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Continued from page 9
personal best 51.54.
Carolina’s nine individuals
and two relay teams will
compete for the national
championship in Sacramento,
Calif. The event is scheduled for
June 8-11.
Ross-Williams and coach Frye
received recognition on the
national scale by the United
States Track Coaches Association
(USTCA). A redshirt junior
from Miami who sat out the
2004 season for personal
reasons, ivoss- w imams strong
All-American year earned her
2005 Mondo District Athlete of
the Year honors for the
Southeast.
“Tiffany Ross-Williams got
the recognition that you should
get when you overcome
obstacles,” Frye said. “She is the
product of a great support system
that includes her grandmother,
mother, husband and beautiful
daughter. It could not happen for
a more deserving young lady.”
Frye’s third SEC Outdoor
Championship in six years and
first NCAA East Regional title
were more than enough for the
USTCA to name him 2005
Mondo District Coach of the
Year. Frye credits his athletes and
staff for the recognitions.
“It’s a team award,” Frye said.
“I’m a part of a great staff and any
time a head coach gets
recognition, it’s credited to the
entire staff. We have the best staff
in the SEC.”
i ne recognition is not new to
Frye, who has received numerous
awards throughout his career. He
has been named National Coach
of the Year on four occasions
(1997, 1999 men and women,
2002) since arriving at USC. It is
his second time being named
Regional Coach.
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USC fell to Tennessee in the SEC Tournament last week 4-1 in a 13-strikeout game. The Gamecocks will
face No. 3 Michigan in the opening game of the NCAA Regionals in Atlanta at noon Friday.
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there,” USC coach Ray Tanner
said. In 2003, USC blasted its way
out of Atlanta after Georgia Tech
went 0-2 at home.
This time around, things might
not be so easy for the Gamecocks,
as the Yellow Jackets come in as the
No. 2 seed nationally after winning
the ACC lournament. 1 he
Michigan Wolverines took care of
business in the Big Ten regular
season, while Furman won the
SoCon Tournament to make the
field of 64. The Paladins also claim
a regular-season sweep of the
Gamecocks.
“But this is NCAA time. You’re
going to play good people no
matter where you go,” Tanner said.
Hope and optimism spring
eternal from the dugout, as the
Gamecocks are ready to face
whatever comes their way.
“The way it stands right now,
we’re 1-0 at that place,” senior
Aaron Rawl said about Atlanta.
“We’ve got to play (Georgia Tech)
sooner or later. If we knock them
off here, it’ll make the road easier
later on.
USC starts its run back to
Omaha at noon Friday against
Michigan.
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Postseason’honors
USC players received
noteworthy honors before the
conference tournament began, as
junior shortstop Steven Tolleson
was named to the All-SEC First
Team, and senior first baseman
Steve Pearce was a second-team
member. Tolleson is one of three
Gamecock captains this year,
producing a .293 batting average
with six home runs and 11 doubles.
Pearce leads the team in the triple
crown category, leading the
Gamecocks in batting average
(.345), home runs (18) and RBIs
(54). He is also on the Golden
Spikes and Dick Howser watch lists.
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Baseball lets down fans
I’d like to take this opportunity
to quote a line from the movie
“The Sandlot”:
“YOU’RE
KILLIN’ ME
SMALLS!”
That’s right,
coach Tanner.
You’ve let me
down. I was
ALEX RILEY expected to
Seoorid"yeari. make the trip to
the Midwest this
summer, but unless the baseball
gods intervene, it looks like I’m not
leaving the Midlands.
After three consecutive runs to
Omaha, the Gamecock baseball
team has finally hit a stumbling
block. USC has managed minimal
activity at the plate, which has taken
great pitching performances by the
Gamecock staff and tarnished them.
USC hasn’t been really badly
beaten all season, but every loss
seems to be by no more than four
runs. The problem is, there are a
lot of those single-digit losses.
Just like every athletic team that
USC has ever fielded, this year’s
baseball team started off with huge
potential. With key returnees and
new additions, USC looked poised
for a return to Omaha.
There were times during the year
when someone could be led to .
believe a turnaround was coming.
♦ RILEY, page 11