Gamecocks end season on a high note
By Collyn Taylor | April 22, 2014The ball splashed into the sand, and junior Paige Wheeler and sophomore Sarah Blomgren faced each other, bear-hugging in the middle of the court.
The ball splashed into the sand, and junior Paige Wheeler and sophomore Sarah Blomgren faced each other, bear-hugging in the middle of the court.
When the South Carolina baseball team traveled to Auburn this weekend for a three-game set against the Tigers, it looked like the wheels had officially fallen off for the Gamecocks.
Coming off two grueling weeks, the South Carolina’s women’s golf team is gearing up for one of the biggest tournaments of the season.
South Carolina’s men and women’s tennis teams advanced to their respective quarterfinals at the SEC tournament Thursday.
After seeing its losing streak grow to a season-worst four games, South Carolina’s baseball team is in dire need of a series win.
The South Carolina baseball team (28-9, 8-7 SEC) picked up its fourth consecutive loss Wednesday night, falling at The Citadel by a final score of 10-8.
The South Carolina equestrian team has No. 1 seed at this year’s NCEA national championship, and it’s fresh off its second SEC championship in as many years, so it would be fair to call the Gamecocks dominant.
South Carolina’s men’s and women’s tennis teams concluded their regular season play this past weekend, and both qualified for first-round byes in the SEC tournament, which begins later this week.
A’ja Wilson, the nation’s top women’s basketball recruit, has picked South Carolina.
The South Carolina baseball team seemed to carry its struggles from the weekend over to Tuesday night’s matchup with Charleston Southern, as the Gamecocks fell 4-1 and picked up their first non-conference loss of the season.
The South Carolina softball team (29-15) notched a 4-2 victory over Winthrop Tuesday night, kicking off an 11-game home stand to end the regular season. Redshirt junior pitcher Julie Sarratt picked up her 14th win of the season, holding the Eagles (22-20) to one earned run on five hits over seven innings. Winthrop junior Kelsey Ritter scored the first run of the game when she took home on senior infielder Codee Yeske’s error. Yeske redeemed herself in the bottom frame, plating two Gamecock baserunners with a double to right field. Sarratt surrendered a solo shot to Brookland-Cayce graduate Alex White in the fourth inning, but South Carolina maintained separation in the bottom of the inning off senior outfielder Chelsea Hawkins’ RBI single. Junior Sarah Mooney gave the team an insurance run that they would not end up needing in the bottom of the sixth, launching a solo home run, her ninth of the season, which is the most on the team. The Gamecocks square off against LSU Friday at 7 p.m.
The debate over whether or not collegiate athletes should be paid took an interesting turn following the men’s basketball national championship.
South Carolina women’s tennis lost for the first time in six matches Sunday, dropping a match against Vanderbilt 4-2.
After a dominant start to the season, the South Carolina baseball team is reeling.
Sloppy play dictated what turned out to be a battle for first place in the SEC East in Sunday’s matchup game between the No. 4 South Carolina baseball team and No. 13 Florida.
Although South Carolina is more than four months away from its season-opening clash against Texas A&M, there are still several question marks surrounding the Gamecocks’ defensive unit.
Although South Carolina is more than four months away from its season-opening clash against Texas A&M, there are still several question marks surrounding the Gamecocks’ defensive unit.