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Bulldogs Get Ready For MEAC Showdown with Coppin State

ORANGEBURG, SC (SCSU SID) — The  South Carolina State men’s basketball team  return home after a three-game league road swing Saturday (Feb.18) to host Coppin State in a pivotal Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) doubleheader at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center. Tipoff is4 p.m. The Bulldogs seek to avenge an early season 75-59 (1/4/17) loss to the Eagles in Baltimore.  Senior Greg Mortimer…

Gamecocks In Seventh; First Round Suspended at All-American

HUMBLE, Texas (USC SID) — South Carolina is in seventh place after day one of the 2017 All-American Intercollegiate presented by Coca-Cola. The Gamecocks, who finished Friday at 1-over, were one of 12 teams unable to finish the opening round due to a weather delay that lasted nearly three hours. Play was suspended Friday night due to darkness. Two freshmen, Caleb Proveaux and Jamie…

Claflin Baseball Falls to Florida Southern

Orangeburg, S.C. (Claflin) — Florida Southern College defeated Claflin University 17-1 in an NCAA Division II non-conference baseball game Friday at Historic Mirmow Field. The loss dropped Claflin to 1-8 on the season, while Florida Southern improved to 6-2. The two teams will meet Saturday at 1 p.m. in Game Two of their three-game series. The Panthers, which collected seven hits in…

Gamecocks Open Longhorn Invitational with 9-4 Win Over Texas

AUSTIN, TEXAS (GAME ONE) – Nickie Blue tossed 4.1 innings of scoreless relief and Alyssa VanDerveer drove in four runs as South Carolina posted a 9-4 victory over the Texas Longhorns on Friday afternoon in the first of five games for the Gamecocks this weekend in the Longhorn Invitational. Carolina extended its season-opening winning streak to six games with the victory. VanDerveer led an…

Gamecocks Open 2017 Season With 7-1 Win Over UNCG

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Sophomore outfielder TJ Hopkins went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a pair of RBI and junior right-hander Clarke Schmidt allowed just one run in 6.2 innings of work as fourth ranked South Carolina opened the 2017 season with a 7-1 win over UNCG. Friday’s contest was played in front of a sellout crowd of 8,242…

#15 Coastal Carolina Defeats Richmond, 8-5, in Season Opener

CONWAY (CAC) – Ninth-ranked Coastal Carolina began its national championship defense with an 8-5 win versus Richmond in the teams’ 2017 season opener Friday evening at Springs Brooks Stadium before a crowd of 3,280, a record for a Chanticleer regular-season, on-campus contest. (Overall, it is the eighth-largest crowd for a CCU home baseball contest.) Prior to the game, members of the 2016…