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Michael brings us Men's Bast his now world- vs- Marai famous Wrestling Tuesday; Insider' Women's E vs. Austr Wednesd Soccer Women staff writer JEREMY TOUZEL Three days after being ranked 24th in the < try, the South Carolina women's soccer team fini their regular season with a 1-0 victory over the State Wolfpack. Junior Mandy Pavlovits summed up the sei saying, "It's been a great season. If s been tougt I think we came together as a team this yeai that's why we're going to the SEC Tournam Though the game started somewhat slowlj Lady Gamecocks (11-5-1) established the role < tacker in the early minutes. They nearly took the lead when Mindy Sai crossed the ball in to Morgan Mclntyre, whost ing header was deflected by the N.C. State kc and cleared away. With five minutes left in the half, the Woli had a great scoring chance of their own after made a tough shot on goalkeeper Emily Crain, had to dive to stop the shot. k She deflected it back towards the middle, bo the goal wide open. Luckily for Carolina, defe Angela Austin cleared the ball before N.C. State' capitalize on the Lady Gamecocks' vulnerab Three minutes later, Kim Murray led USC counterattack. She took the ball down the right side and cr< it in to Jennie Ondo, whose header looked like it v be Carolina's first goal. The Wolfpack goalie spoiled the Lady Garnet chance, however, making a diving save to sto] ball at the last second. "It was difficult at times," said USC coach Kelly. "I think they played very well; they're a that will stick around for 90 minutes. We knew coming in. I thought we did exceptional the first If s tough when you get that many opportunitiei balls get cleared off the line and balls hit th< rights." The second half saw many more scoring o] tunities for the Lady Gamecocks. The first < when Austin made a great pass over the heads ( Wolfpack defense to give Mindy Sanders a bi away on the N.C. State goal. She was forced i bad angle by the defender at her heels, but still i a great shot-that was barely saved by the goal! er. SEAN RAYFORD Sports Photo Jennie Ondo races by a defender in Frid win against N.C. State. This contest was last regular-season game for USC. Tan captures A-l Gators sweep Cai David Kleiner Sunday, USC freshman Lynn-Yin Tan captui the A-l Singles title in the Southern Intercollegu Women's Tennis Championship at Maxcy Gregg Te nic flontor Tan took the match to three sets before droppi her opponent, Orsaya Somorjai of Francis Marion, 6(4), 3-6. 6-3. Tan fought her way through the tourney en roi to winning three of four matches in three sets. The Malaysia native defeated Francis Marioi Anna Maria Karai in two quick sets, 6-4, 6-1. T them went on to defeat UNC-Greensboro's Jen Gonzalez 5-7,6-2, 6-2. Tan also defeated Carolin own Tamara Sutton 2-6,6-2,6-1 to advance to the nals. Valentine Vernaz placed fifth after beating UN G's Jenny Gonzalez 7-6 (3), 6-2. Vernaz won her fi] match of the tourney, defeating Anna Martin of W ford 6-3. 6-3, but lost to Somoijai 6-4, 7-5 (5). She then advanced through the consolation roun< defeating Brianna Lynch of UNC-G 6-4,6-2 and th taking care of Gonzalez on the last day of compe tion. Carolina's Sutton fell to Furman's Megan Du: gan in three sets 1-6,6-3, 6-2. Dunigan placed thi ketball m 1 thon Oil (exh.); 7:30 p.m. basketball alia (exh.); * V qv 7'Hfl r? m A UJ , # WW p.ill. continue zer ends regulai ocks' v " p the p l Sue :? team that |jt w v.- * apor:ame ^ L_ m eaknto a Jennie-Ondo maneuvers through the Wolf nade Lady Gamecock to score. teeD- _ . . _ Later in the half, Murray stripped a N.C. S forward of the ball and pushed the ball upheld. She shot from 30 yards away, but the shot deflected over the crossbar by the Wolfpack kee With five minutes left in the half, the Lady Ga cocks finally put one past N.C. State's goalie, as R ray again shot from long range. The blast hit the crossbar and then bounced off the keep- "All I Kn jjh 4 er before going in, giving South ,. 2 Carolina their only goal of the Old ever ts game could to Murray said, "I had a lot of , , S open space and everybody just iUlCl 111 I kept playing it to me. I just praying. kept shooting." have the Regarding the importance of the game, Murray said, This Irish" game really meant a lot to go on to the NCAA Tournament. Carolina worn "Hopefully we will get to go. gjt y j But this was our seniors' last home game, and I was going to 11 f give it all I had for them bei| cause they mean the world to me." The Lady Gamecocks' next game is Wednes in the SEC Tournament against Florida, the ? HH regular-season champions. Editor The Gators barely beat the Lady Gamecocks lay's Oct. 25, but USC is optimistic about its chance the Tuscaloosa, Ala. Singles title in wee rolina to claim SEC ~~1 in the tournament. Sutton defeated Allison Rowe USC-Aiken 6-2,6-2 and Simone Kaiser of Appalachh State 4-6,6-2,6-4 before falling to Tan. In doubles action, the team of Tan/Sutton finish( second after falling to Somoijai/Karai 8-3. Until tl finals. Sutton and Tan cruised through the draw d lte feating State's Kaiser/Fox 8-2 and Furman in" Moore/Rosenblum 8-1. Volleyball The No. 6 Florida Lady Gator volleyball team (2 lte 2,12-0 SEC) captured the SEC Eastern Division 1 tie with a 15-11,15-1,15-9 sweep of Carolina (18n s 6-4 SEC) Sunday afternoon in the Stephen C. C an Connell Center. ny The Lady Gators appeared to have game oi a's wrapped up, as they held a 12-4 advantage. Howe fi- er, the Lady Gamecocks, who sit five games behir Florida in the division with four league contests C- go, threatened, going on a 3-0 run and added foi ret more to the board before the Lady Gators ended tl of- game 15-11. USC recorded 13 kills to UF's 10, but the Lac ds, Gamecocks committed seven unforced errors to tl en Lady Gators' three. ti- Though USC opened the scoring in game two, L ended up posting a match-high .667 hitting efficie ni- cy to the Lady Gamecocks'. 158 as the Gators whippc ird Carolina, 15-1. PORTS *s to roll * season with a <-" * " ? " ' #f ' " ' * ' V . :.: , & ? . """' :"" ^ V i " i " .?. #<* , < ? % ^ pack defense on her way to the goaL By game's ? tate Pavlovits said, "I think we're going to play gre; I think it's going to be a fun game and I think it con was go either way." per. If the Gamecocks are to beat the University T?1 : J _ OTI7 11 1 l_ - _ 1_1 _ A. _ _1 1_ J- _ mie- norma, we reauy nave 10 ue auie to aosoru uirt lur- pressure and dissipate and play the ball arounc Kelly said. The team is very exciti OW is that We about being ranked 24th in tl , . country, the first-ever rankii ythlllg We in the four-year history of tl this point, program. . ... j "It's a great accomplishme >e Sitting ana for the program, being so younj Let's hope I Kelly said. -"It's a credit to the > lurk nf thr guys and their hard work. I' really happy for these kids. Th deserve everything they're ge Sue Kelly ting right now." en's soccer head coach Besides being ranked n tionally, Carolina is ranked fif in the Southeast Region. Th gives the Gamecocks a go< chance of playing in the NC^ Tournament. day "Fifth in the region is tremendously respectablf JEC said Kelly, who played goalkeeper on the Irish N tional Team. 3 on When she was asked about the NCAA Tourn s in ment, Kelly said, "All I know is that we did ever thing we could to this point and I'll be sitting ai praying. Let's hope I have the luck of the Irish kend tournament, regular-season title of The Lady Gators committed no errors while killing in 10 of 15 attempts and also out-dug and out-blockec their opponent 74 and 2-0, respectively. ^ USC rallied back in game three, registering its 16 match-best .070 hitting percentage. ,g But the Lady Gamecocks could not step it up tc the level of a well-balanced Lady Gator squad. At on* point, USC snatched Florida's lead with two aces frorr Cally Plummer. It was short-lived, however, because UF capital 2- ized on two USC hitting errors to take the lead foi good at 8-6. The Lady Gamecocks remained tough ^' as the Lady Gators served four times before they coulc convert the match point. ie UF hit .225 for the game and had a team match v_ best 14 kills in the effort. 1(J For the match, the Lady Gators registered a .264 to hitting efficiency while holding the Gamecocks to ? ir .010 percentage. ie Also, UF out-hit, out-dug, and out-blocked USC 34-30,38-25 and 10-5, respectively. Jenny Manz (Or ^ ange Park, FlaTMiddleburg) led the way with a match 16 high 13 kills, and Jenni Keene (Lodi, Calif/Lodi) post pp ed a match-high 11 digs. n. Jeni Jones (Birmingham, Ala./Pelham) was onc< again a blocking force, tying her career-high with tw< block solos and adding three block assists. r Winston Cup Star 1. Jeff Gordon I 2. Mark Martin ' 3. Dale Jarrett 4. Rusty Wallace ^ 5. Jeff Burton at ( 1-0 mm\r gpr \ /v ' fcf . $ 4' ** $ 's ^ %y . , ? - v. - . -r* > tffi ??,? 1" 'V ,V! t: fy* * t J 4 'hmaJLr v. %#*% m. ' ' , ',;, * 7; s> * :nd, Ondo had four si ?Tkfen '5, of ./. ^ x ? two * Mount tig he staff writer SEH WAI The No. 4 Caroli ? ? claim the NIKE/To\ g'e in Charleston, S.C. m The Gamecock c ey University of Alaba ;t- Gamecocks' second 1 Carolina freshmj a- cocks needed with a th Blazer defender to ] )1C Cfnncnn'c flrcf r\-f uu;piiuuouii O XXX Ol/ vx id scoring his first goa ^ Henry Ring and defensive performai 3' olina's 13 wins this a" goals in 17 matches. Anders Ronnevig ar ers outshooting Car ^ With the win, Cz L ? Berson moves withi home to face North1 " Ohio S ASSOCIATED PRESS Ohio State became popular No. 1 team in r Associated Press' To] ball poll on Sunday. The Buckeyes (8-0 tory over Indiana, ea 5 spot for the ninth cc lar-season poll. It als< ) week in which Ohio ; ranked No. 1 since tl , in 1936. Notre Dame tops No. 1 rankings. Ohio tied with Oklahoma. With its 38-7 Win ' Saturday, the Bucke; J 7-1 while playing as UCLA (7-0), whic - spot for the last three No. 3 this week after ^ Stanford (1-7). Tennessee (7-0), a 1 South Carolina, movt the first time this sei ' teers became the fifth 2 in 1998. The others v - Florida, Nebraska ar Ohio State receiv place votes and 1,74( 5 sportswriters and br( AP panel. Tennessee 3 place votes and 1,6 ) marks the 72nd !?,na \ . , M u i o to. state has haan Wondenng about Nebraska? The leAP DoU beean Cornhuskers (7-2), who lost to Texas le Ar poll began ^ ^ ^ ^ fet ^ the list with 94 they've been out of the Top 10 since a ) State had been No- 14 ranking in the final poll of the 1992 season, an amazing streak of 96 over Indiana on consecutive polls, yes moved to 51- Arkansas (7-0), a 24-21 winner over the No. 1 team. Auburn, moved up three spots to No. :h held the No. 2 11, followed No. 12 Virginia, No. 13 polls, dropped to Notre Dame, No. 14 Nebraska and a a 28-24 win over rare three-way tie at No. 15 between Syracuse, Tulane and Virginia Tech. 49-14 winner over The three-way tie was the first since 3d up to No. 2 for Oct. 23, 1972, when Arkansas, SMU ason. The Volun- West Virginia were all No. 18. team ranked No. Tulane (8-0), after a 72-20 win over Trrru0/^ Southwestern Louisiana, has its . j7n r. highest ranking since Dec. 3,1979. f 0 ^ ~ Missouri, a 28-26 winner over Texas ! points from he ^ was Nq fo,|owed b 9 ladcasters on the ~ . XI XT ? h?H thrPP first Georgia, No. 20 Texas, No. 21 Oregon, 42 noints while Na 22 Michigan, N?- 23 Georgia Tech, ' ' No. 24 Miami and No. 25 Air Force. i</wigs Nate says USC's volleyball ? team leads the nation in ser4,963 . . . - __ 4 634 vice aces Wlt" Per 8ame4^264 Leading the Gamecocks and 4,228 the NCAA in this category is 4,095 Freshman Cally Plummer who averages .78 aces oer ? game. Carolina i over N.C. State jgffiL W - Is*. ' ' ' % ' xx" ^ObCa jbV ^ . \ ' .. ' . :r f? i,'i**'*' ' ', ' SEAN RAYFORD Sports Photo Editor lots on goal; however, Kim Murray was the lone soccer team wins Nike/ Town of Pleasant Tourney iG na men's soccer team relied on defense this weekend to vn of Mt. Pleasant Invitational at Remley's Point Field lefense made an early first-half goal stick to defeat the ma-Birmingham 1-0 Sunday. The tourney win was the this season. USC also won the Sunbeam Soccer Classic, m Joey Worthen supplied the only offense that the Gamegoal at the 16:20 point of the first half. Worthen beat a knock in a Matt Stephenson long pass. The assist was the season. Worthen broke out of a small offensive slump, I since Sept. 30 against Wofford. the Carolina defense once again put in another strong ice. Ring now has 8.5 shutouts in 17 starts. Ten of Carseason have been shutouts. Ring has only given up 11 Ring and the defense, including backs Scott Campagna, id Hans Whetstone, worked hard Sunday with the Blazolina 10-7 for the match. irolina moves to 13-4 this season and Head Coach Mark n one win of 300 in his time at USC. Carolina returns Carolina Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. tate remains No. 1 UCLA had one first-place vote and 1,601 points. ; the second-most Kansas State (8-0), which routed the history Of The tfoncas romaino/f Mn A with tViroo p 25 college foot- fjrst-place votes and 1,583 points, fol. ? qq 7 lowed by No. 5 Florida, No. 6 Florida iT Si a I*" State, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 8 Wissdy held the top . No and >nsecutive reeru- . .