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Gamecocks Hold 11th at NCAA Championship

EUGENE, Ore. (USC SID) — A big closing stretch propelled the University of South Carolina Men’s Golf team to a round of 285 (+5) on Saturday in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship. After 36 holes at Eugene Country Club, the Gamecocks are in 11th place, with a score of 572 (+12). Vanderbilt leads…

Fireflies Fall to West Virginia Power Saturday

CHARLESTON, WV (Fireflies) — Columbia lost a lopsided game to the West Virginia Power, 12-2, on Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park. The bright spot was Tyler Bashlor’s two scoreless innings of work out of the bullpen. The righty missed the last two seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery but has a miniscule 1.19 ERA in 22.2  innings pitched in…

Swander Swims 100m Breaststroke Olympic Trials Cut

Courtesy: USC Athletics COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina assistant coach Kevin Swander became the latest Gamecock to swim a US Olympic Trials cut on Saturday when he achieved a qualifying time in the 100m breaststroke at the Carolina Aquatics May Breakout. Swander, who last swam competitively at the 2012 US Olympic Trials, clocked a time of 1:02.18. The…

Former Gamecock Tiffany Mitchell Scores 16 Points in Fever Loss Friday

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus scored 12 points each and the Minnesota Lynx held off a late charge to beat the Indiana Fever 74-71 on Friday night in a rematch of last season’s WNBA Finals. Whalen had 10 points in the first five minutes and the Lynx (5-0) outscored the Fever 29-6 in the first quarter. Minnesota had…