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The Kings Mountain Herald
September 21, 2006
SPORTS
Nationa
Senior outside hitter
Shonda Cole from the South
Carolina volleyball team was
named the Southeastern
Conference's Offensive
Player of the Week on
Monday,
and then
was select-
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American
Volleyball
Coaches
Association
National
Player of
the Week.
It was the
first time in Cole's career she
garnered the awards and the
first time ever that a South
Carolina player has been
named National Player of the
Year.
Cole helped lead USC (9-4,
2-0 SEC) to a 2-0 record last
week with a 3-2 victory
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against Auburn and a 3-1
stunner over No. 6 Florida.
The Kings Mountain native
blasted 36 kills versus
Auburn and had 35 in the
win over the Gators. She
posted double-doubles in
both contests by adding a
career-high 18 digs against
Auburn and had 17 against
Florida. Between the two
matches, Cole ripped 71 kills,
hit .382 (71-19-136) and aver-
aged 7.89 kills and 3.89 digs
per game.»
Cole moved into sole pos-
session of second place on
USC's career list for kills after
getting 36 against Auburn.
She has 1,382 for her career.
Her 35 kills versus Florida
was a school record in a four-
game match, surpassing the -
old standard of 28.
For the year, Cole has
notched five 30-kill matches,
which leads the nation. In the
history of South Carolina
volleyball, only six 30-kill
matches have occurred.
"Shonda's ~~ performance
was deserving of the award,”
head coach Nancy Somera
said. "Having that kind of
performance against two
quality conference oppo-
nents is impressive."
With Cole leading the way
against No. 6 Florida, South
Carolina managed to end a
25-match losing streak to the
Gators and post just its sec-
ond win against Florida since
joining the SEC in 1991.
USC's previous win over
Florida came Nov. 13, 1994,
when the Gators were
ranked 11th. The loss for
Florida was just its fifth dur-
ing the SEC regular season
under coach Mary Wise, who
is now 215-5 (.977) in regular-
season conference play.
Florida also is the highest-
ranked team USC has defeat-
ed since the American
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Cole was a two-time North
Carolina Volleyball Player of
the Year. during her high
school career in Kings
Mountain. She led the Lady
Mountaineers to the State
Championship in 2001. She
holds numerous school
records at KMHS and at
South Carolina and she also
holds the KMHS women’s
basketball career
record.
She is the daughter of Otis
and Joanne Cole of Kings
Mountain. Her father is a for-
mer basketball star at KMHS
and Florida State.
Cole and the Gamecocks
take on No. 18 LSU on Friday
at 8 p.m. EST in Baton Rouge,
La. South Carolina then
heads to Fayetteville, Ark., to
face Arkansas at 2:30 p.m. -
EST on Sunday.
scoring
Cole named SEC, KM women beat
Burns in tennis
Kings Mountain High's
women’s tennis team defeat-
ed Burns 7-2 Tuesday.
Singles winners for the
Lady Mountaineers were
Hannah McGill, Nikita
Scotland, Ariel Martin and
Dominique Jager. Doubles
winners were
McGill/ Martin, Diana
Phanthalack/S¢otland, and
Jager /Jennifer Vassey.
The Lady Mountaineers
are in second place in the
Southwestern 2A/3A
Conference with a 2-1
record. They are 2-2 overall.
Kings Mountain travels to
R-S Central Thursday and
Shelby Monday.
Singles
Hannah McGill (KM) d.
Carrie Stinchcomb 7-5, 6-5;
Kimberly Laughlin (B) d. Diana
Phanthalack 6-2, 6-3; Nikita
Scotland (KM) d. Haley Wilson
6-1, 7-5; Ariel Martin (KM) d.
Cortney Morehead 6-4, 6-0;
Dominique Jager (KM) d. Carrie
Roberts 6-1, 6-2; Allison Klinck
(B) d. Jennifer Vassey 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles
McGill /Martin (KM) d.
Stinchcomb /Klinck 10-2;
Phanthalack/Scotland (KM) d.
Laughlin / Wilson 10-2;
Jager /Vassey (KM) d.
Morehead /Roberts 10-5.
Benefit basketball game slated in Gastonia
The With Friends Youth
Shelter Services fall basket-
ball tournament will be
played Saturday from 5-8
pm. at Grier Middle School,
Gastonia. The game will fea-
ture the City of Gastonia Fire
Department against the Law
Enforcement of Gaston
Dodge
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www.mckenneycjd. com
800-483-9416
County. :
Advance tickets are $3 for
students, seniors and adults
and $1 for children under 12.
Tickets at the door are $5 and
$2. All children 2 and under
will be admitted free.
For more information call
704-866-7774.
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