After stumbling through last season and finishing 13-12 overall and 6-7 in the conference, coach Kevin Epley and the Gamecock women’s tennis team are hoping for a much better campaign this year.
The South Carolina basketball program garnered some increased recognition over the past week with the announcement that the most recent SEC Freshman of the Week award on both the men’s and women’s side went to Gamecocks.
After winning by a margin of less than 20 points for the first time all season in a 76-61 victory at Charlotte on Dec. 8, the South Carolina women’s basketball team watched as the majority of campus emptied following final exams.
While South Carolina students were enjoying their month off in-between semesters, there was no rest for the men’s basketball team.
In one of the most exciting BCS championships ever, as well as the swan song for the BCS era, Florida State was able to hang on to complete its perfect season and claim the title.
Clemson used an opportunistic interception with a little more than a minute left to play to power past Ohio State in a 40-35 shootout.
Standing on stage, Connor Shaw was straight-faced as ever. The senior quarterback had just finished his last collegiate game and was being named its most valuable player.
When South Carolina took on Wisconsin in the 2014 Capital One Bowl, the question was whether the prolific Gamecock passing attack could put up more points than the Badgers’ punishing run game.
The South Carolina football program has broken yet another school record with the release of the final Associated Press Poll of the 2013 season, finishing at No. 4.
Shaw, Ellington trade roles, connect for 3 touchdowns
Shaw, Ellington connect for 39-yard score
Jadeveon Clowney was pulled over Saturday for driving 110 mph in a 70 mph zone about 25 miles north of Columbia.
South Carolina gets back into action Sunday against the Charlotte 49ers (4-4) after a six-day break.
While most of the students at the University of South Carolina will be spending their winter break relaxing, the men’s and women’s basketball teams will be hard at work getting into the grind of the regular season.
The South Carolina men’s basketball team will travel to No. 9 Oklahoma State on Friday with a key addition to its roster, in the form of senior guard Bruce Ellington.
It was an eventful weekend for South Carolina fans as they defeated Clemson for the fifth-straight year.
While the South Carolina women’s soccer team ended its season earlier than its would have liked, the Gamecocks ultimately brought the program back to where they wanted to be.