars retaliated with fiv runs of their own in the second whe: Joey Foxhall's grounder bounced ove he head of third baseman Eric Stantor pj * , ck basebal ig for shov scoring both runners. Then, with two an and hwn raif Travic T-Tmimll ?? - ? aavttvu iw/n. viuib ie. Collins' 2-0 offering and drove it out of at the park to left field, making it 5-1. (d And that's when the giants awoke. C Tripp Kelly led off the Gamecocks' second with his fifth homerun of the 11 year. Everett's double off the right field 3 wall scored Jay Lambert and Curry. d Bordenick's single between third and ^ short scored Everett and Adam Poe's single scored Urquhart, who reached P on a walk. [S The Gamecocks put three more on P the board in the third. Lambert scored 0 on an error by the first baseman, and Everett's two-run homerun to center ? made it 9-5. y Carolina erupted in the fourth for , eight runs on six hits. Poe scored on Eric ,s Stanton's single to left. Kelly scored on s a Curry walk. Everett's double scored ? two. Urquhart's double up the middle scored Curry and Everett. Bordenick's e _ LL I r. I * .. - ? six in nomerun 01 tne year made it IVn 5. T After a 32-minute rain delay in the fifth inning, Carolina scored a run in I , * nas -j .vest' 0 Traditior Marathon i ng applicati< cutive Com iers. nee Marathon is 1 lent run philanth ntry. Dance Mai lefits Richland M ildren's Hospital. I ed through the e\ Columbia area. plications can i the Office of Applic ^ are due M Si Th( 1 wins t\ vdown \i the sixth and four more in the eigl eventually leading to the 22-8 vict* On the mound, Clint Collins imprt to 2-1 on the year after going six innii tnvfncr nn fivo mna eiofit Viifa onil ofril o -o -r -,w *i?/> M11" out three. Jamie Boston and Jason Poa each pitched a scoreless inning, wl Patrick Sexton gave up three runs ( earned) in his inning of work. On Wednesday night, Der Urquhart had four hits in four offi< at bats, including a pair of home n as South Carolina defeated WofFord 5 in college baseball at Sarge Fiye Fi This win improved the Gameci record to 19-5 while WofFord drop] to 6-13. Freshman righthander Pe Bauer, 3-0, pitched the first six inni] to get the win. Joel Shailenberger, ( took the loss. Urquhart hit his seventh and eig] home runs of the season in the si) and seventh innings after beating < infield hits in the first and fourth. 1 second homer came with a runner base. He also walked once, stole a bi and had four runs batted in. Mike Cu also homered in for South Carolii BBS sports editor ACHIM HUNT Onlyl6 days remain until Gamecock football team will once aj hit the gridiron as they finish up w has been a quiet but productive spi practice. One of the main goals this spi for Head Coach Brad Scott, who1 be starting his fifth season, ii determine a starting quarterback she senior Anthony Wright not be re; for play this season. Wright was injured during last ye 22-7 loss at Tennessee. Scott has to choose betwe sophomore Vic Penn who filled in Wright last year or redshirt freshn File Photo rf 3ns r mittee the largest ropy in the rath on emorial All money ^ent stays in be picked Qreek Life. ations arch 20th. 'ORTS i Gamecock vo games; rith Tide ith, Adam Everett had two hits for South sry. Carolina, including a double, and drove ^ in two runs. Adam Poe had a pair of n^s' singles as the Gamecocks managed 12 ^ hits. Wofford collected six hits, two of nar them including a double, by Rad Deaton. one J3**!368 had 3 double fix- the Terriers, and Brian Maloney drove in two of the ick Terriers' five runs, rial Ryan Bordenick stretched his hitting ms streak with a seventh-inning single for V!" South Carolina. He walked twice and Bid was hit by a pitch and had only two )e(j official at bats. ter The 13th-ranked Gamecocks continue igs their home stand with a weekend series )-l, against 4th-ranked Alabama. Game times are 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday lfcb and 1 p.m. on Sunday. ^ The game on Saturday against Alabama has been designated as "Kids on Day" at the ballpark. Kids ages 12 and jse under will be admitted free, and the ny first 500 kids will receive a free t-shirt la. and drinking cup. Phil Petty from Boiling Springe^SC. Petty who has not seen any playing J time since coming to Carolina set many ^ain school records in high school and was ^at considered one of the hottest prospects ^ out of high school last year. This year's prize recruit from West Charlotte, NC, Keith Matkins could , also figure into the mix. tl Matkins is a mobile quarterback a a(jy who is known for his ability to throw n * the football from one endzone to the T ar's other. Coaches still hope that Wright will b ;en be healthy enough to return for his 7 for senior season which starts in September n lan against Ball State. \ n pp RESU " S U I T : $ 2 I MORE HANGING UP YOUR 1 jjjfa THERE ARE SOME TH FOR EVERYTHI NO TO LEARH MORE.OR APPL' WES SITE AT Track team; up for Weer Invitational ? staff writer JOE QUINN $/ The University of South Carolina Fi will host the Weems Baskin Sprints ? Invitational on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21. The meet will Ji feature Carolina's 15 Ail-Americans, including 1998 NCAATndoor Champions ^e? Lisa Misipeka and Brad Snyder. The ga meet will be held entirely at Weems Baskin Track (behind the Roundhouse). 11 A number of unattached athletes ^ will also compete, including Olympic All t 1 _ r-rr% a nrm % uuiu meuausi Alien jonnson, uoAir ai women's hurdles champion Melissa Morrison, USATF Indoor National long jump champion Roland McGee and ^ Canadian national hammer champion John Stoikos. H The following track clubs will also ^ participate: Fast Track Club, South Carolina Nike and South Carolina 1:0 Reebok. Other schools competing are Georgetown, East Carolina, Akron, (0 South Carolina State, UNC-Asheville, College of Charleston and Wofford. K" The meet is free and runs from 3 to 5:30 on Friday, March 20 and from 11 a.m. until 5 pm on Saturday, March (U! 21. Athletes will autograph posters from 12 to 3 p.m. near the Track Press on Saturday. Se* Lady Gamecoc team defeats r taff writer JOE QUINN cons Tige The USC women's tennis team swept 17-1 tie singles competition on Wednesday t the USC Indoor Courts against arch- Reg ival Clemson en route to defeating the yer] 'igers 7-2. r Karloina Bulat was down*2-6,0-3, efore fighting back and winning 2-6, ' -6,6-2. Celine Regnier snapped a three- 1C latch losing streak while Bulat and ralentine Vernaz each won their third th.ei latch in a row. This was USC's fourth Rak HHHMI H : 'i: ' . : : > ' MES : $ 40 o RESUMES : $4 . 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Die six singles winners for USC were nier, Bulat, Leigh Eichelberger, aaz, Tobi Rakic and Tracy Kotseos. rhe lone doubles winner for USC 3 the tandem of Regnier and lelberger. /ernaz and Mandy Carvalho lost r doubles match as did the pair of ic and Kotseos. fflgsg& ' : 0 :,v - ? ; - . ^ s LAST TIME: MasterCard.