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umsmmm Billy brings us S the week in Southeastern Te: Conference football. Flc Kelly brings us a Ge preview of USC's Arl attempt to not stink. LSI Gam U -* - - . / ... Senior John Harr gets tied up witl the match 2-0, dropping the Game Crazy final h | MICHAEL STRICKLAND ] On a night WWF Raw, the baseball playoffs, and the NFL went up against NITRO, WCW played the trump card to entice viewers to put down the remote control and stay with TNT. For those who did, you got a crazy final hour-and-a-half of wrestling entertainment. Sting and The Warrior reunited as a tag team to face Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart in a main event. Sting j rfl ? Tir \rti7 a i? turn -me vvarnm wcie in vvn.paruieia in 1986, when they began their careers as the Blade Runners. Hart and Sting fought the majority of the match in a tremendous battle. Almost as soon as The Warrior tagged in, the remainder of the nWo stormed the United Center ring to end the match in a no contest decision. The Warrior received quite a beating from the nWo, while partner Sting used a baseball bat to protect himself. This brawl sets up two intriguing matches for Halloween Havoc. World champion Goldberg ran his professional record to 150-0 in an unlikely count-out victory over the Giant. Just as the Giant slammed Gold1 X- ll . 1 1 - J X Derg io me mat witn a uesiructive chokeslam and covered him for the pin, DDP bolted to ringside to protect his title shot for Havoc. Page himself was a recipient of a chokeslam, but Gold ? <4 f ogler not w< ASSOCIATED PRESS South Carolina coach Eddie Fogler is not so worried about the next step for his growing basketball program. First, Fogler built a winning team. Then he established success in the Southeastern Conference with a 1997 league title. "Now, do we have to win an NCAA tournament game? Yeah, it would be nice. That'll happen," Fogler said Monday. It hasn't the past two years, despite USC coming into the NCAAs as a highly regarded, highly seeded, team. Two years ago, after a magical 151 march through thfe SEC and the EC Football in the AP Top 25 Poll nnessee 3rd >rida 5th ;orgia 13th kansas 17th LJ 21st fXWJS ET V pi: rf wipr ;A , i| itt'P "i-M i a Clemson defender in Sunday's ma cocks to 8-3 and hurting their postse 11 - ? our Helps Mo berg was there to spear the Giant, protecting DDP. The Giant was well on his way to an upset win before Page got involved, and don't expect that to go unnoticed by the nWo next week on NITRO. As a wild NITRO got even wilder, Eric Bischoff learned Four Horseman rule No.l: NEVER tiy to crash a Horseman party. WCW president Bischoff wanted Ric Flair out of the building, but Flair was accompanied by the owner of the United Center, so there was nothing Bischoff could do. In the end, Bischoff was mauled by security as Flair and the rest of the Horsemen partied all night long in an arena skybox. Sooner or later you'll see the "Nature Boy" get his hands around Bischoff s neck inside the ring ? count on it. On a more serious note, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall were once best friends, inside and outside the ring. However, with Hall's recent all-too-real problems, the two have grown apart. WCW has decided, amid much criticism, to use this real-life tragedy as an angle. That angle will conclude at Havoc, when Hall and Nash square off against each other. Unfortunately for Hall, the end of the angle doesn't solve his real problems outside the ring. He needs help, but the WCW decision not to give T-Jrtll fUn fimo nffkn moT7 Kn nnoV\ i kiii uiu buiib wxi lie liCCUiJ inaj wvx |;uoir ing Hal] down the road of destruction. Two other events are worth mentioning from NITRO this week. Eddy Guerrero's LWO (Latino World Order) orried about Is school's first league title, second-seeded South Carolina was bounced by Coppin State in the opening round. This past March, it was upset specialist Richmond which defeated the third-seeded Gamecocks. "I am not worried about the NCAA tournament, I am worried about getting into the NCAA tournament," r ogier said. South Carolina had reached the tournament only once in 23 years before Fogler's back-to-back trips. Fogler thinks he's got the components for the Gamecocks first threepeat since Frank McGuire led them to foul- straight berths from 1971-74. Spc ^t!tt ? nut fNB mil | <f" |k '" ' y ^IPSWaiiiMBB : * - . - ? -;-y V. a ' , % A*1' vM JJ| r . - ., ?? a* *% V A '"-: < s ' ' ' ' ' : , "' -/ - n^s < . ,;: -; '" ?/%* J "I - y * - 5 /*%SL - . -, - -; I I i ' SEAN RAYFORD Sports Photo Edito itch against the Tigers. Clemson woi ason chances. ndav NITRO is growing in number, currently at six with the addition of Psychosis Monday night. Guerrero and the rest of his Latino buddies are organizing in order to get some respect from Eric Bischoff. Oddly, even though Bischoff signs the checks for WCW, there is certainly no love lost between him and most of the wrestlers. This is another real-life battle worth following. Also, there is trouble in paradise between Buff Bagwell and Scott Steiner. Each of them think they are God's gift to pro wrestling, so look out for Buff at Havoc, as Steiner must face his brother Rick in a no-disqualification match. News and Notes: The card for Halloween Havoc lines up like this: Rick Steiner vs. Scott Steiner, Eddy Guerrero vs. Konnan, Alex Wright v. British Bulldog, Scott Hall vs. Kevin Nash, Hogan vs. Warrior, Sting vs. Bret Hart, and Goldberg vs. DDP... Referee Brian Hildebrand's surgery last week was unsuccessful as his cancer has returned ... Look for Rey Misterio Jr. to return to action soon ... Barry Windham, a former Horseman, is rumored to be rej. : xtrrnxTxi : i.? mi lling tu vvv^vv ui me turning ... Read into that what you want, but Mongo McMichael better guard his Horseman membership very closely sfCAA success South Carolina lost point guard Melvin Watson and forward Ryan Stack, who was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers. But Fogler plans to switch AilAmerican guard BJ McKie to Watson's spot, and will rotate experienced big men William Gallman, LeRon Williams and Bud Johnson in the frontcourt. McKie is the team's star and probably is only half a season from supplanting Hall-of-Famer Alex English as the school's career scoring leader. With the loss of Watson and Stack and the improvement of SEC teams like Tennessee and Florida, some wonder how .far McKie can carry the Gamecocki 3RT< frv r . IU \J. asst. sports editor JEFF ROMIG South Carolina. Clemson. Top matchup. One of the most underral rivalries in the country. One of the m overlooked sports in the state. Throw these elements into Stc Stadium on a Sunday afternoon 90 minutes and watch one of the 1 matchups in college soccer unfold. T was the case on Sunday, and duri these 90 minutes, emotion ran hij the referee handed out cautions 1: speeding tickets at the end of the mor and Clemson broke the hearts of t USC soccer team, 2-0. "I think both teams played wit! lot of intensity," USC head coach M; Berson said. "We played real hard, I I don't think we played real smart the first part of the game." Clemson didn't wait long to get the board, shocking USC fans. Only seconds into the game, they drove do the field and scored on a John Will goal inside the box. "It took the crowd out of the ga right away," said Clemson head co; Trevor Adair. "They came out here v a lot of momentum, and when you a goal like that, youll take it." At first, there was a question ab who scored the goal. It was initfe credited to Mark Lisi, but was chanj after the game and credited to Wils "John Wilson was on the end c and tucked it away beautifully," I jj said. Lisi also scored Clemson's sec< goal, which came in the 69th minut play. "The second goal was on a throv from Pablo Webster," Lisi said.ur. | ball just came through and I happei to be standing there. I was just lu to be there." The offensive side for South C olina was all about missed opporti I ties. The Gamecocks had few legitim I chances, due to the strong Clemson fense, and the ones they had slip] r through their fingers, i "In the second half, we came and Joey (Worthen) missed the he 'Bullet' 1< staff writer JEREMY TOUZEl In her very first collegiate gar Melinda "Bullet" Carter scored the fi goal of the season for the USC wome soccer team. Since then, she has ad( two goals and two assists, which is o standing for a freshman defender in 1 Southeastern Conference. When asked about her game-w 1 Intn/lnnn n/ imig guai agonist i_/aviusun, v>cu tei s<: "I wasn't even shooting~I was passi but I'm more satisfied with an assi: Head coach Sue Kelly occasions uses Carter at forward to add sps to the offense, but for the most p; Carter prefers playing defense. "If I'm back there," Carter said can get the forwards the ball." She just that against No. 17 Georgia, sisting Jennie Ondo on the game-w ning goal. To see why she got the nickna "Bullet," one needs only to see Mel da's long-range, left-footed blasts s her blazing speed for explanation, addition, Carter's aggressive style play gives the Gamecocks an additi al physical presence on the field After a collision with Tennessee n fielder Jennifer Laughridge, Carter \ forced to leave the game with a blo< nose, but, not surprisingly, came b, just moments later. This toughness is one of the mi reasons why Carter was recently SiCr .:?JU SEAN RAYFORD Sports Photo h Freshman Melinda "Bullet" Ca has helped lead the L; Gamecock soccer team to verge of postseason play for first time ever. Men's Soccer Sunbeam Soccer Class 7 p.m., Saturday i vs. SW Missouri State. ? 6 p.m., Sunday J vs. Evansville i lemso * Ing ;he M K|% M&k irk = I JM IHI^^^KfL^HKiRS 58 wn South Carolina head coach Mark B< son after a questionable call involving Lockwood in the background while me ach er and then we hit one off of the post," dth Berson said. "If you capitalize on those get and take away the opening mistake, then it's a completely different game, out Then again, you'd expect that in this illy rivalry, because both teams are going sjed to have chances and it usually comes on. down to the team that capitalizes." if it Even though missed opportunities ,isi were a factor for each team, one of the main themes of the match was yellow md cards. Seven yellow cards were given e of out between the two teartis. In some cases, the referee was commended; in /-in others, he was criticized. Hie "I think the ref was good," said USC tied forward John Harr. "This is maybe one cky of the hardest college soccer games to ref because of the rivalry, and just be!ar cause of the battle out there. It's very mi- hard to keep control of the game all the late time." de- Indeed, the referee could not keep ped control of this game at all times - there were two instances that almost came out to blows that weren't seen by the refad eree. These early instances led to what ;ads womer rst in- f tlly * irk art ,"1 did ? ... asin me Linind In on- ? -***" < 11 Melinda Carter, a defender from Pla vas the United States National B-Team, ^dy Team that will play in the inaugural ack any lected to the United States National Bse Team, which is second only to the Na tional Team that will play in the in? augural Women's World Cup in 1999. Originally from Piano, Texas, where p she led Piano Senior High School to the jlgj state soccer championship in 1997, Carter received offers to play for Notre ipj Dame and Connecticut. Carter chose South Carolina be~ cause she knew Coach Kelly and was aware of the quality of the recruiting class. "You iust know where you're hap py," Carter said. "When you're a soccer player, you go places and you just know where you want to stay." Fortunately, for Gamecock fans, Carter ended up at USC. "I've been on winning teams all my Iditor life," Carter said. So far this year, the rter 7-4-1 Gamecocks have continued this ady winning trend. After their final road the game Tuesday at Furman, the ladies the end the season with four straight home games. i Nate says the tic Gamecock volleyball team received 24 votes in the latest USA Today/AVCA poll, ranking them 27th in the nation. TTn 11 M\J SEAN RAYFORD Sports Photo Editor erson, right, argues with a referee Chris Lockwood. Trainers tend to Berson asks for a card. almost became a brawl between the two teams in the second half. "You can expect this game to be physical, but some of the cards ... I've got to look to see what they really were," Adair said. "The referee had a really tough day. He had a tough job of trying to control the two teams because of the emotion, but he eventually got it under control." Clemson left Columbia with a huge win under their belt, and USC was left to figure out what goals need to be set for the rest of the season. "Tf wp had wnn this ramp wp would hav? been in great shape," Harr said. "Now, we have a lot of good games in front of us. We're going to play a lot of good Southern teams, so now we just have to make sure we beat them." USC will begin picking up the pieces from the Clemson loss at the Sunbeam Soccer Classic on Oct. 17. The Gamecocks are hosting this tournament, which will include College of Charleston, Evansville and Southwest Missouri State. i's soccer ***** - a % -- ' SEAN RAYFORD Sports Photo Editor ino, Texas, was recently selected to which is second to the National Women's World Cup in 1999. Off the field, Carter is a physical education major. She intends to follow the athletic training program, after which she plans to return for another year to pursue a master's degree in education. In addition to assisting coach Kelly in whatever way possible after she graduates, Carter "would like to be a P.E. teacher or a coach." Between the soccer team and classes, Carter's schedule is full, but she passes any idle time by sleeping, watching movies with her friends, or watching her favorite sitcom, "Friends." Carolina is in position for a postseason berth with a strong finish. Come to Stone Stadium on Oct. 16 and support USC women's soccer, as they look to continue their winning trend against Mississippi at 7 p.m. The Lady Gamecocks also host Mississippi State at 1 p.m. on Sunday, followed by home contests with nationally-ranked Florida on Oct. 25 and North Carolina Sta^e on Oct. 30.