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SOUTH CAROLINABROKE one first-gamejinx at the College
World Series but could notovercome another in a bi-zarre opening game thatspanned more than ninehours and a couple of raindelays.
Bottom line: USCschances of winning theCollege World Series werereduced to slim followingSundays 4-3 loss toOklahoma.
Christian Walker tookcare of USCs strange-but-true inability to score in theopening game of the CWSwhen he blasted a toweringhome run to lead off thesecond inning. It markedthe first run scored by theGamecocks in a World Se-ries opener since 1982, aspan covering 46 innings.
But, unfortunately, USCfinds itself with one handtied behind its back becauseit failed to win its openinggame of the College WorldSeries for the seventh con-
secutive appearance.Of course, winning theopening game is not neces-sary to capturing the na-tional championship, but itmakes for an easier path tothe title. Fighting out of thelosers bracket is taxing ona pitching staff, particularlyone that is not deep in start-ers such as USC.
USC will send Sam Dy-son to the mound in Tues-days game against theloser of the game betweenClemson and top-seededArizona State. After Dyson,USC has not established aNo. 3 starting pitcher. Itcould be any one of a num-ber of players, but none
who has proved himself inthat role.
Thats never a good signfor any team that needs towin four games over thenext six days just to reach
the best-of-three champi-onship series.
Since the College WorldSeries went to the two-bracket format in 1988, twoteams have lost the openinggame and come back to winthe title: Southern Califor-nia in 1998 and OregonState in 2006.
USC has attempted to doit the hard way in each ofits previous six CollegeWorld Series appearances.The Gamecocks lost theopener in 2002 and man-aged to reach the champi-onship game, in which theylost to Texas. USC also lostthe opener in 2004 and
reached the bracket finalbefore losing to CalState-Fullerton.
Interestingly, an opening-round win sparked USC tothe title game in its first two
CWS showings: The Game-cocks lost to Texas for the1975 title and to ArizonaState for the 1977 title.
But that was not to beSunday. The games startwas delayed by rain for fourhours and 15 minutes. Thenit was halted in the middleof the sixth inning for twohours and one minute.
Before the second delay,a couple of seasonlongbugaboos haunted USC asit fell behind 3-2.
The Gamecocks have notbeen a great base-runningteam all season. The fastestplayer on the team, AdamMatthews, has five stolen
bases on only seven at-tempts. The two next-fast-est, Whit Merrifield andJackie Bradley, led the teamwith 12 and seven stolenbases, respectively.
While Bradley did exe-cute the hit-and-run perfect-ly to send Merrifield tothird base in the first in-ning, Bradley negated theoutstanding play with abase-running gaff. He waspicked off first base withAdrian Morales at bat whena pitch skipped away fromOklahoma catcher TylerOgle, who retrieved the balland fired to first.
When Morales struck outto end the inning, USC sawa promising start aborted.
In the second inning,Christian Walker led offwith a towering home run,and Brady Thomas followed
with a single to right field.But Thomas was wiped offthe bases when Kyle Endersmissed a hit-and-run signand the slow-footed Thom-as was easily thrown out at
second base.Additionally, USCs home
run power has been virtu-ally restricted to gamesplayed at Carolina Stadium.Entering the College WorldSeries, 69 of USCs 80home runs were hit in itshome park.
Walker connected in thesecond inning and Bradleydrove a pitch deep over theright-field wall in the fourthinning. Had this game beenplayed at Carolina Stadium,USC would have had fourmore runs on another threehome runs in the earlyinnings.
It was a familiar ending
for USC in the openinground of the College WorldSeries, one that puts theGamecocks behind theeight ball in their quest fora national championship.
college world series | game 1 | oklahoma 4, USC 3
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS
USCs Jackie Bradley Jr. waits for the first pitch after a rain delay during Sundays game between South Carolina and Oklahomaat the 2010 College World Series inside Rosenblatt Stadium.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Loss makes road to championship series a bumpy one
after bizarre opening game spans more than nine hours
USCs Jose Mata watches as Oklahomas Garrett Buechele rounds third after hitting a home run.
BY RON [email protected]
GAME 1 BOXSCORE
USC Oklahoma
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Marzilli lf 3 0 0 0 Ellison cf 3 1 1 0Mfield rf/3b 4 0 1 0 White lf 3 0 0 0Bradley cf 4 1 2 2 Buechele 3b 4 1 1 1Moral 3b/2b 4 0 0 0 Ogle c 4 0 1 1Walker 1b 3 1 2 1 Reine rf 4 1 2 0Thomas dh 4 0 2 0 Herren rf 0 0 0 0Enders c 2 1 1 0 Seitzer 1b 2 0 0 0Haney ss 3 0 0 0 Black 2b 3 0 0 0Beary ph 1 1 0 0 Byhead ss 3 1 2 2Wingo 2b 2 0 0 0 Ross dh 2 0 0 0Ebert ph 1 0 0 0 Eisenberg ph 1 0 0 0Matthews rf 1 0 0 0 Rocha p 0 0 0 0Cooper p 0 0 0 0 Erben p 0 0 0 0Roth p 0 0 0 0 Duke p 0 0 0 0Taylor p 0 0 0 0Neff p 0 0 0 0Mata p 0 0 0 0Webb p 0 0 0 0To ta ls 32 3 9 3 To ta ls 29 4 7 4
Sou th Car ol in a 010 100 001 3
Oklahoma 110 100 01x 4
DPOklahoma 1. LOBS. Carolina10;Oklahoma 5. HRBradley(12); Walker(8);Buechele(17); Bushyhead(6).SBEllison(24).
CSThomas(2).
USC I P H R ER BB SO
Cooper L, 12-2 5 6 3 3 1 5Roth 1 0 0 0 0 1Taylor 13 0 0 0 0 0
Neff1
3 0 0 0 0 0Mata 23 1 1 1 0 0Webb 23 0 0 0 0 1
OKLAHOMA I P H R ER BB SO
Rocha W,8-2 6 5 2 2 3 2Erben 2 4 1 1 2 2Duke S,12 1 0 0 0 2 1
HBPby Roth (Seitzer). T2:53.A22,835.
GAME 1
HIGHLIGHTS
The start was delayed
4:15 by weather; the
game was delayed by
rain in the sixth inning
for 2:01.
Jackie Bradley Jr. ex-
tended his hitting streak
to 17 with a single in thefirst inning.
Christian Walkers
second-inning home run
was his second in as ma-
ny at-bats.
The five-inning start
was Blake Coopers
shortest of the season.
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After watching his teamstruggle to deliver aclutch hit in its College
World Series opening loss,USC coach Ray Tanner washappier than anyone to seethe snowman the Gamecockshung on the Rosenblatt Stadi-um scoreboard in the secondinning of Tuesdays game.
The eight-run outburstpropelled USC to an 11-4
victory against Arizona Statein an elimination game.
That second inning for us,
eight runs, eight hits, is themost weve had in one inningthe entire season, Tannersaid. We dont score runslike that very often. But wehad some big, big at-bats inthat inning, and it gave us anopportunity against a greatclub.
USC (49-16) advances toplay the loser of Tuesdaynights Clemson-Oklahomagame at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Arizona State (52-10), the No.1 seed, ends its season withconsecutive losses the onlytime they lost two in a rowthis year.
Obviously, you cant havea start like we did against aquality team of South Caroli-na, Arizona State coach TimEsmay said. I thought theydid a heck of a job of puttingus on our heels, and I think
you have to do that in a gamelike this where you lose and
you go home.USC outfielders Jackie
Bradley and Whit Merrifieldled the 14-hit attack withthree hits and one homerapiece. Bradley, who drove infour runs, hit a three-run shotin the second to key the biginning. Merrifield added apair of RBIs, including a solohomer in the eighth inning.The two are tied for the teamlead with 13 homers each.
If your guys up there atthe top are having that kindof offensive day, youre going
to have a chance to win thegame, and that ended upbeing big for us, Tannersaid.
Junior right-hander SamDyson took advantage of the
support to hold the Sun Dev-ils in check for 7 13 innings.
He allowed four runs on eighthits with two walks. MattPrice pitched the final 1 23innings.
Sam was good today,Tanner said. He might nothave been really sharp withhis slider and his curveball,but his fastball was prettygood, and he was getting hischangeup in there. And whenthey did get some runners on,
we made plays and stayedout of the big inning.
Tanner may have beenmost satisfied with the wayhis team bounced back froma 4-3 loss to Oklahoma onSunday, when the Game-cocks left the bases loaded inthe eighth and ninth innings.That day was made more
difficult by rain delays cover-ing about six hours.
You get a new day, youbounce back, and you try to
win the next one, Tannersaid. Thats kind of what we
did today. Certainly thateight-run inning propelled usto a good position, but theseguys are mature. We havesome young guys on the field,but theres some maturity,and they respect the game.They know its difficult andits going to bite you some-times. We had a hard timescoring the other night. But
we got some runs today, andthat kind of evens out in thisgame.
Adrian Morales and KyleEnders led off the secondinning with singles, and Scott
Wingo delivered a two-rundouble into the left-field cor-ner. Evan Marzilli followed
with a single, then Whit Mer-rifields blooper over the firstbasemans head scored an-other run. Bradley then
drilled a three-run homer toleft-center that increased thelead to 6-0.
I was just actually lookingto drive him in, get a sac flysomewhere, Bradley said.
And he (ASU starter MerrillKelly) made a great pitch. It
was low and outside. I justhappened to stay back on it,put a good swing on it.
Esmay was impressed withBradley.
Hes aggressive. He at-tacks the baseball, and hesone of the better players
weve played against, Esmaysaid. Hes performing at ahigh level right now.
One out after Bradleyshomer, Brady Thomas re-started the rally with a singleand scored on a two-runhomer off the left-field foulpole by Morales to end theday of Kelly (10-3), who al-lowed eight runs on 10 hits.
Its always big to give runsupport to our pitchers,Morales said. Coach Tanner
tells us well never win 3-2.Were going to have to battle,and some games will be 9-8.
And it was good to give ussome run support early, andthen Sam just rolled right
through them.Dyson (6-5), who picked
up his first win since May 15against Arkansas, said thebig lead allowed him to beaggressive.
Its a lot easier when youhave eight runs on theboard, he said. Its a weightoff your back.
The Gamecocks added tworuns in the third on a bases-loaded hit batsman and walkto boost the lead to 10-0.
Arizona State mustered tworuns in each of the fifth andeighth innings.
They tried to make it a biginning a number of times,and we were able to get somepitches or a play to stay outof it, Tanner said. ArizonaState has a tremendous club,and I knew that you were
going to have to get 27 hardouts. Thats what it ended upbeing.
But in the end, USCseight-run uprising proved tobe the difference.
EIGHT IS GREAT
USCs Jackie Bradley Jr. rounds the bases after his home run in the second inning during Game 2 between the Gamecocks and Arizona State.PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Eight-run outburst in second inning helps Gamecocks
coast to victory in elimination game
The USC baseball team huddles for a prayer prior to Game 2.
By NEIL [email protected]
GAME 2 BOXSCORE
Ar iz on a St ate US C
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Maggi ss 5 0 1 1 Marzilli lf 4 2 2 2MacPhee 2b 5 0 1 0 Merrifeld rf 5 2 3 2Calhoun rf 4 1 1 0 Bradley cf 4 1 3 4RiTorrez 1b 3 0 0 0 Walker 1b 4 0 0 1Ruetiger lf,cf 5 1 2 0 Thomas dh 3 1 1 0Marrero dh 4 1 3 1 Matthews ph 2 0 0 0Aplin cf 2 0 0 0 Morales 3b 5 2 2 2Nwmn ph,lf 1 1 0 1 Enders c 4 1 1 0RaTorrez 3b 3 0 0 0 Haney ss 4 0 1 0Barnes c 4 2 0 1 Wingo 2b 3 2 1 2Kelly p 0 0 0 0 Dyson p 0 0 0 0Lambson p 0 0 0 0 Price p 0 0 0 0Swagerty p 0 0 0 0Totals 36 411 4 Totals 38111411
Ar izona S ta te 000 020 020 4
Sou th Car ol in a 082 000 01x 11
DPSourth Carolina 2. LOBArizona St. 10,South Carolina 7. 2BMarrero(12), Haney(7),Wingo(8). HRMerrifield(13), Bradley(13),Morales(9).SBMaggi(36), MacPhee(20).
Arizona State IP H R ER BB SO
Kelly L,10-3 1 23 10 8 8 0 3Lambson 4 13 2 2 2 2 4Swagerty 2 2 1 1 0 2
South Carolina IP H R ER BB SO
Dyson W, 6-5 7 13 8 4 4 2 3Price 1 23 3 0 0 0 4
HBPby Dyson (Ri. Torrez), by Lambson (Marzil-li), by Lambson (Bradley), by Dyson (Ri.Torrez), byPrice (Ra.Torrez).T3:09.A19,936.
GAME 2
HIGHLIGHTS
USC improved to 8-0
on Tuesday.
It was USCs 12th
game with three or more
home runs this season.
An eight-run second
inning was the teams
second biggest of the
year.
Jackie Bradley Jr. had
four RBIs for the seventh
time this season.
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South Carolinas mag-ical season reachedanother day late
Thursday evening whenthis group of never-say-dieGamecocks once againwould not die.
Brady Thomas deliveredthe winning blow, a groundsingle to center field thatscored Jackie Bradley fromsecond base without athrow from the Oklahomaoutfield. It capped a two-run, two-out rally that sentUSC to a 3-2 victory.
It was an incredible winfor us, said USC coachRay Tanner. It was a nev-er-give-up day.
Now comes the fun part .. . a game against Clemsontonight in the losersbracket final. If that storyline sounds familiar, well, itshould. Turn the calendar
back to 2002 and tonightsshowdown is identical.Clemson was one win
from reaching the CollegeWorld Series championshipgame eight years ago, onlyto see USC pound the Ti-gers 12-4 and 10-2. Againthis time, USC needs twowins to capture the bracketand play the best-of-threeseries for the nationalchampionship.
As if the USC-Clemsonrivalry needed any morefodder for bragging rights.Clemson won the regular-season series by blastingUSC 19-6 in the earlyMarch deciding game atCarolina Stadium.
That outcome and theseason series will be longsince forgotten if USC canrepeat its 2002 rallyagainst Clemson. Ofcourse, that 2002 USC
team did not need the kindof dramatics provided bythe Gamecocks onThursday.
Thomas did not waituntil USC was down to itsfinal strike to deliver hisgame-winning blow. Hesmacked the first pitchfrom Oklahoma relieverRyan Duke through thebox and Bradley cruisedaround third base and into
the arms of on-rushingteammates at home plate.
Bradleys at-bat mo-ments before set the stageand proved to be just asheroic. USC trailed 2-1
when he fouled a 2-1 fast-ball back to the screenbehind home plate withtwo outs. Robert Bearystood on second base rep-resenting the tying runafter he singled and stolesecond.
Bradley and USC weredown to its last strike andstared elimination squarein the face. Bradley thenwatched a fastball inside
for ball three. Then hegrounded a single to rightfield and Beary raced infrom second, scoring easilywith an unnecessary slide.
Then Jeffrey Jones
stepped to the plate andworked a walk withoutfacing a second strike.Almost as quickly as Brad-ley touched second baseand Jones stepped off first,Thomas roped one of themost glorious singles inUSC history.
It has to be the mostdramatic game-winning hitfor USC since the openinggame of the 1977 College
World Series when ChuckMcLean raced around thebases with an inside-the-park home run in the bot-tom of the 10th inning tobeat Baylor, 3-2.
Afterward, Tanner talkedabout 12-year-old CharliePeters of Omaha, a friendof the USC team since its2003 appearance in theCollege World Series. Pe-ters was a patient then atChildrens Hospital andMedical Center, but now isrecovered and has becomeUSCs biggest fan inOmaha.
He carried a sign at Ro-
senblatt Stadium Thursdaythat read: Never Give Upand Battle Hard.
USC took his sign toheart and has lived anotherday in Omaha.
NEVER SAY DIE
USC players mob Brady Thomas after his game winning hit to beat the Sooners 3-2 in the 12th inning of Game 3 against the Oklahoma Soonersduring the 2010 College World Series.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Bradley and Thomas deliver clutch hits in the 12th inningto lead comeback and set up game against Clemson
USCs Jackie Bradley Jr. celebrates his hit in the 12th inning to bring in the tying run.
By RON [email protected]
GAME 3 BOXSCORE
Oklahoma USC
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Ellison cf 4 0 0 0 Marzilli lf 6 1 2 0
White lf 5 0 1 0 Merrifield 3b 5 0 0 0Buechele 3b 5 0 1 0 Bradley cf 6 1 1 1Ogle c 3 2 2 1 Walker 1b 5 0 3 1Reine rf 3 0 0 0 Matthews pr 0 0 0 0Seitzer 1b 4 0 0 0 Jones 1b 0 0 0 0Bshyhed ss 5 0 1 1 Thomas dh 6 0 1 1Black 2b 5 0 0 0 Morales 2b 5 0 1 0Herren dh 3 0 0 0 Enders c 2 0 0 0Eisenberg ph 1 0 0 0 Haney ss 5 0 1 0
Wingo 2b 1 0 0 0Beary rf 3 1 1 0
Totals 38 2 5 2 Totals 44 310 3
O kl ah om a 0 10 0 00 0 00 00 1 2 5 2
USC 000 000 010002 3 10 1
EBuechele (5); Ogle (3); Walker (9). DPUSC 2.LOBOklahoma 6, USC 12. 2BMarzilli (7); Ha-neyt (8). HROgle (11). SHOgle (5); Merrifield(4); Enders (6). SBBushyhead (13); Marzilli (6);Beary (3). CSEllison (4).
Oklahoma IP H R ER BB SO
Neal 7 5 1 1 1 7Erben 4 2 0 0 1 1Duke L,3-2 23 3 2 2 1 1
USC IP H R ER BB SOCooper 5 23 4 1 1 2 6Roth 1 13 0 0 0 0 1Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 1Price 3 0 0 0 0 5Carter 0 1 1 1 0 0Webb W,3-2 1 0 0 0 0 1
HBPby Cooper (Ellison); by Neal (Wingo); by Price(Reine); by Webb (Reine). UmpiresHome, A.J.Lostaglio; First, Paul Gillie; Second, Kelly Gon-zales; Third, David Savage. T3:46. A24,180.
Neal faced 1batter in the 8th.
GAME 3
HIGHLIGHTS
Blake Cooper allowed
one run in 5 23 innings,
the 10th time in 19 starts
he allowed two runs orfewer.
USCs bullpen im-
proved to a 1.63 ERA in
three CWS games with 14
strikeouts in 11 innings.
It earned USC its
fourth 50-win season in
school history and first
since 2004.
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JOIN THE CLUB, MichaelRoth. In fact, lets make
you the president ofSouth Carolinas fast-grow-ing hero-of-the-day elite.
Roth stepped out of hisrole as a left-handed special-ist in the bullpen to pitch thegame of his life Friday nightat Rosenblatt Stadium, one
that extended USCs life foranother day at the College
World Series.And this is not even what
Roth likes to do.I love hitting, Roth said
minutes after his complete-game gem in USCs 5-1vic-tory against Clemson. Pitch-ings not really my thing.
Roth allowed Clemson adouble by Richie Shaffer thateventually led to Clemsonsonly run in the third inning,a ground single to left bySpencer Kieboom in theeighth inning and a groundsingle to right by Brad Millerin the ninth.
That was it. Three hits.One walk, four strikeouts.
His performance immedi-ately inducted Roth into theannals of Gamecocks historyand, at the same time,pushed him into a group ofUSCs NCAA tournamentheroes this season that in-cludes Blake Cooper, JackieBradley, Adrian Morales,
Jose Mata, Matt Price, Chris-tian Walker, Sam Dyson andBrady Thomas.
This from a kid who wasrecruited to USC out of Riv-erside High in Greer as ahitter. Not until he threw fourscoreless innings of relief ina 9-5 loss at Florida in 2009did Roth become a full-timepitcher.
Heck, not until USCburned Cooper in its winagainst Oklahoma on Thurs-day was Roth even a consid-eration as a starter on Friday.Then pitching coach MarkCalvi made his case for Roth
in a meeting late Thursdaywith coach Ray Tanner.
Coach Calvi was con-vinced, Tanner said. Hewas his first choice afteryesterday. He said, I feelgood about what he can giveus. and the reasons why, andI agreed with him.
Then, as Roth stepped offthe elevator Friday afternoonat the Embassy Suites indowntown Omaha, Tannergreeted him.
What can you give us?Roth recalled Tanner asking.
Ill throw until my arm
falls off, Roth replied.What is that, about one
inning?Well see.
We saw, indeed.Roth said he could remem-
ber throwing completegames in high school, butthose were seven-inninggames. He can never recallthrowing nine innings. Yetthe left-hander was magnif-icent. He never overpoweredClemsons bats, but he waseffective enough to get 16groundball outs.
He was throwing a lot ofstrikes with fastballs, chan-geups and sliders away,catcher Kyle Enders said.He did a good job of keep-ing them off balance allnight.
He didnt really struggleall night. Hes not used tothrowing that many pitches,so he might have gotten alittle tired. But he stuck inthere and hung in there for
us.Inning by inning, Roth
went about a ritual on themound before he threw hisfirst pitch. He stood off therubber, held his cap to hisside, bowed his head andtalked to himself.
The only time Roth ap-peared to be tiring was in thefifth inning when his pitchesbegan to sail outside. Butafter a quick trip to themound by Calvi, Roth quick-ly retired Spencer Kieboomon a fly ball to end the inningand sat down the next seven
Clemson batters.When he struck out John
Hinson to end the game,Roth was mobbed by histeammates near the mound.Then he conducted national
TV and radio interviewsbefore heading to the mediaroom to face reporters.
In looking over the finalboxscore from the game, heraised his eyebrows butnot in admiration of hisnights work. Rather, Roth
wanted to know what BFmeant on the statistics sheet.
Why would a near-4.0student majoring in businessknow anything about bat-ters faced. This guy wantsto be a hitter. When asked onthe field afterward if Fridaysshowing assures him of
being a pitcher at USC, Rothlaughed.
I hope not, he said. Idont want to be. That wasfun, but its not where I wantto be. I want to hit.
Maybe Tanner can call onRoth to hit tonight againstClemson, and do not besurprised if his hitting prow-ess makes him USCs hero ofthe day, again.
ROTH TO THE RESCUE
USCs Michael Roth delivers a pitch in the 9th inning during Game 4 against the Clemson Tigers in the 2010 College World Series on Friday.PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Lefthander likes hitting more than pitching,
but he holds the Tigers to three hits in complete game
USC head coach Ray Tanner and Clemson coach Jack Leggett shake hands after game.
BY RON [email protected]
GAME 4 BOXSCOREUSC Clemson
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Marzilli lf 2 2 1 0 Epps dh 2 0 0 0Merrifeld rf 4 0 0 0 Nester ph 2 0 0 0Bradley cf 3 0 1 2 Freeman 2b 4 0 0 0Walker 1b 4 0 1 0 Schaus lf 4 0 0 0
Thomas dh 4 2 2 0 Parker rf 2 0 0 0Morales 3b 4 0 1 1 Miller ss 4 0 1 0Enders c 4 1 2 2 Hinson 3b 4 0 0 0Haney ss 3 0 0 0 Shaffer 1b 2 1 1 0Wingo 2b 4 0 0 0 Boyd cf 3 0 0 0Roth p 0 0 0 0 Kieboom c 3 0 1 0
Pohl c 0 0 0 0Leone p 0 0 0 0Haselden p 0 0 0 0Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5 Totals 30 1 3 0
USC 111 101 000 5
Clemson 001 000 000 1
EWingo(9) DPS. Carolina 1, Clemson 2.LOBS. Carolina 4, Clemson 5. 2BMarzilli (8),Bradley (12), Thomas (13), Shaffer (11).HREnders(3).
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Roth W, 2-1 9 3 1 1 1 4
Clemson IP H R ER BB SO
Leone L, 3-2 223 4 3 3 1 0Haselden 313 4 2 2 1 0Cruz 3 0 0 0 2 3
HBPby Roth (Parker), by Roth (Shaffer). PBEn-ders (10). T2:22. A22,334.
GAME 4
HIGHLIGHTS
Michael Roths com-
plete game was his first
start since 2009.
Roth shut down Clem-
sons left-handed batters,
who were a combined
1-for-21. Jackie Bradley Jr.s hit
streak was extended to
20 as he improved to .438
with nine RBIs in the
series.
Brady Thomas had
two hits and improved his
CWS average to .353.
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No sweeter words haveever carried fromOmaha to Columbia
than these: South Carolinawill play for college base-balls national championshipthis week at the College
World Series.When Christian Walker
stepped on first base at 9:13p.m. at Rosenblatt Stadiumfor the final out of USCs 4-3
victory against Clemson, theGamecocks were headed torarified air.
It feels great, USC catch-er Kyle Enders said. To bestanding here in Omaha andknowing were going to beplaying for the nationalchampionship on Monday, ithasnt really set in. I cantreally believe it yet. But wedid it.
USC faces a tall task in thebest-of-three series for thetitle on Monday againstUCLA. No taller, though,than what it stared at afterlosing in the opening roundSunday before battling backto win four games.
The final two victories
came against Clemson in arepeat of 2002 when USCfought out of the losersbracket to defeat the Tigerstwice before losing the na-tional title game to Texas.
This will be USCs fourthcrack at a national title inbaseball. Besides the 2002loss, USC fell to Texas forthe title in 1975 and to Arizo-na State in 1977. It is difficultto imagine any of those USCteams having as many con-tributors as this Gamecocksclub.
For most of the postseason through the regional, theSuper Regional and into theCWS USC has been pass-ing the baton from game to
game, from one hero toanother.
On Saturday, USC decidedto team up against a peskyClemson team that made itinteresting until the final out.
The Gamecocks receivedsignificant contributionsfrom pitchers Sam Dysonand Matt Price and clutchhitting from Christian Walk-er and Adrian Morales.
Lets start with the pitch-ing, since that has carriedUSC all season and partic-ularly in Omaha.
Coach Ray Tanner and hispitching coach, Mark Calvi,called on right-hander SamDyson to pitch despite Dysonhaving thrown 119 pitchesfour days ago in a victoryagainst Arizona State. Thistime, Dyson gutted his waythrough 112 pitches, limitingClemson to two runs on fivehits while walking two and
striking out five in 623innings.
Then Tanner turned thegame over to Price, who wascoming back from one daysrest after a yeoman, three-
inning performance in USCs12-inning victory againstOklahoma. Price allowed arun in his 213-inning stint but
was as sharp as ever in strik-ing out three Clemsonbatters.
I was impressed withwhat Sam and Matt did,Tanner said. Even if we hadbeen less fortunate to wintonight, what great perfor-mances and competitiveefforts. It doesnt get anybetter than that.
While Dyson and Priceheld Clemson in check, USC
waited for its bats to pro-duce. Walker was the first tostep to the fore, leading offthe fourth inning. He blasted
a 2-2 changeup from Clem-son pitcher Casey Harmandeep into the left-fieldbleachers.
Then, with the game tiedat 2 in the seventh inning
and runners on first andthird, Walker drilled a singleinto center. Before Walkercame to bat, Clemson in-tentionally walked JackieBradley.
I knew they were walkingJackie to get to me, Walkersaid. I felt like I had some-thing to prove there.
He did just that, and be-fore he could get settled atfirst, Morales smacked thenext pitch from Alex Freder-ick on the ground into right.Bradley, who had movedaround to third on Walkerssingle, walked home withUSCs fourth and decisiverun.
When Price took care of
matters in the eighth andninth, USC celebratedaround the pitchers mound.But this celebration wasmuch like the one shortlyafter the Gamecocks won the
Columbia Regional. The winwas nice to savor for themoment and there were backslaps and smiles all around.
But this is not the kind ofteam that is satisfied with
winning a regional or a Su-per Regional, playing in theCollege World Series or evenadvancing to the nationalchampionship series. Thisteam has a fight to it. It bat-tles from behind. It scrapsfor runs. It hangs around. It
wins.This is the kind of team
we are. Were a resilientteam, outfielder Whit Merri-field said. Were a team thatdoesnt like to lose a lot.
Weve done things the hard
way all year.So, maybe it is perfectly
OK that the championshipseries against UCLA seemslike a tall order for a USCteam seeking a national title.
USC ENTERS RARE AIR
USCs Christian Walker follows through on his home run in the 4th inning as the Gamecocks take on the Clemson Tigers in Game 5.PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Strong pitching from Dyson and Price helps USC
earn berth in championship series against UCLA
Clemson coach Jack Leggett wipes his brow during the 8th inning.
BY RON [email protected]
GAME 5 BOXSCORE
CLEMSON USC
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Lamb dh 4 1 1 0 Marzilli lf 3 2 1 0Freeman 2b 5 0 2 0 Merrifild rf 5 0 3 0Schaus lf 5 0 1 1 Bradley cf 2 1 1 0Parker lf 3 0 0 0 Walker 1b 4 1 2 2Hinson 3b 3 1 2 0 Morales 3b 4 0 1 1Miller ss 4 0 0 1 Matthews dh 3 0 0 0Shaffer 1b 4 0 1 0 Thomas ph 0 0 0 0Boyd cf 4 0 1 0 Enders c 4 0 0 0Kieboom c 2 0 0 0 Haney ss 4 0 1 0Epps ph 0 1 0 0 Wingo 2b 3 0 0 0Nester c 1 0 0 0 Dyson p 0 0 0 0Harman p 0 0 0 0 Price p 0 0 0 0Frederick p 0 0 0 0Weismann p 0 0 0 0Brady p 0 0 0 0Totals 35 3 8 2 Totals 32 4 9 3
HBPby Dyson (Lamb), by Dyson (Parker), by Har-man (Bradley), by Harman (Marzilli). PBEnders(11). T3:04. A12,593.
Clemson 001 000 110 3
USC 100 100 20x 4
EMiller (32), Kieboom (1), Nester,(7), Wingo (10).DPClemson 2. LOBCLemaon 9, South Carolina10. 2BMerrifield (12). 3BHinson (1), Marrifield(1). HRWalker (9). SBMarzilli (8), Matthews (6).
Clemson IP H R ER BB SO
Harman L, 8-4 613 7 3 3 0 5Frederick 23 2 1 1 2 1Weismann 13 0 0 0 2 0Brady 23 0 0 0 0 0
USC IP H R ER BB SO
Dyson 623 5 2 2 2 5Price W, 4-1 213 3 1 1 0 3
HBPby Dyson (Lamb), by Dyson (Parker), by Har-man (Bradley), by Harman (Marzilli). PBEnders
(11). T3:04. A12,593.
GAME 5
HIGHLIGHTS
USC won its second
one-run game of the
tournament
The bullpen improved
to 2-0 with a 2.03 ERA
without a walk in 13 13
innings.
USCs pitchers have a
2.68 ERA going into the
championship series with
40 strikeouts and eight
walks.
Whit Merrifield was a
home run short of the
cycle.
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OMAHA, Neb.
TWO HUNDRED and ninetyteams began the collegebaseball season dreaming
of a national championship. Nowone stands alone atop the heap as
winners of the final College WorldSeries ever played at RosenblattStadium.
Read these words carefully, andlet them sink in because they havenever before been spoken in amajor sport: The University of
South Carolina is the nationalchampion.
You try to be one of the bestone day, said USC coach RayTanner as he sported a nationalchampions T-shirt and stood nearhome plate moments after histeams dramatic, 2-1, 11-inning
victory against UCLA. Manytimes, its just a dream, but some-times it becomes reality.
The reality is that this nationalcrown was won not just for acoaching staff led by Tanner, whotook over a foundering program14 years ago and guided it Tues-day night to unprecedentedheights.
Its really indescribable, Tan-ner said. Ive never really been inthis position, so I dont know how
to act. Im so happy for this greatuniversity, its players and coachesand the fans who came out here
with us.This is a championship won not
just for the 35 players, who from
seldom-used Parker Bangs tosteady second baseman Scott
Wingo, never wavered in theirbelief that a national champi-onship could be realized.
Being our first national cham-pionship, this is definitely whereour university is headed, said
Wingo, who raced home fromthird base with the winning runon Whit Merrifields single.Were headed in the rightdirection.
It is a championship won for anentire athletics program, one thatfor most of its existence virtually
has been void of success on thenational level.
Maybe we can bury the chick-en curse, said Eric Hyman,USCs athletics director. Im sohappy for the Gamecock nation.Im so happy for our fans. Thisshows we can do it.
Finally, it is a championshipwon for the state of South Caroli-na, which so desperately longs tohave its name atop a national listfor something good.
Im so happy for the great stateof South Carolina, Tanner said.
So, as you drink your cup ofcoffee this morning, it is quite OKto puff your chest and carry yourhead high. Raise that cup in toastto a team that made its athleticsdepartment, its city and its stateproud.
This game tonight is the epito-me of what this team is all about,Tanner said.
In typical fashion, USC gotsterling pitching from starterMichael Roth and a quartet of
relievers, most notably Matt Price.The pitching staff has kept USC ingames throughout the postseason,often waiting around until theoffense could kick into gear.
On this night, USC waitedUCLA out until the 11th inning,
when Wingo led off with a walk,advanced to second base on apassed ball, then to third base onEvan Marzillis sacrifice bunt.
Merrifield then came to theplate and watched consecutivefastballs from UCLA reliever DanKlein that sailed high and awayfor balls. Merrifield lined the next
pitch into right field and Wingonearly scored the winning runbefore the ball fell on the Ro-senblatt grass.
I got into a hitters count andhe threw me a strike, Merrifieldsaid. I found a hole, and it was
just elation. I cant even describeit.
The big playmakers in Tues-days win will be remembered no doubt, forever as the ones
who led USC in the series-clinch-ing game. But they were only thelatest heroes and latest contrib-utors in a journey that beganinnocently enough with the startof the NCAA tournament on June4.
A two-run homer by JackieBradley and a three-run bomb by
Adrian Morales got USC going ina come-from-behind win againstBucknell. Then Blake Cooperoutdueled first-round pick Asher
Wojciechowski of The Citadel andJose Matas bullpen work led USCpast Virginia Tech to clinch the
regional title.The Super Regional games
belonged to Price, who workedout of a no-out, bases-loaded jamin the opener, and Christian Walk-er, whose three-run homer withtwo outs in the bottom of theeighth inning sent USC to Omaha.
In Omaha, USC stubbed its toeout of the gate with a loss to Okla-homa. Then it got an outstandingperformance from right-handedpitcher Sam Dyson to defeat Ari-zona State; a ninth inning, two-out single by Bradley, who wasdown to his and USCs last strike,
to turn away Oklahoma; a brilliantthree-hitter from Roth, making hisfirst start of the season, to beatClemson; and yet another strongshowing by Dyson to defeat Clem-son and advance to the champi-onship round.
Once there, USC seized theopportunity like it never has in amajor sport. Cooper was at hiscareer-best in spinning a three-hitter over eight innings to defeatUCLA in the opener. Then Merri-field etched his name into theannals of USC athletics history
with his game-winning single.The traditional dogpile oc-
curred near second base, thenplayers paraded the nationalchampionship trophy around thestadium. Finally, the team gath-ered near home plate for the offi-cial presentation to USC of its firstnational championship in a majorsport.
It is a championship won forUSC, the city of Columbia and thestate of South Carolina.
NATIONAL CHAMPS
USCa Jackie Bradley Jr. celebrates with teammates after their win over UCLA during Game 2 of the 2010 College World Series finals.GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
Tanner: Sometimes, dreams do become realityBY RON [email protected] GAME 7
HIGHLIGHTS
USC won its second NCAA team
title, joining the womens outdoor
track and field team in 2002.
USC is the first team to win
the title after losing its first
game since 2006.
GAME 7 BOXSCOREUCLA USC
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Gallego ss 5 0 1 1 Marzilli lf 5 0 2 0Amaral cf 5 0 2 0 Merrifeld rf 5 0 1 1Dunlap dh 4 0 1 0 Bradley cf 5 0 0 0Espy 1b 3 0 0 0 Walker 1b 4 0 2 0Williams 2b 1 0 0 0 Morales 3b 5 0 0 0Regis 2b,3b 5 0 0 0 Mattws dh 3 0 0 0Krill rf 5 0 2 0 Thomas ph 1 0 1 0Giovinazo lf 3 0 0 0 Beary pr,dh 1 1 0 0Brn 3b,1b 4 1 2 0 Enders c 3 0 1 0Rodriguez c 2 0 0 0 Haney ss 5 0 2 0Goeddel p 0 0 0 0 Wingo 2b 2 1 0 0Klein p 0 0 0 0 Roth p 0 0 0 0
Mata p 0 0 0 0Webb p 0 0 0 0Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Price p 0 0 0 0Totals 37 1 8 1 Totals 39 2 9 1
UCLA 000 010 00000 1
USC 000 000 01001 2
EEspy (6), Morales (12).DPSouth Carolina 1. LOBUCLA 10,South Carolina 14. 2BAmaral (12), Krill (14). CSGallego(2).S Giovinazzo (2), Rodriguez (10), Marzilli (2), Merrifield (15).
UCLA IP H R E R BB SO
Rasmussen 6 6 0 0 4 5Goeddel 1 2 1 0 0 1Klein L, 6-1 313 1 1 1 2 4
USC IP H R E R BB SO
Roth 5 6 1 1 2 3Mata 2 1 0 0 0 1Webb 13 0 0 0 0 0Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0Price W, 5-1 223 1 0 0 1 3
Goeddel pitched to 1batter in the 8th.HBPby Mata (Brown),by Price (Dunlap).WPRodriguez (7).
T4:15. A24,390.
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USC fans, with help from Cocky, cheer during Game 1 of the 2010 College World Series finals Monday against UCLA.PHOTGRAPHS BY GERRY MELENDEZ/[email protected]
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USC baseball coach Ray
Tanner has earned National
Coach of the Year honors from
Collegiate Baseball.
Tanner completed his 14th
year as head coach at USC
leading the Gamecocks to a
national championship and a
54-16 record.
On the way to the title at the
College World Series, the
Gamecocks became the first
team to win six consecutive
games in Omaha. The title was
the first mens national cham-
pionship at USC.
This past seasons trip was
the fourth to the CollegeWorld Series for coach Tanner
along with three consecutive
trips from 2002-2004.
TANNER BIO
Born: March 25, 1958, in
Smithfield, N.C.
Family: He is married to
the former Karen Donald, a
native of Charleston and a
USC graduate. She was for-
merly head womens athletic
trainer at NC State. She is the
former director of athletics
and director of sports medi-
cine at Columbia College.
They have two daughters,
Bridgette Grace ("Gracie") and
Margaret Pearl ("Maggie") and
one son, Joseph Luke ("Luke").
Education: Tanner has a
Bachelor of Science degree in
recreational administration
from NC State (1980) and
Masters of public affairs,
public administration (1983).At USC: Tanner was
named the South Carolina
head coach June 14, 1996 after
nine successful seasons at
North Carolina State. Under
Tanner, USC owns the longest
current streak of NCAA Re-
gional appearances among the
12 SEC schools with 11
straight trips to the tourna-
ment dating back to the 2000season. In that span, Carolina
has eight NCAA Super Re-
gional appearances (2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006,
2007, 2010).
USC is one of only six
schools in the nation to make
at least eight NCAA Super
Regionals in the last 11 years
and one of only eight schools
in the country to have reachedthe NCAA Regionals every
season from 2000 to the pre-
sent. The programs 11-year
total record of 522-217 is the
fourth highest win total
among NCAA Division I
schools. South Carolina has
11 consecutive seasons of
40 or more wins.
The Gamecocks have also
collected championships inthe Southeastern Conference
with regular season titles in
2000 and 2002 along with a
SEC Tournament crown in
2004. Tanners last 11 teams
have featured 20 All-America
performers including senior
right-handed pitcher Blake
Cooper.
This past season was Tan-
ners 23rd year as a collegiatehead coach. At USC, Tanner
has a .692 winning percentage
-- the second highest in SEC
history. This past season,
Tanner also reached a career
milestone, recording his
1,000th career victory, as he
became the fourth fastest
active coach to reach that
total.
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ADRIAN MORALES
No.: 3
Position: Third base
Year: Junior
Hometown: Hialeah, Fla
High school/Juco: Miami-Dade CC
Key stats: Second on team with 56 RBIs;
had 15 doubles
ROERT BEARY
No.: 4
Position: Outfield/catcher
Year: Junior
Hometown: Apopka, Fla.
High school/Juco: Pensacola JC
Key stats: 27 hits in 98 at-bats
WHIT MERRIFIELD
No.: 5
Position: Right field
Year: Junior
Hometown: Advance, N.C.
High school/Juco: Davie County HS
Key stats: Led the team in hits (95), runs
(72) and at-bats (296)
JEFFERY JONES
No.: 6
Position: First base
Year: Senior
Hometown: Ft. Worth, Texas
High school/Juco: Navarro JC
Key stats: Batted .300 and had 29 RBIs
RICHARD ROYAL
No.: 7
Position: Catcher
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Fayettevile, N.C.
High school/Juco: Terry Sanford HS
Key stats: Hit .333 in limited at-bats
SCOTT WINGO
No.: 8
Position: Second base
Year: Junior
Hometown: Greenville
High school/Juco: Mauldin HS
Key stats: Hit by picthes a team-high 18
times
STEVEN NEFF
No.: 9
Position: Pitcher/Outfielder
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Lancaster
High school/Juco: Lancaster HS
Key stats: 1 start, 16 appearances from
bullpen; 2-1record
ANTHONY IACOMINI
No.: 10
Position: Infielder
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Cross River, N.Y.
High school/Juco: John Jay Cross River
HS
Key stats: Redshirted
JIMMY REVAN
No.: 12
Position: Pitcher
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Chester
High school/Juco: Spartanburg Methodist
JC
Key stats: 1-0 in nine appearances
CHRISTIAN WALKER
No.: 13
Position: First base
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Limerick, Pa.
High school/Juco: Kennedy-Kenrick HS
Key stats: Good production with 74 hits,
51RBIs
JOHN TAYLOR
No.: 14
Position: Pitcher
Year: Junior
Hometown: Florence
High school/Juco: Darlington Tech
Key stats: Reliever was 3-2 with 1 save in
28 appearances
NOLAN BELCHER
No.: 15
Position: Pitcher
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Augusta, Ga.
High school/Juco: Greenbrier HS
Key stats: 3-1 record; six starts, five relief
appearances
AUSTIN ASHMORE
No.: 16
Position: Outfielder
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Greer
High school/Juco: Greer HS
Key stats: Injured
JOSE MATA
No.: 17
Position: Pitcher
Year: Junior
Hometown: Miami Lakes, Fla.
High school/Juco: Broward CC
Key stats: Reliever was 7-1 in 33 appear-
ances (45 innings pitched)
KYLE ENDERS
No.: 18
Position: Catcher
Year: Senior
Hometown: Greer
High school/Juco: Riverside HS
Key stats: 9 doubles, 1 triple and 3 HRs
(including 2 in postseason)
JACKIE BRADLEY JR.
No.: 19
Position: Center field
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Prince George, Va
High school/Juco: Prince George HS
Key stats: Led Gamecocks in RBIs (60)
and tied for lead with 13 HR
SAM DYSON
No.: 20
Position: Pitcher
Year: Junior
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
High school/Juco: Tampa Jesuit HS
Key stats: In 18 starts, finished 6-5 with
103 innings pitched
GREG HARRISON
No.: 21
Position: Pitcher
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Hilton HeadHigh school/Juco: Hilton Head HS
Key stats: DNP
MATT PRICE
No.: 22
Position: Pitcher
Year: RS Freshman
Hometown: Sumter
High school/Juco: Sumter HS
Key stats: Led team with 10 saves; had a
4-1 record and 2.26 ERA
BOBBY HANEY
No.: 23
Position: Shortstop
Year: Senior
Hometown: Smithtown, N.Y.
High school/Juco: Manatee CC (Fla.)
Key stats: In 251chances, had only 6 er-
rors
BRISON CELEK
No.: 24
Position: Catcher/First Base
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Charleston
High school/Juco: Bishop England HS
Key stats: DNP
ADAM MATTHEWS
No.: 26
Position: Outfield
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Lexington
High school/Juco: White Knoll HS
Key stats: Led team with 12 steals in 18
attempts
BLAKE COOPER
No.: 27
Position: Pitcher
Year: Senior
Hometown: Neeses
High school/Juco: Edisto HS
Key stats: Led team in victories (13), in-
nings pitched (137) and strikeouts (126).
MICHAEL ROTH
No.: 29
Position: Pitcher
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Greer
High school/Juco: Riverside
Key stats: Had a team-low ERA of 1.34 in
37 appearances (only had 2 starts -- both
in CWS)
EVAN MARZILLI
No.: 31
Position: Outfield
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Cranston, R.I.
High school/Juco: Bishop Hendricken
HS
Key stats: Led team with a .385 batting
average; scored 30 runs on 35 hits
ETHAN CARTER
No.: 32
Position: Pitcher
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Newport News, Va.
High school/Juco: Menchville HS
Key stats: 3-0 record and two saves in 24
appearances
ALEX BURRELL
No.: 33
Position: Pitcher
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Landrum
High school/Juco: Landrum HS
Key stats: Had two relief appearances
JORDAN PROPST
No.: 34
Position: Pitcher
Year: Senior
Hometown: Gaffney
High school/Juco: Gaffney HS
Key stats: Two relief appearances
BRADY THOMAS
No.: 36
Position: Catcher/DH
Year: Senior
Hometown: Anderson
High school/Juco: FSU
Key stats: Hit .331in 139 at-bats.
JAY BROWN
No.: 37
Position: Pitcher
Year: Senior
Hometown: Brunswick, Ga.
High school/Juco:Young Harris JC
Key stats: 3-0 record in nine starts and
eight relief appearances
TYLER WEBB
No.: 39
Position: Pitcher
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Nassawadox, Va
High school/Juco: Northampton HS
Key stats: 3-2 record with seven starts
and 10 appearances out of the bullpen
PATRICK SULLIVAN
No.: 39
Position: Pitcher
Year: RS Freshman
Hometown: Columbia
High school/Juco: A.C. Flora HS
Key stats: 1.50 ERA in seven appearanc-
es in relief
PARKER BANGS
No.: 42
Position: Pitcher/Utility
Year: Junior
Hometown: Laurinburg, N.C.
High school/Juco: Scotland HS
Key stats: 1-0 in 14 appearances out of
bullpen
COLBY HOLMES
No.: 44
Position: Pitcher
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Conway
High school/Juco: Conway HS
Key stats: 2-0 record with six starts and
five games out of the bullpen
NICK EBERT
No.: 47
Position: First base
Year: Senior
Hometown: Ocala, Fla
High school/Juco: Central Florida CC
Key stats: .272 BA, 7 HR, 31 RBI
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ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Chad Holbrook (2nd season)(North Carolina, 1994)
ASSISTANT COACH: Mark Calvi (6th season) (NovaSoutheastern, 1991)
ASSISTANT COACH: Sammy Esposito (3rd season)(N.C. State, 2005)
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH: Billy Anderson
ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC TRAINER: Brainard Cooper
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Kyle Lipsey
STUDENT MANAGERS: Ryan Fischer, Rob Kish
GRADUATE ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER: StephanieBingham
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