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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
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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. J., Quinn was and fill the slot left
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layer signed,
rebuilding year
ict's Prep School and USC Male Athlete of the Year BJ
itate titles and a McKie.
as ranked No. 1 With the six players, Carolina has
,ns' . a team of seven freshmen and thref
an all-region sophomores, paving the way for fa
empe, Ariz, who ^ im rovement
team his semor ~ ,
Qt-jp Clarence Clemmons?a 6-foot
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eased with this ';^" """ ,
ss" said Berson olrna, Clemmons had USC s spring
:nt Coach of the signee class ranked as high as 21s1
he capability to nationally,
rogram early in He will participate in Fogler's new
inside attack, consisting of three for
wards shuttling through the paint
This will return the team to a more
traditional style of play.
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.
Although the class is a good one
it might be remembered for thi
team signed six P1^*3 3t ^includefset
the Sects of Alex English Jr- Mike Dun
six seniors leav- leavy Jr- passed up USC for Willian
and Mary and Duke, respectively
also have to try The two are the sons of two o
by Ail-American USC's highest scorers.
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This arti- poration. Vince has to b<
cle is dedi- to help him get Stephar
catedtothe the Undertaker. Stone
memory of form, told Vince to "Kiss [
! Rick Rude, at the end of the nigl
* . , Well, Stephanie from being cr
y^H folks, it's Ministry of Darkness. Tw
the end of by the WWF.
the semes- Oh, and before I forj
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this will be thus retaining the IC sti
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The Smackdown , ,. , , ,
tion of the you don t already know;
"Smack ing Flair... no, you all ki
down" until next August. 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
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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
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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.
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