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Softball anticipates tough road ahead

After getting swept by the Florida Gators in the series over the weekend and ending their five-game winning streak, the Gamecocks’ tough competition continues as they face defending Atlantic Sun champions USC Upstate.


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Page enjoying breakout season

The Player Through the early stages of its 2015 season, the South Carolina softball team has depended on stellar pitching and solid hitting to succeed.


Softball dispatches South Carolina State

The Gamecock softball team took care of business Wednesday night, making quick work of the Bulldogs from South Carolina State University in a 5-1 result, highlighted by home runs from sophomore Ansley Ard and junior Olivia Lawrence.


Gamecocks to take on Georgia State, South Carolina State

Coming towards the season’s final stretch, the South Carolina softball team will host a pair of non-conference games at Carolina Softball Stadium this week, with a Tuesday matchup against Georgia Southern followed by a Wednesday contest versus South Carolina State.


Softball starts off homestand with win

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.


Sarratt, Blue toss three-hit shutout, beat Campbell

Redshirt junior Julie Sarratt tossed a one-hitter over four innings Tuesday night as the Gamecocks softball squad picked up a 2-0 win against Campbell University. Sarratt combined with freshman Nickie Blue to tame the Fighting Camels’ offense, limiting them to only three hits on the day.