Men's tennis opens season at NC tournaments
The newest members of South Carolina’s men’s tennis team will face some of the best players in the country when they open their fall season in a pair of tournaments this weekend.
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The newest members of South Carolina’s men’s tennis team will face some of the best players in the country when they open their fall season in a pair of tournaments this weekend.
In the week between ECU's high-speed passing offense and Navy's option offense, Georgia's traditional schemes are practically a relief.
The South Carolina defense, after several weeks of practicing against teammates, is more than ready to get some hits in against opponents not wearing a garnet and black jersey.
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South Carolina fans have had almost a year to bask in the glory of a historic season that included the school's first SEC East title and accolades for many of the teams' individual stars. With the 2011 season opener just over two weeks away, expectations have never been higher.
WASHINGTON — Twenty minutes after the rest of the team has finished stretching and left, Blake Brettschneider and a D.C. United teammate are still on the field at RFK Stadium, doing juggling and passing drills. Behind them, a blue two-door Volkswagen sits on a stand beneath a Corona banner, and a massive poster of the GEICO gecko stares around the empty stadium.
The No. 2 Gamecocks won their sixth consecutive conference series this weekend, taking their rubber match against the Mississippi State Bulldogs by a score of 13-4 on Sunday afternoon in Starkville, Miss. South Carolina relied on dominant offense to overpower MSU and maintain its spot atop the SEC East.
The South Carolina women’s tennis team will seek to cement a place in the NCAA Tournament when it takes on Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC Tournament in Knoxville, Tenn.
The mantra of the South Carolina men’s tennis team as it heads to the SEC Tournament is that anything can happen.
The associate head coach of the Carolina women’s tennis team, Katarina Petrovic, played tennis for the Gamecocks between 1998 and 2002. As a sophomore, she set a school record when she reached a ranking of No. 13 in singles. Petrovic ended the 2000 season ranked No. 29, making her the last player in USC history to finish in the top 30.
Chris Sheehan and Johannes Pulsfort have been competing on USC’s tennis team since fall 2007. The Gamecocks will recognize their two graduating seniors when they take the court for the last time against Florida this weekend.
Anya Morgina has been a leader on the USC tennis team all season, winning her last eight consecutive singles matches and improving her national ranking to No. 39.
When the Gamecocks took the field against USC Upstate, a key face was missing from their lineup. Jackie Bradley Jr. sat out the game after he injured his back in the weight room on Monday.
Patrick Sullivan had not started a game this season prior to Tuesday's matchup against USC-Upstate. He had pitched 4.1 innings in three relief appearances to earn his place in what coach Ray Tanner described as an unsettled rotation.
With their SEC Tournaments on the horizon, the USC men's and women's tennis teams will each continue conference play with two matches this weekend. The men's team will host Vanderbilt and Kentucky on Friday and Sunday, respectively, while the women's team will travel to play the Commodores and Wildcats.
Coach Ray Tanner denied that his team had a hangover from its weekend series with Florida, but the Gamecocks dug themselves a hole in the early innings of their matchup with The Citadel. Right-hander Bryce Hines held USC to one hit through the fourth, allowing the Bulldogs to jump out to a 4-0 lead.
With a chance to snap a four-match losing streak against archrival Clemson, the Gamecocks had high expectations coming into Wednesday afternoon.