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PHOTO BY MARK SCHILLING/THE GAMECOCK
Fullback Gavin Ford reaches for the football as the Gamecocks
continue their spring practices. The spring season will come to
a close Saturday with the annual spring game.
Baseball
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Campbell and Kevin Melillo
home runs, and survived a
late-game rally by the Tigers
to secure the victory.
David Marchbanks (6-2) kept
the LSU bats quiet with his sev
en and two-thirds innings, al
lowing three runs on ten hits,
as well as striking out six. USC
handed LSU starter Bob Petit
(5-1) his first loss of the year, as
he allowed six runs on seven
hits in five innings pitched.
Carolina took an early lead
in the first innings when a
Brian Buscher double scored
Jon Coutlangus. LSU got the
run back in the third with
Aaron Hill’s RBI double, but
Carolina took control of the
game in the fourth.
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a Harris single, Campbell took
a pitch over the left field wall
to make it a 4-0 game. Melillo,
who went 2-for-3 with two runs
scored and an RBI, added his
home run two batters later to
keep USC up for good.
Carolina scored a run in
each of the next three innings
as McDaniel, Powell and Tim
Seaton all picked up RBIs.
LSU added a run in the
eighth inning and threatened
once again in the ninth. Down
8-3, Jon Zeringue led off the in
ning with a solo home run and
Hill tripled to score another
run with one out remaining
and a runner at third base.
Chris Hernandez then struck
out Ivan Naccarata, giving the
Gamecocks a much-needed
road win as they tied the se
ries.
Game 3: LSU 12 -
USC 4
The Gamecocks found them
selves down seven runs after
two innings; they were never
able to rebound and lost the
contest 12-4. The Tigers scored
11 of their 12 runs in the first
four innings to win the series.
Matt Campbell (1-3) lasted
only two-thirds of an inning, al
lowing three runs on three hits.
Zach Reeves relieved him to
give up five runs on six hits in
two-thirds of an inning, as well.
Steve Tolleson went 3-for-4
with two RBIs for the
Gamecocks, and Buscher and
Coutlangus each added an RBI
on the day.
Carolina got going in the
first inning when a Buscher
single scored Melillo, but trou
ble was to come in the bottom
half of the inning. Naccarata
hit a no-out bases-loaded single
that brought in two runs and
Hill scored a batter later on a
double-play ball.
LSU added five more runs m
the second inning behind Hill’s
three-run triple, along with an
RBI single and an RBI double.
The Tigers also chipped in
three more runs in the fourth
inning and one in the seventh.
Tolleson’s two-run double
helped the Gamecocks add
three runs in the ninth inning.
The Gamecocks will meet
the Clemson Tigers on
Wednesday evening at 7:15 in
Clemson, when the rivals will
play the final game of their
four-game series. Clemson
holds a 2-1 lead after winning
4-2 this past week in Columbia.
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BRIEFLY
Track teams finish
second at SEC meet
The USC men’s and women’s
track teams both finished second
and had ten first-place finishes
each at the SEC Quad Meet at the
Weems Baskin Track and Field. J
The men’s team lost the first
place finish by one point to
Tennessee, while Florida took
first in the women’s competition.
Aleen Bailey won the 100-me- [
ter and 200 dash races, while |
Miki Barber took first in the 400. }
Antoinette Wilks won both the
long and triple jump competi
tions.
Lashinda Demus won two
hurdle titles in the 400 hurdles
and Tawana Watkins won the
800. '
For the men, Otukile Lekote
won the 800 run, while teammate
William Emase placed second in
the event. Emase did win in the
1500 run in his best time of the J
outdoor season.
Kenneth Ferguson won both
the 110 and 400 hurdles races.
The freshman ran a time of 13.82
in the 110, just two-hundredths
of a second off his nation-leading
time of 13.80, run at last week
end’s Florida Relays.
In the men’s field event, Chris
Steddum won the pole vault com
petition, Tony Allmond took the
long jump title, Greig Cryer won
the triple jump and Adam Bishop
finished first in the shot put.
The men won the 4x400 relay
and the women had first-place
finishes in both the 4x100 and the
4x400.
USC’s next meet is April 9 at
home for the South Carolina
State Championships.
Men’s golf seventh
.after first round
The USC men’s golf team shot
nine under par and was tied for
seventh after the first day of the
Cleveland Golf-ASU Invitational
in Augusta, Ga. In the first round,
Carolina shot 284 and 283 in the
second day for a total of 567.
Clemson led the 18-team field
with a total store of 552, while
Augusta State is second and
Wake Forest third.
Eirik Johansen shot a 137 and
tied for fifth-place after making
12 birdies on Saturday. He en
tered the second round two
strokes off the leader.
Martin Rominger shot even
par in the first round and a 67 in
the second round to tie for 11th.
Nash Elliot‘s total score of 147
is third on the team, and Alex
Hamilton is tied for 48th with a
score of 145. Michael Maness, the
last of the five-member squad,
shot 152.
Women’s golf earns
10th at tournament
The 14th-ranked USC women's
golf team finished in 10th place
this past weekend at the Liz
Murphey Collegiate Classic in
Athens, Ga. Carolina shot 306 on
Sunday, a 305 Saturday and a 299
Friday.
Tiffany Catafygiotu was tied
for third place Saturday with a
73 that put her even for the tour
nament after shooting her ca
reer-low 71 on Friday. She fin
ished tied for fourth place, the
best finish of her career, after
shooting 75 Sunday.
Softball
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the side in the sixth and seventh
innings to put the Wildcats away.
USC 6 - Kentucky 0
The Gamecocks pounded out 12
hits on Sunday to complete the
sweep of the Wildcats with a 6-0
win. Stacey Johnson and Aleca
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Johnson combined on the shutout
for Carolina, with Aleca Johnson
(3-3) earning the victory. Stacey
Johnson started the game, going
four innings while allowing three
hits and striking out three.
Cornett led the way at the plate
with a 3-for-4 performance, but
Jennings, who went 2-for-4, drove
in two runs. Her first RBI came in
the second inning as USC jumped
out to an early 1-0 lead. The
Gamecocks added another run
when Troesh scored on an error.
Quinones and Troesh crossed
home plate in the fifth inning. USC
notched two more runs to finish
off the sweep of the Kentucky
Wildcats.
USC will return to the*road
Wednesday with a doubleheader
against the Georgia Bulldogs in
Athens, Ga. Carolina returns
home with a weekend series
against the Florida Gators.
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himself anymore or didn’t take
care of himself correctly when he
was younger. No matter the dif
ference, this is not the same man
as before. He doesn’t seem to
have that glowing confidence the
way he used to, and that is my
point.
Another thing that perplexes
I
me deals with college players not
making it in the pros. I’ve seen
several guys who dominate the
football field or basketball court
on the collegiate level but can’t
find a way to get it done in the big
leagues. I understand some guys
can’t compete athletically, but
there are such players as Sam
Bowie, who was drafted over
Michael Jordan, who never
panned out.
In a time when everyone asks,
“What have you done for me late
ly?” it’s hard to not feel sorry for
someone who achieved so much
and now can hardly push them
selves to get out of the bed. For
all the times people have come
from a rough childhood, car
crashes and severe injuries while
playing, how come some athletes
can’t get to greatness and keep it?
Maybe staying on top is much
more difficult then getting there.
Senkiw is a third-year print
journalism student.
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