Goffi named SEC Coach of the Year
By Paulina Berkovich | Apr. 28, 2013Sophomore Thiago Pinheiro, the MVP of the men’s tennis team, was one of three USC players selected for the second team All-SEC.
Sophomore Thiago Pinheiro, the MVP of the men’s tennis team, was one of three USC players selected for the second team All-SEC.
Entering Wednesday’s doubleheader at Beckham Field, coach Beverly Smith and her South Carolina softball team knew that they still had an outside shot at an SEC tournament berth, but a loss could crush those aspirations in an instant.
With one of South Carolina’s biggest tests of the season looming on the horizon, coach Chad Holbrook said his team could not be more ready to challenge the No. 2 LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, La., this weekend.
The USC football coach addressed reporters in an SEC teleconference Wednesday, fielding questions about topics from his two-quarterback system to conference scheduling rules.
Senior Jarrod Hutchen finished third in the men’s long jump in Athens, posting a mark of 24-04.50 (7.43m). It was a solid performance, but Hutchen wasn’t completely satisfied.
Though USC players are unlikely to hear their names called in the first round, five Gamecocks are expected to be drafted, starting with D.J. Swearinger.
The equestrian team took third place in both the Hunt Seat and Western events last weekend.
The USC women’s tennis team got out to a strong start in its first match of the SEC tournament, winning the doubles point to take an early lead. But eighth-seed South Carolina couldn’t keep the advantage, falling 4-3 to 39th-ranked Ole Miss in the second round.
The South Carolina men’s golf team finished second to Alabama at the 2013 SEC Championship held this weekend in St. Simons Island, Ga. The team was two strokes away from winning the program’s first SEC title, and a school record was set for the lowest 54-hole SEC Championship score.
Ranked 17th in the nation, the South Carolina men’s tennis team’s expectations entering last weekend’s SEC tournament were as high as they have ever been, according to coach Josh Goffi.
For coach Chad Holbrook, tonight’s baseball game against Gardner-Webb is practically a homecoming.
After sustaining a number of injuries to his pitching staff throughout the season, coach Chad Holbrook feels his South Carolina rotation is finally getting healthy at this crucial point in the 2013 campaign.
According to coach Chad Holbrook, senior first baseman LB Dantzler’s 410-foot home run in the fourth inning of Sunday’s game was symbolic of USC’s weekend series.
After being on campus for less than a year, Sarah Schmelzel has come into her own as a collegiate golfer. The freshman has led the women’s golf team in scoring in the past two tournaments.
No. 21 South Carolina (28-10, 8-7 SEC) will start the second half of its SEC season this weekend when it takes on No. 25 Kentucky (24-12, 7-8 SEC).
As the Gamecocks prepare to travel to Columbia, Mo., for the SEC Outdoor Championships in early May, the team has one more meet to showcase their skills.
The Gamecocks are fresh off a win at the inaugural SEC Championship as they prepare for this year’s national championship in Waco, Texas.