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^ ^ Mark braves the three-game series between the Gamecocks and the Gators and tells us what happened. . William follows injured softballer Kendra McCutcheon around and tells us how she's doing. Friday, April 17,1998 ~~ Lady Gamecc sports editor BRYAN JOHNSTON In the first game, with t at two in the bottom of the Anyone who has ever played or Pietro strode to the plate tc watched baseball or softball has heard inning. On the first pitch, 1 the old cliche: it only takes one swing ed a line-drive shot to str of the bat to make a big difference. center field to break the ti Wednesday, Kim Pietro needed on- "It was high and insid( ly one swing, and with that swing, pitch I like to hit," said the ? she blasted her fourth homerun of the Pompton Plains, N.J. "If s a ?- year t0 give tne Laay liamecocK soit- ally don't hit well, but the ball team a 3-2 lead, a lead they would a little bit slow tonight so 11 not relinquish en route to the victory, to get my hands up." Carolina continued its dominance Senior Sky Brown went over Coastal Carolina, winning 3-2 and for Carolina, improving h 8-0 in five innings, to improve to 28-0 18.7. all-time against the Chanticleers. In the night-cap, Carol game wide-open m the firs USC picked up anothe j* third when Brown scored 1 Leading 3-0 heading in a inning, Carolina put up fivi ^ i inning to give it the 8-01( M need to end the game earl ^ 1 Pietro walked, Schultze 1 e Donohoo reached on a fie] f ^ to load the bases for Brc omn/tlrn/1 n Kirn /Mil- /IahKIa A L.|W(l(t - oniav/ivcu a tYYvruut uuuuic vj ' " "** ?J field line to score Pietro ?u SEAN RAYFORD The Gamecock Hall Came to the plate nei Freshman Adrienne Genovese ered a triple to deep right 1 heads to first base. Genovese was Donohoo and Brown. Fres out on the play, but advanced the McMillin singled to bring runners into scoring position. ing USC the 8-0 lead. use crushes Wofford, sports editor BRYAN JOHNSTON three runs scored for Sou , (33-9). In their first visit to Spartanburg Wofford's (11-25) lorn in 18 years, the No. 6 Gamecocks were fifth inning when Roy Ja< ^ unkind guests as South Carolina scored on a slow-roller to second. 14 runs on 19 hits to defeat Wofford 14- USC jumped out to an 1 before a near capacity crowd at Dun- the first on Everett's hoi can Park Wednesday night. Gamecocks then scored si Hie 3,103 people in attendance saw second inning, highlighted Adam Everett and rest of the Game- double, to put the game < cocks dominate with an early offensive . PeterBauer explosion and solid pitching. eight .rulings, staking on Everett went 3-for-5 with four RBI "Patrick Sexton oitch and three runs scored. Two of his hits Winning, including tw were extra base hits, sending a shot to end the game over the wall in left in the first inning Up next for Gamec and collecting a double in the second three-game series with F inning. is one game back of the Mike Curry was a double away from Gators, hitting for the cycle as the centerfield- The two play at 7 p.m er finished 3-for-5 with two RBI and Saturday and at 1 p.m. Si FREE FUN FREE SCAVENGER HUN1 I SS . CAinLAnniH 1 flgfi M| "LATE I y FREE FOOD FREE VOLLEYBALL TOI Kniii9i London $602 Madrid Frankfurt $717 Prague Rome $800 Brussels Copenhagen $875 p A n ii fares rouraMnp from Columbia and dc w rndiida tot which run an extra S4 ?- jbftct to change, sot sta travel... ?r~ (800) 777-0112 ? largest student \ / STA travel organization. We've m BOOK YOUR TICKET ONLIN . k ; ' ~ c " - ' Sport The Gamecock icks sweep Coa he score tied aight-away ^:^Mj^pS|^^MMlPW^PBPPBBwWWl e. la d a chance * " the distance er record to |?| III ina blew the K ^pr tinning and *\jl WSm. i|gpW^ with a douved to third , . \ .more Kim J \\ i a single to f \A 1-OlpaH Af- is??i ?^ ? l u leaa. ai sean , . ,, . , Kim Schultze throws out a Coastal Carolina base runner in , 0 r end the top of the second inning in the second game < lOndra riall doubleheader against the Chanticleers. USC won 3-2 and smgle to left McMillin threw a three-hit shutout confident up there, ar r run in the to improve to 6-7 this season. Hall went mental game." an a Coastal 3-for-3 in the second game with three The wins had U RBI to lead the offensive attack. Compton pleased. to the fourth "Yeah, I'm feeling it finally," Halt "Every win is a bi e runs in the said. "I had to break my swing down sa>d- Confidence is ad'twould and come out and just hit the bail These came out, and Joyce y due to the wiMwerebjgforus.WeVe been strug- Sky threw pretty we t JTik' i c good pitches, and it' singled, and ghng, and think getting one m live m- ?hcre^d t'somecu IdeEs choice gs pumped us up a little bit head- struggle<r iwn. Brown m?an r t? Georgia. After a four-game lown the left- With her single m the first inning, ^his weekend, the Lai ad Schultze. Pietro extended her hitting streak to turn home Wednest rtanddeliv- 17 games. home games of the ye Beld to score Tm seeing the ball real well right Winthrop at 6 p.m., ihman Joyce now," Pietro said. "I think the biggest festivities honoring I in Hall, giv- thing is I'm hitting good pitches, and liott-Hoshour and Ki I'm seeing it come in really well. I very the games. tannic fpcimQ oHvcinrp in tvillliu LVUliiU U.V4> T U1XVV XXX th Carolina Men's tennis Women's tennis The No. 19 USC men's tennis team Arlo Elkins' sevei b run in the downed Vanderbilt Thursday 4-1 to ad- Gamecock tennis tej :ques scored vance to the second round of the 1998 record to 11-10 on th SEC Championships. vanced to the second i early lead in Vanderbilt took the doubles point SEC Women's Cham ne run. The before Carolina won the first four sin- feating lOth-seeded ] x runs in the gles matches. 6-3 Thursday. : by Everett's "Vanderbilt fought hard in singles, USC won despite )ut of reach, but we got a few more breaks to go our of its top singles pi (W, 6-0) went way and we were able to capitalize on matches. Carolina ca t seven Ter- them," USC coach Kent DeMars said, torn half of the single! USC's Vladimir Pavicevic, Jerome as Valentine Vernaz ed a perfect Jourdon and Guillaume Legat down Mandy Carvalho all o strikeouts, Vand/s top three positions in straight With the score 1 sets. heading into doubles f :ocks is a key Receiving the fourth point for USC freshman Leigh Eicl 'lorida. USC was Tomasz Wawrzyniak in the No. 6 nior Celine Regnier ii s first-place singles position. bles spot. It paid off, South Carolina faces Mississippi doubles tandems sco . Friday and State today at 8:30 a.m. in the quar- USC faces seconi unday. terfinals. today at 10 a.m. r FREE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FREE DOOR PRI2 iur calendars now ? it's BACK! 3l USC STRESS BLOW* NIGHT AT THE BLATT" y, April 27,1998 6 pm -12 midn Blatt P.E. 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ST/i 803-765-5257 TRAVEL or been there! 1-800-USA ARMY e at: army, be all you cai www.goarmy.com Nate says th will host its Sand Saturda UNCC, Mars J.C., LIU an< today and a nfril NFL's best qi ^aS rea^ ishes in"" 3} shawn SINGLETON itshisto- d] smA t 11 1 i i ??j? r-r? ry. iviarK cc Smglelon 3:16 \ w birdied 01 the final hole in a race to the finish w that was seemingly between Fred Couples and David Duval. - a: Now that I've put those who ft give a rat's ass in a golfing mood, it g is now time for a weekly reading F from the Book of Singleton, Chap- yi :ord The Gamecock ter Three, Verse Sixteen. a at first base to The Singleton World Tour Sun- n >f Wednesday's day evening took me to the Elbow w ' 8"?- Room Music Hall in Five Points. Ed tl id it's definitely a Mack and I had to walk tins one be- y cause our tour bus driver, Tom, It SC coach Joyce was getting drunk with his family. b Our purpose: to get autographs ? a aHn " fnmntnn fr?m the athletes and other celebri- a o ties who would be participating in F threw welf, and Monday's post-Masters touma- w ,11 Wp swun? at ment. I knew we wouldn t see oi was big to get in Fuzzy Zoeller because he was at a A KSouthe barbecue replete *uth y burning crosses and all the fried p ,n . chicken and collard greens he could tl .. eat. After aU, he is from the only ly Gamecocks re- * , ' , . , . , lay for the final part of file country m which racism T :ar USC will face 18 aw 5 .,,0 . r, With all of the red-hot women tl wi enior ay who were there, we were out only cl Irovm Came El- for ^ autographS) f()r there was a irn jl GtGrs DGiorG i i_ n ji j. i_ no chance in hell that we d go home Vs with any of these women. These g women wanted the dollar bills, and F C"C/^ Q the celebrities had them. n O JL/ Vj ^ As I mingled around to prove my point, Ed got autographs from t< NFL has-been Bernie Kosar, soccer I' nth-seeded Lady im pushed their e season and adround of the 1998 C | I m m A T ipionships by de- OUlllllltrl Mississippi State $11.15/t< t : li i.1 ayersiose?? Scholarships and inter me on in the bot- Openings ste 3 bracket, though, :, Tobi Rakic and 1? Charleston and surrounding area tallied victories. In Greenville and surrounding area enotted at three In Savannah and surrounding area! wiberger^nd ju- ln Columbia and suri ato the No. 1 dou- call 551-1501 f< as all three USC jn Augusta, Aiken, Sumter, G f v\ct5Iles . Orangeburg email your resume ( i-seeded Georgia e application to ApplyT >UT{ Mshmbs tight J IMBiiBMIIIIBj JS.C t Become | A Plasma Donor EPAY Who Needs Plasma? 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The prize of any current )llector of football memorabilia as in Columbia, and he turned at to be the biggest jackass one ill ever meet. Who was he, you're probably sking? All 111 say is that he is om a redneck town in Mississippi, ot drafted in 1991 by the Atlanta alcons and choked in this past ear's SuperBowl. This shows how rrogant some athletes are. This lan has fans all over the country rho pay toiis of money to see him irow a football 90 yards, but as ou can clearly see, he could care jss. It's all about the Benjamins, aby. The next section of this column arries a disclaimer. If you are a eminazi or some henpecked man ho's had the whip taken to you ne too many times, don't read this, aid if you still don't like that, send our letters to the complaint deartment, and you know where lat is. Damn, I wish I were a woman, his way I could get into clubs, reardless of age, by wearing somelung short and/or tight. 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