Experienced Welch ready for next challenge
By brennan doherty | April 20, 2015It’s been a whirlwind of a year for former South Carolina forward Aleighsa Welch.
It’s been a whirlwind of a year for former South Carolina forward Aleighsa Welch.
Before this past weekend, not many people knew much about South Carolina’s competitive bass fishing team, but the Gamecocks captured the campus’ attention when they captured the 2015 FLW (Fishing League Worldwide) College Fishing National Championship on Saturday.
What a ride. The No. 3 South Carolina Equestrian team trotted past the competition in Waco, Texas and won its third ever NCEA National Championship by pulling off an upset over No. 1 Georgia Saturday evening, winning 10-6 over the Bulldogs.
Taking two out of three games from a talented Vanderbilt team will have that type of effect on a locker room that had been filled with gloom and self-loathe in the past few weeks.
Not again, many thought. South Carolina, a team in the midst of tough stretch, appeared to be on its way to a much needed victory, but things quickly changed. For most of the night, the Gamecocks led 2-0 against No.
One way of telling how good Vanderbilt pitcher Carson Fulmer is is through a box score. The junior right-hander’s scoreline from the Commodores’ 12-0 win over South Carolina reads as the following: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 9 K. Another way is with a radar gun.
Aleighsa Welch, the pride and soul of this past season's South Carolina women's basketball team, became the first Gamecock to be drafted since 2003 on Thursday night when she was selected 22nd overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2015 WNBA Draft.
South Carolina’s No.2 women’s golf team travels to compete in the SEC Championships this weekend with its first tee off early Friday.
Equestrian Nearly three weeks after going 0-2 at the SEC Championship, the third-seeded South Carolina equestrian team will once again complete at the NCEA National Championship this weekend in Waco, TX. South Carolina received a first round bye and will go up against the winner between Fresno State and New Mexico State on Friday, April 17 at 9:30 a.m.
The South Carolina men’s golf team has quietly put together what is shaping up to be one of the best seasons in school history.
The South Carolina women’s tennis team is heating up at the right time as begins to host the SEC tournament at the Carolina Tennis complex. The event began on Wednesday, April 15, but the Gamecocks received a first-round bye and will begin tournament play on Thursday, April 16 against Mississippi State. Shortly into the conference season, the Gamecocks fell into a slump, sitting at 1-3 in SEC play.
South Carolina crawled into its matchup with Presbyterian College Tuesday after being swept by No. 10 Florida in Gainesville.
The advent of modern-day recruiting puts fans in the center of the recruiting action. Recruiting services give fans the chance to follow every part of the recruiting process. Because of this, fans should be careful not to put too much stock into recruiting rankings.
2015 has already been a good year for Aleighsa Welch and now it has a chance to become even better.
April brings one of the most glorious times of the year: the beginning of the Major League Baseball season. Here we look at former Gamecocks chasing their own dreams in the Majors and project how they will do this season.
The South Carolina baseball program announced on Tuesday that sophomore pitcher Wil Crowe will miss the remainder of the 2015 season due to a torn UCL to his right elbow, an MRI revealed.
Times have been tough as of late for the South Carolina baseball team, and the Gamecocks may have hit rock bottom when getting swept this past weekend on the road by No. 10 Florida, but head coach Chad Holbrook is taking the blame.