No. 13 Gamecocks Travel to Auburn for Final SEC Road Series

AUBURN, Ala. – No. 13/11 South Carolina travels to Auburn for a three-game series April 25-27. It’s the final road series of the season for the Gamecocks.

#13 South Carolina Gamecocks 35-11, 10-8 SEC
Coach: Ashley Chastain Woodard | 1st Season
AVG Leader: .400 | Quincee Lilio
RBI Leader: 42 | Arianna Rodi
Home Run Leader: 13 | Arianna Rodi
ERA Leader: 2.50 | Nealy Lamb
Strikeout Leader: 88 | Jori Heard
Wins Leader: 14 | Jori Heard

Auburn Tigers 28-20, 4-17 SEC
Co-Coaches: Chris and Kate Malveaux | 1st Season
AVG Leader: .413 | AnnaLea Adams
RBI Leader: 32 | AnnaLea Adams
Home Run Leader: 10 | Icess Tresvik
ERA Leader: 3.03 | SJ Geurin
Strikeout Leader: 82 | SJ Geurin
Wins Leader: 18 | SJ Geurin

Series Information
Series History: Auburn leads 40-33
Trend: South Carolina won 1
Last Meeting: South Carolina 3, Auburn 2 | May 12, 2023 | Fayetteville, Ark.

LEADING OFF

• The 2025 season is the 52nd season for the Carolina Softball team.
• This week in the NCAA RPI the Gamecocks are No. 4.
• South Carolina remained in the top-15 of all four polls this week.
  • The Gamecocks are No. 10 in the Softball America and D1Softball polls, No. 11 in the ESPN/USA Softball poll, and No. 13 in the NFCA/USA Today poll.
• 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 Ole Miss, the Gamecocks reached 30 wins for the 31st time in program history.
• Carolina’s sweep over Kentucky marks their fourth SEC series win of the season, their most since 2018.
• With the win over Youngstown State, the Gamecocks tied the program record from 1976 for most consecutive wins to start a season (20).
• With the series win over #19 Ole Miss, the Gamecocks now have five series wins over top-20 opponents.
  • They also have four series wins over top-15 opponents.
• Brooke Blankenship ranks 3rd 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 18 multi-hit games on the season.
  • Lilio is 22nd in the nation in walks per game.
  • Her 38 walks are tied for third all-time in a season.
• Arianna Rodi is 6th the nation in walks per game.
  • She had her on-base streak end at 37 games, second most in recorded history.
  • Rodi hit a home run in five straight games (Feb. 25 – Mar. 5), which is tied for the 14th longest streak in NCAA Division I history.
  • Her 13 home runs on the season already rank 5th in program history.
  • Her 42 walks are tied for the most in program history for a single season.
• Karley Shelton ranks 16th in doubles.
  • Her 16 doubles on the year rank tied for 12th all-time in program history.
  • She has 16 multi-hit games on the season.
• Nealy Lamb ranks 19th in the nation in hits allowed per game.
• Sam Gress ranks 9th nationally in saves.
• South Carolina has outscored their opponents 292-130 on the season, including 59-13 in the fourth inning and 28-6 in the seventh inning.
• As a team they rank 4th in the nation in fielding percentage and doubles.
• They also rank 6th in shutouts, double plays and double plays per game, and 7th in doubles per game, walks, and sacrifice flies.
• They rank in the top-30 in three other categories: on-base percentage, RBIs, and winning percentage.

SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL RECORD

• South Carolina has played 2,682 games in its softball history, going 1,728-947-7 (.646) in its 52 years of history.
• Carolina has posted 30 or more wins in 10 of the past 12 full seasons.
• Carolina has protected home well, also, with 17 or more victories coming in friendly confines each of the past 11 full years.

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