COLUMBIA — The streak is over.
South Carolina’s run of 15 consecutive bids to the NCAA Baseball Tournament, the longest active streak in the SEC and the fifth-longest active streak nationally, came to an end Monday when the Gamecocks were left out of the field of 64.
It marked the first time USC failed to make the NCAA Tournament since 1999, the third season under former head coach Ray Tanner, now the Gamecocks’ athletics director.
“It’s very difficult. This baseball program has been good for a long, long time, and will continue to be good for a long, long time.