2024 South Carolina Gamecocks softball team

2024 South Carolina Gamecocks softball
Durham Regional, 2-2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	36-24 (8-16 SEC)
Head coach	Beverly Smith (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Jake Epstein Katie Repole
Home stadium	Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field
Seasons ← 2023 2025  →

2024 Southeastern Conference softball standings

v t e	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
South Carolina  ‍‍‍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.

2024 SEC softball records v t e 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
SCAR	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

• 2024 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

References

1. "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.