Wrapping up the weekend in S.C, college baseball, May 12

Winthrop (29-19, 16-8) pulled with a half-game of Campbell (29-18, 16-7) for the Big South Conference lead by rallying from eight runs down for a 10-9 victory to claim the deciding game of their series Sunday morning in Rock Hill.

The Eagles fell behind 9-1, but scored three runs in the sixth and sixth in the eighth. Spencer Yankle's two-run single capped the eighth-inning rally. Jake Sullivan had three hits, while Grant English, Hunter Lipscomb and Matthew Mulkey joined Yankle in getting two apiece.

Campbell and Radford (26-24, 16-7) share first place in the Big South entering the final week of league play. Based on records of opponents, Campbell would appear to be in the best shape. The Camels play host to last-place Longwood (11-38, 5-19). Radford meets High Point (22-22, 13-11) and Winthrop meets USC Upstate (22-26, 8-15).

Presbyterian (26-26, 14-10) sits in fourth place, with its final series against a Charleston Southern (20-31, 10-14) squad on a season-high three-game winning streak.

Elsewhere:
* Brett Rodriguez's second home run of the game delivered Wofford (31-22, 12-8) a 9-8 walk-off victory over Furman (23-28, 11-10) after the Paladins had overcame a seven-run deficit to take an 8-7 lead in the Southern Conference series finale.

Wofford scored six runs in the fourth and another in the fifth to go ahead 7-0.

Furman, which had a five-game winning streak snapped, scored four runs in the sixth, one in the seventh and three in the eighth to take the lead. Dax Roper doubled and homered to drive in three runs and Trent Alley had four hits for Furman.

Rodriguez had a double in addition to his home runs for Wofford, which avoided being swept at home. A sweep by Furman would have moved its past Wofford in the standings.

Wofford is in fourth place in the SoCon entering the final week of league play. The Terriers are a half-game behind second-place UNC Greensboro (31-16, 13-8) and Mercer (28-23, 13-8). Wofford closes its schedule at UNCG, while Mercer is at fifth-place Furman.

Samford (37-15, 17-4) has clinched the SoCon regular-season title with a 4-2 win over Western Carolina Sunday night.

* College of Charleston (32-19, 13-8) rallied in the eighth and ninth innings to dump Towson (13-37, 6-15), 10-9, to complete a a sweep of their Colonial Athletic Association series and tighten their grip on second place.

The Cougars had lost five of their last six CAA games entering the weekend. Now, they've taken a two-game lead over James Madison, Northeastern, UNC Wilmington and William and Mary (all 10-11 in the league) with three games remaining. A second-place finish would give the College a first-round bye in the CAA Tournament. CofC closes its season at Delaware (21-30, 9-12).

* Three N.C. State (39-14, 16-11) batters walked to open the first inning, all three scored and the Wolfpack never trailed in an 8-3 win over Clemson (30-22, 13-14) to win the rubber game of their ACC series.

Jacob Hennessy, who came in after Holt Jones walked the first three hitters, gave Clemson a solid relief outing, allowing seven hits and a run over five innings to leave with the Tigers down 4-1. But State scored three runs in the sixth to take command.

Michael Green doubled and homered for Clemson, which is in fourth place in the ACC Atlantic Division and can do no better than tie for second. The Tigers close out with a home series against Wake Forest (29-22, 12-14). The Demon Deacons could tie Clemson for fourth with a win in a Monday game with Miami (36-15, 16-10).

First-place Louisville (40-12, 19-8) has clinched at least a share of the division title. N.C. State and Florida State (34-18, 16-11) share second place. The Wolfpack close the season at North Carolina (36-15, 16-11), while FSU is at Louisville needing a sweep to tie for first place.

* Kentucky (25-26, 7-20) dealt South Carolina's SEC Tourmament prospects a blow with a 6-2 victory to avoid a series sweep. The Gamecocks (26-25, 7-20), Wildcats and Alabama (29-23, 7-20) are tied for 12th place overall, the the final spot to qualify for Hoover.

Because Alabama won the season series with USC, the Gamecocks must finish ahead of the Crimson Tide to qualify.  USC finishes league play at Mississippi State (42-10,18-9), while Kentucky hosts Vanderbilt (41-10, 20-7) and Alabama  is at Georgia (39-14, 18-9).  The only time Carolina has missed the SEC Tournament since it joined the league in 1992 was in 1996, the year before Ray Tanner became the Gamecocks' head coach.

* Texas Arlington (30-21, 16-10)  scored three runs in the eighth inning to trip Coastal Carolina (28-21-1, 13-12), 6-3, and gain a split of their rain-shortened Sun Belt Conference series. The Chanticleers have fallen into third place in the East Division, behind Georgia Southern (30-21, 16-11) and South Alabama (29-22, 15-12). In addition, Troy (27-25, 14-13) is .001 behind Coastal.

Coastal's prospects of finishing first in the division are slim, because Georgia Southern closes with last-place Georgia State (14-38, 5-22). South Alabama meets Troy, while Coastal meets Appalachian State (21-27, 12-14).

* East Tennessee State (31-17, 10-10) sent The Citadel (10-40, 3-18) to its 20th consecutive loss with a 9-0 victory in a game halted in the eighth inning because of rain. The Bulldogs are assured of being in the play-in game of the Southern Conference Tournament later this month. Their opponent then could be Western Carolina (18-28, 7-14), who the Bulldogs visit to complete league play.

Tournaments
* NJCAA Eastern District - Fourth-seeded Monroe (32-17) earned its second straight trip to the Junior College World Series by beating Spartanburg Methodist (33-18), 8-3. The Pioneers scored two runs in the top of the second inning,. but Monroe answered with three in the bottom of the inning and never trailed again.

* Peach Belt Conference - Fourth-seeded Young Harris knocked off third-seeded USC Aiken (32-22) by a 5-2 score in the championship game, earning the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Division II playoffs. Aiken, which went 3-0 in pool play, likely needed to win the tournament to get an NCAA bid.