Within a week of South Carolina’s exit from the NCAA tournament, coach Dawn Staley briefly considered a new job. Ohio State called USC Athletics Director Ray Tanner last Wednesday to ask for permission to speak with Staley, and a representative called her shortly thereafter.
South Carolina will look to claim the inaugural SEC championship as their own this weekend in Auburn, Ala. For a team that was once No. 1 in the country, the Gamecocks have struggled lately, losing two consecutive meets and five in a row on the road.
Carrying a four-game SEC losing streak into the series opener against Texas A&M, coach Chad Holbrook said Thursday’s contest was not just another game for his South Carolina baseball team, as it looked to get back on a winning track.
For redshirt junior swimmer Michael Flach, the time for analyzing races is over. As Flach and four teammates prepare to compete at NCAA championships in Indianapolis beginning today, the junior said he hasn’t set goals for times in the events he will swim. Instead, he believes if his training comes together, the times will take care of themselves.
The USC baseball team has a sign hanging in its clubhouse that reads, “A man knows not his own strength until he has met adversity.” Coach Chad Holbrook told reporters Wednesday that now is the ideal time for his players to read that sign. After being swept by the Razorbacks in a home series last weekend, the Gamecocks will look to bounce back in a three-game series against the Aggies, which begins Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Carolina Stadium.
Marcus Lattimore won’t watch the NFL Draft in one month. The former South Carolina tailback said it doesn’t matter to him where he’s drafted. He said he hasn’t even looked at draft projections. South Carolina’s Pro Timing Day on Wednesday was the first time Lattimore stepped onto the Williams-Brice Stadium field since tearing three ligaments in his knee on Oct. 27.
During the offseason, junior defensive end Jadeveon Clowney has become a YouTube sensation and graced a magazine cover, but with spring practice underway, the most prevalent topic lately has been Clowney’s Heisman chances for the 2013 season.
South Carolina recorded its most impressive win of the season Sunday at No. 12 LSU, giving the team their first SEC victory of the season.
Prior to South Carolina’s matchup against 12th-seeded Kansas in the NCAA Tournament, sophomore forward Aleighsa Welch told reporters USC would have to find a way to disrupt the Jayhawks’ efficient, high-scoring offense. But the Gamecock defense could not slow down Kansas, falling 75-69 in the round of 32 in Boulder, Colo.
South Carolina’s women’s swim team officially concluded its season as junior Amanda Rutqvist completed her performance at the NCAA Championship in Indianapolis.
Last year, a player on the men’s tennis team jokingly asked coach Josh Goffi whether he would cut his hair into a Mohawk if the team swept an SEC weekend series.
Throughout the spring season, coach Kevin Epley has tried to instill enthusiasm and positivity in the women’s tennis team.
The Gamecocks were dominated by Arkansas’ pitchers in all three weekend games.
The Gamecocks’ pitching and defense, keys to their early success, faltered against the Razorbacks.
Gamecocks face off against No. 18 Auburn Friday at home
Spurrier impressed with play of Shaq Roland
Holbrook unsure who will start Sunday against Razorbacks.