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Glowienka adds drive,
intensity to No. 4 USC
BY JEN UESIMONDO
The Gamecock
6 Tim Glowienka might play
guitar, violin and piano as his
hobbies, but playing soccer is
his passion.
After being
moved from
midfielder to
defense this
season for
the fourth
ranked USC
_ men’s soc
GlOWIENKA cer team,
Glowienka
has brought out amazing in
tensity in himself and his team
as a whole.
Even though his roots are
in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Glowien
ka’s home is the Bollettieri
^Sports Academy in Bradenton,
™Fla. Glowienka said it was Bol
lettieri’s school that has con
ditioned him to be the dedi
cated, hard-working athlete that
he is now at USC.
“If it were not for Bollet
tieri, I wouldn’t be here,” the
sophomore defender said.
But Bollettieri is only one
of the many factors which
helped him develop into a col
legiate athlete.
“My father was a big in
spiration when 1 was growing
up,” Glowienka said. “We are
both passionate about sports,
and I definitely got my inten
sity and drive from him.”
To add to his drive and de
termination, Glowienka listens
to Beethoven’s “9th Sympho
ny” or Gershwin’s “Rhap
sodies” before each game.
But like any sport, soccer
is not only about how you get
there, but where you are head
ed. And Glowienka has a pri
mary goal that keeps him fo
cused. He wants to improve as
a team from last year and win
games.
“After all, my personal
goals will come as team suc
cess does,” Glowienka said.
These words are spoken
from a true team player.
Glowienka is confident in his
abilities as well as his team
mates, but he stresses that it is
strenuous work being a college
athlete.
“Playing sports in college
requires a strict regimen,”
Glowienka explained. “Morn
ing classes, lunch, training, din
ner, study. Everyday.”
Glowienka hopes to con
tinue playing the sport he loves
after graduation.
“I’d like to play soccer
after I graduate and eventual
ly go pro,” he said.
Glowienka displays a hum
ble demeanor and realizes there
is room for improvement in his
already solid game.
“I’d like to improve my
right foot, my air headings, and
the way I read the game,” he
said.
Glowienka finished his
freshman season with three
goals and two assists for eight
points. He was the only fresh
man on the team to start every
game. An All-Independent se
lection, Glowienka’s shining
moment as a freshman was
scoring the game-winning goal
in USC’s 3-2 win over North
Carolina.
Glowienka sums up what
it takes to make a great athlete
in his motto taken from the
character Polonius in Shake
speare’s Hamlet: “This above
all, to thine self be true.”
The sports desk can be reached
at
gamecocksports@hotmaiLcom.
Hurricanes hockey to be more aggressive
by David Droschak
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina could
n’t ask for a better test of its new offensive
style in the first week of the NHL season.
The Hurricanes open 2000-2001 with
home games against Southeast Division
champion Washington on Saturday and
Stanley Cup runner-up Dallas on Tues
day, meaning the team’s aggressive system
that emphasizes puck movement will be
measured quickly.
The team underwent major changes af
ter missing the playoffs for the seventh time
in the past eight years. Nine new players
are on the opening-game roster, including
all-star defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh, Kevin
Hatcher, rookie Shane Willis and 20-year
old center Josef Vasicek, a 6-foot-4, 200
pound Czech whose general manager Jim
Rutherford said is two years ahead of sched
ule.
Rutherford acquired Ozolinsh on draft
day in a trade with Colorado, helping ease
the losses of free agents Gary Roberts, Sean
Hill and Paul Coffey.
Ozolinsh’s arrival also filled a void —
consistent, crisp puck movement from Car
olina’s zone. The 28-year-old Ozolinsh,
who finished tied for seventh among
NHL defensemen in scoring with 52 points,
will be given free rein by coach Paul Mau
rice to use his skills, which are considered
among the best at his position in the league.
‘“Fans are going to see unexpected
moves, speed and exciting plays from him,”
said goal tender Arturs Irbe, who along with
Ozolinsh is from Latvia, “There will also
be a little bit of risk-taking.
“He’ll get your adrenalin pumping. It
my look like a real gamble at times, but it’s
because no one has the capabilities to skate,
recover and move like Sandis.”
Irbe isn’t surprised Maurice is allowing
Ozolinsh to pick and choose his openings
for offensive rushes.
“The (coaches) have seen him play
against us and basically bury us,” Irbe said.
“When he is on the ice, you are on your toes
or on your heels; you are not just playing
your everyday game. He makes your head
spin on a swivel. You have to be aware
what’s going on or he’ll trick you. He knows
whereto be at the right time. He’ll be great
for our power play.”
Maurice, who has used a defensive, trap
ping system for much of his five years as
coach with mixed results, welcomes a more
wide-open game.
“If we’re down a goal or two going in
to the third period, there is a realistic chance
for this hockey team to come back,” he said
Thursday. “‘I don’t think we will be doomed
early in games if we don’t get the
breaks.”
“‘We played a lot of hockey last year
where I thought we outworked the other
team; we out-chanced them, and you could
just feel the frustration building when we
didn’t score. We just couldn’t seem to fin
• ish. This year, there should at least be some
confidence that our back end will contin
ually create some offense for our forwards.”
Carolina went 11-6-1 down the stretch
last year when Rutherford ordered the team
• to open up its offense game. However, the
late run wasn’t good enough, and the
Hurricanes missed the playoffs by one point,
prompting the massive changes.
‘“It’s never easy to forget. That’s the
first time in 15 years I didn’t make the play
offs,” said captain Ron Francis, who is be
ginning his 20th NHL season. ‘“It wasn’t
a great feeling. It’s up to us to change that
and correct that. We’ve got a new look, new
faces and a new attitude. We’re excited and
ready to go at it.”
Glen Wesley, one of the few holdovers
from the move from Hartford, Conn, four
seasons ago, expects this club to challenge
~ the 100-point mark. That would be a lofty
achievement for a franchise that has cracked
the 90-point mark just once in 21 years and
has five years of .500 or better hockey.
‘“I don’t think I’ve played on a more
talented team,” said Wesley, a 13-year NHL
veteran defenseman. “‘But you have to com
bine hard work and the talent to be suc
cessful. The way we’re conducted training
camp and how hard we’ve been pushed,
we’ve set a standard in the locker room.”
Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Musgrave resigns
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bill Musgrave resigned as Car
olina’s offensive coordinator in hopes that it will turn around
the struggling Panthers and their anemic offense.
£ “The offense wasn’t in sync,” Musgrave said Wednesday
night, one day after his unexpected departure four games
into the season. “I thought the best way for it to get in sync
and for the season to be salvaged was for me to step away.”
The Panthers, which had the sixth best offense last sea
son, are currently ranked 16th and have scored more than 20
points only once while dropping to 1-3.
“None of us as coaches know the reason that the fall-off
has taken place or why the offense has faltered so much in
the three losses,” Musgrave told The Charlotte Observer in
an interview. “All of us put our heart and soul into it with
great expectations. A change needed to be made, so I’m hop
ing the change that’s been made will help the offense so they
can get it turned around.”
Head coach George Seifert has long been considered a
hands-on coach. He had an active role in last year’s game plan
ning and play calling when Gil Haskell was the coordinator
and that hasn’t changed.
So Musgrave, who was promoted during the offseason
from quarterbacks coach to coordinator, could have felt he
didn’t have any freedom under Seifert. Seifert himself said
Wednesday he might have been too demanding of his hand
picked protege.
“I know that there are times when I’m not the easiest
guy in the world to live with or deal with,” Seifert said. “I’m
fairly passionate about this business, and I pretty much say
what’s on my mind and go from there, but I’m certainly
surprised and disappointed he resigned.”
Musgrave declined to comment on his relationship with
Seifert.
“I don’t have anything really to say on the relationship.
It was a normal, working relationship,” Musgrave said. “He’s
the boss. That’s why I stepped away. If a change needed to be
made, it needed to be me and not him.”
Volleyball
from page 1
this season, and redshirt freshman Kilee Goetz has made
an impressive debut, but no one has been able to fill West
fall’s shoes. Perez and Goetz have been sharing playing
time at the setter position during this season's matches.
Georgia recently snapped a four-game losing streak
when it won a 3-0 match over Georgia Southern on Tues
day night.
^ The No. 9 Florida Gators are 12-3 overall this sea
son and have a SEC record of 4-0. They fell only one
victory shy of qualifying for their fourth Final Four in a
row last season.
This is head coach Mary Wise’s tenth season as head
coach of the Gators, and she leads a squad of which near
ly half are freshmen. Only three starters are returning
this season.
Setter Kris Bova has contributed her defensive strengths
as starting setter this year, and she has helped the team
i ut offensively, contributing an impressive number of
kills this season.
At the net are Florida’s four middle-blocker threats.
Heather Wright led the nation in hitting percentage
during her junior year. Returning alongside Wright is
Nicole McCray, who was named second-team All-SEC
as a freshman. Sophomore Benavia Jenkins and fresh
man Sherri Williams join Wright and McCray, and to
gether they form a competitive defensive unit.
Veterans Jerilyn Hattendorf, a senior, and Niki Hart
ley, a junior, are returning to the outside this season. This
season is Hattendorf’s second as a starter, and Hartley
was a member of the 1999 U.S. Junior National Team.
Freshman Aury Cruz has also proven effective as an out
side hitter this season.
Coach Wise shows a great deal of optimism and plea
sure concerning the performance of her young team this
season.
“We’re changing positions, we’re changing names
and faces, and we have some very talented young play
ers,” Wise said.
On Wednesday night, UF swept North Carolina, win
ning its sixth straight match. The Gators are ranked No.
1 in the South Region, one spot ahead of the Gamecocks.
USC, which has won its past nine games, is 13-3 over
all with a 4-0 record in the SEC. Its ninth came Sunday
with a 3-0 win over Tennessee.
“I have been excited about the way we started the
SEC season this year, but the next four matches are on
the road and will be tough,” said Carolina head coach
Kim Christopher. “We have set our standards high this
season, so this is an important road trip.”
The sports desk can be reached at
gamecocksports@hotmail.com.
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