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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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ot drafted in 1991 by the Atlanta
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ear's SuperBowl. This shows how
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lan has fans all over the country
rho pay toiis of money to see him
irow a football 90 yards, but as
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