South Carolina has won each of the last three contests between the two schools to even the all-time series at eight wins each. Each of the last five games, dating back to 2003, and 13 of the 16 meetings overall, have been decided by seven points or less.
Sutton Jones is the first Gamecock to be honored as the SEC Defensive Player of the Week this season. The last Gamecock to win the award was Anna Patten in 2019 when she scored the gamewinner against Auburn on the road.
The win is the fifth straight for the Gamecocks and keeps Carolina on the top of the SEC standings with 15 total points. The win makes Shelley Smith the 27th head coach at the NCAA Division I level to win 300 matches in her career.
It was announced on Tuesday that South Carolina will face Northwestern in its first matchup at the T-Mobile Center on Nov. 28.
Kroeger, a 6-3, 195-pounder from Lake Forest, Ill., has punted 17 times this season for a 42.2-yard average. He has placed five of his 17 punts inside the 20 and three have traveled 50 yards or more.
Chang netted the gamewinner for the No. 15 Gamecocks against No. 3 Arkansas, helping Carolina earn its second highest ranked win in program history (No. 1 North Carolina in 2007).
Jaycee Horn was named the co-SEC Defensive Player of the Week, while punter Kai Kroeger was selected as the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week, the Southeastern Conference office announced Monday.
Horn is the fifth South Carolina player to earn Walter Camp National FBS Player of the Week honors since 2004, and the first since Israel Mukuamu in 2019.
The Gamecocks (1-2) are scheduled to host No. 14/14 Auburn (2-1) in a noon ET kick on Saturday, Oct. 17. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
Gareis scored the opening goal and helped draw a penalty that led to the game-winning penalty kick for the Gamecocks in a 2-1 2OT win over Vanderbilt. She fired off three shots, all on goal, in the win over Vanderbilt.
