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Gamecock Sports — — ■ ■ ' ■ " ' ' r Almond from page 10 no socks, and, at 5-foot-l 1,223 pounds of muscle, resembled an indestructible brick wall. My favorite Tyson fight was when he knocked contender Michael Spinks down three times in 91 seconds to get a TKO victory. When the bell rang, he stepped to Spinks immediately, swung once and missed, then connected with the second punch of the fight to floor Spinks for the first of the three knockdowns. Tyson also made quick work of an ornery Larry Holmes in a heavily pub licized title fight. Holmes, who claimed to be the one that would end Tyson’s reign, was easily dispatched by the champ and relegated to a steady diet of Campbell’s Soup and York Pepper mint Patties. When Tyson’s reign at the top fi nally did end, with his loss to Douglas in Tokyo and his subsequent rape con viction, boxing began to go down hill. There was no longer the presence of a dominant heavyweight. Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Evander Holy field and Tommy Morrison all claimed to be the world champion, but no one could fill the void left by Tyson’s ab sence. Without a dominant heavyweight, there is no big attraction, and along with King’s shady management skills (remember the Holyfield/Lewis draw?), a lack of enthusiasm buried the sport of boxing. Now, Lennox Lewis is the first per son in a long while to finally unify the titles and be known as “undisputed.” But most fans still aren’t interested, and that includes me. It could be his fighting style that’s the problem. Lewis prefers to outbox his opponent rather than knock him out. Or it might be his uppity British persona. But Lewis clearly lacks the aura of invincibility that Tyson brought to the ring every time he defended his title. Some think the best way to im prove boxing’s image would be to keep Tyson away, as far away as possible, and to concentrate on talented fight ers in other weight classes like Oscar De La Hoya and Prince Naseem Hamed. I disagree. Boxing needs Mike Tyson. And if he can get his act to gether, stay out of trouble, and con centrate on fighting, boxing can rise once again. Tennis splits over weekend Women’s Tennis Roundup Gamecock Sports After winning 5-4 Friday night at Mississippi State, the No. 21 South Carolina women’s tennis team could n’t pull off the sweep Sunday as the Ole Miss Rebels beat Carolina 6-0 at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center. Ole Miss 6, USC 0 Ole Miss (14-6,6-3 SEC) won all six singles matches to clinch the match. Therefore, doubles play was cancelled. The Gamecocks (14-8) fell into a tie with Ole Miss in the SEC standings at 6-3. Carolina returns home to close out the 2000 regular season with two matches against SEC Eastern Division foes. Vanderbilt visits on Friday at 2 p.m. while Tennessee is the opponent in the season finale on Sunday at 1 p.m. All the action is free at the Max cy Gregg Tennis Center on the USC campus. Match Results Singles 1. No. 21 Ivona Mihailova (UM) def. No. 13 Katarina Markovski (USC) 4 6,6-2,6-2 2. No. 29 Celeste Frey (UM) def. No. 87 Jennifer Radman (USC) 2-6,6-1,6 2 3. No. 40 Julie DeRoo (UM) def. Leigh Eichelbeiger (USC) 6-3,6-1 4. Mariana Eberle (UM) def. Kathy Boyanovich (USC) 6-1,6-3 5. No. 27 Mira Rady (UM) def. Tama ra Sutton (USC) 6-3,6-2 6. Alesya Ignatieva (UM) def. Lynn Yin Tan (USC) 6-2,2-6,7-6(2) USC 5, Mississippi State 4 The No. 21 South Carolina women’s tennis team rallied with a sweep of doubles play to sneak past host Mississippi State 5-4 Friday in women’s tennis. Trailing 4-2 following singles play, USC’s No. 1 team of Leigh Eichel berger and Lynn-Yin Tan beat Eimear Sloan and Carole Soubis 8-2 to start the comeback. Then Kathy Boyanovich and Jen nifer Radman, playing together for the first time all season, beat Detriv iere/Oliveira 8-4. Carolina then won the decisive match in Katarina Markvoski and Catherine Brown’s 8 5 win over Belancic/Lord. In singles play, Carolina winners were No. 16 Markovski (6-4,6-2 over Amelie Detriviere) and Boyanovich (7-5,6-1 over Claudia Oliveira). With the win, the Gamecocks now hold an 11-1 all-time advantage over the Bulldogs, including a perfect 11-0 mark since USC joined the SEC in 1992. Results Singles 1. No. 16 Katarina Markovski (USC) def. No. 81 Amelie Detriviere (MSU) 6-4,6-2 - 2. Ivana Belancic (MSU) def. No. 87 Jennifer Radman (USC) 3-6,6-3,6-3 3. Carole Soubis (MSU) def. Leigh Eichelberger 6-4,7-5 4. Kathy Boyanovich (USC) def. Clau dia Oliveira 7-5,6-1 5. Eimear Sloan (MSU) def. Tamara Sutton 6-4,4-6,7-5 6. Anca Vasiloaica (MSU) def. Lynn Yin Tan 6-4,6-3 Doubles 1. Eichelberger/Tan def. Sloan/Soubis 8-2 2. Boyanovich /Radman def. Detriv iere/Oliveira 8-4 3. Markovski/Catherine Brown def. Belancic/Lord 8-5 Men’s toads USC was looking to make it four in a row, but the No. 14 Ole Miss Rebels stood in their way Fhday at the Sam Daniel Tennis Center in Columbia. Ole Miss, ate of the premier teams in the SET this sea son. todt off in the doubles match, winning two of the three matches to receive the first point of the competition. Gamecock players Juan Gamboa and David Nelson won at the number-three dou bles position, 9-8, to avoid the sweep. Once again USC’s Seth Rose had a great day playing at the No. 4 spot and beating Kristofer Stahibeig 7-5,6-1. Rose has now won four matclies in a row. Three out of the four wins have come in straight sets, with only the match against Robert Wright from Georgia Tech needing a third set. Rose’s dual-match record is now at 8 3 while his SEC dual-match record is up to 5-2. Joining Rose with a win today was USC’s JeromeJourdoa Playing at the num ber-three pbsition in this match, he came back to take it to a third set against Vikiant Chadha. Jourdon was down one set when he took the second set to a tiebreaker. In the third set, he dominated over his Rebel opponent, 6-2. The Gamecocks will travel to Duke University fora 1 p.m. match-up against the Blue Devils on Sunday. 1. No. lOORobert Steckley vs. No. % James Shortall Ole Miss 7-6,6-3 2. 'No. 64 Guillaume Legat vs. No. 31 Alexander Hartman Ole Miss 6-1,7-5 3. Jerome Jourdon vs.Vikrant Chadha USC d 3-6,7-6,6-2 t 4. Seth Rose vs. Kristofer Stahlbetg USC 7-5,6-1 { 5. Juan Gamboa vs. Martin Selin Ole Miss, s 6-2,6-3 ' 6. Olof Akesson vs. Anders Stenman Ole c Miss. 6-1,64 ' Doubles - s 1. Jourdon/Steckiey vs. Chadha/Shortall t Ole Miss. 84 i 2. Akesson/Legat vs. Stahlberg/Selin Ole Miss. 8-5 s 3. Gamboa/Nelson vs. Hartman/Stenman 1 USC 9-8 3 1 Spring Foo&all The sudden downpour was the only I thing that could stop the USC defease Sat- i urday in tlte team’s last intra-squad scrim mage before Saturday’s spring game. The : defense scored 21 points on the day by in- i tercepting tliree passes, two for touchdowns, ; and returned a fumble for another touch- I own. The offense tied the game with three meltdowns, all through the air. On the first drive of the scrimmage, JB Phil Petty put the first points on the :oreboard with a pass to James Adkisson, ho rambled for die touchdown. But the efense stopped the next two possessions 4th newly converted safety Antione Ne nith intercepting Mikal Goodman’s pass ver the middle and returning it 35 yards or the touchdown. Sophomore Derek Vratson showed his peed two series later on a 40-yard run off 3ft tackle to set up die offense on the 20 ard line. A sack of Petty by Willie Sams illed die drive. LB Dennis Quinn scored the next de ansi ve points with a pick of Eric Kimrey, acing 40 yards for a touchdown. On one of the last drives before the crimmage-ending rain, Goodman became lie third quarterback of the drive to record touchdown pass with a 25-yard connec ion to Cedric June. Baseball from page 10. “Three of those went to walks, so that’s kind of depressing,” Bouknight said jokingly. But there was nothing depressing about his outstanding pitching perfor mance, coming a week after his complete game victory against Alabama, where he struck out 15 Crimson Tide batters. With the win, Bouknight improved his record to 9-0 and lowered his ERA to a minuscule 1.92. Qemson tickets. The USC Athletics De partment is selling tickets to the Clem son baseball game in advance. Pans are encouraged to purchase tick ets at the USC Ticket Office on Rose wood Drive beginning at 8:30 a.m. to day. Tickets are $5 each for adults, and are free for students, faculty and staff. Track team does well in Durham Track & Field Roundup * Gamecock Sports . The General Motors Duke Out door Track and Field Meet conclud ed Saturday as 2,700 athletes com peted in the two-day event at Duke University’s Wallace Wade Stadium. Overall, 10 Duke Invitational records were set. in the two-day event. Heavy rain prevented the completion of four events on Saturday - the men’s 3,000 meter steeplechase, men’s and women’s 4x400-meter relay and the men’s long jump. The Gamecock women’s team is ranked No. 4 in the national Track wire poll. Leading the way for the Car olina women was Rodena Barr, who won the 100m dash Saturday with a time of 11.45. She also placed third iq the 200m with a time of 23.98. Also having a strong weekend wa§ Ellakisha Williamson, who placed sec; ond in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles with times of 13.04 and 58.31, respectively. On the men’s side, Jimmie Hack; ley was a bright spot for the No. 17 Carolina men’s team. The senior All-American from Jacksonville, Fla., placed third in the 400m dash with a time of 46.00 seconds. Gerald Press ley also placed fourth in the 200m at 21.45. Clint Crenshaw placed sixth in the 100m dash with a time of 10.45. The Gamecocks return to Or lumbia this week as they play host to the South Carolina State Champi onships Wednesday at Weems Baskin Track on the USC campus, beginning at In m FOOTBALL tickets » A limited number of away football tickets will be made available to the University of South Carolina Student Body. The tickets will be limited to one (1) per student. Orders will be taken on April 11, 2000. The price is as listed above, cash only, and all tickets must be paid for on this date. Students must come to the athletic ticket office on Rosewood Drive between 8:30a.m. and 5p.m. to • purchase away game tickets. 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