2021 South Carolina Gamecock Softball NO NAME POSITION CLASS B/T HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Lauren Stewart Outfield Graduate R/R Alpharetta, Ga
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Two SEC Tournament Championships 28 All-Americans 96 All-Region Nods Game Center Senior Weekend - Last Home Games - 2021 Season Opponent: Miss. State Dates: April 30 - May 2 Times: Listed below SOUTH CAROLINA Tickets: Sold out (24-20, 3-15 SEC) ► Head coach: Beverly Smith (11th Year) Watch: Listed below Live Stats: gamecocksonline.com Follow: @gamecocksoftbll (Twitter) MISSISSIPPI STATE (25-21, 1-14 SEC) ► Head coach: Samantha Ricketts (2nd Year) SOUTH CAROLINA SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result TV 2/12 North Carolina Canceled 2/13 UNCG Canceled The Numbers (‘21) 2/14 North Carolina Canceled 2/14 UNCG Canceled 2/20 Auburn (JU) L, 5-4 2/20 Jackonsville (UNF) W, 10-0 2/20 @ North Florida Canceled Category 2/21 Auburn (UNF) W, 6-5 Batting average .291 .275 2/24 Coastal Carolina W, 8-0 (6) On-base percentage .397 .370 2/24 Coastal Carolina W, 10-0 (5) Runs 245 233 2/26 Seton Hall W, 11-3 (5) Hits 325 333 2/26 Longwood W, 14-6 (6) Doubles 58 56 2/27 Seton Hall W, 3-1 Triples 9 6 2/27 Longwood W, 12-2 (5) Home runs 30 58 2/28 No. 16 Duke L, 5-1 3/3 Winthrop W, 10-1 (5) RBIs 216 210 3/5 Elon W, 14-1 (5) Walks 143 136 3/6 UCONN W, 7-6 (8) Stolen Bases 39 33 3/6 @ UNC L, 3-0 Team ERA 3.56 3.46 3/7 @ UNC W, 8-1 Team Strikeouts 145 356 3/10 Georgia Southern W, 9-1 (6) Team Complete Games 14 7 3/12 No. 19 Arkansas * L, 4-1 Team Shutouts 5/1 7 3/13 No. 19 Arkansas * L, 7-5 (10) 3/14 No. 19 Arkansas * L, 3-2 Walks 145 135 3/16 Gardner-Webb W, 12-4 (5) 3/16 Gardner-Webb W, 8-0 (5) 3/17 Charlotte Postponed Inside The Notes 3/20 No. 20 UCF W, 9-1 (5) 3/20 No. 20 UCF W, 4-2 √ Head-to-head (p. 2) √ Game-by-game lineups (p. 19-20) 3/21 No. 20 UCF L, 10-4 √ Head coach Beverly Smith (p. 3) √ The last time... (p. 21) 3/26 @ RV Texas A&M * L, 6-3 √ Notes (p. 4-12) √ Stats (p. 22-29) 3/27 @ RV Texas A&M * L, 10-2 (5) √ Uniforms (p. 13-14) √ Home run tracker (p. 30) 3/28 @ RV Texas A&M * L, 2-1 √ Our SEC history (p. 15-16) √ Record chase tracker (p. 31) 4/1 No. 17 Missouri * L, 13-4 (6) 4/2 No. 17 Missouri * L, 7-3 √ Mackenzie Boesel (p. 17) √ Roster (p. 32-33) 4/3 No. 17 Missouri * L, 10-6 √ Misc. stats (p. 18) √ Spotter chart (p. 34=) 4/7 Charleston Southern W, 9-2 4/7 Charleston Southern W, 8-0 (5) 4/9 @ RV Ole Miss* L, 8-0 (5) 4/10 @ RV Ole Miss * L, 8-5 Possible Starting Lineup (based on previous games) 4/11 @ RV Ole Miss* W, 10-1 (5) 4/14 Furman W, 9-1 (6) POSSIBLE PITCHING STARTERS 4/14 Furman W, 4-1 No. Player ERA W-L IP K Notes 4/17 No. 16 Tennessee * W, 3-2 (8) 9 Cayla Drotar 5.71 3-6 34.1 17 Coming back from injury 4/18 No. 16 Tennessee * L, 11-0 (6) 12 Kelsey Oh 4.16 3-7 67.1 25 Coming back from injury 4/19 No. 16 Tennessee * L, 4-2 10 Bailey Betenbaugh 1.91 5-0 36.2 35 SEC righties held to .125 BA 4/21 No. 16 cLemson L, 6-0 19 Skylar Trahan 0.00 0-0 1.0 2 First appearance 3/5 vs. Elon 4/23 @ No. 3 Florida * W, 2-1 20 Leah Powell 2.39 8-3 70.1 44 Win over No. 3 Florida this year 4/24 @ No. 3 Florida * L, 6-0 31 Karsen Ochs 4.13 3-2 40.2 19 SEC hitters just .160 with two outs 4/25 @ No. 3 Florida * L, 4-2 34 Rachel Vaughan 3.92 2-2 25.0 3 First SEC start vs. Florida (4/25) 4/30 Miss. State * 6:00 PM ET SECN+ 5/1 Miss State * 3:00 PM ET SECN 5/2 Miss. State * 1:00 PM ET SECN+ POSSIBLE POSITION STARTERS 5/7 @ No. 14 Kentucky * 6:00 PM ET SECN+ No. Player Pos. AVG GP-GS Notes 5/8 @ No. 14 Kentucky * 2:00 PM ET SECN+ 6 Jordan Fabian C .295 41-40 Five home runs with 25 RBI at home 5/9 @ No. 14 Kentucky * 1:00 PM ET SECN+ 77 Kassidy Krupit 1B .295 44-44 Four home runs with 25 RBI at home 5/11 SEC Tournament Tuscaloosa, Al. 7 Mackenzie Boesel 2B .409 44-44 One home run from SC career record 5/20 NCAA Regionals TBA 2 Kenzi Maguire SS .431 44-44 .489 BA in last 15 games with 17 runs 5/27 NCAA Supers TBA 3 Riley Blampied 3B .213 32-20 Hitting .308 on four hits in last 5 games 6/1 WCWS Oklahoma City, Ok. 4 Katie Prebble LF .235 36-35 .314 BA in the 24 wins this season 14 Aaliyah White CF .304 44-38 .300 BA in last 8 games LEGEND 4 Carlie Henderson RF .270 41-36 .328 BA in the 24 wins this season Bold: Home games @: Away games 9 Cayla Drotar DP .224 25-24 Six RBI in wins this year *: SEC Games Rankings based on NFCA/USA Today Coaches Poll THE STAFF Head Coach Beverly Smith (pitching coach) Associate Head Coach Lisa Navas (defense) Assistant Coach Kaela Jackson (third base coach/hitting coach/outfield) Volunteer Assistant Heather Gelbard (first base coach/base running) 2021 Gamecock Softball - Page 1 22 NCAA Tournament Bids Eight Women’s College World Series Appearances HISTORY VS. THE FIELD MISS STATE ALL-TIME SERIES: 32-30, SC LAST FIVE MEETINGS: 4-1, SC LAST MEETING: W. 3-1 (5/10/2018) Most runs scored: 9 (W, 9-1) 5/3/2015 Fewest runs scored: 0 (four times) Runs in last meeting: 3 (W, 3-1) 5/10/2018 Most runs allowed: 11 (L, 11-10) 3/17/2002 Fewest runs allowed: 0 (seven times) Runs allowed in last meeting: 1 (W, 3-1) Best win: 8 (W, 9-1) 5/3/2015 Worst loss: 8 (three times) First meeting: W, 7-3 (4/28/1985) Record in Columbia: 11-11, tied Record in Starkville: 14-13, State Record at netural sites: 6-4, SC GAMECOCKS IN THE SEC... AND SOME FUN NOTES • South Carolina comes into the SEC week with a 263-366 (.413) record all-time in SEC play. • The Gamecocks have won the SEC once in program history (1997, the first year of the conference). Carolina went 25-1 that year in SEC play on its way to a first-place finish in the SEC East Division. • Carolina has won 20+ SEC games in a season twice (1997 and 2002) and has won 10+ 13 times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2015 and 2018). • The Garnet and Black posted a 9-14 record in 2019 SEC play. Carolina went 1-2 last year with a series loss to Georgia before the season was ended. • Carolina is 5-5 over its past 10 games with a key win over No. 3 Florida this past weekend in Gaines- ville. With the latest D1 Softball projections showing SC as a No. 3-seed in the Tempe Regional, every game down the stretch will be big. • Over the past 10 games South Carolina has five players (Kenzi Maguire, Aaliyah White, Riley Blamp- ied, Mackenzie Boesel and Kassidy Krupit) hitting over .300. Maguire has led the way with a .419 batting average on 13 hits with nine runs and four doubles. Fabian has posted a team-best six RBI with three home runs. • Speaking of Fabian, she’s hit the last three South Carolina home runs. • Boesel has been great during the stretch, posting a .313 batting average on 10 hits with two doubles, four runs and five RBI. • White has shown her speed with three stolen bases over the past 10 games. • In the circle, it’s been all about Leah Powell. She’s earned three victories in 20 innings of work with 11 strikeouts. Cayla Drotar has earned the other two wins during that time. • With two weekends of regular season action left, Maguire has positioned herself at the top in terms of SEC hitters this year. She’s third in batting average (.431), third in runs (49), seventh in doubles (11), seventh in hits (53), sixth in triples (3), second in on-base percentage (.560) and first in hit by pitches (23). • Boesel has a claim at the top, as well. She’s fifth in batting average (.409), fifth in runs (43), third in doubles (14), ninth in hits (52), fifth in on-base percentage (.528) and seventh in walks (30). • South Carolina is the only SEC school with: two hitters in the top five for batting average, two players in the top five for runs scored, two hitters in the top five for on-base percentage. • Maguire has shined in SEC games, too. By conference only stats she’s 10th in batting average (.375), 10th in runs scored (13), fourth in on-base percentage (.524) and first in hit by pitches (9).