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the committee the ability to im
pose sanctions.
It was a popular idea among
SEC presidents last year. But
Kramer and others opposed it, say
ing it could put schools in double
jeopardy for the same violations —
forcing them to face sanctions from
both the conference and the
NCAA.
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lems don’t end with the NCAA.
When Alabama fired coach
Mike Price after his reported hi
jinx at a topless club in Pensacola,
its decision to replace him with a
white lifetime assistant, Mike
Shula, instead of a black assistant
with more experience, Sylvester
Croom, gave Jackson ammuni
tion.
Slive said he had “confidence”
that Alabama made a responsible
decision.
Of course, problems regarding
race and the NCAA don’t mask
the fact the SEC is in good health.
During a time when the Big
East is faced with possible extinc
tion, the SEC is stable. The 12 con
ference teams share more than
$100 million in revenue. That’s
about $15 million more than the
next-richest conference, the Big
12. The figure is even more stag
gering considering it was at just
$16.3 million in 1990.
But clearly, the SEC has prob
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nently tainted as a conference full
of cheaters.
“My main concern is Auburn,”
athletic director David Housel
said. “But people know what’s go
ing on around the league. This is a
conference, and when another
team has a problem, obviously, it
affects us all.”
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RBIs in as many at-bats, and the
Gamecocks totaled 16 hits in the
win.
Marchbanks, who was named
first team All-America by
Collegiate Baseball, allowed 11
hits but kept Stetson in check by
giving up only two runs and no
walks.
Stetson took a 2-0 lead in the
first inning, but after a run in the
second inning, Carolina scored
the go-ahead run in the third be
hind Tolleson’s RBI triple.
Powell came alive in the sixth
inning with an RBI double and
again in the eighth with a solo
home run to right-center field.
Powell was happy to break out of
his slump and help his team ad
vance to the finals of the regional.
“You just have to keep swing
ing away, working at it, and it
will start working out,” Powell
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said. “I just swing hard and hope
fully, find a hole.”
Game 3: USC 9 -
Stetson 3
Senior Steven Bondurant (6
3) went eight innings and al
lowed three runs on eight hits to
beat the Hatters 9-3 and advance
in the NCAA Tournament.
Stetson used four pitchers in an
effort to shut down the Carolina
offense that produced 14 hits as
eight Gamecock batters picked
up RBIs. Tollesop went 3-for-5
with a home run, and Powell
added a pair of hits and an RBI
in the victory.
Coutlangus put the
Gamecocks on the board in the
second inning with an RBI
triple that scored Michael
Campbell. Stetson tied it up in
the bottom half of the inning af
ter a solo home run by Pete
Rasmusen.
Carolina then exploded for
eight runs in the next five in
nings and Bondurant combined
with Aaron Rawl to hold off the
Hatters and advance to the Super
Regional.
“We played three great games
this weekend,” Tanner said.
“We pitched extremely well, al
lowing just five runs all week
end.
“Now we’ve won a regional
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a Super Regional. I’m extremely
proud of these players,” he said.
The Gamecocks return home
to take on the Tar Heels in a best
of-three-game series beginning
on Friday at 3:05 p.m. UNC (42
21) beat Missouri once and site
host Mississippi State twice to
win the Starkville Regional. The
Gamecocks eliminated the Tar
Heels last season in the NCAA
Tournament in Columbia.
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BRIEFLY
Johansen named to
All-American team
Freshman Eirik Johansen
was named to the PING All
America Honorable Mention
team by the Golf Coaches
Association of America on May
30.
Johansen, a native of
Stavanger, Norway, also made
the All-Region and Softspikes
All-Freshman team. The awards
were announced at the GCAA
Division I Award Dinner in
Stillwater, Okla.
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NCAA Championships where
the team placed 29th and missed
the cut on May 29. He also led the
team in scoring and placed in
the top 10 in seven events this
season.
McPherson honored
with amateur award
The South Carolina Athletic
Hall of Fame named senior
Kristy McPherson Female Co
Amateur Athlete of the Year on
May 29. McPherson led USC to
its third straight NCAA post
season showing and was named
SEC Golfer of the Year. The
league-leader in stroke average
landed third in the SEC
Championships and 39th in the
NCAA Championships last
week. McPherson, a Conway na
tive, is a three-time All
American.
Track team shines
at East Regional
The USC men’s and women’s
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members to the NCAA
Championships after a strong
showing at the East Regional
last weekend in Fairfax, Va.
The women’s team finished
second overall at the meet be
hind Florida. Tiffany Ross won
individual regional titles in the
100-meter hurdles and the 400
meter hurdles. Aileen Bailey fin
ished first in the 100-meter dash
as the women also won the 4x100
and 4x400 relays.
The men’s team placed third
overall at the event with Otis
Harris taking the only individ
ual title in the 400-meter dash.
Jonathan Fortenberry also
made the NCAA Championships
in the 400-meter dash, while
Tony Almond finished second in
the long jump to join the team in
Sacramento, Calif, on June 11.
USC sends five in
first day of draft
Five USC baseball players
were taken in yesterday’s first
day of the Major League
Baseball Draft.
All-American Brian Buscher
was the first Gamecock selected
in the third round bv the San
Francisco Giants. David
Marchbanks, another All
American, was taken by the
Florida Marlins in the seventh
round, while captain Steven
Bondurant went in the 15th
round to the Oakland A’s.
Coutlangus was also drafted
by the Giants in the 18th round.
Justin Harris ended the day
for Gamecock draftees with a
16th round selection by the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
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