COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina sophomore right-hander Clarke Schmidt has been named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, presented by Easton Foundations and awarded by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. The award is given to the top player in collegiate baseball. Schmidt is 9-2 with a 2.72 ERA in 14 starts. He has allowed 34 runs,…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (USC SID) — Behind junior Nickie Blue’s controlling performance, South Carolina (37-21) shut out No. 24/24 USF 2-0 on Friday afternoon to start the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Blue (19-12) scattered eight hits in her fourth shutout of the year. She contributed two double plays to her own cause while not walking a Bull. South Carolina…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Student-athletes at the University of South Carolina set a departmental GPA record by earning a 3.278 for the spring semester, it was announced today. It marked the 19th-consecutive semester in which the student-athletes have combined for a GPA above a 3.0. Two teams earned their highest GPA to date – Women’s Swimming & Diving (3.733)…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The qualifiers for the NCAA East Regional Preliminary Championships were announced Thursday afternoon. South Carolina track and field will send 23 individual athletes and three relay teams to the meet, hosted by the University of North Florida. Competition begins May 26 and runs through May 28 at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville. The meet welcomes the…
TUSCALOOSA, AL (USC SID) — Senior infielder Marcus Mooney broke a 4-4 tie with a two-out two-run single in the top of the sixth inning and right-handers Reed Scott and Tyler Johnson combined for 4.1 scoreless innings of relief as sixth ranked South Carolina defeated Alabama 6-4 on Thursday night in the series opener at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. The Gamecocks are…
EUGENE, Ore. (USC SID) — No. 18 South Carolina is ready to compete in the 2016 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, set for May 20-25 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore. The Gamecocks and 23 other schools will open the tournament with three rounds of stroke play before the field is cut to 15 teams. A fourth round of stroke…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina (39-13, 17-9 SEC) closes out the SEC slate this weekend with a three-game series at Alabama (31-21, 15-12 SEC). First pitch for the opener on Thursday is 8 p.m. ET with Friday’s contest also at 8 p.m. ET. Saturday’s series finale is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast live…
Almost six years ago, Whit Merrifield and Jackie Bradley Jr. became Gamecock legends, helping USC win its first national championship. Wednesday night, the pair shared another special night at the major league stadium closest to Omaha. Merrifield got his first career hit in his big league debut and Bradley extended his major league best hitting streak to 24 games with…
Almost six years after clinching the Gamecocks’ first national championship with a walk-off hit, Whit Merrifield is in the major leagues. In between doubleheader games Tuesday, the Kansas City Royals officially called up the 27-year-old utility player from Triple-A Omaha. Merrifield was hitting .278 with 5 HRs in 36 games in the minor leagues this season. He also leads the…
Former Gamecock Jackie Bradley Jr. came up with a clutch 9th inning single Tuesday afternoon to extend his major league leading hitting streak to 23 straight games. Bradley and Boston lost game one of a doubleheader at Kansas City 3-2. Fellow Gamecock great Whit Merrifield was officially called up to the big leagues for the first time after the game. …
