State scoreboard, Friday, March 28

Jacob Morrison matched his career of 10 strikeouts
and lowered his ERA to 2.08. (Coastal Carolina photo)

Player of the day: Jacob Morrison, Coastal Carolina, W, 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, HBP, 10 K 

* NCAA Division I: Jacob Jarrell hit two home runs and Clemson (25-4, 5-2) took the lead with two runs in the eighth inning and held on to beat Georgia Tech (21-5, 7-3) in the opener of an ACC series involving ranked teams ... Jacob Morrison struck out 10 in seven innings and Walker Mitchell iced Coastal Carolina's (19-7, 5-2) Sun Belt Conference win over Texas State (11-14, 3-4) with a ninth-inning grand slam ... No. 1 Tennessee (24-2, 6-1) collected five unearned runs in the second inning to top South Carolina (17-10, 1-6) in the opener of an SEC series. Ethan Petry had four hits, including his 51st career home run ... Branton Little pitched a complete game and Wofford (19-8, 1-0) opened its Southern Conference schedule with a run-rule win at The Citadel (14-13, 2-2) ... Kaden Smith's 10th-inning single gave Charleston Southern (13-10, 1-6) a walk-off Big South Conference win over Winthrop (14-13, 2-2) and ended a seven-game losing streak ... Tyrell Williams allowed one earned run over seven innings as Presbyterian (13-14, 5-2) beat UNC Asheville (9-17, 2-5) to open their Big South Conference series ... A 10-run first inning helped USC Upstate (14-11) withstand a nine-run fifth by East Tennessee State (19-6) in the opener of a nonconference series. Preston Lucas had three hits and drove in four runs for the Spartans, who have won six straight ... Campbell (12-13, 3-1) scored the final eight runs to take the CAA series opener at College of Charleston (14-10, 2-2).

* Conference Carolinas: Francis Marion (24-9, 13-6) scored seven runs in the ninth inning to take Game 1 of its series at Shorter (19-12, 8-8) ... Gideon Antle was 5-for-5 with a double, a homer and four RBI as North Greenville (27-8, 12-7) won its series opener over Erskine (16-16, 5-11) ... Barton (21-11, 13-6) broke open a one-run game and cruised past Southern Wesleyan (7-26, 6-13) to open their series. 

* Peach Belt Conference: Caden Crews doubled twice and homered as Lander (22-10, 10-3) took the opener of a  series at USC Aiken (15-17, 6-7) ... Georgia College (18-15, 11-2) got a run-rule win to open its series at Claflin (5-24-1, 0-13) ... Columbus State (14-15, 5-8) took the first game of its series at USC Beaufort (4-25, 1-12) by scoring the game's final 10 runs.

* South Atlantic Conference: Newberry (16-16, 6-13) answered Coker's (20-12, 9-7) 10th-inning run with two of their own for a walk-off win to open their series ... Anderson (18-13, 7-9) scored eight runs in the eighth inning to take charge in its win over Wingate (15-16, 10-9) to open a series ... Adams Faucett and Ben Partridge drove in three runs apiece as Limestone (15-18, 9-10) won a series opener at Mars Hill (10-23, 4-12).

* Other four-year schools: Justin Dawkins and Chance Greene hit home runs as Spartanburg Methodist (13-21, 4-1) beat Carolina University (7-17, 1-3) to open a Continental Athletic Conference series ... St. Andrews (16-10, 8-7) shut out Columbia International (17-14, 6-10) to open an Appalachian Athletic Conference series ... Dillard (17-14, 11-6) won two from Voorhees (13-14, 10-10) to open their HBCUAC series.

* NJCAA Region 10: Hudson Moss homered in the seventh - his fifth hit of the game - to cap USC Sumter's (17-16, 7-9) run-rule win over USC Union (22-10, 8-8). The Fire Ants have won seven straight  ... USC Lancaster (15-18, 8-8) rallied in the eighth and ninth innings to hand USC Salkehatchie (1-31, 1-15) its 20th consecutive loss. Finn McLaughlin's single - his fourth hit of the day - delivered the walk-off win for the Lancers ... Gaston College (27-8-1, 11-5) scored three runs in the sixth and held on to snap Florence Darlington Tech's (27-8, 13-3) 13-game winning streak and pull within two games of the Stingers in the region standings.

Anderson 11, Wingate 3 - And: Braeden Harrison 3-5, 2B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI

Barton 12, Southern Wesleyan 4 - Sou: Bryce Metts 3.2 IP, 0 ER, 3 K
Campbell 12, College of Charleston 7 - Cha: Alex LaCoste 2B, HBP, 2 RBI
Charleston Southern 7, Winthrop 6, 10 innings - Cha: Lucas Pringle 2, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Clemson 9, Georgia Tech 7 - Cle: Cam Cannarella 2-4, 2B, BB, 2 R
Coastal Carolina 7, Texas State 0 - Coa: Caden Bodine 2B, 2 BB, HBP, R

Columbus State 13, USC Beaufort 8 - Bea: Jon Davis 3-5, R, 2 RBI
Dillard 7, Voorhees 2, Game 1 - Voo: Yojairon Juan 1B, SB
Dillard 5, Voorhees 2, Game 2 - Voo: Daren Drayton 1B, BB, R
Francis Marion 13, Shorter 9 - Fra: Jimmy Koza 1B, HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI

Gaston College 6, Florence-Darlington Tech 3 - Flo: Patrick Evans 1B, HR, 2 R
Georgia College 15, Claflin 5, 8 innings - Cla: Nehemiah Drew 2B, HR, 2 R

Lander 17, USC Aiken 8 - Lan: Evan Wickeri 3-6, BB, 2, R, 3 RBI

Limestone 14, Mars Hill 3, 7 innings - Lim: Zach Greenberg 4-5, R, RBI
Newberry 5, Coker 4, 10 innings - New: Wilson Wages 3-5, R, 2 RBI

North Greenville 11, Erskine 2 - Nor: Thomas Powell 3-5, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI

Presbyterian 8, UNC Asheville 3 - PC: Eli Lazio 2 2B, R, 2 RBI

Spartanburg Methodist 9, Carolina University 5 - Spa: Justin Dawkins 3-5, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI
St. Andrews 4, Columbia International 0 - Col: Kai Smith 2-4
Tennessee 11, South Carolina 7 - USC: Caleb Jones 4 IP, R, 2 K
USC Lancaster 15, USC Salkehatchie 14 - Lan: Isaiah Lutz 3-5, 4 R

USC Sumter 14, USC Union 5, 7 innings -  Sum: Quinn Gammage 3-5, 3 RBI 
USC Upstate 19, East Tennessee State 14 - Up: Johnny Sweeney 2B, HR, 3 R, 4 RBI
Wofford 14, The Citadel 3, 7 innings - Wof: Tanner Hardin 1B, 2B, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI

(24/846)

OTHER ACC SCORES
Duke 5, N.C. State 1
Louisville 11, California 10
North Carolina 2, Miami 0
Notre Dame 16, Florida State 9
Pitt 9, Boston College 5, Game 1
Boston College 6, Pitt 5, 13 innings, Game 2
Virginia 13, Stanford 7
Virginia Tech 13, Wake Forest 2

ACC standings through Friday: Clemson 5-2; Florida State 5-2; Georgia Tech 7-3; Wake Forest 7-3; Duke 6-4; Louisville 4-3; N.C. State 4-3; California 5-5; North Carolina 5-5; Virginia Tech 5-5; Stanford 5-6; Virginia 5-6; Boston College 4-7; Pitt 3-5; Notre Dame 2-8; Miami 1-6.

OTHER SEC SCORES
Alabama 8, Oklahoma 6
Arkansas 9, Vanderbilt 0
Georgia 4, Auburn 1
LSU 2, Mississippi State 1

Ole Miss 10, Florida 9, Game 1

Florida 11, Ole Miss 8, Game 2
Texas 15, Missouri 4, 7 innings
Texas A&M 9, Kentucky 7

SEC standings through Friday: Arkansas 6-1, Georgia 6-1; Tennessee 6-1; Texas 6-1; LSU 6-2; Alabama 5-2; Ole Miss 6-3; Auburn 4-3; Oklahoma 4-3; Vanderbilt 4-3; Kentucky 2-5; South Carolina 1-6; Texas A&M 1-6; Mississippi State 1-7; Florida 1-8; Missouri 0-7.