South Carolina (34-23) saw its season come to a close on Sunday afternoon with a 3-2 loss to Virginia (30-25) in the second elimination game of the NCAA Columbia Regional.
South Carolina will face Virginia in an elimination game on Sunday at noon ET. The winner will then face Old Dominion in the nightcap at 6 p.m.
South Carolina is the first program to have back-to-back finalists since 2004-05 (Baylor).
Hall is the first individual to compete in the national finals under head coach Bill McDonald in his 14 seasons at the helm. He’s the fourth all-time at Carolina to play as individual at NCAA finals.
Boston is the first First-Team Academic All-American in Gamecock women’s basketball history and the program’s third selection all-time (Martha Parker, 1989 third team; Tiffany Mitchell, 2016 second team).
The championship match will be an all-SEC affair as Florida’s Sam Riffice advanced out of the other semifinal match.
The Gamecocks will host Eastern Illinois University at 7 pm ET on Saturday, Sept. 4, to kick off the 2021 season.
Rodrigues is the second Gamecock to advance to the semifinals in the last two NCAA Singles Championships. On Thursday, he will face No. 21 Adrian Boitan of Baylor for a chance to advance to the title match Friday.
Carolina will now turn its attention to the 2021 SEC Tournament at the Hoover Met in Hoover, Ala. as the seventh seed.
Brett Kerry was solid on the mound in his second start of the season. He pitched seven innings, allowing seven hits and two runs with eight strikeouts and no walks.
