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Derek Tharpe pitched eight
and 1/3 innings to get the win de
spite his allowing 11 hjts.
Hochevar closed out the game for
Tennessee and earned his second
save of the series and the season.
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Sunday: Tenn. 10 -
USC 6
The Vols once again defeated
the Gamecocks in the final game
of the series, but this time in dra
matic fashion. Rawl gave up a
grand slam to Javi Herrera in the
bottom of the eighth inning, and
Tennessee held on in the ninth to
send the Gamecocks to their fifth
straight loss.
Rawl (4-2) recorded the loss.
He gave up five runs on six hits
in five and 1/3 innings of relief.
Powell went l-for-2 on the day
with three RBIs and drew three
walks. Carolina had its chances,
as 12 men were left on base and
Tennessee out-hit the Gamecocks
13-8.
Michael Rivera’s 4-for-5, two
Rfil performance led the Vols, as
Joey Andrews (1-1) recorded his
first win of the season for
Tennessee.
The problems for Carolina be
gan in the second inning when
Matt Campbell walked the first
four batters to put the Vols on the
scoreboard. Cliff Donald came in
to relieve Campbell and walked
the very next batter for another
Tennessee run. Rivera then
knocked a two-run single off
Donald to give Tennessee a 4-0
lead.
The Gamecocks came right
back in the third a Powell double
brought in Jon Coutlangus and
Buscher to close the gap.
Tennessee added a run in the bot
tom half of the third inning and
another in the fourth to take a 6-2
advantage.
USC rallied in the seventh in
ning with one run, as well as in
the eighth inning when, with the
bases loaded, Buscher walked to
bring Parks in for a run. After
Triplett was hit by a pitch that
brought Michael Campbell
home, the Vols walked Powell,
which brought Tolleson in for a
run. Demetric Smith then came
up to the plate with two outs and
grounded into a double play to
end the inning tied at 6-6.
Herrera then went deep in the
eighth inning to bring in Josh
Alley, Nick Crowe and
Czarniecki as the Gamecocks
couldn’t get anything in the ninth
inning and took the loss.
USC’s next game comes
Wednesday against Furman at
Greenville Municipal Stadium at
7 p.m.
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a difficult year — especially con
sidering now the post-season suc
cess of so many of our noncon
ference opponents,” Odom said.
When Odom first arrived in
Columbia, Athletics Director
Mike McGee’s thought USC
should be an NCAA Tournament
participant every year. Because
the basketball team has not made
the tournament since 1998, Odom
thinks he is beginning to feel
t
some heat, though not exactly
pressure, to go back to the Big
Dance.
“Yes I feel it. I would not call
it pressure; I would call it re
sponsibility. I expect to be there,
and I expect to have a team with
’me,” Odom said. “Beyond that, I
don’t feel any uneasiness, if that
is what you mean. But I do feel
a responsibility myself to be
there. Whatever you do is not
enough.
“That said, I do think it is re
alistic for us to be among the
best; I have already said that to
you, and if you are among the
best, you will be playing this
time of year.
“There is no reason why this
program should not be in post
season play every year when our
system, building a winning foun
dation, is in place. What are the
things it takes: a great league, a
great arena, great players, and
great fans and supporters. We
have all those things, and I see no
reason why we can’t do that. I be
lieve that when I came, and I feel
that now.”
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have for each other and brings
back a sense of overall respect
for the league. Iverson was quite
thankful for Shaq’s comments
about Iverson needing to be on
the team.
“The most-dominant player in
the league, for him to stay some
thing like that, it was a great
compliment,” Iverson said. “I
guess it says a lot about what I’ve
done in my career.”
I think the right decision will
be made and Iverson will have
the chance to represent our
country in the 2004 Olympic
games. Iverson wants to be a
part of this team,
but won’t con
cern himself
with decisions
he can’t make.
He will just keep
his team in con
tention for the
top spot in the
Eastern 0’Nea|
Conference. If
summer ball pre
sents itself, look for Iverson
bringing the desire the U.S. team
needs to bring home the gold.
Senkiw is a third-year print
journalism student.
Hands-on demonstration
PHOTO BY MARK SHILLING/THE GAMECOCK
Head coach Lou Holtz shows members of his football team how to perform a drill during the
Gamecocks’ first spring practice Friday. USC's spring game will be held April 12.
Iraq war sends waves through <
sports events around the world
Spectators from
Washington to
South Africa
display views
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The war in Iraq reverberated
across sports this weekend, from
marathoners in Washington to na
tional anthems at NHL games to
military updates during TV cov
erage of the NCAA tournament.
There were protests at a soccer
game in Spain, an auto race in
Malaysia and at cricket’s World
Cup in South Africa.
The run in Washington on
Sunday was known as The
Unofficial Washington DC
Marathon — no streets were
closed along the route and run
ners stopped for red lights.
Organizers decided Wednesday to
call off the real race because of se
curity worries.
Some of the 500 people who ran
through the capital’s streets wore
T-shirts that read, “Can’t blow up
what you can’t catch.”
More than 6,800 runners from
50 states and 14 countries had reg
istered for the official race.
Hockey fans in Montreal
cheered the U.S. anthem before the
Canadiens’ win over Carolina on
Saturday. The anthem also was
greeted warmly in Edmonton,
Calgary and Toronto this weekend.
The applause in Montreal was
a reversal from the jeers greeting
“The Star-Spangled Banner” be
fore Thursday’s game against the
New York Islanders.
In Montreal, a videotaped mes
sage from former Canadiens play
er Jean Beliveau was played on
the scoreboard. The Hall of Famer
invited fans to sing both anthems
“to celebrate the game of hockey.”
After Thursday’s game, Canadiens
president Pierre Boivin expressed
“deep regret” for the booing.
“O Canada” drew steady boos
Saturday in Sunrise, Fla., before
Ottawa’s victory over Florida. The
Panthers said they were disap
pointed “a number of fans be
haved disrespectfully.”
Fans cheered both anthems be
fore the NBA game between the
Raptors and 76ers in Toronto on
Sunday.
The NCAA men’s basketball
tournament was shown on CBS on
Saturday, with updates on devel
opments in Iraq. CBS has the op
tion of switching games to ESPN
or other cable channels, and did
so on Thursday, the first day of the
tournament.
The tournament’s ratings on
CBS have dropped 23 percent from
last year. Through three days of
games, the overnight ratings —
measuring viewership in the
country’s biggest markets — av
eraged 5.0, down from 6.5 over the
same span in 2002.
In Spain, players from soccer m
club FC Barcelona wore anti-war ®
T-shirts before Sunday’s game and
carried a banner urging peace.
Many of the 100,000 fans stood and
applauded.
England’s 2004 European
Championship qualifier in
Liechtenstein, scheduled for next
weekend, could be called off or
moved because of security con
cerns.
Hundreds demonstrated in
Johannesburg, South Africa, at
cricket’s World Cup final between
Australia and India. Some signs
were critical of Australia’s par
ticipation in the war.
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Track wins 26 in
home relay meet
In two days of competition at
the Weems Baskin Relays in
Columbia, the USC track teams
came away with first place in 26
events.
Tiffany Ross took top honors
in the 100- and 400-meter hurdles,
while the women’s relay teams
swept their four races. The men’s
team took three of its four re
lays. Aleen Bailey scored the top
time in the 100 dash, and Lauren
Paige placed first in the 5,000 run.
USC finished in the top three
spots in the men’s 100 hurdles,
with Kenneth Ferguson winning
the 400 hurdles.
William Emase won two
BRIEFLY
races, the 800 race and the 1,500
run.
In the field events, Antoinette
Wilks won the women’s long
jump title with a mark of 6.52
meters, while India Odum won
the shot put.
Chris Steddum and Jared
Farabee took the top two places
in the men’s pole vault.
Men’s golf finishes
7th at invitational
Shooting a three-round score
of 869, the USC men's golf team
finished in seventh place at the
EZ-GO Invitational at Forest
Heights Country Club in
Statesboro, Ga. The top three fin
1
ishers in the Invitational were
Wake Forest, Clemson and
Georgia. Twelve of the teams
that participated are among
GolfWeek’s top 50.
Eirik Johansen finished in
11th place with a final score of
213. This was his seventh top 20
finish this season, and the fifth
tournament that he has led the
team. Nash Elliot tied for 20th,
with an even-par 216, while
Martin Rominger finished in
26th place.
Alex Hamilton ended the com
petition in 55th place, and West
Streib tied for 60th with a 226. |
The men's golf team will re
turn to action April 5 and 6 at
the Cleveland Golf-ASU
Invitational in Augusta, Ga.
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