Oct. 23, 2012

Columbia, S.C. – The South Carolina baseball team concludes fall practice this weekend with the Garnet & Black World Series. First pitch for the opener is at 3 p.m. on Thursday. The Garnet team will be managed by senior RHP Patrick Sullivan with senior LHP Nolan Belcher serving as manager for the Black team.

The South Carolina baseball team concludes fall practice this weekend with the Garnet & Black World Series. First pitch for the opener is at 3 p.m. on Thursday. The Garnet team will be managed by senior RHP Patrick Sullivan with senior LHP Nolan Belcher serving as manager for the Black team.

Game two of the series is on Friday and will now start at 6 p.m. with the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Carolina Stadium at 1:30 p.m.

Garnet Team (managed by Patrick Sullivan) (numerical order)
No. 3 – Tanner English – OF
No. 4 – Connor Bright – INF/OF
No. 6 – Joel Seddon – RHP
No. 10 – Drake Thomason – RHP
No. 14 – Evan Beal – RHP
No. 17 – Seth Constable – OF
No. 19 – DC Arendas – INF
No. 21 – Grayson Greiner – C
No. 22 – Max Schrock – INF
No. 24 – Brison Celek – 1B
No. 25 – Adam Westmoreland – LHP
No. 26 – Graham Saiko – INF/OF
No. 27 – Forrest Koumas – RHP
No. 31 – Ray Murphy – C/OF
No. 33 – Kyle Martin – 1B
No. 34 – Jordan Montgomery – LHP
No. 35 – Curt Britt – RHP/1B
No. 39 – Patrick Sullivan – RHP
No. 40 – Austin Hill – RHP
No. 44 – Colby Holmes – RHP
No. 46 – Tyler Jackson – RHP
No. 50 – Anthony Paulsen – OF

Black Team (managed by Nolan Belcher) (numerical order)
No. 5 – Patrick Harrington – C/OF
No. 8 – TJ Costen – INF/OF
No. 9 – Joey Pankake – INF
No. 11 – Sean Sullivan – OF
No. 13 – Jack Wynkoop – LHP
No. 15 – Nolan Belcher – LHP
No. 16 – Chase Vergason – INF
No. 18 – Dante Rosenberg – C
No. 20 – LB Dantzler – INF
No. 23 – Vince Fiori – LHP
No. 28 – George Iskenderian – INF/OF
No. 30 – Erik Payne – 1B/3B/OF
No. 32 – Zack Smith – 1B
No. 36 – Hunter Privette – RHP
No. 37 – Josh Knab – RHP
No. 38 – Tyler Webb – LHP
No. 43 – Alex Satterfield – RHP
No. 47 – Weber Pike – INF
No. 48 – Ryan Ripken – 1B
No. 49 – Cameron Tewksbury – LHP
No. 51 – Kris Nelson – RHP

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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.