Gamecocks Drop First Game In College Station
March 30, 2018
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS –No. 8 South Carolina softball dropped a 3-0 contest in the first game of a three-game series at No. 12 Texas A&M at the Aggie Softball Complex on Friday. Two runs in the second and one in the fifth proved to be the difference in the third weekend of SEC action for the Gamecocks.
Mackenzie Boesel, Kennedy Clark, Alyssa VanDerveer and Cayla Drotar contributed with hits on the night as Texas A&M’s Trinity Harrington proved to be a tough competitor allowing just three hits.
South Carolina (29-5, 5-2 SEC) traded a scoreless first before a pair of hits and an error allowed two Aggie runs to come across in the second to give Texas A&M an early 2-0 lead it wouldn’t surrender.
The Aggies extended their lead in the fifth with a pair of two-out hits to hang on for the first victory of the series between the two teams.
Notes
- With tonight’s action, Carolina moved to 29-5 (5-2 SEC) on the year and has still not lost consecutive games all season. The Gamecocks were recently ranked No. 8 in the country, their highest ranking since 1998.
- Tonight’s game was just the second time all season the Gamecocks have been held scoreless (3/18 at Ole Miss, 3/30 at Texas A&M).
- Tonight was the first time in 2018 Carolina has dropped a Friday night game in SEC action. The Gamecocks won their first two series against No. 23 Ole Miss and No. 2 Tennessee.
- Head coach Beverly Smith moved to 256-183 after Friday night. She is the second-winningest coach in school history.
Up Next
Carolina looks to even the three-game set tomorrow at 2:00 PM ET on SEC Network Plus. Live stats will be provided on SEC Network Plus.
