South Carolina baseball's elimination the NCAA Raleigh Regional is unlikely to quiet speculation about coach Mark Kingston's job.

Kingston was asked after the 2-0 loss to James Madison on Sunday if he has the support of the South Carolina athletics administration.

"I think everybody at South Carolina wants to win at a high level," said Kingston, whose Gamecocks finished 37-25 after they were shut out for the second time all season.

This was the sixth full season under Kingston. In 2018 and 2023, the Gamecocks reached the super regionals, and in 2021 and 2024, the Gamecocks lost in the regionals. South Carolina failed to make the NCAA tournament in 2019 and 2022.

Fan frustration has grown, especially during back-to-back SEC sweeps to close the regular season. The Gamecocks hadn't been swept at home since 2019 before Georgia took the 3-0 series win in May. South Carolina went 3-2 in the SEC tournament, losing to LSU in the semifinals.

South Carolina has not made the College World Series since 2012, the last of three straight trips including national championships in 2010 and 2011 under Ray Tanner, who is now the athletics director.

"It was a good season, I don't think anytime you make the NCAA tournament out of the SEC you can call it a failure ... only 64 teams made it and we want to be one of the last eight. Clearly that is very disappointing," Kingston said. "I'm disappointed for those kids that gave it everything they had ... a good season but always looking to have a great season."

Kingston has a 217-155 overall record at South Carolina and is 83-96 in the SEC.

"I think every program in the country wants to keep getting better, we're no different," Kingston said. "The SEC is filled with teams that are dumping huge resources in and it's just a matter of we need to continue to do everything we can to try to give this program what it needs to be successful."

GAME RECAP: South Carolina baseball eliminated by JMU with shutout in NCAA regional

Why Mark Kingston said South Carolina's bats struggled vs JMU

Donovan Burke of James Madison threw 6⅔ innings in relief for the win. He struck out seven and allowed three hits. Casey Smith started the game and allowed two hits.

"(Burke) is a very, very heavy groundball pitcher which against us, we are obviously a power team and it was a matchup that was tough," Kingston said. "He threw a lot of strikes, only walked two guys, you have to tip your hat to him ... It was a quality lefty that matched up well against us today and it got us, so tip my cap to him."

ETHAN PETRY INJURY: South Carolina baseball to use Ethan Petry as DH for NCAA regional vs JMU

South Carolina's Dylan Eskew pitched 5⅓ innings, striking out two, allowing one run and four hits. Tyler Pitzer replaced Eskew and struck out one, allowed one hit and one run in two innings.

"Those guys pitched their (butts) off, that's all you can ask. The reason we lost today is we didn't score runs, that guy had our number ... baseball makes that happen sometimes," Kingston said.

Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin

This article originally appeared on Greenville News: South Carolina baseball: Mark Kingston addresses future after loss