Sept. 15, 2014

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Senior goalkeeper Sabrina D’Angelo was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week and freshman forward Savannah McCaskill earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after No. 16 South Carolina (7-1-0) shutout both USF and Florida Gulf Coast University on the road over the weekend.

D’Angelo continues to close in on the program shutout record of 31 after collecting her 25th and 26th career shutouts at the USF Soccer Classic with clean sheets against USF and FGCU. D’Angelo has seven shutouts this season and allowed just one goal in non-conference play for the second-straight year. Every other league team has allowed four or more goals and no team has registered more than four shutouts. Her goals against average of 0.12 leads the league and ranks in the top six in the country. Entering the weekend with 10 saves, she posted nine in the two weekend matches in the Sunshine State, including seven against USF.

This marks D’Angelo’s second weekly SEC honor of the season and the third of her career.

McCaskill was one of two Gamecocks to post a three-point weekend at the USF Soccer Classic. McCaskill earned the assist on sophomore Sophie Groff’s goal vs. UCF Friday. On Sunday vs. Florida Gulf Coast, the pair connected again, this time with McCaskill on the scoring end when the freshman netted her first career goal in the 81st minute to cap a 2-0 win and an undefeated weekend. It is McCaskill’s first multi-point weekend. The Gamecock leads the team with 18 shots this year and put three of her four weekend shots on frame.

South Carolina hits the road this weekend to open SEC play at Auburn on Sun., Sept. 21. The 1 p.m. ET match will be televised on the SEC Network.