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THE BflITIECOCK
Playing the role of underdog in
an NCAA Tournament regional is
not something coach Ray Tanner
and his USC baseball team had
been accustomed to in the past.
Seeded No. 2 in the Atlanta
region, the Gamecocks finally met
their match, being eliminated by
Georgia Tech June 6 in the
I:gional championship game and
tiling to reach the College World
eries for the first time in three
:asons.
USC senior first baseman Steve
earce and juniors Neil Giesler and
lichael Campbell were named to
le regional all-tournament team,
earce led players in the regional
rith 10 hits.
In a game delayed an hour
because of lightning, the
Gamecocks never could get their
bats to cooperate, managing only
five hits off Yellow Jacket pitchers
sophomore Tim Gustafson and
reshman Matt Wieters.
USC senior pitcher Aaron Rawl
sked Tanner to put the ball in his
and for the deciding game and
as granted his request. Hoping
s ace' would limit the Yellow
ckets for a few strong innings,
mner’s plan backfired.
Rawl surrendered four runs on
ven hits in two and one-third
nings, being replaced in favor of
iphomore left-hander Forrest
everly. Beverly gave up only four
its and one run in six and two
lirds innings, his longest outing
F the season.
USC opened the regional
lurnament with a 6-5 victory
tainst Michigan
The win sent the Gamecocks
to a matchup with the Yellow
ckets, and USC found out why
e Ramblin’ Wreck earned the
No. 2 overall seed in the
tournament. Georgia Tech put up
four runs in the top of the first,
piling on 17 hits for the game in a
10-2 win.
The Gamecocks clawed their
way back, waiting out a three
and-a-half-hour rain delay to
eliminate Michigan 4-3 and
setting up a rematch with the
Yellow Jackets.
USC forced the deciding game
with an 8-3 win over Tech that
included four home runs by the
Gamecocks and a outing by junior
Andy Lambert.
The first Gamecock to go in
the MLB draft surprised many, as
shortstop Steven Tolleson was
picked by the Minnesota Twins
in the fifth round as the 165th
pick.
Pearce’s decision to stay at USC
another year seems to have paid
off, as the senior first baseman’s
stock rose for a 10th-round pick
last year to a an eighth-round pick
of the Pittsburgh Pirates as the
241st.
The final Gamecock to go on
the draft’s opening day was senior
pitcher Zac McCamie, who went
to the Florida Marlins in the 17th
round as the 516th.
Day two of the draft saw four
Gamecocks selected, as Rawl went
in the 21st round to the
Philadelphia. Rawl finished his
career with 35 wins, third all-time
at USC.
USC waited six more rounds for
another player to be picked, as
junior Davy Gregg went to the
Chicago Cubs as the 820th pick in
the 27th round.
While he was plagued with
arm injuries all season,
sophomore pitcher Arik Hempy
managed to be the 933rd pick in
the 31st round by the Baltimore
Orioles.
The final Gamecock drafted
was sophomore pitcher Forrest
Beverly. Beverly went as the
1,248th pick in the 42nd round to
the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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AUGUST
15 DAVIDSON (Exhibition) 6 p.m.
20 at Duke (Exhibition) 7 p.m.
26 MERCER 7 p.m.
29 FURMAN 7 p.m.
SEPTEMBER_
Auburn Tournament (Auburn, Ala.)
2 vs. Rhode Island 5:30p.m.
4 vs. Cal State Fullerton lp.m.
Carolina Cup (Clemson, S.C.)
9 at Clemson 7:30p.m.
11vs. Charlotte1 p.m.
18 MIAMI (FLA.) 11a.m.
23 AUBURN* 7 p.m.
25 ALABAMA* 2 p.m.
30 at Georgia* 7 p.m.
OCTOBER
2 at Tennessee* 2 p.m.
7 VANDERBILT* 7 p.m.
9 KENTUCKY 2 p.m.
14 at Ole Miss* 8 p.m.
16 at Mississippi State* 2 p.m.
21 ARKANSAS* 7 p.m.
23 at LSU* 2 p.m.
28 at Florida* 7 p.m.
NOVEMBER
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(Orange Beach, Fla.)
11 NCAA First Round
13 NCAA Second Round
18-20 NCAA Third Round
25-27 NCAA Quarterfinals
DECEMBER
2-4 NCAA Women's College Cup
(College Station, Texas)
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20 Furman (Exhibition) 7 n.m.
27 COASTAL CAROLINA
(Exhibition) 7 p.m.
SEPTEMBER
2 at Clemson 7 p.m.
8 COLLEGE OF
_CHARLESTON 7 p.m.
North Carolina Classic (Chapel Hill, N.C.) '
9 vs. Wake Forest 5 p m
11 at North Carolina 3:30 p.m.
adidas /South Carolina Gamecock Classic
16 College of Charleston vs.
Loyola-Chicago 5p.m.
South Carolina vs.
Pennsylvania 7:30 p.m.
18 College of Charleston vs.
Pennsylvania 1 p.m.
South Carolina vs.
Loyola-Chicago 3:30p.m.
21 UNC-WILMINGTON 7 p.m.
24 at Charlotte 7 p.m.
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2 at East Carolina* 1 p.m.
7 at Memphis* 7 p.m.
9 at UAB* 1 p.m.
14 KENTUCKY* 7 p.m.
16 MARSHALL* 2 p.m.
21 at Florida
International* 8:15p.m
’23 at Central Florida* 2 p.m.
28 TULSA* 7 p.m.
30 SMU* 1 p.m.
NOVEMBER
6 Conference USA Tournament- First Round
11 Conference USA Tournament- Second Round
13 Conference USA Tournament Finals
(Sites and times for all C-USA
Tournament games to be determined)
18-19 NCAA First Round
22 NCAA Second Round
26-27 NCAA Third Round
DECEMBER
2-4 NCAA Quarterfinals
9-11 NCAA College Cup (Cary, N.C.)
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Florida State Tournament (Tallahassee, Fla.)
2 vs. Pittsburgh 10 a.m.
at Florida State 7:30 p.m.
3 vs. Mercer 3:30 p.m.
6 CHARLOTTE_7 p.m.
North Carolina Tournament (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
9 vs. Coastal Carolina 4:30 p.m.
10 vs. Purdue 12:30 p.m.
10 at North Carolina 7:30 p.m.
ij at L-iemson_7 p.m.
College of Charleston Tournament (Charleston, S. C.)
15 at College of Charleston 7:30 p.m.
16 vs. Houston 5 p.m.
23 at LSU* 7 p.m.
25 at Arkansas* 1:30 p.m.
30 MISSISSIPPI STATE* 7 p.m.
OCTOBER
2 MISSISSIPPI* 1:30 p.m.
7 at Georgia* 7 p.m.
9 at Florida* 1:30 p.m.
14 at Alabama* 7 p.m.
16 at Auburn* 1:30 p.m.
23 KENTUCKY* 1:30p.m.
26 TENNESSEE* 7 p.m.
28 FLORIDA* 7 p.m.
30 GEORGIA* 1:30 p.m.
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4 at Kentucky* 7 p.m.
9 at Tennessee* 7 p.m.
11 AUBURN* 7 p.m.
13 ALABAMA* 1:30 p.m.
18-20 SEC Tournament
(Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
26 WINTHROP 1:30 p.m.
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