Freshman Kelsey Oh tossed a career-high 13 strikeouts to lead the Gamecocks to a 3-0 win over UNCG to open the NCAA Columbia Regional on Friday at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field.
Graham Lawson pitched four scoreless innings of relief, Hunter Taylor doubled twice and the 25th-ranked Gamecock baseball team took advantage of three Texas A&M errors in a 5-3 win over the Aggies Friday night at Blue Bell Park.
Joe Cavallaro had a confidence and swagger on the mound Friday that Charleston’s hitters could not match. The righty fanned a new career-high nine batters and led Columbia to a 3-1 victory. The Fireflies have taken the first two games of the series and won three straight.
Gamecock forward Brian Bowen had a much better second day at the NBA Combine in Chicago.
No. 4 Clemson scored three runs in the first inning and held on for a 4-1 victory over Pittsburgh at Charles L. Cost Field on Friday afternoon to claim the ACC Atlantic Division title
South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley announced that Bianca Cuevas-Moore will return to the Gamecocks’ roster for 2018-19.
No. 11 South Carolina softball opens the Columbia Regional on Friday at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN3 against UNCG. The winner will move on to face the winner of the Liberty and Hofstra game while the losing team will play in the elimination game on Saturday following the winner’s bracket game.
White Knoll needed just one win to claim the 2018 5A state softball championship Thursday night at Byrnes, and the Timberwolves delivered, knocking off Byrnes 6-2 on the way to win its first 5A softball championship in school history.
Freshman Logan Chapman struck out six in 5.2 innings pitched, but Texas A&M scored a run in the bottom of the sixth, breaking a 3-all tie on its way to a 6-3 win over the Gamecock baseball team Thursday night at Blue Bell Park.
The Fireflies stole a victory right out of Charleston’s grasp on Thursday night at Joe Riley Park. Columbia turned a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 lead – which wound up being the final score – in the eighth inning to clinch a come-from-behind win. The Fireflies are now three games above .500 for the first time in 10 days.
