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USC seeks vengeance on Virginia
PHOTO BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK
Dondrial Pinkins attempts a pass against Louisiana-Lafayette
on Saturday. Pinkins will face a tough UVA defense this week.
Carolina offense looks to improve
at home against No. 15 Cavaliers
Williams-Brice Stadium
BY JOEL WALLACE
THE GAMECOCK
There are a lot of unknowns
surrounding Saturday’s football
game between USC (1-0) and the
No. 15 Virginia Cavaliers (1-0),
who defeated the Gamecocks 34
21 last season.
After a slim victory over the
lowly Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’
Cajuns last Saturday, the
Gamecocks were left with sever
al questions that need to be an
swered if they want to pass the
test presented by a solid Cavalier
football team.
USC assistant head coach Skip
Holtz knows the Gamecocks will
have to elevate their game a great
deal in order to compete with
highly ranked Virginia.
“The biggest improvement a
team makes is from game one to
game two, and we will need to
make huge strides,” he said.
USC head coach Lou Holtz
knows that perceptions can be de
ceiving, and the Gamecock foot
ball team that 82,227 fans saw last
Saturday is not the team he sees
every day in practice.
“I think we come out of that
game and realize that nothing is
as good as it seems and nothing is
as bad as it seems,” Holtz said.
“Reality falls somewhere in be
tween. I don’t think we are as bad
on offense as we appeared to be,
and I know we are not as good on
defense as we appeared to be at
times.”
Another question mark con
cerning Saturday’s game will fo
cus on the absence of the
Cavaliers’ injured Heisman hope
ful, quarterback Matt Schaub.
“The issue is:
he’s not going to
play this week, we
all know that,”
Virginia head
coach A1 Groh
said. “So our fo
cus is on getting
the team that we
have to play in
that gahie ready
to go.”
Backup quarterback Anthony
Martinez, a redshirt freshman,
played well enough in his debut to
lead the team to a 27-0 viqtory over
Duke in relief of Schaub.
Virginia dominated ACC rival
Duke from the beginning of the
game, with UVA's first two scor
ing drives covering 73 yards and
68 yards, respectively. Martinez
completed the 68-yard touchdown
drive, thanks in part to his 39-yard
pass completion to wide receiver
Art Thomas. That play set up run
ning back Wali Lundy's two-yard
touchdown run. Lundy was a ma
jor asset for Virginia in the game,
gaining 88 yards on 21 carries.
Martinez finished the day by com
pleting six of his 15 passing at
tempts for 76 yards.
Groh wants to focus on the vic
tory heading into Saturday’s
•contest.
“I thought the most significant
thing was that he brought his
team home,” Groh said. “When he
went into the game, it was 3-0, and
when the game ended, it was 27-0.
He was the pilot when 24 of those
points were scored, and that’s a
significant thing for a guy in his
first game.”
Although Martinez led his
team to victory, he remains
untested, having completed only
six of his 15 passing attempts in a
game that was never really in
question. With such an inexperi
enced young quarterback at the
helm, expect the Cavaliers to rely
heavily on running the ball be
hind their talented offensive line.
“Their offensive line is huge
and very well coached,” Lou Holtz
said. “They look like a pro offen
sive line even though many of
them are sophomores. They are
all big, strong and have great lat
eral movement and protect the
passer very well. They are
mammoth.”
The Gamecocks will have an
other crack at the Virginia de
fense Saturday, against whom
they scored 21 points despite los
ing six fumbles last year.
Virginia, however, appears
ready to accept the challenge.
“They have nine starters back
on defense and are even bigger, bet
ter and stronger than they were
when we played them last year,”
Skip Holtz said. “Chris Canty is dif
ficult to prepare for because he
plays on.the outside and inside of
the line. He is big, strong, power
ful and athletic and can make plays
from any position on the line.”
Injury questions surrounding
Gamecock line
backers Ricardo
Hurley and Lance
Laury have be
come a little clear
er. Hurley is ex
pected to dress
and will be avail
able to play, while
Laury Laury could see
his first start of
the season.
Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30
p.m. at Williams-Brice Stadium,
and the game will be televised on
Jefferson-Pilot Sports.
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Volleyball to take on
«two ranked opponents
i
BY BRAD SENKIW
THE GAMECOCK
The USC volleyball team will
i open its home season this week
[ end by taking on two familiar
r foes at the Carolina Classic on
/ Sept. 5-7.
The Gamecocks will face No.
25 Michigan State (3-0), whom
USC took on early last year, and
No. 13 North Carolina (3-0), who
sent the Gamecocks packing at
last year’s NCAA Tournament.
USC (1-2) is coming off a
^ross-country trip at the Holiday
Tournament in Los Angeles,
nosing to ranked opponents
Southern Cal and Northern
Iowa before knocking off Ball
State.
Carolina opened up last sea
son against Michigan State at a
tournament in East Lansing,
Mich.
The Gamecocks beat Oakland
and Georgetown easily before fac
ing the Spartans. Michigan State
defeated USC in four games,
handing Carolina its first loss.
The Spartans are returning the
favor by coming to Columbia this
year.
This season, MSU returns 11
letter winners from last season’s
^fe-12 squad that finished No. 22.
^Kie Spartans made it to the
NCAA Regional Semifinals in
2002 but lost to eventual-champi
on Southern Cal.
With five starters back, MSU
has already started the season by
winning the Maryland
Invitational Championship on
Aug. 29-30. The team took down
Villanova, Tennessee and
Maryland, with junior Kim
Schram taking tournament MVP
honors. Schram recorded a ca
reer-high 32 kills against the
Vols, and Nikki Coloson, who
was also named to the all-tour
nament team, added 74 assists in
the win.
The North Carolina Tar Heels,
USC’s opponent Sunday, are also
coming off an NCAA
Tournament season in 2002
where the team reached the
Sweet 16 before falling to Hawaii,
finishing with a 32-4 record.
The Gamecocks lost to North
Carolina last year in the NCAA
Tournament in a four-game
match. It was the second straight
time USC lost to the Tar Heels in
the NCAAs. Carolina’s Niece
Curry led the Gampcocks with 19
kills in the loss.
UNC also returns 11 letter
winners and won the
GlaxoSmithKline UNC Volley
ball Classic on Aug. 29-30. The
Tar Heels defeated Oregon,
Temple and James Madison
with junior Molly Pyles receiv
ing the tournament MVP award.
Pyles recorded 38 kills and 20
digs, while junior Katie Wright
and senior Aletha Green made
the all-tournament team as well.
UNC head coach Joe Sagula
said he thinks his team will have
its hands full when it comes to
Columbia.
“We have a lot of respect for
the South Carolina program,”
Sagula said. “They are such a
competitive team and they al
ways bring the best out of our
team. I hope we bring out the
best in them, too. I always look
forward to it as an intense
match.”
Wright also thinks the Tar
Heels must play more physically
to compete with both squads.
“I think Michigan State and
South Carolina are a lot bigger
teams so we need to hit with in
tention and around the block,”
Wright said. “We need to contin
ue to serve strong to get them out
of their systems.”
The match against Michigan
State is set to begin at 7 p.m.
Friday, and the UNC match fol
lows on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
The Spartans and the Tar
Heels face off Saturday at 2 p.m.,
with all matches taking place at
the Volleyball Competition
Facility.
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SPORTS CHALLENGE
THE CHALLENGE: Brad Wes Charies Adam Shawn Tony
The Gamecock’s readers and Senkiw Wolfe Tomlinson Beam Rourk Keener
staff test their sports knowledge Sports Asst. Sports Editor in Managing Page Reader of
with predictions of the Editor Editor Chief Editor Designer the Week
weekend’s games. (Rankings (®'4) (8-2) (8-2) (9-1) (8-2) (5-5)
are from The Associated Press.)
1 Oklahoma at Alabama Oklahoma Alabama Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma
21 Florida at 3 Miami_Miami_Miami _ Miami Florida Miami_Miami
17 Auburn at Georgia Tech Auburn Ga. Tech Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn
13 LSU at Arizona LSU LSU LSU • LSU LSU LSU
Marshall at 12 Tennessee^ Tenn. lenn._ lenn. Tenn. Tenn._Tenn.
Maryland at 11 Florida St. Florida St. Florida St. Florida St. Florida St. Florida St. Florida St.
«sh. St. at 19 Notre Dame N. Dame N. Dame N. Dame N. Dame N. Dame N. Dame
LA at 24 Colorado Colorado Colorado Colorado Colorado Colorado UCLA
Furman at Clemson _Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson
Virginia at USC USC USC Virginia USC USC Virginia
17-14 24-20 27-17 21-14 21-7 24-7
SPORTS CHALLENGE’S FIRST-WEEK OUTLOOK: Managing Editor Adam Beam won the first week’s Sports
Challenge and hopes to continue his winning ways this week. Miquel Jacobs, the reader of the week, started the
readers out in a hole, finishing at .500. Sports Editor Brad Senkiw had a rough outing but looks to improve, while
the assistant, Wes Wolfe, tied designer Justin Bajan and Editor in Chief Charles Tomlinson for a respectable record.
Be sure to keep up with this week’s games and send your picks on Thursday.
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FURMAN 1 - USG 0
PHOTO BY JOHNNY HAYNES/THE GAMECOCK
Alisson Jarrow fights off a Furman defender as Erica Bowie runs in to assist her in the 1-0 loss to
the Paladins. Carolina takes on Charleston Southern and Dartmouth at home this weekend.
Gamecocks drop close match
with Furman at Stone Stadium
BY WES WOLFE
TIIK GAMKGOGK
The USC women’s soccer team
(0-2) began its home season Sept.
2 at Eugene E. Stone III Stadium
under dark and cloudy skies and
with a malfunctioning scoreboard.
These circumstances proved a
metaphor for the team’s match
against Furman (1-1), which
Carolina lost 1-0.
Most of the first half featured
a back-and-forth style of play in
which neither team seemed to
gain an advantage.
Carolina did have a few
chances to score a goal early on,
however. About 10 minutes into
the game, USC forward Jessi
Swaim hit a corner kick that
landed in the vicinity of mid
fielder Abi Markham, who took a
shot. Furman goalkeeper Andie
Hinshaw, however, made the
save.
The Gamecocks had two more
corner kicks in the first half, but
neither kick came as close to set
ting up an opportunity like
Markham’s earlier shot-on-goal.
At the 15th-minute mark,
Furman midfielder Tara Marker
hit a corner kick out to Paladin
forward Emily Turgeon.
Turgeon’s shot went over
Carolina goalkeeper Elise
Matthews’ head and over the goal.
Next time, though, the Gamecocks
wouldn’t be so lucky.
At the 19:24 mark, Marker
kicked a lead pass over to
Turgeon, who then placed the
ball in the left end of the Carolina
net for the only goal of the
evening.
For the remainder of the first
half, Carolina seemed to become
more aggressive and pressed
Furman on the Paladins’ side of
the field. USC midfielder Shelly
Hoddeson came very close to scor
ing twice, but both shots went
slightly over the goal.
In the second half, Furman
came out aggressively and chal
lenged Carolina on three separate
occasions early in the half.
Hoddeson managed to get two
more shots at the Furman goal,
but both missed. Furman forward
Turgeon also had another shot-on
goal but missed high and to the
right.
USC coach Shelley Smith was
disappointed with the team’s per
formance.
“We came out flat tonight and
showed a lack of determination
that was there from our first
game,” Smith said. “We have to
learn from it; we can’t just play
when we want to. I think that
comes with some players taking
some leadership roles and mak
ing sure they step it up on the
field.”
Carolina has a chance to turn
k
around its 0-2 start tonight with a
match against Charleston
Southern at Stone Stadium at 7
p.m. CSU’s only other contest
this season was a 1-0 loss to
Appalachian State at Boone, N.C.
In that match, Appalachian State
scored just one minute in and
held on for the following 89
minutes.
CSU is coming off a highly dis
appointing 2002 season, in which
Lady Bucs coach Eric Terrill ex
pected the team to contend for
the Big South championship.
Instead, CSU posted a paltry 2-14
2 record.
Last year, USC beat CSU 5-0 in
a rout. Four out of the five goals
in the match were scored by
Carolina players who are back
this year, including Ashley
Gosnell, Lindsay Haney, Camille
Toney and Ashley Williams.
The Gamecocks take on
Dartmouth on Sunday at 1 p.m. at
Stone Stadium. Dartmouth will
begin its season this afternoon at
4 p.m. at Davidson, after finishing
last season with a 12-5-1 record
and a loss in the first round of the
NCAA Tournament against
Rhode Island. This is the first
■meeting between the Gamecocks
and the Big Green. „
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