Gamecocks Take Game One of Super Regional 9-2-University of South Carolina Athletics

Columbia, SC – The South Carolina Softball Team (44-15) opened the Columbia Super Regionals with a 9-2 victory against UCLA (52-11) on Friday afternoon (May 23) in the Carolina Softball Stadium. The Gamecocks scored five runs with seven of their nine runs with two outs in the first two innings.

Quince Lilio did in the first before the Gamecocks were two outs. Lexi Winters appeared and sent her sixth Homerun over the wall in the middle to give Carolina the early 2-0 lead. Ella achieved chance after he had been hit by a field and had been stolen the second. Brooke Blankenship doubled the left field to achieve chance and increase the Gamecocks by three.

In the second page, Karley Shelton and Lilio for Arianna Rodi were in second and third place, who drove a single through the gap to achieve both runners for a 5-0 gamecock advantage.

Jori heard, the starter for the Gamecocks, the Bruins through three goalless and excluded three out of 3 2-3 innings of work. However, a four -person top of the fourth for the UCLA gave the Bruins two runs to bring the game within three.

Sam Gress (14-9) entered the circle in fourth place for Heard and gave no runs and four goals for the rest of the game. Gress’ two strikes in the fifth was the first time that Uclas Jordan Woolery and Megan Grant had been beaten in a row this season.

Carolina added a couple insurance in the fifth after a Abigail Knight Double Blankenship and Chancey achieved a 7-2 gamecock lead.

In the lower end of the sixth with the invited bases, the winter were secured to the left to achieve Emily Vinson. Chancey threw another against a victim fly to combine the program record for SAC Flies for the season. The 26 victim flying combined the record from 1995. The two overtaken runs in the sixth runs gave the GameCocks a 9-2 lead before Gress closed the UCLA in seventh damage to victory.

The winter led the offensive with three RBIs 2: 3. Rodi ended with two goals and two RBIs. Blankenship and Shelton also ended with two goals, while Knight drove into a few runs. South Carolina had 11 goals that day.

The Gamecocks want to hit their ticket for the first time since 1997 with a win against UCLA against the UCLA. The first pitch is set to ESPN for 1:00 p.m.

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