No. 10 Gamecocks Set for Weekend Series at No. 3 LSU

BATON ROUGE, La. – The No. 10/11 South Carolina softball team travels to the Bayou to face No. 3/3 LSU for a three-game series March 28-30. All three games will be televised, with Friday and Saturday’s games being on the SEC Network and Sunday’s game on ESPN2.

This weekend is the SEC’s “All For Alex” weekend  to honor the legacy of Mississippi State’s Alex Wilcox. Wilcox was a member of the 2018 Mississippi State softball team who inspired the nation with her courageous fight against ovarian cancer. That fight ultimately took her life in the summer of 2018 at the age of 18. Every SEC team will wear teal uniforms or teal accents on Saturday.

#10 South Carolina Gamecocks 25-6, 2-4 SEC
Coach: Ashley Chastain Woodard | 1st Season
AVG Leader: .448 | Quincee Lilio
RBI Leader: 35 | Arianna Rodi
Home Run Leader: 11 | Arianna Rodi
ERA Leader: 2.46 | Jori Heard
Strikeout Leader: 67 | Jori Heard
Wins Leader: 10 | Jori Heard

#3 LSU Tigers 29-2, 5-1 SEC
Coach: Beth Torina | 14th Season
AVG Leader: .483 | Danieca Coffey
RBI Leader: 44 | Tori Edwards
Home Run Leader: 11 | Tori Edwards
ERA Leader: 1.31 | Emilee Casanova
Strikeout Leader: 95 | Jayden Heavener
Wins Leader: 13 | Sydney Berzon

Gameday Information – All For Alex
Series History: LSU leads 53-20
Trend: LSU won 1
Last Meeting: LSU 5, South Carolina 1 | March 13, 2023 | Columbia, S.C.

LEADING OFF

• The 2025 season is the 52nd season for the Carolina Softball team.
• South Carolina continues to be in the top-10 in most of the weekly polls.
  • The Gamecocks sit moved up to No. 10 in the NFCA/USA Today and Softball America polls and remained No. 10 in the D1Softball poll, while sitting at No. 11 by ESPN/USA Softball.
• This week in the NCAA RPI the Gamecocks are No. 5.
• For the first time in program history every game will be televised on the ESPN family of networks and digital platforms.
  • South Carolina and Georgia are the only two Division I programs to have every game broadcast this season.
• With the win over Youngstown State, the Gamecocks tied the program record from 1976 for most consecutive wins to start a season.
• With the series win over Texas Tech, the Gamecocks now have three series wins over top-15 opponents.
• Carolina shutout Clemson for the first time in the series history and ending their program record streak of 54 consecutive games scoring a run.
• Brooke Blankenship ranks 2nd in the nation in sacrifice flies.
  • Her six sac flies are tied for 4th in a single season in program history.
• Quincee Lilio leads the team with 14 multi-hit games on the season.
  • Lilio is 19th in the nation in on-base percentage and 24th in walks per game.
• Ella Chancey ranks 25th in the nation in doubles.
• Arianna Rodi has reached base in 23 straight games.
  • She collected her 100th career RBI on her three-run home run against Clemson.
  • Rodi ranks 3rd nationally in walks per game, 15th in slugging percentage, and 19th in home runs per game, 26th in home runs, and 27th in RBIs per game and on-base percentage, .
  • Rodi hit a home run in five straight games (Feb. 25 – Mar. 5), which it tied for the 14th longest streak in NCAA Division I history.
  • Her 11 home runs on the season already rank tied for 6th in program history.
• Karley Shelton ranks 7th in doubles , 17th in doubles per game, 26th in runs, and 27th in runs per game.
• Jori Heard ranks 21st nationally in shutouts.
• Nealy Lamb ranks 26th in the nation in strikeouts per game and 30th in WHIP.
• South Carolina has outscored their opponents 226-89 on the season, including 30-8 in the third inning and 26-4 in the seventh inning.
• As a team they rank second the nation in doubles per game and sacrifice flies.
• They also rank 3rd in doubles, 6th in walks, 8th in fielding percentage and double plays per game, and 10th in double plays.
• They rank in the top-20 in six other categories: shutouts, scoring, RBIs, RBIs per game, on-base percentage, and winning percentage.

GAMECOCKS VS. RANKED OPPONENTS

• South Carolina is 178-402-1 (.307) against opponents ranked in the NFCA top 25 since 1995.
• Broken down by site, the Gamecocks are 86-140 (.381) at home, 46-187 (.197) on the road and 47-74-1 (.389) in neutral-site outings.
• In 2025 the Gamecocks are 7-5 against ranked opponents.
• In 2024, the Gamecocks went 9-20 against ranked opponents. They earned victories over #21 Kentucky (twice), #10 Florida, #17 Arkansas, #16 Mississippi State (twice), #11 Clemson, #24 Boston U and #13 Utah.

SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL RECORD

• South Carolina has played 2,667 games in its softball history, going 1,718-942-7 (.645) in its 52 years of history.
• Carolina has posted 30 or more wins in nine of the past 11 full seasons.
• Carolina has protected home well, also, with 17 or more victories coming in friendly confines each of the past 10 full years.

For the latest on South Carolina Softball, visit GamecocksOnline.com or follow the team’s social media accounts on Twitter @GamecockSoftbll, Facebook /GamecockSoftball, and Instagram @GamecockSoftball.