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Strong second half lifts Charleston Battery to Southern Derby

It was a tale of two halves in the first of three Southern Derbies this season at Transamerica Field in Charlotte Saturday night. Second-half goals from Romario Williams and Forrest Lasso helped the Charleston Battery to a 2-0 win over their North Carolina rivals. Playing their USL season opener,...

Bracket Winners announced

The Carolina Tarheels topped Gonzaga for the national championship Monday night! The final was a match-up between the two top seeds, with Carolina coming out the winner, 71-65. Congratulations to our local contest winners, listed below. Round five winners were: First place - Gary Wellborn; second...

VCO courts fans with solid player field and new ways to 'get in the game'

They are some of the best female athletes in the world. And you know several of them by their first names alone - Venus, Madison, Caroline, and Sam. They all work hard at their craft, they travel thousands of miles each year to grit it out on tennis courts around the globe, and beginning this...

VCO players come 'home' to Daniel Island

Residents and visitors to Daniel Island refer to the community as “charming,” “peaceful,” and “beautiful,” among other positive qualifiers. Over the next 10 days, as tennis professionals take center court in our island town during the Volvo Cup Open, Daniel Islanders will extend an exuberant hand...

Volvo Car Open serves up fun for fans!

In addition to the matches playing out on the Volvo Car Open courts each day during the tournament, there are number of FAN-tastic activities taking place throughout the week. Check out the list below to find out the best way to ace this year’s action both on and off the clay! For more information...

Meet the top five seeds

While 2016 Volvo Car Open champion Sloane Stephens will not be defending her title, due to injury, a field of top-ranked players will be vying for this year’s VCO title prize in the first clay tournament of the season. Three of the top five seeds in this year’s VCO have reached the quarterfinals in...

VCO 2016 Champ Sloane Stephens wants your soles!

Attention anyone with a closet! Those shoes you no longer want are desperately needed to fight the human tragedy of global poverty. That’s the message being delivered by American tennis star Sloane Stephens and the Volvo Car Open. A collection drive has been launched to amass 5,000 shoes to help...

Volvo Car Open partners with SunTrust to offer juniors 15 and under free tickets to tournament

The Volvo Car Open has continued its mission to grow the game of tennis. For the third year in a row, the WTA Premier event has partnered with SunTrust to offer juniors, 15 and under, free admission all week into the Volvo Car Open, which will be held April 1 – 9 on Daniel Island. “We want the name...

Bracket Winners announced as Gamecocks make the Final Four!

The Carolina Gamecocks are in the Final Four! The first two-rounds of March Madness were madness indeed but the second and third rounds produced a possible final showdown between South Carolina and North Carolina! South Carolina will have to defeat No. 1 seed Gonzaga and No. 1 North Carolina will...

NCAA bracket winners announced!

The first two-rounds of March Madness were madness indeed! With first seed Villanova knocked out in the second round by Wisconsin and second seed Duke knocked out in the second round by our local favorite South Carolina – both teams top seeds in the East - many brackets were busted....