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Nate gives a report on the spring game
from his vantage point high atop WilliamsBrice
Stadium.
BJ stops in at the Volleyball Competition
Facility to take a gander at the Lady
Gamecocks' scrimmage against Georgia Tech
Friday, April 3,1998
?Lady Gamecocl
sports editor BRUM JOHNSTON H
Dominate: to rule or control by superior ~
power (Webster's New World Dictionary)
Domination is such a strong word. g
It is often overused or used out of con- . |||f
text. But saying that South Caroli- M
na's softball team has dominated 9
^Furman over the years is putting it ^
"mildly. Consider the following: Carolina
was 43-7-1 lifetime against the La- f||| ||||
dy Paladins heading into Wednesday's
doubleheader, the Lady Gamecocks had
outscored Furman 282-68 in the previous
51 meetings; USC has no-hit Furman
three times, the last time being in
1997 when Sky Brown threw the nohitter;
the last time Furman beat Carolina
was in 1995 when they pulled the
3-2 victory.
With all of these stats against them,
"it was no wonder the Lady Paladins
came pouring out of their dugout like
they had won the Women's College
World Series after beating Carolina 21
in eight innings in the second game
1 '
ui tuc uuuuiciicfciuer.
Despite winning the first game 3- '' ^
0, the loss to Furman (12-22) had USC ""p jf
coach Joyce Compton very displeased
with her team's performance.
"I thought we played poorly in both lilF'
games, personally," Compton said. "The
^ first game, we made defensive mistakes, Sophomc
and in the second game, we made a cou- at first bi
pie of plays, but not enough against a In Gar
team we need to beat. It was just a pa- chances t(
thetic performance as far as I'm con- cash in it
cerned on our part." Gamecocl
In Game 1, The Lady Gamecocks on]y put 0
received a strong pitching performance After 1
from Brown and junior Nikki Beers, t^e fourth
who combined to one-hit the Lady Pal- run 0f jtg
adins. Brown went five innings, strik- fourth \yj
ing out three and picking up the win. centerfiei
^Beers came in and threw two innings , ,
of no-hit ball to pick up the save. r S nV ,
USC struck in the second when ^.^novese
junior Kim Pietro drove in freshman mer_,
Joyce McMillin with a single to left field. a v
McMillin reached on a walk and stole Caroln
second to put herself in scoring posi- ^ m
tion. With Don
The Lady Gamecocks got two more second wi
runs in the fifth when Pietro and fresh- ou^?
wnan Megan Donohoo scored. Pietro popped up
reached on a single and scored on an Tbe la
error. Donohoo reached on an error and t?n extren
moved to second on the error that scored "If you
Pietro. After moving to third on fresh- third, wit!
man Kendra Meano's sacrifice bunt, ball half-?
Donohoo was driven in bv sophomore pathetic as
Kim Schultze's single to left. ton said.1
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>re thirdbaseman Sondra Hall prepares to throw a
ise In the Lady Gamecocks' 3-0 win over Furman.
ne 2, Carolina (20-12) had its 20 hits. If you can't put th
) win the game, but couldn't it doesn't mean anything
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staff writer MARK PIRAS I
It was the bottom of the ninth and g
USC was down by two runs. There
were two outs, the bases were loaded, ^
and cleanup hitter Ryan Bordenick .
was striding to the plate.
A cheer rose from the third-base
bleachers ("Game!") and was answered v
'1116 Gamecock by the first-base bleachers ("Cocks!"). *
runner out Clemson pitcher Scott Clackum
was rattled after shortstop Adam C
tern together, Everett had hit an easy grounder to ^
second which should have ended t
core a run in the game. Clemson second baseman
Carolina went Kurt Bultmann bobbled the ball and c
e game, and allowed Everett to reach base safely, t
ranglehold it Clackum then walked senior Derick v
. Urquhart on four straight pitches to t
-for-4 in the load the bases,
esandadou- Bordenick already had two hits in ^
rfter the loss. the game, and all 6,172 fans were j.
performance, cheering wildly,
ort," said the Everybody knew that the Game,
native. "We cocks were going to come from behind 0
dy to hit the in the bottom of the ninth to notch yet v
linking that another dramatic victory,
earn, but we Bordenick crushed a 1-2 pitch right *
ly, and they back up the middle, and the crowd s
rose to its feet and cheered wildly, i
quickly, the Unfortunately for Gamecock fans, I
the road this Clemson shortstop Doug Roper (who t
latchup with
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if the eighth gave Clemson a 3-2 lead, ^ ^ ^
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vith a man on third ? he balked. ^ the con
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he Gamecocks' go-ahead run, Weekly.
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nto the top of the ninth. After all, weekend
JSC coach Ray Tanner was about to ries again
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Junior Jay Lambert swings
at a pitch with runner Eric
Stanton on third base.
Lambert, a native of Carroilton,
Ga., went l-for-3 in
the Gamecocks' 6-4 loss
to Clemson Wednesday
night
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SEAN RAYFORD The Gamecock
Tigers
d had only given up one
n all season.
pitched pretty well, but he
-1 breaking ball to Roper
id not break. Roper clubbed
gh and deep down the right
ind first base umpire Bryant
ailed the ball fair,
s a great game," said Tanr
great crowd. It was a great
ent for college baseball. We
little bit late, but it was a
le."
nan Mic Knox led the Gamei
three hits, including a douISC
couldn't get anything *
ind him.
nick's two hits raised his
praoro tn 372 tn em sinner *
jam-leading 38 RBI and 10
ramecocks' record fell to
le Clemson moved to 29-4.
red the game ranked No. 8
otry, while the Tigers were
high as No. 4, by Baseball
foes on the road again this
to play a three-game sest
Ole Miss. The next home
pril 8 against Furman.
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