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You’ve heard this before, but the South Carolina baseball team has a losing streak it needs to stop. The last time this regular season it has a chance to happen is today in a doubleheader against Tennessee. Win two, the Gamecocks will finish as the fifth-best team in the SEC for the season. Lose two, and they’ll finish ninth in the league. First pitch of the day is set for 2 p.m. Game 2 of the day will begin approximately one hour after the completion of the first game of the day. Both games will be seven innings, and both are being broadcast on the SEC Network.

SEVENTH INNING - Nick Proctor coming in, looking to finish this one off. He'll be a change of pace going from 95 mph Mahoney to an 89 mph guy with a funny arm angle. Goes ahead of five-hole Moore 0-2. He strikes out on the little 81 mph changeup. Proctor goes up 0-2 on Denton. Another swinging strikeout at the change. Strikeout looking ends the game. Carolina 6 - Tennessee 1

SIXTH INNING - Big part of the lineup for Mahoney. 2-3-4 due up for the Vols, and gets it started with a strikeout to Ensley, who had four hits yesterday. Pretty dirty changeup to Burke levels the count 1-1. Slider gets him swinging. Blooper to right is caught by Petry to end the inning. ... Brewer just ain't it today. He goes down looking at a fastball. Wimmer battles with two, and lines a single up the middle. And that'll end the day for Dollander. Chase Burns comes in. Messina turns on a first pitch fastball, and grounds it past Denton. Single. Petry takes a first pitch ball. Then a strike, then bounces a single through the left side on a 98 mph FB. That plates one, and Messina goes to third base as the left fielder can't field the ball cleanly. Casas goes behind 0-2. Petry swipes second. Two in scoring position now. After fouling away a couple of two-strike pitches, Casas hooks a single 98 mph FB to right field for an RBI single. Gamecocks have a little cushion now, but need to figure out a way to get Petry in from third with less than two outs. LeCroy tried to squeeze him in, but missed the bunt. LeCroy laces an RBI double to left with Casas on the move. He scores easily. Gamecocks have some breathing room now. Braswell drops a single to center to score LeCroy. Tippett and Stone both go down, but the Gamecocks need three outs. Carolina 6 - Tennessee 1

FIFTH INNING - Denton drops a double to the gap in right center. Dreiling hits a fly ball to right. Petry camps underneath it at the wall. Plenty deep enough for the runner to tag, but Petry's throw in was bad, bad. Like, he's hurt kind of bad. Lollipop that barely made it to the infield bad. Infield comes in as Scott goes up 2-1 in the count. Double that short-hops the right field wall. That throw in from Petry was much better. Ground out to Tippett moves the runner to third, then Mahoney goes ahead 0-2 on Ahuna. Dirty change gets him swinging to end the inning. ... LeCroy finally gives the Gamecocks a base runner. Works the count full, then hits a sinking liner at the second baseman, who boots it. Braswell takes a first pitch 96 mph FB off the plate. Braswell goes down on strikes. Tippett tries to bunt for a hit. Dollander bounces off the mound and makes the play. Good news is that there's a runner in scoring position now, but two down. Stone behind 0-2 after taking a good cut, then watching a pitch go by that was probably right at the top outside corner. Give credit to Dollander. He's been dotting that fastball. Score tied 1-1

FOURTH INNING - Leadoff walk to the top of the order hitter. Not what you want to do. Ensley to the plate. He had four hits yesterday. Shows bunt and takes a strike. Ensley shows bunt the first two pitches, and goes down 0-2. Mahoney gets him to strike out on five. Burke up. He gets hit by the first pitch. King challenges, and this is one he stands a chance of winning, but umps stay in favor of the hitter. Two on, one out for Merritt, who goes behind 0-2. After a long at-bat, he pops up on the infield. Mahoney now at 57 pitches. No quick out. In fact, Scott goes from 0-2 to single to left. But Brewer comes up with a hell of a throw, and Messina a hell of a tag to get the runner out at home. Mahoney at 64 pitches. ... Messina flies out to center on the first pitch. Got some decent contact, but not enough. Petry takes an offspeed pitch away to start the AB. Petry gets fooled, and goes down looking at a fastball. Those last two pitches were both right at the bottom of the strike zone, or hopefully the bottom. King calls an offensive time out to prolong the inning a bit and give Mahoney a little more time to catch a breather. Casas takes the first two pitches, both for strikes, the swings through a fastball. Eight pitches. Sheesh. Carolina 1 - Tennessee 0

THIRD INNING - Mahoney back to the mound, and goes ahead 1-2 on Dreiling, who hit the two-run homer yesterday. Fouls away a couple pitches, then looks at strike three on the inside corner. Ahead 0-2 on Scott, and misses just up. Goes down looking at a fastball at the knees. Mahoney tweaks his landing ankle on a breaking ball, and trainer comes out, but he stays in. Doesn't look like he misses a beat. Count goes full, but gets him swinging at a slider to end the inning. Brewer goes down swinging at a changeup. Wimmer watches 97 mph go by him to make the count 1-2. Wimmer works the count full with a couple foul balls, but then looks at strike three to end the inning. He thought it was outside, but it was a strike. Carolina 1 - Tennessee 0

SECOND INNING - Jam job to Merritt is caught by Tippett. One down as Mahoney goes 1-1 on a changeup that just missed outside, now 2-1. Looking at a 96 mph FB. Two down. Tapper to first ends the inning. Mahoney through two on 20 pitches. ... Dollander has been almost exclusively fastball, and that's all he throws to LeCroy, who strikes out on a 2-2 pitch up and out of the zone. Braswell goes down looking. Tippett has an eight-pitch at-bat, but strikes out to end the inning. Carolina 1 - Tennessee 0

FIRST INNING - Jack Mahoney to the mound, and Cole Messina has a fresh haircut behind the plate. Mahoney goes three up, three down with a strikeout to Ahuna, ground ball to Braswell and line drive to center by Burke, caught by Stone. Braswell was able to show off that strong arm on his throw. ... Dollander pumps in a 95 mph FB for a strike, and here we go. Brewer goes down swinging at an elevated fastball on three pitches. Wimmer attacks the first pitch, a belt-high fastball that he deposits into Tennessee's bullpen. Messina takes a 1-1 strike on a 95 mph FB at his knees, then goes down swinging through 96 mph. Petry up. He gets hit by a 96 mph FB on the forearm, much like McGillis did. He stays in the game. Casas up, and goes ahead 2-0, now 2-2. Dollander had 96 mph FB in there. Petry steals second base, but Casas goes down swinging at a 3-2 pitch to end the inning. Carolina 1 - Tennessee 0

RHP Jack Mahoney: 5-2, 3.94 ERA, 64 IP, 22 BB, 63 K RHP Chase Dollander: 6-5, 4.35 ERA, 68.1 IP, 25 BB, 94 K

CAROLINA LF Dylan Brewer DH Braylen Wimmer C Cole Messina RF Ethan Petry 1B Gavin Casas 3B Talmadge LeCroy SS Michael Braswell 2B Will Tippett CF Evan Stone

TENNESSEE SS Maui Ahuna CF Hunter Ensley 1B Blake Burke DH Griffin Merritt 2B Christian Moore 3B Zane Denton LF Dylan Dreiling RF Christian Scott C Cal Stark

US utility Dominion Energy’s subsidiary in South Carolina has contracted a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a US$200 million solar-plus-storage power plant in the state.

Large-scale solar PV and energy storage developer Southern Current announced yesterday (11 January) that the PPA has been signed with Dominion Energy South Carolina (DESC) for the Lone Star Solar project.

It’s one of four large-scale clean energy projects featured as highlights of Southern Current parent company EnergyRe’s portfolio on its website and will include 107.8MWdc of solar PV generation capacity together with a 198MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Rated power output of the battery system was not given in MW. The 572-acre site in South Carolina’s Calhoun County is expected to go into commercial operation at an unspecified date next year.

EnergyRe, which gave the estimated investment cost of the project as about US$200 million, said that in addition to clean energy, the project would also generate US$10 million in property taxes paid to the state each year. Meanwhile its construction phase will create about 185 jobs, the company said.

EnergyRe acquired the project fairly recently, as part of Southern Current’s pipeline when it acquired the developer in Q3 2022. Southern Current is headquartered in South Carolina, with a 9GW solar PV and energy storage development portfolio.

Its new parent company’s other major projects in development include the CleanPath NY project, which if it goes ahead will see 3.8GW of new-build wind and solar generation capacity paired with 175 miles of underground high voltage DC transmission, to carry renewable energy to demand centres in the state of New York.

Meanwhile, the Lone Star Solar project is thought to represent Dominion Energy South Carolina’s first major investment into large-scale battery storage – it will certainly be the largest on the utility’s network to date.

Dominion Energy, active in eight different US states, has been slower to procure battery storage than some other investor-owned utilities (IOUs) in the country, but that looks set to change, especially in Virginia.

As one of the main utilities in the state, it has been ordered to fulfil a significant portion of Virginia’s 3.1GW by 2035 energy storage deployment target which became law as part of state clean energy policy at the start of 2021. The company’s first 16MW of BESS pilot projects toward that aim are up and running in Virginia. Dominion is targeting net zero emissions by 2050.

Going back to the topic of utilities and energy storage in the Carolinas, the regional subsidiary of another major utility, Duke Energy, filed a carbon emissions reduction plan last May for its operations in the two states with regulators in which Duke said it wanted to invest in up to 5.9GW of battery storage.

Energy-Storage.news’ publisher Solar Media will host the 5th Energy Storage Summit USA, 28-29 March 2023 in Austin, Texas. Featuring a packed programme of panels, presentations and fireside chats from industry leaders focusing on accelerating the market for energy storage across the country. For more information, go to the website.

For the first time in the 47-year history of the Associated Press women's basketball poll, no team from Texas is in the Top 25.

The Texas Longhorns fell out of Monday's poll, ending a 835-week run that had at least one team from the Lone Star State in the rankings. From Wayland Baptist, Stephen F. Austin and Baylor appearing in the first poll in 1976 to Texas' No. 25 ranking last week, there has always been at least one Texas team in the poll until now.

"Texas is the oil state and also has certainly been rich in women's basketball as well," said Mel Greenberg, who started the poll in the 1976-77 season while with the Philadelphia Inquirer. "When I started, the state had some of the best teams with Wayland and Stephen F. Austin. Then Jody [Conradt] at Texas and eventually Kim [Mulkey] at Baylor continued the tradition."

Middle Tennessee entered the rankings for the first time in nine years at No. 23. The Lady Raiders (16-2) have won 14 consecutive games, including a victory over Louisville, which is the fourth-longest winning streak in the country behind the last three unbeaten teams.

That group is topped by No. 1 South Carolina (20-0), which has 26 consecutive victories dating to its run to the NCAA championship last season. The Gamecocks, who were again a unanimous choice from the 28-member national media panel, have been ranked atop the poll for 31 consecutive weeks -- the fourth-longest streak ever. Only UConn (51 and 34 weeks) and Louisiana Tech (36) have had longer runs at No. 1.

Ohio State (19-0) remained No. 2 behind the Gamecocks going into a week that includes games against No. 11 Iowa and sixth-ranked Indiana.

Stanford flipped places with LSU for No. 3 after beating then- No. 8 Utah and No. 25 Colorado, which dropped a spot after the loss. LSU (19-0) is fourth and UConn fifth.

Notre Dame, UCLA, Utah followed the sixth-ranked Hoosiers. Maryland and Iowa were tied for 10th.

The Blue Raiders are making their first appearance in the AP Top 25 since the final rankings in 2014 when coach Rick Insell's team was 22nd.

"We've got a special group," Insell said. "This year, we were able to beat [Louisville], which was a big win that showed we had a pretty good basketball team."

Insell credits his team's run to the WNIT semifinals last year for being a springboard to this season's success.

"It's big to be able to take your team in there," he said. "I'm fortunate I had a young team, give them that type of competition. You'll have good crowds and it's an atmosphere you can build on. That's what we've done with that. That's why we're at where we are."

Florida State entered the poll at No. 24, its first ranking since 2021. Oregon fell out.

LONE STAR STRUGGLES

Baylor and Texas have been carrying the state flag over the past two decades in the women's Top 25; at least one had been ranked every week since Dec. 4, 2000. Teams from the state have won six NCAA titles (Baylor has three; Texas Tech, Texas A&M and Texas each have one). At one point over the past 47 years, at least one of these teams had been ranked until the current poll: Baylor, Houston Lamar, Rice, Stephen F. Austin, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UTEP and Wayland Baptist.

STREAKING

With Texas' run over, Connecticut now owns the longest active run for a state thanks to the Huskies, who have appeared in 557 consecutive polls. California has the longest run for a state with more than one different team being ranked: 412 consecutive weeks, with Stanford, California and UCLA all spending time in the Top 25 over that stretch dating to the preseason poll in 2001.

Year after year, Hanahan High School’s softball program produces players equipped to make a jump to the next level.

The latest is shortstop Brooke Jones, who has started at shortstop for the Hawkettes since eighth grade. The senior infielder is headed to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi after graduating near the top of the 2023 class in the spring. Hanahan softball coach Katrina Moffett praised Jones for being the consummate high school athlete.

“We always talk about the most important thing is being a student before being an athlete,” Moffett said. “She’s around number six in her class. She’s a leader to the younger girls in the program and loves giving back. She’s the first to volunteer. Hands down, she’s one of the best kids all-around I’ve had the opportunity to coach. She goes above and beyond.”

Jones impresses on the diamond, too. The two-time all-state selection batted .385 last spring and drove four pitches out of the park as the Hawkettes captured their seventh straight region crown. Jones tripled five times, scored 33 runs and knocked in 20 more.

“She’s held down shortstop over the years,” Moffett said. “She’s a great vocal leader and a very dependable fielder. We can count on her to make tough plays. She’s able to hit for power and average and also lay down a bunt and leg it out.”

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is a NCAA Div. I program that competes in the Southland Conference.

The Cane Bay High School football team waved goodbye to almost 30 seniors after last season, including all but one all-region player.

For that reason, the Cobras’ spring practice was spirited. Varsity players who didn’t see as much time on the gridiron as they wanted in 2022 and rising junior varsity players got after it, aiming to catch the eyes of the coaching staff.

Russell Zehr enters his 13th season in charge of the Cobras next season. Last fall, the Cobras posted an 8-3 record and advanced to the second round of the Class AAAAA playoffs. The task ahead is not a total rebuild for the Cobras but there are some holes to fill.

“It’s always a challenge,” he said. “You’re always kind of starting over. The way things have been the last couple years, your better players are your seniors. This year, we’re starting over in a lot of places. We won’t be as good as we can be starting the season but we’ve got a chance to go out there and get better as the season goes on. We do have some talent. A lot of younger guys are getting first-team reps.”

As usual in spring, the Cobras looked at possible tweaks on both sides of the ball in terms of scheme. Whether the wrinkles make it into the playbook for the fall depends on personnel.

“The biggest thing is getting your kids some work,” Zehr said. “We still have a good group on offense. We lost some good offensive linemen but we’ve got some good ones coming back. Mark Stewart ended up starting four or five games for us at quarterback and we like our running backs and receivers.”

The lone all-region returner is junior fullback Langston Rhodes, who rushed for 700 yards and four touchdowns. Junior Deshawn Tompkins and sophomore Bryson Johnson snagged some carries last fall, too. Stewart will be a senior in the fall.

The returning backs, including Stewart, topped 1,600 yards rushing and scored 16 touchdowns in 2022.

Junior center Jayden Ferguson and junior tackle Andrew Tumbleston are returners up front along with junior tight end Braylen Green.

On the other side of the line of scrimmage, junior defensive tackle Will Coker and junior Andreas Nino are back in the trenches after combining on 45 stops. On the second level, junior Parker Osborne is a returning starter at middle linebacker and made 47 tackles in 2022. In the secondary, junior safety Keaton Cooley is back after making 68 total tackles. Corner Jonas McKeen was in on 32 stops last fall.

The weight lifting program began in the second semester during school hours and needs to hit another level when the curtains come up on summer, Zehr said.

“A lot of these kids haven’t figured out what it takes to be successful,” Zehr said. “Physically, we’ve got a chance. We’ve got to figure out how to be tough mentally. It takes working on your speed and effort in the weight room to be able to be good against anybody else. Football is absolutely one of those games where you can get outworked. A team can outwork you in the offseason and then beat you on Friday night.”

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For the first time since 1995, the women's Final Four will not have UConn, Tennessee or Stanford, but there will be no lack of star power in Dallas this weekend.

The No. 1 overall seed South Carolina Gamecocks are looking to win back-to-back NCAA Tournaments and they're riding a 42-game wining streak into the Lone Star State. However, to reach the championship game they will have to get through Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes -- the best offensive team in the country.

Meanwhile, Kim Mulkey and the LSU Tigers will look to continue making school history as they take on the Virginia Tech Hokies, another team that is also having a program-best season.

2023 Women's Final Four

Date: Friday, March 31 | Time: 7 p.m., 9 p.m. Location: Dallas -- American Airlines Center TV: ESPN | Stream: fuboTV (try for free)

Here is a closer look at this year's Final Four teams:

The Gamecocks picked up their 36th win of the season -- a school record -- with their Elite Eight victory against a very talented Maryland team. In that game, Aliyah Boston picked up her 82nd career double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds, along with five assists and two blocks. She is the reigning national Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, and she is as good as ever, even if her stats have gone down, on paper, due to her team's depth.

Zia Cooke is team's top scorer with 15.1 points per game. Boston averages 13.2 points and 9.8 rebounds. Junior center Kamilla Cardoso has been improving every year and now contributes with 9.7 points and 8.4 boards per contest. One of their top defenders is Brea Beal, who also reminded everyone she can score with a season-high 16 points in the Elite Eight.

Dawn Staley's squad is looking to defend its 2022 national championship, and there is no doubt they've been the team to beat. South Carolina is riding a 42-game winning streak dating back to last year. The Gamecocks have a suffocating defense and have the top scoring margin in the nation at 29.5 points per game.

Iowa has the top offense in the nation, averaging 87.6 points, led by star player Caitlin Clark. The junior is currently the most impactful offensive player in women's college basketball, as she averages 27.3 points but also facilitates scoring for her teammates by leading the country with 8.6 assists per contest. During the Hawkeyes' 97-83 Elite Eight win over Louisville, she was responsible for 72% of her team's offense while getting her name in the record books. Clark registered 41 points,10 rebounds and 12 assists -- her fifth triple-double this season, 11th of her career, and the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament (men's or women's) history.

Clark consistently makes tough baskets, but even when opponents slow her down, Iowa doesn't lack scorers. Monika Czinano averages 17.2 points while shooting 68% from the field. McKenna Warnock contributes with 11.1 points per game. All three of Iowa's double-digit scorers also average at least six rebounds per game. This will be the Hawkeyes first Final Four since 1993.

Kim Mulkey is leading the Tigers to what could be LSU's best season in school history. The Tigers have 31 wins, the most for the program since the 2007-08 season, which was also the last time the Tigers were in the Final Four.

The Tigers have one of the top offenses in the nation, but they had an ugly offensive game against Miami in their Elite Eight win, shooting under 32% from the field. Alexis Morris, a fifth-year guard, lifted her team in that game with 21 points so she could play her last college game in her home state of Texas. She is a talented player, but the star has been Maryland transfer Angel Reese. The sophomore forward, a top national Player of the Year candidate, has led LSU this season with 23.2 points and 15.7 rebounds per game. She registered her 32nd double-double of the season against Miami -- which is the single-season SEC record.

Even though the job is not done yet, this has been a historic season for Virginia Tech already. After winning their first ACC Tournament title, the Hokies got a pleasant surprise on Selection Sunday with their highest seeding ever. They've lived up to the hype and reached their first Sweet 16 appearance since 1993. They went on to outplay a tough Tennessee team to reach their first Elite Eight.

Ohio State put up a good offensive battle, but Virginia Tech came up on top to reach the Final Four behind Elizabeth Kitley's 25 points and 12 rebounds -- her 56th career double-double, most in program history -- in the Elite Eight. She has been the team's most consistent scorer this season, but the Hokies have a lot of other weapons. Georgia Amoore is the team's second-leading scorer, and she reminded everyone of how dangerous she is with 24 points against the Buckeyes. The Hokies have players who can score, but their defense is also a strength as they hold opponents to just 57.1 points per game.

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LSU captured its first ever national title with a 102-85 win over Iowa on Sunday, and Angel Reese was a huge reason why as she recorded 15 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three steals. With under a minute remaining, Reese began celebrating by doing John Cena's "You can't see me" gesture, the same one Clark used against Louisville in the Elite Eight. But while social media largely praised Clark for her moxie, Reese got the opposite reaction.

Here's a look at Reese and Clark each doing the gesture, with the only difference between the two being that Reese followed hers up by pointing to her ring finger.

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— sports (@ilikesportsvids) April 2, 2023

Caitlin Clark ( @CaitlinClark22 ) just did a "You can't see me" to Hailey Van Lith ( @haileyvanlith )???#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/avwPCpZ786

— Antonio Garcia (@Iruk_WomenSport) March 27, 2023

Many social media users called Reese "classless" for making the gesture with Iowa on the brink of defeat. After the game, Reese argued the criticism is tied to who she is -- and that it's nothing new.

"All year I was critiqued about who I was. ... I don't fit the narrative. I don't fit in a box that y'all want me to be in. I'm too hood. I'm too ghetto. Y'all told me that all year. But when other people do it, y'all say nothing," Reese said. "So this was for the girls that look like me, that's going to speak up on what they believe in. It's unapologetically you. That's what I did it for tonight. It was bigger than me tonight. It was bigger than me. Twitter is going to go on a rage every time, and I'm happy. I feel like I've helped grow women's basketball this year. I'm super happy and excited. So I'm looking forward to celebrating in the next season."

Reese later doubled down on her actions, posting a picture of her gesture on social media.

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— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) April 3, 2023

While some segments of social media were outraged with Reese's gesture, the one who experienced it first hand didn't think much of it at all. Clark explained after the game she had "no idea" Reese was taunting her, adding that her focus was getting to the handshake line to "be grateful that my team was in that position."

"All you can do is hold your head high, be proud of what you did, and all the credit in the world to LSU," Clark said. "They were tremendous, they deserve it. They had a tremendous season. Kim Mulkey coached them so, so well. She's one of the best basketball coaches of all time, and she only said really kind things to me in the handshake line, so I'm very grateful for that too. But honestly I have no idea, and I was just trying to spend the last few moments on the court with especially the five people that I've started 93 games with and relishing every second of that."

After knocking off defending champion South Carolina, setting multiple NCAA Tournament records and captivating the nation with her offensive ability, Clark has chosen to leave the 2022-23 season on the high road.