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Cock-A-Doodle Brew 4/7: Gamecock Proud
Women's Hoops Reaches Third NCAA Championship Game In Four Years
Sydney Fields
April 07, 2025
Good Morning, Gamecocks! Dr. Seuss had a saying, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
Another magical women’s hoops season has come to a close for the Gamecocks and man, oh man, what a season it was!
What else is Brewin’? Check it out below!
🏀 Gamecock Proud
🥎 Turning 30
⛳️ Acing Augusta
🤙 And much more!
🎥 TAILGATE TALKS
Tailgate Talks: Whit Merrifield — Where were you for Whit's hit? Every Gamecock fan can answer that question. Next up on the Tailgate is South Carolina baseball legend, Whit Merrifield. A guy who came in the same time as Stephen and Pat, Whit made a name for himself in Columbia before going on to play in the big leagues for nearly a decade.
📈 STOCK UP
🔺 Gamecock Proud. When it comes to the modern era of college athletics, there is no comparison to the South Carolina women’s hoops program.
For the third time in the past four years and fourth time in the past decade, the Gamecocks fought their way to the NCAA Championship game, dropping a tough 82-59 decision to UConn on Sunday afternoon.
South Carolina wraps up the season as National Runner-Up with a 35-4 record overall.
The 2021 signing class, ranked No. 1 in the nation and led by Sania Feagin and Bree Hall in their final year on eligibility, played in four NCAA Final Fours and three national championship games.
🔺 Turning 30. Most people worry about turning 30 on the birthday calendar.
For the 10th-ranked South Carolina softball squad, they enjoyed getting to 30 as the Gamecocks moved to 30-8 on the year with a hard-fought SEC series victory, taking two-of-three from 19th-ranked Ole Miss.
On Friday, the Gamecocks picked up an extra-inning thriller, 1-0 and followed it up with a 4-2 victory in the rubber match on Sunday to take the series and improve to 30-8 on the season.
🔺 Acing Augusta. While the golf world turns their eyes on Augusta this week, South Carolina star freshman Eila Galitsky has already turning heads down in the Peach State.
The Chiang Mai, Thailand native’s low score tied Bailey Shoemaker last season for the lowest final round in ANWA history in six all-time tournaments.
Her front nine 31 today was the first ever 5-under, nine-hole score at Augusta National Golf Club in the six-year history of the ANWA.
Galitsky’s 54-hole total of 208 (-8) is the lowest by a Gamecock all-time at the ANWA. She joins former All-American Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (T-3rd in 2021 with 2-over total of 218) as the only South Carolina players to record a top-five finish in the event.
🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA
As we mentioned, the 2021 signing class for South Carolina women’s hoops will go down as historic group. How many victories did the group pile up over four seasons?
Got a guess?
Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!
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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD
Tuesday 4/8
⚾️ Baseball vs. USC Upstate @ 6:30 p.m. | SECN+
🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: 144.
In four years, the group piled up a 144-7 record. Both the total wins and the .954 winning percentage are the best four-year marks in program history.
🤙 Have a great Monday, y’all