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7 ^ THE GAMECOCK ♦ Monday, September 23,2002 GAME SCHEDULE WOMEN’S SOCCER at Furman, 7 p.m. Tuesday MEN’S GOLF at Carpet Capital Collegiate in Dalton, Ga., CONTACT US vmiFYRA.. Ah FrvidaySAn2ay VOLLEYBALL vs. Auburn, 7 p.m. Friday Story ideas? Questions? Comments? WOMEN’S TENNIS at Furman Fall Classic, Friday-Sunday E-mail us at gamecocksports@hotmail.com ' CROSS COUNTRY at The Citadel Invitational, 9 a.m. Saturday r* w BY NICK YOUNG THE GAMECOCK After losing two consecutive games, a different football team led USC to a 42-21 victory Saturday over the Temple Owls. Instead of running the ball and controlling the clock as they have the past two seasons, the Gamecocks (2-2) took a less con servative approach Saturday. Many times, Carolina lined up in a five-receiver set and spread the ball around. “We opened it up tonight and gave the receivers a chance,” se nior wide receiver Ryan Brewer said. Corey Jenkins led the Gamecocks with 198 yards pass ing, 28 yards rushing and four touchdowns. “We tried to cut back their run ning game and make Jenkins beat us with his arm, and he did a mighty good job of that tonight,” Temple head coach Bobby Wallace said. Though USC was a heavy fa vorite, the game wasn’t as easy as expected for the Gamecocks. Temple (1-3) opened up the game with a successful onside kick and showed it wasn’t going to go down without a fight. In the first quar ter, the Owls played the Gamecocks to a tie score (14-14) and even outgained Carolina 146 78. Temple tailback Tanardo Sharps had 112 yards on 11 car ries and brought concern to the Carolina defense. But after the first quarter, Temple never had a chance. Brewer’s 2-yard touchdown run was the first of 28 straight points for the Gamecocks. Of those four touchdowns, three were off runs from inside the 10-yard line. None of the touchdowns were scored by goal-line threat Andrew Pinnock, who did not have a sin gle carry in the game. Pinnock fumbled twice inside the 5-yard line last weekend against Georgia. Pinnock’s carries were given to two freshmen—Kenny Irons and Daccus Turman. The two com bined for 69 yards, and Turman had a receiving touchdown. Another starter that did not record any touches was wide re ceiver Matthew Thomas. After two key drops last weekend against Georgia, Thomas did not play a single snap at receiver. But this allowed other players to step up and shine. Freshman wide receiver Troy Williamson led all receivers with 75 yards, and he scored a touchdown in the third quarter. Other young receivers played a large role in the game, includ ing Kris Clark. “The younger receivers stepped up,” USC head coach Lou Holtz said. As their offense stepped up in the pivotal second quarter, Carolina’s defense tightened up and resembled the squad that held Georgia to 13 points and no offensive touchdowns. The Gamecocks’ defense allowed only 47 yards in the second quarter, and it had an interception that set up a score. The Gamecocks continued their dominance in the third quarter, amassing 140 yards and scoring twice. The defense held Temple to just 13 yards in the quarter. Helping USC’s cause was the absence of Sharps, who broke his tooth at the end of the second quarter and didn’t return. Throughout the game, Carolina’s kicking game came up big and helped the defense by giv ing them great field position. Punter Tyeler Dean punted four times for an average of 51.5 yards, and kicker Joey Bowers record ed five touchbacks. But as well as the team played, Holtz was still not completely sat isfied. “I am not easy to please,” he said. “I am very pleased to win be cause we beat a good football team. But we will have to get bet ter. We can get no pressure on the passer. We didn’t play as well on the offensive line as I thought we would. That was disappointing.” Holtz and his staff will look to correct some mistakes, especial ly reducing the number of penal ties. Carolina recorded 12 penal ties that led to a loss of 84 yards. USC travels to Vanderbilt this Saturday to take on a hungry team that, like Carolina, is looking for its first SEC win of the season. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com PHOTO BY CANDt HAUGLUM/THE GAMECOCK The USC defense was all around the ball in Saturday’s 42-21 win over Temple at Wlillams-Brlce Stadium. The Gamecocks Intercepted Temple quarterback Mike McGann twice and made It tough for the Owls offense to get In sync. GAME 4 • * Temple 21 use <9 (2.-2) r“i QB Corey Jenkins Jenkins had his best passing game yet, completing 18 of 23 passes for 198 . yards and a pair of loucnoowns. ne inrew a iaie interception, but USC already had the game in hand. “V\fe proved we can play with anyone if we don’t create mistakes.” COREY JENKINS USC QUARTERBACK THE PLAY Jenkins’ 35-yard touchdown pass to Troy Williamson, right, put Carolina comfortably up 35 14 early in the third quarter. Temple’s pass rush put intense pressure on Jenkins, but he managed to scramble out of danger, roll out of the pocket and find Williamson for the score. 0 The Gamecocks didn’t lose any fumbles Saturday night, a huge improvement over the last two games, in which USC fumbled away the ball nine times. Volleyball team rebounds with pair of sweeps BY MATT ROTHENBERG THE GAMECOCK After a rough trip to California, the USC volleyball team righted its ship this past weekend with two sweeps over Kentucky and Oral Roberts. The Gamecocks handily de feated the Wildcats on Friday night with game scores of 30-18, 30-22, and 30-23 as both teams be gan SEC play. Carolina’s offensive weapons were on target throughout the match, as USC hit .394, a season high for the squad. They also recorded nine service aces, in cluding the 100th of senior Megan Hosp’s career. “Offensively, we did some very good things tonight,” USC head coach Kim Christopher said. “We worked on our tempo this week, and we’re glad to see that pay off.” USC limited Kentucky to a hit ting average of. 125 as it ran away with the first two games. In the first eame. Berna Dwyer led the Gamecocks in kills with five, and she had 10 in the entire match. Senior Sam Alban, however, was tne onensive Dwyer spark plug against the Wildcats, as she led Carolina with 13 kills on the night. Alban also chipped in four block assists and received praise from Christopher. “I felt we played a good, upbeat match,” Christopher said. “I am glad to see Sam’s hard work from this week lead us offensively tonight.” Kentucky kept the third and final game close, but Alban’s six kills help put the Wildcats away. The Gamecocks tied the all time series with Kentucky at 13 ?ames apiece, but USC has beat an the Wildcats (6-5,0-1 SEC) in five straight matches. Carolina returned to the floor Sunday afternoon to face an Oral Roberts team that had also swept Kentucky the night before. The Golden Eagles kept their match against the Gamecocks Hose after losing the first game 30-19. USC squeaked by 30-27 and 30-28 in the final two games to Hinch the match. USC’s Cally Plummer got it lone on both ends, contributing a team-high 16 kills on offense and notching 12 defensive digs. Dwyer also had a big match, with 13 kills and two service aces. Christopher was glad to come away with the hard-fought victo ry. “Today was really fun,” she said. “Oral Roberts is a good team, and this was a good win For us.” The momentum in the third ?ame was not going USC’s way, as the Golden Eagles (6-6) ap peared ready to force a fourth iame leading 27-22 late. However, Carolina went on an 8 L run, spurred by several Oral Roberts attack errors, to take the match. Led by the seniors’ play, the tide shifted to the Gamecocks’ fa vor, something Christopher en joyed watching. “When we were down in game three, it was exciting to watch the seniors step it up and turn the momentum around,” she said. “We were able to make some great plays and bring the crowd back into the match. It was really a good match to watch.” • USC (8-3, 1-0 SEC) will con tinue conference play Friday with a match against Auburn at the Volleyball Competition Facility at 7 p.m. All students are admitted free when they show their student IDs. Comments on this story?Jp-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK USC setter Megan Hosp recorded the 100th service ace of her career in the Gamecocks’ 3-0 sweep of Kentucky on Friday night. USC also swept Oral Roberts on Sunday. BRIEFLY USC runner wins cross country meet The USC cross country team faced highs and lows during its meet Saturday at the College of Charleston Invitational. Carolina’s Jenny Lake was the high point, as she set the Dixie Plantation course record wnen sne won the race with a time of 19 min utes, 5 seconds. Injuries were the'low point be cause the Game cocks’ No. 2 run ner, Lauren Lake Paige, was unable to finish the race because of an injury, and Mary Claire Utsey rolled her ankle. “Jenny ran very well today,” USC head coach Stan Rosenthal said. “Kinsey (Eschenburg) and Shay (Shelton) also ran a good race for the team. Having two people get hurt on the course to day wasn’t good for the team, but hopefully we will rebound.” Furman took first-place hon ors with a score of 23, while USC scored 68 for a third-place finish. The Gamecocks will be back in Charleston on Saturday to compete in The Citadel Invitational. Louisville draw ends USC’s win streak The USC men’s soccer team, ranked No. 3 in the nation, tied one game and won another this weekend at the Pro-rehab-Aces Classic in Evansville, Ind. The draw, a 0-0 result to Louisville on Saturday, was the first time all season that USC (7 0-1) didn’t come out of a game with a victory. But the Gamecocks reverted to old form on Sunday, when they defeated Evansville 1-0. Jordan Quinn headed in/ a cor ner kick late in the first half, and the Gamecocks made it stand as the game-winner. Both USC and Fresno State fin ished 1-0-1 in the tournament, but Fresno won the tournament championship based on the fourth tiebreaker—most goals scored (3 1). The Gamecocks never played the Bulldogs head-to-head. The Gamecocks dominated Evansville offensively in the first half, outshooting the Purple Aces 7-1, but Evansville responded in the second half with 12 shots on goalkeeper Michael Bachmeyer. Bachmeyer turned away all of Evansville’s shots to record his fourth shutout of the season. Bachmeyer shined Saturday as well, making five saves to earn the shutout. The Gamecocks couldn’t convert a goal despite outshooting the Cardinals 21-11. Defender Jordan Smith was named the Classic’s Defensive Most Valuable Player. Defender Tim Glowienka joined Smith and Quinn on the all-tournament team. The Gamecocks return to ac tion Sunday when they travel to Davidson. Julin comes through again for Carolina Midfielder Jessica Julin’s header 15 minutes into the sec ond half was all the USC wom en’s soccer team needed to defeat the North Carolina State Wolfpack on Saturday in Dnlnlnh XT n “We had a rough first half, we came out flat and didn’t com pete,” USC head coach Shelley Smith said. “We steDDed it ud in the second half.” Julln Camille Toney and Erica Bowie assisted on Julin’s goal. N.C. State outshot USC 10-5, but Carolina goalkeeper Elise Matthews turned away all cf the Wolfpack’s shots for the shutout.