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USC’s Jenny Lake holds off Gardner-Webb’s Syllvia Chellmo to win the USC Invitational.
USC cross country
wins its Invitational
The USC cross country team
won the USC Invitational on
Sept. 5 at Owens Field.
Junior Jenny Lake claimed
the individual title as the team
finished with four runners plac
ing in the top 11.
Lake, a native of Geneseo, 111.,
won by beating Gardner-Webb’s
Sylivia Chelimo to the finish
line in the final kilometer of the
5k race. Lake led for much of the
race until Chelimo passed her
after reaching the four-kilome
ter mark.
Winthrop’s Stephanie
Vanogneg and Carrie Selmer
finished third and fourth, re
spectively, while USC fresh
man Karen Wigal placed fifth.
Mary Wright and Tristan
Rackow finished in 10th and
11th place for the Gamecocks
as well.
Men’s golf to begin
2003-2004 season
The USC men’s golf team
starts its 20034)4 season on Sept.
8-9 at the Cleveland Golf
Kiawah Island Collegiate in
Kiawah Island at the Turtle
Point Golf Club. The
Gamecocks will participate in
a two-day 54-hole tournament.
The team will play two rounds
today and the final round
Tuesday.
USC’s five-player squad will
The Topy Cup in Japan,”
Coggins said. “It is the most
prestigious invitation in wom
en’s collegiate golf and is a re
ward for the consistency this
golf team has shown over the
last few years.
“We have selected five of our
most experienced golfers to go
on the trip: team captain
Adrienne Gautreaux, Marci
Robinson, Kory Thompson,
Tiffany Catafygiotu and Laura
McCaslin.”
Men’s soccer looks
for new goalkeeper
The USC men’s soccer
team is searching for an ath
lete at the goalkeeper posi
tion. The ideal candidate
would be a full-time student
who has experience in the
game of soccer.
If you are interested in join
ing the Gamecock men’s soc
cer program, please call the
coaching staff at 777-5199 or
777-7911.
include All-American Erik
Johansen, Martin Rominger,
Alex Hamilton, Robert
Syensson and Nash Elliot.
The College of Charleston is
hosting the event that will be
attended by UAB, Charleston
Southern, College of
Charleston, Florida State,
Georgia Southern, Georgia
State, Kent State, SMU,
Kentucky, Maryland,
Mississippi, USC-Aiken and
Virginia as well.
Women’s golf team
set to play in Japan
The USC women’s golf team
is headed to Tokyo to begin its
season in The TOPY Cup. USC
and Cal-Berkeley are the only
two American teams in the
tournament, going up against
four Japanese teams. Head
coach Kristi Coggins is excited
about the trip.
“We are one of only two uni
versities in the United States
to be invited to participate in
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and passed well for us and ter
minated at times we needed her
to terminate,” Christopher said.
I just thought she provided very
good leadership for us.”
Carolina now turns its atten
tion to in-state rival Clemson, the
Gamecocks’ opponent on
Tuesday night. The Tigers (2-5)
enter the match after knocking
off Winthrop but losing to College
of Charleston and Texas Tech in
the Big Orange Bash this past
weekend. Clemson’s other win
came last Wednesday against
Furman.
“The Clemson match is always
about emotion, about who really
wants it more,” Christopher said.
“It’s always just a cat fight to the
end."
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Men’s soccer stays undefeated
with wins over Spiders, Wildcats
Mark Berson
earns his 350th
career win with
victory over
Richmond
BY JONATHAN HILLYARD
THE GAMECOCK
Although this weekend will
largely be remembered for USC’s
big football victory over
Virginia, it was also a very mem
orable weekend for the USC
men’s soccer team, which
recorded a sweep at the Aaron
Olitsky Memorial Classic in
Charleston. Victories over
Richmond, 3-0, and
Northwestern, 3-1, improved the
Gamecocks to an unblemished
4-0-0 record this season.
Just three days after entering
NSCAA/adidas top-25 poll, the
22nd-ranked Gamecocks contin
ued their early success against
an undermanned Richmond
Spiders team (1-2-0).
After a relatively quiet first,
half, freshman Michael
Sambursky continued to impress
with his second goal of the season
in the 39th minute. Sambursky’s
goal was on a rebound of a Ben
Link shot that deflected off the
goal post, leading Carolina into
the half with a 1-0 lead.
Although it was another im
pressive game for Carolina fresh
men, senior Jack Cummings re
minded us all not to forget about
the veterans, as he scored just
three minutes into the second
half to give the Gamecocks a 2-0
lead. The match was Cummings’
first of the 2003 season after post
ing a solid year in 2002.
Just two minutes later, fresh
man standout Ayo Akinsete
struck from 18 yards out for his
third goal of the season in as
many games. The London native
put the Gamecocks up 3-0, where
the team would remain for the
rest of the game, marking its sec
ond-straight shutout.
Not only did the victory con
tinue a solid start for Carolina,
but it also marked head coach
Mark Bejson’s 350th win in the
Gamecock program and his 361st
overall. The 2003 season marks
Berson’s 25th season in
Columbia, 23 of which have
boasted a record of .500 or better.
In that time period he has
coached 40 eventual pros, nine
All-Americans and has lead USC
to two Final Fours. Benson’s suc
cess at USC has also placed him
11th all-time in wins by a
Division I coach.
The milestone victory did not
mark the end of the weekend for
the hot Carolina team. Sunday af
ternoon the Gamecocks took on
the Northwestern Wildcats (0-2
2). Carolina was in control most
of the game, out-shooting the
Wildcats 16-8? but found itself tied
at one in the 50th minute of the
game. The Gamecocks first goal,
courtesy of sophomore Eric
Szezycki’s penalty kick, came
36:03 into the game and gave
Carolina a 1-0 lead going into the
half. The lead was short-lived as
Northwestern’s Eric Brin tied the
score at one with a penalty kick
of his own in the 50th minute.
Szeszycki would add to a good
match with an assist seven min
utes later to Akinsete, who tal
lied his fourth goal of the year,
giving the Cocks a 2-1 lead that
USC would not relinquish.
Carolina would go on to win 3-1
after sophomore forward Ryan
Deter sealed the victory with a
late goal.
The win capped off a great
weekend fof the Gamecock’s
men soccer team which will now
return back to Columbia.
Carolina will begin a three
game home stretch Sept. 12
against Jacksonville University
at 7:30 p.m. at Eugene Stone III
Stadium in the Gamecock
Soccer Classic.
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Women’s soccer pulls out two
close matches over weekend
BY STEPHEN DEMEDIS AND
WES WOLFE
THE GAMECOCK
The USC women’s soccer team
(2-2) clenched its first two victo
ries of the season by edging out
Charleston Southern (1-2) by a
score of 2-1 Friday and beating
Dartmouth (1-1) by 3-1 Sunday af
ternoon at Eugene E. Stone III
Stadium.
Carolina’s win against the
Lady Buccaneers marked USC’s
seventh win in seven matches
between the two schools. The
first half ended in a scoreless
tie despite USC out-shooting
CSU 9-1, including several near
misses in the final 10 minutes.
The team came out at the half
looking for offensive produc
tion.
“We knew that we just needed
some offense,” sophomore de
fender and team captain Jackie
Welch said. “We had lots of
chances earlier, but just had to
pick things up and finish the ball
better.”
The Gamecocks scored their
first goal in the second half when
senior midfielder Erica Bowie
headed a cross by freshman de
fender Jenna Ball into the back
of the net. It was the Gamecock’s
first goal in 232 minutes of soccer
this season.
The lead was then doubled in
the 80th minute when Welch sent
a shot into the box that was
blocked originally but then put
away by junior forward Ashley
Gosnell.
With five minutes remaining
in the game, CSU cut the lead in
half when sophomore defender
Lindsey Maleski wrapped a 25
yard penalty kick around the
wall and into the upper part of
the net.
The offense’s slow start was
covered by strong play from the
defense, led by senior defender
and team captain Alison Jarrow.
The unit allowed only three shots
on goal.
“We played solid defense
tonight,” Jarrow said. “We talked
with each other well and covered
well for each other. If anything,
we just need to work on better
anticipation.”
USC head coach Shelley Smith
was pleased with her team’s play.
“I think we did a good job on
the offensive side and had some
more creative attacks. It was an
improvement from the last two
matches, and we have to take
that and move forward.”
Against Dartmouth on
Sunday, the freshmen stepped
up and led the Gamecocks
against the Big Green.
Freshman midfielder Shelly
Hoddeson contributed two goals
and freshman forward M.A.
Foster knocked in the Carolina’s
other three goals.
The first goal of the game,
however, was scored by
Dartmouth sophomore forward
Christina Farraris at the 39:58
mark off a comer kick.
Less than five minutes later,
Foster received a pass from red
shirt junior defender Sarah Lentz
and hit Carolina’s first goal of the
game for Foster’s first goal of the
year.
USC took the lead in the sec
ond half when Bowie found
Hoddeson at the top of the box,
where Hoddeson knocked in a
shot to the left of the Dartmouth
goalkeeper. With just over one
minute left, Hoddeson put the
game away after opening up for
a pass from Foster and making
her second goal of the game.
Smith was also happy with her
players’ performance against
Dartmouth.
“We had a great team effort
today and our players did a
great job supporting each other
in the match,” Smith said. “I
think our team moved forward
this afternoon and has learned
from some mistakes we made in
the first two matches this sea
son.”
The Gamecocks take to the
road Friday when the team plays
Texas A&M in College Station,
Texas, at 8:30 p.m.
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