Gamecock Men’s Soccer Takes Down Wofford
South Carolina men’s soccer pushed its home match winning streak to four with a 2-1 victory over Wofford on Saturday afternoon at Stone Stadium.
South Carolina men’s soccer pushed its home match winning streak to four with a 2-1 victory over Wofford on Saturday afternoon at Stone Stadium.
Jermaine Cousinard scored a season-high 23 points and South Carolina snapped a six-game losing streak with a 91-70 victory over Georgia on Saturday.
Clarke was a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs scored, three RBI and two walks in becoming the first Gamecock to hit three home runs in a game since Justin Smoak did the trick against USC Upstate in 2008.
The Gamecocks’ four selections are more than any other program’s signing class and account for four of the seven who have signed to play in the SEC next season.
The Gamecocks (18-3, 13-1 SEC) had won 31 straight over league opponents before blowing a double-digit, second-half lead at No. 21 Tennessee this past Thursday night.
Carolina scored six runs through the first three innings and outlasted the Tiger comeback effort as the Gamecocks finished the weekend with a 2-1 record to start the 2021 season.
Julian Bosnic started the game for the Gamecocks and set a school record with eight consecutive strikeouts between the first and third innings.
No. 19 South Carolina softball split its opening day doubleheader against Auburn and Jacksonville on Saturday at UNF. Carolina dropped a 5-4 game to the Tigers in the first game of the 2021 season before closing the day with a 10-0 win over the Dolphins.
Wes Clarke had two of the five home runs, going 3-for-4 with five RBI. Braylen Wimmer, Colin Burgess and Brady Allen each had home runs as well for the Gamecocks.
The Tigers (14-6, 7-6 Southeastern Conference) opened up a 19-point lead in the first half and stayed comfortably in front the rest of the way to sweep the Gamecocks (5-11, 3-9), who lost their fifth consecutive game.