Gamecock Sports
Baseball
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hind the plate.”
Pack grabbed the lead for USC in the
fourth inning by scampering home on a
wild pitch. Also, shortstop Drew Njeyer
scored an insurance run in the eighth on
a single by first baseman Tripp Kelly.
Tanner was impressed with the effort
put forth by his team in the first two games
of the series.
“That’s two days in a row, and just in
credible,” Tanner said. “This is old-fash
ioned baseball - pitching and defense.
In this age of college baseball, that’s just
hard to see two days in a row.”
The game marked Bauer’s first shutout
and first complete game of the season.
USC 4, Alabama 1 (Friday)
Firing up his teammates with an emo
tional complete game win, junior Kip
Bouknight (8-0) struck out 15 Crimson
Tide hitters to set the tone for the
three-game series against Alabama. ;
Bouknight, who struck out three
straight batters to end the game, gave up
only five hits, three walks and one un
earned run in the 133-pitch performance.
He struck out the Alabama side three
times in the game.
‘To say that was a great college base
ball game is an understatement,” Tanner
said after the game. “When Kip settled
in, he was masterful.”
Alabama took the lead in the third
inning when right fielder Aaron Clark
reached on an error and scored on a sin
gle by third baseman Brent Boyd.
The score remained 1-0 until the bot
tom of the seventh, when Meyer led off
the inning with a home run off the hit
ting screen in dead center.
Kelly broke the tie in the next inning
with a leadoff home run to left center,
opening the gates for a three-run Game
sock inning.
Bouknight then took the mound with
lis first lead of the game for the top of
the ninth and responded by striking out
he side on 14 pitches.
“I said to myself that it would be great
to strike out the side,” Bouknight said. “I
ion’t know how it happened, but it was
i fun night.”
The complete game was Bouknight's
lecond of the season. The 15 strikeouts
;ave him a team-leading 74 for the sea
on against only 11 walks.
USC will play host to The Citadel on
Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Track team
fares well
in Raleigh
Track & Field
Roundup
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The USC track team competed at
the Raleigh Relays at N.C. State over the
weekend. The Gamecock women con
tinued to show why they are one of the
best teams in the nation by posting vic
tories in the 4x100m relay, pole vault
and setting a new meet record in the
4x200m relay with a time of 1:33.82.
Kylene Nixon took first in the
pole vault with a mark of 11 feet, 7 3/4
inches. Placing fourth in the event for
Carolina was Lori Tvarkunas, with a
mark of 11 -1 3/4. Karlee Butler was 13th,
at 9-8.
Rodena Barr was third in the 100m
dash, with a time of 12.00 seconds. Kanisa
Williams was ninth, at 12.20.
Ellakisha Williamson was second in
the 100m hurdles with a time of
13.58,and Jackie Madison followed in
fourth, at 14.00.
The women’s 4x800m relay team
took second with a time of 8:59.11 In
the women’s shot put, Lynette Kep
peler placed second, with a toss of 46
8. Mamee Groves was fourth,with a mark
of 44-3 1/4 and Loren Thouvenot fifth
at 42-9. Thouvenot later placed third in
the hammer throw, with a mark of 158
10. Groves placed 14th in the event, at
147-2.
Candy Mitchell was sixth in the
javelin, with a throw of 160-11.
On the men’s side, the 4x100m re
lay team placed second with a time of
39.57. The “B” team was eighth in the
event, at 41.02.
The 4x200m relay “A” team placed
sixth, with a time of 1:25.30. Directly
behind them was the “B” team in sev
enth, with a time of 1:25.66. Corey Tay
lor was ninth in the 110m hurdles,
with a time of 14.91. LaMonte Pen
nington placed 16th in the 800m run,
with a time of 1:53.17.
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Men's and women's tennis claim wins
Tennis Roundup
Gamecock Sports
The South Carolina women’s ten
nis team steamrolled Alabama 6-0 Sat
urday in SEC action at the Maxcy
Gregg Tennis Center.
The Gamecocks (13-7, 5-2 SEC)
won all six singles matches as dou
bles play was cancelled when Caroli
na clinched the match. Alabama falls
to 6-11, 0-9 SEC. Sophomore Katari
na Markovski continued her good play,
as the No. 13 player in the nation
easily defeated Weyli Chang 6-3,6-2.
Lynn-Yin Tan won her fourth
straight match with her 6-2, 6-2
straight-set win over Becca Baun.
Next up for Carolina is a trip to
Mississippi next weekend. The Game
cocks take on Mississippi State on April
7 in Starkville.
South Carolina men’s tennis com
pleted a successful weekend, defeat
ing Geoigia Tech on Sunday afternoon
at the Sam Daniel Tennis Center, 6-1.
Although rain threatened to start
all day, the Gamecocks finished their
matches with relative ease to clinch
the win. In doubles, Carolina took two
out of three matches to win the first
point towards the final score. The pairs
of Jourdon/Steckley and Akesson/Legat
each raised their SEC dual match to
tal to 3-2 for the spring season.
In singles, Guillaume Legat con
tinued to lead the Gamecocks when he
won at the No. 1 position over Sergio
Aguirre from Georgia Tech, 6-0, 6-4.
Jerome Jourdon was the first Game
cock to finish his match, defeating
Roger Anderson of GT, 6-2,6-3. Robert
Steckley clinched the match when he
overtook Jason Jeong, 6-4,6-4.
Things started to get a little close
at this point for the Gamecocks, as the
last three matches went to three sets.
Freshman Seth Rose raised his dual SEC
record to 5-2 when he came from be
ing down one set to winning 3-6,6-2,
6-3. Olof Akesson also went to three
sets. The third set was played as a tie
breaker because of impending rain. Juan
Gamboa could not hold on to pull
out the win over David Wright.
The USC men’s team defeated the
Arkansas Razorbacks at the Sam Daniel
Tennis Center on Friday. South Car
olina extended its record to 5-8, while
Arkansas drops to 6-10 overall and 2
5 in the SEC.
South Carolina had performances
throughout the competition, starting
with the doubles where USC won all
three matches.
With the three wins, the doubles
teams raised their overall competition
records to 6-6 for Jourdon/Steckley,
6-4 for Akesson/ Legat, and 3-2 for
Gamboa/ Nelson.
In singles competition, No. 64
Legat took over the match against No.
77 Henrik Tofft, winning 6-0, 6-4. At
the No. 1 spot, freshman Steckley lost
to No. 15 Oskar Johansson. Johansson
raised his record to 5-1 in SEC dual
matches and 25-11 overall. Gamboa
clinched the match for the Gamecocks
when he beat Aleksey Bubis 6-2, 7-5
at the No. 4 position.
The Gamecocks are set to travel
to Clemson for a 2 p.m. match on Tues
day at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Facili
ty. For directions, please call (864)
656-2114.
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