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USC women's track receives highest na- m Women s 9°|f at Los Angeles Regional
tional ranking ever; Women’s tennis wins ^ MeXblsketball at Ole Miss, Wed.
season opener ■ Women’s tennis vs. Furman, Wed.
■ Women’s basketball at Georgia, Thu.
USC claims second SEC victory
by Shannon Rooke
Assistant Sports Editor
Moments after the final buzzer sounded, the faces of the La
dy Gamecock basketball team mirrored the feelings that filled the
crowd at Frank McGuire Arena Sunday,
The wait for another SEC win was over.
After participating in a four-game losing streak, USC defeat
ed the Lady Rebels from Ole Miss 75-58.
Led by the 3-point shooting from freshman Kelly Morrone
who ended with 12 for the afternoon, the Lady Gamecocks went
on a 16-2 run and established a comfortable 38-20 lead by the half
way mark.
Lady Rebel Becky Myatt sank five of her 10 3-point shots to
attempt a comeback late in the second half. She would finish with
19 points and one rebound but it wouldn’t be enough to push her
team to their first SEC win.
The closest that Ole Miss would come to the dominating Game
cocks would be a distant 16 points.
Shannon Segres, known by the team for her hard work, led the
Gamecocks with 19 points, three steals and 10 rebounds.
“1 feel like I worked hard on the inside tonight,” Segres said.
“A win like this feels really good, and 1 think we prepared for this
game.”
Sinking 50 percent of her shots from field goal range, Petra
Uihelvi ended the same with 10 points and 11
rebounds. Playing more on the outside in the
last few games, Ujielyi has beat key for the La
dy Gamecocks on the offensive boards.
“I like playing and shooting more on the
outside,” she said “Because of the physical con
tact and the pain, I think 1 will continue to play
there.”
Susan \^vius, head coach of the Gamecocks,
was also pleased with Ujhelyi’s play on the perime
ter.
“Wfe decided to have her play more outside
because of her passing and her ball-handling skills,”
said Whlvius. “She was able to handle the ball with
some force today and 1 think that was effective for
us.”
Handling the ball and cutting down on team
turnovers has been a season-long concern for the
Gamecocks. With only 19 turnovers last night, it
looks like USC can concentrate on other aspects
of the game for the test of the season.
“There were times today when we had very
few ball-handlers on the floor,” said Wfclvius. “I
was concerned that maybe we wouldn’t do a good
job of holding onto the ball. But we did.
“What we had tonight is still a lot of turnovers but it is an im
provement and I was pleased with that.”
Averaging 7.42 3-point shots a game, Ole Miss is the current
leader in the SEC. Against the USC defense last night, they were
held to just six of the 21 attempts they had.
“We came out in this game worried about fighting, rebounds,
and defending their 3-point shooters,” said Walvius. “I thought we
did a very good job of that.”
With a second win finally under their belt, Carolina believes
they now have the confidence to continue playing with the skill
they showed against Ole Miss.
“I think that we needed a win to help build our confidence,”
Segres said. “It may have been a little low.”
Next week, the Lady Gamecocks will go on the road for a
Thursday SEC matchup against Geoigia.
Carolina’s schedule for the remainder of the season is packed
with SEC play and the Lady Gamecocks know they must contin
ue to win in order to advance in the the conference standings. They
now stand at 2-7 in the SEC and 12-10 overall.
The Lady Rebels remain in last place in the conference with
an 0-8 record.
“I was really pleased with our mental approach to this game,”
said Walvius. “If we can continue with this mental approach
and stretch it out to 40-minute periods, we’re going to be a pret
ty good basketball team.”
Mississippi 11-10,0-8 SEC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO B S MIN
14 Sinissia Wysinger, f 0 10 00 004 4200201 15
23 Stephanie Murphy, f 3 90 00 011 2460201 19
54 Frankie Boyd, c 5 18 0 13 672 93 13 1210 29
24 Chandra Dorsey, g 1 70 03 404 4254100 28
25 Becky Myatt, g 6 12 5 10 2 401 12 19 2301 34
30 Takela Corbitt 0 10 10 000 0001101 7
13 Heather Bantz 0 10 10 000 0100100 2
15 Shayla Day 2 5 0 00 021 3240000 8
20 Tashondea Moton 0 10.00 020 2104000 9
21 Kayla MadeweU 4 91 40 016 7190402 19
30 Kesha Howell 0 40 30 000 0100300 10
52Tanya Bolden 1 20 00 013 4120001 12
55 LaTasha Harris 0 00 00 000 0200000 3
Team 3 5 8
Totals 22 71 6 21 8 14 17 27 44 . 2 58 12 19 1 8 200
South Carolina 12-10,2-7 SEC
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO B S MIN
34 Shannon Segres, f 6 12 0 07 955 10 1 19 2303 33
44 Annie Lester,! 1 90 02 211 2442100 17
00 Petra Ujhelyi,c 4 80 02 229 11 4 10 6320 30
05 Ines Ajanovic, g 3 62 40 001 1381101 19
10 KeUy Morrone, g 4 84 80 004 41 12 2213 32
11 Crishna Hill 251 24621 339240125
33 Casie Key 0 20 00 010 1000000 3
45 Jocelyn Penn 5 11 0 0 3 4 1 10 11 3 13 2 1 0 3 27
51 Shanta Jeifcoat 0 10 00 00 0 0003200 13
55 Linda Hoglund 0 0 0 00 000 0000100 1
Team 0 4 0
Totals 25 62 7 14 18 23 12 35 47 19 75 20 19 311 200
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Sean Rayford Gamecock Sports
USC’s Shanta Jeffcoat, 51, and Crishna Hill, right, crowd Ole Miss’s Chandra Dorsey during Carolina’s 75
58 win Sunday. It was the Lady Gamecocks’ second SEC win of the season.
Gamecock baseball begins with sweep i
by Mark Piras
Staff Writer
use 10, Charleston Southern 2
USC jumped on the Bucs in Saturday’s con
test with two first inning runs, but the story of the
game was the performance of junior starter Pe
ter Bauer. Bauer, a dominating 6-foot-7 power
pitcher, hurled seven innings of one-hit ball, walk
ing only two and striking out five.
In total, the Bucs could muster only two hits
and two runs off Bauer and relievers Lee
Gronkiewicz and Scott Barber. Bauer threw on
ly 82 pitches and was still going strong at the end
of his seven innings, retiring the last eight batters
he faced. Thirteen of his outs were on the ground,
compared to only four fly-outs.
“Today was a great day,” Bauer said. “My in
field really picked me up a lot. They hit a lot of
ground balls and they swung at a lot of pitches.
They were really aggressive. It was a good game
from our defensive standpoint.”
USC coach Ray Tanner was pleased with his
first two starting pitchers.
“Kip was excellent yesterday through seven
innings,” Tanner said, “and today I thought Pete
was very, very good. You can’t ask much more
from your starting pitching than what we got the
first two games.”
Right fielder Brennan Dees got his first hit as
a Gamecock and followed it with two more, in
cluding a two-run home run to left field in the sixth
inning. First baseman Tripp Kelly also had a solo
home run in the fourth.
Dees said he could feel the difference between
his first and second game as a Gamecock. “I feel
more comfortable, more relaxed,” Dees said. “I had
my first-game jitters, and playing in the SEC has
n’t really sunk in yet. I’m loving what I’m doing and
I’m just more relaxed up there.”
He also credited someone in attendance with helping
him. “My mom and girlfriend are up there,” he said, mo
tioning to the stands “Every time she comes, I hit a
home run. So I guess we just got to keep her coming.”
Jacquelyn Poston Gamecock Sports
USC second baseman John McHenry, 27, swings at a strike while third base coach Jim Toman, 37, looks on. McHenry and the
Gamecock baseball team began their 2000 season this weekend with two victories over Charleston Southern, 13-5 and 10-2.
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USC 13, Charleston Southern 5
The Gamecocks hit three home runs to jump
ahead of the Bucs 4-0 in the bottom of the first in
ning Friday, and never looked back enroute to their
first victory of the new season.
Left fielder Shane Nelson hit the first pitch he
saw for a leadoff home run that was helped by a strong
wind blowing out to left field.
Three batters later, third baseman Chris Plum
mer jumped all over a 3-0 fastball for a towering one- !
out, two-run blast to left that didn’t need any help *
from the wind. Catcher Brandon Pack followed Plum
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mer four pitches later with a line drive home run |
to left center. The game was the USC debut for Plum
mer and Pack, both junior college transfers. <
The score was 6-0 in the fourth when Bucs re- j
lief pitcher Matt Coenen walked the bases loaded 1
with no one out, bringing Pack to the plate. Pack, a
switch hitter, drew the count to three balls and no
strikes before blasting a fastball over the left-center j
field fence for a grand slam, giving him a homerun ,
from each side of the plate and 6 RBIs in his Game- ]
cock debut. It also gave USC an impressive 10-0 lead i
Pack said he was glad to get his first game as a Game
cock out of the way. “Especially with that wind,”
Pack said with agrin. “I’m just happy to be here to- '
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uay. .
“He’s solid,” coach Ray Tanner said of Pack. “Wfe ^
feel like we landed a good one in him, and he cer
tainly proved it today.” 1
Junior Kip Bouknight (1 -0) pitched seven-plus )
innings to notch his first win of the season. In fact, f
he had given up only one run to the Bucs until the
eighth, shutting them down on five hits and only one
walk.
“He was good, you know,” Tanner said. “First
pitch strikes and he was getting ahead and mixing his j
pitches. I really wanted to get him out after seven j
innings the first game, but his pitch count was so J
low—he was only at 70 pitches and we need to get
him up to 100 for next weekend.”
“I like our team,” he said, assessing the team’s
performance. “We’re certainly not where we need I
to be, but for the first game, I thought we did a good j
job.”
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gets four
for 2001
USC softball coach Joyce Comp
ort announced the signing of four in
lividuals who wifi play for the Game
ocks starting in the 2001 season.
Melissa Sandel (Cayce, S.C.), Shan
lon Smiiey (Sun City, Calif.), Stacey
ohnson (Newtown, Penn.) and Amber
Curtis Clhcson, Ariz.), have signed let
ers of intent and will enroll at USC in
he fall. i
Sandel is a right-handed outfield
er from Brookland-Cayce High School
Ihe batted .390 last season after end
ng her sophomore and freshman sea
on with a batting avenge over .400.
ler squad was state champion in 1998
nd was runner-up in 1999.
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inues the strong tradition of the Lady
iameocks from the state of California,
ihe attends Paloma Valley High School
nd plays for the American Pastime
:lub team.
Johnson is a5-foot-10 pitcher/first
•aseman who plays at Council Rock
ligh. During her junior season, John
on batted .385 while compiling an out
tandingERA of 0.17 during her junior
eason. She was named second team
,11-decade, as well as being named
ll-area twice.
Curtis is a 5-foot-5 infielder who
ttends Sahuaro High School in Tuc
on, Ariz., and plays third base and short
top. Curtis was named first team All
kruthem Arizona Conference m 1999,
is well as Tucson All-City first team,
ler high .school squad was named Sono
an Conference Champions in 1998 and
99. In 1998, she was named 4A Sono
an Conference second team, while her
•lub finished Arizona 4A State runners
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