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Huskey, NeSmith Earn PING All-Southeast Region Honors

EUGENE, Ore. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina Men’s Golf standouts Keenan Huskey and Matt NeSmith were named to the NCAA Division I PING All-Southeast Region Team, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced today. The All-Region selection is Huskey’s first and NeSmith’s fourth. A sophomore from Greenville, S.C., Huskey earned medalist honors at the Camden Collegiate Invitational and the Hootie and Bulls…

Former Gamecock Tiffany Mitchell Scores 14 in Fever’s Loss to Dream

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — Angel McCoughtry scored 22 points and the Atlanta Dream beat Indiana 85-76 on Sunday, spoiling a milestone game for Fever star Tamika Catchings. Catchings joined Tina Thompson as the only players in WNBA history to reach the 7,000-point plateau. Catchings had 16 points to push her total to 7,005. Thompson had 7,488. Layshia Clarendon scored 17…

Fireflies Drop Series Finale at West Virginia, 3-0

CHARLESTON, WV (Fireflies) — The Fireflies were shut out on Sunday afternoon, dropping the series finale to the West Virginia Power, 3-0. For the first time in his professional career, P.J. Conlon was defeated. The lefty had won his last seven starts – the longest streak in Minor League Baseball this season. West Virginia (26-23) plated all of its runs…

Gamecocks Hold 11th at NCAA Championship

EUGENE, Ore. (USC SID) — A big closing stretch propelled the University of South Carolina Men’s Golf team to a round of 285 (+5) on Saturday in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship. After 36 holes at Eugene Country Club, the Gamecocks are in 11th place, with a score of 572 (+12). Vanderbilt leads…

Fireflies Fall to West Virginia Power Saturday

CHARLESTON, WV (Fireflies) — Columbia lost a lopsided game to the West Virginia Power, 12-2, on Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park. The bright spot was Tyler Bashlor’s two scoreless innings of work out of the bullpen. The righty missed the last two seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery but has a miniscule 1.19 ERA in 22.2  innings pitched in…