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The Gamecock defense takes down Vanderbilt quarterback Greg Zolman during Saturday’s victory over the Vanderbilt Commodores, photo by travis lynn
Gamecock offense impressive in Vanderbilt win
BY BRANDON LARRABEE
THE GAMECOCK
If the Gamecocks were looking
to break their season record for
offense Saturday, they could have
stopped playing Vanderbilt in the
third quarter.
Eight minutes into that quar
ter, USC had already blown away
its previous high point — 402 yards
against Kentucky two weeks ago
—by reaching 462 yards.
But the Gamecocks went on to
pick up more than 190 additional
yards for a total of 656, eclipsing
the school record of 652 set
against Mississippi State in 1995.
That yardage led to 46 points,
the most the Gamecocks have
scored this season.
USC had the ball for more than
37 minutes, was 8-15 on third
down conversions, rushed for 356
yards and passed for another 300.
This from a team that had av
eraged 337 yards of total offense
and 28:57 on time of possession.
“I thought our offense played
exceptionally well,” head coach
Lou Holtz said.
Part of the Gamecocks’ success
came from the offensive line,
which gave Petty time and then
some. It was time he took advan
tage of, going 13-21 in passing for
208 yards and two touchdowns.
He also rushed for 24 yards and
was only sacked once.
“They (the offensive line) gave
Phil so much time... he was like,
‘Oh my God, what do I do?’” back
up quarterback Corey Jenkins
said.
Holtz said he was pleased with
Petty’s performance.
“I thought he completed well
and did a nice job finding people,”
he said.
Jenkins also did well, going 2-3
on passing for 74 yards while run
ning for 37 yards and a touchdown.
Holtz said he was glad to see
Jenkins get more time, though he
expressed concern that the junior
wasn’t throwing as well in game
situations as he does in practice.
“But I’m a big Corey Jenkins
fan,” Holtz said.
Derek Watson and Andrew
Pinnock also ran well, both pick
ing up more than 100 yards, the
first time USC has had two 100
♦ OFFENSE, SEE PAGE 11
BY BONNIE BERKES
THE GAMECOCK
The South Carolina Gamecocks
recovered from last week’s defeat
against Arkansas with a 46-14 tri
umph over Vanderbilt on
Saturday night at Williams-Brice
Stadium. USC showed both strong
offense and defense on the way to
the final score.
USC senior quarterback Phil
Petty, who was ready to make up
for last week’s play against the
Razorbacks, led the offense to a
school-record 656 yards.
“Phil was as determined and fo
cused as I’ve ever seen him,” USC
head coach Lou Holtz said. “I
knew he was going to bounce
back. I think he was really em
barrassed by what happened in
Arkansas and he was determined
to play well against Vanderbilt.”
The Gamecocks improved to 6
1 overall and 5-1 in the
Southeastern Conference. With
the six wins, USC also became el
igible to attend a bowl game. They
are now ranked 12th in the
Associated Press poll.
Vanderbilt dropped to 1-5 over
all and a dismal 0-4 in the SEC af
ter suffering its worst loss this
season. ,
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the defensive tempo during this
past week’s practices, and it
showed in the game against
Vanderbilt.
“The Gamecocks did not just
win; they won with authority,”
Brown said. “We don’t accept los
ing anymore. Losing will not be
tolerated.”
Vanderbilt opened the game on
offense but was soon taken off the
field by the USC defense.
Within the first four minutes of
the game, the Gamecocks scored
their first touchdown off a 41-yard
pass from Petty to Brian Scott.
Scott, a senior, had an impres
sive outing in the first half with
six catches for 143 yards and a j
touchdown but was held without
any passes in the second half.
After the Gamecocks took a 14
0 lead, Vanderbilt came back with
their longest drive of the season.
The Commodores went 97 yards
on nine plays, scoring a touch
down to make the score 14-7.
USC got its first safety with 1:10
left in the second quarter when
Vanderbilt deep snapper David
Meadows snapped the ball over
♦ VANDERBILT, SEE PAGE 11
Volleyball sweeps
SEC opponents
BY CHRIS FOY
THE GAMECOCK
South Carolina’s volleyball
team (14-3, 7-3) won both of its
matches this past weekend, de
feating Kentucky for the second
straight time and avenging a loss
against Tennessee earlier in the
year.
USC 3, TENNESSEE 1
Carolina outside hitter Nadia
Sefferovich set a season-high for
kills with 17 against the Lady
Volunteers on Friday night on the
way to-avenging USC’s 3-1 loss to
Tennessee on Oct. 7. The junior
also notched in 10 digs in the Lady
Gamecock victory. Cally Plummer
was able to get nine kills, which
marked only the third time this
season she was held to under dou
ble-digit kills.
“It was good to see that we
maintained the intensity through
most of the match,” said USC head
coach Kim Christopher. “With ral
ly scoring, it was difficult to main
tain our focus throughout the
match. This was a very good team
that we beat.”
In the first game, the Lady
Gamecocks led early but soon
were tied at 11. Carolina took the
29- 24 lead off of a Nia Mackie kill
before winning the game 30-25.
In game two, the Lady
Volunteers broke away from an
other tie to take a strong 21-15 lead.
Despite a Bema Dwyer service ace
late in the game to narrow the
margin, Tennessee held on to win
30- 20.
Game three appeared to start
the same as the prior two, only
this time the Lady Gamecocks 5
were able to hold on to their ear- C
ly lead and wouldn’t allow
Tennessee to get any closer than |
four points away. Carolina won
game three 30-16.
The fourth game proved to be l
the strongest offensive showing 1
for USC, as they hit .536 in the (
game. They went on to win the 1
game 30-23. t
On the match, USC out-hit (
Tennessee .340 to .231. I
iouth Carolina goes up for the block. The Lady Gamecocks
>nly lost one game in two matches, photo by aaron hark
JSC 3, KENTUCKY 0
The Lady Gamecocks continued
heir SEC success Sunday afternoon
>y beating the Kentucky Wildcats
10-8,3-5). Cally Plummer led the
ady Gamecocks with 11 kills and
-hot .444. JSIadia Sefferovich also hit
louble-digit kills for the second time
his weekend with 10.
After the match, coach
Christopher said she was pleased
with her team’s performance this
weekend. “We got back into a good
rhythm this weekend,”
Christopher said. “Today we made
great transition from our defense
♦ VOLLEYBALL, SEE PAGE 11
Men’s soccer fights«
to tie with Rutgers
after Maryland loss
BY KYLE ALMOND
T1IK GAMECOCK
USC’s men’s soccer team
earned a hard-fought draw with
No. 8 Rutgers on Sunday but for
the second straight season failed
to win the Gamecock Soccer
Classic.
The No. 18 Gamecocks tied
the Scarlet Knights 1-1, but their
1-0 loss to Maryland on Friday
virtually eliminated their hopes
of winning the tournament they
once dominated. Carolina had
won seven straight Classics be
fore last season.
Maryland, with a 3-0 victory
Sunday over the College of
Charleston, was named tourna
ment champion. The Terrapins
were the only team to win both
its games.
USC (8-3-1) outshot both of its
opponents over the weekend but
could only convert a single goal.
Trailing by a goal in the 78th
minute of Sunday’s game, USC
tied things up with a goal from
freshman Kolby Runager. The
goal was the first of his career
and offset a score by Rutgers’
Sherif El Bialy just three min
utes into the second half.
The game went into two 15
minute overtime periods, but
neither team could find the
game-winner.
USC finished Sunday’s game "i
with 18 shots on goal and looked
a little more threatening offen
sively than it did Friday against
the Terrapins.
Carolina gave up a goal with
nine seconds remaining in the
first half to Maryland’s Scott
Buete and couldn’t recover. The
Terps sat back and protected
their one-goal lead and rarely
looked unorganized in the back.
Despite not coming up with
the equalizer, USC head coach
Mark Berson was encouraged by
the way his team fought back,.
♦ SOCCER, SEE PAGE 11