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BRIEFLY
Men’s soccer closes
season with a win
The USC men’s soccer team
upset No. 10 Florida International
on Saturday 1-0 in Miami.
Carolina’s win improved their
record to 9-7-2, while Florida
International fell to 13-4-2. The
victory marks USC’s last regular
season match.
Forward Ryan Deter scored
the winning goal at the 77
minute mark and goalkeeper
Brad Guzan had four saves to
seal the victory.
Deter scored the goal by head
?'®rig in a corner kick from mid
^^ielder Jack Cummings. Deter’s
goal was his sixth of the season
and marked Cummings’ first as
sist this season. The win
snapped a nine-game home win
streak by FIU and was the
Golden Panthers’ only shutout
loss at home this season.
USC will know its postseason
fate when ESPNEWS releases
the NCAA Men’s Soccer
Tournament field at 4 p.m.
today.
Lake places 17th in
Southeast Regionals
The USC cross-country team
took 18th place at the Southeast
Regional Championships in
Greenville, N.C., on Saturday.
Junior Jenny Lake once again
placed well, finishing 17th out of
188 runners with a time of 20
minutes and 48 seconds and had
been oh pace for a personal-best
time after five kilometers of the
six kilometer race.
Freshman Karen Wigal
placed 112th, freshman Julie
Reale ended at 130th, junior
Mary Claire Utsey came in at
137th, freshman Tristan Rackow
crossed the finish line at 139th,
senior Mary Wright placed 150th
and freshman Christine Mudd
rounded out the Gamecock run
ners at 151st. North Carolina
won the race with three runners
taking the top three spots.
The race was the last race of
the season for Carolina, who will
be returning every runner with
the exception of Wright next
year.
USC swimming and
diving lose at home
The USC men’s and women’s
swimming and diving teams
(both 2-3) lost to Florida on
Friday at home in the USC
Natatorium. The Gators beat the
men’s team 128-95 while the
women lost 135-80.
Still, several Gamecocks
claimed first-place finishes.
Senior Tamas Szucs was first in
the 200-yard freestyle, while ju
nior Andy Brady was first in the
one-meter dive and junior Dean
Emmerton took first place in the
three-meter dive.
Junior Heather Skaggs per
formed well for the women,
winning the 50-yard freestyle
and the 100-yard freestyle. Also,
the 200-meter freestyle relay
team of Skaggs, senior Ashley
Bastak, senior Jennifer Van
Assen and junior Carolyn
McHugh placed in first. Senior
Holly Hodges was the only win
ner for the divers, taking first
place in the one-meter diving
event.
Coaching
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Then there’s this scenario, put
in play by Tommy’s father,
Bobby Bowden of Florida State,
when talking after his son's
Bowden Bowl win two weeks
back. Papa Bowden says nega
tivity from Clemson fans might
drive Tommy to another opening.
That’s what Bobby did when'
West Virginia fans grew too fick
le in the mid-1970s and Bowden
left the Mountaineers for Florida
State.
Holtz is another matter. The
former national champion coach
turns 67 in January. But he seem
ingly has the undying support of
Gamecock fans that fill Williams
Brice to capacity game after
game, winning season or not.
However, if South Carolina (5
6) falls on Saturday, it’ll be its
fourth straight loss to end the sea
son. Tack on the five-game losing
streak that last year’s 5-7 team
ended with and Holtz will fie 0-9
the last two years in games that
could’ve gotten the Gamecocks to
a bowl game. .
Last off season was a mish
mash of fact — his wife Beth was
sick — and rumors: Lou would
step down or he was resigning so
son Skip could take over. Holtz
had to spend time and energy
knocking down the rumors.
Holtz’s wife, who has twice
battled cancer, had health prob
lems during the summer. But she
got a good prognosis in August
and the couple is hopeful that will
continue.
Holtz has said there’s Httle he
can do when recruiting rivals
suggest that he won’t be there ,
when high school students are
ready for first string.
But with a loss to Clemson,
Holtz’s fourth in five seasons,
questions about his tenure will
resurface — and you can take
that sucker to the bank, as the
coach likek to say.
Holtz still burns to win. He
looked as miffed as ever in the
postgame after his team’s loss, 24
22, to No. 13 Florida on Saturday.
The Gamecocks blew several
chances to finally end the Gators
13-game win streak in the series,
which dates to 1939,
.The anti-Holtz Web site had a
picture of the coach talking with
his son, the offensive coordina
tor, with the caption, “Dazed and
Confused. Who the hell is run
ning this team?” There’s also a
picture of the unsuccessful fake
punt the Gamecocks tried
against Florida, which the site
called, “The bonehead play of the
year.”
Holtz said the good news is
that much of the team that lost in
overtime to Tennessee, 23-20, lost
to Ole Miss 43-40 and to Florida
is back next year.
What about their coach?
Holtz laughed Sunday. “All I
want to do is bounce back this
week,” he said.
CLUB
CORNER
glen’s volleyball
™ lub tryouts
Ik The new USC men’s volley
p ball club will hold often tryouts
f on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the
Strom Thurmond Wellness
and Fitness Center’s main
gym. This will be a Division-I
team competing against other
SEC and ACC schools in the
spring.
Tournaments have already
been set at Kentucky, Florida
and Florida State. Anyone is
welcome at the tryout; howev
er, those that have previous
competitive volleyball experi
ence are needed.
Justin Scheidt, a former
player at the University of
Florida, is the coach and cap
«in. Please contact him at
cheidt @geol.sc.edu with
any questions or if you are in
terested but cannot make the
tryout time.
Volleyball
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with a kill by Nicole Miller, but
UGA controlled most of the match
led by Julia Petruschke, who had
six kills and eight digs to help
UGA win match one 30-19.
Carolina came out in game two
on fire, posting a 6-0 lead before
Georgia could call for a timeout.
The game then went back and
fourth with 15 ties and seven lead
changes. But it was Panzau and
Lauren Ford who made the game
winning block on Georgia’s Luresa
Forsyth to tie the series at a one a
piece with the final score of 35-33.
UGA jumped out to a 5-0 lead
to start the third game before
Carolina could score a point. USC
rallied back as Cole recorded a
kill that gave the Gamecocks an
11-10 lead. But it was Georgia
standout Alexandra Oquendo,
who recorded her 18th kill of the
game to put the Dogs up 31-29 to
close out the third game with
UGA leading 2-1.
In the fourth game, it was
Georgia jumping out to a 4-0 lead.
Carolina would eventually come
back towards the end as Cole tied
the game at 27 with her 14th kill
of the match. The game was com
ing down to the wire when
Oquendo hit her last of her team
leading 27 kills to win the game
30-28 for the Bulldogs and win the
match 3-1.
“We were flat today, and this
was the match we wanted to get,”
Christopher said.
USC’s loss on Senior Day is
ironic because the team is only
losing one senior in outside hitter
Mariana Branquinho.
“You look for your most expe
rienced players to terminate for
you and our most experience play
ers are sophomores,” Christopher
said of her young team.
With the conference-regular
season over, USC will now turn its
attention to next weekend SEC
tournament. Carolina, a sixth
seed, will play third-seeded
Alabama on Friday at 6 p.m.
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