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GOLF Men’s Golf Schedule DATE EVENT__LOCATION March 11-12 Seminole Tallahassee, IntercollegiateFla^ March 15-17 Conrad Rehling Tuscaloosa, _ InvitationalAla^ March 23-24 Schenkel EZ-GO Statesboro, InvitationalGa^ April 6-7 Cleveland Golf- Augusta, Ga. ASU Invitational April 19-21 Sea Island St. Simons Golf ClubIsland, Ga. May 17-19 NCAA RegionalsTBA May 29-31 NCAA Columbus, Championships Ohio Women’s Golf Schedule DATEEVENTLOCATION March 4-6 Spartan Salinas, Calif. Invitational March 15-17 Lady Gamecock Columbia, S.C. Classic March 22-24 Liz Murphy Athens, Ga. Collegiate April 5-7 LSU/Cleveland Baton Rouge, La. Classic _ _ April 19-21 SEC Championships Athens, Ga. May 9-11 NCAA Regional TBA Championship May 21-24 NCAA Championships Auburn, Wash. PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK The men’s golf team will travel to Tallahassee, Fla., this weekend for the Seminole Intercollegiate Challenge. PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK The women’s golf will host the Lady Gamecock Classic in Columbia in two weeks. Men, women off to promising start Delahoussaye, Rominger lead No. 21 men's team BY JAMES STARNES THE GAMECOCK The USC men’s golf team is get ting set to compete in the Seminole Intercollegiate Challenge in Tallahassee, Fla., as it passes the halfway point of the season. The Gamecocks are ranked 21st in the nation and are coming off a tough outing in the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate in Ponte Vedra, Fla. Carolina finished 14th out of 15 teams, but was able to shave a con siderable amount of strokes off its score as the tournament progressed. Brent Delahoussaye led the charge for the Gamecocks, as he shot a 220, including a final-round 69. Delahoussaye finished 15th in the overall individual standings. Martin Rominger was consistent through out the tournament, with scores of 77-73-75 that put him in 30th place. The Mercedes-Benz Collegiate marks the first time USC has not fin ished in the top 10 since play began in early September. The Gamecocks finished sixth in their two previous tournaments (the PING Arizona Intercollegiate and the C.C. of Louisiana) against some formida ble competition. USC finished fourth in the season opener and 10th in the Carpet Capital Collegiate. Among the individual highlights this season are back-to-back sub-70 (68-69) rounds by Rominger at the par-71 Rave at the Arizona Collegiate. In addition to his closing round 69 last week, Delahoussaye fired a 6£ and 69 on consecutive days at the C.C. of Louisiana. A poor first round kept him from being among the lead ers. With five tournaments left, USC will be looking to continue the im provement shown in the closing rounds at Ponte Vedra to build mo mentum for the NCAA Regionals, which begin May 17. The NCAA Championships will begin May 29 in Columbus, Ohio. Women’s golf team impressive in spring start The Lady Gamecock golf team just completed an impressive per formance in its first tournament of the spring, the Lady Gator Invitational. USC finished second, ahead of No. 7 Georgia and No. 8 Vanderbilt, and lost only to 19th ranked Florida. Defending SEC champion Kristy McPherson also contributed to the Lady Gamecock cause, shooting 77 75-77-229 en route to a 14th-place fin ish. Marci Robinson and Adrienne Gautreaux were USC’s other top 20 finishers, shooting 232 and 233. USC will look to carry this mo mentum into the Spartan Invitational in Salinas, Calif on March 4. That will be Carolina’s last time to shine before it returns home March 15 for the Lady Gamecock Classic. Following the Lady Gamecock Classic, USC is scheduled to play in only two more tournaments before the three-day SEC Championships, which begin April 19 in Athens, Ga. The NCAA Regionals will be held May 9 11, and the NCAA Championships will begin May 21 in Auburn, Wash. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com