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Summers CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 talents. “I knew it was going to be a matter of time until I got playing time,” Summers said. “Coach told me I had to get better on my block ing and work hard in practice.” Pinkins was glad to have the chance to use Summers. Because the Gamecocks didn't have to pass, Pinkins was able to be more selective with the passing game, surpassing the 200 yard mark for the first time this sea son. “It feels good when we can just hand the ball off and go out and have a one-play series and a guy like Demetris Summers can just take the ball the distance,” Pinkins said. The Carolina quarterback wasn’t the only player to be im pressed with Summers’ perfor mance. Offensive lineman Na’shan Goddard said that in practice, the running backs don’t get the op portunity to make some of the moves Summers threw on UAB. “Today he did some stuff I didn’t know he could do,” Goddard said. “He was doing real good today.” Cornerback Dunta Robinson said he found himself watching closely from the sideline during his breaks from the field. “He’s coming into his own,” Robinson said. “I think he’s final ly found it, and I’m looking for ward to this all season.” On the other hand, the oppos ing team wasn’t so pleased to see the freshman emerge in Saturday’s game. “He is pretty strong, broke a lot of tackles,” UAB cornerback Carlos Hendricks said. “We saw some of him on film but didn’t ex pect him to play that much. He was a big factor and is a big power back.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com Invitational CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 Carolina had a slow start in the first game, winning 30-28 with a .238 hitting percentage and 15 kills. It didn’t last long as USC took a 5-0 lead in game two and never looked back. The team won 30-25 with not much of a challenge from the Blue Devils. In the third game, USC fell be hind early 6-2 but fought back and won 30-25 after a Santos kill that sealed the victory. Carolina fin ished with a .286 percentage in the win despite eight errors. “I thought tonight we served well and they weren’t able to run their offense, but Duke is a good team," USC head coach Kim Hudson Christopher said. “For us, it’s so much about what we do. If we can just stay in our system and keep our unforced errors down, I think we’ve got a good future ahead of us.” USC 3, George Washington 2 Carolina had to go into another five-game match at the end of the Gamecock Invitational, but this one ended with a win against George Washington (10-2). USC took the first two games 30-20 and 30-22. However, the Gamecocks’ gru eling schedule of late started to take its toll and Carolina dropped the third and fourth games, which were both lost by a score of 30-27. USC finally put the match away 15-9 in the fifth game, giving the Colonials its sec ond loss of the season. George Washington’s only other loss came against Gamecock Invitational participant No. 17 Santa Clara on Friday, 3-0. The Broncos were the first ranked team the Colonials have played this season. Vanden Hull led USC with 21 kills, tying a career high, and led the team with a .405 hitting aver age. “Being 6-6 with this tough non conference schedule is definitely something to be happy about .some thing we can build on,” Christopher said. We ve got a bright future ahead of us. Tomorrow is our first day off and it will be good to have a break before our tough conference schedule.” Carolina now must learn from its difficult non-conference sched ule and get ready for its SEC open er on Friday against the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, La., at 8 p.m. Comments on this stofy? E-mail gamecocksports@hotma il.com Men’s soccer wins seventh straight, beats ASU 1-0 BY STEPHEN DEMEDIS THE GAMECOCK USC’s 15th-ranked men’s soc cer team (7-0) defeated Appalachian State (2-4-1) on Sunday at Stone Stadium by a score of 1-0. With the win, the Gamecocks wrapped up a five game home stand in which they have outscored their opponents 14-1 and remained undefeated. The match’s lone goal was scored by senior captain Jack Cummings on an indirect penal ty kick in the 10th minute of play. After an illegal pass back by the Mountaineers, a free kick was awarded to USC in the box. Midfielders Anthony Stovall and Ben Link assisted Cummings on the first goal of the night, which also was his third of the season. One goal was all Carolina’s de fense needed to secure the victo ry. They limited their opponent to seven total shots for the third consecutive shutout. Freshman goalkeeper Brad Guzan was bril liant in the net, making three saves and punching numerous loose balls away from the goal. “Brad’s play was very good to day,” USC head coach Mark Berson said. “Today we faced a team that has excellent scorers and is strong with the counter-attack, but our defense was able to shut them down.” Offensively, the Gamecocks out shot Appalachian State 19-7 but were unable to put a second goal away. ASU’s goalkeeper Philip Cavicchia’s six saves stymied an offense that netted seven goals in its previous two matches. “We had a lot of chances to put this game away,” Berson said. “We were up against an out standing goalkeeper that made some amazing saves. We did a great job of keeping our compo sure and not getting frustrated in the situation that we were in.” Next weekend, the team will hit the road to take on Portland and Washington in the Washington Husky Classic. These two matches should prove to be the team’s most challenging tests so far this year. “This is a very demanding road trip,” Berson said. “We have 12 games left in the season and six oi those are on the road. They are go ing to be tough games, but travel ing is something this team is going to have to get comfortable doing.” With the most recent win, Carolina is off to its second best start in school history. The last time the team got off to a 7-0 star! was in 1978. The best start ever by the Gamecocks was in 1985 when the team won its first 13 games. That season, the team made it all the way to the NCAA Quarterfinals. The Washington Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., begins for the Gamecocks on Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. against Portland. On Sept. 28, Carolina will play Washington at 4:30 p.m. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocksports@hotmail.com PHOTO BY MARK SCHILLING/THE GAMECOCK USC senior Jack Cummings and Appalachian State’s Brian Fowler fight over the ball in USC’s 1-0 win over the Mountaineers. Special ROCK BOTTOM rate! i»A^I?11B <fc"7196 WEST / ■ double ONLY 10 minutes from Neytand Stadium! 865-966-5801 326 Lovell Road, Knoxville, TN - Exit 374 off of l-40 BRIEFLY Women’s soccer defeats N.C. State The USC women’s soccer team (4-3-1) beat the N.C. State Wolfpack (5-2-1) 1-0 Sunday at Stone Stadium. The score came on a goal by forward M.A. Foster at the 67:23 mark in the game. The goal was Foster’s second on the season. Foster got the shot after for ward Amanda Thurber and midfielder Shelly Hoddeson pushed the ball up field and made the assist. N.C. State, however, still maintained a 13-11 shot ad vantage in the loss. The Wolfpack had two good chances to put points on the board in the first half, but goalkeeper Elise Matthews made saves on both plays. Matthews ended with four saves on the day. USC’s next competition comes against the Wofford Terriers on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Wofford. The Gamecocks’ next home game will be against defending SEC Champion Auburn on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. USC cross country takes sixth at UGA The USC cross country team finished in sixth place at the Bulldog Stampede in Athens, Ga. on Saturday. Carolina end ed the race behind Central Florida, with Vanderbilt tak ing first place. Senior Jenny Lake had the best finish on the Gamecock squad, pulling in at sixth place individually. Karen Wigal was next at 26, Tristan Rackow ended at 43, Nicki Breves finished right behind at 44, Mary Wright was at 49, Christine Mudd at 57 and Ashley Cruse rounded out the pack at 60. Carolina’s next stop is the Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary, N.C. on Sept. 26. I Tired of paying feej? 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