Columbia, S.C. – South Carolina is in Hoover, Ala. for the 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament. The Gamecocks are the No. 7 seed in this year’s conference tourney and will face the No. 2 seed LSU Tigers at 10 am CT (11 am ET) on Wednesday May 21 at Regions Park.
Carolina heads into the weekend tournament with a 37-19 mark and after finishing in fifth place in the Eastern Division with a 15-15 conference record. South Carolina and LSU met three times in the middle of April with the Bayou Bengals sweeping the Gamecocks at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. LSU won 11-3 on Friday night, rallied to defeat USC 11-10 on Saturday and held on through a pair of rain delays to win on Sunday 6-3. South Carolina last met LSU in the SEC Tournament in 2002 when the Gamecocks defeated the Tigers two times in one day to advance to the championship.
PITCHING MATCH-UP
South Carolina – Sam Dyson, Fr. (RHP) 7-0, 3.86 ERA, 37.1 IP, 37 K, 23 BB
LSU – Ryan Verdugo Jr. (LHP) 8-2, 3.54 ERA, 76.1 IP, 65 K, 26 BB
2008 Tournament Bracket
Wednesday, May 21
Game 1 10:00 a.m. #7 South Carolina vs. #2 LSU [CSS HD] (XM 199)
Game 2 1:00 p.m. #6 Vanderbilt vs. #3 Florida [CSS HD] (XM 199)
Game 3 5:00 p.m. #8 Ole Miss vs. #1 Georgia [CSS HD]
Game 4 8:00 p.m. #5 Alabama vs. #4 Kentucky [CSS HD]
Thursday, May 22
Game 5 10:00 a.m. Loser G1 vs. Loser G2 [CSS HD] (XM 199)
Game 6 1:00 p.m. Loser G3 vs. Loser G4 [CSS HD] (XM 199)
Game 7 5:00 p.m. Winner G1 vs. Winner G2 [CSS HD] (XM 199)
Game 8 8:00 p.m. Winner G3 vs. Winner G4 [CSS HD] (XM 199)