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Serena Williams beats Azarenka to win Italian Open

ROME (AP) — Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive title of the year in dominating fashion Sunday, beating third-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the Italian Open final. Read more »

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Mark Anderson wins Web.com Tour event

GREER, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina player Mark Anderson won the BMW Charity Pro-Am on Sunday for his first Web.com Tour title, closing with a 6-under 65 at the Thornblade Club for a five-stroke victory. Read More »

Former Gamecock Anderson Wins First Career Web.com Tour Title

Former South Carolina All-American Mark Anderson claimed his first career Web.com Tour title on Sunday as a he cruised to a five-stroke victory at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at the Thornblade Club. Read More »

Gamecocks Head To Hoover For SEC Baseball Tournament

The 2013 SEC Men’s Baseball Tournament is now set, and the #4-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks are scheduled to begin play Wednesday against the winner of Tuesday's game between No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Missouri. Read More »

Clemson Prepares For ACC Tournament

Clemson will travel to Durham, NC to play in the ACC Tournament at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Tigers will be the #5 seed and face #4-seeded N.C. State on Wednesday at 7:00 PM, #1-seeded North Carolina on Friday at 7:00 PM, and #8-seeded Miami (FL) on Saturday at 3:00 PM in its bracket. All three games will be televised by RSN. Read More »

Gamecock Softball Falls To #4 Texas In Austin Regional

South Carolina (34-25) threatened early and often against national No. 4 seed Texas (47-8), but the Longhorns got two home runs from Taylor Thom as the Longhorns won 6-0 to take the Austin Regional in front of 914 fans at McCombs Field on Sunday afternoon. Read More »

Savitz Clinches 14th State Title At Irmo

Irmo head coach Phil Savitz clinched his 14th state title with Irmo Saturday in the 4A State Soccer Championship at Gilbert High School. (Video courtesy SCHSL.TV) Read More »

Gamecock Softball Advances With 5-1 Win Over Houston

A five-run fifth along with a complete-game gem from redshirt senior Audrey Broyles led South Carolina (34-24) to a 5-1 win over Houston (41-20) on Saturday evening at McCombs Field to move to the championship portion of the Austin Regional. Read More »

FSU Downs Clemson 6-1 Saturday To Claim Series

Sophomore lefthanders Brandon Leibrandt and Billy Strode combined to scatter 13 hits and allow only one run to lead #8 Florida State to a 6-1 victory over #14 Clemson in front of 4,979 fans at Dick Howser Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Seminoles, who won the series 2-1, improved to 44-11 overall and 20-10 in the ACC. The Tigers finished the regular season with a 39-17 overall record and an 18-12 ACC mark. Read More »

USC Falls To Mississippi State 7-2 And Loses Series

Despite a pair of homers from senior first baseman LB Dantzler, the 12th ranked Gamecocks allowed a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the 2nd and 16th ranked Mississippi State tacked on two more runs in the sixth and three in the eighth on the way to a 7-2 victory over South Carolina in the rubber game of a three-game SEC series. Read More »

Gamecock Softball Falls 11-2 To Texas

South Carolina (33-24) fell in five innings to fourth-seeded Texas (46-8) 11-2 to start Saturday’s action in the Austin Regional at Charlene & Red McCombs Field. Read More »

Greiner's HR Helps USC Even Miss St. Series

Grayson Greiner's two-out two-run homer in the top of the 10th inning lifted 12th ranked South Carolina to a 5-3 victory over 16th ranked Mississippi State on Friday evening at Dudy Noble Field in game two of a three-game SEC series. The Gamecocks clinch the No. 4 seed at next week's SEC Tournament and earn a bye into Wednesday night and the double elimination format in bracket two. South Carolina is 39-15 and 17-11 in the SEC with Mississippi State dropping to 39-16 and 15-14 in league play. Read More »

Clemson Win Streak Stopped, FSU Evens Series

The #8 Florida State Seminoles scored two runs in the first inning and held on for a 2-1 victory over #14 Clemson in front of 5,086 fans at Dick Howser Stadium on Friday night. The Seminoles, who evened the series 1-1, improved to 43-11 overall and 19-10 in the ACC. The Tigers, who saw their nine-game winning streak come to an end, fell to 39-16 overall and 18-11 in the ACC. Read More »

Lexington Wins 4A State Baseball Title

Josh Reagan went the distance scattering three hits, Dalton Addy had two hits and Brandon Camp added an RBI double that lifted top-ranked Lexington to a 4-0 win over 3rd-ranked Blythewood and the AAAA State Championship before 6,240 at Carolina Stadium on Friday. Read More »

USC Softball Takes NCAA Regional Opener

Junior designated player Ashlyn Masters drove in all six Gamecock runs, including coming through in the seventh, as South Carolina (33-23) downed Houston (40-19) in the first game of the Austin Regional in the 2013 NCAA Tournament at Red & Charlene McCombs Field. Read More »

USC Golf Tied For Lead At Columbus Regional

The 20th-ranked South Carolina men’s golf team posted a second-round 296 (+12) on Friday to move into a tie for the lead at the NCAA Columbus Regional at the Ohio State University Golf Club. Read More »

Clemson Falls To 12th In Tempe Regional

Clemson sophomore Billy Kennerly recorded a one-under-par 69, his fourth consecutive round in the 60s over two tournaments, but his teammates were a combined 15-over-par in the second round and the team dropped eight spots in the standings. The Tigers are in 12th place after 36 holes and find themselves 16 shots off the cutline entering Saturday’s final round. Read More »

USC Blows Late Lead, Miss St. Takes Opener

After 12th ranked South Carolina built a 4-1 lead, 16th ranked Mississippi State struck with four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning including a two-out bases loaded walk to Brett Pirtle that scored Nick Ammirati as the Bulldogs defeated the Gamecocks 5-4 on Thursday night in a game one of a three-game SEC series. The Gamecocks are now 38-15 and 16-11 in the SEC with Mississippi State 39-15 and 15-13 in league play. Read More »

Clemson Opens FSU Series With 8-2 Win

Sophomore righthander Daniel Gossett pitched 6.0 scoreless innings to lead #14 Clemson to an 8-2 win over #8 Florida State in front of 5,053 fans at Dick Howser Stadium on Thursday night. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the series and won their ninth game in a row, improved to 39-15 overall and 18-10 in the ACC. The Seminoles dropped to 42-11 overall and 18-10 in ACC play. Read More »

Hammond Walks Off With SCISA State Title

Jae Roberts hit a 3-run walk-off home run in the 8th inning to earn Hammond a 7-4 win over Wilson Hall for the class AAA SCISA state championship at Carolina Stadium. Read More »

Flora Fights Back To Take Title Series Opener In 13

A.C. Flora redefined the heart of a champion Thursday night. The defending class AAA state champions battled back from a 9-1 deficit in the 6th inning to take the state championship series opener 10-9 over Airport in 13 innings. Read More »

USC Golf 2nd After Regional 1st Round

Led by a career-low 68 (-3) from freshman Will Starke, the 20th-ranked South Carolina men’s golf team wrapped up the opening round of the NCAA Columbus Regional in second place on Thursday as it posted a 288 (+4) at the Ohio State University Golf Club. Read More »

Tiger Golf 4th After Regional 1st Round

Freshman Stephen Behr and sophomore Billy Kennerly both had rounds of two-under-par 68 to lead Clemson to an even par team score (280) and a tie for fourth place after the first round of the Tempe Regional at the Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, AZ on Thursday. The Tigers are tied for fourth in the 14-team field and must finish in the top five to advance to the NCAA Championship Tournament in Alpharetta, GA on two weeks. Read More »

Gamecocks End Regular Season At Miss St.

South Carolina is back on the road for a three-game SEC series with Mississippi State in the final weekend of the regular season. First pitch for the opener on Thursday is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Friday’s contest is also scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and the series finale on Saturday will begin at 3 p.m. All three games can be heard on the Gamecock Radio Network from IMG College including flagship station 107.5 FM, “The Game.” Read More »

Clemson Finishes Regular Season At FSU

Clemson (38-15, 17-10 ACC), ranked as high as #14 in the nation, will travel to Tallahassee, FL to close the regular-season at #8 Florida State (42-10, 18-9 ACC) in a three-game series at Dick Howser Stadium from Thursday to Saturday. Game times are 6:00 PM (Thursday), 8:00 PM (Friday), and 3:00 PM (Saturday). Read More »

Blythewood Ties Up State Championship Series

3rd-ranked Blythewood defeated top-ranked Lexington 7-2 Wednesday evening to even up the best-of-three 4A State Championship baseball series. The final game of the series is 7:00 p.m. Friday at Carolina Stadium. Read More »

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