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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
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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”
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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.
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Carolina looking
to avenge defeat
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Softball will take on
Georgia in key series
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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
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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
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