The tweet was in some ways more euphemistic than a true statement of purpose.
It’s not exactly that South Carolina’s Beckham Field was constructed specifically to host NCAA Tournament softball games, as one might read Gamecocks executive associate athletics director Charles Bloom’s tweet. Rather, a facility like the one built five years ago facilitates the kind of program building and recruiting that ultimately leads to teams earning national seeds.
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Either way, Gamecocks softball coach Beverly Smith will take it.
“I believe that,” Smith said. “When we designed the stadium in 2013, we had all that in mind.