Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) — A group of Lexington parents who have daughters that play for a Softball team for Lexington High say the facilities are not up to snuff. The parents say they’re suing the district claiming their girls are not getting the equal facilities entitle to them under title 9. The school district however, maintains they’re in complete compliance…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — Former South Carolina outfielder Alaynie Page signed a free-agent contract with the defending National Pro Fastpitch champion Chicago Bandits, general manager Aaron Moore announced today. Page started every game in three of her four years with the Gamecocks, including all 61 this season, and led the 2016 team with nine home runs, 41 RBI, 28…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (USC SID) –South Carolina (38-23) held the lead through five and a half innings but could not hold back No. 7/7 Florida State (51-8), as the Seminoles claimed a 2-1 win on Sunday afternoon at JoAnne Graf Field. Junior first baseman Kaylea Snaer led off the fourth with her 27th double of the year, hitting a foot below…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (USC SID) — Behind the first career shutout of junior Jessica Elliott, South Carolina (38-22) eliminated No. 24/24 USF (45-16) with a 6-0 win on Saturday night in the Tallahassee Regional at JoAnne Graf Field. Elliott (18-9) scattered four hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch in her first complete-game shutout, striking out four in the win. She got…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (USC SID) — Four two-out runs propelled No. 8 national seed Florida State (50-8) to a 4-0 win over South Carolina (37-22) in the winner’s bracket game on Saturday afternoon in the 2016 Tallahassee Regional. The seventh-ranked Seminoles claimed a 2-0 lead with two down in the sixth. Carsyn Gordon singled up the middle, scoring Jessica Warren and…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (USC SID) — Behind junior Nickie Blue’s controlling performance, South Carolina (37-21) shut out No. 24/24 USF 2-0 on Friday afternoon to start the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. Blue (19-12) scattered eight hits in her fourth shutout of the year. She contributed two double plays to her own cause while not walking a Bull. South Carolina…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — For the third consecutive year, South Carolina will play in the Tallahassee Regional, facing American regular-season champ USF in the opening game of the weekend at 12 noon EDT on Friday at JoAnne Graf Field. South Carolina enters the tournament with a 36-21 record, two wins shy of matching last year’s 38 wins. The host…
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…
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…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (USC SID) — Behind a dominant two-hit performance from junior Nickie Blue, South Carolina (35-19, 7-16 SEC) claimed a 3-1 win on Saturday afternoon at No. 16/14 Missouri (38-13, 13-10 SEC). Blue (17-12) gave one earned run on two hits and a walk while striking out four in her 55th career win, which ties her for eighth all-time…
