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Opener against
Wofford postponed
It was announced yesterday
that the baseball team’s sup
posed opener against Wofford
on Feb. 7 has been postponed
until Tuesday, March 23rd at 7
p.m. The reasons for the
rescheduling are unknown. The
game will still be the dedication
game for Wofford’s new baseball
stadium, Russell C. King Field
at Switzer Stadium. However,
the Gamecocks were also sched
uled to play Wofford on
Wednesday, March 24, but the
game has been cancelled. USC’s
opener will now be Friday, Feb.
13 at 3p.m. against Charleston
Southern at Sarge Frye Field.
The Gamecocks will enter the
season ranked 7th in the
Baseball America poll and will
unveil the nation’s top recruit
ing class.
Ciocan nominated
for senior honor
h . .
Senior guard Cristina
Ciocan was nominated on
Wednesday as one of the 31 fi
nalists to receive the Senior
CLASS award. The award is
designed to award student ath
letes that complete their ath
letic eligibility rather than
leave school early for the pro
ranks or other reasons.
CLASS is an acronym for
Celebrating Loyalty and
Achievement for Staying in
School. One man and woman
receive the award annually
and the women’s winner is an
nounced during the women’s
Final Four. Ciocan is averag
ing 15.5 points per game and
8.8 rebounds per game. The
award was originally suggest
ed by CBS broadcaster Dick
Enberg while watching the
2001 national championship in
which senior Shane Battier
led his Duke Blue Devils to
victory.
Track teams travel
to Lexington, Ky
Both the-men’s and wom
en’s track teams are in
Lexington, Ky. this weekend
to compete in the Kentucky
Invitational. The meet will be
gin today and last until tomor
row Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004.
Along with the Gamecocks
and the University of
Kentucky Wildcats, teams in
the competition include
Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee,
Vanderbilt, Appalachian
State, Clemson, Eastern
Kentucky, Georgia Tech,
Marshall, Middle Tennessee
State, Ohio State and Wake
Forest.
The event will begin tonight
with the pole vault, high jump,
weight throw and 4x800-meter
relay. USC dominated the pole
vault at last week’s Carolina
Big 12 by finishing first, sec
ond, and fourth in the event
with a former Gamecock fin
ishing third. The meet will re
sume on Saturday with the
high jump and other track
events throughout the day.
Keep an eye on newcomer
Rodney Martin Jr., who in his
first event as a Gamecock last
week finished first in the 200
meter and fourth in the 60-me
ter.
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BY BARRY WILNER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA - The
Philadelphia Eagles are all too fa
miliar with the road they are trav
eling. They make it to the NFC
championship game, and then get
detoured.
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Two years ago, the St. Louis
Rams got in the way. Last year,
it was the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers.
On Sunday, the Eagles play the
Carolina Panthers for a spot in the
Super Bowl, a place the Eagles
haven’t been in since 1980.
To take advantage this time, the
Eagles (13-4) know they must
block out the hype surrounding
this game in a city desperate for a
sports championship after a
drought of more than two decades.
Carolina has been one loose team
throughout the playoffs.
The Panthers (13-5) routed
Dallas, then ended St. Louis’ 14
game home winning streak in dou
ble overtime — the first postsea
son win by a visitor at the Edward
Jones Dome.
“What we were able to accom
plish last week was a big feat,”
coach John Fox said. “That gives
our team a lot of confidence as we
go into a hostile environment.”
It’s an environment that can get
downright hostile for the Eagles,
too. Should they stumble the way
they did early in last Sunday’s
overtime victory against Green
Bay, the memories of two previ
ous title game losses could come
flooding in.
If that happens, no matter how
loudly Dawkins instructs his
teammates, they’re bound to get
tight. That would make them even
more vulnerable to an opponent
with little to lose.
Eagles Pro Bowl defensive tack
le Corey Simon says that won’t
happen.
“Everybody’s really focused,”
Simon said. “I think we are defi
nitely enjoying it a little bit
more.”
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about Tennessee’s chances of
having a successful season af
ter the shellacking, which was
Tennessee’s worst-ever loss to
the rival Gators.
“It’s been an interesting three
or four days for this team and at
the Peterson househofd after
what happened in Gainesville,”
said Tennessee head coach Buzz
Peterson. “I had some fear com
ing out of there, but the great
thing about basketball is it gives
you a chance to improve and
come back.”
The Gamecocks and
Volunteers will each look to
keep their momentum rolling
in Saturday’s game. Tennessee
will also be looking for its first
win at the Colonial Center,
where they have lost in each of
their first two visits.
The Gamecocks will have to
slow down Tennessee’s scorers,
especially 6-foot-10-inch Crump.
Look for another solid defensive
performance from center Rolando
Howell, who has played well since
missing the first half of the sea
son. If Howell can maintain his
inside presence against Crump,
then the Gamecocks should
match up well with the mostly un
dersized Volunteer squad.
Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. Saturday
at the Colonial Center.
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Defense
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7
ing quick points off turnovers.
The stats from the Georgia
game are simply amazing. The
Gamecocks had 14 more points in
the paint, 8 more points off
turnovers, 11 more fast break
points and killed the shallow
Bulldog bench by outscoring UGA
by 25 in bench points.
Even more astounding than
the stats was that USC shot 66
percent from the field in the first
half, which led to 56 percent
shooting for the game, which is
a major achievement for a team
that usually misses more shots
than it hits.
However, the last-second
overtime win at Auburn is the
highlight of the Carolina season
thus far. It takes a lot for a young
team like USC to keep its com
posure on the road and come up
with crucial game-winning
plays.
Also, the Gamecock defensive
play was of championship cal
iber. Holding Auburn to just 2%
percent from the field is un
doubtedly the best defensive per
formance in quite some time,
considering that Auburn was
picked to win the SEC West this
season.
This stretch of early SEC
games proves that if Carolina’s
defense stays as good as it is now,
the Gamecocks only need to hit
their high-percentage inside
shots to win.
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Mathis
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7
strikers on the team.
In Newcastle, England’s The
Journal, Mathis’ agent Dave
Baldwin said earlier this week,
that “Clint is at Sunderland for the
next three days. He will be there
until Wednesday and it gives Mick
a chance to have a look at him.
Clint went over to Germany and
has really impressed Hannover
and they really want him.
However, Mick contacted us and
said he would really like to see
Clint after hearing very good
things about him. Mick wants a
top-class striker to help them get
back into the Premiership.”
Still, the fact that Mathis is
now back training with
Hannover lends credence to the
argument that he will sign with
the team soon.
“Clint had a good time here,”
Hannover coach Ralf Rangnic’
said in Darlington, England’^*
The Northern Echo. “I’m sure
he’ll be back with us in Turkey
on Thursday at the latest, as
suming Sunderland don’t make
him an offer he can’t refuse.”
The former Gamecock also
practiced with Leicester City and
the Glasgow Rangers. Of course,
some of the teams Mathis has
tried out for are better than oth
ers. The Rangers are in second
place in the Scottish
Premierleague, Sunderland is
fourth in the English first divi
sion, Hannover finished 11 out of
18 in the Bundesliga and
Leicester City is currently 18th
out of the 20 teams in the English
Premier League. Currently, onlv
Leicester City and Glasgow have
decided not to sign Mathis.
While at USC, Mathis set the
Carolina men’s soccer record of
most points in a year with 53, the
record in goals in one year with
25 and the record in game-win
ning goals in one year with 12, all
in 1995. Over his career, Mathis
is third in Gamecock soccer his
tory in goals and third in points.
In four years with the
MetroStars, Mathis has scored 33
goals, and scored 11 goals in 34
games for the U.S. national team.
Mathis is one of two Carolina soc
cer players to ever play in the
World Cup soccer tournament
and notched one goal and one as
sist in the 2002 World Cup.
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