News & Notes

GAMECOCK NEWS & NOTES

SWIMMING AND DIVING Sophomore diver ANTON DOWN-JENKINS had a dominant fall, winning the 3-meter dive at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational and earning SEC Diver of the Week twice. His 3-meter score of 437.55 vs. North Carolina was the top score in the SEC this season. Senior Albury Higgs won the 200 breaststroke at Georgia Tech, while seniors Christina Lappin and Lionel Khoo led the Gamecocks with five individual wins this fall.

CROSS COUNTRY The South Carolina women’s cross country team finished 15th at the NCAA Southeast Regional, the team’s highest finish since 2013. ANNA KATHRYN STODDARD led the Gamecocks, finishing 41st with a time of 21:6.5, while Heather Stone finished 46th.

WOMEN'S GOLF After a stellar start to her South Carolina career, freshman golfer PAULINE ROUSSINBOUCHARD was named to the fall ANNIKA Award Watch List. The Carqueiranne, France native made an immediate impact, helping the Gamecocks win the Windy City Collegiate Classic and the Landfall Tradition. She took the top individual honor at Windy City and tied for third at Landfall.

EQUESTRIAN Sophomore GRADY LYMAN earned three Most Outstanding Player honors in November, winning the equitation on the flat events against No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Texas A&M and No. 9 UT Martin.

Carolina Gute, McKenzie Duncan, Gabby Brassard, Jordan Allen, Carolina Bald and freshman Madeline Schaefer also earned M.O.P. honors during the fall season, while Gute was named SEC Co-Reining Rider of the Month in October.

MEN’S SOCCER Brian Banahan, Frano Buhovac and LOGAN HITZEMAN all made the Conference USA all-conference team. Banaham led the Gamecocks with six goals and 13 points. Buhovac played 1,088 minutes on the backline, while Hitzeman played 1,199 minutes at midfield and had two assists and four shots.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

South Carolina’s women’s tennis team placed four players in the ITA Fall National Rankings, with senior Mia Horvit climbing to No. 27 and MEGAN DAVIES jumping nearly 100 spots to No. 28 after reaching the semifinals of the Oracle ITA National Fall

Championships. The team of Silvia Chinellato and freshman Emma Shelton are ranked No. 18 in doubles.

MEN’S TENNIS The Gamecock men’s team placed five players in the ITA Fall National Rankings. Sophomores Daniel Rodrigues and RAPHAEL LAMBLING both made big jumps, with Rodrigues climbing 14 spots to No. 35 and Lambling rising from No. 110 to No. 39. Freshman Connor Thomson is ranked No. 106, while the doubles tandem of Rodrigues and Lambling are ranked No. 39 and Beau Pelletier and Thomas Brown No. 56.