ABOUT WEDNESDAY’S DOUBLEHEADER: The Fireflies split their doubleheader against the Charleston RiverDogs. Game 1: Columbia recorded its seventh shut-out win thanks to a tremendous performance on the mound from Jordan Humphreys. The righty pitched 7 innings, logged 10 strikeouts and the Fireflies won, 3-0. It’s the 5th time this year the 20-year-old has recorded 9+ strikeouts in an outing. Andres…
ATHENS, Ga. (USC SID) – South Carolina women’s sophomore and 49th-ranked Ingrid Gamarra Martins took down Vladica Babic (63) of Ohio St. in straight sets to advance to the Second Round of the NCAA Tennis Singles Championships at the Dan McGill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga. She joins fellow Gamecock Mia Horvit, who defeated Ioanna Markesini (118) of East Tennessee…
New York, N.Y. (CAC) – Clemson Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich was named the 2017 Athletic Director of the Year at the Sports Business Awards on Wednesday night. Radakovich becomes the third athletic director from the ACC to be honored since the award’s inception in 2008. He was also named a finalist for the award in 2015. During the 2016-17…
HOOVER, ALA. (USC SID) – South Carolina raced out to a 2-0 lead in the third inning, but Kentucky responded with seven unanswered runs and defeated the Gamecocks 7-2 on Wednesday afternoon at the 2017 SEC Baseball Tournament at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The Gamecocks are now 33-24 with Kentucky 39-18 on the year. Kentucky went to one of its starters…
ATHENS, Ga. (USC SID) – South Carolina men’s tennis juniors Gabriel Friedrich (49) and Harrison O’Keefe (71) fell in the First Round of the NCAA Singles Championships at the Dan McGill Tennis Center in Athens, Ga., on Wednesday. Friedrich played a close match against Strong Kirchheimer (37) of Northwestern, forcing the match to a three-set, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, battle. He…
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (Newberry) – For the second time in history, Newberry will advance to the match play portion of the NCAA Division II National Championships and finish among the nation’s top five schools by virtue of a sixth-place finish in the stroke play portion of the championship. “What a great day for the Wolves,” remarked head coach Howard Vroon. “Facing winds of 20…
NORFOLK, Va. (ODU Athletics) – Nikki McCray-Penson has been named the seventh head coach of the Old Dominion women’s basketball program, ODU Athletic Director Dr. Wood Selig announced on Wednesday. “I welcome Nikki McCray-Penson, her husband Thomas, and their son, Thomas, Jr., to the ODU family,” said President of Old Dominion University John R. Broderick. “Nikki is a proven winner…
STATESBORO, Ga. (Sun Belt) – Due to a third consecutive day of inclement weather, the Sun Belt Conference has cancelled play for a second time in as many days. With the cancellations, the 2017 Sun Belt Baseball Championship will move to a single elimination format. While a new bracket and game times ae being devised (check back later on www.GoCCUsports.com…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies PR) – Jordan Humphreys pitched a complete game shutout in game one on Wednesday and the Fireflies split a doubleheader with the RiverDogs at Spirit Communications Park. Humphreys led Columbia to a 3-0 victory before Charleston bounced back and downed the home team, 10-5, in a rain-shortened game two. It was the first complete game shutout of…
Sun Belt Conference and Georgia Southern officials met this morning to evaluate the field conditions at the facility and after further evaluation no games will be played before 12 p.m. ET, at which time, games will be played at both Georgia Southern and Mill Creek Regional Park, another facility here in Statesboro. Due to the elimination games being played on…
