Even in defeat, the Gamecocks’ senior class—which played in four Final Fours and won two championships—has already proved it’s a winning bunch.

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley has always been able to make light of any situation, even getting routed in the NCAA championship game.

UConn and South Carolina faced off in a rematch of the 2022 title game, where Dawn Staley and her team became the first program to beat Geno Auriemma in a national championship game. This time, however,