BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (SEC) — Leonard Fournette of the LSU football team, Lloydricia Cameron of the Florida track & field team and the Kentucky Volleyball team and support staff are recipients of the ninth-annual Southeastern Conference Sportsmanship Awards, the league office announced Tuesday. The honorees were selected by a vote of the SEC’s 14 Directors of Athletics. “There are many stories…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Game times have been set for South Carolina’s first three football games of the 2016 season, it was announced today. The Gamecocks will open the 2016 season at Vanderbilt on Thursday, September 1, with an 8 pm ET (7 pm CT) start on ESPN. The Gamecocks lead the all-time series against Vanderbilt by a 21-4…
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…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Junior outfielder Gene Cone earned first-team All-SEC honors, sophomore right-handed pitcher Clarke Schmidt earned second-team All-SEC accolades and catcher Chris Cullen, first baseman LT Tolbert and right-handed pitchers Adam Hill and Braden Webb were named to the SEC All-Freshman team, as the league announced its annual baseball honors on Monday afternoon. Junior outfielder Gene Cone…
TUSCALOOSA, AL (USC SID) — John Jones and Dom Thompson-Williams each hit their seventh home runs of the season and backed freshman right-hander Braden Webb, who allowed one run in six-plus innings of work as sixth ranked South Carolina defeated Alabama 4-2 to clinch a three-game SEC baseball series. The Gamecocks are now 41-13 and 19-9 in the SEC with…
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…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC) – Two-time defending champion South Carolina will have its shortest travel to the SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament in 12 years as the league announced Monday that the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C., will host the event March 1-5, 2017. It will be the league’s second time hosting the event in Greenville, the last coming in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Brigham Hill and Mark Ecker combined for a five-hit shutout as second-ranked Texas A&M defeated third-ranked South Carolina 3-0 on Friday night at Founders Park. The Aggies are now 38-10 overall and 17-8 in the SEC, while the Gamecocks fell to 37-12 on the year and 16-8 in conference play. Hill recorded his sixth win…
LEXINGTON, KY. (USC SID) — LT Tolbert and Alex Destino each homered and second-ranked South Carolina belted out 11 hits on the way to a 10-5 victory over Kentucky on Friday night at Cliff Hagan Stadium. The Gamecocks improve to 36-9 and 16-5 in the SEC with Kentucky dropping to 27-19 and 11-11 in league play. Destino drove in four…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Freshman right-handed pitcher Braden Webb earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the third time this season after earning a win in last Saturday’s 2-1 victory over Florida. Webb is atop the SEC and tied for the nation lead with nine wins after earning a victory in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Florida. Webb allowed…
