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Wxt (Bamecock Baseball team sweeps up the competition in Charleston by Kyle Almond The Gamecock Last year on its way to a 56-10 i season, the USC baseball team opened the year with a school record 22 straight victories. Could it happen again? The Gamecocks are off to another blazing start in 2001, winning their first six games of the season and taking all three games at the Berkeley Electric Cooperative Shootout at The Citadel. No. 8 USC knocked off a trio of Virginia universities in the three-day event, and won by a combined score of 29-7. Old Dominion, Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth all went down to Carolina, which will face Delaware State in a three-game series at home starting Friday. South Carolina 16, Old Dominion 3 (Sun day) Behind right fielder Brennan Dees’ career-high five hits, the Gamecocks walloped the Monarchs 16-3 on Sunday. Dees went 5-for-5 on the day, hitting two home runs and three RBIs. He is tied for the team lead in homers with Marcus McBeth, who also hit two home runs in the game, and second to McBeth in RBIs with eight on the year. USC head coach Ray Tanner was encouraged by the senior co-captain’s big day. “Brennan had a tremendous day at the plate,” Tanner said. “He did everything we could ask out of our three-spot hitter. “We are playing very well right now, and it was good to see our bats get going.” Junior southpaw Gary Bell (2-0) got the win for USC, pitching 6 1/3 innings and allowing only one earned run. South Carolina 4, Richmond 2 (Saturday) USC jumped out early on the Spiders and held on tight to its lead the rest of the game to win 4-2. Michael Floyd’s single brought home two runs in the first, and Steve Thomas had a RBI in the fourth to give USC a four-run advantage. Richmond fought back in the later innings, but couldn’t score on the Carolina bullpen. Chris Spigner (2-0) put forth another strong outing in the No. 2 spot in the USC rotation, striking out six Richmond batters and allowing only two runs. Lee Gronkiewicz, who was out with an injury most of last season, notched his second save of the year. Yaron Peters got the other RBI for use. South Carolina 7, VCU 2 (Friday) Kip Bouknight etched his name into the USC record books in his second start . of the season Friday, becoming the school’s all-time leader in wins with 37. Bouknight (2-0) befuddled VCU batters most of the night and surpassed Tim Lewis’ record set in 1976. * The senior right-hander from Gaston, S.C., struck out seven and allowed only five hits in the game. Friday’s game was a pitcher’s duel between Bouknight and VCU’s Marc Fisher for six innings. Then USC freshman Landon Powell broke the stalemate with a two-run shot to open the scoring. The Rams tied the game 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth, but USC busted out for five runs in the seventh to seal the win. Powell brought home two more runners with a single, and McBeth blew the game open with a three-run homer. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmaIl.com Lady Gamecocks pull off pair of upsets in Fiesta Bowl Classic by Kyle Almond The Gamecock The Lady Gamecocks softball team traveled to Phoenix this past weekend to face some of the toughest teams in the nation, and it came out with a couple of wins to show for it. No. 18 USC (5-4) faced five teams in the Fiesta Bowl Classic, and four of them were nationally ranked. The Lady Gamecocks upset No. 12 Nebraska in the competition’s first game Friday and also defeated New Mexico State. But USC fell to a trio of top-ten teams in No. 6 Arizona State, No. 4 Washington and No. 3 Arizona. Junior ace pitcher Megan Matthews was the heart and soul behind the Nebraska upset. Matthews (3-0) struck out a season-high 14 Nebraska batters in a 2-1, extra-inning victory. Megan Donohoo’s home run gave USC an early advantage, and Lady Gamecock Debralee Troesh was walked with the bases loaded in extra innings to give Carolina the win. USC bombarded New Mexico State 6-0 on Saturday for its other win of the tournament. Freshman Stacey Johnson (2-2) was the beneficiary of four I USC home runs, two of them coming from Joyce McMillin. Carolina put up a decent fight against Washington, losing 5-1, but the Lady Gamecocks were outmatched by the Arizona teams. The host Sun Devils of Arizona State waxed USC 8-2, while the Arizona Wildcats won 8-0. USC will be on the road next weekend as they travel to Tampa to compete in another five-game tournament. The sports desk can be reached at gamecocksports@hotmail.com I ---— Sean Rayford/The Gamecock Samantha Jennings and the Lady Gamecocks soft ball team upset No. 12 Nebraska on Friday. --i I ■ Readers: Now you have a chance to enter the Gamecock Sports Challenge. 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