Sept. 17, 2015

South Carolina head coach Chad Holbrook met with the media on Thursday to preview the fall slate for the Gamecocks. Scrimmages are set to begin on Friday at Carolina Stadium with first pitch at 4 p.m. The team will also scrimmage on Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., respectively.

South Carolina won the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 2010 and 2011 at the College World Series. South Carolina has made 11 College World Series appearances including six times in the last 14 years. In those 11 appearances, the Gamecocks have went 32-20 for a .615 winning percentage, that is sixth-best among winning percentage leaders in CWS history. South Carolina is one of three schools in the nation to have reached at least 11 NCAA Super Regionals since 2000 and has the most NCAA Super Regional appearances of the 14 SEC schools since 2000. In additions the Gamecocks own the second-highest win total in Division I baseball since 2000 (745-314 record) and more conference wins than any SEC team since 2000 (288-189 record). Recently, South Carolina is one of only five schools in the nation to host a NCAA Regional in five of the last six years.