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Vanderbilt
Holtz says victory
builds confidence
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the head of punter Joe Webb and
through the end zone.
The Gamecocks’ last safety
came against Vanderbilt in 1999,
when they had two in an 11-10 loss.
After scoring only one touch
down during the first half, the
Commodores tried to catch up af
ter the break. Vanderbilt defend
er Harold Lercus intercepted a
Petty pass and returned it 34 yards
to the USC 19-yard line. The
Commodores capitalized on the
next play with a Greg Zolman
touchdown pass to tight end Tom
Simone, making the score 19-14.
Carolina quickly responded on
its ensuing drive, which ended
with a 15-yard touchdown run by
Andrew Pinnock. The score gave
USC a 26-14 lead with ten minutes
left in the third quarter.
Towards the end of the third
quarter, USC scored with a pass
from Petty to Chavez Donnings
from 14 yards out, giving the ju
nior his first score of the year.
At the 13:44 mark in the fourth
quarter, junior quarterback Corey
Jenkins continued to take the
game out of Vanderbilt’s reach
with a 5-yard touchdown run. He
faked an inside handoff to
Pinnock, then carried around the
left side to give USC a 39-14 lead.
The Commodores failed to get a
first down on their next posses
sion, and the Gamecocks put in
their second-string players to
wind down the clock.
USC put two running backs
past the 100-yard mark in the
game. Juniors Andrew Pinnock
and Derek Watson each had 105
yards.
Afterward, Petty said most of
USC’s success on the ground could
be credited to a solid offensive
line.
“The offensive line deserves a
lot of credit. I can’t remember one
play where a guy came free. They
really showed up,” Petty said.
The Gamecocks set season
highs for rushing yards (356) and
points. The 46 points also are the
most accumulated by the
Gamecocks in the Holtz era.
The South Carolina defense
wanted to make a statement and
did so, dismantling the
Commodore’s offense. The
Gamecocks limited Vanderbilt to
194 yards, including 70 in the sec
ond half.
“The defense was very oppor
tunistic,” Holtz said. “They gave
up some big plays, and that’s not
like us, but overall I thought they
played very focused.”
The Gamecocks had allowed op
ponents to convert 42 percent of
their third-down plays. But
against the Commodores they
only allowed the Commodores an
impressive four of 13 tries. Two of
those came on a 92-yard drive in
the second quarter that resulted
in Vanderbilt’s first touchdown.
Kalimba Edwards again played
as a down lineman most of the
game. The Gamecocks played a
package of six defensive backs
most of the game.
“I felt like putting Kalimba
Edwards down, moving Kenny
Harney to the outside and insert
ing (Jeremiah) Garrison in the
middle was our best chance,”
Holtz said.
The Gamecocks go on the road
to Knoxville, Tenn., to play the No.
9 Volunteers. The game will be
televised on ESPN at 6 p.m.
Saturday.
“Our victory against
Vanderbilt has given us more con
fidence as a team, but our next
game against Tennessee is going
to be tough,” Holtz said.
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Women’s soccer drops a
pair, hurts tourney hopes
BY CHRIS FOY
THE GAMECOCK
The women’s soccer team (6-6
3,1-5-1) dropped two SEC matches
over the past vyeekend and con
tinued to hurt their hopes of mak
ing the SEC tournament.
GEORGIA 1, USC 0
For their fourth straight SEC
matchup, the Lady Gamecocks
lost by a 1-0 decision, this time to
Georgia (9-4-1, 4-2-0). After the
match, USC head coach Shelley
Smith was complimentary of her
team’s play.
“They came out playing hard
and played a good game,” Smith
said. “They didn’t have too many
chances, and I think we finally
started to play well in the second
half. We just didn’t put it together
offensively.”
The only goal of the game came
at the 65th minute when Georgia’s
Nicole Greathead put one between
the pipes off a deflection for the
only score the Lady Bulldogs
would need. Despite giving up the
goal, USC goalkeeper Elise
Matthews still had a strong outing
with seven saves.
To further add to South
Carolina’s woes, senior co-captain
Lydia Bienias left the game in the
first half with an ankle injury.
TENNESSEE 3, USC 1
Carolina wasn’t able to hold
onto their 1-0 lead in Knoxville as
the Lady Volunteers (9-4, 5-1)
mounted a comeback in the sec
ond half to win the match 3-1. The
Lady Gamecocks only managed
six shots the entire game.
“We had a very good first half, ”
Smith said. “The second half
Tennessee came out strong and
stepped it up. The second goal they
scored really hurt us. We let them
have that one and took the mo
mentum.”
Volleyball
First game features
many lead changes
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to offense, and we made some
good decisions. It was the first
time since late September that we
were able to put together good
back to back matches.”
The first game featured con
stant lead changes until Carolina
broke away from the 14-13 score.
Kentucky pulled within four near
the end of the game but were un
able to take it as the Lady
Gamecocks won 30-25.
In the second game, Carolina
led for most of the game until
Kentucky staged a rally and tied
the game at 24. USC went on to
score three out of four points to
take the lead and finally won the
game off a Wildcat service error
that made the final 30-27.
The Gamecocks wasted no
time in the third game, as they
quickly went up 12-4 en route to
their 30-17 win.
Carolina will next play Auburn
at home Friday night, and then
take on the Alabama Crimson
Tide next Sunday.
Sophomore midfielder
Melissa Hutson picked up the
first score of the game and her sec
ond of the season at the 20:06 mark.
The shot right outside of the penal
ty box put the Lady Gamecocks
ahead 1-0.
Once the second half began, the
Lady Volunteers wasted no time
in fighting back as Kayla Lockaby
scored off a deflection six minutes
in. Just more than a minute later,
Sue Flamini put in a direct kick to
put Tennessee up 2-1. The Lady
Volunteers made the final score of
the game when Keeley Dowling
scored off a penalty kick with
eleven minutes remaining.
Tennessee had strong offensive
play throughout the game, out
shooting the Lady Gamecocks 26-6.
USC goalkeeper Elise Matthews
posted nine saves in the game.
South Carolina returns home
Fridayto play host to Mississippi .
Despite USC’s poor SEC record,
coach Smith remained optimistic
about her team’s chance in SEC
play.
“We are still in position to get
into the SEC tournament with
wins in these next two matches,”
Smith said. “Our team has worked
hard the entire season, and our
players are fighting hard to get
some wins. We have been right
there in all our SEC matches and
have shown we are an improved
team this season.”
Soccer
Gamecocks again
fail to win tourney
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“To outshoot a team like
Maryland shows we came back
with a great deal of intensity in
the second half,” he said. “I
give the team a lot of credit.”
Buete was named the Most
Valuable Offensive Player for
the tournament. He also earned
a spot on the All-Tournament
team, along with teammates
Beckett Hollenbach, Sumed
Ibrahim and Siba Mohammed.
Rutgers’ Guy Abrahamsom
was named the tournament’s
Most Valuable Defensive Player.
He made the All-Tournament
team with fellow Scarlet Knights
Todd Moser and El Bialy.
Joey Worthen and Ryan
Stocking represented the
Gamecocks oh the All
Tournament team.
Charleston, who won the
Classic last season, went 0-2
this year. The Cougars also lost
to Rutgers 1-0 Friday.
USC, which has won only
one of its last four games, will
' travel to Los Angeles next
weekend to take part in anoth
er tournament, the UCLA
Invitational. The Gamecocks
will face Cal State-Fullerton on
Friday and then play host to
the Bruins on Sunday.
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Offense
Watson, Pinnock
both rush for 100
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yard rushers in a game since last
year’s meeting with the
Commodores. And Holtz gave the
two credit for more than their
yardage.
“What you don’t see is how
well they block,” Holtz said.
The Gamecocks ran 90 plays
and picked up 34 first downs,
more than four times as many as
Vanderbilt. USC also had its
longest drive of the season, going
92 yards for a touchdown in the
fourth quarter.
But the performance was not
all positive. Harold Lercius
picked Petty off early in the third
quarter. It was Vanderbilt’s first
interception of the season and the
third time Petty has been picked
off this year.
The defense also did its part,
keeping Vanderbilt silent
through most of the game. The
Commodores picked up just 194
total yards on offense, and quar
terback Greg Zolman was 7-20
with two interceptions, includ
ing Antione Nesmith’s first ca
reer pick.
Holtz said he had been en
couraged by the practices run
ning up to Saturday’s game but
stressed that next week’s
matchup with Tennessee would
be difficult.
“We’ve got a real big challenge
next week,” Holtz said.
Opponents have gained less
than 275 yards a game against the
Volunteers, including just 71
yards a game rushing.
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RANKINGS AND SEC STANDINGS
SEC football standings
All statistics are current as of Oct.21.
EASTERN DIVISION CONF. OVERALL
South Carolina 5-1_6-1
Florida__ 3-1_5-1
Georgia4-15-1
Tennessee_3-1_4-1
Vanderbilt 0-41-5
Kentucky 0-5 1-6
WESTERN DIVISION CONF. OVERALL
Auburn 4-0_6-1
Ole Miss 2-1 5-1
Alabama 2-3_ 3-4
Louisiana State 2-2 4-2
Arkansas 1-3_3-3
Mississippi State 0-4 1-5
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