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8 GAME SCHEDULE MEN’S TENNIS at Wake Forest, 3 p.m. Wednesday PONTAPT TN SOFTBALL vs. Georgia, 5 p.m. Wednesday uLi VVj 1 U k3 BASEBALL vs. The Citadel, 7 p.m. Wednesday Stnrv ideas9 Questions9 Comments9 TRACK AND FIELD in S.C. State Championships, Wednesday E-mail us at gamecocksports@hotmail.com SPRING FOOTBALL GAME, 1 p.m. Saturday PHOTO 8Y COREY DAVIS/THE GAMECOCK Lou Holtz held a news conference Tuesday to promote his charity golf tournament. Tee it up with Holtz Football coach plans to host golf tournament for charity BY JAMES STARNES THEUAMECOCK USC football head coach Lou Holtz held a brief news confer ence Tuesday afternoon to dis cuss the upcoming Lou Holtz Chick-Fil-A Golf Classic at Kiawah Island. Proceeds from the event will go to the Lou Holtz Charitable Foundation Inc., an organization founded by Holtz in 1998 during his years between the Notre Dame and USC head coaching jobs. According to the foundation’s mission statement, its reason for existence is to promote Christianity, education, and charity. , The tournament will take place June 7-8 on the Osprey Point and Turtle Point courses at Kiawah Island. When asked why he chose Kiawah Island, Holtz jokingly replied, “Augusta turned me down.” He then went on to praise Kiawah Island for its hospitality and organization, which made last year’s event an enormous success. This year’s tournament will “Augusta turned me down” LOU HOLTZ ~ use FOOTBALL HEAD COACH begin Friday, June 7, with lunch at noon. Holtz and his son and of fensive coordinator, Skip, will take part. After lunch, there will be a picture-taking session until the 2 p.m. tee off. For the tournament’s first round, Skip Holtz will be on one course, and his father will be on the other. The two will play the same hole continuously all day as the different foursomes come through, and anyone who beats both coaches in a closest to the pin contest will receive a certifi cate. After the round, a dinner party will be held at Mingo Point. The next day will begin with a continental breakfast at each course’s practice range, and tee off will be at 8:30 a.m. Awards will be given Saturday afternoon after the golfers have completed their rounds. The tournament will played in a “Powerball” format, and it will cost $500 per player or $2,000 per team to participate. For more in formation. call Clyde Wrenn at (803) 777-8111 or (800) 880-9248. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com Carolina looking to avenge defeat * Baseball lost earlier this year to The Citadel BY BRAD SENKIW THE GAMECOCK The USC baseball team enters Wednesday night’s game against The Citadel hoping that the rain and losing are over. After losing two games in Arkansas this weekend and hav ing the third game canceled be cause of rain, the Gamecocks turn Qieir attention to their in state foe, which has a record of 19-12. non /c\ a _j : r . Ul/V U/ 10 UiOU LX J 1115 IV/ avenge a 5-1 defeat to the Bulldogs from earlier this season in Charleston. The Gamecocks were surprised by The Citadel's pitch ing and only managed six hits in the meeting. Drew Meyer was the only bright spot for the Gamecocks, as he went 2-for-4 and had the only RBI. Rocky Evans took the loss, but the Gamecocks used three other pitchers to strike out 12 Bulldogs. The Citadel was led by David Griffin’s 2-for-3 performance. Griffin’s bases-loaded double scored three runs in the sixth in ning, and John Stackley and Will Coker provided additional RBIs in the Bulldogs win. The Citadel managed only six hits as well and left seven men stranded, but Paul Williams was still able to nab his first win of the season. Williams pitched 71/3 innings and gave up the only run and four hits while striking out five. The Citadel looks to keep up its winning ways after it took two of three games on the road from Western Carolina this past week end. The Bulldogs won the first two games 8-3 and 7-0 before drop ping the last game 2-1. Griffin comes into Wednesday’s contest leading the Bulldogs with a .333 batting average, 22 RBIs and 41 hits. Chip Cannon is batting .300 and leads the team with four home runs. The Citadel is in first place in the Southern Conference and has a two and a half game lead over UNC-Greensboro. It has played against nationally ranked Florida State and several other ACC programs this sea son. The Bulldogs hope for an other upset to keep their confi dence going. USC enters the game ranked No. 8 after sliding from its No. 4 ranking of a week ago. Yaron PHOTO BY ROB GRUEN/THE GAMECOCK Ray Tanner and his eighth-ranked Gamecocks look to rebound Wednesday night against The Citadel. USC lost two games this past weekend at Arkansas. Peters is in the top five in four of the SEC’s major hitting cate gories. His .781 slugging per centage and 51 RBIs are cur rently first in the conference, and his 12 home runs ranks him second. Drew Meyer is batting .381 with 53 hits and 19 stolen bases. Trey Dyson has 10 home runs to go along with his .280 batting average. USC hopes that a strong per formance will not only avenge the earlier loss to the Bulldogs, but also prepare them for when con ference play resumes. The Gamecocks will be without the services of starting center fielder Jon Coutlangis, however, who suffered a broken hand in Friday night’s loss to Arkansas. Chris Spigner (2-0, 5.40 ERA) will take the hill for USC in the game, which is set to start at 7 p.m. at Sarge Frye Field. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocksports(aihotmail.com If you’re going... ♦ USC has announced that tickets for the April 24 USC Clemson baseball will go on sale Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ♦Faculty and students may pick up a free ticket beginning Thursday. Any tickets remaining after that will go on sale to the general public beginning Monday morning. PHOTO BY COREY DAVIS/THE GAMECOCI Beckham Field will play host to a cruci al SEC East showdown Wednesday and Thursday as USC taxes on No. 23 Georgia. The Lady Gamecocks are on top of the standings and will look to solidify that position. The three-game set starts Wednesday at 5 p.m. with a doubleheader, and ■■ 1,1-*—■- Tl *» *ha* will alcn ho nlavpH At 5 n.m. _ Softball will take on Georgia in key series RV MATT DATUEMRCDR fipnroia'c nfPanca io r»r»o tho Annnnflnto tn nnh; THE GAMECOCK The USC softball team will face the 23rd-ranked Georgia Bulldogs on Wednesday at Beckham Field in what should be a key series to determine the SEC Eastern Division title. USC (29-11,10-5 SEC) is coming off a three-game sweep of Auburn this past weekend and is current ly riding an eight-game winning streak. The Bulldogs (42-8,10-8) also swept their weekend series against Arkansas. Georgia comes to Columbia looking to regain from Carolina the top spot in the SEC East. The Bulldogs have an all-around at tack that is capable of shutting down just about any opponent, and, despite a shaky conference record, their undefeated non-con ference record is just an example of how good they can be when everything is clicking. Though there are few weaknesses on this Georgia squad, it’s difficult to determine one as its sole strength. best in the nation; its top five hit ters are all batting over .300, with the sixth-leading batter jusja shade away. Redshirt freshman Kim Wendland leads the Bulldogs with a .430 average, a .627 slugging per centage and a .497 on-base percent age. Her 45 RBIs also lead the team, and she is among the team leaders in a number of other categories. Center fielder Nicole Barber, the reigning SEC Player of the Week, is second on the team with a .405 batting average. Although she doesn’t get many extra-base hits, Barber does get on base of ten and leads the team with 66 hits. She also has an astounding 51 stolen bases this season. Shannon McKeon is batting .321 but also gets on base fre quently, as shown by her .490 on base percentage and 31 walks. Kristen Bell leads the team in doubles (15) and home runs (sev en) while hitting .319. Georgia’s pitching is ako a force to be reckoned with, as the Bulldogs have a team ERA of 1.44 and allow hit .199. Michelle Green and Lacey Gardner are the two big hurlers for the Bulldogs. Green is 14-2 with a 1.15 ERA this season, and she has notched 106 strikeouts. Gardner is just as effective, with an 18-5 record, a 1.55 ERA and 84 strikeouts. Nichole Urban and Rachael Hawkins provide -J-i.1__ i Georgia at USC 5 p.m. Wednesday Beckham Field vw-illyirl' tVlATT’ a combined 10-1 with 71 strikeouts. The Lady Gamecocks will have their work cut out for them, but they should be up to the challenge. Adrianna Baggetta remains the team leader in hitting with a .325 average. The senior outfielder also ♦SOFTBALL, SEE PAGE 9