NEWS & NOTES
GAMECOCK NEWS & NOTES EQUESTRIAN
FOOTBALL
No. 3 South Carolina downed No. 5 Georgia, 14-5, on Senior Day at OneWood Farm with the Gamecocks taking three of the four Most Outstanding Player honors.
Former South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier and former South Carolina tight end Willie Scott will be inducted into the 2020 class of the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame April 2 in Greenville.
Junior Taylor Kellam won her first MOP for horsemanship, while McKenzie Duncan won her third MOP in reining. Senior Madeline Schaefer won her third MOP in fences. • Schaefer was named SEC and NCEA Fences Rider of the Month for February after going 4-0 with three MOP honors. She has four MOPs this season and finished the regular season 7-2. • Junior Tyler Petrie was named SEC Flat Rider of the Month for January, her second Rider of the Month Award this season.
Spurrier, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, led South Carolina to three straight 11-win seasons and its first SEC East division title. Scott led the Gamecocks in receiving in 1980 with 34 receptions for 469 yards and finished his career in the top 10 on the school’s career reception list. He was a fist-round pick by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1981 NFL Draft.
BEACH VOLLEYBALL South Carolina upset No. 4 Southern Cal 3-2 in the Hilton Head Island Invitational on Feb. 29. Franky Harrison and Avery Davis clinched the victory with a three-set win in the third pairing. The Gamecocks also scored two more wins over ranked opponents early in the season, beating No. 14 Long Beach State and No. 10 Stetson.
MEN'S GOLF Former Gamecock All-American Matt NeSmith notched his first career top-10 finish on the PGA Tour when he finished T-6th at the Puerto Rico Open with a 72-hole total of 274 (-14). NeSmith shot under par in every round and finished the tournament with a 66 (-6) and 67 (-5) on Saturday and Sunday. • South Carolina finished seventh at the 2020 All-American Intercollegiate in its first tournament of the spring. Sophomore Ryan Hall finished T-19th with a 54-hole total of 215 (-1). Carolina finished ninth in the General Hackler Championship in Myrtle Beach March 10, with Jamie Wilson pacing the Gamecocks with a 54-hole 211 to finish T-6th
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SWIMMING & DIVING Anton Down-Jenkins made history at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, becoming the first South Carolina diver to win both the three-meter and one-meter competitions to qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. • Senior Itay Goldfaden also qualified for the NCAA Championships after defending his 100 breaststroke title at the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships with a programrecord 51.35, the third-fastest time in the country this season. Goldfaden became the first back-to-back 100 breaststroke SEC Champion since 2016-17. Sophomore Lewis Burras also made the NCAA Championships in both the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle after finishing third and fourth, respectively, in the two events at the SEC Championships. • Five members of the women's team also earned invitations to the NCAA Championships — sophomore Hallie Kinsey (200 butterfly), freshman Taylor Steele (100 breaststroke) and seniors Albury Higgs (200 breaststroke), Christina Lappin (100 butterfly) and Emily Cornell (200 freestyle). The Gamecocks are also eligible to swim in two relays, the 200 freestyle and the 400 medley.
MARCH 2020
