State scoreboard, Sunday, March 9

Sean Hollister kept Alabama at bay while his
Blue Hose teammates rallied to win. (PC photo) 

Player of the day: Sean Hollister, Presbyterian, W, 4.2 IP, H, 0 ER, 2 BB, HBP, 2 K

Briefly: Trey Fenderson's bases-loaded walk gave Presbyterian the lead  in the sixth inning and Amman Dewberry and Jake Randolph drove in runs later in the inning to hand No. 23 Alabama (16-1) its first loss ... Cam Cannarella's  three-run homer gave No. 4 Clemson (15-1) the lead in a game-changing eight-run seventh inning to complete a sweep of Davidson (4-10). The Tigers, who trailed 4-0 entering the sixth,  have won 13 straight ...  Blagen Pado's 10th-inning homer pushed No. 24 Coastal Carolina (12-4) over East Carolina (7-8) for a road series win. The Pirates, who scored two in the ninth to tie the game, stranded 14 runners ... Nathan Hall's bloop single in the fifth drove in the game's only run and four South Carolina (14-3) pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout to complete a sweep of Morehead State (6-8) ... Ethan Plyler doubled and homered to drive in four runs and Avery Neaves homered and drove in three as College of Charleston (9-5) took the rubber game of a series with Appalachian State (7-8) ... Lew Rice had a two-run triple in Charleston Southern's (11-3) five-run sixth inning rally to sweep Elon (6-9) ... Gabe Natividad had three singles and a triple, scored a run and drove in one as Winthrop (9-7) topped Cornell (3-5) ... Wofford (12-4) got the potential tying run into scoring position in each of the last three innings, but Kentucky (12-2) held on for the victory ... Preston Knotts had four hits and drove in three runs as Northwestern (7-7) got its second win of the weekend against The Citadel (9-7) ... Three Troy (13-3) players had two hits and drove in three runs in beating USC Upstate (7-7) in the series finale ... Evan Wickeri had three hits - including a three-run homer in the eighth inning - as Lander (16-6, 5-1) completed a Peach Belt Conference sweep of Augusta (5-19, 2-7) ... Tyler Casciato, Josh Sharp and Brody Yeomans had two hits apiece as USC Aiken (13-9, 5-1) won the Peach Belt series finale over Georgia Southwestern (15-8, 4-2) ... Jon Barschow doubled and drove in two runs as USC Lancaster (9-12, 5-4) won the deciding game of its series at USC Sumter (9-13, 3-6). Cavan McMeans homered for the Fire Ants ... Spartanburg Methodist (8-15) scored three runs in the ninth inning to win the completion of Saturday's suspended game with St. Andrews (10-7) ... Virginia Wise (18-6, 5-4) rallied in both games to sweep South Atlantic Conference doubleheader from Anderson (13-7, 7-5) ...  Gaston College (17-7-1, 5-4) clinched the rubber game of its Region 10 series with USC Union (18-3, 6-3) as Daniel Parris pitched a two-hit five-inning shutout ... North Georgia 14-7, 5-1) (completed a Peach Belt Conference sweep of Claflin (5-12-1, 0-6) with a run-rule win ... Edward Waters (11-9, 8-4) picked up a couple of wins over Benedict (7-6, 5-6) in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Charleston Southern 7, Elon 5 - Cha: Kain Collins 2-5, R, RBI
Clemson 11, Davidson 4 - Cle: Drew Titsworth 3 IP, R, 6 K
Coastal Carolina 4, East Carolina 3, 10 innings - Coa: Riley Eikhoff 5.1 IP, R, 3 K
College of Charleston 11, Appalachian State 4 - Cha: Will Baumhofer 3-4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Edward Waters 21, Benedict 4, completion of suspended game - Ben: Carson Fellows HR, BB, 2 RBI
Edward Waters 13, Benedict 10 - Ben: Cameron Haley 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Gaston College 11, USC Union 0, 5 innings - Uni: Mason Elrod 1B, 3B
Kentucky 2, Wofford 1 - Wof: Adam Haber 1B, 2B, R
Lander 9, Augusta 4 - Lan: Anson Merrick W, 6 IP, 2 R, 3 K
North Georgia 11, Claflin 1, 7 innings - Cla: Rashid Muhammad 3-3, RBI

Northwestern 10, The Citadel 7 - Cit: Phillips Daniels 2B, BB, R, 3 RBI

Presbyterian 11, Alabama 8 - PC: Trey Fenderson 3-4, BB, 3 R, GW RBI 

South Carolina 1, Morehead State 0 - USC: Nathan Hall 2-4, SB, RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 6, St. Andrews 3, completion of suspended game - Spa: Jarian Pinckney 1B, 2B, 3B, 2 R, RBI

St. Andrews 7, Spartanburg Methodist 5 - Spa: Tyler Strickland 1B, 2 RBI
Troy 14, USC Upstate 7 - Up: Vance Sheahan 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI

USC Aiken 5, Georgia Southwestern 3 - Aik: Damien Ashley S, 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K

USC Lancaster 4, USC Sumter 1 - Lan: Jared Werling CG, R, 4 K
Virginia Wise 9, Anderson 4, Game 1 - And: Zach Stover 2B, HR, 2 R
Virginia Wise 4, Anderson 2, Game 2 - And: Kyle Caccamise 1B, BB, 2 RBI

Winthrop 10, Cornell 4 - Win: Ethan Wilson 3 2B, BB, HBP, 2 R, RBI

First Pitch Invitational

Fluor Field, Greenville
UAB 12, Michigan State 7
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