RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Connor Owings drove in two runs and Coastal Carolina beat Saint Mary’s 5-2 on Friday in their NCAA Tournament opener. Seth Lancaster added a run-scoring groundout for the second-seeded Chanticleers (45-15). The Big South Conference champions built a 5-1 lead after five innings for their 11th straight win. Coastal Carolina will play the winner of Navy-N.C….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Fireflies) — Columbia welcomed Hagerstown to Spirit Communications Park for the first time this season on Thursday, but the Fireflies fell to the Suns, 6-3. Ivan Wilson was the spark at the plate. The center fielder pounded two run-scoring doubles and reached base safely three times. The Suns jumped out to an early lead after the first two…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Click the video to watch Chad Holbrook’s comments before Carolina’s regional matchup with Rhode Island Friday night. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: baseball, Carolina, Columbia, Founders park, Gamecock, Gamecocks, Holbrook, NCAA, NCAA Tournament, Regional, USC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Sophomore right-handed pitcher Clarke Schmidt earned third-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball as announced on Thursday morning. Schmidt will start for South Carolina on Friday vs. Rhode Island in the NCAA Regional and is 9-3 with a 2.96 ERA. Schmidt has allowed 41 runs, 33 earned, on 93 hits in 100.1 innings pitched. He has…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — The Tigers host the Clemson Regional as the No. 1 seed with No. 2 seed Oklahoma State, No. 3 seed Nebraska and No. 4 seed Western Carolina. REGIONAL SETUP • Who – Western Carolina (30-29) vs. Clemson (42-18) • Rankings – WCU – NR; CU – No. 9 BA, No. 11 CB, No. 10 USA • When – Friday…
COLUMBIA, S.C (WOLO) – The NCAA announced Monday the four teams that will play the Columbia Regional this weekend at Founder’s Park. Columbia Regional: (1) USC, (2) UNC Wilmington, (3) Duke, (4) Rhode Island #Gamecocks @abc_columbia — Mike Gillespie (@MikeABCColumbia) May 30, 2016 The Gamecocks take on Rhode Island Friday at 7 p.m. USC will face Rhode Island at 7 p.m. Friday…
LEXINGTON (Coastal) — Michael Paez hit a home run in the third inning and Anthony Marks threw out a Liberty runner at the plate in the fifth to lead top seed at 17th-ranked Coastal Carolina to a 1-0 victory over Liberty and win its 14th Big South Tournament Championship Saturday afternoon at Lexington County Baseball Stadium. The game came down…
HOOVER, ALA. (USC SID) — Texas A&M struck for three runs in the top of the second inning and added an unearned run in the ninth inning on the way to a 4-1 win over South Carolina in an elimination game at the SEC Baseball Tournament. The Aggies improved to 42-14 with the Gamecocks now 42-15 on the year. Texas…
HOOVER, ALA. (USC SID) — Ole Miss jumped out to an early five-run lead and a three-run homer by Henri Lartigue in the eighth inning helped lift the Rebels to a 10-4 win over South Carolina on Wednesday afternoon at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. The Gamecocks are now 42-14 with Ole Miss now 42-16 on the year. Ole Miss sophomore left-hander…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Chad Holbrook thinks winning the SEC East division championship and being in the top five in the latest NCAA RPI are two of the biggest reasons Carolina baseball should earn a top 8 national seed in this year’s NCAA tournament. Monday, the Gamecocks (42-13, 20-9 SEC) headed to the SEC Tournament in Hoover, AL. Before hopping…
