State scoreboard, Friday, March 21

MacKenzie Ritter took a shutout into the
seventh inning for the Bruins. (BJU photo)

Player of the day: Mackenzie Ritter, Bob Jones, W, 7 IP, 2 ER, 14 K

* NCAA Division I: Clemson scored four runs in the first inning and Aiden Knaak struck out 10 in six innings as Clemson (21-2, 3-1) handed Wake Forest (18-5, 6-1) its first ACC loss ... Sebastian Alexander's three-run homer sparked Coastal Carolina (17-5, 4-0) past Troy (16-6, 2-2) in the opener of a Sun Belt Conference series ... Arkansas (21-2, 3-1) scored five runs in the seventh to run-rule South Carolina (17-6, 1-3) in the opener of their SEC series ... All nine Wofford (16-7) batters got at least a hit, a run and an RBI in a run-rule win over Villanova (11-9) ...  Avery Neaves and Ethan Plyler drove in three runs apiece as College of Charleston (13-7, 1-0) run-ruled Elon (8-13, 0-1) to open its Coastal Athletic Association schedule ... Matthew Lively scored from second base on an infield single in the 11th inning as The Citadel (12-11, 1-0) took Game 1 of a Southern Conference series from Mercer (15-8, 0-1) ... Jake Randolph had three hits and drove in three runs as Presbyterian (10-13, 2-2) took the opener of a Big South series over Gardner-Webb (11-12, 1-3) ... USC Upstate (10-11, 1-3) used 22 hits and 13 walks to overwhelm Charleston Southern (12-7, 0-4) in the opener of a Big South Conference series ... Cole Yearsley had three hits and drove in four runs as Winthrop (13-10) topped St. John's (8-12) to open a nonconference series.

* Conference Carolinas: Francis Marion (20-9, 10-6) scored five runs in the seventh and 15 in the eighth to take the series opener over Southern Wesleyan (7-22, 6-10). Charlie Bussey III was 5-for-5 and Will Dorrell and Noah Stout drove in four runs apiece ... Young Harris (19-8, 9-4) scored seven runs in the fifth inning and beat North Greenville (24-7, 10-6) to open their series ... Belmont Abbey (19-10, 10-6)  took the lead in the fourth inning and pulled away from Erskine (14-14, 4-9) in the opener of a series.

* Peach Belt Conference: Jon Davis singled, doubled and homered as USC Beaufort (4-24) snapped a 14-game losing streak by beating Augusta (8-21) in a nonconference game ... North Georgia (19-8, 9-1) used a seven-run fifth to knock Lander (20-8, 8-2) out of a first-place tie ... An error in the ninth inning allowed Columbus State (11-14, 3-7) to hand USC Aiken (13-15, 5-5) its sixth straight loss ... Georgia Southwestern (18-12, 6-4) handed Claflin (5-19-1, 0-10) its 11th straight loss to open the series.

* South Atlantic Conference: Ethan Bonocore's RBI single in the sixth gave Limestone (13-16, 7-9) the lead and the Saints held on to beat Coker (19-9, 8-5) to open their series ... Carson-Newman (21-6, 11-2) overcame an early four-run deficit to take the opener at Anderson (17-11, 6-7) ... No. 14 Catawba (21-7, 12-4) scored seven early runs and run-ruled Newberry (15-14, 5-11).

* Other four-year schools: Conley Burk had three hits and struck out three to get the save in his first pitching appearance of the season as Bob Jones (7-16) won the series opener over Toccoa Falls (11-14). Mackenzie Ritter struck out a school-record 14 batters and the 18 strikeouts as a team also set a school mark ... Mason Turner homered twice and drove in five runs as Columbia International (15-13) topped Carolina University (7-13) ... A passed ball and a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning allowed Wiley (18-11, 10-3) to snap Voorhees' (12-10, 9-7) six-game winning streak in Game 1 of their HBCUAC series. Keith Copeland allowed two hits in seven shutout innings for the Tigers ... Fort Lauderdale (23-9) scored the game's final 17 runs to take Game 1 and five Eagles reached base after two were out in Game 2 to complete a doubleheader sweep of Spartanburg Methodist (10-18).

Arkansas 12, South Carolina 2, 7 innings - USC: Jordan Carrion 1B, RBI

Belmont Abbey 15, Erskine 5 - Ers: Drew Hopkinson 2.2 IP, 3 K

Bob Jones 8, Toccoa Falls 5 - BJU: Evan Johnson 3-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Carson-Newman 8, Anderson 5 - And: Kyle Caccamise 1B, 3B, R, RBI

Catawba 13, Newberry 2, 7 innings - New: Campbell McCurry 1B, 2 RBI
Clemson 5, Coastal Carolina 1 - Cle: Luke Gaffney 2-4, R, 2 RBI

Coastal Carolina 11, Troy 3 - Coa: Dominick Carbone S, 4 IP, 0 R, 7 K
College of Charleston 12, Elon 2, 8 innings - Cha: Dariyan Pendergrass 3-4, 3B, BB, 2 SB, 4 R, RBI

Columbia International 16, Carolina University 6 - Col: Graham Peeler 2 1B, 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Columbus State 5, USC Aiken 4 - Aik: Josh Sharp 2 HR, 3 RBI
Fort Lauderdale 17, Spartanburg Methodist 5, Game 1 - Spa: Dario Astudillo 3-run HR

Fort Lauderdale 5, Spartanburg Methodist 4, Game 2  - Spa: Matt Smith 3-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI

Francis Marion 22, Southern Wesleyan 1 - Fra: Gage Shaver W, 6 IP, 0 ER, 7 K
Georgia Southwestern 11, Claflin 3 - Cla: Albert Rutledge 3-5, SB, 2 RBI

Limestone 4, Coker 3 - Lim: Conner Elliott S, 3 IP, 3 K
North Georgia 12, Lander 9 - Lan: Grant Sherrod 1B, HR, BB, 3 RBI
Presbyterian 7, Gardner-Webb 5 - PC: Brody Linker 3-5, SB, 2 R, RBI
The Citadel 6, Mercer 5, 11 innings - Cit: Garrett Dill 2-5, R, 3 RBI

USC Beaufort 6, Augusta 4 - Bea: Carson Weathers 2-5, 2 RBI
USC Upstate 22, Charleston Southern 4 - Up: Vance Sheahan 3-4, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, 4 RBI
Wiley 3, Voorhees 1, 10 innings - Voo: Emory Guilford 2-4

Wofford 11, Villanova 1, 7 innings - Wof: Branton Little CG, R, 5 K
Winthrop 15, St. John's 1 - Win: Jaylen Hernandez 3-3, 2 BB, 4 R, 2 RBI
Young Harris 12, North Greenville 7 - Nor: Alton Gyselman 2-4, 2B, SB, R, RBI
(24/735)

OTHER ACC SCORES
California 13, Stanford 3, 7 innings
Duke 9, Virginia 5
Georgia Tech 18, Notre Dame 7
Miami 9, Florida State 6
N.C. State 6, Pitt 2
North Carolina 5, Boston College 1

Virginia Tech 5, Louisville 4

ACC standings:  Wake Forest 6-1; Stanford 5-2; Florida State 4-1; Georgia Tech 5-2; Clemson 3-1; N.C. State 3-1; Louisville 2-2; California 3-4; Duke 3-4; North Carolina 3-4; Virginia Tech 3-4; Virginia 3-4;  Pitt 1-3; Boston College 2-5; Miami 1-4; Notre Dame 1-6

OTHER SEC SCORES

Auburn 8, Kentucky 7
Georgia 8, Florida 7
LSU 8, Texas 2
Mississippi State 2, Oklahoma 1

Ole Miss 9, Missouri 6
Tennessee 10, Alabama 7

Vanderbilt 3, Texas A&M 1

SEC standings: LSU 4-0; Alabama 4-1; Tennessee 4-1; Arkansas 3-1; Auburn 3-1; Georgia 3-1; Texas 3-1; Vanderbilt 3-2;  Ole Miss 2-2; Oklahoma 2-2; Kentucky 1-3; Mississippi State 1-3; South Carolina 1-3; Florida 0-4; Missouri 0-4; Texas A&M  0-5;