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Volleyball begins league play
by Rick Johnston
The Gamecock
The word around Carolina Volleyball this year is
“ring.”
f The Gamecocks have set their sights on winning a
^ring, or more specifically, a SEC Championship ring.
They are out to win the SEC title for the first time in
school history. They remind themselves of this goal
every time a huddle is broken with a chant of “ring.”
The Gamecocks set out on their quest for the ring
this weekend as they open SEC play with road games
against LSU and Arkansas.
Carolina (9-3) is coming off a win over Appalachian
State. The Gamecocks won 15-4, 15-7, and 15-9.
SEC play begins in Baton Rouge, La. as the Game
cocks take on the 4-5 Louisiana State University Tigers.
Coming off a 17-15 (7-8 SEC) season last year, the
Tigers return four starters, including senior setter Lau
ren O’Connell, who finished in the SEC top 10 in as
sists. Also returning is junior middle blocker Meagan
Davis, who was named to the All-SEC first team last
year after finishing in the top 10 in the conference in
blocks.
^ In last year’s game, also at LSu, the Gamecocks
won 3-1 by scores of 15-5, 15-12, 6-15 and 15-10.
A tougher test will come on Sunday when the Game
cocks face traditional SEC power Arkansas.
The Lady Razorbacks are 3-6, which is disappointing
considering they are coming off a season that saw them
achieve a 29-6 (14-1 SEC) mark, enough for second
overall in the SEC and a berth in the NCAA tourna
ment.
The Razorbacks return two all-SEC performers in
senior outside hitter Yarleen Santiago and sophomore
middle blocker Libby Wendell, who were named to the
first and second all-SEC teams, respectively.
Santiago was fourth in the SEC in kills and sec
ond in digs, while Wendell led the conference in blocks
as a freshman.
To come away with victories in these two key SEC
matches, Carolina will need big games from sopho
more middle-blocker Sam Alban, who tallied 11 kills
against Arkansas last year and sophomore setter Megan
Hosp, who was the digs leader in both games, com
bining a total of 18 for the two-game series.
Another key player will be sophomore Cally Plum
mer, who was named the September 18th SEC Player
of the Week after she hit .503 in four matches against
Clemson, Miami (OH), Rutgers and Sam Houston State.
Plummer also leads the Gamecocks in aces.
Sunday's game at Arkansas will be taped for a de
layed broadcast on College Sports Southeast.
The sports desk can be reached at
gamecocksports@hotmail.com.
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SEC Football Standings
East SEC Overall
South Carolina 1-0 3-0
Florida - 1-0 3-0
Kentucky v 0-0 2-1
Georgia 0-1 1-1
Tennessee 0-1 1-1
Vanderbilt 0-2 0-3
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West SEC Overall
Auburn 2-0 3-0
Alabama 1-0 1-2
Mississippi 1-1 2-1
Arkansas 0-0 2-0
Mississippi St. 0-0 2-0
LSU 0-1 2-1
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