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SEAN RAYFORD The G Junior Adam Everett (shown fielding against Alabama last weekend) score winning run Saturday. * March sadi college press EXCHANGE forn SAN ANTONIO?Even as the coach- ^ es strolled with their wives along on the San Antonio River on a warm and ^on breezy Thursday evening, getting ready to enjoy dinner on the night before the start of their sport's biggest weekend of the year, they were reminded: No one is safe. ., The news earlier in the day of the ? federal indictments of Dewey Williams en and Kenneth Lee, starters on the 1994- s^uc IT .1 ii ,i ii . -fii-c4 yo iNorinwesiern DasKetDan team, came 11101 as another jolt to some of the hundreds of coaches in town for the Final Four. fr&t< The recent point-shaving scandals coac surrounding the Arizona State and Fres- bett no State basketball programs have The; served to heighten the concern of coach- ing | ^ es and administrators. gotl S] JM And Int is growing Tempora % Are Would you like vacation? Our 6 will help you do rate of $7.50 [ If you have goo * the desire to si for one of m ir tp ? W I w VI I LV positions. You v of our nations Calling. No exp< enthusiasm an * To find 01 our wi 1 s sweeps No. 1 sports editor BRY AH JOHNSTON The Gamecock baseball team must really like playing the No. 4 team in the nation. Last weekend, i|, the Gamecocks took two of three from then-No. 4 AlOp^| abama, and this past weekend, Carolina (26-6) swept current-No. 4 Auburn. Getting a combination of solid pitching and time9m ly hitting, USC defeated Auburn 6-2, 7-6 and 11-6. Friday, Jason Pomar worked out of a pair of lateinning, bases-loaded situations to earn his sixth save of the year as lOth-ranked South Carolina earned a Pfe* 6-2 win over the Tigers. .JHL* Carolina got a strong starting performance from 4 freshman Kip Bouknight (W, 6-0), who allowed two runs on six hits in six-plus innings of work. Bouknight left the game in the seventh leading 6-2 after allowing a leadoff homerun by Chad Wandall and singles by Dominic Rich and Scott Pratt. After reliever Jamie Poston walked Josh Etheridge to load the bases, Poston struck out Casey Dunn and Jamie Kersh. Pomar then came on and forced Hay, - den Gliemmo into a deep flyout to left. Auburn loaded the bases against Pomar with one out in the ninth, but Kersh struck out looking, and Gliemmo grounded out to first to end the game, amecock Leading 1-0 in the the third, Adam Poe hit his a ball e*?hth homer, a three-run blast to left. Senior Ryan d the Bordenick added an opposite-field solo shot, his ninth, in the fifth to give USC a 5-0 lead. less jolts those But word of the indictment of the In late February and ler Northwestern players, who are the NCAA sent to schooi ?ed with fixing the outcome of three seven-minute video that les during the 1994-95 season, drove cussing the potential ds le another point. ^ _ volvement with gamblers it it can happen at Northwestern," NCAA-produced post, ihington coach Bob Bender said, "it sight m athleti( ws it can hit anyone." walls and in locker room* It seems even at a school that is con- XTn A A j,, , . , T,- NCAA representativi red the academic plum of the Big , ,, , . ,r _L . ... ? puses and discuss the topi , gambling on sports is something r . . . , , . \ lent-athletes and students ahke see es' administrators and at .hand. ^ even bnng m a My son, Spencer, is a member of a wor^ ^or tbe to irnity at Northwestern," UC Irvine about what to look out for h Pat Douglass said. "He says that Florida coach Seth Green ing is prevalent in the frats there. Athletes aren't just w /II sit around, going crazy watch- being approached by thos james on television because they've ask them about "shavinj sets on them." money. pring leans owth! :er-Media Marketing I by leaps and bounds! ry Sales Positions Now Available to start saving for summer >-8 week temporary positions > just that! Guaranteed base 3er hour plus bonus! u uummufuuauuri skiiis anu jcceed then you may quality lephone sales representative i/ill be making calls on behalf lly known clients. No Cold erience necessary; however, d dependability are a must! ut more about joining iiiiniig saies team, Call Brad at 800-832-7056 (. PORTS The Gamecock t Auuurii Mike Curry, who stole a pair of bases, led South Carolina by going 3-for-4, while Poe, Tim Angiolini and Eric Stanton all had a pair of hits. Saturday, Derick Urquhart's ninth-inning Sac fly scored Adam Everett to break a 6-6 tie, as Carolina defeated Auburn 7-6. Poston (W, 2-0), USC's fourth pitcher of the day, ? picked up the win with 11/3 inj||m nings of no-hit rehef. Carolina went up by scores ?f 3-0 and 5-3, but the Tigers bat^ JK' tied back both times and took a I <6-5 lead after five innings. y Trailing 6-5 in the seventh KW' JSjgi inning, the Gamecocks put tomL - JMM gether consecutive doubles by Urquhart and Bordenick to tie BOUKNIGHT Bordenick led the Gamecocks at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and one run scored. Sunday, Carolina fell behind 5-0 but onfce again came from behind for the 11-6 victory. Trailing 6-4 heading into the ninth inning, Curry hit a two-run homerun to tie the game. Carolina then erupted for five runs in the 10th to claim the victory. Bordenick's single scored Urquhart, and Stanton's grand slam to straight-away centerfield made it 11-6. Carolina hosts Clemson at 7 p.m. Wednesday. at Final Four early March, "We're concerned about the disIs copies of a semination of information," Williams it made dis- said. "The players have to be made ingers of in- aware that there are people who might i. ask them about injuries or problems, jrs are also a That could be the kind of thing that -department *would &ye a (gambler) an edge." 5 Most coaches tell their players to es visit cam- exercise caution in discussing any top-fr ?n , _ ic concerning their team unless they ,, are totally familiar with the person do,metes. .1 i ing the asking. w o used to gut) ultimately, is even that enough? to our guys "There is no way to really police this , said South [as a COach] because you can never reberg. ally know who might be talking to your arned about players," said former USC coach-turned ;e who might broadcaster George Raveling. "This is i I points" for something that is frightening the hell out of everyone." . W U.S. DEPAR STUDEI THI ADVO 1 PLEASE JOIN R] DEPARTMENT OF J CENTER FOR AI W Care* business L. M < I I I ? s Nate says t( championsh between Nc Kentucky it 1991 that th not had a Is Men s term * beats Clei I joe QUINN I ' yeai Vladimir Pavicevic and Jerome Kn< Jourdon both won their singles match- at tl es and also won at No. 1 doubles in leading No. 18 South Carolina to a 7- I kn 0 win over Clemson in a men's in- the tercollegiate tennis match at Clem- DeR son Wednesday afternoon. the With the win, South Carolina im- are proves to 134 overall, while Clemson ^ e falls to 9-9 this season. < USC has won three of its last four matches, while the Tigers' six-match mer win streak was ended. Clemson is No. 50 according to the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Associ- r_.. ation poll. The Gamecocks' Jourdon won an exciting match over Clemson's Josh e5?' Goffi in three sets at No. 2 doubles, 6-4,4-6, 7-5. com Jourdon is the No. 29 singles play- *8. er in the U.S. and has a 26-6 record ^ in singles play. title USC's other ranked player Guil- j laume Legat defeated Pablo Bel- divi lagamba 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. Doy Legat is No. 22 in singles and has Elle compiled a 20-3 record overall. Chr "Obviously, we played as well as Jem we can play," USC Head Coach Kent ann DeMars said. "It was a good college match, and I was very impressed with $Qf\ Clemson's Josh Goffi. Vladimir Pavicevic played a solid match and is gaining confidence. He has been playing well and has a solid game. ^ 2 ^ "We started four freshman and ^ two sophomores, and we are starting . to gel, and they are beginning to un- m derstand college competition. Our team is playing well at this stage of J the season. My hat is off to the Tigers run! and their program." Prav '1 really felt good out there today," SEC Pavicevic said. "It seemed as if 1 every shot was falling in place for me. wit! It really felt good, and it seemed that day, I played well today." at C /A NTPn A A.X ^ M. AJAy BY THE TMENTOF J VT EMPLOY FOR I NATIONAL CACY CENT EPRESENTATIVES OP rUSTICE AND THE U.i 4 INFORMATIONAL f ednesday, April 1 4:00 PM tx Center, Room 602 Administration Buildi might's NCAA national lip basketball game ). o uian anu i>o. l larks the first time since le championship game has Jo. 1 seed playing in it. Pago 7 is team mson 'South Carolina has the best team 11 have seen them have in 10 rs," Clemson Head Coach Chuck ise said. "They could be a factor tie NCAA Tournament." 'I know where we have to be, and ow where we are at this point of season ? we are on the move," lars said "We are going to be in hunt at the end of the year. We gaining experience and strength very match. This young team is showing imminent. We are starting four freshi, and they are showing more mafrr r%a fVin oaocnn nunmrnnAAfl " I?J ao biit otaouu piugiCSoCS. estrian Led by Jennifer Wood, the USC estrian team won its first region } since 1994 to advance to zone petition at Berry College on April [t was USC's fourth-straight show i this season. \lso, 13 riders qualified for the indual regional?Amy Bell, Cindy le, Stacy George, Erika Johnson, n Miller, Mikel Cole, Ellen Smoak, istina Perrine, Laurie DuPuis, lifer Connors, Jennifer Dyer, Adria Black and Wood. [ball 3ky Brown and Nikki Beers tied complete games as South Cara swept a doubleheader 3-2 and from Kentucky at Lexington, Ky. Brown (W, 11-4) gave up six hits le first game, and Kim Retro had doubles. Beers (W, 3-3) allowed two earned 3 and struck out seven. USC imres to 19-11 overall and 6-4 in the 1 Friday, the Lady Gamecocks split . T ~ J-. TI7--1 J i. J TTT_ J i uie x-iauy v* uucats ana w eanes, USC split with North Carolina hapel Hill. 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