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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Paced by two goals from senior forward Sophie Groff and tallies from five other Gamecocks, No. 1 seed South Carolina womens soccer (19-1-1) claimed a dominant 7-0 victory over Alabama State (11-10-1) in the opening round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament Friday night at Stone Stadium. The victory marked the 200th win at Carolina for Shelley Smith, who guided the Gamecocks to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four years.Senior midfielder Chelsea Drennan and junior forward Savannah McCaskill both totaled three assists for the Gamecocks, who boasted a 29-1 shot advantage for the match. The two also netted goals, as they joined Groff, seniors Daija Griffin and Claire Studebaker and freshman Elexa Bahr on the score sheet. Carolina attempted all 10 of the contests corner kicks and held the Hornets to zero attempts on target.McCaskill opened the scoring in the ninth minute following a pair of nice passes in the attacking third. Groff found Drennan near the box, and the midfielder sent in a low cross from the right side that led to a tap-in goal for McCaskill. McCaskill returned the favor four minutes later, slipping a great pass to Groff that set the senior up with a close-range goal from inside the box.Carolinas advantage grew to three in the 17th minute after another great pass from McCaskill. Her delivery hit Griffin in stride near the right side of the box, and the striker ripped the ball into the left side of the net. McCaskills third assist of the half led to a goal by Drennan, who collected the pass and maneuvered around Alabama State goalkeeper Gianna Guyot before slotting home an empty-net score to make it 4-0.The Gamecocks tacked on two more goals towards the end of the first period, with Bahr and Studebaker both netting their first scores of the season. Bahr converted from close range off a cross from Drennan, while Studebaker one-timed a shot after a pass from senior defender Evelyn Robinson. Carolina totaled six corner kicks and 15 shots in the opening 45 minutes.Groffs productive night was capped off with a goal in the 54th minute after she collected a pass from junior midfielder Dominique Babbitt and beat the keeper at the near post from the right side of the box. The Grapevine, Texas, natives performance on Friday marked her first multi-goal of the season.Freshman Mikayla Krzeczowski and redshirt freshman Hunter Peifer split time in net, with each keeper playing 45 minutes. Neither Gamecock needed to record a save, and Krzeczowski moved to 16-1-1 on the year with the victory.QUOTABLEComing off the season we had and our performance at the SEC Tournament, I felt good about coming back home. Weve had great success here this season, and I know our team was excited about playing in the postseason, so we felt good coming into the match. We had time to rest and recover from the SEC Tournament, so we were ready and prepared, and showed that throughout the game, and we put the ball in the net. - South Carolina womens soccer coach Shelley SmithOn getting her 200th win at South Carolina - Its exciting. Im thrilled to be here and be able to win games with this staff and team. Im glad were not done for right now. I dont keep track of the wins, but its pretty neat when those milestones come along. We had some alumni here, and some of our players even said, I was here for your 150th win. So its neat, but its not something I record or keep track of. But Im thrilled to be able to represent the University of South Carolina and put ourselves in the position to win games and to win championships.GAMECHANGERSenior forward Sophie Groffs first of two goals against Alabama State put Carolina up 2-0 less than 15 minutes into the match. The striker finished the match with a team-high three shots on goal.KEY STATSouth Carolina held the Hornets to zero shots on target. Alabama State entered the match with the top scoring offense in Division I, averaging 2.95 goals per match.NOTABLESouth Carolinas 19 wins in 2016 match the program record for the most victories in one season.The Gamecocks seven goals against Alabama State were their most in a match this year. Their scoring output marked the third-best single-match goal total in school history.South Carolinas six goals in the opening 45 minutes were the second-most in one half in program history. The Gamecocks tallied seven goals in the second half against South Carolina State in 2001.Freshman goalkeeper Mikayla Krzeczowski is the third Gamecock to notch double-digit shutouts (10) in one season.Seniors Sophie Groff and Chelsea Drennan and junior Savannah McCaskill all set the school record for the most points (5) in an NCAA Tournament match. 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Spencer Abbott also scored in the shootout for the Marlies (25-13-4).FORT WORTH, Texas -- With all four spots in the chase for the Xfinity series championship open going into the final elimination race, Erik Jones wont need a season-best fifth victory to advance.And he probably wont be racing for it either, with the focus shifting to points at the top of the standings after Sprint Cup regular Kyle Larson won the Xfinity race at Texas on Saturday.Jones was tops among the eight Xfinity drivers still in title contention, finishing fourth behind Larson, Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick. The 20-year-old is third in points, 10 behind Daniel Suarez, who has a one-point lead over Elliott Sadler.Because none of the Xfinity contenders won, all four spots are open next weekend in Phoenix. For the finale at Homestead, no Cup drivers will be on the grid with the title on the line.The toughest part of our chase is racing the Cup guys, Jones said. Had there been no Cup guys in the race, we would have won today and advanced. Yeah, were still going to chase a win (in Phoenix). Youve still got to be points racing and thinking about advancing at the same time.Larson held off Keselowski for his first Xfinity win in Texas and second of the season despite a brush with the wall with about five laps remaining. He said he should have won the fall Xfinity race in Texas a year ago, but cut a tire late in the race.I looked up in the mirror and I was like, `Ah, great, here he comes. Hes probably going to have a big run, Larson said about Keselowski, who closed within a couplee of car lengths on the final lap.dddddddddddd Actually, after that, I thought it tightened my car up and made it easier to drive up there.Larson led for the final 30 laps after Keselowski dominated most the race, leading 145.Suarez finished fifth despite a battery problem that had him worried about finishing the race. A bad alternator forced him to cut power less than halfway through, and he said he managed to keep his main battery alive until about final 40 laps.We were a little lucky that we had the issue right in the middle of the race, Suarez said. Maybe 20, 30 more laps and who knows if we were going to finish the race or not.While Suarez and Sadler are separated by a point at the top, the same is true for the final qualifying spot, barring a win from those with a bigger deficit.Blake Koch finished 14th -- seventh among the eight title contenders -- and is fourth in points and 16 behind Suarez. Justin Allgaier, who finished 10th after spinning out 72 laps into the race, is another point back.Ryan Reed, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Brendan Gaughan are all at least five points out of the final qualifying spot. But any of the eight can get into the final four with a win in Phoenix.At that point it is your whole season, Reed said. There is nothing left to lose there. You arent points racing at that per se. You have to go beat those guys by five positions. ' ' '