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USC Beach Volleyball Drops Two Friday Duals at NCAA Championship

GULF SHORES, ALA. (USC SID) – The South Carolina beach volleyball team made history Friday on the beach of Gulf Shores, taking part in its first NCAA Championship. The team fell to defending national champion Southern California in the morning session, 4-0, and were eliminated after dropping a close 3-0 decision to Florida State in the consolation bracket. The Gamecocks finish…

Coastal Carolina Wins 7-5 in 12 at ULM

MONROE, La. (CCU) – Kieton Rivers had four hits and Seth Lancaster added three to lead Coastal Carolina to a 7-5, 12-inning win at ULM Friday night at Warhawk Field in the opening game of the weekend series. On the mound for Coastal (28-16-1, 14-7-1 Sun Belt), Bobby Holmes and Will Latcham combined to pitch 5.1 scoreless innings in relief,…

Fireflies stomped by BlueClaws, 12-2

COLUMBIA, SC (Fireflies) – Columbia’s bullpen put together a very solid performance on Friday evening in the 12-2 loss to Lakewood. Matt Blackham and Max Kuhns were as sharp as nails and combined for five shutout innings of relief in front of 6,253 fans. This marks the fourth time this season the attendance has been upwards of 6,000 at Spirit…

Gamecocks hold off (15) LSU, 3-2

BATON ROUGE, LA. (USC SID) – A three-run second inning and 4.2 scoreless innings of relief by Josh Reagan and Tyler Johnson highlighted a 3-2 win for 25th ranked South Carolina over 11th ranked LSU on Friday night at Alex Box Stadium.  The Gamecocks improve to 27-17 and 11-11 in the SEC with LSU now 30-16 and 13-9 in league…

Claflin Knocks Out Benedict From SIAC Baseball Tournament, 4-2

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Claflin) – The Benedict College baseball came to an end on Friday afternoon as the Claflin Panthers took a 4-2 victory in an elimination game at Lake Olmstead Stadium. Benedict concludes the season with a 25-16 record. Claflin jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and the Tigers never could come back from the deficit. The Panthers struck…

Neal Rounds Out SC State Men’s Basketball Signing Class

Orangeburg, SC (SCSU) — South Carolina State head basketball coach Murray Garvin inked the final member of the 2017-18 class with the signing of Rayshawn Neal to a National Letter of Intent to play for the Bulldogs this upcoming season. “Ray Neal is an exceptional point guard that will add much needed depth at the position. His size and strength…

Gamecocks Gain 5-4 Victory over No. 18/19 LSU

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Getting contributions throughout the lineup, South Carolina (31-21, 7-14 SEC) tallied a 5-4 win on Friday night over No. 18/19 LSU (37-16, 11-11 SEC) at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field. Eight batters came to the plate in the four-run fifth that led the Gamecocks to the win. Freshman second baseman Mackenzie Boesel singled, and…

Fireflies Host Lakewood Tonight

AP UMBRELLA: Thursday’s game was postponed due to rain and will be rescheduled on May 11 in Salisbury, MD. Columbia and Delmarva will play a doubleheader starting at 6:05 p.m. – two seven inning games. ABOUT LAST GAME: The Fireflies tallied nine hits on Wednesday, the same as their opponent, but dropped the second game of the series to the…

Newberry to host Division II South Super Regional

ELGIN (Newberry) – One of the most challenging events in all of college sports begins on Monday in Northeast Columbia as The Members Club at Woodcreek plays host to the 2017 NCAA Division II Women’s Golf South Super Regional. In the 17 seasons since Division II women’s golf became an NCAA championship event, 16 national title winners have come from the…

Gamecocks Travel to Baton Rouge to Face LSU

Dates: Friday May 5/Saturday May 6/Sunday May 7 First Pitch: 8 p.m. ET/8 p.m. ET/3 p.m. ET Location: Baton Rouge, La. Stadium: Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field Television/Video: SEC Network Plus/SEC Network/ESPN (Dave Neal and Chris Burke) Radio: 107.5 The Game & The Gamecock Radio Network (Derek Scott and Tommy Moody) COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina (26-17, 10-11…