๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ. We're home to one of college volleyball's BEST game day environments. ๐ค
UPSET. SECURED.
The
#Gamecocks
stun No. 4 Florida for Carolina's first win over the Gators since 2006.
You try and think of a better way to end the fall.
Minnesota will close it out in three.
This might be the end of our season, but the new era of Gamecock volleyball isnโt stopping here. Proud to represent our state on the national level this year, you wonโt want to miss us in 2019.
SET FIVE: For the first time since 2010, the Gamecocks have defeated the Wildcats! Kentucky commits a blocking error and it holds up after a review, South Carolina takes down the No. 5 Wildcats!
STATS:
We are beyond excited to announce that Tom Mendoza will be the next head coach of the
#Gamecocks
! He is coming off back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances at High Point, and spent six seasons at Creighton before that. Please give a warm welcome to Tom and his wife, Megan!
Another day, another upset! The Gamecocks take down No. 23 Rice for their second top-25 win in as many days! It's a 3-1 final score, we're back at it tonight vs. No. 9 Pitt. Be there.
Big thanks to
@dawnstaley
and the
@GamecockWBB
staff for the sweet treat and even sweeter note for the team today! Weโre bringing the
#WomanUp
mindset to Seattle for sure this weekend!
Not only did we pick up a big top-25 win yesterday, but Coach Mendoza made a little history in the process.
He earned his 50th win at South Carolina, making him the fastest coach to reach 50 in program history!
Mark your calendars: December 6 at 8 PM, weโll be taking the court to start our postseason run!
These
#Gamecocks
will play Colorado State, with host Washington and our upstate friends Winthrop waiting for us!
FINAL: The
#Gamecocks
rally from a 23-21 deficit to close out the sweep of Ole Miss, 25-23! With 19 wins, South Carolina now has its highest win total since 2008!
FINAL: South Carolina comes back in a big way to win set four and clinch the win! The
#Gamecocks
hold Georgia to a .026 hit percentage in the fourth, Shields finishes with 18 kills!
FINAL: It's a sweep! The Gamecocks take this one in Rock Hill, three different players record a double-double for South Carolina.
We're back home for our next match, it's a 4 p.m. first serve against High Point this Saturday. See you there!
FINAL STATS:
The
#Gamecocks
take home another first, beating A&M in College Station for the first time ever! For just the fourth time since 2001, South Carolina will finish .500 or better in SEC play.
1๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ kills
4๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ blocks
Sheโs just the fourth Gamecock to ever reach both milestones in a career. Happy to celebrate the ๐ธ๐พ last night!
Win number three this season is a little more special than usual.
It's the 800th win in our program's HISTORY! Who better to get it against than our rivals in front of a record-setting crowd, way to go,
#Gamecock
nation!
FINAL: The
#Gamecocks
finish on a 6-0 run to close out a 15-9 set win and a 3-2 victory over the Bulldogs!
It's now a five-game win streak for Carolina!
Our program is truly saddened to hear of the passing of Mr. Carlton Thompson. Generations of our players, coaches and fans were positively impacted by his passion for Gamecock athletics.
He embodied everything you wanted in a supporter. We will miss you so very much.
Lost in a big weekend was an equally big accomplishment: senior Courtney Koehler passed 3,000 career assists, making her just the sixth Gamecock in program history to reach the milestone!
Weโre all going to look back at this day in a few months and try to remember what happened and why, but on December 4, 2018, itโs grape to be a Gamecock. ๐
It's a sweep for the
#Gamecocks
! The team takes down Alabama to move to 3-0 in SEC play for the first time since 2002. Vastine goes for a double-double, Ezell gets 18 digs, and McLean leads all hitters with 14 kills!
The Gamecocks finish off the win with a 25-12 score in the third! That's six straight wins over Clemson. Thank you to the
@SC_Cockpit
for getting the gym ROCKING this afternoon, let's meet up again tonight at 7:30 and end this weekend in style.
STATS:
Riley Whitesides was four years old the last time the
#Gamecocks
beat Florida. Current assistant coach Shonda Cole Wallace led the team that day with 38 points. Riley puts home the winner with her 23rd kill of the night.
Not. Bad.
SET THREE: A slow start to the third puts the game out of reach for the
#Gamecocks
, the Huskies win the match in three sets to end our postseason run.
Thank you to our faithful fans who stayed up late to cheer us on from coast to coast, a heartfelt
#ForeverToThee
from us to you.
South Carolina ends the season with a 20-12 overall record. Thank you to all the fans who showed this squad love from August to December. We can't wait to see you all again in the fall!
FINAL: The
#Gamecocks
rally back from a slow start in the third to get the sweep at Auburn!
Carolina now has 10 SEC wins this season, the first time since 2001-02 that it has reached double-digit conference wins in back-to-back seasons!
Our season comes to a close here in Atlanta. Thanks to all the fans who supported us at home and on the road this season, the future is bright and we're excited to rest up then get back to work this spring!
FINAL: A dominant performance for the
#Gamecocks
today, McKenzie Moorman's 12th kill of the match seals the win! The freshman hit .706(!?!) for the match.
We're literally still counting, but one thing is for sure: we've NEVER seen a crowd like this in the Carolina Volleyball Center's history. Thank you for your support all weekend long.
#ForeverToThee
The numbers don't lie...
The highest year-to-year improvement in program history.
First top-100 postseason RPI since 2012.
Highest final RPI ranking since 2002.
One sleep away from opening day! Don't watch this video if you plan on sleeping though, the hype is real!
Our journey to be the last one standing begins tomorrow morning.
Sheโs done things weโve never seen before, now sheโs done something our program has never done - your SEC Libero of the Year is JENNA HAMPTON!
Sheโs the third Gamecock to win an individual honor from the conference coaches. Congratulations, Jenna! You earned every bit of this.
President Caslen had a simple message when he came to South Carolina: Beat Clemson and heโll throw you an ice cream party. Well, mission accomplished! ๐ฅณ๐จ
The Gamecock lock it in and lock down win No. 1 of SEC play! Birthday girl Morgan gets a great dig, Kyla tracks it down and sets up Riley for the winner. What a night, another classic in this series with the Dawgs.
STATS:
SECN:
Does it get any better than this!?
For her final serve in the Carolina VB Center, senior Camilla Covas clinches the win with an ACE!
Carolina completes the comeback and takes down Auburn, we couldn't have done it without you, Gamecock fans - today and all season long.
In case you've been hiking in the mountains for the last six hours, here's a recap of South Carolina's first
@NCAAVolleyball
tournament win since 2002!