Photo: GamecocksOnline.com COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – No. 11 South Carolina opens play at the 2017 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship this Friday in Sugar Grove, Ill. The six-day event, which takes place May 19-24, features a combination of stroke and match play at Rich Harvest Farms. Each school will play 54 holes of stroke play before the 24-team field is…
ATHENS, Ga. (USC SID) — No. 14 South Carolina women’s tennis takes on No. 3-seeded Ohio State on Friday at noon at the Dan McGill Tennis Complex in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16. The Gamecocks, who defeated North Florida and No. 22 Texas in the first and second rounds, will play at noon on Friday, May 19 in Athens,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Gamecock freshman Mackenzie Boesel claimed a spot on the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Southeast Region third team, taking the third-team spot. Boesel, a native of Yorba Linda, Calif., leads the Gamecocks in eight major offensive categories, including with her .337 batting average, .439 on-base percentage and .554 slugging percentage. She ranks second on the team…
COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – The Fireflies had the bases loaded and just one out in the bottom of the tenth inning. With Michael Paez at the plate, pinch runner Desmond Lindsay scored the winning run on a walk-off wild pitch. Columbia has won seven of its last eight games after the 3-2 victory Thursday night. The home team executed two…
RALEIGH, N.C. (CAC) – Sophomore outfielder Seth Beer (Suwanee, Ga.) was named one of 25 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Trophy, announced Thursday by the National College Baseball Writers Association. The award is presented to the nation’s top baseball player. Beer is batting .293 with 13 homers, a triple, 16 doubles, 47 RBIs, 41 runs, 52 walks, a .462…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Georgia scored four runs in the second inning and added two more in the ninth as the Bulldogs defeated 30th ranked South Carolina 6-3 on Thursday night at Founders Park. The Gamecocks are now 31-22 and 12-16 in the SEC with Georgia 24-30 and 10-18 in league play. Bulldog starter left-hander Andrew Gist earned the…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC) —Clemson’s Marisa Messana is the 2017 recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award for women’s golf. The NCAA presents the award at each NCAA National Championship event to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA among the competing athletes at the national event. Messana is one semester from graduating and has a perfect 4.0 GPA in communications. …
CONWAY (CCU) – For the second time this season, Golden Spikes candidate Alex Cunningham struck out 14 batters to tie a Coastal Carolina single-game record and lead the 24th-anked Chanticleers to a 5-0 victory over Appalachian State Thursday afternoon at Springs Brooks Stadium. Game two between the Chanticleers (35-18-1, 20-7-1 Sun Belt) and Mountaineers (19-34, 8-20 Sun Belt) is set…
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (USC SID) — The University of South Carolina officially began the road to the NCAA Championships on Thursday, as 2017 NCAA East Regional qualifiers were announced. Carolina will send 19 individual entries to the Regional, and three relay squads will represent the Gamecocks May 25-27 at the UK Outdoor Track & Field Complex in Lexington, Ky. In order to qualify for…
Texas guard Tevin Mack (0) and guard Joe Schwartz, left, celebrate the team’s win over Oklahoma State in an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Texas won 82-79. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) As first reported by ESPN, after spending his first two years at the University of Texas the 6’7 small forward has decided to transfer…
