South Carolina continued its blistering begin to the 2025 faculty softball season, finishing the three-game sweep over No. 9 Duke on Sunday afternoon with a 12-7 win, bettering to 19-0.
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It appeared as if the Blue Devils have been going to salvage a win within the sequence after leaping out to a 4-0 lead within the backside of the primary inning, however eight unanswered runs from the Gamecocks over the second and third innings put Duke in a gap it could not dig out of.
Gamecocks first baseman Arianna Rodi shined once more, connecting on her eighth homer of the season and ending the day 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs. The Duke pitching workers had no reply for Rodi all sequence because the junior returns to Columbia with 9 extra RBIs and three extra house runs after a visit to Durham.
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Sam Gress earned the win in aid after going 4 innings with three earned runs and 5 strikeouts. The Blue Devils have been unable to interrupt the sport open, leaving seven on base in Sunday’s loss and 21 in complete within the three-game sweep.
Duke now falls to 14-6 early in its 2025 marketing campaign after ending 2024 with simply 9 losses. The Blue Devils have a stand-alone matchup with Elon on Tuesday earlier than kicking off their first ACC sequence towards Clemson this weekend.
