COLUMBIA, S.C. — You really don’t have to tell Chad Holbrook about the team Carolina is playing Friday night. “We’re playing the favorite to win the National Championship,” Holbrook said of the Florida Gators Thursday. With just 12 SEC games left in the regular season, (7) USC’s SEC series with (1) Florida Friday, Saturday and Sunday features the top two…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Recharged after the first off day of the season, the Fireflies’ bats surged Tuesday night to route Lexington, 13-2, at Spirit Communications Park. Columbia (11-8) mashed eleven hits, including three home runs. J.C. Rodriguez clubbed the first long ball of the night over the right-field wall in the bottom of the second. It was Rodriguez’s second…
ATLANTA (BC SID) — Benedict College senior pitcher Yaniel Delgado was named the SIAC Relief Pitcher of the Year for the second year in a row, and was one of four Tigers named to the 2016 SIAC All-Conference Team. Alex Jones (Spring Hill) was named the 2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Baseball Player of the Year and Kelvin Wimbish…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior outfielder Gene Cone has earned National Player of the Week honors from Collegiate Baseball as well as SEC Player of the Week accolades as announced by the conference office. Cone went 10-for-12 (.833) at the plate this weekend in a sweep of Missouri with six RBI and seven runs scored. Cone capped the weekend…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Benedict) — The Benedict Tigers rallied from a 7-0 deficit to defeat Miles College 12-9 in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday to close out the regular season. Miles used a pair of home runs in the second game to take a 14-7 victory. Benedict moved to 27-14 overall and 8-9 in the SIAC. Miles is…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior outfielder Gene Cone set a school record with a 27-game hitting streak and went 5-for-5, just a homer shy of the cycle and drove in three runs as fourth-ranked South Carolina defeated Missouri 9-2 to sweep a three-game SEC series. The Gamecocks are now 33-8 and 14-4 in the SEC. Carolina is in…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CU SID) — Georgia Tech jumped out to a 5-0 lead and held on for a 7-5 victory over No. 23 Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon to win the series 2-1. Georgia Tech (27-13, 10-10 ACC) scored four runs in the first inning thanks to four run-scoring singles. After the Yellow Jackets scored a…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Click the video to watch highlights from (4) USC’s win over Missouri Saturday afternoon. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: baseball, Carolina, Gamecocks, Gene Cone, Hit Streak, Missouri, Mizzou, Tigers, USC
CLEMSON, S.C. (USC SID) — Georgia Tech scored 13 runs in the first five innings and cruised to a 16-1 victory over No. 23 Clemson at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday night. The Yellow Jackets, who evened the series 1-1, improved to 26-13 overall and 9-10 in the ACC. The Tigers dropped to 26-13 overall and 9-11 in ACC play….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior outfielder Gene Cone tied Whit Merrifield’s school record 26-game hitting streak, sophomore outfielder Alex Destino drove in four runs and freshman right-hander Braden Webb struck out 10 batters as fourth-ranked South Carolina defeated Missouri 5-1 on Saturday afternoon to clinch the weekend series. The Gamecocks are 32-8 and 13-4 in the SEC with Missouri…
