Softball . April 28, 2025

No. 13 Softball Kicks Off Final Week of Regular Season Tuesday Night

#13 South Carolina Gamecocks (36-13)

vs.

Furman Paladins (15-33)

Apr 29, 2025 | 6:00 pm Columbia, S.C. | Carolina Softball Stadium

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COLUMBIA, S.C. – The final week of the softball regular season kicks off with No. 13/11 South Carolina hosting in-state foe Furman April 29 at 6 p.m. Carolina will face a Paladins squad led by Gamecock alumna Stacey Johnson-Whitfield.

Series Information
Series History: South Carolina leads 70-10-1
Trend: South Carolina won 14
Last Meeting: South Carolina 8, Furman 0 | Feb 21, 2024 | Columbia, S.C.

LEADING OFF

The 2025 season is the 52nd season for the Carolina Softball team.
Furman is led by former Gamecock Stacey Johnson-Whitfield (2001-04).
- Johnson, serendipitously, threw a no-hitter on April 21, 2004 against Furman.
This week in the NCAA RPI the Gamecocks are No. 8.
- Carolina has the second most wins against Top-25 RPI teams in the nation (14)
- Their 26 games against Top-25 RPI opponents are also second most.
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.
With a walk in game one against Auburn, Arianna Rodi set a new single-season program record with her 43rd walk.
- Her 13 home runs on the season rank tied for 3rd in program history.
- She is 10th 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.
Brooke Blankenship ranks 3rd in the nation in sacrifice flies.
- Her seven sac flies are tied for 3rd in a single season in program history.
- Her 12 career sac flies are second all time in Carolina history.
Quincee Lilio leads the team with 19 multi-hit games on the season.
- Lilio is 20th in the nation in walks per game.
- Her 40 walks are tied for third all-time in a season.
Karley Shelton ranks 16th in doubles.
- Her 16 doubles on the year rank tied for 12th all-time in program history.
- She has 18 multi-hit games on the season.
Sam Gress ranks 9th nationally in saves.
South Carolina has outscored their opponents 303-146 on the season, including 59-14 in the fourth inning and 30-12 in the seventh inning.
As a team they rank 5th in the nation in fielding percentage.
They also rank 6th in sacrifice flies, 8th in shutouts and double plays per game, 9th in walks, and 10th in double plays
They rank in the top-30 in four other categories: doubles, doubles per game, on-base percentage, and winning percentage.
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.

IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME

South Carolina is 271-107 (.717) at Carolina Softball Stadium since being built in 2013. That includes a 4-1 record at home while hosting an NCAA regional at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field.
Prior to 2021, South Carolina had not lost double digit games at home in seven years and has won 20 or more eight of the past nine seasons.
Since 2016, South Carolina has consistently ranked among the nation’s leaders in attendance. Since that time, excluding the 2021 COVID season that limited attendance, they have never finished lower than 15th in average or cumulative attendance.
In 2024, Carolina ranked 7th in the nation in total attendance and 14th in average attendance. They were 9th and 11th in 2023, 7th and 13th in 2022, 7th and 11th in 2020, 10th and 13th in 2019, 11th and 13th in 2018, 10th and 11th in 2017, 12th and 15th in 2016.

NON-CONFERENCE SUCCESS IS NOTHING NEW FOR SC

South Carolina is 295-75 (.797) over the past nine years in games outside the SEC.
Notable wins include Clemson, Duke, Texas Tech, Boston U, Utah, Texas, Penn State, Houston, Arizona State, North Carolina, Florida State, California, Virginia Tech, USF, Long Beach State, Hofstra, Liberty, and UCF.
Carolina will play 33 non-conference games in 2025, 28 of which will be played at Carolina Softball Stadium.

SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL RECORD

South Carolina has played 2,685 games in its softball history, going 1,729-949-7 (.645) 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.

CAROLINA RUNS THIS STATE

Since 2011 Carolina owns an 93-15 mark against other Palmetto State schools.
That mark includes a 31-game winning streak that stretched over five seasons before Coastal Carolina snapped the streak in 2017.
South Carolina went 7-2 last season against in-state foes.

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.