No. 10 Gamecocks Travel to No. 12 Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 10/11 South Carolina softball team prepares for its seventh straight series against a top-25 opponent when the Gamecocks travel to No. 12/10 Arkansas April 11-13. Saturday’s game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.

#10 South Carolina Gamecocks 31-8, 6-6 SEC
Coach: Ashley Chastain Woodard | 1st Season
AVG Leader: .422 | Quincee Lilio
RBI Leader: 36 | Arianna Rodi and Lexi Winters
Home Run Leader: 11 | Arianna Rodi
ERA Leader: 2.53 | Jori Heard
Strikeout Leader: 79 | Jori Heard
Wins Leader: 13 | Jori Heard

#12 Arkansas Razorbacks 29-8, 8-7 SEC
Coach: Courtney Deifel | 10th Season
AVG Leader: .511 | Bri Ellis
RBI Leader: 59 | Bri Ellis
Home Run Leader: 20 | Bri Ellis
ERA Leader: 2.09 | Robyn Herron
Strikeout Leader: 100 | Robyn Herron
Wins Leader: 11 | Robyn Herron

Series Information
Series History: South Carolina leads 40-31
Trend: Arkansas won 1
Last Meeting: Arkansas 3, South Carolina 0 | April 14, 2024 | Columbia, S.C.

LEADING OFF

• The 2025 season is the 52nd season for the Carolina Softball team.
• This week in the NCAA RPI the Gamecocks are No. 1.
• South Carolina remained in the top-11 of all four polls this week.
  • The Gamecocks moved up to No. 6 in the Softball America poll. They remained No. 6 in the D1Softball and No. 10 in the NFCA/USA Today polls, and dropped to No. 11 in the ESPN/USA Softball poll.
• For the first time in program history every game will be televised on the ESPN family of networks and digital platforms.
  • South Carolina and Georgia are the only two Division I programs to have every game broadcast this season.
• With the win over Ole Miss, the Gamecocks reached 30 wins for the 31st time in program history.
• With the win over Youngstown State, the Gamecocks tied the program record from 1976 for most consecutive wins to start a season.
• With the series win over #19 Ole Miss, the Gamecocks now have five series wins over top-20 opponents.
  • They also have four series wins over top-15 opponents.
• Carolina shutout Clemson for the first time in the series history and ending their program record streak of 54 consecutive games scoring a run.
• Brooke Blankenship ranks 2nd in the nation in sacrifice flies.
  • Her six sac flies are tied for 4th in a single season in program history.
• Quincee Lilio leads the team with 14 multi-hit games on the season.
  • Lilio is 14th in the nation in walks per game and 27th in on-base percentage.
• Arianna Rodi leads the nation in walks per game.
  • She has reached base in 30 straight games.
  • She collected her 100th career RBI on her three-run home run against Clemson.
  • Rodi hit a home run in five straight games (Feb. 25 – Mar. 5), which it tied for the 14th longest streak in NCAA Division I history.
  • Her 11 home runs on the season already rank tied for 6th in program history.
• Karley Shelton ranks 7th in doubles and 14th in doubles per game.
• Nealy Lamb ranks 24th in the nation in strikeouts per game and 30th in hits allowed per game.
• Sam Gress ranks 27th nationally in saves.
• South Carolina has outscored their opponents 258-108 on the season, including 48-12 in the fourth inning and 28-6 in the seventh inning.
• As a team they rank third the nation in fielding percentage and double per game.
• They also rank 4th in doubles, 5th in and sacrifice flies, 6th in walks, 8th in double plays and double plays per game.
• They rank in the top-30 in six other categories: scoring, shutouts, RBIs, RBIs per game, on-base percentage, and winning percentage.

GAMECOCKS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS

• South Carolina is 182-404-1 (.311) against opponents ranked in the NFCA top 25 since 1995.
• Broken down by site, the Gamecocks are 88-141 (.384) at home, 48-188 (.203) on the road and 47-74-1 (.389) in neutral-site outings.
• In 2025 the Gamecocks are 11-7 against ranked opponents.
• In 2024, the Gamecocks went 9-20 against ranked opponents. They earned victories over #21 Kentucky (twice), #10 Florida, #17 Arkansas, #16 Mississippi State (twice), #11 Clemson, #24 Boston U and #13 Utah.

SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL RECORD

• South Carolina has played 2,675 games in its softball history, going 1,724-944-7 (.646) in its 52 years of history.
• Carolina has posted 30 or more wins in 10 of the past 12 full seasons.
• Carolina has protected home well, also, with 17 or more victories coming in friendly confines each of the past 11 full years.

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