[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10399]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA BASEBALL DOES IT AGAIN

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the University of the 
South Carolina men's baseball team ended the College World Series this 
season just as they did last year: The Gamecocks are national champions 
again, back-to-back victories, by beating the Florida Gators on June 28 
at Omaha, Nebraska's TD Ameritrade Park. The University of South 
Carolina became only the sixth team in NCAA history to win back-to-back 
baseball national championships.
  The Gamecocks won the national title in record-setting fashion. This 
is the first team ever to go 10-0 in an NCAA tournament. The Gamecocks' 
streak of 16 NCAA tournament wins and 11 straight in the College World 
Series are both all-time records.
  In the title game, the Gamecocks rode the arm of Michael Roth as he 
only allowed two runs by the Gators. He was helped by Series Most 
Outstanding Player Scott Wingo, who not only batted in a couple of 
runs, but made defensive plays throughout the tournament. Coach Ray 
Tanner should be credited with putting the pieces together once again 
in steering the Gamecocks to a 55-win season, capped off by this 
national championship victory.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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