Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Carolina asst. sports editor KELLY MAGUIRE f If sports fans think school and sports aren't synonymous, they have yet to meet Kevin Mixon, Greg Paulsen and Ryan Peacock. The trio of engineering majors have gone virtually unnoticed by the university. In fact, if you have ever seen them, chances are you probably wouldn't know what they have accomplished. Nevertheless, they have been on the winning side of virtually every competition they have entered. This group has established an au to-racing league and thus far has finished in first place six times, and also once in second and once in fourth place Volleyball te falls twice t( staff writer DAVID CLONINGER ATHENS, Ga. ? The Carolina volleyba nament hopes suffered a setback this v gia Bulldogs beat the Gamecocks In tw pull into a tie for second in the SEC Ea Although the games featured two reo National Freshman of the Year Candida senior setter Ashley Edlund, the Gameax day in Columbia and Saturday in Athe Plummer was able to break USC's ace record as she served her 74th of the s while Edlund tied the school assist re< Saturday night at Georgia. The Lady 'Dawgs came out runnin to a 6-0 lead in Game 1 before Carolim gia's dominating duo of juniors, Rebecca and freshman Stacy Buerger scored a coi the depleted Gamecock defense in that j r% lnca "1 ?\_1 1 a luoo, iu-ii. Game 2 saw more of the same, with 4-0 and 7-4 before Plummer and soph* Carolina on a 9-1 scoring run, closing ou 3 started with the two teams battling 1 Gamecocks exploded on an 8-point blits Georgia dominated in Game 4, with 1 complementing each other as they dro\ 15-8 loss, forcing a decisive Game 5. T1 ed all hopes of a comeback in a 15-9 wi] The Gameeocks weren't completely Milica Perovic had 14 kills and junior lor killed 10. Edlund also had another s with 51 assists. Carolina coach Kim Hudson-Christ before the Saturday match with Georg way it worked out last year - we beat 1 they beat us here in our final game. Hop that setup." The Lady Dawgs were out to prove their 11-13 record indicated, and totally cock offense in the first game in Athens. Vis sparked Georgia into a 15-5 victor] wasn't defeated yet, as they clawed thei toiy, 18-16. TVip cramp st.art.pd with an 11-4 Bui again provided strong support by s points. After a quick side-out, Plumme received help from Taylor and sophom who blocked a critical return to make Carolina then pulled to 14-11 until Geo 1 fv The Gamecocks finally won off another block to take a 1-1 tie into the lockernx The second half was all Georgia, as games, 16-14 and 15-12. USC had severs ball over the net, and couldn't produce counteract the explosive Bulldogs. C have five players with double figures with 15, Taylor with 12, Edlund with 1C Nordgaard with 10. ?t I Carolina's Jonas Myllenberg battle Philadelphia Textile. Carolina finis plans. The NCAA Tournament brae ICAR team in nine races. The only time the team the did not finish a race was because a Duke evei car wrecked into the Carolina car. fron This odyssey began in the sum- A & mer of 1997. Several representatives Cha in the engineering school decided to es- gini tablish Intercollegiate Auto Racing, otherwise know as ICAR. revs "Last year, the team was so new race that we didn't really know how to thei race anything yet," Paulsen said. ] "However this year, we're starting fron to put everything together and start- mer ing to use everything that we've learned Cha in school," Paulsen said. . vise Dean of Engineering Craig Rogers ] then approached several chools with dedi :am j UGA U<ll] IK* ill team's NCAA Tourveekend, as the Geor- Mptr T * * o straight matches to .. ^ ord performances from f \ te Cally Plummer and ^ single-season service eason Thursday night, :ord with her 5,025th g Thursday, jumping i finally scored. Geor- . i ^ i Dady and Kathy Vis, nbined 56 kills against ?ame, sending USC to - y [ the Bulldogs leading . )more Sara Heri sent t Georgia 15-13. Game to a 7-7 tie, before the ^ 5 to win 15-7. ^ _ y>f Dady and Vis perfectly f.^V^ *? ^ re the Gamecocks to a * ,3^" jbP le Bulldogs then endshut out, as freshman transfer Danika Tay- K" |f^ itrong game, finishing ?pher was optimistic * * them down there, and ^ jefully, well duplicate they were better than r controlled the GameOnce again, Dady and s a Philadelphia Textile's defender in th< ihes the regular season 15-5 and now aw? kets will be announced tonight. f. However, Carolina r way to a Game 2 vieIdog lead, before Heri erving five straight r served two aces and ore Kami Nordgaard, the score 12-11USC. rgia rebounded to 16Taylor-and-Nordgaard they won two straight 1 mistakes getting the enough offensively to iarolina managed to 5 in kills -- Plummer l, Perovic with 11, and Gator fans watcl yards receiving. V-BALL page 9 \l " '' ' 'JlT making b: idea of racing Legends cars and six m itually received positive responses in va i Duke University, North Carolina Coun ; T, North Carolina State, UNC way? irlotte and the University of Vir- A a> six de Ihe members of USC's racing team imped a 1937 Chevy car and each t currently uses that cir in each of .. said. r respecti ^ces. Prior to th. ^ season, the drivers i riarnlinn tnnntoH in fhp Sum- Son 3 Shoot-Out* try Tuesday night in rlotte, N.C.1. ne Shoot-Out was tele- "I d on Fox SportsSouth. big sc Eventual1/, through hard work and of the ication, ICAR became a reahty. The "Thei necocks IF? count : SU^IMKi <? . , ? 4 wmmssai ?<>!:>,"* * >, ? -:.; . :; .. . - 7 v*^, AV:.,. . v." ' " ' : \ HHBn^H i junior Kerry Hood snag one of his ~E staff i ," r-""# ^ ? XI -<v"* r ?r x ^ ; high( Ai last s< oik ? It at a new Be ,, cited 1 " ' f* ' *> ; ? ?t \ i SEAN RAYFORD Sports Photo Editor partic : Gamecocks' 3-0 win over has d( dts word on its postseason At third j T ig impact ember schools met this fall to race rious locations, such as Orange spc ty, N.C., Charlotte Motor Speed- a 1< ind most recently in Concord, N.C. t the completion of this season, the bui 'tided to sponsor six other schools, api Ve'd like to bring in six more iIq nnrl Hrmhlp nnr eiyp " PjhiIqpti put bri arolina elected to sponsor Clemnd has been in constant contact zat the Tigers. tw( t looks pretty good for them join- lea ) far because we have the support i dean [Clemson's]Paulsen said, nin x students want to join, too." lik< drown i SEAN RAYFORD S| > two catches Saturday. Hood finis questrian inter STACEY MANHEIMER ern in -f le USC equestrian team is riding anc )nce again this year. ter finishing sixth in nationals ^ jason, the re on track to be back , ond igamthis ear. ts third i ar as a varsity sport 0 , the ecu :strian team also has "*8 coach this season. to Maior. a USC graduate, was ex- was ;o be given this opportunity. teai grew up here in Columbia and ilways been a Gamecock fan," Ma- the d. the Zone 5, Region II standings, Hig s in first place in the Huntseat c0]] ish) Division and third place in ern tckseat (Western) Division, e two divisions differ in the types Q n g lies, horses and competition tech5. , istern means more of a slow, longiding event, while Huntseat deals a. vith jumping techniques, the three competitions they've teai ipated in this season, the team >ne extremely well. last the Clemson show, they came in hav dace in both Huntseat and West- saic on raci ICAR might look to be an NC/ irt eventually, but they will rema jague sport for now. "The deans want to get a whc ich of schools together first and th jroach NCAA about it," Paulsen sa Mixon, Paulsen and Peacock a rently working on a 1934 Ford ng another car into the lineup. As for the goals of this new orgai ion, Paulsen said he hopes to ha ) cars running. He would also like rn more about the art of racing. "I would like to have two cars re g," Paulsen said. "We could compt 3 an A and a B car." in The "I?-n ?SOCIATED GAINESVTL No. 4 Florida * JmIi But it sure ? will be the on< 1AV /tfa 360 yards and es ^ 222 yar JJfJi <jf' f South Carolir j|jj It was the fga hunt for a nat XWbfr da State comi ^ ^ straight tim Florida. ' The Gator ; 5 Part of it ?* ^ 7 talented play i11 the mid-19 V|k| very competil M |L " ?% * struggling, he %k < the deep ball, "He might " his performai , -1 jgi short of Carl Jf. W * Gators again* tV McGriffal surpass 200 r 1 ; ,-V Meanwhil ^ * like the studer the Gators ha despite a cons Jfll. e(* *n ^0U1 after he was i -*ny Wuerffel ii m "We can't \ ting hurt; he 1 He essent ;4,"\ VJ time, when th Always lo( one for Floric "Today we tacular," Johr lorts Photo Editor hed with 28 i team ri Divisions. The next day, they can ourth and fifth place in Huntse I Western divisions, respective! At their second show, held at Ber lege, the Western team came in se I place. They were also named the Reser n roint Team tor the competitio Their most recent competitic ; Nov. 7 in Athens, Ga., where tl n came in first place. Sophomore Munday Burns is one team's top riders. She was the top leading Westei h Point Individual Rider at the Ben ege show and was also the top Wes rider at the Athens show. Amy Bell, a sophomore, is anothi of the team's top riders in th ifcoaf Flitncinn She finished in first place in Ope ; at the Clemson show. Bell is really excited about this year n. "We had a lot of riders return fro year and the new incoming ride e made our team complete," Be 1. ing circuit \A The league will be recruiting new lin members for the spring season at the beginning of the semester. Any interne ested student wishing to participate en must send in a resume and be enrolled id. in the College of Engineering. ,re Dr. Jeff Morehouse, a faculty adto visor, stated that his role is basically one of counselor and said the league ni- is established and expanding. The coach, ve George Edis, is an outside person not to associated with the school. As for the future of the club, don't m- be surprised to see a speeding d / Lftevy ;te sometime in the future; it just might be one of Carolina's "Legends." Swamp PRESS LE, Fla. ? It's hard to say just how far can go in its chase for a national title, i seems Doug Johnson and Travis McGriff ;s leading the Gators to wherever it ends, withstood a beating Saturday to throw for four scores, while McGriff caught 13 passds to lead Florida to a 33-14 victory over la. i seventh straight victory for Florida (9astern Conference), which stayed in the ional title with a big game at No. 5 Floring up next week. irolina (1-9, 0-8) lost for the ninth e and, as usual, proved no match for 3 have outscored coach Brad Scott's Gamesince he arrived there five seasons ago. is because Florida continues to bring in ers like McGriff ? a 5-foot-8 speedster, Lee, was an All-SEC player for the Gators 70s. teran player, he runs good routes, he's tive," Scott said. "Even when they were : was the money player as far as catching the post and the touchdowns.. ; be a little guy, but he really does a nice :Griffs catches went for touchdowns and ice fell just two receptions and 15 yards os Alvarez's record-setting day for the 5t Miami in 1969. so became the first Florida player to twice eceiving yards in a game, e, quarterback Johnson continued to look it of the game coach Steve Spurrier wants Las 1,118 yards, 10 touchdowns and only ons over the last three contests, in which ve scored 38,45 and 33 points. i good numbers against the Gamecocks, stant beating that started on the second got the Wind knocked out of him and endrth quarter, when Spurrier pulled him clocked following an 11-yard scramble. able," Spurrier said. "He is a lot like Dani that he can take a lick. vorry so much about the quarterback gettias to go out and play." tally helped put the game away by halfte Gators led 24-7. iking for the 50-point effort, however, no la was celebrating the performance on played well enough to win, nothing specison said. GATORS page 9 iding high tie On Dec. 5, USC will host the Diviat sion I National Invitational Equestriy. an Classic. ry "Schools from as far west as Fresno State and Ohin will hp horo enm. peting," Major said. "We are also try/e ing to give it some SEC flavor by having n six SEC schools in the competition." in Those schools are Auburn, Florida, ie Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and USC. Although the team has done realoj. ly well, Major says they still have a long way to go. 'We are only in the lead of the region by 1 point," Major said. We still ^ have two more big shows in the spring which can help us extend our lead." 3r It is important to win the region beIP . i . r? cause you cannot go to ?ones une next step) without winning the region. ,n From the Zone competition, only the first- and second-place teams go to Na's tionals. "We have the ability, talent, and m teamwork to get back to Nationals, but rs just as with any other sport we will need dl a lot of luck," Major said, "but we would definitely love to go."