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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.”
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Invitational
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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.
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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.
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USC senior Jack Cummings and Appalachian State’s Brian Fowler fight over the ball in USC’s 1-0 win over the Mountaineers.
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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.
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