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Sout h Carol i na moved one step closer to its goal of winning a national championship Sunday night in its last game at Colonial Life Arena for the season. The top-seeded Gamecocks ma n ha nd led eight h-seeded Syracuse, winning 97-68 in the second rou nd of t he NC A A tournament in front of 10,485 spectators and will now move on to the Sweet 16 for the third time under head coach Dawn Staley. “I thought we came out ready to play and take on a very good Syracuse basketball team,” Staley said. “And I just thought our players had a certain determination to get it done.” Before the game, the big question was whether or not Syracuse would be able to clog the paint and make South Carolina earn its points from the outside. As expected, the Orange packed in its defense and left the perimeter open. South Carolina made them pay. Led by junior guard Asia Dozier’s impressive three-point shooting, South Carolina’s early success from outside forced Syracuse to extend its defense, exposing the inside. The Gamecocks exploited that and would go on to score 42 points in the paint. As a team, South Carolina shot 55 percent from the field in one of its most efficient offensive performances of the season. “ I wou ld say it ’s ou r most complete win,” senior forward Aleighsa Welch said of her last game at Colonial Life Arena. “We played a really good game, and we said in the locker room we played some of our best basketball at the best time of the season.” S o u t h C a r o l i n a’s d e f e n s e made things tough for Syracuse, especially in the first half. Freshman guard Alexis Peterson led Syracuse with 23 points and junior guard Cornelia Fondren added 16, but the rest of the Orange added just 29 points. South Carolina’s impressive performance shooting the ball, coupled with Syracuse’s ineptness when trying to score, made for a relatively easy victory for the Gamecocks. South Carolina led 8-5 early on in the first half, but a three-pointer by Dozier started a 42-20 run for the Gamecocks to end the half. South Carolina took a 28-point
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By the time 11:50 p.m. rolled around, dancers had been standing for 14 hours and feet were aching, but the smiles around the gym weren’t going anywhere. The anticipation mounted even further as the cards were laid out on the stage, the very cards that would reveal that USCDM raised a record-breaking $501,528. “There are literally no words,” Leslie Knight, the Executive Director of USCDM, said. “I knew it was going to be close, so to see that it actually happened is just incredible. And that total was kept quiet until the very end of the closing ceremonies. “We barely broke [$500,000],” Alli Held, USCDM finance committee director, said. “We were talking about it, and we know that’s because we pushed our participants and they pushed themselves so hard until the last minute and you know, it’s those last minute donations, in the last 10 minutes that pushed us over.” Held admitted she was a little nervous about making it all the way to their goal. Anyone would be with a SEEUSCDMPAGE2
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The Darla Moore School of Business revealed its namesake’s 14-by-8 foot oil painting on Friday, according to a university press release. Painted by renowned artist Ralph Heimans, USC unveiled the portrait in the new business school building. The portrait sets Moore “standing on the stairs in the courtyard of the business school, looking out over the progress of the building.” Heimans is known for his large-scale portraits that explore subjects who are leaders in arts, academia, law, business, politics and philanthropy. He is most known for his portraits of Queen Elizabeth II for her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and Russian pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. The painting was commissioned and gifted by the Greater Houston Community Foundation. — Lauren Shirley, News Editor
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Miracle children like Lila Mozingo got a chance to take the stage during the event. SEEUSCDMPAGE1 public goal, she said, and this was the first year USCDM worked toward a set amount. “But we went into today knowing exactly what we had to do — feeling so confident in our entire team and feeling so confident in all the participants that came,” she said, “and we just knew it was going to happen.” During the event participants took to social media, asking for donations in the final stretch of the main event and it paid off with the smiles and tears of happiness that followed. “I don’t like needles, but I would get
that number tattooed on my body,” Lexie Player, a Mini Marathon committee member. “It’s fabulous!” And as USCDM 2015 drew to a close, it was a time for reflection. After her final USCDM, Knight said the year went by before she knew it, but it still “took forever,” since preparations had been in the works since last year’s Main Event. Knight hopes to come back to see the event creating an even bigger buzz in the future. “Public goals are very scary — we learned that this year,” she said. “But I’m confident. I would love to see them blow what we just did out of the water.”
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South Carolina will play either Ohio State or North Carolina in Greensboro on Friday. BASKETBALLPAGE1 lead to halftime, a deficit far too large for Syracuse to overcome. While South Carolina had to claw from behind to win 67- 63 against Syracuse in November, Staley’s team put together a much more complete performance this time around. Junior guard Tiffany Mitchell and sophomore center Alaina Coates each led South Carolina with 14 points. Welch and freshman forward A’ja Wilson added 13 points each, as well. The Gamecocks had six players score in double-figures and the South Carolina bench outscored Syracuse’s reserves 51-11.
Moving forward, South Carolina will find out Monday night which team it will face on Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina, after forth-seeded North Carolina plays fifth-seeded Ohio State. Nort h Carolina defeated Sout h Carolina twice last season, with one of the losses ending South Carolina’s season. Which team would the Gamecocks prefer to face? Welch doesn’t care, personally. “We always say, whoever we face, it’s an opponent in the way of our main goal,” Welch said. “So, we just take whoever comes to us.”
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USC Fashion Board will host its annual Fashon Week, showcasing designs from USC students, as well as raising money for charity and supporting local businesses. Events range from Doggie Fashion Show, where dogs up for adoption model handcrafted outfits, to the Student Designer Showcase. The Finale Show will feature the winning student’s designs, as well as clothing from local boutiques, and students will sell unique artwork.
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Wednesday, March 25 Student Designer Showcase 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) at 701 Whaley Street $5 in advance, $7 at the door Thursday, March 26 Finale Show 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) at 701 Whaley Street $7 in advance, $10 at the door For a discount on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s events, buy tickets for both online at the USC Marketplace.
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There are no limits to what some people will do to fund childhood cancer research — some will even go bald for it. Jillian’s in the Vista was p ac k e d f u l l of l au g h i n g families Saturday afternoon, d r i n k i ng, play i ng a rcade games and waving cash at a stage where several barbers’ chairs were set up. The chairs were rarely empty, as countless individuals stepped up to have their hair shaved off. St. Baldrick’s, a charit y organization dedicated to donating money to find a cure for childhood cancers, works like a walk-a-thon — friends, family and willing community members pledge to donate money as participants lose t heir hair, much like t he patients they’re supporting. In all, over 300 people had their heads shaved and over $80,000 was raised, although people will continue to donate throughout the year. Since 2007, the organization has raised a total of over $500,000. St. Baldrick’s hosts events all over the globe and claims that they will continue to raise
money until a cure is found. The event’s coordinator, Krystle Eckrote was one of the most passionate participants. Her involvement with the organization reaches down to a personal level, which is why she cares so much about it. “Two extremely important fam ily members in my life passed away because of cancer,” Eckrote said in an email. “These two amazing people were my best friends, and it was extremely difficult time to go through. I feel like I am honoring them in a way, by helping raise money for cancer research.” The surprising thing about t he part icipants was t hey were quite literally from all ages and walks of life. From elderly women to toddlers, everyone was inspired to shave off their hair. As each new “shavee” sat down, the host was handed more and more cash donations. Deirdre Brady, University of Florida public relations student, committed to being a shavee for the first time this year, although she has been involved with St. Baldrick’s for a long time. In fact, she hosted this very same event several
years ago. “This is something I’ve been planning for many, many years,” said Brady, who is also studying family youth and community sciences. “At first I was scared, because now that I’m older, you know, you have society’s pressure. It was good to overcome that, and just go through it. It’s very public, and very joyous.” Brady pla ns to use her unique degree to work with non-profit organizations like St. Baldrick’s in the future. Ba ld heads weren’t t he only spectacle to be seen at the pub on Saturday — the adventurous donators would have their beards and even eyebrows shaved if donors were willing to give more cash. Then, they could have their faces or even their newlybald melons painted for an additional donation; the event was far from running out of ways to donate. “My favor ite pa r t is knowing that we are helping to make a difference,” Eckrote wrote. “We are helping to put the money in the researchers h a n d s s o t h at t h e y c a n develop the drugs to make a difference.”
Maybe you want to unwind after an ex haust ing day, or maybe it’s 2 p.m. and you’re on your way to class or you’re studying at the library. Maybe you ju st wa nt word less, instrumental music to keep you mellow and concentrated at the same time — Sweet Valley provides for all of those needs. While you might be familiar with San Diego-based Nathan Williams from his fuzzy-surf rock band Wav ves, he also dabbles in the electronic area under the pseudonym Sweet Valley. Along with his brother Kynan, they sample anything from hip-hop tracks to video games like “The Ocarina of Time.” The brothers released three varying mix-tapes in 2012 and have recently collaborated with MNDR releasing the EP “Dance 4 A Dollar.” Swe e t Va l le y ’s s ou nd i s certainly influenced by Wavves. Tracks like “Baseball Cards” or “Convertible Balloon” sound similar to sounds on Sweet
Valley’s first mixtape, “Stay Calm.” Fuzzy and lo-fi, there are beach-rock elements on tracks such as “Malibu Games” and “Sidewalk Surfer.” “Eter nal Cha mp,” Sweet Valley’s second mixtape, is probably their best one. Mixing hip-hop samples with fuzzy, melodic beats makes for great d a y t i me w a l k i n g -t o - c l a s s music. “Eternal Champ” is more experimental and strays away from the lo-fi sound that Wavves is so comfortable with. Some tracks worth listening to are “Stone,” “The Great Bay Shrines” and “Where Will I Go.” Their t hird mixtape, “Jenova,” cont inues on t he path that “Eternal Champ” set out. More mellow and misty, it explores more existential ideas, producing eerier material. Some of the highlights are “From the Greatest Origins” and “Seer Stone.” Sweet Valley is worth a listen. They might not be suitable for a dance party, but you just might find your new soundtrack for everyday life.
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SOFTBALLPAGE8 quickly matched by a Texas A&M homerun in the sixth inning by freshman infielder Tori Vidales. The victory was stolen from South Carolina, however, by a mishandling on the play in the final inning. The Aggies hit a groundball to fi rst base when the Gamecocks fumbled the ball allowing junior outfielder Cali Lanphear to score.
In first inning the Gamecocks scored two of their three runs with help of senior centerfielder Kristen Struett’s double a nd sophomore out f ielder Victoria William’s two-out single. Redshirt sophomore second baseman Lauren Masters lead off the fourth inning with a homer giving the Gamecocks their final run of the game. The game was over as Dozier hit a walk off homerun over the right field fence bringing the final score to 4-3.
Game Two Saturday’s game was postponed until Sunday due to inclement weather.
Game Three Texas A&M started off hot with a two-run homer by Vidales in the first
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doubles and slugging percentage. Senior leftfielder Elliott Caldwell adde d t wo h it s a nd a n R BI i n Sunday’s win. The Easley, South Carolina nat ive extended his on base streak to 18 games. Hitting in the heart of the order, Martin and Caldwell have been t he constant performers for an erratic Gamecock offense. Sophomore centerf ielder Gene Cone also bou nced back af ter a rough week with two hits from the leadoff spot. Holbrook moved Cone down to seventh in the lineup for Saturday’s game before moving him back up on Sunday. After a torrid start, Cone has cooled down a bit, but still owns a .286 batting average and .423 on base percentage. South Carolina will look to build on the win as they travel to Coastal Carolina for a matchup on Tuesday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
and earned the win to move to 2-0 on the season. If Murray stays consistent, he will be another key part of South Carolina’s already deep bullpen. Holbrook noticed. “(Brandon Murray) was terrific,” explained Holbrook. “He gave us a chance to win and he is probably the MVP of the game … His curveball was outstanding, slider was good. It was a big-time performance for a freshman.” Senior fi rst baseman Kyle Martin continued his great play on both offense and defense, going 4-5 from the plate and making a series of solid defensive plays. His four hits tied a career high and extended his hit streak to 11 games. It was his fi fth career four hit game. Martin now leads the team in runs, hits, RBIs,
TRACKPAGE8 Senior Jeanelle Scheper of t he G amecock s made her season debut cou nt as she matched her program record in the high jump competition. After redshirting the 2014 outdoor season and without indoor eligibility, Scheper started her long-awaited debut out strong. She cleared 1.91 meters (6’ 3”) in the fi nal of the event, claiming fi rst place and beating the facility record by six inches. The Gamecocks will have a quick turnaround as they have two days to prepare for t he Texas Relays beginning on Wednesday, March 25 in Austin, Texas.
inning. The three other runs came in the third frame from freshman catcher Ashley Walter’s double and sophomore infielder April Ryan’s single. South Carolina’s runs came from senior catcher Sarah Mooney’s double that scored Page. Texas A&M completed the sweep with a 5-2 win. Pitching Red sh i r t sen ior Ju l ie Sa r r at t fi nished the series taking all three losses. At the end of the weekend, Sarratt’s ERA stood at 3.85. Aggie senior Rachel Fox pitched
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the first game, allowing only two r u ns. Fox star ted Su nday ’s f irst doubleheader game, but sophomore Abby Donnell relieved her in the fi fth inning, picking up her second win of the year. Sunday’s second g a me was pitched by for mer Gamecock sophomore Katie Marks, who allowed just two earned runs. Next up for the Gamecocks are Wednesday and Thursday games against Furman and North Florida, respectively. South Carolina will host bot h teams in t he Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field.
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Same-sex marriage advancements set stage for necessary polygamy debate T h roughout t he h i stor y of the gay rights movement, critics have lobbed more or less t he First-year same criticisms at it. One of the economics and marine science most popular is that if we let the gays marry, pretty soon we’ll be student permitting polygamy, incest and bestiality. The latter two are ridiculous when thought about seriously due to the impossibility of meaningful c o n s e nt . B u t t h e l e f t r e a l l y shouldn’t be as quick as it is to call polygamy comparisons a slippery slope. At the very least with the possibility of samesex marriage being legal nationwide, prominent supporters of t he movement should start to explain the differences rather than just dismissing the argument out of hand. If, as the marriage equality movement holds, the government has no business preventing people from marrying who they want to and are in a position to give consent regardless of what public opinion, the religious views of the majority or the voters of a state say, why can’t a person marry more than one consenting party? L et ’s go t h rough t he a rg u ment s ag a i n st polygamy. The majority of the public disapproves? The campaign for marriage equality holds that public opinion shouldn’t dictate whom individuals can and can’t marry. Religiously condemned? That hasn’t done much to stop the tide of gay marriage, and for what it’s worth, Solomon did have a few hundred wives. Marriage has been defi ned for centuries and shouldn’t be changed? The whole point of the argument for marriage equality is to oppose this notion. In terms of the remaining arguments against polygamy, most are rather fl imsy on their own or are also regularly dismissed by supporters of marriage equality. If we were seriously concerned about imbalances of power within a marriage that all parties could consent to, virtually every marriage from before the ‘60s would need to be retroactively invalidated. And, as far as I’m aware, the U.S. has never denied a consenting marriage on the grounds of power imbalance. That has literally never been an issue and raising it as one here is dubious. In terms of domestic abuse potential, at least one st udy has also suggested t hat same-sex couples may have higher rates of domestic abuse than opposite-sex couples, but marriage equality supporters have generally dismissed this as a valid argument against same-sex marriage. As such, it’s hard to believe that a supporter of marriage equality would suddenly be willing to oppose polygamy on t he grounds t hat it has higher domestic abuse rates. So, really, all points against polygamy that remain intact when the arguments not recognized b y t h e m a r r i a g e e q u a l it y m o v e m e nt a r e invalidated boil down to policy. Yes, it would be harder to figure out how credit scores and tax incentives work with polygamy than it is for same-sex marriage. But since the main victories of the marriage equality movement have been in the courts rather than the legislatures, it is reasonable to assume that the constitutional questions of polygamy are far less important than the political ones. With marriage equality in all 50 states being a possibility in the near future and the skeleton of a legal polygamy movement forming, it is ridiculous to keep dismissing the issue out of hand. W hile this realit y might be unpleasant for liberals hoping to win in the court of public o p i n io n w he r e p ol y g a m y r e m a i n s d e e p l y unpopular, it is more irresponsible of them to keep ducking the question than it is for conservatives to keep asking it.
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Smart changes contribute USCDM’s biggest win yet TOPIC A public goal and a charityfocused Main Event helped USCDM collect over $500,000 for charity.
OUR STANCE With the right approach, USC’s largest philanthropic group can grow even larger. This year, USCDM raised a stupefying amount of money for the Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital: $501,528. By doing so, they reached their stated public goal of $500,000 a nd blew last year’s take — $318,649 — out of the water. Before anything else, we want to com mend e ver yone who part icipated in USCDM for carrying out a real public good, both on the dance floor and off. During the Main Event and the year of continuous fundraising leading up to it, they have shown that (per the Alesso song) they can certainly be heroes. But it wasn’t just the number of people i nvolved or t hei r willingness to pester friends and family to wallet-dive for
than that.) The u rgenc y to meet t h is high standard bled into t his yea r ’s m a i n e vent , t u r n i ng t h at c e r e mo n y f r o m a 24 hour celebration to a 14-hour continuous push towards the end goal. Safe to say, USCDM hit its target this year because everyone involved made sure that every single second of the Main Event was devoted to the larger cause, not simply having a good time (although there was plenty of that, too.) The sheer number of ways participants were encouraged to contribute — from donating to get certain people out of “jail” to earning a medal for $80 a participant personally raised — made sure that the twin goals of having fun and fundraising were intertwined. By setting a high public goal and using every second of the M a i n Event to reach t hem, USCDM has proven that it’s capable of achieving far more than it has in previous years. We hope that they carry these lessons into next year’s USCDM crew to even greater success.
sick kids; this year’s impressive take also has a lot to do with how the overall fundraising was organized. Perhaps the most important c h a ng e wa s a n nou nc i ng a public goal of $500,000 at the beginning of the fundraising period. In years past, Dance M a r at hon w a s c on s idere d a succe ss by cont i nu a l ly surpassing the previous year’s record. This time, they’ve shown that
“USCDM has proven that it is capable of achieving far more than it has in previous years.” they can set and fulfill the kind of goal that might have seemed improbable, if not impossible. (Remember, before this year, they had yet to break $350,000, let alone a sum $150,000 more
LETTER TO THE EDITOR This letter to the editor is in response to Ross Abbott’s column “Oklahoma University wrong to expel students” published March 17. From one G a me c o c k to another: Hi Ross, I read your piece on the situation coming out of Oklahoma University, and I, as a journalist, just wanted to give you some friendly advice. I fi rst want to tell you when I read the title of your article I was none too pleased. It probably has somet h ing to do w it h me being a black woman who thought that little jingle was off-beat and terribly racist. I could not understand why anyone, let alone my fellow Gamecock, would want to let those boys continue to enjoy the benefits of any civilized learning inst it ut ion, (even t hough it’s clear those SAE members need to learn a thing or two about being civilized human beings).
Now at fi rst I was up in arms that a journalist would disregard t he golden r u le s of w r it i ng and state his opinion. Ever y journalist k nows that when it comes to writing, their opinion does not matter. I then did a little research and saw that you were writing in the opinion section, so I can’t scold you there. Then I did some more digging and found out that you aren’t even a journalist, so I can’t expect you to spot the mistakes you made in that little think piece of yours. Let me give you some pointers in case you plan to write some more in the future. I saw that you referenced free speech to defend why t hose you ng boys shou ld not have been expelled. Kudos to you for having the names of cases and everything. I’m going to give you some knowledge that was passed to me from the brilliant and eccentric Erik Collins and
his media law class: Free speech does not protect hate speech. Hate speech — aka that little cha nt t hose SA E boy s were singing so enthusiastically to — is speech that offends, threatens or insults groups based on race, gender, ethnic groups, disability or sexual orientation. T h e r e a s o n t h a t it ’s n o t protec ted is because hate speech can of ten incite prejud ic ia l ac t ion , l i ke not allowing qualified young men into a bigoted chapter of an organization based simply on the color of their skin. Glad we got that cleared up. If you have any questions you can catch me at the next Hip Hop Wednesday on Greene Street or a National Association of Black Journalists meeting; with a little fi ne tuning you could be a great writer for us one day. — Shana Bethea, fourth-year broadcast journalism student
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Murray quiets Tigers to avoid sweep
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Seniors Elliott Caldwell and Kyle Martin led the Gamecock offense to 14 hits and seven runs as South Carolina downed Missouri on Sunday to improve to 4-2 in SEC play.
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No. 6 Sout h Carolina (18 - 6 ) c r a w le d i nt o S u n d a y ’s s e r i e s f i n a l e against Missouri (18-6) on a three-game losing streak and following a stretch of three extra inning games in its last four. Carrying a lead into the bottom of the ninth inning for t he second st r a ight game, Gamecocks fi nished t he job t h is go a rou nd, earning a 7-5 win. “I have some good kids that really wanted to win ver y badly today,” Head coach Chad Holbrook said. “They had a chip on their shou lders af ter how t he first two games went. We battled and competed and at the end of the day that is
all you can ask them to do.” M issouri is last in t he SEC i n tea m bat t i ng average, but a dynamic top to bottom pitching staff and solid defense had the Tigers undefeated in SEC play going into Sunday’s game. South Carolina, now 4-2 in conference play, sought da mage cont rol Su nday f ol low i n g t wo s t r a ig ht losses to open the series in which the Gamecocks scored a total of just five r u ns. Head coach Chad Holb r o ok m ade l i ne up changes Saturday to in an attempt to end the scoring d r ou g ht a nd w h i le t he G amecock s had 10 hits, the team scored just three runs. Sunday was a different story for the Gamecocks,
who totaled 14 h it s and seven r u ns of f of a ver y capable Missouri pitching staff. M i s s ou r i st r uc k f i r st with three runs in the fi rst, eventually chasing starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt in the second inning. Schmidt had control issues giving up three unearned runs, fou r wa l k s a nd a h it i n just 1.2 innings. However, freshman reliever Brandon Murray fared much better. In the longest outing of his college career, Murray baffled Tiger batters over 5.1 innings giving up just a single and a run. The righthander lowered his ERA to 1.42 and earned the win to move to 2-0 on the season. If Murray stays consistent, SEEBASEBALLPAGE5
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The Gamecocks struggled to score runs as they were swept over the weekend by No. 23 Texas A&M in College Station.
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Sout h Ca rol i na fel l to Texas A&M in all three series games after traveling for their first SEC road weekend series of the series. Texas A&M with the home field advantage pulled off a sweep final scores of 3-2, 4-3, and 5-2. T h is ser ie s lo s s g ive s Sout h Carolina the conference record of 2-7.
Coming off the away win against Winthrop 3-2, South Carolina (21-12) was eager to begin conference games again after winning the Tennessee series 2-1 the previous weekend. Game One What looked like the beginning of a Gamecock victory turned into a loss because of an 10th inning error. Junior outfielder Alaynie Page fired it over the left side of the fence to give
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South Carolina the lead of 1-0 in the first inning. The Aggies were not far behind in the second inning when junior infielder Breanna Dozier tied things up 1-1 with a home run. The Gamecocks took the lead again in the fifth inning but were quickly matched by a Texas A&M homerun in the sixth inning by SEESOFTBALLPAGE5
The Track and Field outdoor season k icked off for the South Carolina G a mecock s on Thu rsday, March 19 at t he A lan Con nie Shamrock Invitational in Myrtle Beach, SC. The inv itat ional was hosted by Coastal Carolina and began w it h t he men’s hammer t hrow and t he men’s 10,000-meter run. Sophomore Clarence Gallop claimed third for the Gamecocks in the hammer throw, with his fourth attempt f lying high for 60.1 meters. The G amecock s opened up t he outdoor season strong wit h seven event wins, including t wo facilit y records in the 400 and 100-meter hurdles. Sophomore Jussi Kanervo set t he new record i n t he men’s 400-meter hurdles, coming in first with a time of 50.89 seconds. Junior Chalese Davis also claimed a new record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.59 seconds. In the sprints and relays portion, senior Eric Winfrey edged fellow senior Chris Royster by si x thousandths of a second to win the 200-meter dash in a picture perfect one-two fi nish. The two Gamecocks would later team up with freshman Greg Chiles and senior Chris Walker to w i n t he 4x10 0 relay. K a ner vo would later come together with senior SEETRACKPAGE5