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Sean Rayford/The Gamecock
Drew Meyer had a solid series against LSU, but the Tigers were too
strong for USC.
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Whittaker
from page 8
Whittaker’s persistence and
commitment.
“In this day in college athletics, the
kids who don’t play early in their career
... always think about transferring,”
Tanner said. “He’s been committed and
dedicated to this program, and great
things are happening for him. And I’m
excited about it.”
For his outstanding performance
already this season, Whittaker has been
named to the Johnny Bench Award
watch list for the nation’s top collegiate
catcher. The winner will be announced
at the conclusion of the College World
| Series in June.
Whittaker has come up big in
important games this season. On March
3, while playing arch-rival Clemson at
Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Whittaker
nailed a grand slam in the first inning,
setting the tone for a 21-8 battering
of the Tigers. Whittaker believes this
is his finest moment as a Gamecock.
No matter what happens the rest
of the season, Whittaker is satisfied with
his achievements as a member of the
USC baseball team.
“Personally, I’ve already achieved
the goals I’ve set for myself,” Whittaker
said.
He is also pleased by the team’s
performance in keeping with its
collective season goals.
“For the team, our goals are to win
the regionals, super-regionals and to go
to the (College) World Series,”
Whittaker explained. “We’re doing very
well, we’re right where we wanted to
be ... we’re just taking it one game at
a time.”
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LSU
from page 8
the Tigers beat USC 5-3.
Bouknight (6-2) was saddled witli
his second straight loss. The Gamecock
ace gave up five runs, all earned, on
seven hits and five walks in 5 1/3 innings.
He also hit two batters and struck out
seven.
The left-handed Mestepey (6-0)
pitched eight strong innings, giving up
seven hits and three runs in earning his
sixth victory of the season.
“Bouknight had good stuff. He was
running his fastball in on the batters and
got a couple change-ups over,” Tanner
said. “His control just wasn’t there. He
did give us a chance tp win.”
Bouknight’s outing began to unravel
in the fourth, when LSU scored two
runs on Ray Wight’s one-out home run
Basketball
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However, Cremins is hopeful that
he can be forgiven.
“The past is in the past,” he said.
“Everybody knows how I feel about
South Carolina. I appreciate Mike
officially making me a candidate, and I
appreciate the courtesies I’ve been
extended. I’m happy with that.”
Storozynski signs with The General
Carolina’s previous lone recruit for
the 2001-02 basketball season, Pawel
Storozynski, reneged on his oral
commitment after Fogler’s resignation
but didn’t rule out coming to Columbia
in the fall.
You can rule it out now —
Storozynski is one of Bobby Knight’s
new recruits at Texas Tech.
to right field. The Tigers scored two
more in the sixth on RBI singles by
Raymer and Theriot, making the score
5-2. Tony Adler came in to relieve
Bouknight and allowed no further
damage.
The Gamecocks again loaded the
bases in the eighth inning with one out,
but were able to score only once. Meyer
scored on a fly ball to right field by ’
Michael Floyd, but Tripp Kelly flied
out to deep center field to end the threat.
“Kelly really stayed with his ball,
but it just missed the gap. If that ball
drops, we tie the game,” Tanner said.
USC will play a pair of games this
week against The Citadel. Carolina will
travel to Charleston on Tuesday and
will face the Bulldogs at Sarge Frye on
Wednesday. SEC play resumes on Friday
at Georgia.
The sports desk can be reached at
gamecocksports@hotmail.com
The commitment is non-binding,
but with USC’s delay in naming a
new head coach, chances are slim that
the junior-college transfer will suit up
in the garnet and black next season.
Storozynski, a 6-foot-8 forward
who attends Dodge City Community
College in Kansas, is one of three junior
college transfers who Knight has
received oral commitments front since
he took over the post March 23.
This leaves USC with no new
recniits for next season, and there is a
good possibility that it won’t have any
at all. Wednesday marks the first day
recruits may sign letters of intent, and
with many players around the country
affiliating themselves with schools,
Carolina will be left with little to no
options for recruits when a new
coach is finally put in place.
The sports desk can be reached at
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Sports Briefs
■ USC’s Lekote
posts school record
Running one of the fastest times in
the world this year, USC freshman Otukile
Lekote won the 800 meters.at the
Duke Invitational Saturday with a school
and meet record.
Lekote posted a 1:44.76,-a personal
best and the nation’s fastest time in the
event in 2001. Lekote also broke a
five-year meet record, and his time was
good enough for an NCAA automatic
berth.
USC’s men took two other titles at
the meet, and the USC women took four.
The men’s 4x100-meter and 4x400
meter relays were both victorious and
earned NCAA provisional times.
The women’s 4x100 and 4x400 relays
were also winners, putting up times that
vaulted them to the No. 1 spot in their
respective NCAA rankings. The 4x100
relay ran an NCAA automatic time of
43.74, setting the meet record, and the
4x400 relay ran a 3:31.91 — also an
NCAA automatic time.
Miki Barber, victorious in her first
2001 outdoor 400 meters, ran the
country’s second-fastest time at 52.02 for
USC. Antoinette Wilks won the long jump
at 20-1 1/2.
USC returns home on Wednesday to
host the S.C. State Championships.
■ Legat knocks off
top-ranked player
in straight sets.
Senior Guillaume Legat racked up
his tenth consecutive victory Friday,
defeating the nation’s No. 1-ranked player,
. Arkansas’ Oskar Johannson, 6-4; 7-5.
His victory wasn’t enough to get the
Gamecocks the victory, however, as USC
lost to the Razorbacks 4-3 at the UA
Indoor/Outdoor Tennis Complex.
Arkansas gained the doubles point
with impressive play from its number one
and three teams, and that proved to be
the difference.
The singles matches were split at
three matches apiece with the Gamecocks
| winning at No. 1,2 and 5 singles. Along
with Legat’s win at number one, Seth
Rose defeated No. 79 Henrik Tofft in two
sets, 6-3, 7-6, and Marcus Westman
defeated Aleksey Bubis, 6-2,64.
The Gamecocks will return to
Columbia for a match Monday, hosting
Region II opponent Wake Forest in hopes
of increasing their regional record to 6
2:
■ Men’s golf comes
in seventh at Auburn
On the final day of the Billy
Hitchcock Intercollegiate, the USC’s
men’s golf team improved to seventh
place after shooting a team total of 293.
USC posted a three-round team score of
880.
Host Auburn won the tournament,
shooting 13-under-par (851).
Ernie Rose, who led USC throughout
the tournament, had his best finish of the
season. Rose and senior John Bloomfield
shot 219, to tie for 21st.
Columbia native Kyle Thompson
finished third for the Gamecocks after
firing a 221. Johan Kok and Brent
. DelaHoussaye each registered a 226 to
place tied for 42nd.
Georgia State’s Allen Thompson won
the individual title. The Panthers finished
second overall after leading the first two
rounds of play. The UAB Blazers
placed third.
The Gamecocks will resume action
April 20-22 in Sea Island, Ga., where they
will battle for the SEC title.
■ Women’s tennis
falls to Tennessee
The 23rd-ranked USC women’s tennis
team dropped a 6-1 decision at sixth
ranked Tennessee on Sunday afternoon.
USC slipped to 12-7 overall and 6-4
in the SEC, while Tennessee improved
to 19-2 overall and 10-1 in league play.
In singles play, Tamara Sutton scored
the lone win for the Gamecocks, winning
at No. 6 singles over Brooke Cordell in
straight sets 7-5,1-0 (11-9).
USC closes out its regular-season
schedule Wednesday when it hosts LSU
at the Maxcy Gregg Tennis Center on the
Carolina campus. Start time is scheduled
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