Columbia was aiming to leave Hickory with a victory and that’s exactly what Manager Pedro Lopez’s team did on Friday night. The Fireflies avoided being swept and defeated the Crawdads, 8-3. Columbia had trailed until the fourth inning before it took a lead it wouldn’t relinquish the rest of the night. The Fireflies are back to two games above .500 (18-16) and snapped their three-game losing skid.
Austin Peay scored four runs in the first two innings and held on for a 6-3 win over No. 8 Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday night. The Governors, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 30-20, while the Tigers dropped to 37-13.
Clemson won the doubles point, and Tate Schroeder, Sydney Riley and Marie-Alexandre Leduc won their singles match, en route to the 41st-ranked Tigers’ 4-1 upset over 28th-ranked Ohio State (14-9) in the first round of the NCAA Championships in Nashville, Tenn. on Friday afternoon.
Wake Forest won a one-hole playoff by one shot over Clemson on Wednesday afternoon at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional to advance to the NCAA National Championship tournament in Stillwater, Okla. on May 18. It completed a wild back and forth day between the two ACC schools at the Don Veller Seminole Golf Course in Tallahassee, Fla.
The Gamecock baseball team will play its final SEC home series this weekend as the Gamecocks welcome Missouri to Founders Park.
Hammond blanked Porter-Gaud Thursday night, 5-0 in the 3A SCISA semifinals in Charleston, advancing to this year's SCISA final.
Cardinal Newman used a strong, first-half offensive output Thursday night to cruise to a 7-0 win over Pinewood Prep, sending the Cardinals to the 3A SCISA championship.
No. 10 South Carolina women's tennis (19-6, 11-2 SEC) is set to host NCAA Regionals for the third straight season, meeting with Quinnipiac for the first time in program history at 2 p.m.Friday in the Round of 64 at the Carolina Tennis Center.
Charlotte Hornets President of Basketball Operations & General Manager Mitch Kupchak announced today the team has named James Borrego head coach. Borrego becomes the 11th head coach in franchise history.
Not many hitters in the South Atlantic League can keep pace with Quinn Brodey’s power numbers. The Mets prospect doubled twice on Thursday in Hickory, but the Crawdads got the better of the Fireflies, winning 5-2 at L.P. Frans Stadium.
No. 12 South Carolina softball used a two-run third inning and an Alyssa Kumiyama home run in the fourth to advance to the semifinals of the SEC Softball Tournament with a 3-1 win over No. 25 Mississippi State on Thursday at Mizzou Softball Stadium.
Frank Martin is confident South Carolina will take a step forward next season, no matter who is on court for the Gamecocks.
Sindarius Thornwell claims Frank Martin picks Michael Jordan over LeBron James. Martin says he's never picked a side.
Former Gamecock point guard Rakym Felder is officially transferring to New Mexico Junior College, the team announced on twitter Thursday.
Joy Cheek, recently named one of the WBCA’s “Thirty under 30,” has joined the Clemson women’s basketball staff, head coach Amanda Butler announced Thursday.
No. 9 South Carolina women’s golf saw its bid for a spot in the 2018 NCAA Championship fall short after placing 10th in the San Francisco Regional Wednesday at TPC Harding Park.
Airport won a winner-take-all game against South Aiken Wednesday night, 11-4, advancing to the 4A state championship series for the first time since 2013.
Bishop England topped Gilbert, 2-1 Wednesday night in the 3A lower state championship, ending the Indians season one win away from the state championship series.
Click the video to watch College of Charleston/former Gamecocks coach Chad Holbrook and USC skipper Mark Kingston recap USC's 9-0 loss to the College of Charleston Wednesday night.
Seth Lancaster accounted for Coastal Carolina’s first four runs and Kieton Rivers added a solo home run in the eighth inning to lead the 19th-ranked Chanticleers to a 5-2 victory over #3 North Carolina Wednesday night at Springs Brooks Stadium.
Chapin used an early lead to hold off St. James, 6-1 Wednesday night, pushing the Eagles to their first state title series since 2002.
River Bluff blanked Lexington 4-0 Wednesday night in the lower state championship, advancing to the 5A state title series beginning Saturday.
Columbia and Hickory combined for 21 runs and 24 hits on Wednesday, but it was the home team that took game one of the three-game series by a final score of 11-10.
No. 8 Clemson scored three two-out runs in the sixth inning to break a 7-7 tie in its 10-8 victory over Western Carolina at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday night.
In Chad Holbrook's reunion with USC in Columbia Wednesday night, it was the ex-Gamecocks coach who got the last laugh.
