South Carolina softball was denied a chance at history Saturday evening.
The third-seeded Gamecocks, appearing in the SEC tournament championship game for the first time in 17 years, fell 3-1 to top-seeded Florida in Columbia, Missouri. USC (45-14) was seeking its first league title since 2000.
Florida (50-8) is now 39-1 in its last 40 games against Carolina. The Gators have won this event four times since 2008.
After taking a 1-0 lead in the first inning thanks to an RBI sacrifice fly from Cayla Drotar, the Gamecocks ran into trouble two frames later. Pitcher Kelsey Oh, a national freshman of the year candidate, labored through 38 tosses in the third.