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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.,
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VOLLEYBALL vs. Auburn, 7 p.m. Friday
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.