COLUMBIA – Gamecock Nation, too divided throughout the baseball season and lowly parts of the Columbia Regional, united when it counted Tuesday.
Players came through with a 10-5 NCAA Tournament victory over UNC Wilmington. Fans showed up 7,004 strong to help send the Gamecocks to a Super Regional against Oklahoma State.
Head coach Chad Holbrook was a professor of strategy.
“There’s something special about that Gamecock spirit when it comes to putting on a baseball uniform,” Holbrook said, summing up joy missing since 2013.
South Carolina is back where it belongs, celebrating a home regional conquest.