Kicking across the pond
By Danny Garrison | Aug. 21, 2014Last season, Kurtis Turner led the South Carolina men’s soccer team in assists, started all 19 of games he played in and earned a spot on the Conference USA All-Freshman team.
Last season, Kurtis Turner led the South Carolina men’s soccer team in assists, started all 19 of games he played in and earned a spot on the Conference USA All-Freshman team.
South Carolina men’s soccer team suffered a 1-0 defeat to the Phoenix in Tuesday’s exhibition game against Elon,. But it was the scene off the field, and more specifically wrapped around it, that made the most headlines on the day.
If you were a football prospect graduating from high school in2014 and you were on South Carolina’s radar, chances are you had a tweet in your mentions from @B_Quatro4.
If the Gamecocks’ 7-7-5 record from a year ago strikes you as unimpressive, head coach Mark Berson thinks you should look again. A quartet of road losses to open up the season paired with a number of key injuries threw much of Berson’s freshman class into the fire early in the year. But he thinks the team is better for it. “We got off to a slow start, but I think what I was most pleased about with the group last year was their mental toughness,” Berson said.
The demeanor of the women’s soccer team immediately shifts when any mention of the Stanford game occurs.
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South Carolina’s volleyball roster is top heavy with players who have one or less years of collegiate playing experience. Most got their first taste of SEC volleyball last season in the midst of a 12-19 (3-15 SEC) effort, while others were still in high school. On top of that, the Gamecocks lost senior outside hitter Juliette Thevenin to graduation.
Gamecocks offense poised for record season.
When wide receiver Shamier Jeffery first arrived at South Carolina, his brother, Alshon, had already entrenched himself atop the depth chart, cemented by a breakout 1,517-yard 2010 season.
Down 7-0 to UCF and having the misfortune of starting the drive on his own three-yard line, quarterback Dylan Thompson lined up in the shotgun with no one beside him.
My Carolina’s annual Fall Sports Preview at Seawell’s Catering served as the setting for South Carolina’s contribution to launch of the new SEC Network.
Last week, the men’s basketball team’s “8k in 8 Days” community outreach tour brought basketball players to several local events and service efforts, including a Special Olympics program, Cocky’s Reading Express, the Richland County Sheriff Future Stars Camp, the Fort Jackson kid’s clinic and a visit Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital.
Hundreds of fans made their way to the Township Auditorium Thursday night to listen to the former face of the Green Bay Packers franchise talk about his playing days.
South Carolina was picked to win the SEC East a week ago, which would pit them against Alabama in the SEC Championship game in Atlanta, Ga.
Position players Tanner English, Grayson Greiner and Joey Pankake have seemingly picked up right where they left off with the Gamecocks, now taking their hacks for separate professional clubs.