COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Tennessee guard Te’a Cooper says she is going to join defending national champion South Carolina. Cooper posted on Twitter Monday that she has picked the Gamecocks for her next destination after the Lady Vols granted her release last month. Cooper’s short Twitter video showed her modeling South Carolina practice shorts with the words, “Issa gamecock.”…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Head coach Boo Major is proud to announce the University of South Carolina equestrian program’s 2017-18 schedule. The Gamecocks will compete in 12 regular-season events, including five home meets at One Wood Farm in Blythewood, and they will also host the 2018 SEC Equestrian Championship. “Our schedule is once again loaded with top-notch competition from the very…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – The University of South Carolina Athletics Department is excited to announce the drive to fund the first endowed scholarship for a men’s basketball student-athlete in honor of Sindarius Thornwell. Once fully endowed, the scholarship will be awarded annually to a men’s basketball student-athlete who exemplifies the competitive edge and effort that Thornwell put forth during…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Graduate righthander Tyler Jackson tossed a two-hit shutout to lead No. 15 Clemson to a 6-0 victory over Vanderbilt in the Clemson Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday night. The Tigers, who forced a winner-take-all game on Monday, improved to 42-20, while the Commodores fell to 35-23-1. Jackson (9-1) earned the win by allowing just…
HAGERSTOWN, MD (Fireflies PR) – Michael Paez notched the first four-hit game of the season for a Firefly and led Columbia to a 5-3 win over the Suns at Municipal Stadium. The Fireflies split a competitive four-game series with Hagerstown; the four tilts were decided by five total runs. There was no offense until the fourth inning. Two Fireflies runners…
Courtesy: AP KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Roberto Perez and Daniel Robertson helped the Indians batter Royals pitcher Eric Skoglund before a long rain delay washed out both starters, and Cleveland went on to beat Kansas City 8-0 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Perez and Robertson ripped two-run doubles off Skoglund (1-1) in the second inning before rain…
TORONTO (AP) — Justin Smoak hit a tying two-run homer off Luis Severino in the sixth inning, Josh Donaldson homered against Tyler Clippard in the eighth and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 on Sunday for a four-game split. Matt Holliday hit an RBI double in the fourth off Marcus Stroman and a run-scoring…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – Vanderbilt totaled 16 hits, including eight doubles, to defeat No. 15 Clemson 9-4 in the Clemson Regional at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday night. The Commodores, who improved to 2-0 in the regional, upped their season record to 35-22-1, while the Tigers fell to 40-20. It was the fourth all-time meeting between the two teams and first…
HAGERSTOWN, MD (Fireflies PR) – The Fireflies belted two home runs in a 4-3 loss to the Suns on Saturday night in front of 6,351 fans at Municipal Stadium. Columbia has five homers in the first three games of this series. Andres Gimenez launched a two-run blast with two outs in the third frame – the second homer of the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jason Hammel had been having trouble attacking the strike zone this season, the constant nibbling at the corners leading to an abundance of walks and nearly as many runs. The Royals’ right-hander certainly attacked the zone on Saturday. Got after the Cleveland Indians, too. After serving up a pair of homers in the second inning,…
