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Men’s soccer defeats College of Charleston
■ Ring named to
Soccer America
*Team of the Week
by Kyle Almond
The Gamecock
The South Carolina men’s soccer team
won its third straight game Wednesday night,
blanking the College of Charleston 2-0.
Two freshmen scored for the Gamecocks,
who improved their record to 4-1 with the
win. The Cougars dropped to 2-2-1.
Ryan Daley scored the first goal of the
game at the 29:51 mark. The freshman for
ward from Modesto, Calif, took a cross from
sophomore David Testo and scored his first
goal of the regular season. Daley had scored
two goals in the pre-season IPFW Soccer
Showcase against Akron and Saint Louis.
^ The score remained 1-0 at halftime, de
spite College of Charleston out-shooting
the Gamecocks 6-5 in the first half.
However, in the second half, South Car
olina became much more offensive! They
out-shot the Cougars 8-3 in the last 45 min
utes and held off the Cougars for the win.
Freshman midfielder Robert Rosenborg
added the insurance goal for the Gamecocks,
drilling a shot from the left corner of the
box to beat the Cougar goalkeeper. The goal,
Rosenborg’s first of his South Carolina ca
reer, was unassisted.
USC goalkeeper Henry Ring recorded
his second straight shut-out of the season,
improving his goals against average to 0.80
for the season. A former All-American, Ring
finished the 1998 season with a 0.72 GAA,
fifth-best in South Carolina history.
For his performance at last weekend’s
Maryland Soccer Classic, Ring was recently
named to the Soccer America Team of the
Week. The redshirt senior allowed only one
goal in two wins over No. 1 Virginia and
No. 8 Maryland. He also recorded 19 saves
en route to being named Defensive Most
Valuable Player for the tournament.
With their recent winning streak, the
Gamecocks have catapulted to the top 10
of the NSC A A poll. The Gamecocks moved
up 12 spots to No. 10 after being No. 22 last
week.
Through five games this season, the
Gamecocks have scored eight goals while
only allowing four. In addition to wins over
Virginia, Maryland, and Charleston, USC
has also defeated UMass. Their lone loss
came at the hands of UNC-Charlotte, who
squeaked past the Gamecocks 2-1 at the
"Graveyard".
The Gamecocks, who have played their
last three matches on the road, return to Co
lumbia to play their next game. USC will
take on Virginia Tech Sunday in the Lorick
Office Products Kickoff Classic. The game
will be the second part of a doubleheader
with the women’s soccer team.
Women’s soccer falls to Davidson
Things continue to get worse for the
South Carolina women’s soccer team.
A week after losing defender Melinda
Carter for the season with a leg injury, the
Gamecocks fell to 0-6 with a loss at David
son.
Junior midfielder Lydia Bienias gave
the Gamecocks an early lead in the 24th
minute, but Davidson tied the game up less
than 10 minutes later and South Carolina
failed to respond.
Davidson’s Danielle Erikson scored the
game-winning goal at the 64:46 mark. With
the loss, USC is off to its worst start in six
years.
The Gamecocks welcome Iowa State to
the "Graveyard" on Sunday in the first part
of a doubleheader with the'men’s soccer
team._ _ _
The sports desk can be reached at
gamecocksports@hotmail.com.
Associated Hress Top 25
1. Nebraska
2. Florida State
3. Michigan
4. Wisconsin
5. Texas
,6. Florida
7. Kansas State
8. Virginia Tech
9. Washington
10. Southern California
11. Tennessee
12. Miami (Fla.)
13. Purdue
14. UCLA
15. Alabama
r, 16. Clemson
17. Ohio State
18. Oklahoma
19. Illinois
20. Texas Christian
21. Notre Dame
22. Michigan State
23. Georgia
24. Auburn
25. Southern Miss
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