COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The lower half of the lineup came through once again as No. 13 South Carolina women’s tennis took down in-state foe Winthrop, 4-2, on Friday in the First Round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament at Carolina Tennis Center. The Gamecocks (19-7, 9-4) advance to the Second Round for the third-straight year under head coach Kevin Epley, where…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina Athletics unveiled plans for a new 17-acre golf practice facility on Friday. The state-of-the-art complex, located behind Gamecock Park and minutes from the University’s main campus, will feature over 400 yards of hitting space as well as three greens totaling 18,000 square feet. The facility is being built by USC Foundations through private gifts from…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — South Carolina women’s golf standout Katelyn Dambaugh has been named to the 2015-16 PING WGCA Division I Player of the Year Watch List, the Women’s Golf Coaches Association announced on Friday. The junior joins UCLA’s Bronte Law, Duke’s Leona Maguire and Georgia’s Bailey Tardy as the nominees for the annual honor given to the top women’s…
STARKVILLE, MS (USC SID) — South Carolina (36-21) could not post comeback heroics on two straight days, falling to No. 10/9 Tennessee (41-13) in the quarterfinals of the 2016 SEC Softball Tournament at Nusz Park 5-1. Tennessee claimed a 2-0 lead in the first on Megan Geer’s two-out, two-run home run, scoring Meghan Gregg after she started the rally with…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — On the concourse at Founders Park, a white board with the current SEC Standings is wiped clean. On this Thursday, one day before (8) USC’s home series with (2) Texas A&M, the board, updated before each Carolina home game, waits for the dry erase markers to fill its contents. Chad Holbrook and his players don’t look…
STARKVILLE, MS (USC SID) — Gamecock junior Taylor Williams cranked a pinch-hit home run in the eighth to send South Carolina (36-20) to a 7-4 extra-innings victory in the opening game of the 2016 SEC Softball Tournament over sixth-seeded and No. 17/15 Missouri. Williams came on with two outs after a single by junior Victoria Williams and a two-out double…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Clemson is ranked seventh in the final regular season Bushnell Golfweek Coaches Poll. It is the eighth straight week Clemson has been ranked among the top 12 in the nation according to the Coaches poll. It is Clemson’s highest ranking in the Coaches Poll since May 13, 2009 when the Tigers were fifth heading into the NCAA…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — No. 13 South Carolina women’s tennis will take on Winthrop Friday at 5 p.m. at the Carolina Tennis Center in the 2016 NCAA Tournament First Round. The Gamecocks, who are hosting first- and second-round action for the first time since 2002, will follow a match between No. 17 Georgia Tech and No. 39 Princeton Friday…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior right-hander Taylor Widener struck out a career-high 12 batters in a career high 7.2 innings pitched and sophomore outfielder Alex Destino hit a pair of solo home runs as third-ranked South Carolina defeated Presbyterian 3-1 on Tuesday night at Founders Park. The Gamecocks are now 37-11 on the season, while Presbyterian dropped to 24-24….
