COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior outfielder Gene Cone tied Whit Merrifield’s school record 26-game hitting streak, sophomore outfielder Alex Destino drove in four runs and freshman right-hander Braden Webb struck out 10 batters as fourth-ranked South Carolina defeated Missouri 5-1 on Saturday afternoon to clinch the weekend series. The Gamecocks are 32-8 and 13-4 in the SEC with Missouri…
New London, N.C. (CU SID) — Miller Capps and Austin Langdale both had rounds of three-under par 69 on Saturday to lead Clemson to an eight-shot lead entering the final round of the ACC Men’s Golf Championship at The Old North State Club in New London, N.C. The final round of the 12-team tournament will be played Sunday on the…
Columbia Fireflies (9-7) @ Greenville Drive (9-7) RHP Tyler Badamo (1-1, 5.73) vs. RHP Anderson Espinoza (1-1, 2.40) Saturday, April 23, 2016 — Fluor Field (Greenville, SC) — First Pitch 7:05 p.m. — Game 17 LISTEN: WGCV 620 AM / ColumbiaFireflies.com / TuneIn Radio App ABOUT LAST GAME: For a second straight night, Columbia scored the go-ahead runs in the ninth inning,…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CU SID) — Eli White’s line-drive single to left field with one out in the 10th inning lifted No. 23 Clemson to an 8-7 walkoff win over Georgia Tech at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in a game that started Friday and ended Saturday. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 26-12 overall and 9-10…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior outfielder Gene Cone extended his hitting streak to 25 games and went 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBI as fourth-ranked South Carolina defeated Missouri 8-5 on Friday night at Founders Park. The Gamecocks are now 31-8 and 12-4 with Missouri dropping to 20-19 and 4-12 in league play. Trailing 4-1 entering the bottom…
GREENVILLE, SC (Fireflies) — For the second straight night, Columbia used some ninth-inning magic to down Greenville. On Friday, the Fireflies scored two runs in the top of ninth to break a tie and win 5-3 at Fluor Field. The Fireflies trailed most of the game and headed into the sixth inning down, 2-0. That was when the visitors got…
BATON ROUGE, La. (USC SID) — South Carolina took a 2-1 lead in the third, but No. 14/15 LSU (34-13, 8-11 SEC) scored six unanswered runs to take a 7-2 win on Friday night at Tiger Park. The Tigers struck first in the second on a bases-loaded groundout by Emily Griggs, scoring Constance Quinn. The Gamecocks (32-14, 5-11 SEC) answered…
AP Photo/Brian Blanco WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Norman posed for photos with a pen and his new contract and smiled ear-to-ear alongside Washington Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan and family members decked out in fresh team gear. Two days after being cast off by the Carolina Panthers, Norman found a place he was wanted, signing with the Redskins on Friday….
CLEMSON, S.C. (CU SID) — Newly crowned Byron Nelson Award winner Stephen Behr and freshman Bryson Nimmer both had rounds of five-under-par 67 on Friday to lead Clemson to a 273 team score and a four-shot lead over Wake Forest after the first round of the ACC Men’s Golf Championship at The Old North State Club in New London, N.C….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Selection Show is set to air on Mon., April 25 at 6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. The 72-team field will be revealed during Golf Central, which will announce the 18 participants at each of the four sites for the NCAA Regionals (May 5-7). This year’s sites are Stanford,…
