It’s a time-tested adage of sports: Teams must play their best at the end of a season. So far, the South Carolina men’s soccer team has done just that, and it will need to continue as the postseason nears.
In Saturday’s thrilling 27-24 overtime victory at previously unbeaten Missouri, the Gamecocks — known for their overall youth this season — hitched their wagon to the team’s experienced veterans.
Before South Carolina’s dramatic comeback in the 27-24 victory over Missouri, it looked like mistakes would cost the Gamecocks the victory. The errors started with a missed 40-yard field goal in the first quarter by true freshman Elliott Fry, who redeemed himself later in overtime from the same distance.
Connor Shaw wasn’t supposed to play Saturday against Missouri. Neither was Kelcy Quarles. But with South Carolina down 17-0 midway through the third quarter and struggling to avoid turnovers, coach Steve Spurrier went up to Shaw and asked him if he could play.
The talk all week on the South Carolina offense has been the injury to South Carolina senior quarterback Connor Shaw.
At the beginning of the season, the game in Missouri was just a blip between road games at Arkansas and Tennessee, two places that South Carolina has historically struggled to succeed at.
1. Both teams’ quarterback situations are eerily similar. Both starters are out with injuries, but both teams have backups that are capable of filling in. How impressed was Missouri with the performance that Maty Mauk put on against Florida, and was it better than anticipated?
After playing for four straight weekends, it’s safe to say that the South Carolina equestrian team enjoyed their week off last week.
In the early moments of last weekend’s tough loss at Tennessee, No. 21 South Carolina’s defense looked more like a force to be reckoned with than it had all season.
This weekend, South Carolina students will have an opportunity to earn four important loyalty points.
The Vanderbilt Lady Commodores and No. 7 South Carolina will face off in a late season SEC matchup Friday night at 6 p.m.
While South Carolina has struggled to find a road identity this season, the comforts of home have been all too familiar.
With four games left in the season, the South Carolina men’s soccer team sits at 5-5-4, but it has yet to face the toughest part of its conference schedule.
Olympic trials, Second Team All-America status and a gold medal are just a few of the things on junior sprinter Clayton Gravesande’s resume. Gravesande, who is a captain on the track and field team, competed for the United States in the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, running the 4×400 meter relay.
It is no secret that the majority of the South Carolina men’s basketball team is made up of players who are fresh out of high school. But despite the team’s youthful nucleus, head coach Frank Martin is embracing the growing process of his younger players as he attempts to combat the learning curve.
The South Carolina women’s soccer team went back-to-back games without recording a win for the first time this season during their two game road trip this weekend. The Gamecocks lost 2-1 at Missouri on Friday night before drawing 1-1 at No. 24 Ole Miss on Sunday afternoon.
Many people were left scratching their heads after Tennessee kicker Michael Palardy kicked through the game-winning field goal against South Carolina this past Saturday, and for good reason.