USC Aiken’s first ever contest in the NCAA Division II Tournament ended on Friday afternoon with the 15th-ranked Pacers falling 6-5 to Carson-Newman in extra innings of their first game of the double-elimination 2009 NCAA Division II Southeast Regional at Bears Field.

Just a little while after learning of their opponent in the NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Southeast Regional, USC Aiken’s men’s tennis team learned that they had moved up to fifth in the latest Campbell’s Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.

Roberto Diaz moved up 19 places on Wednesday to finish in a tie for 16th, but it would not be enough to move the Pacers into the NCAA Division II finals with the fifth-ranked Pacers concluding their 2008-09 campaign in a tie for 14th place after the final round of the South/Southeast Regional at the par 72, 7,126-yard Robert Trent Jones of the Shoals Fighting Joe Course.

Former USC-Aiken basketball player Meredith Legg, seen here on April 28th, is doing well in her recovery from a rare form of eye cancer according to her family.

Fifth-ranked USC Aiken moved up one spot after the second round of the South/Southeast Regional at the par 72, 7,126-yard Robert Trent Jones of the Shoals Fighting Joe Course into 12th place.

Fifth-ranked USC Aiken concluded the first round of the South/Southeast Regional at the par 72, 7,126-yard Robert Trent Jones of the Shoals Fighting Joe Course in 13th place.

Following the conclusion of regular-season play on Sunday afternoon, the Peach Belt Conference released the bracket for the 2009 Baseball Tournament May 9-10 on the Campus of USC Aiken.

The 2009 Peach Belt Conference regular season champion USC Aiken Pacers learned on Monday that they had moved to second in the latest Collegiate Baseball Division II Top 30.

Fourth-ranked USC Aiken finished a banner regular season on senior day by easily defeating non-conference foe Erskine in their regular season finale by the score of 17-1 on Saturday afternoon at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.

Fourth-ranked USC Aiken saw its school-record 16-game home winning streak come to a close in its 18-5 loss to non-conference foe Erskine before a crowd of 741 on Friday evening at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.

USC Aiken men’s tennis learned on Wednesday evening that the program will be making its eighth NCAA Tournament appearance as they were selected to participate in one of the two Southeast Region six-team preliminary rounds as announced by the NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Committee on Wednesday, April 29.

USC Aiken head men’s basketball coach Vince Alexander announced on Wednesday that former Winthrop guard Byron Faison is transferring from the NCAA Division I Big South institution to play for the Pacers.

It was an emotional night at USC-Aiken as the Lady Pacers’ all-time leading scorer, Meredith Legg, made a special appearance at the school’s athletic banquet. WJBF News channel 6’s Chris Kane has more.

USC Aiken held its annual end of the year athletic banquet on Tuesday, April 28 at the Convocation Center.

Fourth-ranked USC Aiken picked up an important non-conference victory with a 15-9 win over fellow regionally ranked institution Belmont Abbey on Monday evening at Roberto Hernandez Stadium.