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I Wednesday, April 28, 1999 Top N.C. soccer p basketball faces i by David Cioninger part of the St. Bened Senior writer team that won two ? national title, and w As the school year draws to a close, by several publicatic the athletic department is prepared Jonathon Rich to begin its busiest time of the year left midfielder from 1 as it tries to fill vacant scholarships made an all-region for the fall's sports teams. year and qualified fc However, men's soccer, "We are very pi men's basketball and the volleyball year's recruiting cla: team have already been busy filling the 1998 Independc out their classes in preparation for the Year. "They have t upturning octuMJxus. coniriouie 10 our pi their careers." Men's Soccer The men's soccer team continues Volleyball to dominate in recruitment, as it signed eight players to compensate for the Head Coach Kim loss of seniors Nathan Watkins, pher got her recruit Kim Eriksen and Chris Quinn. an early start, visitir ' Head Coach Mark Berson, in his 22nd terested players befoi season at Carolina, passed a milestone gan. last Ml when he won his 300th game She has been rew against No. 1 UCLA. His team fin- she calls "her best ished 16-5 and advanced to the sec- hopes to improve on ond round of the NCAA tournament, streak of four NCAA The Gamecocks were also ranked as pearances in the pas high as No.3 nationally during the The class of four : season. Soccer recruits include: Samantha Alba die blocker from Por David Testo ? the North Car- has close connection olina Player of the Year who was an Her high school i NSCAA All-American, an all-state, is the father of 199! conference and region player, as well male Athlete of the Y as North Carolina's Mr. Soccer. The time assist leader. Ardern, N.C., native is expected to Also, Alban pla; lead the Carolina offense this year, all-star team as US Timothy Glowienka ? a native mer, who was voted of Oak Ridge, Tenn., who attended of the Year last seas the prestigious Bolletieri Soccer Acad- Alban made all-< emy in Bradenton, Fla. in high school. The left midfielder was part of the Bernadette Dw 1998 Florida state championship team middle blocker fror and was also part of the Olympic who was named to t3 n ntral r\r\ m on f Prnfrro m 4* o Q Til C no tirnll oo < JL"- v viv/|Vjuuivuv j. 4 vgi ujtu vvM***u icoui, AO vycu ao UU\i c throughout his high school career, zona team three tim Christopher Herron?a 6-foot- She led her team 2 inch central midfielder from Stone al titles. Mountain, Ga., who was part of three Dwyer is expect* state championship teams. left by senior blockei He was also part of the ODP teams Megan Hosp ? from 1994-1998. from Pasadena, Ca' The versatile player has played in cruited to step into France and Costa Rica as part of ex- as the offensive lead change tournaments between schools. Her team won se Zac Jordan?a goalie from Char- California state tour lotte who was part of an Elite Soccer was named 1998 Pli Program Team consisting of 150 play- Julie Neiser ers from North America. the best recruit of tl The 6-foot-5 player made the 2 middle blocker froi all-state squads in 1997 and 1998 and was named an AAU is expected to back up goalkeeper Hen- 1998. Her team i ry Ring. tionally in the final Michael Kozak ? a flank mid- The new class w fielder from Florence who has made the recent winning the all-region team for the past two olina volleyball, whi years. last year and second He was named the 1997 region MVP. Men's Basketball Rodney Perry- a forward from Lithonia, Ga., who has made three The basketball straight all-county teams. recruits to try and of Periy also participated on the ODP an 8-21 season and teams. ing. Jordan Quinn- a 6-foot-3 mid- The Gamecocks fielder from Newark, N. 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Chuck Eidson-another 6-foot Hudson-Chnsto- ? forward) Eidson ciaimed Myp hon. ? mL?of the in- ors in the drcuite.81 re last season be- heledPmewoodPreptoa20-wmsea son. arded with what Eidson committed in the spring class ever" and and will complement Clemmons or the Gamecocks' the inside attack, tournament ap- Trevor Harvey ? the biggesi it five years. mystery of the class, Harvey has on consists of: ly been playing organized basketbal for two years. a a*r ^ Tbe 6-foot-ll, 215-pound cente: tage Mich, who from rt Bahamas, averaged 2< s with Carolina. iri u > , . 7, , ithletics director PO ts 12 rebounds and four blocks 9 Gamecock Fe- He has a good outside shot and { ear and USC all- near-perfect free-throw percentage Ashley Edlund. Although Harvey wasn't listed in Su yed on the same perPrep, analyst Bob Gibbons said h< C's Cally Plum- would have made it except for his lacl SEC Freshman of experience in organized games, on. Harvey chose USC over Miami, whicl conference twice bad its best season ever last year Ivan Howell ? the latest addi J ?a 6^00t'3 tion to the class, Howell committee L i Sail iust last week after saying he woulc le iUSO aii-Staie nrALaLiv attend fractal rarnlina m-Southern An- =??? i to three region- warc* Scott, Howell was instrumenta in winning a state championship fo: id to fill the void Lower Richland last year. * Cindy Robarge. Travis Kraft ? a 6-foot-7,190 a 5-foot-9 setter pound guard from Mayville, N.D. [if., who was re- Kraft signed with U?C in the spring Edlund's place He ig listed as one of the top 151 er- , players nationwide and committe< cond place in the four kours after h|B official visit. namen , an s e Fogler didn't recruit him as a mail ayer of the Year. , -Quite possibly ProsPect;. _ , . le lot, the 6-foot- Manjonas Petravicms - ong n Villa Hills, Ky., tttally from Lithuania, the 6-foot-L All- American in center played his high school caree finished 11th na- at Hampton Prep in New Hampshire polls. He averaged 10 points and 11 re ill try to keep up bounds last year, and will competi tradition of Car- with Harvey and redshirt freshmai ch finished 21-11 Tony Kitchings as the team's starting in the SEC East, center. 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But fret not, Its heavyweight char my friends! thetic excuse for a jobron Although I'm taking a break, pro- know that. Oh, here's soi fessional wrestling will go on, and I whole segment about Ho 5 PROMISE this will be a summer you There is nothing wr won't want to miss. I will have predic- knee. It's just WCW tryir tions later, but for right now, let's into a good guy by sayii talk about BACKLASH. jured by the evil DDPi( Last Wednesday, the "Smackdown" Park Trash. 1 predicted that BACKLASH would be Well, enough about better than WrestleMania, and true to talk predictions for the s ^ my word, it happened. Everything about Prediction No. 1. \ the show was entertaining. tinue to be pounded in t 1 The Hardcore match was hardcore, cause it SUCKS. the Boiler Room Brawl was intense and Prediction No. 2: r The Rock-Steve Austin battle was RAW in Charlotte and 1 ) one for the ages. of my life. The possible angles the WWF had Prediction No. 3: Jn/\*v\i'n/t 4-Vi i n rtV* /m?t witava am/Haoa av iV?a UHUT? t?nll rmli a? ^ lAJliililg UUL Ul l/iilo OilUW WCIC C11U.1COD, Ci, L11C VV VYJ. Will put Ull and true to Vince's nature, he gave us at the Coliseum and ca some great stories. lumbia market forever. Going into RAW, we had Austin as Prediction No. 4: 5 the Champ, who had been aided by become a huge face in tf c Vince the night before. The Rock was Fans will cheer him1 upset with Shane-0 Mac, who cost him ume that you won't even 1 l the title, and the Undertaker had kid- Good ol' J.R. announce t napped Stephanie the night before. Prediction No. 5:" What did all that add up to? late" Mark Henry will r I Well, The Rock has to turn good guy come a huge star, j in order to fight Shane and the evil CorE goit ; papM m M mnH When it's time to p specialize in pacl Comp 1 Wiiil #^ PacKaging ' isa BjaS|i||S|i^^H ^4*"' 4464 Devine Street rest Columbia's Premier Fir, Open this w for USC Graduation an Saturday Lunch/Dinne Restauran 7001 St. Andrews Rd. in Murr : reservations rec Attention i COLLEGE OF SCIENCE / GRADUATING WE WANT TO KNOW V\ i * GO TO THE COLLEGE ( MATHEMATICS WEB PAGE 1 BRIEF SURVEY OR YOU CAN SITE AT http://www.cosm ONCE YOU COMPLETE THE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DRAWING FOR A $100 GIFT RUSSELL HOUSE] * REMEMBER, YC GRADUATING SENIOR OF SCIENCE AND M. QUALI _ t DRAWING WILL BEE Page 5B I ts interesting d of wrestling 3g Stone Cold Prediction No. 6: Konnan will lie back from use the same line repeatedly, but idCold, true to iots will still cheer for him because they his] ass!" But are watching WCW and don't know any it, he saved better. ucified by the Prediction No. 7: Val Venis will ro great shows continue to hit the "Money Shot," over and over. jet. The God- Prediction No. 8: Thanks to the 0 consecutive Ho Train, The Godfather will go on to d Jeff Jerrett, become the greatest intercontinental -ap. champ of all time. ltWCWthat Prediction No. 9: Many ? It is misus- Luchadojes will wrestle 30-minute now that. matches, starting at 8:15 p.m, while npion is a pa- millions of wrestling fans check their i... no, you all clocks to see how much longer until nething. That RAW. gan was fake. And the final prediction for sumong with his mer *99: lg to turn him Chris Jericho will show up in the ig he was in- WWF sometime in July or August. "The jce of Trailer Paragon of Virtue" will then put the Li on Tamer on the WWF by dominating WCW. Let's the federation, showing great in-ring summer. and out-of-ring poise, and will have gold VCW will con- around his waist within three months, he ratings be- Well, that's it, for the meantime. I want to thank a few people before I 1 will attend go. lave the time Thanks to Charlie Wallace for giving me the opportunity to write about ^ few days lat- wrestling every week in 750 words or a house show less. pture the Co- Thanks to my friends who put up with me talking about 'rasslin' all the The Rock will time. Thanks to Laddy and the boys at le WWF. the Charles Edward for allowing me to with such vol- watch RAW every Monday night. oe able to hear Finally, a very special thanks to he match. "Big" Brian and "Average" Joe over at Sexual Choco- Whaley's Mill for giving me the inside eturn and be- scoop and letting me watch the payper-views on Sundays. And that s the bmack down! 19 me? ack up and move out, call us, we kaging and shipping small loads, uters, skis, bikes.. .you name it! 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