Wednesday, May 22, 2013

PIONEERS NO. 1

Spartanburg Methodist enters the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colo., as the top-ranked team in the organization's poll.

The Pioneeers play No. 7 Walters State in the first round. The teams split a doubleheader in Spartanburg earlier this season.

SMC's men's basketball team also entered the playoffs as the top-ranked team in the NJCAA.

Pioneers

STATE SCOREBOARD, MAY 22

ACC Tournament
Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, N.C.
(All games Fox Sports Net South/Carolinas)

Georgia Tech vs. Florida State, 11 a.m.
Virginia Tech vs. Virginia, 3 p.m.
Clemson vs. N.C. State, 7 p.m.

SEC Tournament
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, Ala.
(All games on CSS)

Mississippi vs. No. 3 Arkansas, 10:30 a.m.
Alabama vs. No. 2 LSU, TBA
Texas A&M vs. No. 1 Vanderbilt, 5:30 p.m.
Mississippi State vs. No. 4 South Carolina, TBA

SoCon Tournament
Fluor Field, Greenville

No. 4 The Citadel 6, No. 5 Appalachian State 5
No. 1 Western Carolina vs. No. 8 Samford, 1:30 p.m.No. 3 Elon vs. No. 6 Furman, 5 p.m.
No. 2 College of Charleston vs. No. 7 Georgia Southern, 8:30 p.m.

Big South Tournament
Liberty Baseball Stadium, Lynchburg, Va.

Longwood 11, High Point 3, High Point eliminated
Charleston Southern vs. Liberty, TBA
Coastal Carolina vs. Gardner-Webb, 4:30 p.m.
Campbell vs. Radford, TBA

Atlantic-Sun Tournament
Melching Field at Conrad Park, Deland, Fla.

 No. 4 East Tennessee State vs. No. 4 Stetson, 10 a.m.
No. 1 Mercer vs. No. 8 USC Upstate, 1:15 p.m.
No. 2 Florida Gulf Coast vs. No. 7 Kennesaw State, 5 p.m.
No. 3 North Florida vs. No. 6 Lipscomb, 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

NEWS DIGEST, MAY 21

NCAA talk
* Baseball America has South Carolina as on the bubble (out) for a national seed in its May 21 stock report on of how the NCAA Tournament Field might look if it were selected today. The Website has both the Gamecocks and Clemson as on the bubble (in) to be regional hosts, meaning both schools might need a win or two in their conference tournament to improve their status. The site has Coastal Carolina as on the bubble (in) for an at-large bid if it does not win the Big South Conference.
Stock

* CollegeBaseballDaily.com's latest projection of the NCAA field has Clemson and USC as regional hosts and Coastal Carolina as an at-large selection from the Big South.
CBD

Kondla a finalist
Coker's Fico Kondla has been named a finalist for the Josh Willingham Award, given to the player deemed the most valuable player on college baseball.
Willingham

Honors
SoCon player of the week:
Tyler Griffin, The Citadel.
SoCon

All-Atlantic Sun Conference team
First team: OF - Gaither Bumgardner, USC Upstate
Second team: RP - Chad Sobotka, USC Upstate
A-Sun

OFFICIAL NCAA RPI, MAY 21

(State teams, plus some ACC/SEC teams Clemson and South Carolina may be contending with to be regional hosts).

9. N.C. State. 10. Mississippi State. 11. South Carolina. 12. Clemson. 15. Virginia Tech. 18. Mississipppi. 20. Miami. 22. Georgia Tech. 41. Coastal Carolina. 78. College of Charleston. 84. The Citadel. 115. Furman. 127. Presbyterian. 186. Charleston Southern. 204. USC Upstate. 213. Winthrop. 242. Wofford.
RPI

STATE SCOREBOARD, MAY 21

SEC Tournament
Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, Ala.
Game 1: No. 6 Mississippi 4, No. 11 Kentucky 1, Kentucky eliminated
Game 2: No. 7 Alabama 6, No. 10 Auburn 3, Auburn eliminated
Game 3: No. 9 Texas A&M 9, No. 8 Florida 3, Florida eliminated
Game 4: No. 5 Mississippi State 2, Missouri 1, 17 innings, Missouri eliminated


Big South Conference Tournament
Liberty Baseball Stadium, Lynchburg, Va.

Game 1: No. 2 Coastal Carolina 6, No. 7 Longwood 1
Game 2: No. 6 Gardner-Webb 8, No. 3 High Point 2
Game 3: No. 1 Campbell 4, No. 8 Charleston Southern 0
Game 4: No. 4 Radford 6, No. 5 Liberty 3

Monday, May 20, 2013

NEWS DIGEST, MAY 20

Clemson, USC pegged as hosts
* Clemson and South Carolina would be regional hosts in the NCAA Tournament if the field were selected today, according to projections from PerfectGame.org. Coastal Carolina is pegged as a No. 3 seed headed to Clemson.
PG NCAA

* ChasingOmaha.com also has Clemson and USC as hosts. That Website sends Coastal Carolina to the Columbia regional.
Chasing

Perno resigns at Georgia
 David Perno has resigned as head coach at the University of Georgia, the school reported Monday. The Bulldogs had a losing season and failed to reach the SEC Tournament this season. Perno was a member  of Georgia College World Series championship team. As coach, he led the Bulldogs to six NCAA appearances and three trips to the CWS.
Perno

NCAA DI average attendance
1. LSU, 10,885; 4. South Carolina, 7,436; 7. Clemson 4,751.
Attendance

HONORS, MAY 20

All-ACC
First team: OF - Daniel Palka, Georgia Tech (Greer High).
Second team: 2B - Steve Wilkerson, Clemson; DH/utility - Shane Kennedy, Clemson. SP - Daniel Gossett, Clemson.
All-ACC

All-Big South
First team

Charleston Southern: OF - Bobby Ison; DH - Zach Hagaman.
Coastal Carolina: SP - Ben Smith.
Second team
Charleston Southern:
SP - Tory Schroff, Charleston Southern.
Coastal Carolina: C - Will Remillard; RP - Ryan Connolly.
Presbyterian: 1B - Brad Zebedis
All-Academic
Charleston Southern: Alex Tomasovich
Coastal Carolina: Justin Creel
Presbyterian: Brad Zebedis
Winthrop: Max Vogel
Freshman of the year: Seth Lamando, Coastal Carolina.
Co-scholar-athletes of the year: Justin Creel, Coastal Carolina; Brad Zebedis, Presbyterian.
Big South

All-Southern Conference (media)
First team
The Citadel: SP - Austin Pritcher; C - Joe Jackson.
Second team
Appalachian State:
SS - Will Callaway (Eastside High).
College of Charleston: 2B - Blake Butler; OF - Brandon Murray.
Furman: 3B - Chris Ohmstede.
The Citadel: RP - Skylar Hunter; 1B - Calvin Orth; OF - Hughston Armstrong; DH - Bo Thompson.
Pitcher of the year: Austin Pritcher, The Citadel.
Media

All-Southern Conference (coaches)
First team
The Citadel: SP - Austin Pritcher; C - Joe Jackson.
Second team
Appalachian State: SS - Will Callaway (Eastside High).
College of Charleston: 2B - Blake Butler; OF - Brandon Murray.
Furman: 1B - Alex Abrams.
The Citadel: RP - Skylar Hunter; 2B - Mason Davis; OF - Hughston Armstrong; DH - Bo Thompson.
Pitcher of the year: Austin Pritcher, The Citadel
All-freshman
College of Charleston:
Blake Butler; Nathan Helvey, Carl Wise.
Furman: Jordan Simpson.
The Citadel: Skylar Hunter.
Wofford: Will Stillman.
Coaches
American Baseball Coaches Association All-Region
Southeast
First team
Lander:
OF - Patrick Grady.
North Greenville: 1B - Allen Staton.
USC Aiken: RP - Taylor Grover.
Second team
Coker: RP - Zach Loraine.
Erskine: IF - Drew Willingham.
Lander: C - Jeff May; P - Dylan Wolchick.
Newberry: P - Jonathon Rosenbeger.
North Greenville: OF - Adam Taylor.
USC Aiken: 1B - Ty Barkell; 2B - Ryan Metzler; OF - Bryce Baur; P - Derek Beasley; DH - Bill Gerstenslager.
Southeast

ACC pitcher of the week: Daniel Gossett, Clemson.
Gossett

SEC community service team: Patrick Sullivan, South Carolina.
Sullivan

Brooks Wallace Award watch list: Will Callaway, Appalachian State (Eastside High).
Wallace

POLL UPDATES, MAY 20

Baseball America: 1. Vanderbilt. 17. South Carolina. 18. Clemson.
BBA

Collegiate Baseball DI: 1. Vanderbilt. 14. Clemson. 15. South Carolina. 30. Coastal Carolina.
CBDI

National Collegiate Baseball Writers: 1. Vanderbilt. 14. South Carolina. 20. Clemson.
Writers

PerfectGame.org: 1. Vanderbilt. 14. South Carolina. 19. Clemson.
PG

USA TODAY coaches: 1. Vanderbilt. 12. South Carolina. 18. Clemson.
Coaches

CollegeBaseballDaily.com Mid-Major: 1. Louisville. 8. Coastal Carolina.
CBD MM 

Sunday, May 19, 2013

CLEMSON, USC PROJECTED AS REGIONAL HOSTS

SEBaseball.com projects Clemson and South Carolina would be selected as regional hosts if the NCAA Tournament field were selected on Sunday. Coastal Carolina is pegged as an at-large selection.
SEB NCAA