2024 South Carolina Gamecocks softball team

2024 South Carolina Gamecocks softball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record36-24 (8-16 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jake Epstein
  • Katie Repole
Home stadiumCarolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field
2024 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Tennessee ‍‍‍ 19 5 0   .792 44 12 0   .786
No. 7 Florida ‍‍y 17 7 0   .708 53 14 0   .791
No. 9 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 15 9 0   .625 44 15 0   .746
No. 16 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 37 18 0   .673
No. 10 Missouri ‍‍‍y 13 11 0   .542 48 18 0   .727
No. 11 LSU ‍‍‍y 12 12 0   .500 44 17 0   .721
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y 12 12 0   .500 43 19 0   .694
No. 18 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 12 12 0   .500 34 20 0   .630
No. 19 Alabama ‍‍‍y 10 14 0   .417 38 20 0   .655
Auburn ‍‍‍y 9 15 0   .375 29 21 1   .578
 ‍‍‍y 8 16 0   .333 36 24 0   .600
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 8 16 0   .333 31 24 0   .564
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 7 17 0   .292 31 27 0   .534
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 2, 2024[1][2]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today[3]

The 2024 South Carolina Gamecocks softball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Gamecocks play their home games at Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field.

Previous Season

The Gamecocks finished the 2023 Season 40–22 overall, and 9–15 in the SEC to finish in tenth place in the conference. They were invited to the Tallahassee Regional where they finished 3–2.

Roster

2024 South Carolina Gamecocks softball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Year High school/junior college Home town
1 OF Aniyah Black R/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Dodge County
Georgia
Chauncey, GA
2 INF Denver Bryant R/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Dougherty
Auburn
Albany, Ga
4 INF Brooke Blankenship R/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr River Ridge Hudson, FL
5 OF Carlie Henderson L/R 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Calhoun Calhoun, GA
7 Giulia Desiderio R/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr River Ridge Hudson, FL
8 OF Kyye Ricks L/R 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) So Whitewater Fayetteville, GA
9 RHP Reganne Bennett R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Novi Novi, MI
10 RHP Bailey Betenbaugh R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Union County Union, SC
12 OF Marissa Gonzalez R/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Kingsburg Kingsburg, CA
13 INF Zoe Laneaux L/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Pope Marietta, GA
15 RHP Alana Vawter R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Staley
Stanford
Kansas City, MO
16 RHP Sage Mardjetko R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Lemont Lemont, IL
18 INF Reagan Marchant R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Fr Hilton Head Island Hilton Head Island, SC
19 Jen Cummings L/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Redmond
Washington
Redmond, WA
21 INF Natalie Heath R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS So Northgate Sharpsburg, GA
24 OF Bre Warren L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr College Station
Texas A&M
College Station, TX
25 RHP Jori Heard R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Huntley Algonquin, IL
26 OF Riley Blampied R/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Crisp County Cordele, GA
27 Kianna Jones R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Burnsview
North Carolina
Surrey, British Columbia
30 Sophia Grillo R/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Owen J. Roberts Pottstown, PA
33 INF Karley Shelton L/R 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr Lexington Lexington, SC
44 INF Emma Sellers R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Los Alamitos Lakewood, CA
89 INF Kiki Estrada L/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Orange Lutheran
Arkansas
Chino Hills, CA
Head coach

Beverly Smith

Assistant coach(es)

Jake Epstein
Katie Repole
Kevin Maguire


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Current redshirt

Roster

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2024 SEC softball game results, 2024 SEC softball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW
ALA 10–14 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 . . . 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 ALA 1–7 1–0
ARK 14–10 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 . . ARK 6–2 0–0
AUB 9–15 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 AUB 2–6 0–1
FLA 17–7 2–1 . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 . 3–0 FLA 7–1 2–0
UGA 12–12 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 . UGA 3–5 1–0
KEN 8–16 2–1 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 0–3 . . . 1–2 0–3 1–2 KEN 3–5 0–3
LSU 12–12 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 . 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 3–0 LSU 2–6 2–0
MSU 12–12 . 2–1 . 1–2 2–1 . . 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 MSU 4–4 0–0
MIZZ 13–11 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 . 3–0 0–3 . MIZZ 5–3 1–1
MISS 7–17 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 . 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 . 0–3 MISS 3–5 0–4
8–16 . 1–2 . 1–2 . 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 SCAR 2–6 1–3
TENN 19–5 2–1 . 2–1 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 . TENN 8–0 3–0
TAMU 15–9 2–1 . 3–0 0–3 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 . 3–0 3–0 . TAMU 6–2 3–2
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. [1][4] Tie brkrs: MSU>UGA & MSU>LSU ARK common. UGA>LSU MIZZ common. SCAR>KEN head to head.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2024 Standings". secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. June 2, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 NCAA Division I Softball Official Bracket". NCAA. May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Softball Coaches Poll". NFCA. May 14, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 SEC Softball Schedule Announced". SEC Sports. September 20, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2024.