Sam Stroup

1 month ago | dailygamecock.com | Sam Stroup |Tanyon Ziolkowski

The No. 13 South Carolina softball team lost two of three games over the weekend on the road at Auburn. South Carolina (36-13, 11-10 SEC) fell to Auburn (30-21, 6-18 SEC) in the first two games of the series but salvaged Sunday's game to remain above .500 in SEC play. Here's a recap of the games:Tigers storm back to beat Gamecocks in series opener The Auburn Tigers scored six runs in the seventh inning to take the series opener in walk off fashion, defeating the Gamecocks 8-7 on April 25.

1 month ago | carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu | Sam Stroup

South Carolina’s public high school state basketball championships are returning to Columbia next spring. The S.C. High School League approved the relocation to USC’s Colonial Life Arena during a committee meeting on April 9, which came after negotiations between the league and the University of South Carolina. “We’re excited to bring the high school basketball championships back to Columbia,” SCHSL said in an official statement.

1 month ago | dailygamecock.com | Sam Stroup

The South Carolina baseball team defeated North Florida 3-2 in 10 innings on Tuesday night at Founders Park with freshman infielder K.J. Scobey delivering a walk-off RBI-double to clinch the win for the Gamecocks. "This was our first true walk-off win," head coach Paul Mainieri said. "You forget how exciting those are when you've been away from the game." South Carolina took a 2-0 lead in the fifth on three hits.

1 month ago | dailygamecock.com | Sam Stroup

One of the University of South Carolina's fastest-growing on-campus activities is pickleball, a tennis-like sport that's recently become popular in the United States. Pickleball involves players lobbing a ball back and forth over a net for points. Points are typically won by the serving team, which alternates every possession. Pickleball can be played with singles (two players) or doubles (four players), and games are typically played to 11, 15 or 21 points.

1 month ago | dailygamecock.com | Sam Stroup

The University of South Carolina's men's club rugby team hosted a fundraiser last month for second-year accounting student Erik Elken, who was diagnosed with sarcoma. The club hosted the "Bald for Big E" event on the Russell House patio on March 27. Participants donated $5 to have their heads shaved for cancer awareness. Elken was initially diagnosed with a torn labrum earlier this year, but university doctors located a tumor in his femur and the surrounding tissue.