Oct. 20, 2014

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Freshman forward Savannah McCaskill collected her second SEC Freshman of the Week honor of the season thanks to a two-goal performance in the 3-2 win over No. 5 Florida last week. McCaskill is the first Gamecock to earn multiple SEC Freshman of the Week nods.

In the thrilling 3-2 win over the Gators, McCaskill doubled her season goal total, netting a pair of tallies, including the 89th minute game-winner, Thursday night. McCaskill won the match on a bouncing header off a corner kick service from Chelsea Drennan after scoring her first goal of the night in the 34th minute. McCaskill has posted three of her four goals in conference play and is now tied for the team lead in both goals (4) and points (11). The win over Florida was South Carolina’s first victory over a top-5 team since a 1-0 win at No. 1 North Carolina in 2007 and was the second-straight Gamecock win over the Gators, a program first.

McCaskill earned her first Freshman of the Week recognition on Sept. 15 after notching her first multi-point weekend and first career goal during an undefeated weekend on the road at USF and Florida Gulf Coast.

South Carolina takes its final regular-season road trip this week, traveling to Vanderbilt on Fri., Oct. 24, for a 7 p.m. ET match, before taking off to Texas A&M for a 5 p.m. ET Sunday contest.