SEC standings through Friday, April 30

Friday's scores

Mississippi 5, South Carolina 1
Alabama 11, Missouri 8
Arkansas 7, LSU 0
Auburn 10, Georgia 6, 14 innings
Kentucky 8, Tennessee 2
Mississippi State 8, Texas A&M 7, 12 innings
Vanderbilt 11, Florida 7

Saturday's games
South Carolina at Mississippi, Game 1, 2:30 p.m.
South Carolina at Mississippi, Game 2, 7 p.m.
Auburn at Georgia, noon
Kentucky at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Missouri at Alabama, 3 p.m.
Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 3 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Florida, 6:30 p.m.
Arkansas at LSU, 7:30 p.m.

Colonial Athletic Association standings through Friday, April 30

Friday's scores
Elon 14, College of Charleston 5
Hofstra 14, Delaware 11
Northeastern 3, Towson 0
William & Mary 5. UNC Wilmington 3

Saturday's games
College of Charleston at Elon, 2 p.m.
Delaware at Hofstra. DH, 11 a.m.
Towson at Northeastern DH, 11 a.m.
William & Mary at UNC Wilmington, 4 p.m.

ACC standings through Friday, April 30

Friday's conference scores
Clemson 11, Louisville 3
Boston College 13, Miami 0
Notre Dame 4, North Carolina 0
N.C. State 13, Wake Forest 7
Virginia 18, Virginia Tech 1

Saturday's conference games
Louisville at Clemson, 1 p.m.
North Carolina at Notre Dame, 2 p.m.
Miami at Boston College, 3 p.m.
N.C. State at Wake Forest, 4 p.m.
Virginia at Virginia Tech 7 p.m.

Sun Belt Conference standings through Friday, April 30

Friday's conference scores
Georgia State 2, Coastal Carolina 1
Appalachian State 6, Louisiana Monroe 4

South Alabama 12, Georgia Southern 5
Texas State 9, Louisiana 3

Saturday's conference games
Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 4 p.m.
Little Rock at Texas Arlington, 1 p.m.
Louisiana Monroe at Appalachian State, 2 p.m.
South Alabama at Georgia Southern, 2 p.m.
Texas State at Louisiana, 5 p.m.

Big South Conference standings through Friday, April 30

Friday's scores
Gardner-Webb 5, Charleston Southern 4, 11 innings
High Point 11, Winthrop 2
USC Upstate 8, Presbyterian 1
Campbell 19, UNC Asheville 1
Longwood 10, Radford 7

Saturday's games
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, DH, 1 p.m.
High Point at Winthrop, DH, 1 p.m.
Presbyterian at USC Upstate, DH, 2 p.m.
Radford at Longwood, DH, 1 p.m.
UNC Asheville at Campbell, DH, 2 p.m.

Southern Conference standings through Friday, April 30

Friday's scores
Samford 9 Wofford 8
VMI 13, The Citadel 5
Mercer 13, East Tennessee State 8

UNC Greensboro 17, Western Carolina 8

Saturday's games
Samford at Wofford, DH, 2 p.m.
VMI at The Citadel, DH, 2 p.m.
Western Carolina at UNC Greensboro, DH, 1 p.m.
East Tennessee State at Mercer, DH, 2 p.m.

State scoreboard, Friday, April 30

Briefly: Caden Grice hit three home runs, drove in eight runs and pitched an inning as Clemson won the opener of an ACC series with No. 4 Louisville ...  South Carolina batters collected two hits and struck out 17 times in dropping a series opener at Ole Miss ... Pat Monteith hit two of North Greenville's six home runs as the Crusaders advanced to another Conference Carolinas Tournament elimination game on Saturday .... Devin Buckner, Jack Hennessy and Noah Rabon drove in two runs apiece as USC Upstate won a series opener over Presbyterian ... Robert Bell hit his 10th home run of the season and drove in four runs as Columbia International won its regular-season finale ... Josh Patterson had two hits and two RBI in Game 1 and Luke Wood homered twice in Game 2 as Florence-Darlington Tech won its eighth straight game ... Coastal Carolina pitchers allowed four hits and struck out 10, but Georgia State won via a two-hitter with 11 strikeouts ... Bob Jones scored four runs in the seventh to win a series opener ... Brooks Bryan tied the score with a two-run homer in the ninth, but Gardner-Webb used an 11th-inning homer to win the series opener ... 

Bob Jones 7, Trinity Baptist 3 - BJU: Adrian Lasval 1B, HR, BB, R, 2 RBI

Clemson 11, Louisville 3 - Cle: Mack Anglin 7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 9 K

Columbia International 14, Bluefield 10 - Col: Grant Bodison 3-3, HR, 2 BB, 4 R, 3 RBI
Elon 14, College of Charleston 5 - Cha; Harrison Hawkins 1B, 2 2B. 4 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 14, USC Salkehatchie 0, 5 innings, Game 1 - FD: Brian Hama 2B, 3 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 10, USC Salkehatchie 4, Game 2 - FD: Jackson Hoshour 2 H, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 5, Charleston Southern 4, 11 innings - Cha: Johnny Oliveira 3-5, 2B, R
Georgia State 2, Coastal Carolina 1 -  Coa: Alex Gattinelli 2B, RBI
High Point 11, Winthrop 2 - Win: Scout McFalls 1B, HR, BB, 2 RBI

Mississippi 5, South Carolina 1 - SC: Josiah Sightler HR
Samford 9, Wofford 8 - Wof: Colin Davis 1B, HR, BB, 2 SB, 3 RBI
USC Upstate 8, Presbyterian 1 - Up: Cameron MacIntosh 3-4, 2 R, RBI
VMI 13, The Citadel 5 - Cit: Brooks O'Brien 1B, 3B, R, RBI

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

North Greenville 21, King 8, King eliminated - NG: John Michael Faile 5-5, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Barton 11, Erskine 10 - Ers: Cody Forster 1B, HR, BB, SB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Belmont Abbey 4, Mount Olive 3, 10 innings

Caden Grice became the 15th Clemson
player to hit three homers in a game.
(Clemson photo)

Player of the day: Caden Grice, Clemson, 3 HR, 8 RBI, IP, 2 K

SEC standings through Thursday, April 29

Thursday's scores
Georgia 4, Auburn 0
Tennessee 14, Kentucky 4

Friday's games
South Carolina at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m.
Arkansas at LSU, 7 p.m.
Kentucky at Tennessee, 6:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Florida 7 p.m.
Auburn at Georgia, 7 p.m.
Missouri at Alabama, 7 p.m.
Texas A&M at Mississippi State, 7:30 p.m.

State schedule, April 30-May 2

Friday, April 30

Bluefield College at Columbia International, noon

Florence-Darlington Tech vs. USC Salkehatchie, DH, Orangeburg (Mirmow Field), 2 p.m.

High Point at Winthrop, 5 p.m.

Samford at Wofford, 5 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 6 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 6 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

Louisville at Clemson, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at USC Upstate, 6 p.m.

VMI at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

Bob Jones at Trinity Baptist, 7 p.m.

South Carolina at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m.

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Game 6: King vs. North Greenville, 11 a.m.
Game 7: Mount Olive vs. Belmont Abbey, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Barton vs. Erskine, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 1

Bob Jones at Trinity Baptist, DH, noon

Florence-Darlington Tech at USC Sumter, DH, 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, DH, 1 p.m.

High Point at Winthrop, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Aiken at Lander, DH, 1 p.m.
Presbyterian at USC Upstate, DH, 2 p.m.

Samford at Wofford, DH, 2 p.m.

VMI at The Citadel, DH, 2 p.m.

South Carolina at Mississippi, 2:30 p.m.

Louisville at Clemson, 3 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 4 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 4 p.m.

South Carolina at Mississippi, 7 p.m.

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Game 9: North Greenville vs. Erskine, 11 a.m.
Game 10: TBA
Game 11: TBA

Sunday, May 2

Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 1 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 1 p.m.

Louisville at Clemson, 2 p.m.

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Schedule TBA

Moved to May 1
South Carolina at Mississippi

State scoreboard, Thursday, April 29

Briefly: Allan Saathoff struck out 11 and allowed one hit over 7 2/3 innings as Erskine won its first game in the Conference Carolinas Tournament ... Brayden Olson's eighth-inning homer stood up and Barton knocked North Greenville into the losers' bracket of  the Conference Carolinas Tournament ... Buddy Bleasedale and Grant Bodison homered as Columbia International won Game 1. A three-run second in Game 2 gave Bluefield all the runs is needed to get the split and prevent the Rams from moving into sixth place in the Appalachian Athletic Conference standings.

Columbia International 12, Bluefield 10 - Col: Justin Parish W, 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 K

Bluefield 6, Columbia International 2, Game 2 - Col: Gabe Austin 1B, RBI

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Erskine 11, Belmont Abbey 1 - Ers: Drew Yniesta 1B. 2 HR, 3 R, 4 RBI

Barton 11, North Greenville 9 - NG: Brady West 2B, HR, 3 RBI

Mount Olive 13. King 4

Allan Saathoff's 11 strikeouts against
Belmont Abbey were the most by a
Flying Fleet pitcher this season.
(Erskine College photo)

Player of the day: Allan Saathoff, Erskine, W, 7.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 11 K

State scoreboard, Wednesday, April 28

Briefly: Sean Flannery's third hit of the game gave Spartanburg Methodist a come-from-behind extra-inning victory ... Charlie Corum, Gary Lora, J.T. Marr and Luke Wood homered as Florence-Darlington Tech scored in double figures again ... Chase Galloway was 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs as USC Lancaster won the opener against NJCAA Division II power Catawba Valley. The host Red Hawks won Game 2 in six innings ... John Thorpe drove in three runs as USC Sumter won the opener at USC Salkehatchie. The Fire Ants needed extra innings to complete the sweep ... Barton's nine-run first was more than enough to eliminate Southern Wesleyan in the Conferece Carolinas Tournament ... UNC Wilmington scored the game's final five runs to defeat Coastal Carolina for the second straight day ...

Florence-Darlington Tech 17, Brunswick 5 - FD: Andre Demetral 1B, SB, R, SB, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 9, Caldwell Tech 8, 10 innings - SMC: Dosi Jonas 2-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI

UNC Wilmington 7, Coastal Carolina 6 - Coa: B.T. Riopelle 2B, R, 2 RBI
USC Lancaster 9, Catawba Valley 8, Game 1 - :Lan: Sam Hill grand slam
Catawba Valley 12. USC Lancaster 2, 6 innings, Game 2 - Lan: Eddie Olmeda 1B, 2B, 2 R

USC Sumter 9, USC Salkehatchie 3, Game 1 - Sum: Tyler Turner 2 RBI
USC Sumter 4, USC Salkehatchie 3, 9 innings, Game 2 - Sum: Colton Kent 2 H, RBI

Canceled

Florence-Darlington Tech at Fayetteville Tech

Wofford at Presbyterian

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

King 6, Emmanuel 1, Emmanuel eliminated
Barton 23, Southern Wesleyan 6, SWU eliminated - SW: D.J. Ludwick 1B, 2B, R, RBI

Sean Flannery was involved in all three
Pioneers run-scoring innings and drove
in the winning run in the 10th. (SMC photo)

Player of the day: Sean Flannery, Spartanburg Methodist, 3-5, R, 2 RBI

Ex-Tiger Mazey's family dealing with son's injury, recovery

Randy Mazey played and coached
 at Clemson and once was head coach
at Charleston Southern. (WVU photo)

West Virginia coach and former Clemson player and grad assistant Randy Mazey and his wife Amanda are going through what no parents should have to endure. Their 14-year-old son, Weston, suffered a traumatic brain injury March 9 when he collided with a wall.

I've seen it reported as having happened during a game and during a practice, but that detail is immaterial. The injury required hospitalization and a long rehabilitation process. WQeston, nicknamed "Wammer," was moved to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta about 10 days after his injury for further treatment.

The family recently made a video showing his progress during recovery and another detailing plans for a foundation to help families in similar situations. It turns out the videos were not supposed to be accessible to the public yet. I apologize to the Mazeys publicly - and did so in an e-mail - for jumping the gun.

State scoreboard, Tuesday, April 27

Briefly: Brady Allen had a homer among his four hits and Jack Mahoney pitched 7 2/3 shutout innings as South Carolina completed a season sweep of The Citadel. Noah Myers hit a grand slam in his first start since opening day ... Leandy Castro had three hits in each game as USC Beaufort swept a road doubleheader. The Sand Sharks scored six runs in the seventh to win Game 1 ... Winthrop lost its fifth straight game to Gardner-Webb when the Bulldogs allied from a three-run deficit ... Georgia State answered Wofford's 14th-inning run with a two in the bottom of the inning to end the longest home game in program history.  GSU's Trey Horton delivered the winner in his first career at-bat. Terriers pitchers struck out 16 ...

Gardner-Webb 9, Winthrop 7 - Win: Tyler Baker 3-5, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI
Georgia Southwestern 7, USC Aiken 5 - Aik: Leo Horacio 2-3, BB, 2 SB, R, RBI
Georgia State 4, Wofford 3, 14 innings - Wof: Ryan Galanie 2B, RBI
South Carolina 9, The Citadel 5 - SC: Noah Myers grand slam
UNC Asheville 6, Presbyterian 2 - PC: Alex Flood 6 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 5 K
UNC Wilmington 11, Coastal Carolina 1 - Coa: Nick Lucky 1B, SB, HBP, R 
USC Beaufort 11, Brewton-Parker 9, Game 1 - Bea: Clint Sellers 2 H, 4 RBI
USC Beaufort 9, Brewton 4, Game 2 - Game 2 - Bea: Brian Meyer 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI

Jack Mahoney pitched a career-high
7 2/3 innings with allowing a run.
(USC photo)

Player of the day: Jack Mahoney, USC, W, 7 2/3 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 6 K

Furman baseball supporters want to promote reinstatement efforts during school's fundraising day

Friends and supporters of now-defunct Furman baseball program are trying to raise awareness of efforts to resurrect the program during Tuesday's annual "Dins Day" fundraising effort by the university.

Supporters are being asked to post the #SaveFUBaseball in the comments section of any social media posts regarding the 24-hour fundraising campaign.

Furman

Pacers name Holder interim head coach

Michael Holder has more than 15 seasons of experience
 as a college assistant coach. (USC Aiken photo)

USC Aiken has named assistant coach Michael Holder as interim head coach for the Pacers program.  Head coach Kenny Thomas is retiring after this season.

Holder

Peach Belt Conference standings through Monday, April 26

Monday's score
Georgia Southwestern 8, Francis Marion 5

Unofficial schedule for NJCAA Region 10 Tournament

The official bracket hasn't been released yet, but based on the final standings for NJCAA Region 10 and a copy of a blank bracket I received, the first-round pairings for the league tournament should be what I have below.

The double-elimination tournament will be May 7-10 at Lexington County Baseball Stadium. The tournament champion advances to the Eastern District Tournament to play for a bid to the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colo.

UNOFFICAL SCHEDULE
NJCAA Region 10 Tournament
Lexington (SC) County Baseball Stadium
Double-elimination
Friday, May 7
Game 1: No. 4 USC Union vs. No. 5 USC Salkehatchie, 10 a.m.
Game 2: No. 3 Louisburg vs. No. 6 USC Sumter, 1 p.m.
Game 3: No. 2 Spartanburg Methodist vs. No. 7 USC Lancaster, 4 p.m.
Game 4: No. 1 Florence-Darlington Tech vs. Game 1 winner, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 8
Game 5: Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 6: Game 2 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 7: Game 1 loser vs. Game 5 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 8: Game 6 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 9
Game 9: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 11: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 loser, 4:30 p.m.
Monday, May 10
Game 11: Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 12: if necessary, 5 p.m.

State scoreboard, Monday, April 26

Briefly: Wingate scored three runs in the first inning and was never headed as it beat Newberry, 13-4, in the championship game of the South Atlantic Conference Tournament. Jack Harris had two homers for the Wolves. Earlier in the day, Harris had a homer and drove in five runs as Newberry eliminated Carson-Newman ... Jack Hegan had two hits and drove in two runs , but Francis Marion was unable t6o complete a Peach Belt Conference series sweep at Georgia Southwestern.

Georgia Southwestern 8, Francis Marion 5 - FMU: Will Hardee 1B, HR, 2 RBI

Canceled
Columbia International JV at P27 Academy, DH

SAC Tournament
Kodak, TN (Smokies Park)

Wingate 8, Carson -Newman 2
Newberry 14, Carson-Newman 7, C-N eliminated - New: Dalton Lansdowne 1B, 2 2B, 3 R, 4 RBI
Wingate 13, Newberry 4, Wingate wins championship - New: Dalton Lansdowne 2-3, BB

Jack Harris had three homers and drove
in eight runs on Monday. (Newberry photo)

Player of the day: Jack Harris, Newberry, 5-for-10, 3B, 3 HR, 2 HBP, 4 R, 8 RBI

Palmetto State Baseball team rankings, April 25

Clemson climbed a spot in my
state NCAA Division I rankings

Disagree with where I ranked your team? Let me know where I'm wrong in the comments section.

THROUGH SUNDAY'S GAMES

NCAA Division I

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season	Last week	Streak
1.	South Carolina	1-2	25-12	1	L1
2.	USC Upstate	4-0	27-9	2	W4
3.	Wofford	3-1	24-14	3	W1
4.	Clemson	3-1	18-18	5	W3
5.	Coastal Carolina	2-2	19-15	4	L1
6.	College of Charleston	2-1	17-16	6	W1
7.	Presbyterian	2-2	12-13	8	W1
8.	Charleston Southern	1-3	13-18	7	L2
9.	Winthrop	1-3	11-19	9	L3
10.	The Citadel	0-4	11-24	10	L4

NCAA Division II

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season	Last week	Streak
1.	North Greenville	3-1	29-10	1	W3
2.	Newberry	2-1	24-14	2	W2
3.	Erskine	3-3	22-18	3	W1
4.	Lander	1-1	19-18	5	W1
5.	USC Aiken	0-1	19-15	4	L1
6.	Francis Marion	3-0	18-16	6	W3
7.	Coker	1-2	16-22	7	L2
8.	Anderson	1-0	13-24	9	W1
9.	Benedict	1-1	4-4	10	L1
10.	Limestone	0-0	14-22	8	L6
11.	Southern Wesleyan	2-1	11-27	11	W2
12.	Claflin	0-3	3-29	12	L7

NAIA/NCAA DIVISION III

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season	Last week	Streak
1.	USC Beaufort	3-2	26-19	1	W1
2.	Columbia International	4-1	26-23	2	L1
3.	Voorhees	0-2	5-17	3	L5
4.	Morris	0-1	3-11	4	L5
5.	Bob Jones	0-2	4-23	5	L7

NJCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season	Last week	Streak
1.	Florence-Darlington Tech	2-0	37-5	1	W5
2	Spartanburg Methodist	4-0	30-16	2	W4
3.	USC Sumter	2-2	25-21	3	L2
4.	USC Union	0-0	15-18	4	W3
5.	USC Lancaster	1-1	15-25	5	W1
6.	USC Salkehatchie	1-3	12-30	6	L1

State schedule, April 26-May 2

Monday, April 26

Francis Marion at Georgia Southwestern, noon
Columbia International JV at P27 Academy, DH, 3 p.m.

SAC Tournament
Kodak, TN (Smokies Park)

Wingate vs. Carson-Newman, 10 a.m.
Newberry vs. 10 a.m. winner, 1:30 p.m.
Championship Game 2, if necessary, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 27

Gardner-Webb at Winthrop, 3 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Brewton-Parker, DH, 3 p.m.

Wofford at Georgia State, 4 p.m.

Presbyterian at UNC Asheville, 5 p.m.

UNC Wilmington at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

Georgia Southwestern at USC Aiken, 6:30 p.m.

The Citadel at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 28

Florence-Darlington Tech at Brunswick, 2 p.m.

USC Sumter at USC Salkehatchie, DH, 2 p.m.

Wofford at Presbyterian, 3 p.m.

USC Lancaster at Catawba Valley, DH, 4 p.m.

Caldwell Tech at Spartanburg Methodist, 5 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at UNC Wilmington, 6 p.m.

Canceled

Florence-Darlington Tech at Fayetteville Tech

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Single elimination

Game 1: No. 6 Emmanuel vs. No. 7 King 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 5 Barton vs. No. 8 Southern Wesleyan, 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 29

Bluefield College at Columbia International, DH,  noon

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Double elimination
Game 3: No. 3 Erskine vs. No. 4 Belmont Abbey, 11 a.m.
Game 4: No. 2 North Greenville vs. No. 5 Barton, 3 p.m.
Game 5: No. 1 Mount Olive vs. No. 7 King, 7 p.m.

Friday, April 30

Bluefield College at Columbia International, noon

Florence-Darlington Tech vs. USC Salkehatchie, DH, Orangeburg (Mirmow Field), 2 p.m.

High Point at Winthrop, 5 p.m.

Samford at Wofford, 5 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 6 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 6 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

Louisville at Clemson, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at USC Upstate, 6 p.m.

VMI at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

Bob Jones at Trinity Baptist, 7 p.m.

South Carolina at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m.

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Game 6: King vs. North Greenville, 11 a.m.
Game 7: Mount Olive vs. Belmont Abbey, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Barton vs. Erskine, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 1

Bob Jones at Trinity Baptist, DH, noon

Florence-Darlington Tech at USC Sumter, DH, 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, DH, 1 p.m.

High Point at Winthrop, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Aiken at Lander, DH, 1 p.m.
Presbyterian at USC Upstate, DH, 2 p.m.

Samford at Wofford, DH, 2 p.m.

VMI at The Citadel, DH, 2 p.m.

Louisville at Clemson, 3 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 4 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 4 p.m.

South Carolina at Mississippi, 7 p.m.

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Schedule TBA

Sunday, May 2

South Carolina at Mississippi, 12:30 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Georgia State, 1 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 1 p.m.

Louisville at Clemson, 2 p.m.

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Schedule TBA

Winners and losers, April 19-25

Monte Lee's Tigers are back at .500
 overall and in ACC play after a
 weekend sweep. (Clemson photo)

Winners

* Clemson's season has been up and down more than a Yo-Yo. The Tigers had a six-game losing streak earlier in the season and ended a seven-game slide with a Friday night ACC win over Wake Forest. After a Saturday rainout, the Tigers maintained their momentum with a pair of one-run wins on Sunday.  The second game provided coach Monte Lee with his 200th win as Clemson's head coach and improved the Tigers' record in one-run games to 3-7. In addition, Clemson moved to 18-18 overall and 12-12 at the two-thirds mark of the Atlantic Coast Conference season. 

Chad Holbrook has had winning
records in each of his eight
seasons as head coach. (CofC photo)

* Not long after South Carolina and coach Chad Holbrook 
parted ways after the 2017 season, he was scooped up by College of Charleston. It's been a successful collaboration. With Tuesday's win over The Citadel, Holbrook picked up both his 100th career win with the Cougars and his 300th overall.

Also on his resume is his important role as recruiter and assistant coach for South Carolina's two national championship teams.

* Newberry earned the third seed for the South Atlantic Conference Tournament, only to get hammered by Wingate in the first round. That sent coach Russell Triplett's Wolves against regular-season champ and national No. 7 Catawba in the second round. Newberry jumped to a 7-0 lead, only to see the Indians rally to tie the score at 8-8 in a game delayed at least once by rain.

The Wolves had the potential winning run thrown out to end the ninth inning, then won in the 10th on a bases-loaded fielder's choice.

On Sunday, Newberry trounced Tusculum, 18-11, behind 7 RBIs by Luke Orr and effective middle relief by Bryce Peterson when the game was still tight.

That puts them in Monday's championship round against either Wingate or Carson-Newman.

* COVID-19 and its effects dealt a particularly tough hand to Benedict this season. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference canceled its conference schedule and tournament, leaving Tigers coach Selwyn Young scrambling to get some games for his team to play. He cobbled together a 10-game schedule -- later reduced to eight. A split with Clark Atlanta on Wednesday ended the Tigers' season at 4-4.

But Benedict still did what Young's teams do best: steal bases. The Tigers were 79-for-81 in steals, leaving them one steal short of averaging 10 steals per game. They averaged 9.88 per game, which would top their national record of 8.15 set in 2013. I'm sure the current season won't be eligible for record consideration because so few games were played.

Benedict has the top five spots in the NCAA Division II record book for steals per game in a season. It also has the top two single-season records for steals in a season. Young's teams have led Division II in steals per game eight times and total steals seven times..

Senior Bradon O'Connor was 19-for-19 this season, giving him 101 steals in 110 attempts for his career.

* Marshall Thompson has tied the Lander season record of 13 strikeouts in a game three times this season, mostly recently against USC Aiken Friday night. That gave Thompson 102 whiffs for the season, four behind the school record of 106 set by Will Jones in 2016.

* Columbia International won two of three games at Truett McConnell to slip past the Bears into seventh place in the Appalachian Athletic Conference with one series remaining before the league tournament in May.  The NAIA conference is tightly bunched after first-place Tennessee Wesleyan, which has a 7 1/2 game lead over second-place Reinhardt. The Rams are 1 1/2 games out of second place and  1 1/2 games out of ninth place. By the way, they won two of three at Tennessee Wesleyan in their regular-season meeting.

Losers

* Coastal Carolina was hoping Wofford transfer Reece Maniscalco would play a major role in its pitching plans this season. Maniscalco made 43 appearances at Wofford and led the Terriers with six saves in 2019.  Arm issues caused him to miss the 2018 season and stopped his 2020 season after one start. Arm issues had limited the right-hander to 7 2/3 innings this season. Earlier this week, it was learned that  Maniscalco won't pitch the remainder for the season as he recuperates.

* Rain made the final week of NJCAA Region 10 play a little anticlimactic. Florence-Darlington Tech wrapped up the top seed for the tournament without having the step on the field. That's not to say the Stingers weren't worthy regular-season champions. They proved their mettle over the course of the season, but it would have been nice for the league's fans to have some late drama.  Losing all four scheduled games against USC Union would have been improbable, but it would have opened the door for Louisburg to share first place or for Spartanburg Methodist to edge the Stingers for first place.

Eight of the weekend's scheduled 12 games were rained out, limiting the possibility of movement further down the standings, too. After one coach texted me the news of a rainout, I replied "Bummer," to which he responded "No more appropriate words have ever been spoken."

Of course, rain was a  thorn in Region 10's side all season. Nineteen of 84 scheduled region games (22.6 percent) were rained out. 

A little of both

* Yes, South Carolina dropped two of three to No. 1 Arkansas, and yes, the Gamecocks' batters looked lost at the plate during the two losses.

But the Gamecocks continued to get solid pitching from their weekend starters. Arkansas hitters made USC pay for pitchers' mistakes in late innings, and that was the difference. Carolina hitters need to figure out how to take advantage when opposing pitchers make a mistake.

* Claflin ended its season with a 3-29 record and on a seven-game losing streak, but catcher Jordan McCray had a noteworthy moment in Thursday's season finale at Flagler. McCray threw out would-be base-stealer Jake Kaufman in the second inning. Kaufman had been 20-for-20 in steals until that point.

* USC Beaufort lost of three at Webber International over the weekend, but that was enough to clinch a spot in the Sun Conference Tournament in May.

Palmetto State Baseball team of the week, April 19-25: Spartanburg Methodist

Spartanburg Methodist has a .320
team batting average.

Spartanburg Methodist (4-0 for the week)
(beat Patrick Henry twice, beat USC Sumter twice)

Spartanburg Methodist entered the weekend needing a miracle to finish atop the NJCAA Region 10 standings. Rain sabotaged those plans, but coach Tim Wallace's team did make up some ground, edging Louisburg by .002 points for second place.

The Pioneers got a nice midweek sweep of nationally ranked Division II Patrick Henry. They needed to go 4-0 against USC Sumter and for Florence-Darlington Tech to go 0-4 at USC Union to take the  regular-season title. Rain washed out six of the eight games the Pioneers needed to go their way.

SMC jumped on USC Sumter early in Game 1 Sunday, then staged a three-run rally in the sixth of Game 2 to reach the 30-win mark for the season.

Up next for the Pioneers: A Wednesday home game against Caldwell Tech.

Also considered

Anderson (1-0) 
Clemson (3-1) 
College of Charleston (2-1)
Columbia International (4-1)

Florence-Darlington Tech (2-0)
Francis Marion (3-0)
Newberry (2-1) - reached final day of SAC Tournament
North Greenville (3-1)
USC Beaufort  (3-2)

USC Upstate (4-0)
Wofford (3-1)

Previous winners
Jan. 29-Feb. 7: Lander
Feb. 8-14: USC Beaufort
Feb. 15-21: North Greenville
Feb. 22-28: South Carolina
March 1-7: USC Upstate
March 8-14: The Citadel
March 15-21: Florence-Darlington Tech
March 22-28: Clemson 
March 29-April 4: Erskine

April 5-11: Newberry
April 12-18: USC Aiken

Tim Wallace has won 1,246 games 
as Pioneers' head coach. (SMC photo)

Peach Belt Conference standings through Sunday, April 25

Sunday's scores
Francis Marion 6, Georgia Southwestern 5, Game 1
Francis Marion 12, Georgia Southwestern 8, Game 2
USC Aiken at Lander, DH, ppd. no makeup date announced
Columbus State 9, Young Harris 6, Game 1
Young Harris 10, Columbus State 5, Game 2
Flagler 11, UNC Pembroke 1
Georgia College 14, Augusta 11

Monday's game
Francis Marion at Georgia Southwestern, noon

Big South Conference standings through Sunday, April 25

Sunday's scores
Campbell 21, Presbyterian 5, Game 1
Presbyterian 12, Campbell 6, Game 2
Gardner-Webb 9, Winthrop 7
USC Upstate 13, Longwood 5
Radford 4, High Point 3

Tuesday's conference games
Gardner-Webb at Winthrop, 3 p.m.
Presbyterian at UNC Asheville, TBA

Next weekend's series
Friday single game, Saturday DH
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern
High Point at Winthrop
Presbyterian at USC Upstate
Radford at Longwood
UNC Asheville at Campbell

SEC standings through Sunday, April 25

Sunday's scores
Auburn 10, Florida 8, Game 1
Florida 6, Auburn 4, Game 2
Georgia 9, Missouri 4

Kentucky 5, Alabama 2, Game 1
Kentucky 11, Alabama 0, Game 2
Tennessee 20, Texas A&M 7
Vanderbilt 7, Mississippi State 4

Next weekend's series
Thursday-Saturday
Auburn at Georgia
Kentucky at Tennessee
Friday-Sunday
South Carolina at Mississippi
Arkansas at LSU
Missouri at Alabama
Texas A&M at Mississippi State
Vanderbilt at Florida

ACC standings through Sunday, April 25

Sunday's scores
Clemson 5, Wake Forest 4, Game 1
Clemson 3, Wake Forest 2, Game 2
Duke 7, Virginia 4
Florida State 13, Georgia Tech 10, Game 1
Georgia Tech 9, Florida State 8, Game 2
Miami 8, North Carolina 1
N.C. State 11, Virginia Tech 3, Game 1
N.C. State 7, Virginia Tech 6, Game 2

Next weekend's conference series
Friday-Sunday
Louisville at Clemson
Miami at Boston College
North Carolina at Notre Dame
N.C. State at Wake Forest
Virginia at Virginia Tech

Unofficial final regular-season standings for NJCAA Region 10

x- clinched regular-season title, top seed for Region tournament May 7-10 at Lexington County Baseball Stadium

Sunday's scores
Spartanburg Methodist 9, USC Sumter 1, Game 1
Spartanburg Methodist 6, USC Sumter 4, Game 2
USC Salkehatchie 9, USC Lancaster 5, Game 1
USC Lancaster 10, USC Salkehatchie 4, Game 2
Florence-Darlington Tech at USC Union, DH. ccd.
End of region schedule

State scoreboard, Sunday, April 25

Briefly:  Davis Sharpe's two-run blast to left in Game 1 gave Clemson a walk-off win and series clincher against Wake Forest. Dylan Brewer's sixth-inning homer gave the Tigers the sweep and handed Monte Lee his 200th win as Clemson's coach ... Luke Orr drove in seven runs as Newberry hammered Tusculum to advance to the championship round of the South Atlantic Conference Tournament ... Jason Matthews doubled and drove in six runs as USC Upstate completed a Big South Conference series sweep ... Cooper Guest struck out seven in a complete-game three-hitter as Spartanburg Methodist won Game 1 and the Pioneers used a three-run sixth to complete the sweep ... Campbell scored 18 runs over the final three inning to blow past Presbyterian in Game 1, but the Blue Hose used a seven-run eighth in the nightcap to take the series ... Darius Nobles homered as Francis Marion won the opener of a Peach Belt Conference road doubleheader. The Patriots got 21 hits in Game 2 to get a sweep ... USC Salkehatchie and USC Lancaster split their finale twinbill of region play ... Gardner-Webb came from behind three times to complete a Big South Conference series sweep of Winthrop ... Liberty scored two runs in the eighth to take a nonconference series over Liberty. 

Campbell 21, Presbyterian 5, 8 innings, Game 1 - PC: Zacchaeus Rasberry 3-4, HR, SB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Presbyterian 12, Campbell 6, Game 2 - PC: Brody Fahr 3-5, 2B, SB, 2 R, RBI

Clemson 6, Wake Forest 4, Game 1 - Cle: Caden Grice 1B, HR, 2 RBI
Clemson 3, Wake Forest 2, Game 2 - Cle: Nick Hoffman W, 3.1 IP
Francis Marion 6, Georgia Southwestern 5, Game 1 - FM: Tanner Wakefield 2 H, 2 RBI

Francis Marion 12, Georgia Southwestern 8, Game 2 - FM: Will Hardee 2 2B, 4 RBI

Gardner-Webb 9, Winthrop 7 - Win: Jonathan Strauss 2-3, R, 2 RBI
Liberty 6, Coastal Carolina 4 - Coa: Nick Lucky 2-4, BB, SB, R, RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 9, USC Sumter 1, Game 1 - SMC: Dosi Jonas  HR, 3 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 6, USC Sumter 4, Game 2 - SMC: Collin Fowler 3-3, 3B, 2 R, RBI
USC Salkehatchie 9, USC Lancaster 5, Game 1 - Sal: Henry Gibson 2 H, 2 RBI
USC Lancaster 10, USC Salkehatchie 4, Game 2 - Lan: Robbie Brown 3 RBI

USC Upstate 13, Longwood 3 - Up: Alex Garbrick W, 6 IP, 1 ER, 9 K

Postponed

USC Aiken at Lander, DH, no makeup date announced
Canceled

Mid-Atlantic Christian at Benedict, DH

Florence-Darlington Tech at USC Union, DH

South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Kodak, TN (Smokies Park)

Carson-Newman 5, Wingate 4

Wingate 8, Catawba 7,  Catawba eliminated

Newberry 18, Tusculum 11, Tusculum eliminated - New: Bryce Peterson W, 4.1 IP in relief, 3 R, 6 K

Postponed
Game 11: Carson-Newman vs. Wingate, to 10 a.m. April 26

Luke Orr improved his season batting average
 10 points to .363 on Sunday.(Newberry photo)

Player of the day: Luke Orr, Newberry 4-7, 2 2B, 4 R, 7 RBI

SEC standings through Saturday, April 24

Saturday's scores
Georgia 7, Missouri 5, 10 innings
Mississippi 10, LSU 9
Tennessee 6, Texas A&M 1, Game 1
Texas A&M 6, Tennessee 5, Game 2
Mississippi State 7, Vanderbilt 4
Alabama at Kentucky, ppd. until Sunday
Florida at Auburn, ppd. until Sunday

Sunday's games
Alabama at Kentucky, DH, noon
Florida at Auburn, DH, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Texas A&M, 1 p.m.
Georgia at Missouri, 2 p.m.
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.

ACC standings through Saturday, April 24

 

Saturday's scores
Wake Forest at Clemson, ppd. to part of noon Sunday DH
Florida State 11, Georgia Tech 7, T8, suspended until noon Sunday
Notre Dame 15, Boston College 2, Game 1
Notre Dame 13, Boston College 9, GAme 2
Virginia 4, Duke 3
Virginia Tech at N.C. State, ppd. until|

Sunday's games
Wake Forest at Clemson, DH, noon
Florida State at Georgia Tech, completion of suspended game, noon
Florida State at Georgia Tech, scheduled game
Miami at North Carolina, noon
Virginia Tech at N.C. State, DH, noon
Duke at Virginia, 2 p.m.

Note: The Pitt at Louisville series has been canceled, COVID-19

Peach Belt Conference standings through Saturday, April 24

Saturday's scores
Flagler 5, UNC Pembroke 3, Game 1
Flagler 11, UNC Pembroke 3, Game 2

Sunday's games

Francis Marion at Georgia Southwestern, DH, 1 p.m.
Augusta at Georgia College, 1 p.m.

UNC Pembroke at Flagler, 1 p.m.
Young Harris at Columbus State, DH, 2 p.m.
Postponed
USC Aiken at Lander, DH, no makeup date announced

Pairings for Conference Carolinas Tournament

Conference Carolinas on Saturday revealed the bracket for the league tournament beginning Wednesday  in Wilson, N.C. 

Conference Carolinas Tournament
Historic Fleming Stadium, Wilson, NC

Single elimination

Wednesday, April 28
Game 1: No. 6 Emmanuel vs. No. 7 King 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 5 Barton vs. No. 8 Southern Wesleyan, 7 p.m.
Double elimination
Thursday, April 29
Game 3: No. 3 Erskine vs. No. 4 Belmont Abbey, 11 a.m.
Game 4: No. 2 North Greenville vs. Game 2 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 5: No. 1 Mount Olive vs. Game 1 winner, 7 p.m.
Friday, April 30
Game 6: Game 5 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 11 a.m.
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 3 loser, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 1
Schedule TBA

Sunday, May 2
Schedule TBA

Southern Conference standings through Saturday, April 24

Saturday's scores
UNC Greensboro 14, The Citadel 1, 7 innings
Wofford 3, VMI 2
Mercer 5, Samford 4
Western Carolina at East Tennessee State, ccd.

Next weekend's conference series
Single game Friday, DH Saturday
Samford at Wofford
VMI at The Citadel
East Tennessee State at  Mercer
Western Carolina at UNC Greensboro

Conference Carolinas standings through Saturday, April 24

Unofficial final

Saturday's score
North Greenville 20, Barton 7

State scoreboard, Saturday, April 24

Briefly: Wofford scored three runs in the eighth to rally past VMI and win the rubber game of their SoCon series. VMI had scored two unearned runs in the fourth, but the Terriers tied the game with a bases-loaded wild pitch and went ahead on John Dempsey's sacrifice fly ... Nick Parker and Daniel Kreuzer shut out Liberty on five hits as Coastal Carolina evened the nonconference series ... John  Michael Faile was 4-for-7 with two homers and five RBIs as North Greenville completed a Conference Carolinas series win ... Aidan Baur's grounder to first scored the winning run as Newberry upended Catawba in the South Atlantic Conference Tournament. Earlier, Tusculum rallied from a 3-1 deficit with two runs in the seventh and four in the ninth to eliminate Coker... Leandy Castro had a two-run double as USC Beaufort won the finale of a Sun Conference series and clinched a spot in the league tournament ...

Coastal Carolina 2, Liberty 0 - Coa: B.T. Riopelle 1B, HR 
North Greenville 20,  Barton 7 - NG: Ethan Stringer 2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI

UNC Greensboro 14, The Citadel 1, 7 innings - Cit: Tilo Skole, 2B
Webber International 6, USC Beaufort 5, 11 innings, Game 1 - Bea: Nick Milhan 2-4, RBI
USC Beaufort 7, Webber International 2, Game 2 - Bea: Kyran Russ 1B< 2B, 3 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Wofford 3, VMI 2 - Wof: Nolen Hester 2-5, SB, R

Postponed

Campbell at Presbyterian, DH, to 11 a.m. April 25
Francis Marion at Georgia Southwestern, DH, to 1 p.m. April 26

Longwood at USC Upstate, to 1 p.m. April 25
Wake Forest at Clemson, to part of a noon DH April 25
Canceled

Bob Jones at Southern Wesleyan, DH

Florence-Darlington Tech at USC Union, DH

USC Lancaster at USC Salkehatchie, DH
USC Sumter at Spartanburg Methodist, DH

Moved to April 23
Arkansas at South Carolina

South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Kodak, TN (Smokies Park)

Tusculum 7, Coker 3, Coker eliminated - Cok: Phillip Griffor 2-4, R
Newberry 9, Catawba 8, 10 innings - New: Nick  Butler 3-4, 2 RBI
Postponed
Game 8: Carson-Newman vs. Wingate, to 11 a.m. Sunday

John Michael Faile is batting .408
 with 16 homers and 62 RBIs this
 season. (North Greenville photo)

Player of the day: John Michael Faile, North Greenville, 4-for-7, 2 HR, 3 R, 5 RBI

ACC standings through Friday, April 23

Friday's scores
Clemson 5, Wake Forest 2
Boston College 10, Notre Dame 0
Florida State 9, Georgia Tech 0
N.C. State 3, Virginia Tech 1
North Carolina 4, Miami 2, Game 1
North Carolina 6, Miami 5, Game 2
Virginia 9, Duke 3

Saturday's games
Wake Forest at Clemson, 3 p.m.
Notre Dame at Boston College, 2 p.m.
Florida State at Georgia Tech, 4 p.m.
Duke at Virginia, 4 p.m.
Virginia Tech at N.C. State, 7 p.m.

Note: The Pitt at Louisville series has been canceled, COVID-19

Big South Conference standings through Friday, April 23

Friday's scores
Gardner-Webb 13, Winthrop 1, Game 1
Gardner-Webb 8, Winthrop 7, Game 2
Presbyterian 7, Campbell 6
UNC Asheville 17, Charleston Southern 2, Game 1
UNC Asheville 4, Charleston Southern 2, Game 2
USC Upstate 10, Longwood 3, Game 1
USC Upstate 13, Longwood 5, Game 2
Radford 11, High Point 3, Game 1

High Point 7, Radford 5, Game 2

Saturday's games
Campbell at Presbyterian, DH, 11 a.m.
Longwood at USC Upstate, 2 p.m.

Sunday's games
Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 2 p.m.
High Point at Radford, 2 p.m.

Southern Conference standings through Friday, April 23

Friday's scores
UNC Greensboro 9, The Citadel 7, Game 1
UNC Greensboro 4, The Citadel 2, Game 2
Wofford 7, VMI 1, Game 1
VMI 11, Wofford 7, Game 2
East Tennessee State 7, Western Carolina 1, Game 1
Western Carolina 3, East Tennessee State 0, Game 2
Samford 10, Mercer 9, Game 1
Mercer 12, Samford 5, Game 2

Saturday's games
The Citadel at UNC Greensboro, 9 a.m.
Wofford at VMI, 11 a.m..
Western Carolina at East Tennessee State, 1 p.m.
Mercer at Samford, 2 p.m.

SEC standings through Friday, April 23

Friday's scores
South Carolina 6, Arkansas 2, Game 1
Arkansas 5, South Carolina 1, Game 2
Alabama 10, Kentucky 1
Florida 4, Auburn 2
LSU 7, Mississippi 2
Missouri 6, Georgia 4
Vanderbilt 6, Mississippi State 2
Tennessee at Texas A&M, ppd. until Saturday

Saturday's games
LSU at Mississippi, 1 p.m.
Alabama at Kentucky, 2 p.m.
Tennessee at Texas A&M, DH, 3 p.m.
Georgia at Missouri, 5 p.m.
Florida at Auburn, 7 p.m.
Mississippi State at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.

Peach Belt Conference standings through Friday, April 23

Friday's scores
Lander 7, USC Aiken 3
Georgia College 12, Augusta 8, Game 1
Georgia College 16, Augusta 9, Game 2

Saturday's games
UNC Pembroke at Flagler, DH, 1 p.m.

Sunday's games
Francis Marion at Georgia Southwestern, DH, 1 p.m.
USC Aiken at Lander, DH, 1 p.m.
Augusta at Georgia College, 1 p.m.

UNC Pembroke at Flagler, 1 p.m.
Young Harris at Columbus State, DH, 2 p.m.

Conference Carolinas standings through Friday, April 23

Friday's scores
Chowan 4, Erskine 3, 8 innings, Game 1
Erskine 20, Chowan 3, Game 2
North Greenville 9, Barton 8, 8 innings, Game 1
North Greenville 13, Barton 3, Game 2
Mount Olive 7, Belmont Abbey 4, Game 1
Mount Olive 8, Belmont Abbey 5, Game 2

State scoreboard, Friday, April 23

Briefly:  South Carolina scored four runs in the sixth to knock off No. 1 Arkansas in the opener, but the Razorbacks took the rubber game of the SEC series with a two-hitter in the nightcap ...  Mack Anglin struck out 11 in 6 1/3 innings  and Clemson scored two runs in the seventh to snap a seven-game losing streak and win the opener of an ACC series ... Jordan Marks struck out 10 in eight innings as USC Upstate win Game 1 against Longwood. Robby McGaha had three hits and drove in three runs as the Spartans completed the sweep ... North Greenville needed late heroics from Jax Cash and Brady West to win Game 1, then clubbed Barton in the nightcap ... Top-seeded Catawba scored seven first-inning runs and cruised past Coker, sending the Cobras into the elimination bracket of the SAC Tournament. Newberry lost to Wingate and will face Catawba on Saturday ... John Dempsey had four hits and drove in four runs in Wofford's split with VMI ... Harrison Hawkins had three hits and a steal as College of Charleston won ... Livan Reinoso singled, doubled, homered and drove in eight runs in Game 2 as Erskine closed Conference Carolinas play with a split ... Grant Bodison had three hits for Columbia International in Game 1 of an Appalachian Athletic Conference split ... Eric Toth got the final out to save Presbyterian's win over Campbell in Big South Conference play ... Marshall Thompson struck out 13 in seven innings as Lander won the opener of a Peach Belt Conference series ... Winthrop used a four-run ninth to take a late lead in Game 2, but Gardner-Webb got a walk-off homer to complete the Big South Conference sweep ... 

Chowan 4, Erskine 3, 8 innings, Game 1 - Ers: Cal Bocchino 2B, R, RBI
Erskine 20, Chowan 3, Game 2 - Ers: Dayan Reinoso 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI

Clemson 5, Wake Forest 2 - Cle: Kier Meredith 3-4, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 6, Emmanuel 3 - Cha: Harrison Hawkins 3-5, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Columbia International 9, Truett McConnell 3 Game 1 - CIU: Grant Bodison 3-5, 2B, BB, R, 3 RBI

Truett McConnell 7, Columbia International 6, Game 2 - CIU: Carter Willis 1B, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 13, Winthrop 1, Game 1 - Win: Joe McNamara 2-4

Gardner-Webb 8, Winthrop 7, Game 2 - Win: Joey Tepper 1B, 2B, BB, R
Lander 7, USC Aiken 3 - Lan: Evan Harold 1B, HR, 2 RBI
Liberty 7, Coastal Carolina 2 - Coa; Dale Thomas 1B, 2B, BB
North Greenville 9, Barton 8, 8 innings, Game 1 - NG: Brady West 1B, 2B, GW RBI T8

North Greenville 13, Barton 3, Game 2 - NG: John Michael Faile 2 HR, 6 RBI
Presbyterian 7, Campbell 6 - PC: Charlie McDaniel W, 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 3 K

South Carolina 6, Arkansas 2, Game 1 - SC: Andrew Peters W, 3 IP, 3 K

Arkansas 5, South Carolina 1, Game 2 -  SC: Brady Allen, HR
UNC Asheville 17, Charleston Southern 2, Game 1 - Cha: Kyle Sandstrom 2-3, RBI

UNC Asheville 4, Charleston Southern 2, Game 2 - Cha: Brooks Bryan 1B, 2B

UNC Greensboro 9, The Citadel 7, Game 1 - Cit: Ryan McCarthy 1B, 2B, HR, 2 RBI

UNC Greensboro 4, The Citadel 2, Game 2 - Cit: Cole Thompson 1B, 2 RBI

USC Upstate 10, Longwood 3, Game 1 - Up: Jordan Marks W, 8 IP, 1 ER, 10 K

USC Upstate 13, Longwood 5, Game 2 - Up: Robby McGaha 3-4, 2B, R, 4 RBI
Webber International 18, USC Beaufort 8 - Bea: Brian Meyer 2B, HR, 2 R
Wofford 7, VMI 1 Game 1 - Wof: John Dempsey 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI

VMI 11, Wofford 7, Game 2 - Wof: John Dempsey 1B, 2B, 2 RBI

Postponed

Francis Marion at Georgia Southwestern, to noon April 26

Canceled

Morris at Clark Atlanta, DH
 

South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Kodak, TN (Smokies Park)

Double-elimination

Catawba 12, Coker 0 - Cok: Kody Hanna 1B
Carson-Newman 8, Tusculum 6

Wingate 10, Newberry 2 - New: Colin Allman 2-4, R

Marshall Thompson struck out 13
in a game for the third time this
season and has fanned 102 in 76.1
innings in 2021. (Lander photo)

Player of the day: Marshall Thompson, Lander, W, 7 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 13 K

State schedule, April 23-25

Friday, April 23

Chowan at Erskine, DH, noon
North Greenville at Barton, DH, noon

Columbia International at Truett McConnell, DH, 1 p.m.

The Citadel at UNC Greensboro, DH, 1 p.m.

Morris at Clark Atlanta, DH, 1 p.m.

Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, DH, 2 p.m.

Arkansas at South Carolina, 2 p.m.
Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, DH, 2 p.m.

Campbell at Presbyterian, 3 p.m.

Longwood at USC Upstate, DH, 3 p.m.

Emmanuel at College of Charleston, 4 p.m.
Wofford at VMI, 4 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Liberty, 6 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Webber International, 6 p.m.

Wake Forest at Clemson, 6 p.m.

USC Aiken at Lander, 6:30 p.m.

Arkansas at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Postponed

Francis Marion at Georgia Southwestern, to noon April 26
 

South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Kodak, TN (Smokies Park)

Double-elimination

Catawba 12, Coker 0

Game 4: No. 2 Tusculum vs. No. 5 Carson-Newman, 2:45 p.m.

Game 5: No. 3 Newberry vs. No. 4 Wingate, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 24

The Citadel at UNC Greensboro, noon

Coastal Carolina at Liberty, 11 a.m.

Wofford at VMI, 11 a.m..

North Greenville at Barton, 11 a.m.
USC Beaufort at Webber International, DH, noon

Postponed

Francis Marion at Georgia Southwestern, DH, to 1 p.m. April 26
Longwood at USC Upstate, to 1 p. p.m. April 25
USC Aiken at Lander, DH, to 1 p.m. April 25
Wake Forest at Clemson, to part of a noon DH April 25
Canceled

Bob Jones at Southern Wesleyan, DH

Florence-Darlington Tech at USC Union, DH
USC Lancaster at USC Salkehatchie, DH
USC Sumter at Spartanburg Methodist
Moved to April 23

Arkansas at South Carolina

South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Kodak, TN (Smokies Park)

Game 6: Coker vs. Tusculum, 11 a.m.

Game 7: Catawba vs. Newberry, 2:45 p.m.

Postponed
Game 8: Carson-Newman vs. Wingate, to 11 a.m. April 25.

Sunday,  April 25

Campbell at Presbyterian, DH, 11 a.m.
Francis Marion at Georgia Southwestern, DH, 1 p.m.

Wake Forest at Clemson, DH, noon

Longwood at USC Upstate, 1 p.m.
USC Lancaster at USC Salkehatchie, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Sumter at Spartanburg Methodist, DH, 1 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Liberty, 2 p.m.

Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 2 p.m.

Postponed
USC Aiken at Lander, DH, no makeup date announced
Canceled

Mid-Atlantic Christian at Benedict, DH

Florence-Darlington Tech at USC Union, DH

South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Kodak, TN (Smokies Park)

Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner,11 a.m.

Game 10: Tusculum vs. Game 8 loser, 2:45 p.m.

Game 11: Game 10 winner vs. Game 9 loser, 6:30 p.m.