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The Kids Are All Right Rising Stars, Talented Freshmen Fill Out New Coach Chad Holbrook’s First Roster
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season preview The Kids Are All Right Rising Stars, Talented Freshmen Fill Out New Coach Chad Holbrook’s First Roster had Holbrook walked into the room and it hit him.
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While he was surrounded by a talented group of ballplayers — his ballplayers, after taking over for Ray Tanner, who was named South Carolina’s athletic director shortly after last year’s College World Series — he was as struck by who wasn’t there. There was no Matt Price. No Christian Walker. No Adam Matthews. No Evan Marzilli. No Michael Roth. There were players who had been around for the past three years, even some who had been instrumental in at least one of those years, but those five linchpins of three straight national championship finalist teams — two of which were national champions — were gone. The Gamecocks still had massive talent and some solid experience — as recruiting coordinator, Holbrook had gotten all of them to come to Columbia — but so many big-game veterans were now departed. “It did take a little getting used to,” Holbrook said before preseason practice began in January. “Those guys were so important for us for the last three years. But we also got some guys some valuable experience last year. We think we’re going to be just fine.” Holbrook spoke in his new office overlooking Carolina Stadium, just down the hall from his old office. Even as he spoke, the mementos from three straight runs to the CWS finals were all around him: rings, trophies, plaques, posters, even
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a framed shot of a front page from the Omaha World-Herald last year, featuring the faces of Price and Roth. There are two schools of thought about the job facing Holbrook. The first is that Holbrook walked into a dream situation: Not only is USC one of the best programs in the country, it’s been the crown jewel of the sport over the past three years. No team has been a tougher out than the Gamecocks in that span. Holbrook was instrumental in making them that way, putting his stamp on the program even with Tanner in charge. The second is that Holbrook, in his first year, is facing a tall, tall task in living up to those
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last three years. It’s the law of averages — nobody wins all the time. There have only been eight teams in history to advance to four straight College World Series (Arizona State, Miami, North Carolina, Northern Colorado, Oklahoma State, Southern Cal, Stanford and Texas), and only two since the NCAA adopted its current Super Regional playoff format (Stanford and North Carolina). For Holbrook to be expected to clinch a fourth trip in his first year might be too great of a hope. Then again, Holbrook was on North Carolina’s staff for the first three of its four straight College World Series appearances between 2006-09. He’s used to being expected to go to Omaha every year, even though the Tar Heel teams that he served on never won the title. The first time the Gamecocks — gasp! — lose a game this year, he knows he’ll hear, “Ray would have won that game,” even if it’s in jest. That’s fine. It comes with the uniform.
“There [were] people yelling at us when we lost a couple of games and Ray was in the dugout,” he said. “It’s not going to change. People want us to win, and that’s why we like to coach here.” But with so many key players gone, to whom does Holbrook turn? Simple: to the new crop that he recruited, the players that would have been starting anywhere else in the country from the day they stepped on campus but had to wait at Carolina. Here’s a breakdown the Gamecocks, position by position.
CATCHER Grayson Greiner returns for his sophomore campaign, and he’s healthy after suffering a mid-season wrist injury in 2012 and then a knee injury just before the postseason. Greiner was so highly regarded as a freshman that he was invited to play for Team USA, but he had to turn it down because of the injuries. Tall, with an incredibly powerful arm, Greiner han-
Jordan “Gumby” Montgomery could be the No. 1 starting pitcher. Photo by Chris Gillespie
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Max Schrock has been labeled the best hitter on the team. Photo by Chris Gillespie
Former Blowfish Graham Saiko moves into left field. Photo by Chris Gillespie
dles the pitchers and can throw out any runner that dares to run against him. Senior Dante Rosenberg — Holbrook said “We don’t go to Omaha without Dante Rosenberg” when he filled in for the ailing Greiner during the postseason — also returns as Greiner’s backup.
FIRST BASE Holbrook shook up the infield after Walker, picked in fourth round of the MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles, went pro and Kyle Martin, a powerhitting sophomore, didn’t quite seize the job like he was expected to. To make room for a lauded newcomer in the middle of the infield, L.B. Dantzler moves across the diamond from third base to first. He is enthusiastic about playing there and is being counted on to supply leadership from the plate and the field, being named one of USC’s three captains. Martin will back him up, as will veteran Brison Celek, a junior, and a newcomer with a familiar name — Ryan Ripken, son of hall-of-famer Cal Ripken Jr.
SECOND BASE It must have taken somebody pretty special to uproot senior Chase Vergason, a plus defender who supplied a lot of offense late in the year. Holbrook saw that in freshman Max Schrock. Already labeling him the best hitter on the team, Holbrook has raved about Schrock since he enrolled. He routinely hits third in scrimmages and has been solid on defense.
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Holbrook has no doubt that the rookie can handle the pressure of playing at Carolina and of being hyped since the fall, comparing it to how Walker, himself a highly touted recruit, went through the same thing.
SHORTSTOP Joey Pankake returns after a freshman year in which he struggled defensively early on but got it together mid-year to post a fine season. A plus defender with a cannon for an arm, he will be a big part of it if the Gamecocks have great success this year. Holbrook put it simply: “We need Joey to have a big year. He can be an All-American-type player. We expect Joey to be a leader of our team. We’re counting on Joey. We’re not going to have the season we want to have if Joey Pankake has a mediocre year.”
THIRD BASE Vergason moves to third, his natural position and the one where he’s most comfortable. “I’ve been over there my whole life,” he said. He and Dantzler, who are roommates, have handled their switches well and have adjusted to throwing across the diamond to each other. Vergason struggled to hit through most of last year, but turned it on late. He’s the perfect nine-hole hitter, able to get on base and re-trigger the top of the order. Junior Erik Payne will back him up, as will freshman George Iskenderian.
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RIGHT FIELD
A player with a bat better than his name, junior-college transfer Graham Saiko (pronounced “psycho”) moves into left. Having prepared by playing shortstop for the Coastal Plain League champion Columbia Blowfish this summer, Saiko moved to the outfield after the Carolina infield was just too crowded. He is the prototypical two-hole hitter and a good outfielder, but with the way football player Ahmad Christian has been playing in the preseason, Saiko might be pushed for his time right away.
Sophomore T.J. Costen, one of the team’s best all-around athletes, moves into right. Costen played as a substitute for most of last year, but his speed, hitting (he has power as well as line-drive ability, leading the team in home runs in the fall) and fearless attitude make him a natural starter. Holbrook said the team sometimes has to rein Costen in a bit, but that kind of wild-card play can help a team. Christian, Sean Sullivan and Shon Carson, another football recruit, might push for time in the corners, but Saiko and Costen should start on Opening Day.
CENTER FIELD Sophomore Tanner English, a roadrunner with a bat, moves into his natural position following the departure of Marzilli. It’s his favorite spot, and the Gamecocks’ speed in the outfield might be so great that two fielders, English and likely right fielder T.J. Costen, could cover the entire space. Where English has to make the greatest impact is at the plate. He will switch-hit this year, spending the fall and spring hitting more from the left side, to take advantage of his speed. While English hit .298 as a freshman, he also struck out 71 times. He is a natural leadoff hitter, but a leadoff hitter can’t whiff that much. The switch-hitting, if it works, will make the Gamecocks a lethal speed team.
DESIGNATED HITTER As usual, there are plenty of options. It seems likely that Martin will DH against righthanded pitchers and Payne will DH against left-handed pitchers. It can be a committee position, with so much talent that simply doesn’t get playing time due to the field positions being set.
STARTING PITCHERS With no Roth to anchor the rotation, the Gamecocks might turn to another left-hander who relies on junk, not searing heat. Jordan Montgomery, who battled through a tough mid-season stretch in 2012 to shine in the postseason, could be the No. 1 starter. Nicknamed Gumby for his baby-faced but strapping physique, the lanky continued on page 10
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Top 5 Series BY patrick wall ew head coach Chad Holbrook isn’t taking his first year easy: South Carolina will again bring some of the best college baseball teams to Columbia in 2013. Ranked high in preseason polls — No. 7 by Baseball America, No. 6 by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association — no one would be shocked if the Gamecocks started the Holbrook era with a fourth straight trip to Omaha. But first, they have to pass muster in these five critical home series.
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Liberty
(Feb. 15-17)
Opening weekend should answer a few of the Gamecocks’ bigger questions: How will Holbrook’s first team, heavy on young talent, come together? Do Jordan Montgomery and Colby Holmes have the makeup to take up the departed Michael Roth’s ace mantle? Can highly touted freshman Max Schrock handle the pressure of starting right away at second base? The answer to these questions should be yes, but be aware that Liberty is no cupcake: The Flames are picked to win the Big South Conference’s North Division, and they boast two studs in junior outfielder Ryan Cordell and freshman righthander Nicholas Grant.
Clemson
(March 1-3)
The first rule of Gamecock sports: Don’t lose to Clemson. The second rule of Gamecock sports: Don’t lose to Clemson. The teams again split a homeand-home series this year: the first game’s in Clemson and the final in Columbia, with the middle match at the (mostly) neutral Fluor Field in Greenville. The Gamecocks are 27-20 against Clemson in the last four years, and Clemson faces a rebuilding season in 2013. Still, with a handful of talented newcomers and some of the ACC’s top Full schedule, page 18.
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defensive players — especially second baseman Steve Wilkerson — the Tigers won’t go down without a fight.
Arkansas
(March 22-24)
This is the Gamecocks’ first SEC series of the season, and it’s a barnburner. It was the Razorbacks that ended the Gamecocks’ spectacular postseason winning streak — 22 consecutive postseason wins, including two national championship victories — in Omaha last year, when Arkansas pitchers Ryne Stanek and Barrett Austin held the Gamecocks to one run on four hits. This year’s Arkansas squad is more dangerous, ranked No. 1 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason poll and No. 3 in Baseball America’s. The electrifying Stanek, a firstteam All-American, is again the ace of a strong rotation; Austin returns to anchor the bullpen, which might the best in the country.
Kentucky
(April 19-21)
These Wildcats are way better than their football counterparts. Kentucky swept the Gamecocks en route to a No. 11 ranking in the final 2012 Baseball America poll, limiting the Gamecocks to nine runs over their three-game spat in Lexington, Ky., and the Wildcats return two-thirds of their all-lefty weekend starting squad. Kentucky is a tough squad with a balanced lineup (led by center fielder Austin Cousino) and a stout defense especially solid up the middle, but it won’t catch the Gamecocks by surprise like last year.
Vanderbilt
(May 3-5)
Carolina took two of three from a young Vandy squad last year, but that was before the Commodores’ white-hot second half, when they were one of the best teams in college baseball. ESPN ranks the Commodores continued on page 10
Preview, continued from page 6 lefty relies on a devastating curve and slider to get his outs. Senior Colby Holmes also returns and could be the No. 1 guy, but he needs to be as consistent as he was during the postseason run, and stay away from his subpar CWS perfor-
Right fielder T.J. Costen Photo by Chris Gillespie
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mances. Those two will start on Fridays and Saturdays. The Sunday role seems to be taken by freshman Jack Wynkoop, another skyscraping lefty who has impressed early. Carolina has plenty of other options: right-handers Joel Seddon and Patrick Sullivan and left-hander Nolan Belcher
(Belcher and Sullivan are the other two captains) could factor in as well, on Sundays or as midweek starters.
CLOSER At least to start the season, veteran reliever Tyler Webb will close. Webb had a fantastic year in 2012, and prefers to stay in relief; the Gamecocks’ preferred options at closer have struggled but Webb has warmed to the role. If he can handle it, he’ll stay there. Forrest Koumas and Evan Beal are candidates, but Koumas didn’t pitch all fall after having arm surgery, and Beal, frankly, had a bad fall. Holbrook has tinkered with bringing in Pankake and Greiner to pitch the ninth (each can dial to the upper 80s, with Pankake routinely touching 90) but that might just be a surprise tactic. The Gamecocks want to have another Price, a shutdown guy, but they also want Webb to be more of a long relief or setup man. Someone will have to earn the closer’s role, and soon.
Top 5, continued from page 8 No. 8 in its preseason poll; the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association slots them at No. 4, and Baseball America at No. 2. The Commodores are loaded with four preseason AllAmericans — catcher Spencer Nevin, first baseman Conrad Gregor and second baseman Tony Kemp made the second team; left-handed starter Kevin Ziomek’s on the third team — and are stocked with a balanced, speedy lineup that’s one of the Southeastern Conference’s best defensive units, and a strong pitching staff with an intact weekend starting staff and a deep bullpen. If the Gamecocks can again take two of three from Vandy, it’ll set them straight for their last two conference series: at home against a historically mediocre Georgia team (though Georgia stole a game from Carolina last year); and a tough road series against a deep, battle-tested Mississippi State squad that’s expected to challenge for this year’s crown.
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The More Things Change Holbrook’s Impact at USC Already Measurable BY David Cloninger
es, there’s a new skipper in the captain’s chair.
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No, there won’t be that much of a change. South Carolina begins another baseball season on Friday with the Gamecocks standing at a crossroads. They’re expected to not only play well but play very well this season, after reaching three straight College World Series and playing in the national championship series in all of them. Yet there is a new coach in place; Chad Holbrook took over for Ray Tanner after the latter ascended to athletic director after 16 years as the baseball program’s head, and coaching changes often can shake up a program’s direction. Will that happen with the Gamecocks? Nobody can say. But what’s clear is that Carolina couldn’t have picked a better replacement than Holbrook, at Tanner’s side for the previous four years and an outstanding coach in his own right. Tanner was never shy about labeling Holbrook as a head coach who’s never been a head coach, and the one factor that nobody could call is this — Holbrook’s fingerprints are already all over the program.
The New Man in Charge Many don’t realize how much of an impact Holbrook has already had at USC since he arrived in 2009. Besides the upgraded recruiting, Hol-
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brook’s specialty, the Gamecocks have redefined their offensive capabilities. Tanner made his first three trips to the College World Series (2002-04) with great pitching and playing for the three-run home run; Holbrook has increased USC’s reliance on speed, stolen bases and being aggressive in the batter’s box. “I’d like to think that we did some things well offensively and we recruited some good players because I got to make some decisions,” Holbrook said before preseason practice began. “We’ve got a great pitching coach with coach [Jerry] Meyers, I’m going to let him coach the pitchers. Coach [Sammy Esposito] is going to coach the catchers. [Brian Buscher] is going to coach the hitters. All of our fingerprints are on this program.” Tanner hand-picked Holbrook as his successor but never tried to tell him what to do. What Tanner did was involve his top assistant in many of his everyday decisions, not just on the field but in the administrative roles. Holbrook was with Tanner in the meetings. Tanner advised Holbrook on how to speak at public events. Tanner would ask Holbrook if he would have done anything different when a difficult decision came up. When Holbrook got the call last summer from Tanner, telling him he needed to come back to Columbia, the realization hit him. All of those little talks and meetings had been about grooming him. After 19
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Change, continued from page 12 years as an assistant coach, he was about to become a head coach. There was no search committee or other target — Tanner was introduced as AD on a Friday, and told everybody there to be ready for an announcement of a new baseball coach on Monday. “It’ll be a short search,” he cracked. Holbrook stepped right in. It’s been a whirlwind, being introduced, finishing recruiting and then going through the fall period, but Holbrook knows that now it’s time for the real journey to start. There’s no doubt that Tanner built a powerhouse in Columbia; Holbrook knows that and plans to keep it going. “The neat thing about working for Coach Tanner is he gives his assistants an incredible amount of responsibility,” Holbrook said. “From the day he hired me, he gave me a lot of responsibility. Does that responsibility mean that I was a factor in our success? I don’t know. It’s Ray’s team. It’s Coach Tanner’s program. We did have some good players that were playing for us and they believed in what we were telling them.”
Become Small and Go Holbrook places great emphasis on small ball, on getting on base instead of waiting for a runner to be driven in with a long ball. The Gamecocks look for pure hitters now, perhaps not power hitters but players that can consistently put the ball in play. Holbrook and Tanner got Christian Walker to campus three years ago and he responded with a marvelous career; Holbrook sees the same potential in freshman Max Schrock this year. The small-ball technique is even more crucial due to the NCAA’s new policy of scaleddown bats, designed to make the game more pitcher-friendly and cut down on home runs. Holbrook wants to emphasize his team’s speed and line-drive hitting, which begins at the top of the order with sophomore
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Tanner English, one of the fastest players in the game, who will try to switch-hit from the leadoff spot this year. “I think that I’m one of those guys that likes to give our base-runners a green light; I like for our fast guys to run,” Holbrook said. “I might change my tune once we throw out the first pitch. I think you might see a few more stolen-base attempts if our fast guys get on base. I like to put pressure on the defense and push the envelope. There’s no reason to recruit fast guys if you don’t let them run, and we’ve got some fast guys.”
Great Expectations This year’s team has lot of new faces, but a lot of returnees from last year’s College World Series team and some players from the past three CWS teams. Going back to his days at North Carolina, Holbrook has coached in six of the past seven College World Series, and knows all about the pressure of getting back to Omaha. He knows he’ll hear about it soon enough, when the Gamecocks lose a game. He also knows that expectations have been raised tremendously high after the past three years. That’s fine. He felt the sting just like Tanner did when USC began the SEC season 1-5 last year. He heard some of the more vocal malcontents publicly wondering if Tanner had lost it. And he also heard those same voices silenced when the Gamecocks again played for the national championship. And now, it’s Holbrook’s turn. “I’m not Ray Tanner, and I never will be, I never can be,” Holbrook said. “I’m not going to attempt to. I’m comfortable in my own skin, I know who I am. I’m going to do the best that I can. There will be differences because I’m not the same person. But I’ve learned so much from him, too. I think the similarities will probably stand out a lot more than the differences will.”
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ROSTER 2013 (Note: Roster was not finalized at press time. The final roster will be cut to 34 players by Feb. 15.)
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No. Name
Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School)
3 Tanner English
OF R-R 5-7 160 So. Murrells Inlet, S.C. (St. James HS)
4 Connor Bright
INF R-R 5-9 165 So. Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Wando HS)
5 Patrick Harrington
OF/C R-R 5-9 195 So. Virginia Beach, Va. (Kellam HS)
6 Joel Seddon
RHP R-R 6-0 165 So. St. Clair, Mich. (St. Clair HS)
7 Shon Carson
OF R-R 5-8 195 RFr. Scranton, S.C. (Lake City HS)
8 TJ Costen
INF R-R 5-9 170 So. Virginia Beach, Va. (First Colonial HS)
9 Joey Pankake
INF R-R 6-0 195 So. Easley, S.C. (Easley HS)
10 Drake Thomason
RHP R-R 6-1 205 So. Greenville, S.C. (Eastside HS)
11 Sean Sullivan
OF R-R 6-3 195 Sr. Columbia, S.C. (Winthrop)
13 Jack Wynkoop
LHP L-L 6-6 190 Fr. Virginia Beach, Va. (Cape Henry Collegiate HS)
14 Evan Beal
RHP R-R 6-3 185 So. Fairfax Station, Va. (South County HS)
15 Nolan Belcher
LHP L-L 5-8 155 Sr. Augusta, Ga. (Greenbrier HS)
16 Chase Vergason
INF L-R 6-0 180 Sr. Orlando, Fla. (Brevard CC)
18 Dante Rosenberg
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19 DC Arendas
INF L-R 6-1 180 Fr. Greensboro, N.C. (Northern Guilford)
20 LB Dantzler
INF L-R 5-11 205 Sr. Winter Haven, Fla. (State College of Florida)
21 Grayson Greiner
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22 Max Schrock
INF L-R 5-9 180 Fr. Chapel Hill, N.C. (Cardinal Gibbons HS)
23 Vince Fiori
LHP L-L 5-11 170 Fr. Ramsey, N.J. (Ramsey HS)
24 Brison Celek
1B/OF R-R 6-0 225 Jr. Charleston, S.C. (Bishop England HS)
R-R 5-11 185 Sr. Coral Springs, Fla. (Palm Beach CC)
R-R 6-5 210 So. Columbia, S.C. (Blythewood HS)
25 Adam Westmoreland LHP L-L 6-5 270 Sr. Cayce, S.C. (Brookland-Cayce HS) 26 Graham Saiko
INF R-R 6-0 185 Jr. Newburgh, Ind. (Tallahassee CC)
27 Forrest Koumas
RHP R-R 5-10 210 Jr. Elgin, S.C. (Lugoff-Elgin HS)
28 George Iskenderian INF R-R 6-2 190 Fr. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. (Don Bosco Prep HS) 30 Erik Payne
INF R-R 6-0 180 Jr. Richmond, Va. (Mills Godwin HS)
32 Zack Smith
1B
R-R 6-1 180 Jr. Lexington, S.C. (USC Sumter)
33 Kyle Martin
1B
L-L 6-1 215 So. Simpsonville, S.C. (Wade Hampton HS)
34 Jordan Montgomery LHP L-L 6-3 215 So. Sumter, S.C. (Sumter HS) 35 Curt Britt
RHP/1B L-R 6-2 210 Fr. Laurinburg, N.C. (Scotland HS)
36 Hunter Privette
RHP R-R 6-2 180 Sr. Hartsville, S.C. (Florence Darlington Tech)
38 Tyler Webb
LHP L-L 6-6 225 Sr. Nassawdox, Va. (Northampton HS)
39 Patrick Sullivan
RHP R-R 6-2 200 Sr. Columbia, S.C. (A.C. Flora HS)
42 Ahmad Christian
UTIL R-R 5-10 190 RFr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Trinity Christian HS)
43 Alex Satterfield
RHP R-R 6-1 170 Fr. Laurens, S.C. (Laurens Academy)
44 Colby Holmes
RHP R-R 5-11 200 Sr. Conway, S.C. (Conway HS)
46 Tyler Jackson
RHP R-R 6-6 200 Fr. Piedmont, S.C. (Wren HS)
48 Ryan Ripken
1B
L-L 6-5 195 Fr. Baltimore, Md. (Gilman HS)
49 Cameron Tewksbury LHP L-L 6-1 195 Jr. Okeechobee, Fla. (Tallahassee CC)
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Baseball SCHEDULE 2013
Date
Opponent
Feb 15
Liberty
Time
3 p.m.
Date
March 19 The Citadel
Opponent
Time
Date
Opponent
7 p.m.
April 21
Kentucky*
Feb 16
Liberty
1:30 p.m.
Feb 17
Liberty
1:30 p.m.
Feb 22
Albany
3 p.m.
Time
March 22 Arkansas*
7 p.m.
March 23 Arkansas*
3:15 p.m.
April 23
Gardner-Webb 7 p.m. (at Keeter Stadium, Shelby, N.C.)
March 24 Arkansas*
1:30 p.m.
April 26
Louisiana State*
8 p.m.
April 27
Louisiana State*
7:30 p.m.
April 28
Louisiana State*
3 p.m.
May 3
Vanderbilt*
7 p.m.
May 4
Vanderbilt*
Noon
May 5
Vanderbilt*
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Feb 23
Albany
1:30 p.m.
March 26 College of Charleston
Feb 24
Albany
1:30 p.m.
March 28 Texas A&M*
7:30 p.m.
Feb 26
Furman
4 p.m.
March 29 Texas A&M*
7 p.m.
March 1
Clemson
6:30 p.m.
March 30 Texas A&M*
1:30 p.m.
March 2
Clemson (at Fluor Field, Greenville)
2 p.m.
April 2
Charleston Southern
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
3 p.m.
7 p.m.
Wofford
Clemson
Furman (at Fluor Field, Greenville)
May 8
March 3
April 3
May 10
Georgia*
7 p.m.
6 p.m.
March 5
Ball State
7 p.m.
April 5
Tennessee*
6 p.m.
May 11
Georgia*
1 p.m.
March 6
Ball State
7 p.m.
April 6
Tennessee*
12:30 p.m.
May 12
Georgia*
1:30 p.m.
March 8
Rider
7 p.m.
April 7
Tennessee*
2 p.m.
May 14
Presbyterian
March 9
Rider
4 p.m.
April 9
The Citadel
7 p.m.
May 16
Mississippi State*
7:30 p.m.
March 10 Rider
7 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
April 11
Florida*
7:30 p.m.
May 17
Mississippi State*
7:30 p.m.
March 12 USC Upstate
7 p.m.
April 12
Florida*
7:30 p.m.
May 18
Mississippi State*
3 p.m.
March 13 Davidson
7 p.m.
April 13
Florida*
4 p.m.
March 15 Missouri*
7 p.m.
April 16
College of Charleston 7 p.m.
March 16 Missouri*
3 p.m.
April 19
Kentucky*
7 p.m.
March 17 Missouri*
2 p.m.
April 20
Kentucky*
4 p.m.
May 21-26 : SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala.) May 31-June 3: NCAA Regionals June 7-10: NCAA Super Regionals June 15-26: College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Home games in CAPS
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