Four Gamecock pitchers accounted for a one-hit shutout as second-ranked South Carolina tallied its 10th shutout of the season with a 4-0 victory over Coastal Carolina on Wednesday night. The Gamecocks are now 21-3 on the year while the loss drops the Chanticleers to 10-15.
South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley 2014 Russell Athletic/WBCA NCAA Division I Region 3 Coach of the Year, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today. She and the other seven regional winners are now finalists for the inaugural Pat Summitt Trophy to be presented to the 2014 Russell Athletic/WBCA NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year, which will be announced on Mon., Apr. 7. Staley is the first South Carolina coach to earn the award.
USC football announced several position changes after Tuesday’s sixth practice of the spring.
No. 8/8 South Carolina advanced to its second NCAA Sweet 16 in the last three seasons with a 78-69 win over Oregon State Tuesday night at Alaska Airlines Arena. The Gamecocks got double-doubles from their player of the year candidates Tiffany Mitchell and Aleighsa Welch and turned in a defensive effort that held the Beavers’ leading scorer scoreless until the final 90 seconds of the game. OSU fought to the end, forcing the Gamecocks to close it out at the free throw line, where they went 13-of-14 in the final three minutes.
SEATTLE (AP) — Tiffany Mitchell scored 24 points, Alaina Coates added 13, and top-seeded South Carolina took a while to pull away from No. 16 seed Cal State Northridge in a 73-58 win on Sunday in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina offensive lineman Na’Ty Rodgers has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and consumption of alcohol by a minor.
Every Tiger starter had at least one hit and scored at least one run by the fifth inning in No. 20 Clemson’s 16-4 victory over Georgia at a chilly Foley Field on Tuesday night. The Tigers (15-9), who won their fifth game in a row at Foley Field, took a 1-0 lead in the home-and-home series over the Bulldogs (14-11-1), as the two teams will play at Clemson on April 8.
Joey Pankake extended his hitting streak to 11 games and went 3-for-4 with three RBI as second ranked South Carolina defeated College of Charleston 4-2 on Tuesday evening at Carolina Stadium. The Gamecocks improve to 20-3 on the year while the loss drops the Cougars to 16-8.
For the third time in its history, Clemson is headed to New York City and famed arena Madison Square Garden for the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The Tigers knocked off Belmont in a thriller Tuesday, 73-68, after trailing by five with 3:53 remaining. Clemson advances to face the winner of California vs. SMU on Tuesday, April 1. The game time has yet to be determined.
SEATTLE (AP) — When it comes to the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, South Carolina is the new kid on the block.
