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Women’s soccer ties College of Charleston
BY PRESTON BAINES
THE CAMECOC.K
The South Carolina women’s
soccer team opened up the 2001
campaign with a 0-0 tie Saturday
against the College of Charleston
in Charleston. The Gamecocks
squandered several opportunities,
outshooting the Cougars 26-10.
“We had good services, but I
think our scoring chances need to
be stronger,” said head coach
Shelley Smith. “Overall, we had
great defense, and our team
played hard throughout the game
and in overtime. Our team battled
and never gave up.”
The star of the game for USC
was junior goalkeeper Carolyn
Ortega, who played the entire
game without allowing a shot to
get past her.
The barrage of shots from the
Gamecocks was led by midfielder
Melissa Hudson (three shots),
sophomore Becca Epstein (two)
and freshman Sarah Lentz (two).
Smith liked what she saw in
Hudson and Lentz, among others.
“Melissa Hudson and Erica
Bowie played a great game in the
middle,” the first-year coach said.
“They played the entire game and
did a good job controlling the play
and setting the ball. Our backs
also had a solid game. Lydia
Bienias, Jessie Uecker, Becky
Leeper and Sarah Lentz all kept
the pressure off our goal.”
USC played its first home game *
under Smith on Tuesday night
against Davidson College.
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“We’re always happy to get a victory. But overall, we looked for the victory, and
got it, so we’re happy for it.’’
SHELDON BROWN
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“For the first game, we have to be happy for it. I’m just glad tp have this one
out of the way and get ready for Georgia.”
KALIMBA EDWARDS
USC LINEBACKER
“We’ve come a long way since last year. I think it says a lot for us to go out
and beat a good team.”
PHIL PETTY
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“I thought it was a good start. We can put up some numbers. I think it was a
big thing to put up 32 points before you go to face Georgia because it’s ali
about the confidence.”
DEREK WATSON
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■
I “I thought our first team played really well. I was dissapointed in the way our
second team played.”
LOU HOLTZ
PHOTOS BY AARON HARK
UCLA player pleads guilty to assault charge
ASSOCIATED DRESS
LOS ANGELES - Asi Faoa defen
sive end at UCLA, pleaded guilty
Tuesday to a reduced charge in
connection with an off-campus at
tack 16 months ago, enabling him
to remain with the Bruins.
The single count of misde
meanor assault by means of force
likely to produce great bodily in
jury was the result of a plea bar
gain that reduced the case from
the felony level, which would have
ended his UCLA career.
Superior Court Judge Robert P.
O'Neill sentenced the 20-year-old
Faoa, a 6-foot-5,270-pound redshirt
sophomore from Orange, Calif., to
180 days in county jail with a work
furlough to be served at a later
Hmo
Faoa, who had been free on
$25,000 bond, was originally
charged with one felony count
each of mayhem and assault by
means likely to produce great bod
ily injury in the attack on Rodrigo
De Zubiria at a fraternity party
April 30,2000.
Faoa pleaded innocent last
December to those charges, which
could have brought a maximum of
15 years in state prison.
Faoa's attorney, Milton Grimes,
worked out a plea bargain, con
tingent upon several conditions,
including an apology.
"I'm so sorry,” Faoa told the 23
year-old De Zubiria in court. “It
was dark, it was a crazy night,
someone hit me, I thought it was
you. I just can't explain how bad I
feel about this situation. I hope
and pray that you and your family
will find it in your hearts to for
give me.”
With that, De Zubiria extended
his hand, and the two hugged. And
later in court, their families ex
changed hugs.
Faoa also was sentenced to five
years summary probation; fined
$100; ordered to make full restitu
tion to the victim and take part in
a six-month anger management
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program, and make a full ac
counting of the events of the night
in question to Paul Zappettini, De
Zubiria’s civil attorney.
Zappettini has a pending law
suit against Faoa and Epsilon
Sigma Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha,
the fraternity that hosted the par
ty.
UCLA coach Bob Toledo said
Faoa, suspended from last year's
season-opener, won't receive fur
ther punishment from the team.
“It's in the past,” Toledo said.
“If it's a felony, he'd be off the
team.”
Faoa played in the 14th-ranked
Bruins' 20-17 season-opening vic
tory at Alabama last Saturday.
Faoa was charged with punch
ing De Zubiria, who claims the
blow caused brain damage, while
dancing in a mosh pit at the out
door party.
De Zubiria said outside court
he's classified as a student with a
disability by UCLA, enabling him
to receive, among other things, ex
tra time to take tests.
“That helps, but it's more a
problem of digesting all the infor
mation I have to deal with,” he
said. “That's where the problem
is. I'm a lot better, but I don't feel
as sharp as I used to.”
De Zubiria said he remembers
the night in question fine up to a
point.
“Then, it just ends,” he said. “I
woke up in bed, I couldn’t say a
word for about a week. For about a
month, I had single-word sen
tences. Then it just progressed, I
had speech therapy.”
De Zubiria moved in with
his mother, Deborah Wirth,
and her husband in Benecia,
Calif., near San Francisco, af
ter a brief hospital stay.
He returned to school last
fall.
“I wanted to get it off my
back,” a relieved Faoa said
outside court.
O'Neill ordered Faoa to re
turrt May 20, 2002, to deter
mine when he will serve his
sentence, but Faoa indicated
he hoped to start serving time
before that.
In a work furlough situa
tion, he could attend school
while spending nights in jail.
“I'm convinced I got hit, ap
parently it wasn't him,” Faoa
said.
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use IN THE POLLS
Associated Press
football Top 25
1. Miami
2. Florida
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas
5. Nebraska
6. Florida State
7. Oregon
8. Tennessee •»
9. Virginia Tech
10. Georgia Tech
11. Michigan
12. Kansas State'
13. LSU
14. UCLA
15. Washington
16. Northwestern
17. Notre Dame
18. Mississippi State
19. Fresno State
20. Clemson
21. SOUTH CAROLINA
22. Oregon State
23. Wisconsin
24. Ohio State
25. Georgia
NSCAA Soccer
Top 25
1. Southern Methodist
2. Washington
3. St John’s
4. North Carolina
5. Maryland*
6. St Louis
”7. Connecticut
8. Indiana
9. Wake Forest
10. Rutgers
11. Cal St-Fullerton
12. Virginia
13. Ohio State
14. Stanford
15. Boston College
16. William and Mary
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20. San Diego
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Coaches Top 25
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5. Florida State
6. Texas
' 7. Tennessee
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14. UCLA
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. 21. SOUTH CAROLINA
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Offense
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shows promise
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fensive attack USC used in the sec
ond half, mixing run plays with
short passes the entire half.
The lob by Petty was the first
home-run ball thrown in the
half.
The Gamecocks will see
just how far the offense has
come when it faces a better
test next week, the No. 25
ranked Georgia Bulldogs.
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