News digest, April 16

Limestone in financial difficulty

Limestone College on Wednesday announced it is dealing with financial issues that may force the school to transition to online-only classes - or cease operations completely.

Neither option would be good news for Brett Harker's baseball team or other athletics squads at the Gaffney school. Wednesday's release stated going online only would result in the discontinuation of all in-person academic operations and all other activities, including athletics. 

The statement indicated the school needs $6 million in immediate financial support to continue as is.

The school's board of trustees will meet April 22 to discuss options.

Stay tuned.

Many of you know Harker was head coach at Furman in 2020 when the school axed the baseball program over financial concern. 
Saints 

Schedules change

* Columbia International's Appalachian Athletic Conference home series with Kentucky Christian has been moved up by two days. The teams will play a doubleheader at 4 p.m. Wednesday and a single game at noon Thursday.

* Erskine's Friday series against UNC Pembroke will be played at the USA National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Friday's game starts at 1 p.m. and Saturday's game starts at noon.

* As announced earlier, Clemson's Friday home game with Louisville will start at 5 p.m. instead of the originally scheduled 7 p.m.
 * Starting times for The Citadel's May 2-4 series at UNC Greensboro have been changed. The news times are 4 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Series previews/notes

* Clemson at home vs. Louisville Thursday (7 p.m.), Friday (5 p.m.) and Saturday (1 p.m.)
Tigers

* South Carolina at home vs. Ole Miss Thursday (6:30 p.m.), Friday (4 p.m.) and Saturday (2 p.m.)
Gamecocks

* USC Upstate at home vs. UNC Greensboro Thursday (6 p.m.), Friday (6 p.m.) and Saturday (2 p.m.)

Spartans

* Winthrop at home vs. Gardner-Webb Thursday (6 p.m.), Friday (6 p.m.) and Saturday (2 p.m.
Eagles

* Wofford at Western Carolina Thursday (5 p.m.), Friday, 4:30 p.m. and Saturday (2 p.m.)

Terriers

Notable

* Presbyterian's Matthew Rollison hit three doubles against Western Carolina Tuesday night and is now the program's single-season doubles leader with 12.

Rankings

* American Baseball Coaches Association Division II: 1. Angelo State. 7. North Greenville. 27. Francis Marion.
ABCA

* National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II
National: 1. Tampa. 4. North Greenville (up from 5).
Southeast Region: 1. North Greenville. 2. Catawba. 3 Young Harris. 4. Lenoir-Rhyne. 5. Young Harris. 5. North Georgia. 6. Carson-Newman.7. Francis Marion. 8. Lander. 9. Belmont Abbey. 10. Georgia College.
NCBWA