USC's DeMars to retire as men's tennis coach
COLUMBIA -- South Carolina men's tennis coach Kent DeMars will retire after this season, his 26th with the Gamecocks.
DeMars is in his 37th season as a college head coach. He's taken South Carolina to 18 NCAA tournaments and won six Metro Conference titles with the Gamecocks.
DeMars came to USC in 1984 after a successful run at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville where he won seven straight national championships.
DeMars was named the NCAA Division coach of the year in 1989 when the Gamecocks reached the NCAA tournament semifinals. He was inducted into the S.C. Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996.
College soccer
Citadel coach Bob Winch announced the signing of six student-athletes for the 2010 women's season.
They are Mariana Garcia Torres, a forward/midfielder from Bogota, Colombia; Ruth Leiva, a forward from Hialeah, Fla.; Nicole Levermann, a forward from New Braunfels, Texas, who is a dual signee in track and field; Jillian Meyer, a forward/midfielder from Wilmington, Del.; Cassie Palmacci, a goalkeeper from Park City, Utah, who originally signed a year ago but had to take a year off due to injury; and Michelle Persichina, a midfielder from Virginia Beach, Va.
College wrestling
The Citadel finished third at the 16th annual All-Academy Championships in Annapolis, Md., over the weekend. Air Force narrowly beat out The Citadel for second place, while host Navy ran away with the tournament.
Odie Delaney earned the heavyweight crown after he pulled an upset of VMI's Josh Wine in the semifinals. Delaney earned the crown when Navy's top-seeded Scott Steele forfeited the final due to injury. The Bulldogs got second-place finishes by Derek Royster at 149 and J.C. Oddo at 174 pounds. Both went 2-1 on the day.
Basketball
South Carolina center Kelsey Bone was named SEC freshman of the week for the third time this season. She scored 24 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a 61-58 victory at Auburn last Thursday. Then on Sunday, Bone had eight points and six rebounds to help USC upend Georgia.
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