Carolina improves to 8-2-3 and 3-2 in the SEC.

FROM USC:

STARKVILLE, MS – The Gamecocks tallied a win on the road and their third victory in conference play after taking down Mississippi State 1-0 on Thursday.

The first half got started with a bang as 5th year Claire Griffiths got one into the back of the net nearly 20 yards back off an assist from Payton Patrick to put the Gamecocks up 1-0; only six minutes into the game. The goal marked the second of the season for Griffiths, and the fifth of her career.

In the remaining 34 minutes of the first half, South Carolina and Missouri State put up three shots each, with the Gamecocks tallying two on goal.

More than 20 minutes into the second half, Mississippi State notched the first shot of the period to the bottom of the net, but were met by a save from senior goalkeeper Heather Hinz, the second save of the evening on either side. The Bulldogs would attempt for a second time in the 73rd minute but came up unsuccessful.

Mississippi State out-shot the Gamecocks in the final 45, but South Carolina was able to stay on top and secure the 1-0 victory. The Gamecocks finished the night with three shots (two on goal) and two corners. Hinz tallied one save.

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South Carolina will head home to take on Kentucky on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 2:00 p.m. in Stone Stadium.

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I hope all Gamecock fans traveling to Lexington for the game Saturday get a chance to go to the horse races at Keeneland before going to the game. The races start at 1:00 P.M. and the game starts at 7:30 P.M.

A lot of visitors make a doubleheader for the day
Be safe traveling to Lexington and have fun(minus the game) 😜😜

Royal reports regular contact with South Carolina, a recruit to watch. Update on Rivals:

Wrote a little bit about how South Carolina is getting healthy, but also how the coaching staff is trying to mix guys in who are working back from injury. Hope everyone's week is going well and those of y'all who are going to Lexington can travel safely.

Oklahoma defense performing just like the first time Venables was with the Sooners a decade ago.

Marcus Satterfield, Clayton White and Pete Lembo coming in today.

Atlanta Braves won the NL East division title last night.
Great accomplishment, considering they were 10 1/2 games behind at the start of June.

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Just a heads up that Jordan Butler will announce his decision tomorrow at 3:30 pm EST on his Instagram (which you can find here).


I put in a futurecast for him to South Carolina last Friday, and I'm not changing it prior to the announcement. The only other school some of the national folks are talking about to me is Mizzou, and perhaps they got in with a late push, but I will be surprised if that's the case. We'll have more on this one tomorrow afternoon.

One of the best. Whose gonna fill their shoes......

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Bennett will commit on Oct. 16th. Final 8 consists of Alabama, FSU, UNC, Tenn, FSU, UGA, Oregon, and South Carolina.


.....and I just put in a futurecast back on 9/23 for Bennett to the Gamecocks, if you enjoy keeping up with things like that. FWIW, he did recently visit Tennessee and I'll do my due diligence to make sure they didn't change his thinking from the last time Gamecock Scoop spoke with him.

Live updates from Spencer Rattler, Tonka Hemingway, Christian Beal-Smith, Marcellas Dial and Shane Beamer today.

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Live updates from Shane Beamer's teleconference following up on SC State and moving into the Kentucky game.

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Apparently, Mark Stoops updated injuries today during his press conference.

LB Jacquez Jones is out for a while.


An already thin OL may be thinner with Jeremy Flax nursing a hamstring injury. "50/50 to play"

RB Kavosiey Smoke is 50/50 as he recovers from a concussion.


Meanwhile, according to Beamer last night, SC is relatively healthy, besides Dylan Wonnum and Trai Jones.

Volleyball: Carolina beat Missouri twice over the weekend. Earning wins on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's match went 5 sets before the Gamecocks held on for a 3-2 win. The write-up below is from Sunday's wins.

FROM USC:

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina limited its errors and benefitted with a three-set sweep of Missouri (7-7, 0-4 SEC) on Sunday, the team’s first sweep since Sept. 10. The Gamecocks (9-6, 3-2 SEC) improve to 8-1 this season at home and will finally have a chance to rest after finishing a flurry of five conference matches in just eight days.

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The team will head back on the road for a weekend series at Tennessee next Saturday and Sunday. The Volunteers were on a bye this past weekend and have a mid-week game at home against Florida on Wednesday before hosting South Carolina. Tennessee is 8-7 overall and 2-1 in conference play, with wins over Missouri and Texas A&M.

Women's Soccer: Carolina fell to #20 Arkansas at home 0-1. The Gamecocks dropped to 7-2-3 overall and 2-2 in the SEC.

Men's Soccer:

FROM USC:

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Playing in heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ian, the South Carolina men’s soccer team and West Virginia played to a scoreless draw Saturday afternoon (Oct. 1). The Gamecocks now stand at 5-3-2 on the year and 1-0-1 in the Sun Belt.

Carolina earned its third clean sheet of the season as Ben Alexander earned two saves and Tristan Himes earned another.

As the rain began to fall just before kickoff, the two sides were limited in the attacking quarter. The Gamecocks finished the first half with three shots, while the Mountaineers had two. The lone shot on goal of the half came when Laurits Lillemose launched one from about 30 yards out with under 10 seconds to play.

It took WVU over 10 minutes to put a shot on goal in the second half. Alexander made a diving save in the 78th minute to keep the clean sheet alive, recovering after hitting the ground attempting to make the initial stop.

The Gamecocks were limited to two shots in the second half, but looked to have one final chance in the final 15 seconds on a breakaway before the Mountaineers were able to knock the ball away.

West Virginia finished with an 11-5 shot advantage.

South Carolina returns home to Stone Stadium Saturday, October 8, when it hosts No. 3 Marshall at 7 p.m.