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
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Tennessee ‍†‍‍ 19–5–0 .79244–12–0 .786
No. 7 Florida ‍‍‡‍y 17–7–0 .70853–14–0 .791
No. 9 Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .62544–15–0 .746
No. 16 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58337–18–0 .673
No. 10 Missouri ‍‍‍y 13–11–0 .54248–18–0 .727
No. 11 LSU ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50044–17–0 .721
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50043–19–0 .694
No. 18 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50034–20–0 .630
No. 19 Alabama ‍‍‍y 10–14–0 .41738–20–0 .655
Auburn ‍‍‍y 9–15–0 .37529–21–1 .578
South Carolina ‍‍‍y 8–16–0 .33336–24–0 .600
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 8–16–0 .33331–24–0 .564
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 7–17–0 .29231–27–0 .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
PlayersCoaches
#Pos.NameBats/throwsHeightYearHigh school/junior collegeHome 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 Injured
  • Redshirt 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

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW
ALA10–141–21–21–21–21–2...3–0.1–21–2ALA1–71–0
ARK14–102–12–1.2–1.2–11–22–11–22–1..ARK6–20–0
AUB9–152–11–2..1–22–1.1–21–2.1–20–3AUB2–60–1
FLA17–72–1..2–13–02–12–11–2.2–1.3–0FLA7–12–0
UGA12–122–11–2.1–21–2.1–22–13–0.1–2.UGA3–51–0
KEN8–162–1.2–10–32–10–3...1–20–31–2KEN3–50–3
LSU12–12.1–21–21–2.3–0.1–21–2.1–23–0LSU2–62–0
MSU12–12.2–1.1–22–1..1–22–12–11–21–2MSU4–40–0
MIZZ13–11.1–22–12–11–2.2–12–1.3–00–3.MIZZ5–31–1
MISS7–170–32–12–1.0–3.2–11–2.0–3.0–3MISS3–50–4
SCAR8–16.1–2.1–2.2–1.1–20–33–00–30–3SCAR2–61–3
TENN19–52–1.2–1.2–13–02–12–13–0.3–0.TENN8–03–0
TAMU15–92–1.3–00–3.2–10–32–1.3–03–0.TAMU6–23–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW

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. 1 2 "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.