Generalities
* Palmetto palaver: Walhalla native and former Clemson player and assistant Bradley LeCroy started his tenure at Liberty with five wins before losing a pair to Xavier over the weekend ... Last Tuesday's North Dakota State-Lamar game featured a matchup of transfers from S.C. Big South Conference schools. Carter Sutton, a transfer from Winthrop, went up against North Dakota State's Alex Urlaub, a transfer from Charleston Southern. The players did not face each other in their previous locations. Sutton retired Urlaub both times on Tuesday ... Lee Ellis, who transferred from South Carolina, has landed at Ohio State.
Anderson
* Trojan treats: Ben Bullard was 9-for-17 with 7 RBI in four games last week ... Joshua Legnard, the ace of Bob Jones's staff last season, has a 3-0 record with the Trojans.
Benedict
* Bene-feats: The Tigers hit .451 in the three-game sweep of LeMoyne-Owen over the weekend. Benedict had 13 doubles, 2 triples, 7 home runs and 10- stolen bases ... Justin Murray was 6-for-13 with 2 homers, 7 runs scored and 7 RBI. Cameron Haley was 5-for-11 with 8 RBI.
Bob Jones
* Bear facts: Conley Burk is batting .526 after going 2-for-7 in the Saturday doubleheader loss to Guilford ... Cayden Kennedy had four hits against the Quakers and has hit safely in seven straight games ... Gabriel Swarms has struck out nine in seven innings.Charleston Southern
* Buc shots: The 6-1 start matches the best seven-game record in school history, first done in 2014 ... Nathan Martinez has hits in all seven games and has a .545 batting average to go with 11 runs scored ... CSU hit .439 against Manhattan to improve the team batting average to .368 ... AJ Martin was 6-for-12 in the Manhattan series ... Tyler Henshaw pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings and struck out five Jaspers on Sunday. He has a 0.00 ERA and 11 strikeouts in seven innings ... The Buccaneers are 24-for-27 in stolen bases.
Claflin
* Panther paws: The Panthers have given up 30 earned runs to Francis Marion in 17 innings for a 15.88 ERA. Take those games out and Claflin's staff ERA goes from 7.05 to 3.56 ... D.J. Mungenast has hit safely in six of eight games this season ... Opponents have a.143 batting average against Kyle Hawkins.Clemson
* Tiger tales: Dominic Listi has a team-leading .435 batting average and has hit safely in all seven games ... Opponents have outhomered the Tigers, 10-2 ... Clemson is 8-for-8 on stolen base attempts, led by Jarren Purify with four ... Aidan Knaak has 15 strikeouts in nine innings ...Lucas Mahlstedt has saves in both appearances ... Jacob McGovern has struck out 11 in 5 2/3 innings.
Coastal Carolina
* Chant rants: Catcher Caden Bodine and and DH Blake Barthol were named to the all-tournament team for the Jax College Baseball Classic ... Coastal pitchers are holding opponents to a .190 batting average. Only one pitcher with more than 3 innings has an OBA higher than .212 ... Freshman Domenico Tozzi has a six-game hitting streak and leads the Chanticleers with 10 ... Cullen McKay has 13 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
Coker
Cobra coils: Monday's win over Emory & Henry extended Coker's winning streak to 10 games ... The Cobras have stolen 72 bases and been caught 14 times. Alex Lazar is 13-for-15 and Gabriel Santiago is 12-for-12 ... Coker has a .313 team batting average, with regulars Luke Peterson (.478), Jaylen Mack (.434) and Lazar (.404) leading the way.
College of Charleston
* Cougar curves: Dariyan Pendergrass has a five-game hitting streak and is batting .556. Pendergrass is 6-for-6 stolen bases. The Cougars are 18-for-19 as a team ... Payton Frehner was 9-for-17 last week with 8 runs scored, 2 homers and 7 RBI ... Jake Brink has not allowed a run or an extra-base hit in 10 1/3 innings ... The Cougars play Creighton this weekend. One of the Bluejays' assistants is former South Carolina coach Mark Kingston.
Columbia International
* Ram-egrams: CIU pitchers allowed 51 hits and 47 runs - including nine home runs - in 21 2/3 innings the weekend series at Tennessee Wesleyan ... Tre Williams leads the Rams with a .351 batting average ... Mason Turner had 2 RBI, extending his team-leading total to 22 ... Daniel Sidoti has been hit by 12 pitches in 13 games ... Matthew Garris has not allowed an earned-run in 11 innings covering five appearances.
Erskine
* Fleet filberts: Erskine's has a home series with Georgian Court this weekend. It will mark the first games in the New Jersey school's history ... J.T Yaccarino was 6-for-8 in the Young Harris, lifting his batting average to .414 Jude Littrell is batting .455 during a four-game hitting streak ... Pitchers have hit 40 opposing hitters.
Florence-Darlington Tech
* Stinger zingers: Coach Preston McDonald has been making good liberal use of his roster. Seventeen players have 20 or or more plate appearances 15 pitchers have pitched three or more innings ... Tanner Beckley has five hits, but he has been hit by 10 pitches, six more than any teammate ... Logan Prisco has struck out 12 in 14 2/3 innings.
Francis Marion
* Patriot points: Charlie Bussey III has at least two hits in his last five games and is 12-for-20 in his last six games, raising his batting average to .471 ... Caleb Oakley is 10-for-20 in his last five games ... The Patriots have 57 stolen bases in 15 games ... Rijnaldo Euson is 4-0 with a complete game, a 2.08 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 26 innings in four starts.
Lander
* Cat scratches: The Bearcats hit five home runs in their first 14 games, but pounded seven in the the Saturday doubleheader sweep of Chowan. Lander hit .395 for the weekend ... Evan Wickeri had an eight-game hitting streak snapped on Sunday ... Will McClellan was 7-for-12 against Chowan ... Dominic Puccetti is 4-0 with a 1.44 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 25 innings.
Limestone
* Halo homilies: The Saints have 36 stolen bases in 39 tries ... Colt Wilkins lowered his ERA to 2.25 by not allowing an earned run in 7 2/3 innings against Catawba. He last allowed an earned Feb. 7 against Anderson ... Kemper Nix has struck out 14 and allowed one earned run in 14 2/3 innings.
Morris
* Hornet heaters: Opponents are batting .391 and have outscored Morris 132-22. They also are 43-for-44 in stolen bases.
Newberry
* Wolf howls: Wilson Wages went hitless in the series finale against Carson-Newman, ending a seven-game hitting streak ... Chansen Cole allowed two earned runs in Carson-Newman on Saturday to suffer his first loss. He has a 1.96 ERA with 37 strikeouts and 5 walks in 23 innings. Cole has hit seven batters.
North Greenville
* Blazer blurbs: Brett Blomquist has multiple hits inn five of his last six games, raising his batting average to .465 ... Tristan Salinas is 8-for-15 with 9 runs scored in his last five games ... Landon Shaw is 7-for-13 with eight runs scored, 2 homers and 7 RBI in his last four games ... Brody Fowler has a 1.74 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 20 2/3 innings ... Bennett Roemer has 25 strikeouts in 19 1/3 innings.
Presbyterian
* Kilt kernels: Eli Lazio is batting .571 during a six-game hitting streak ... Trey Fenderson is 10 for his last 19 ... Robbie Boykin, who made 23 relief appearances in 2024, is 1-1 with a 1.86 ERA in two starts this season.
South Carolina
* Cock-a-doodles: Gamecocks pitchers have struck out 99 and walked 21 in 69 innings. Opponents are hitting .148 ... Jake McCoy has 17 strikeouts in nine innings ... Will Tippett had four hits in Sunday's win over Milwaukee ... Ethan Petry's home run on Sunday was the 46th of his career, putting him in fourth on USC's all-time list. He trails Justin Smoak (62), Hank Small (48) and Garrett Carter (47) ... Brendan Sweeney has three saves.
Southern Wesleyan
* Warrior Wallops: Tristan Tillman is on a five-game hitting streak. He is 17-for-18 in steals ... Jarrett Whitley was 4-for-8 with two homers and four RBI against Mount Olive ... Marty Grisso was 4-for-7 in the last two games of the weekend.
Spartanburg Methodist
* Pioneer pearls: Parker Winfield was 5-for-11 against Cumberland, including 3 homers and 8 RBI ion the series opener ... Jarian Pinckney is 9-for-17 during a four-game hitting streak, raising his batting average to .375 ... Cumberland had 43 hits and scored 45 runs in 23 innings of the weekend series.
The Citadel
* Dog deeds: The Bulldogs had season highs of 3 doubles, 8 walks and 6 stolen bases in Sunday's win over Maine ... Garrett Dill has hit safely in all seven games ... Will Holmes has 11 strikeouts and a 1.00 ERA in 9 innings.
USC Aiken
* Pacer patter: Capers Molinaroli is on a seven-game hitting streak with 3 home runs and 11 RBI. He has 5 homers overall ... Hunter Thompson drove in 8 runs in the Indiana (Pa.) series, including 6 in Game 2 and a game-winning two-run single to walk off the finale ... Blayne Newman has struck out 35 in 19 innings.
USC Beaufort
* Shark shags: Cooper McDaniel had a nine-game hitting streak snapped in the finale of the Augusta series ... Carson Weathers has 9 RBI during a nine-game hitting streak ... Luke Doty was 6-for-14 last week ... Opponents are hitting .316.
USC Lancaster
* Lancer lobs: USCL leads Region 10 with 6 triples. Finn McLaughlin and Luke Garabedian have two apiece ... McLaughlin is batting .452 with a team-high three homers and a .968 slugging percentage ... C.J. Lincoln has a 2-0 record and 0.46 ERA in four starts.
USC Salkehatchie
* Wigwam wisps: The Indians have a .149 team batting average. They came with an out of being no-hit by Georgia Highlands in both ends of a doubleheader last week ... Owen Wellman has struck out 12 in 10 2/3 innings ... Twenty-eight Salkehatchie errors have contributed to 31 unearned runs.
USC Sumter
*Ant hills: The Fire Ants hit .348 in the USC Union series ... Cavan McMeans has raised his batting average to .408 during an eight-game hitting streak ... Andrew Buffkin has a 2.45 ERA and a 2-1 record, including the Fire Ants' lone complete game ... Reserve catcher Hayden Lake, son of former Charleston Southern head coach and current USC employee Stuart Lake, is named for Craig T. Nelson's Hayden Fox character on the TV show "Coach," the elder Lake revealed on a USC baseball broadcast last week.USC Union
* Fowl fare: The Bantams are hitting .347 as a team ... Mason Elrod's homer on Monday tied him for the team lead with Mikey Scott (3). Elrod has a five-game hitting streak ... Aiden Talarico had a six-game hitting streak snapped in Monday's second game ... Bantams pitchers have struck out 87 in 72 innings ... Union stole 11 bases inn Monday's doubleheader, giving it 40 in 11 games.
Voorhees
* Fe-lines: Ethan Green leads the teams with a .412 batting average. Following are Ethan Farrell (.385), Keelan Sloan (364), Jordyn Hill (.360) and Raekwon Wedderburn (.300) ... Sloan leads the team, with 8 runs scored. ... Farrell leads the team in ERA (3.00), with Jathan Smith close behind at 3.21 ... Tigers pitchers have walked 69 and hit 22 in 67 1/3 innings.
Winthrop
* Eagle eggstras: Jaylen Hernandez has hit safely in six of seven games and has a .414 batting average. Both of his homers came in the Villanova series ... Ethan Wilson also has hit safely in six of seven with 3 homers and 13 RBI ... Kolby Kropf hit .412 last week ... Eagles batters have been hit by 22 pitches.
Wofford
* Terrier tappers: With walk-off wins in the first two games against Army, the Terriers have three walk-offs and four one-run wins this season ... Harrison Campi was 6-for-13 against Army, including his first career home run ... Tyler Hare hit two homers against the Black Knights ... Champ Davis has two wins, a save, a 0.79 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 11 1/3 innings ... Wofford pitchers have walked just 16 in 62 innings.
Beyond the borders
Statistically speaking: VMI is 7-0 and has stolen 67 bases ... Michigan State, which plays eight games in Greenville between now and March 9, is ranked No. 23 in the NCBWA poll.
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