April 22, 2009
SEC Tournament Notes in PDF Format 
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The 22nd-ranked South Carolina Gamecocks (13-9, 6-5 SEC) enter the 2009 SEC Tournament holding the No. 6 seed and will face No. 25 and 11th-seeded Kentucky (12-9, 3-8 SEC) on Thursday in the first round at 2:30 p.m. CT in Fayetteville, Ark.
SEC Tournament Schedule
All times listed below are Central Time. The tournament takes place in Fayetteville, Ark., at George M. Billingsley Tennis Center and Dills Indoor Courts.
Thursday, April 23
#1: (8) Auburn vs. (9) Alabama – 8:30 a.m.
#2: (5) Vanderbilt vs. (12) Mississippi St. – 10:30 a.m.
#3: (7) Ole Miss vs. (10) LSU – 12:30 p.m.
#4: (6) South Carolina vs. (11) Kentucky – 2:30 p.m.
Friday, April 24
#5: (1) Georgia vs. Winner 1 – 8:30 a.m.
#6: (4) Florida vs. Winner 2 – 10:30 a.m.
#7: (2) Arkansas vs. Winner 3 – 12:30 p.m.
#8: (3) Tennessee vs. Winner 4 – 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 25
#9: Winner 5 vs. Winner 6 – 10 a.m.
#10: Winner 7 vs. Winner 8 – 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 26
#11: Winner 9 vs. Winner 10 – Noon
All-SEC Teams
Senior Gira Schofield and junior Ana Marija Zubori snagged All-SEC honors for the Gamecocks this season. Schofield made the second team to become the first player in school history to earn All-SEC recognition four consecutive seasons. Schofield was a second-team honoree in 2006 and 2008 as well. As a sophomore, she became just the second player at South Carolina to earn first-team accolades. Zubori became the third Gamecock in school history to make the first team when she picked up the honor this season. She made the second team her first two years at Carolina and will look to join Schofield as a four-time award winner next year.
SEC Tournament History
The Gamecocks have advanced to at least the quarterfinals in 14 of the 17 SEC Tournaments in which they have participated. South Carolina has received a first-round bye four times (1996, 1999, 2002, 2007) and reached at least the semifinals on two of those occasions (1999, 2002). South Carolina’s best showing was in 2002 when it hosted the tourney for the first and only time in school history and lost 4-0 to Florida in the championship. In the semis that year, the Gamecocks knocked off Georgia, the No. 1 team in the nation at the time of the match.
