State scoreboard, Sunday, May 5

Luke Taylor was 6-for-33 this
season before Sunday's seven-hit
performance. (USC Sumter photo)

Player of the day: Luke Taylor, USC Sumter, 7-9, 2 2B, 2 SB, 4 R, 5 RBI, 3-run HR in 11th

Briefly: Jacob Hinderleider hit a three-run homer as No. 4 Clemson took the rubber game of an ACC series with Georgia Tech ... No. 15 South Carolina scored eight runs in the final three innings to take a series win at Missouri ... Jaylen Hernandez doubled twice and drove in four runs as Winthrop took the opener of a doubleheader, but Radford scored the winning run in the eighth to get the Big South Conference split ... Presbyterian completed a series sweep of Charleston Southern ... Coastal  Carolina's losing streak reached eight when Southern Mississippi completed a Sun Belt Conference series sweep in a game halted after seven innings because of  Coastal's travel schedule ... High Point took the rubber game of its series at USC Upstate to maintain its lead in the Big South Conference ... Gardner-Webb got a run in the bottom of 10th inning to win the first game of a doubleheader, but Dixon Black's homer broke a 4-4 tie and lifted Wofford to victory in Game 2 ... UNCG broke a tie game with a three-run sixth to complete a SoCon series sweep of The Citadel.

Conference Carolinas Tournament
* Mount Olive 6, Erskine 5 - The Trojans scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth and held on to eliminate the Flying Fleet. Tyler Smith led off the Erskine ninth with a double - missing a home run by about a foot - and was stranded at third.

NJCAA Region 10 Tournament

* USC Sumter 6, Spartanburg Methodist 0 - Jace Martin, Josh Keen and Blair Rogers combined for a six-hit shutout as the Fire Ants eliminated SMC and advanced to play USC Lancaster.

* USC Lancaster 14, USC Union 13 - Joe Sperry singled twice and homered to drive in four runs as the Lancers rallied from five runs down to advance to a game against USC Sumter later Sunday. Mason Elrod had five hits for the Bantams.

* USC Sumter 10, USC Lancaster 7, 11 innings - After the Lancers tied the score with two runs in the ninth, USC Sumter's Luke Taylor hit a three-run homer in the 11th and the Fire Ants got out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the inning to advance to Monday.

Peach Belt Conference Tournament

* Georgia Southwestern 10, USC Aiken 4 - The Hurricanes eliminated the Pacers.
* Georgia Southwestern 8, Lander 4 - The Hurricanes won to advance to Monday's championship round against Flagler in Greenwood.

South Atlantic Conference Tournament
* Wingate 13-7, Newberry 7-6 - The Bulldogs scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 2 to advance to play Lincoln Memorial in the conference championship series next weekend in Asheboro, N.C. 

Clemson 9, Georgia Tech 3 - Cle: Aidan Knaak 4 IP, 2 H, R, 7 K

Gardner-Webb 6, Wofford 5, 10 innings, Game 1 - Wof: Lucas Manning 3-5, RBI
Wofford 8, Gardner-Webb 4, 7 innings, Game 2 -

High Point 13, USC Upstate 7 - Up: Grant Sherrod 3-5, HR, 2 R

Presbyterian 8, Charleston Southern 7 - PC: Joel Dragoo 2-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
South Carolina 9, Missouri 4 - USC: Cole Messina 1B, 2B, HR, 2 R

Southern Mississippi 6, Coastal Carolina 5, 7 innings - Coa: Caden Bodine 3-4, 2 RBI

UNCG 4, The Citadel 1 - Cit: Travis Elliott 1B, 2B, BB, SB, R
Winthrop 8, Radford 6, Game 1 - Win: Ricky Teel 2 H, 2 R
Radford 5, Winthrop 4, Game 2 - Win: Nate Chronis HR, 2 RBI

Conference Carolinas Tournament

Caromont Health Park, Gastonia

UNC Pembroke 5, Belmont Abbey 4

Mount Olive 6, Erskine 5 - Ers: Josean Sanchez 3-6, HR, 2 R

Belmont Abbey 8, Mount Olive - BA 5 runs B8, walk-off 1B B9

NJCAA Region 10 Tournament
Lexington County Baseball Stadium

USC Sumter 6, Spartanburg Methodist 0 - Sum: J.T. Popick 3-5, R

USC Lancaster 14, USC Union 13 - Lan: Michael Royston 3-5, 2B, SB, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Sumter 10, USC Lancaster 7, 11 innings - Sum: Israel May 2-5, BB. SB, 2 R, RBI

Postponed to 11 a.m. Monday
Game 10: Florence-Darlington Tech vs. Gaston College

Peach Belt Conference Tournament
Dolny Stadium, Greenwood
Georgia Southwestern 10, USC Aiken 4 - Aik: Jack Hobson 3-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Georgia Southwestern 8, Lander 4 - Lan: Gary Garrett 3-4, R, RBI

John Kurtz Field, Milledgeville, Ga.

Georgia College 11, Columbus State 5, Georgia College advances to championship series.

South Atlantic Conference Tournament
Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C.
Catawba 15, Tusculum 4, 7 innings

Lincoln Memorial 8, Catawba 3, Catawba advances to championship series

Coker College, Hartsville
Wingate 13, Newberry 7 - New: Jacob LeBron 4-4, 2 SB. 3 R, RBI

Wingate 7, Newberry 6 - New: Henry Gibson 3-4, R

Canceled
College of Charleston at Towson

(18/1274)

Beyond the border

* ACC: No. 7 Florida State salvaged a series split with No. 20 N.C. State, 8-1 ... Virginia Tech completed a series sweep of Ohio, 11-2 ... Notre Dame took the finale of a series with Pitt, 8-6 ... No. 13 Wake Forest took care of Western Carolina twice, 10-5 and 17-1 ... No. 10 Duke pounded Longwood twice, 23-3 and 11-1. 

* SEC: No. 8 Kentucky got the rubber game of the series with No. 2 Arkansas, 7-4 ... Charlie Condon homered for the seventh straight game as No. 19 Georgia completed a sweep of No. 17 Vanderbilt, 11-7 ... No. 1 Texas A&M salvaged the series finale at LSU, 14-4 ... No. 23 Alabama took the series finale at Mississippi State, 10-5 ... Auburn beat Ole Miss, 10-9.

* Elsewhere: No. 5 East Carolina won the first game of a doubleheader with  South Florida, 8-5, but lost the second, 5-4 ... No. 24 Indiana State tripped Belmont, 6-4 ... No. 14 Oklahoma State beat Texas, 7-2 ... No. 18 Louisiana lost a big lead, but came back to best Troy, 14-13, in 10 innings ... No. 7 Arizona beat Stanford, 7-2 ... No. 22 Oklahoma held off Texas Tech, 8-7 ... No. 25 Utah topped Oregon, 9-7 ... Cal Poly slammed No. 9 UC Irvine, 11-2 ... No. 6  Oregon State beat Washington State ... East Tennessee State swept VMI, 11-1 and 9-0 ... UNCW beat Campbell, 14-7, to move a half-game ahead of the College of Charleston in the CAA race ... Samford beat Mercer, 12-5.