After warming the hearts of thousands in the sudden-death playoff hole on Thursday, former South Carolina women’s golf standout Ainhoa Olarra joined 29 other golfers as the first women to play in a competitive golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club.
Jennifer Kupcho, the world’s top-ranked amateur, played her final six holes in five under par, including an eagle on the par-five 13th, to prevail against Mexico’s Maria Fassi and become the first champion of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
Sophomore lefthander Mat Clark allowed just one run on four hits in a career-long 7.1 innings pitched to lead No. 13 Clemson to a 6-3 victory over No. 8 Louisville at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday.
Clemson showcased its 2019 football team to an estimated crowd of 60,000 people at Memorial Stadium and a national television audience on Saturday, as the White team topped the Orange team, 30-10.
The Garnet team rallied with two fourth quarter touchdowns to pull out a 28-16 win over Black in a see-saw affair that saw five lead changes, as the South Carolina Gamecock football team wrapped up its 2019 spring drills with the annual Garnet & Black Spring Game on Saturday afternoon.
Ronny Mauricio – just one day removed from his 18th birthday – impressed on Friday night against Charleston. The 3rd-rated Mets prospect reached base safely all four plate appearances against the RiverDogs. He and the Fireflies had trouble scoring, though, and it was Charleston who came out on top at Segra Park, 6-1.
The Gamecocks dropped a pair of contests to Alabama on Friday (April 5) at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Carolina fell in game one, 9-0, and lost the nightcap, 4-1.
Logan Davidson, Kyle Wilkie and Elijah Henderson each hit a home run and Davis Sharpe tossed 6.2 strong innings in No. 13 Clemson’s 5-1 victory over No. 8 Louisville at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday night.
Just about everything Zion Williamson did at Duke created a highlight or headline in a spectacle of a season.
South Carolina’s only PGA TOUR event is taking place April 15-21, 2019 on Hilton Head Island.
