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26-05-2025
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UCLA shuts out South Carolina 5-0 to advance to WCWS for record 33rd time
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – The South Carolina softball team (44-17) dropped the third game of the Super Regional matchup against UCLA (52-11) Sunday afternoon (May 25) 5-0 to end the season. The Bruins jumped to an early lead in the first after three consecutive hits to start the game. Sam Gress (14-11), who got the start for the Gamecocks kept the Bruins from adding on any more through the fourth. In the fifth, Gress finished her 4 2-3 inning outing with five runs and two hits. Jori Heard entered the circle in the fifth, finishing the last out of the inning and tossing a clean sixth inning. The Gamecocks offense had its best chance in the bottom of the sixth with Quincee Lilio and Lexi Winters on base but ultimately Carolina was unable to push across a run. Winters, Ella Chancey, Emily Vinson and Brooke Blankenship all had a hit on the day. Ultimately, UCLA added on a three-run seventh inning to give the Bruins a 5-0 lead and seal the game. The Gamecocks finished its first season under head coach Ashley Chastain Woodard with 44 wins, the most for a first-year head coach in program history. The historic season for Carolina comes to a close with their first Super Regional appearance since 2018. The team broke the single season record for RBIs, runs, walks, doubles and tied the record for sacrifice flies. Arianna Rodi set the single season program record for home runs and walks and finished third all-time for RBIs. Lexi Winters also ended the season fifth all-time for RBIs in a season. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Associated Press
24-05-2025
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- Associated Press
Woolery hits 2-run home in 4-run 7th, UCLA shocks South Carolina 5-4 in super regional
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jordan Woolery's two-out, two-run home run capped a four-run rally in the seventh inning and UCLA forced a deciding third game in the Columbia Super Regional with a dramatic 5-4 win over South Carolina on Saturday. The eighth-seeded Gamecocks were one out away from their first trip to the Women's College World Series since 1997 when Woolery smacked the first pitch from Sam Gress (14-10) over the leftfield wall for her 23rd home run. Game 3 is on Sunday. Gress stymied the ninth-seeded Bruins (53-11) on two hits through four innings before ace Jori Heard came in with a 3-0 lead. UCLA got a quick run on Sofia Mujica's one-out homer. Pinch hitter Taylor Stephens drew a leadoff walk to start the ninth and No. 9 hitter Kaitlyn Terry tripled to right center to give UCLA hope. Heard got another strikeout before Savannah Pola grounded a single into center to make it 4-2. That's when Gress reentered the game. Taylor Tinsley (15-4) allowed eight hits and two earned runs in a complete game for the Bruins. She didn't allow the Gamecocks an extra base hit. Lexi Winters went 3 for 4 and drove in three runs for South Carolina (44-16). She had an RBI single in the first and drove in two runs with a single in the fifth. ___ AP college sports:
Yahoo
24-05-2025
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South Carolina rolls past UCLA 9-2 in opening game of NCAA Softball Super Regionals
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – The South Carolina softball team (44-15) opened the Columbia Super Regionals with a 9-2 win over UCLA (52-11) Friday afternoon (May 23) at Carolina Softball Stadium. The Gamecocks scored five runs in the first two innings with seven of their nine runs coming with two outs. Quincee Lilio drew a lead-off walk in the first before the Gamecocks found themselves with two outs. Lexi Winters stepped up and sent her sixth home run over the wall in center to give Carolina the early 2-0 lead. Ella Chancey reached after being hit by a pitch and stole second. Brooke Blankenship doubled down the left field to score Chancey and put the Gamecocks up by three. In the second, Karley Shelton and Lilio were on second and third for Arianna Rodi who drove a single through the gap to score both runners for a 5-0 Gamecock advantage. Jori Heard, the starter for the Gamecocks, kept the Bruins scoreless through three, striking out three in 3 2-3 innings of work. A four-hit top of the fourth for UCLA, however, gave the Bruins two runs to bring the game within three. Sam Gress (14-9) entered the circle in the fourth for Heard, surrendering no runs and four hits for the remainder of the game. Gress' two strikeouts in the fifth was the first time UCLA's Jordan Woolery and Megan Grant had been struck out back-to-back this season. Carolina added a pair insurance runs in the fifth after an Abigail Knight double scored Blankenship and Chancey for a 7-2 Gamecock lead. In the bottom of the sixth with the bases loaded, Winters singled to left to score Emily Vinson. Chancey knocked in one more on a sacrifice fly to tie the program record for sac flies for the season. The 26 sacrifice flies ties the record from 1995. The two runs plated in the sixth gave the Gamecocks a 9-2 lead, before Gress shut down UCLA in the seventh to secure the win. Winters led the offense going 2-for-3 with three RBIs. Rodi finished with two hits and two RBIs. Blankenship and Shelton also finished with a pair of hits, while Knight drove in a pair of runs. South Carolina had 11 hits on the day. The Gamecocks look to punch their ticket to Oklahoma City for the first time since 1997 with a win over UCLA tomorrow. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m. on ESPN. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
23-05-2025
- Sport
Gress provides strong relieve, Winters homers as South Carolina tops UCLA 9-2 in Super Regional
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lexi Winters had a two-run home run in the first inning and drove in three runs, Sam Gress threw three-plus innings of no-hit relief and eighth-seeded South Carolina opened the Columbia NCAA Super Regional with a 9-2 rout of eighth-seeded UCLA on Friday. Game 2 in the best-of-3 series is Saturday. A leadoff walk came before Winters' two-out blast to center field. Then Kaitlyn Terry (18-5) hit a batter and Brooke Blankenship ripped an RBI double down the rightfield line. Arianna Rodi roped a two-run single in the second for the Gamecocks (44-15). Alexis Ramierez and Sophia Mujica had RBI hits in the fourth for UCLA (52-11) but Abigail Knight answered with a two-run double in the fifth and and South Carolina wrapped it up with two runs in the sixth.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
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Gress provides strong relieve, Winters homers as South Carolina tops UCLA 9-2 in Super Regional
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lexi Winters had a two-run home run in the first inning and drove in three runs, Sam Gress threw three-plus innings of no-hit relief and eighth-seeded South Carolina opened the Columbia NCAA Super Regional with a 9-2 rout of eighth-seeded UCLA on Friday. Game 2 in the best-of-3 series is Saturday. A leadoff walk came before Winters' two-out blast to center field. Then Kaitlyn Terry (18-5) hit a batter and Brooke Blankenship ripped an RBI double down the rightfield line. Arianna Rodi roped a two-run single in the second for the Gamecocks (44-15). Alexis Ramierez and Sophia Mujica had RBI hits in the fourth for UCLA (52-11) but Abigail Knight answered with a two-run double in the fifth and and South Carolina wrapped it up with two runs in the sixth. Gress scattered four hits in 3 1/3 innings. ___ AP college sports:
