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South Carolina Prepares To Face Bucknell On Friday In Columbia Regional
June 3, 2010 CLICK HERE TO VISIT TOURNAMENT CENTRAL Columbia, S.C. - The field has been set for the 2010 NCAA Baseball Regional in Columbia, S.C. at Carolina Stadium. South Carolina (43-15) is the No. 1 seed and will face the No. 4 seed Bucknell (25-33) at 7 p.m. on Friday. The No. 2 seed Virginia Tech (38-20) will face No. 3 seed The Citadel (42-20) in the opener of the regional set for 2 p.m. The NCAA Regional will run from Friday, June 4 to Monday, June 7. Carolina will be making its 11th straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament and the 12th under head coach Ray Tanner. This is Carolina's 26th overall appearance in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. South Carolina has reached eight College World Series as well as seven NCAA Super Regionals. The Gamecocks are one of eight teams from the SEC to play in the 2009 NCAA Tournament. South Carolina's 11 consecutive trips to the NCAA Baseball Tournament (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) is the longest current streak of the 12 SEC schools. Carolina is one of only eight schools in the nation that has reached the NCAA Regional in the last 11 consecutive years. South Carolina will start junior RHP Sam Dyson (5-5, 3.92 ERA) with Bucknell countering with junior RHP Dylan Seeley (5-3, 4.03 ERA).
NCAA DIVISION I SCHOOLS TO REACH NCAA REGIONALS IN LAST 11 CONSECUTIVE SEASONS
ALL-SEC HONORS Cooper leads the Southeastern Conference in victories with a 10-1 record including seven wins in conference play, tying him for the most conference wins as well. Cooper has pitched a SEC high 104.0 innings and is fourth in the league in opposing batting average (.227), sixth in earned run average (2.94) and seventh in strikeouts (88). In SEC games, Cooper pitched a SEC-high 71.2 innings, was fifth in opposing batting average (.231), fifth in earned run average (3.01) and sixth in strikeouts (58). Blake Cooper's 10 wins on the year gives him 31 now for his career at Carolina and ties him for sixth on the South Carolina career victories list with David Marchbanks (2001-03), Matt Threehouse (1989-93) and Dennis Lubert (1979-82). His 31 career victories is tied for second highest among current players in Division I. Cooper earned SEC Pitcher of the Week honors in a 5-0 win over Ole Miss. Cooper struck out a career-high 10 batters in the victory, his fifth complete game of his career but his first career complete game shutout. He allowed just four hits and one walk as well. Bradley leads the Gamecocks with a .372 batting average (73-for-196) with 47 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, nine HR and 43 RBI. He also has a .472 on-base percentage and .571 slugging percentage. His on-base percentage is ninth best in the SEC with his batting average also ninth best in the conference. He also fielded .992 in the outfield with five assists as well. Price has been a stellar force out of the bullpen this season. The Gamecock closer is 3-1 with a 2.83 ERA and has seven saves in 41.1 innings pitched with 62 strikeouts and 17 walks. Opponents are batting just .187 against him on the year. All seven of Price's saves have come in SEC play that is the second highest total among SEC pitchers. His 16 SEC appearances tied for the league high in conference play. Walker hit a team-best .359 in SEC games and owns a .308 average (53-for-172) for the season with six HR and 39 RBI. Marzilli played in 51 games with eight starts and hit .354 (17-for-48) and scored 18 runs and stole five bases. Wingo was stellar at second base and made just seven errors on the season with a .974 fielding percentage. JUNIOR Bradley was stellar at the SEC Tournament batting 5-for-9 in the two games to lead the Gamecocks at the plate. He leads Carolina with 24 multi-hit games and is second on the team with 10 multi-RBI games. Bradley is in the middle of a career-best 11-game hitting streak as well. In that span he has batted .468 (22-for-47) with six doubles, a pair of homers and 12 RBI. Last season, Bradley put on a show at the NCAA Regional in Greenville, S.C. as he was named to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team after batting .500 (9-for-18) with a pair of homers and five RBI in four games. Bradley has been invited to the 2010 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Trials set for July 5-July 11 at the National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Bradley will be fighting for a spot on the final 22-man roster that will be selected on Sunday, July 11. The team will then tour across the USA with the summer season culminating on July 30- Aug. 7 at the FISU World University Baseball Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Several former Gamecocks have played on the Collegiate National Team including most recently, Justin Smoak (2007), who made his Major League Baseball debut this past Friday with the Texas Rangers. In addition to playing for Team USA in 2007, Smoak also played on the 2009 USA Baseball World Cup team that won a gold medal last September at the IBAF World Cup. Smoak earned the 2009 Richard W. "Dick" Case Award recognizing him as USA Baseball's Athlete of the Year. Smoak helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2009 IBAF Baseball World Cup in September in Europe. He set a U.S. World Cup record with nine home runs in the event, and he was named to the All-World Cup Team as well as the event's Most Valuable Player. Smoak finished the tournament with a .291 average, and in addition to pacing the team in home runs; he also topped the club with 22 RBIs and 16 runs scored. Current Major Leaguers and former Gamecocks Landon Powell (2002) and Adam Everett (1997) also represented the Red, White & Blue on the Collegiate National Team. Everett also was on the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team that won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. South Carolina head coach Ray Tanner also has association with USA Baseball. He has served five stints with the Red, White & Blue including his latest in 2003 as head coach for the USA National Baseball Team. At the helm of some of the top freshmen and sophomores in the country, Tanner's club finished with a 27-2 record, the best record for a U.S. National Team (.931 winning percentage) and won a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. He was named the U.S. National Coach of the Year for his work that season. Prior to his head coaching stint, Tanner served as an auxiliary coach for the 2000 Olympic Team under Tommy Lasorda that won a gold medal at the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney, Australia. He was also an assistant with the 1995-1996 USA teams under former LSU coach Skip Bertman that culminated in a bronze medal win at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. Tanner also served alongside former Mississippi State coach Ron Polk on Bertman's staff. Tanner's first stint with USA Baseball came as an assistant coach to the national team in the summer of 1993. COOP Cooper leads the Southeastern Conference in victories with a 10-1 record including seven wins in conference play, tying him for the most conference wins as well. Cooper has pitched a SEC high 104.0 innings and is fourth in the league in opposing batting average (.227), sixth in earned run average (2.94) and seventh in strikeouts (88). In SEC games, Cooper pitched a SEC-high 71.2 innings, was fifth in opposing batting average (.231), fifth in earned run average (3.01) and sixth in strikeouts (58). Blake Cooper's 10 wins on the year gives him 31 now for his career at Carolina and ties him for sixth on the South Carolina career victories list with David Marchbanks (2001-03), Matt Threehouse (1989-93) and Dennis Lubert (1979-82). His 31 career victories is tied for second highest among current players in Division I. Cooper earned SEC Pitcher of the Week honors in a 5-0 win over Ole Miss. Cooper struck out a career-high 10 batters in the victory, his fifth complete game of his career but his first career complete game shutout. He allowed just four hits and one walk as well. On Tuesday, June 1, USA Baseball officials will cut the watch list of players to 30 names. The final list of 30 will then be sent to a voting body consisting of select professional baseball personnel, past USA Baseball National Team coaches, select members of the media, former USA Baseball sports information directors, and current USA Baseball staff -- close to 150 voters in total. The 2010 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award will be presented nationally July 13 on an award show via live telecast from Anaheim on GoldenSpikesAward.com, USABaseball.com and MLB.com in conjunction with All-Star FanFest. South Carolina has had one player in school history earn the award. In 2000, right-handed pitcher Kip Bouknight received the Golden Spikes after posting a 17-1 record
South Carolina Career Victories List PITCHING STAFF South Carolina's pitching staff had a tremendous weekend in Fayetteville, Ark. Heading into the week the Razorbacks were ranked second in the SEC in batting average, runs scored and slugging percentage. The Carolina staff answered the challenge and limited the Razorbacks to just five runs on 16 hits in 27 innings pitched. South Carolina's pitching staff kept Arkansas at a .170 batting average for the weekend and the Gamecocks finished the series with a 1.67 ERA. South Carolina also leads the Southeastern Conference in SEC games in opposing batting average (.243), hits allowed (238) and is second in earned run average (3.82), strikeouts (244) and runs allowed (134). TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS DYSON For the season, Dyson is 5-5 with a 3.92 ERA in 82.2 innings pitched. He has 86 strikeouts and opponents are batting just .245 against him. COLLEGEBASEBALLINSIDER.COM NAMES SOUTH CAROLINA TEAM OF THE WEEK 40 THE PRICE IS RIGHT All seven of Price's saves have come in SEC play that is the second highest total among SEC pitchers. His 16 SEC appearances is tied for the league high in conference play. MAKING AN APPEARANCE MATA HANEY GETS IT GOING MERRIFIELD AT THE TOP OF THE ORDER MERRIFIELD NAMED 2009-10 EARNEST BROOKS CO-MALE STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AT SOUTH CAROLINA Earlier this year Merrifield set the school record for consecutive games with a hit. He hit safely in 26 straight games, 14 at the end of 2009 and the first 12 games of 2010. He has made 171 consecutive starts for the Gamecocks dating back to March 7, 2008. MERRIFIELD ON CAREER LISTS South Carolina Career Lists Runs Scored 1) 223 Derick Urquhart 1995-96-97-98 2) 215 Mike Curry 1996-97-98 3) 212 Drew Meyer 2000-01-02 4) 209 Mac White 1991-92-93-94 5) 190 Whit Merrifield 2008-09-10 Singles 1) 209 Drew Meyer 2000-01-02 2) 201 Michael Campbell2003-04-05-06 3) 198 Mac White 1991-92-93-94 4) 191 Andrew Crisp 2005-06-07-08-09 5) 182 Whit Merrifield 2008-09-10 Hits 1) 303 Mac White 1991-92-93-94 2) 299 Michael Campbell2003-04-05-06 3) 285 Drew Meyer 2000-01-02 4) 265 Landon Powell 2001-02-03-04 265 Derick Urquhart 1995-96-97-98 6) 262 Andrew Crisp 2005-06-07-08-09 7) 250 Mike Curry 1996-97-98 8) 247 Whit Merrifield 2008-09-10 BRADY BUNCHES THEM TOGETHER THE SWEEP SUPERLATIVES WALKER ON A ROLL CAROLINA STADIUM RECORD SET IF YOU BUILD IT - THEY WILL COME For the Alabama series, the three-game total attendance of 24,204 was the largest for a weekend series at Carolina Stadium in school history. The previous high was 23,220 vs. Georgia from May 14-16, 2009. SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE PLATE MORALES WITH A HOT BAT MARZILLI SHOWING HOME RUN POWER BANGS TIES A SCHOOL RECORD THE DEFENSE
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