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_ • Gamecock Sports Swimming and Diving The Gamecock men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams put up a good fight in the SEC Champi onships this weekend, but it wasn’t enough to win a team title. In the final day, sophomore Zsolt Gaspar finished second in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:43.99. The time qualifies Gaspar for the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis in March. Gaspar won an SEC Individual Championship Saturday in the 100 fly, which also qualified him for the NCAA Championships. Gaspar was the second highest indvidual point scorer with 51 total points, just five short of first place. For the women, sophomore Sarah Doyle finished third in the 1650 freestyle event, clocking a time of 16:3 9.44, good enough for qualifiying in the NCAA Women’s Championships in Indianapolis in March. The swimming and diving teams return to action at Auburn on Feb. 25-26 to compete in the Tiger Invita tional Men’s tennis The Gamecock men’s tennis team ended the day with a win over in-state opponent Charleston South em in the second part of the spring double header Sat urday at the Sam Daniel Tennis Center. The No. 14 Gamecocks lost the opening match to the UNC Char lotte 49ers. The match was.a shortened format match with only four singles matches and one doubles match, so the first team to three points was declared (he win ner. USC lost, 3-2. USC regrouped to beat Charleston Southern, 6-1. Jerome Jourdon (ranked No. 50) and Marc Pichler each had strong performances winning three matches each. Jourdon improves to 104 in singles after he won both his matches in the singles division. Jourdon s first win was over UNCC’s Ok Jonsson 6-1,2-6,6-2. In doubles, he teamed with Juan Gamboa to handily overtake Charleston Southern’s Sandeep Yeni Reddy and Bjorn Folkers 8-5. Rounding out the day, Jourdan defeated Rohan Wudhrn 64,6-1. Pichler also came out with three wins, two in doubles and one in singles. Together with Olof Akesson, the duo beat UNCC’s Sasha Pari and Gian-Carl Car Izeoli 64,64. Against CSU, Pichler, playing in the sixth spot, won the decision over Santiago Falk 64, 6-1. Wooiea’s tennis The USC women's tennis team was beaten 5-2 Sat urday by No. 18 Northwestern in consolation play at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Team Championship. Carolina concluded play at 0-3 in this year’s event, los ing to three ranked teams (No. 1 Stanford, No. 12 William & Mary and Northwestern).. The Wildcats (7-1) took the doubles point behind a win by Colleen Cheng/Katherine Nas$er over No. 31 — Katarina Markovski/Jennifer Radman, 9-7. Lia Jack son/Marine Piriou beat Carolinas Leigh Eichelbeig er/Lynn-Yin Tan 8-5 while USC’s Kathy Boy anovich/Tamara Sutton beat Shannon Duffy/Jennifer Lutgert 84. Singles winners for Carolina (5-3) were Katarina Markovski (6-2,7-5 over No. 34 Nasser) and No. 53 Jennifer Radman (3-6,6-2,1-0,10-7) over Dufiy. With four of six singles matches forced into match tiebreakers, USC was on die verge of upsetting William & Mary Friday. However, USC could only win one of those tiebreakers, giving the Tribe a hard-fought 4-3 win in consolation play. The match started well for Carolina (5-2) as Markovski and Radman beat Delphine Troch and Carolijn van Rossum 8-5. Also victorious for USC was the team of Boyanovich/Sutton, 8-6 winners over Carlyn Buis and Nina Kamp. Hie singles matches were very tight, with the Tribe (7-2) pulling out four of the six. Eichelbeiger, Sutton and Boyanovich each dropped 10-6 losses in match tiebreakers. Winners for USC were Markovski (6 3,5-7, l-0( 104) over Troch) and Tan (6-3,6-3 over An drea Coulter. USC dropped its first match of the season Thurs day afternoon as the Gamecocks were beaten by Stan ford, 8-0. Carolina’s team of Markovski and Radman were edged by the Cardinal team of Marissa Irvin and Teryn Ashley, 9-8, which set the tone for the Stanford nm. Carolina returns home Tuesday for a match with North Carolina at 5 p.m. Women’s from page B1 The win Sunday broke a three-game losing streak for the Lady Gamecocks. The last two losses, at Kentucky and at home against Alabama, were both by two points. “Usually the case with a lot of our losses is, we get in a hole,” Jeffcoat said. Our plan was to come into this game was to start off strong, avoid having to climb out of a hole, and we did just that,” After the game, the seniors re ceived a standing ovation from the Car olina fans, Who were seeing the trio’s final home game. “It made me feel good,” Lester commented. “All the support they’ve given us throughout our four years has made me feel real good. I’m going to miss playing.” Baseball from page B1 was able to put something like this to gether.” Meyer and the Gamecocks’ other 10 ndwcomers have gotten most of the press early on, but Nate Janowicz, who was a key player for the Gamecocks in 1999, lias played as solid as he did last year. Janowicz went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs Saturday, im proving his season average to .412. “I still feel like I’m one of the go-to guys,” Janowicz said. “Coach knows what I can do, and I know what I can do. I know that down the stretch, I’m going to be in there.” Tanner never felt like Janowicz was lost in the shaffle of all the Gamecocks’ new faces. “He was very successful last year, and Lhaven’t foigotten that,” Tanner said. “He’s going to be in the middle of things for us this year also. He’s a proven player and he had a good game today.” Another new player who gave a sol id performance Saturday was right-han der Ernie Bascuas, who made his first start as a Gamecock Bascuas went five innings giving up one run while striking out sev en. His quality start added to the options die Gamecocks have as they continue to put together a consistent starting rotation. “We’re obviously going with Kip Bouknight and dien hopefully when Bauer is healthy, he’ll be back in there,” Tan ner said. “Then it could be Bascuas. It could be (Scott) Barber. It could be Rrotf Pnro If rnnl/f Ko Matt Wilcrm Tanner went with Price in Sunday’s game. Price will be the first left-hander to start for USC since Brett Kondro in 1998. “All coaches like to have a good lefty in their rotation,” Tanner said. “Brett is very capable of doing that. He’s had a lot of experience as a freshman and he’s . pitched well for us.” • Saturday’s Notes: Sophomore right-han der Steven Whetstone threw two score less innings, his first appearance for the Gamecocks since March 8,1998 in a 17 16 loss to Arkansas. Whetstone was sidelined for the 1999 season after having Tommy John suigery on right elbow ... Third baseman Chris Plummer went 3 for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBIs... Genterfielder Marcus McBeth went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. USC 19, Delaware State 0 It’s not every day a coach gets to com pletely empty his bench, but that’s.what happened Friday as the Gamecocks beat Delaware State 19-0. Ray Tanner got every one of his posi tion players into tire game, including fresh man catcher Bo Mobley, who was sup posed to be redshirted after having knee suigery last fall, and Clint Collins, who is listed as a pitcher. “We’ve had some guys who have worked awfully hard that aren’t everyday players,” Tanner said. “It was nice to be able to get them in there.”" Not only did Tanner’s subs get in the game - they performed. Redshirt freshman Matt Riddle pinch hit for USC’s catcher Brandon Pack in the bottom of the fifth inning. In his first ca reer at bat, Riddle took the second pitch he saw deep over the right field fence for a 2-run homer. “To me, that was no accident that he . hits a home run,” Tanner said. “The kid’s been working extremely hard. Guys who don’t play every day just have to work and work and work, and when they get an op portunity, they have to cash in.” Riddle supplied the fireworks from the bench, but Tripp Kelly continued his torrid hitting, supplying the offense from the starters. Kelly hit two 2-nm home runs to al most the same spot over left-center'field and drove in a run on aground out. He has hit four home runs in the Gamecocks’ (6 0) last three games. “He’s really zeroing in at the plate,” Tanner said. “He’s doing the things that all good hitters need to do-and that’s trust their hands and remain balanced at all times. He’s out of the blacks and I hope he’ll keep going for us.” Another Gamecock who seems to im prove with each appearance is Kip Bouknight. Bouknight (3-0) threw six innings, al lowing only one hit and one walk while striking out 11. ■ “It doesn’t matter if you’re playing Alabama or a non-conference game,” Tan ner saiu. ne s going to give you ms oesi stuff. We’re happy that he’s on our side because every time he goes out there he has a chance to win.” One factor in Bouknight’s improve ment is keeping his pitch count low. Bouknight finished Friday’s game with only 67 pitches thrown. “Coach Meyers definitely works with us a lot in the off-season and that really helps,” Bouknight said. “I’m just working on having more command of all four pitch es. I have to give coach Meyers credit for that as well.” , Bouknight has been the major player in the Gamecocks’ strong pitching thus far, but the other main factor has been the solid pitching from the bullpen. Jamie Pos ton, Price, Steven Bondurant, John Wes ley and Saturday starter Bascuas have all pitched scoreless baseball out of the bullpen in 2000. “We feel that we ’ re just as good from the top to the bottom,” Bouknight said. “Wfe feel like our No. J2guyisasgood as our No. 1 guy. Wfe feel that whoever we put out there we are confident in.” Notes: Drew Meyer went 2-for-3 with a double, three runs scored, two walks and two stolen bases... Bryon Jeffcoat played four different positions in the game: left field, center field, second base and short stop ... 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All rates quoted are month to month (Leases available, prices subject to change) Located across from the University of South Carolina Horseshoe and the State Capitol, Cornell Arms offers the premier location for downtown living (803) 799-1442 1230 PENDLETON STREET COLUMBIA, SC 29201 Gathers' jersey retired at last l David Cloninger Who Else? I read in the paper the other day about how Loyola Marymount Uni versity retired the No. 44 jersey worn by its deceased basketball star, Hank Gathers. It’s about damned time. Many people remember the horri ble moment 10 years ago when Gath ers, who had led the nation in scoring and rebounding in 1989 and was ex pected to be an NBA lottery pick, re ceived an alley-oop pass from team mate Terrell Lowery and slammed it home. Those two points gave the Lions a 25-13 lead over Portland in their West ern Conference championship game. Gathers headed upcourt after the' dunk when he was suddenly struck by convulsions and collapsed on the floor, writhing and twisting while his moth er helplessly watched just a few feet away. Although EMS technicians tried to save him, the 23-year-old athlete died on the court from a condition called myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart. The Lions went to the NCAA tour nameni mai season, reacmng me cme Eight before falling to eventual cham pion UNLV. But, the fact that Loyola Maiyntount upset teams like New Mex ico State, Alabama and defending champ Michigan led some folks to believe the team was being led by Gathers’ spirit. After the unlikely run was over, Gathers’ mother, Lucille Gathers Cheeseboro, filed several lawsuits against the school, allegedly implying the school was somehow responsible for her son’s death. The litigation that followed put the relationship between her and Loyola-Marymount’s under serious pressure. It can’t be said whether this litiga tion had anything to do with the deci sion not to retire Gathers’ number af ter the season. However, it sure does explain a lot. Regardless of the reason, Gathers and teammate Bo Kimble both had then numbers retired Saturday during the Li ons-Pepperdine game, becoming the only two male players to have their numbers retired at the Los Angeles Catholic school. Kimble, who led the memorial chaige during the NCAA’s, was present along with Gathers’ moth er. “A lot of things that went on 10 years ago and the litigation that fol lowed and the things that were said, when we look back on that now, we see a lot of regrets and a lot of people’s feel ings that we may have hurt,” said Derrick Gathers, Hank’s brother, at the ceremony. Yeah, Derrick, it may be true that you and your family hurt people’s feel ings. It still doesn’t excuse the fact the school didn’t want to honor arguably their best player ever with one final gift until 10 years after he died. When a school has seen the kind of terrible tragedy happen to a young man such as Gathers, shouldn’t it stand to | reason that he be given the ultimate honor, a retired number? Now, we have people like Char lotte Hornets guard Bobby Phills, who was killed last month when his Porsche lost control while drag-racing at 110 mph and crashed. Being from the Char lotte area. I’ve heard plenty of talk about the Hornets planning to retire Phills’ jersey. Why is it that we’ll honor people like Phills, whose death while tragic was brought upon himself, but we’ll leave hardworking kids who are strick en by fate and robbed of their lives like Gathers out in the cold? Maybe people don’t think that re tiring numbers is that great of an hon or. I can see that. Tt mnet ho o rool lotrlrvn/r* trv ho\/o your number retired, never to be worn by another player, because people know that no one could ever do what you did at the school. Especially after you died while still playing your absolute best for that particular institution. Let’s think about this. Have you ever seen an athlete refuse to have his number retired? If so, please let me know. Gathers was remembered Saturday, but why wasn’t he so honored 10 years ago, in front of the people who got to see him lead his team to glory and be come the nation’s top story? In the last 10 years, we’ve seen a president impeached, a war fought and ended, a century pass... and a hero for gotten. What Gathers did was provide a suc cess story to all the underprivileged dreamers in America, and his universi ty has refused to acknowledge that fact until Saturday. Now, Loyola Marymount officials may be applauded and receive acco lades for its actions, but the burning question still remains - why did they wait? I guess we’ll never know. But, we can rest assured that some where, No. 44 is wearing his ever-pre sent smile on his way to another two points. 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