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^ USC junior Adam Everett was hoi by the SEC Office Monday when he named Player of the Week. The sh< stop hit .571 (8-for-l4) with two do two RBI and had two stolen bases sixth-ranked Gamecocks' 3-1 week. Wednesday, April 22. 1998 J^M Bfli^ ? 1 * Carrie Elliott-Hoshour has mai Birmingham, Ala., will be play in j For most normal students, tal hours in one semester is a taking nursing classes at Mi Tech is a rarity; starting on a USC i team is a dream; marriage is a thinj distant future. For most normal students, doin a these things at once is absolutely unh Well, almost. Meet Carrie Elliott-Hoshour: stud ture nurse, athlete and wife. USC's resident do-it-all might se she has too much occupying her time, liott-Hoshour wouldn't have it any oth Married Dec. 20,1997 to Carolini er Chad Hoshour, the catcher on th n l i 11 i i uamecucK soitDan ream saia marne hectic, but is exciting and different. "I don't see Chad hardly at all bea works and he hurt his arm, so h about four hours of rehab every day," Hoshour said. "Our schedules just d incide. We're both taking 21 hours an both graduating in May. So I hardly e him. But if s great, and I love being mi Elliott-Hoshour said she wasn't ai all and considers herself lucky to hav a mate who understands her commil "I wasn't at all scared because I kn it was meant to be," Elliott-Hoshour ss ^ very interesting, but it's also very After the school, the softball and th tice, which have to come first at this i my life, Chad is the one who gets changed. "It takes a lot of understanding, is also a student-athlete, so I'm ver there that he understands that I hav demands that I have to do and the sai for me with him." "USC eq ^ SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Ellen Miller won the tie-breaker at th? Zone Finals for U$C. lored ; was artubles, in the ? ? JlflSlBr Ph I %Si> H^^:.JhH^ " -^f'CrW "vh? M >"?i|t ^ I *> HI JH WLt m s 4 dlfl : jH mm # A aged to balance academics, athletics her final home softball game today for ng 21 Elliott-Hoshour and Hoshour r surd; the two lived in The Roost, the the [lands ic dormitory. hletic "We met through a mutual frier in the ter three weeks, I knew he was the going to marry," she said. "We ha all of have a fight, and that was the on] ard of. was reluctant about when we got n mat ney, we naven t naa an argtu nt, fu- and we still haven't. So I thought, oh this is too good to be true, m like "It's wonderful, and I can't eve: ?utEl- it because we're so much alike r way. dreamed that I would actually mar pitch- er student-athlete. I always want< Lady I never dreamed that it would hap life is it did." The two wed in Elliott-Hoshou 1 i r T-? l k i n news editor SARA LAPENHEIM The USC women's equestrian team has qualified for the NCAA finals after only two seasons as a varsity sport. ->- % > ^j| P%m use ne town 01 mrmingnam, Aia., over u does Break, thus limiting the number llliott- mates and coaches who could attei n't co- er Sky Brown, from Montgomery, we're tended, and former teammate an< er see assistant coach Trinity Johnson w tried." wedding. aid at The Christmas wedding might found ited the attendance, but it was whe nents. Hoshour wanted it. svthat "I've always dreamed of h d. It's Christmas wedding, and it was mt ough. nient for us," Elliott-Hoshour said, prac- when we decided to do it, and it ^ )int in derful." short- The two had their honeymoon i burg, Tenn., but ran into their firs nd he problem just two days after m lucky Hoshour's truck was broken into 1 other after they got married. The thief d: egoes any of the wedding gifts that were i smashed in the window of the Hur uestrian Led by seven strong freshmen and clai me sophomore, UbC has representa- cip tives in each of the five "showing" cat- wil Bgories. noi The sole member of the team to rep- fic? resent USC at the Intermediate level rie is jumper Jennifer Connor. A freshman Int from New York who has extensive show F e] experience, Connor says she's "so ex- wh nted about being able to go to the tour- rid lament in my first year here." Following last weekend's zone com- Be] petition, USC needed to place in the the mp three to qualify for the tournament. Pe* \s the last round approached with USC me appearing to be in second place, Conlor said she was "so nervous. I couldn't 381 even watch. I had to go for a walk "ig around the ring so that I could collect to e my thoughts." 3111 When the final tabulation was an- hei lounced, USC was tied for second place tw< vith MTSU. A draw would ensue with to a )ne team being chosen as the repre- me sentative to the final. For USC, the rider that made that decision was Ellen the Miller was "extremely excited and very P01 aervous. cor Miller, a freshman from Columbia, ?r( epresents the first classification of rid- ton irs for Carolina, Walk/Trot/Canter. SQr fhere is-no jumping involved in this Spof The Gamecock ORMAC SWL ory by Bryan Johnston, Sports Editor lotos by Sean Rayford, Asst. Photo E w m i alt ^ I f , night classes and marriage. The senio the Lady Gamecocks. net when Elliott-Hoshour said the hardes in-athlet- adjusting to marriage was changing name, but there have been other adjv id and af- they have had to make, one I was "The biggest adjustment has p ive yet to been the conflicting schedules," EUiottly thing I said. "I also had to get used to the co named is of the finances, which I'm still gett nent yet, to. I'm very, very independent, so if s i my gosh, me. But thafs understood. We wanh way; our finances are each other's." n explain Elliott-Hoshour said one would th . I never their schedules that their Bentley Con ry anoth- ment would be a disaster area, but id to, but tually very clean. >pen, and "I'm very particular about thii so is he," Elliott-Hoshour said. "It r's home- get messy during the week because hristmas in and drop things, change clothes a1 of team- On the weekends, we always pick it c id. Pitch- we have schedules like we do, we h; Ala., at- very organized and we have to kno i current everything is, and everything has it as in the These last few weeks of school w hardest, according to Elliott-Hoshc have lim- the end of the season and exams coi in Elliott- but she still has some goals. "I want to keep my grades up," i taving a "This has definitely been my hardes >st conve- ter since I've been here, because I'r "So thaf s 21 hours. Plus, I'm going to nursing vas won- Midlands Tech." Elliott-Hoshour will start attendi n Gatlin- ing school in June at Midlands Tec) it marital "We're going to live here for tw< arrying. Elliott-Hoshour said. "Chad's getting the night ter's in education, and he's going t idn't take Then, who knows where we'll be." n car, but Elliott-Hoshour said even thou nmer. married, she's still close with her tea I team ad ss, but riders are required to be dislined and prepared to change speed th the horse as called by the anincer at the show. The other classiitions (in increasing order of expence and difficulty) are Novice, ermediate Flat and Intermediate aces, and Open and Open/Fences, ich consists of the most experienced ers, all of which are freshmen. The top riders on the team, Amy , II and Jenn Wood, successfully won sir classifications at the zone com;ition. Connor also took the interdiate classification. When Miller's name was drawn the tie breaking rider, "we were shak. ? : J ut? i.u I mHM saiu ^uimur. intense is me wuiu lescribe what it felt like just to wait < JBPP i watch. It was so exciting for Ellen, ^ ^ ng as she has only been showing for *?-4 3 years to be the deciding factor as vhether we would go to the tourna- aj It is unfortunate to mention that ^nH ! team almost didn't have the op- -tunity to have a post-season. Ac- ? " uing 10 ooimur, uieir coacn, oanei | iwn, was only notified the Friday be3 zones that funding for the post-sea- . i would be available. The confusion ^ v EQUESTRIAN page nine Zone Fii 02 Wr-mrn "We still hang out," Elliott-Hoshour s gggOf "Chad's friends with my teammates, and 1 ^ think he's really cool. Trinity was in wedding, and the day of the wedding looked at me and said, Tou're getting r ried!' and I said 'Yeah.' The first da practice Sky said to me, 1 can't believe yo married.' It's weird, but I'm still the s; "Chad and I were always veiy devote each other, so they're used to that. But kind of strange, especially for the fresh] because they're just starting their college perience, and I'm married." Sophomore third baseman Sondra I agreed with Elliott-Hoshour, but said name is the only thing different about Ell Hoshour since she got married. "Carrie's always been like a mothe most of us," Hall said. "Basically, she bri a lot of maturity to this team and after ting married, she didn't change her ways she did was come out here and play the s; | way she always has. "She's always been a mature playe: ? hasn't been much of a change for us, but f kind of weird having a little bit of a diffei last name there." Carolina softball coach Joyce Comf said Elliott-Hoshour brings a lot to the |e both on and off the field. "I think she brings some leadersh Compton said. "She's been through some | times here and some bad times her think she's been a good role model for players, and she works hard. "She's been beat up this year from the go, yet every time we've called on her, s comes out. The young kids know what's r and whafs wrong, and Carrie does things right way." Elliott-Hoshour has been a consisl starter at catcher for the Lady Gamect >r from this year, contributing both behind am the plate. But when she takes to the fiek day for Carolina's 6 p.m. game agai t part of Winthrop, it will be her last game at ho ; her last a fact she's well aware of. istments "It's hit me, and ifs kind of a reality ch( Elliott-Hoshour said. "ItH hit me real t irobably Wednesday, but it'll probably hit me the h Hoshour est when I play my last game." mbining But even after her softball career is o ing used Elliott-Hoshour is already living most i hard for mal students' future. She is happily mar i ii i J it uiat ana nas ner career pain piannea ana ir tion. link with "It's really cool," Elliott-Hoshour said, irt apart- all been kind of a fairy tale for me." ; it is ac lgs, and I T tends to Irjf''jfi t * * ** we come ^ ^ ^ mingup, she said. ^yea?," ' " ~~ ;o teach. Elliott-Hoshour has been the L Gamecocks' starting catcher all sea gh she's and is considered "like a mother' mmates. her younger teammates. Ivances tc ^^BNl-'^aKjL.- , A:^H 'v y. J *^w^^m>-^\>~~MM"^%''' .^Hf-"?1 ^*r Ji i S J^b l& a ; iB x: *-,v^4 .-- * ^ Cl-^ -f',! < '"^. ~ -\ ? m ?2 ; ? -: s of the University of South Carolina womei i May. The team is in its second year of bei$ lals last 'weekend to qualify for the finals. BJ says, being the big Softball fan he is, sophomore Kim Schultze has started every game in her career and has yet to miss an inning since coming to Carolina last year. Schultze has started in 116 consecutive games for USC. Page 7 i TTon i* uou new m face at top they " S of charts y of ^ . ??? ^ The woman was ft. ' hardly watching the 5 S211116- With a red j. rain-slicker draped it is ** w H oyer her head and ?*~ | . ...,i shoulders, her eyes men fell ,? $> ; c. j * j iBii *k 11 were fixed instead on ex* P^ii?iii9k jjSBk , ; the dark grey storm lall |W^ HS clouds wrapping their mj^m A way across Columbia ion- sky, floating over As William FOLKS semuiy oireei irom r to Common Folklore Wffliams-Brice Stadi; ? um and then stopings r t - ping, seeming to churn intentionally over themselves once they ^me reached the outfield at USC's Sarge Frye Field. "God, please let it rain. Why hasn't it started raining yet?" j. -g While she offered her plaintive plea, South rent Carolina's ace reliever Jason Pomar was trying to finish what left-hander Brett Kondro had ^ started, the deciding game of a three-contest, ^ weekend homestand against the nation's No. 4 team, the Florida Gators. ? At the plate was Chuck Hazzard, the <xk1 Gators' senior DH who had earned All-America 'e j honors at UF just two weeks before. Hampered the by a broken thumb for most of the season, the man who was drafted by the New York Yan. kees had already put a ball over the left-field ^e?g fence that afternoon. ht "I really felt like I was starting to swing the bat well for the first time since the injury," he said. "I had just hit a homer the last time up, _ent and I thought I was seeing the ball a lot better." jcks In fact, Pomar's last offering had just been sent about 300 feet down the right field line, a 1 to- ?ust Nino leftovers barely pushing the ngt ball foul. With the bases loaded, Hazzard was looking to put a sizable dent into USC's 9-3 fnv\A lrnnn tVia nrc nn fnn nf Vin i W^l v ^^NL jHB"K* Ak M F yj^^r%j^r *~ ??^^HU"- :' jk i^* <P 3^/ 3M^fpjjjy * "* <-: *><? ;-,v - .; ^ '* '?# ? >- %! \ " sV ?? -J^s '\ t? ., 4 : =>' ? , ^ - >* -. "' & . ? c:: ' _i?_ -ii -i -J SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK n's equestrian team will be competing in the NCAA g a varsity sport. The team took second place at the * icau \auu accp uic uatuxo uii tup ui nit uuv i * East leader board). But if it wasn't the rain, maybe it was that little breath from above that ^ symbolized the Gamecocks' good fortunes of late on this particular day, as a Pomar changever UP on nex* ^orce^ Hazzard to check Qor' his swing, but check it just a little too late. "Yeah, he fooled me on that one," he said. t ac After taking two of this weekend's three games, the SEC has a new team at the top of its Eastern Division standings: the South Carolina Gamecocks. Tied for first with Florida at 14-6, USC owns any tiebreaker with the Gators r^l based on head-to-head results. "They have a great program here," Hazzard said. "I remember when I played against Coach Tanner while he was at N.C. State how tough Shis teams were. When I heard he got the job at South Carolina, I knew they were going to da some great things. But wow, two years and they are in first place. That's unbelievable." Gator coach Andy Lopez was as equally complimentary of Tanner's job. "Ray Tanner has done an unbelievable job," Lopez said. "South Carolina has a hard-nosed, intense and well-focused baseball club. Whatev er he's doing, he's got them ready to play every time they go out there. They're a very tough team right now." Where did it all go right? After the game, I sat in the dugout with USC's resident "David," 5-feet-8-inch senior Bleftfielder Derick Urquhart. I asked him what was different about playing for USC this year than when he first arrived, ady ?The biggest thing is that we're finally a team now," Urquhart said. "There's not even a trace of animosity or anything like that. I think FOLKS page ten > Nationals