Gamecocks Head North for Two Dual Meets

Columbia, S.C.  – South Carolina Swimming & Diving will proceed the street portion of their season with two twin meets in North Carolina this weekend. The Gamecocks will begin the weekend off in Durham, N.C., to tackle the Blue Devils on Friday earlier than heading to Chapel Hill, N.C., to face the Tar Heels on Saturday.

South Carolina is seeking to get again on monitor after having been swept at their most up-to-date meet at No. 6/15 Alabama. The Gamecock girls are 2-1 on the season up to now whereas the boys are 0-3.

The twin at Duke would be the Blue Devils second dwelling meet of the season. Of their first meet, outcomes break up versus Virginia Tech with the ladies successful by 67 factors and the boys falling by 86 factors. Each of Duke’s males’s and girls’s groups will likely be coming off wins after having swept UNCW on the street on Saturday.

South Carolina’s girls are ranked No. 23 within the newest CSCAA rankings and will likely be going through Duke’s girls who’re ranked simply outdoors the highest 25 and are listed first on the recieveing votes record. Each South Carolina and Duke’s mens groups usually are not presently ranked.

The Gamecock males are 11-6 all time over Duke with the 2 groups final going through one another in 2017. On the 2017 meet, the Gamecock males fell 139-160 in Durham. South Carolina’s final win at Duke got here in 2015 with the Gamecocks prevailing 158-136.

On the ladies’s aspect, South Carolina leads the all-time report 7-4. The 2 groups final confronted in 2017 with Duke incomes the win. The Gamecocks need to proper the ship because the Blue Devils have gained the final three duals. South Carolina’s most up-to-date win got here in 2014 in Columbia. Their final win in Durham was in 2013.

The Twin versus Duke will happen on the Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion starting at 5 p.m. Doorways will open at 4 p.m. and admission will likely be free.

The Gamecocks will then set their sights on Chapel Hill the place they’ll face the Tar Heels on Saturday. North Carolina’s girls are ranked seventeenth whereas their males are ranked twenty third. Each of North Carolina’s groups are 2-0 on the season with wins over Queens and UNCW.

North Carolina’s males lead the all-time sequence 21-11 whereas their girls lead 15-4. The 2 groups final confronted one another in 2021 with the Tar Heels sweeping the meet. The Gamecock males final defeated the North Carolin in 2020 in Columbia whereas the Gamecock girls’s final win was in 1985. North Carolina’s girls have gained the final 11 matchups.

The Twin versus North Carolina will happen on the Koury Natatorium starting at 10 a.m. Admission will likely be free. The meet will likely be streamed on the ACC Community and stay outcomes will likely be obtainable on the subscription based mostly Meet Cell app.

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