No. 10 Gamecocks Host Charleston Southern Wednesday – University of South Carolina Athletics

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The No. 10/11 South Carolina softball team takes on Charleston Southern in a battle of Palmetto State foes Wednesday night (Apr. 9), with first pitch set for 6 p.m. at Carolina Softball Stadium.

#10 South Carolina Gamecocks 30-8, 6-6 SEC
Coach: Ashley Chastain Woodard | 1st Season
AVG Leader: .430 | Quincee Lilio
RBI Leader: 36 | Arianna Rodi
Home Run Leader: 11 | Arianna Rodi
ERA Leader: 2.53 | Jori Heard
Strikeout Leader: 79 | Jori Heard
Wins Leader: 13 | Jori Heard

Charleston Southern Buccaneers 16-20, 5-4 Big South
Coach: Christi Musser | 5th Season
AVG Leader: .347 | Jordyn Dimond
RBI Leader: 21 | Carsten Sandvig
Home Run Leader: 3 | Carsten Sandvig
ERA Leader: 3.09 | Riley Lauffer
Strikeout Leader: 54 | Riley Lauffer
Wins Leader: 8 | Riley Lauffer

Series Information
Series History: South Carolina leads 27-2
Trend: South Carolina won 16
Last Meeting: South Carolina 6, Charleston Southern 0 | March 27, 2024 | Columbia, S.C.

LEADING OFF

• The 2025 season is the 52nd season for the Carolina Softball team.
• This week in the NCAA RPI the Gamecocks are No. 1.
• South Carolina remained in the top-11 of all four polls this week.
  • The Gamecocks moved up to No. 6 in the Softball America poll. They remained No. 6 in the D1Softball and No. 10 in the NFCA/USA Today polls, and dropped to No. 11 in the ESPN/USA Softball 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 Youngstown State, the Gamecocks tied the program record from 1976 for most consecutive wins to start a season.
• 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.
• 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 14th in the nation in walks per game and 20th in on-base percentage.
• Arianna Rodi leads the nation in walks per game.
  • She has reached base in 30 straight games.
  • She collected her 100th career RBI on her three-run home run against Clemson.
  • Rodi hit a home run in five…