2008 SEC Tournament
The Gamecocks grabbed the No. 9 seed for this year’s SEC Tournament and will face No. 8 Auburn in the first round Thursday at 3 p.m. ET in Auburn, Ala. South Carolina lost 4-3 to the Tigers on their home courts earlier this month. A schedule of play can be found below and all times are Eastern.

Thursday, April 17
Match 1: #6 LSU vs. #11 Alabama – 11 a.m.
Match 2: #7 Kentucky vs. #10 Ole Miss – 11 a.m.
Match 3: #5 Tennessee vs. #12 Miss. St. – 3 p.m.
Match 4: #8 Auburn vs. #9 S. Carolina – 3 p.m.

Friday, April 18
Match 5: #3 Arkansas vs. Winner M1 – 11 a.m.
Match 6: #2 Georgia vs. Winner M2 – 11 a.m.
Match 7: #4 Vanderbilt vs. Winner M3 – 3 p.m.
Match 8: #1 Florida vs. Winner M4 – 3 p.m.

Saturday, April 19
Match 9: Winner M5 vs. Winner M6 – 11 a.m.
Match 10: Winner M7 vs. Winner M8 – 2 p.m.

Sunday, April 20
Match 11: Winner M9 vs. Winner M10 – 1 p.m.

Gamecocks In The SEC Tournament
The Gamecocks have advanced to at least the quarterfinals in 14 of the 16 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. Last year, as the fourth seed, South Carolina lost 4-3 to fifth-seeded Tennessee in the quarterfinals.

Weekly Award For Rajic
Jelena Rajic was named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on April 2. Rajic helped Carolina defeat LSU with a 6-0, 6-0 victory against Kylie Adamek at No. 6 singles, and she also teamed with Natasa Vuckovic for a 9-7 triumph over the Tiger duo of Adamek/Robinson at the third doubles position. In a 5-2 loss to Arkansas, Rajic picked up one of the Gamecocks’ two points in singles play, a 5-7, 6-4, (10-1) win versus Audrey Bordeleau. The Lady Razorback entered the match with a 28-8 overall record and was 10-2 at No. 6 singles while owning a 15-3 record in dual matches. Rajic shared the honors with Karen Nijssen of Ole Miss.

Silver Anniversary Season
Head coach Arlo Elkins is in his 25th season at the helm of the Gamecocks. Elkins has been the head coach at Carolina longer than any other Gamecock head coach with the exception of Mark Berson, who just completed his 30th season with men’s soccer. Elkins has accumulated over 375 victories, been to 15 NCAA Tournaments, 3 NCAA Sweet 16s, was 1988 USPTA Southern Division Coach of the Year, 1994 ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year, 1995 SEC Coach of the Year and a 2003 South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame inductee.

In The Rankings
Gira Schofield and Ana Marija Zubori have been ranked in singles and doubles the entire season. Schofield achieved a career-high ranking No. 23 in singles in March and is currently rated No. 45. Zubori set her career mark in February by reaching No. 56 and is ranked No. 85 in the latest poll. The two have been ranked the entire spring in doubles as well, ascending as high as No. 9 in January and February. Carolina’s top duo is ranked No. 34 on the April 15 rankings list.

SEC Success
Since first competing in the SEC in 1992, the Gamecocks have enjoyed consistent success in a league that is arguably the toughest in the nation. Over the past 17 seasons, the Gamecocks are one of five SEC schools to win 100 league matches, and their .545 (102-85) winning percentage ranks fifth in the conference. South Carolina has posted a winning league record in 10 of those 17 years. Below is a list of teams’ SEC regular-season records since the league expanded to 12 teams in 1991-92. The list is sorted from best to worst winning percentage.

Team	W	L	Pct.
Florida	179	8	.957
Georgia	154	33	.824
Vanderbilt	129	58	.690
Tennessee	117	70	.626
South Carolina	102	85	.545
Ole Miss	96	91	.513
Kentucky	92	95	.492
LSU	69	118	.369
Alabama	63	124	.337
Auburn	50	137	.267
Arkansas	45	142	.241
Mississippi State	26	161	.139

It’s All About Consistency
South Carolina extended its streak of consecutive NCAA appearances to 13 in 2007, which stands as the 11th-longest active streak in the country. Below is a look at the current streaks.

Rank	School	Streak
1.	California	26
	Stanford	26
	UCLA	26
4.	Texas	25
5.	Florida	21
	Georgia	21
7.	Arizona State	20
	Pepperdine	20
9.	Duke	18
10.	Southern California	16
11.	South Carolina	13
	Vanderbilt	13

NCAA Individual History
South Carolina has placed either a singles competitor or doubles team in 20 of 26 NCAA Individual Championships. Laura Berstein remains the only Gamecock to advance to the round of 16 in singles, doing so in 1983 in Albuquerque, N.M. In doubles, Helen Crook and Victoria Davies are the only USC duo to go as far as the semifinals, which happened in 1994 in Athens, Ga. In 2006, Gira Schofield became just the second USC freshman to compete in the NCAA Singles Championship and she followed it up with another appearance the following year. If one were to count the individual and team tournaments, South Carolina has participated in at least one NCAA event every year since 1990, a streak of 18 appearances in a row.

Gamecocks In The NCAA Tournament
South Carolina made its 13th consecutive appearance in NCAA play in 2007 and its 17th overall. Carolina is 15-17 in the tournament. The Gamecocks appeared in the first two tournaments in 1982 and 1983 and reached the quarterfinals in ’82, which remains the best showing in school history. The Gamecocks have reached the Sweet 16 five times, with their last appearance coming in 1999. In addition to making the NCAA field 13 times in a row, South Carolina has won 12 of its past 14 first-round matches.

Vuckovic Among Elite Gamecock Company
Junior Natasa Vuckovic is among elite company at South Carolina having won at least 20 singles matches three consecutive seasons. Only six other Gamecocks have accomplished the feat, the most recent being Jennifer Radman, Tamara Sutton and Lynn-Yin Tan. All three players won at least 20 per season four straight years from 1999 to 2002. Rita Winebarger also posted four consecutive seasons of 20 or more wins from 1985 to 1988, as did Carolina Culik from 1987 to 1990. Tobi Rakic fell two wins shy of making it four straight her senior year after reaching 20 wins in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Winebarger actually won over 30 matches in three of her four years, a large reason why she owns the school’s all-time record for singles wins at 127.

Team Serbia/Florida
It only takes a quick glance at the Gamecocks’ roster to see that South Carolina’s players either hail from Serbia or Florida. Even though sophomore Ana Marija Zubori is listed as being from France, she holds citizenship in Serbia as well. She was born in Serbia but was sent to live in France with her sister when fighting broke out in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

Teaching An Old Dog A New Trick
Even though she’s a senior for the Gamecocks, Megan McGavock showed mid-season it is never too late to try something new in tennis. After suffering a six-match losing streak during the spring, head coach Arlo Elkins decided the biggest thing hurting McGavock was an inconsistent serve. Consequently, Elkins worked with McGavock and reinvented her serve by significantly reducing her backswing to reduce her margin for error. She now starts with her racket already behind her head before her ball toss and the result has been almost no double faults in her matches. Her record is 6-2 since making the switch.

Career Records Updates
Senior Megan McGavock is looking to end her career as a Gamecock ranked among the top 10 in school history for singles, doubles and combined victories. Should she finish among the top 10 in all three, McGavock would be one of only five Gamecocks listed on all the categories. The other four are currently Michelle Duda, Rita Winebarger, Jennifer Radman and Lynn-Yin Tan.

Date	Opponent	Result
1/25	Troy	W, 7-0
1/30	CofC	W, 7-0
2/2	at Harvard	W, 5-2
2/6	Furman	W, 5-2
2/13	Winthrop	W, 7-0
2/22	#41 N.C. State	W, 5-2
2/23	#24 Clemson	L, 0-7
2/29	#22 Kentucky*	L, 3-4
3/2	#14 Vanderbilt*	W, 4-3
3/7	at #3 Georgia*	L, 0-7
3/9	at #17 Tennessee*	L, 3-4
3/13	at #52 BYU	L, 1-5
3/15	at #53 Utah	W, 4-3
3/21	#59 Miss. State*	W, 7-0
3/23	at Ole Miss*	W, 4-3
3/28	#27 LSU*	W, 5-2
3/30	#13 Arkansas*	L, 2-5
4/4	at #75 Alabama*	W, 4-2
4/6	at #34 Auburn*	L, 3-4
4/12	#4 Florida*	L, 0-4
4/17	vs. #30 Auburn^	3 p.m. ET
* SEC match
^ SEC Tournament (Auburn, Ala.)

Eastern Division
Team	SEC	Pct.	All	Pct.
Florida	11-0	1.000	18-1	.947
Georgia	9-2	.818	17-4	.810
Vanderbilt	7-4	.636	17-4	.810
Tennessee	6-5	.545	13-8	.619
Kentucky	5-6	.455	14-8	.636
South Carolina	5-6	.455	12-8	.600
Western Division
Team	SEC	Pct.	All	Pct.
Arkansas	7-4	.636	14-8	.636
LSU	6-5	.545	13-8	.619
Auburn	5-6	.455	15-8	.652
Ole Miss	3-8	.278	7-14	.333
Alabama	2-9	.182	6-14	.300
Mississippi State	0-11	.000	7-12	.368

Head Coach: Arlo Elkins
Alma Mater: Northwood Institute, 1971
Overall Record (Years): 382-257 (25)
SEC Record (Years): 102-85 (17)
Assistant Coach: Katarina Petrovic
Alma Mater: South Carolina, 2002

Rank	Team	Avg.
5.	Florida	68.05
8.	Georgia	65.29
12.	Vanderbilt	52.15
16.	Arkansas	40.43
22.	Kentucky	35.68
24.	Tennessee	35.23
27.	LSU	31.95
30.	Auburn	27.01
31.	South Carolina	25.44
52.	Ole Miss	13.21
72.	Mississippi State	6.3

Rank	Player (School)	Avg.
2.	Aurelija Miseviciute (AR)	57.0
12.	Megan Falcon (LSU)	36.9
17.	Fani Chifchieva (AU)	34.3
23.	Amanda Taylor (VU)	27.1
27.	Julia Cohen (UF)	22.3
33.	Csilla Borsanyi (UF)	17.7
42.	Yvette Hyndman (UG)	14.6
45.	Gira Schofield (USC)	13.9
46.	Catherine Newman (VU)	13.8
47.	Caitlin Whoriskey (UT)	13.6
62.	Courtney Ulery (VU)	9.13
66.	Alex Haney (AU)	8.35
69.	Ela Kaluder (AR)	8.05
76.	Kelley Hyndman (UG)	7.43
85.	Ana Marija Zubori (USC)	7.15
91.	Monika Dancevic (UG)	6.9
99.	Karen Nijssen (UM)	6.26
102.	Megan Broderick (UK)	6.11
106.	Sarah Woestmann (UK)	5.86
109.	Naoko Ueshima (UG)	5.75
110.	Anastasia Revzina (UF)	5.68
118.	Taka Bertrand (VU)	5.06
120.	Megan Alexander (UF)	4.89

Rank	Pair (School)	Avg.
6.	Alexander/Boonstra (UF)	47.39
13.	Whoriskey/Zubor (UT)	34.03
15.	Haney/Koning (AU)	31.75
22.	Falcon/Hedberg (LSU)	23.69
29.	Taylor/Ulery (VU)	20.05
30.	Kaluder/Miseviciute (AR)	19.66
34.	Schofield/Zubori (USC)	17.16
35.	Koukhartchouk/Nijssen (UM)	17.08
42.	Hyndman/Hyndman (UG)	13.16
49.	Escamilla/Johnston (UK)	11.62
50.	Cohen/Revzina (UF)	11.5