{"id":11755,"date":"2022-01-05T21:10:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/up.uscupstate.edu\/archive\/spring2024\/?page_id=11755"},"modified":"2024-06-27T20:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T20:04:36","slug":"usc-upstate-softball-big-south-tounament-champions-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/up.uscupstate.edu\/archive\/spring2024\/usc-upstate-softball-big-south-tounament-champions-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball Makes History with Tournament Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-11755\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-11755-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-11755-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-11755-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-11755-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_bcn_widget widget_breadcrumb_navxt panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-11755-0-0-0\" ><div class=\"breadcrumbs\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\"><!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.4.1 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Up Magazine.\" href=\"https:\/\/up.uscupstate.edu\/archive\/spring2024\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Up Magazine<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-11755-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-11755-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-11755-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-11755-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14148 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/up.uscupstate.edu\/archive\/spring2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/softball.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/up.uscupstate.edu\/archive\/spring2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/softball.jpg 600w, https:\/\/up.uscupstate.edu\/archive\/spring2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/softball-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-11755-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-11755-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>The Spartans became the first USC Upstate team in any sport to win a Big South Tournament Championship. Following their May 12 win over the Winthrop Eagles, the team went to the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2017, and its first appearance since joining the Big South. The program made five previous NCAA Regional appearances (2013-17) while a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Though the team was knocked out of the Regionals after a loss to Clemson, head coach Chris Hawkins '89 praised his players for their hard work and support of each other.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm really proud of the way we battled over the last three weeks,\u201d Hawkins said. \u201cOur growth was tremendous. For us to get a taste of regionals will hopefully get the returners hungry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spartans became the first USC Upstate team in any sport to win a Big South Tournament Championship. Following their May 12 win over the Winthrop Eagles, the team went to the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2017, and its first appearance since joining the Big South. 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