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Tuesday, June 11, 2013  The South Carolina Gamecocks couldn't hold on to a two run sixth inning lead and fell just short of another trip to the College World Series in Omaha.

Monday, June 10, 2013  The Gamecocks and the Tar Heels will have to wait until Tuesday to see who will earn a trip to Omaha.

Sunday, June 09, 2013  Jordan Montgomery twirled a four-hit shutout and the South Carolina offense parlayed eight hits, nine walks and five stolen bases into eight runs, as the Gamecocks cruised to an 8-0 win over North Carolina in Game 2 of the best-of-3 Super Regional Series at Boshamer Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Saturday, June 08, 2013  Freshman Skye Bolt hit a game-winning RBI single through the right side in the ninth inning to lift North Carolina past South Carolina 6-5 Saturday in the opener of the NCAA super regional best-of-3 series.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  All USC sophomore first baseman Kyle Martin has done since entering the program in 2012 is wait for an opportunity.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013  The Gamecocks will open super regional play Friday in Chapel Hill, NC against the NCAA tournament's No. 1 overall seed North Carolina in a best-of-three series.

Saturday, June 01, 2013  The Gamecocks jumped on Liberty quick with three runs in the first inning, and Jordan Montgomery had a career-high 11 strikeouts as USC rolled Liberty 19-3 on Saturday night at Carolina Stadium.

Friday, May 31, 2013  Former Gamecock Patrick DiMarco was signed by the Atlanta Falcons this week.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  South Carolina coach Chad Holbrook says his focus at the NCAA regional is opening opponent St. Louis, even though most everyone else wants to talk about rival Clemson.  And he isn't alone when it comes to rivalry fatigue.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013  Gamecocks defensive end JaDeveon Clowney was honored by the South Carolina General Assembly at the State House on Tuesday for his achievements last season.

Monday, May 27, 2013  For the fourth straight season, USC will host an NCAA regional at Carolina Stadium, but it's who they'll host that is more interesting. For the second year in a row, Clemson will head to the Columbia regional as a two-seed.

Monday, May 27, 2013  The South Carolina Gamecocks was announced as one of 16 hosts for an NCAA Regional in college baseball on Sunday. The Clemson Tigers will not host.

Thursday, May 23, 2013  Conrad Gregor singled home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Vanderbilt a 4-3 win over South Carolina Thursday in an elimination game of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  Fresh off of a state championship in his senior season, Lexington High School catcher Nick Ciuffo announced Tuesday he will accept an invitation to attend the 2013 MLB Draft in New York.

Sunday, May 19, 2013  The Gamecocks gave the No. 4 seed Texas Longhorns everything they could handle, but it was not enough as USC fell 6-0 on Sunday.