Before we get to recapping this bummer of a game, let’s take a moment to reflect on the Gamecocks going from not even making a Regional in 2017 to making - and winning - one in 2018, then forcing a winner-take-all third game in the Super Regional. The turnaround after the midseason struggles that culminated in an embarrassing loss to Prsebyterian can’t be overstated, nor can what it says about every player and coach on this team. Instead of deciding the season was a lost cause and mailing it in, this team came together, went to work, and racked up a bunch of big wins en route to the postseason.