Oct. 22, 2012

Columbia, S.C. –
The South Carolina baseball team will conclude fall practice this week with the annual Garnet & Black World Series at Carolina Stadium. All three games are open to the public at Carolina Stadium. The first game will be on Thursday with first pitch at 3 p.m. Friday’s game is set for 4 p.m. Sunday’s finale is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

More information on the Garnet & Black teams will be available later this week.

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South Carolina won the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship in 2010 and 2011 at the College World Series as well as a national runner-up finish in 2012. South Carolina has 11 College World Series appearances including six in the last 11 years. Carolina owns the second-highest win total in the nation in the last 13 years with a 626-251 record. South Carolina is one of six schools to appear in the NCAA Regional every season in the last 13 years including 10 NCAA Super Regional appearances in that span, one of only two schools to accomplish the feat.

Carolina owns more overall wins than any SEC team in the last 13 years and more conference wins than any SEC team in the last 13 years with a 240-148 record. South Carolina is the only SEC school to record 40 or more wins each season from 2000-present and the only SEC school to reach the NCAA Regional every season in the last 13 years.