AUGUSTA, GA – Outfielder Tim Tebow drove in three runs on Sunday, but the Fireflies came up one run short at Lake Olmstead Stadium. Columbia dropped the series finale, 7-6, to Augusta. Tebow now has nine RBIs in nine games. Augusta (3-8) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning, an advantage that only lasted until the fifth….
A five-run eighth inning gave the Gamecocks (22-13, 8-7 SEC) a 6-1 victory, avoiding a sweep in their series finale against Mississippi State on Sunday. Carlos Cortes hit his third home run in two games. Adam Hill only allowed one run in six innings pitched. Josh Reagan (4-1) recorded the win in two scoreless innings in relief. Closer Tyler Johnson…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Wesley Bryan remembers pestering players with a lot of crazy questions at Harbour Town Golf Links as he followed father George III’s only appearance at the RBC Heritage in 2004. “I was probably the most annoying 14-year-old there was,” Bryan said. Once a pesky teen, Bryan’s now a PGA Tour winner. Bryan rallied from…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Sophomore right-hander Adam Hill limited 13th ranked Mississippi State to just one run on four hits and a five-run eighth inning was enough to lift eighth-ranked South Carolina to a 6-1 win over the Bulldogs. The Gamecocks improve to 22-13 on the year and 8-7 in league play with MSU falling to 25-13 overall and 10-5 in…
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. (CAC) – The No. 25 Florida State Seminoles scored four runs in the first inning and three runs in the third inning on their way to a 7-3 win over No. 4 Clemson to even the series 1-1 at Dick Howser Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Clemson (30-6, 14-3 ACC), who saw its seven-game winning streak come to an…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association announced the seeding for the upcoming beach volleyball conference tournament on Saturday night. The No. 12 South Carolina Gamecocks (21-7, 11-5 CCSA) earned the fourth seed in year two with the conference, and will begin pool play on the morning of Friday, April 21 at Lakepoint Sporting Community in Emerson, Ga. The…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Jason Dufner took more than a solid showing away from the Masters last week. He took inspiration from winner Sergio Garcia. Dufner finished 33rd in the year’s first major, things getting away from him late in the final round a week ago. But he took something from Garcia by managing his expectations and letting…
ORANGEBURG, SC (SCSU SID) – The offense avenged last season loss in a 20-17 victory over the defense in the annual Garnet & Blue spring football game Saturday (April 15), with over 500 Bulldog fans and supporters in attendance at Oliver. C. Dawson Stadium. Prior to the game the defense won the last two meetings, but this time things would…
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. – Seth Beer’s two-out, two-run single in the ninth inning lifted No. 4 Clemson to a 12-10 win over No. 25 Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium on Saturday night. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 series lead and won their seventh game in a row, improved to 30-5 overall and 14-2 in the ACC, while the Seminoles dropped…
AUGUSTA, GA – The Fireflies registered their fourth shut-out win of the season, 1-0, over the GreenJackets on Saturday night. Righty Merandy Gonzalez went seven and two-thirds innings without a walk. Columbia owns six wins in the seven matchups this year against Augusta. At one point, Gonzalez (W, 2-0) retired 13 batters in a row during his terrific performance. The…
