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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
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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
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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."
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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
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news editor SARA LAPENHEIM
The USC women's equestrian team
has qualified for the NCAA finals after
only two seasons as a varsity sport.
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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
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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
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, 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.
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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 ^
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"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
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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.
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^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
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n's equestrian team will be competing in the NCAA
g a varsity sport. The team took second place at the
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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
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