State scoreboard, Friday, May 16

Adam Love's second homer of the game put the
 Bearcats ahead during a six-run seventh inning
 in the NCAA DII Southeast Regional. (Lander photo)

Player of the day: Adam Love, Lander 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI

* Charleston Southern 19, Gardner-Webb 4 - The Buccaneers (27-20, 13-10) slapped 23 hits - seven of them homers to set a school single-game record - to even the Big South Conference series with the Bulldogs (17-35, 6-17). Aidan McAskie singled, doubled and homered twice to drive in four runs for CSU. Kaden Smith singled, homered and drove in five runs for the Buccaneers.

* Clemson 11, Pitt 2 - The Tigers (40-15, 17-12) jumped on the Panthers (27-25, 10-19) early to clinch an ACC series win. Cam Cannarella had four hits and Jaren Purify homered for Clemson, which scored in each of the first three innings. Jack Crighton had three hits and Dominic Listi, Josh Paino and T.P. Wentworth added two apiece. Drew  Titsworth worked the first six innings and Jacob McGovern pitched three perfect innings for the save.

* Coastal Carolina 16, Old Dominion 7 - The Chanticleers (43-11, 25-4) clinched the top seed for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and the regular season championship by scoring all their runs in the final four innings against the Monarchs (21-28, 15-14). Ty Barrango and Colby Thorndyke and three hits and four RBI apiece for Coastal. Jacob Morrison (10-0) allowed two runs and struck out seven in five innings. The Chants have won 17 straight conference games and 13 straight overall.

* College of Charleston 6, Hofstra 2 - Daniel Brooks allowed a run on four hits over six innings as the Cougars (34-19, 15-11) won their ninth straight game by beating CAA foe Hofstra (17-36, 7-19). Dylan Johnson and Landon Penfield had two doubles apiece.

* LSU 8, South Carolina 1 - Jared Jones hit a pair of home runs as the No. 1 Tigers (40-14, 18-11) evened the series with the Gamecocks (28-27, 6-23), Kade Anderson struck out nine USC batters in 6 2/3 innings. K.J. Scobey doubled and scored on Gavin Braland's single for the Carolina run. 

* The Citadel 7, East Tennessee State 3 - The Bulldogs (30-23, 12-8) scored six runs in the sixth inning to clinch a SoCon series win over East Tennessee State (36-16, 13-7) and avoid a play-in game for the conference tournament. T.J. Anderson reached base five times and joined Anthony Hausner and Thomas Rollauer in getting two hits apiece. Andrew Stanley took a shutout into the seventh inning.

* USC Upstate 7, UNC Asheville 5 - The Spartans (32-23, 18-5) scored four runs in the ninth inning and moved into a first-place tie with High Point in the Big South Conference while eliminating the Bulldogs (13-34, 8-15) from conference tournament contention. A balk and RBI hits by Scott Newman, Preston Lucas and Gage Griggs produced the winning rally for Upstate. The Spartans can win the top seed for the conference tournament with a win on Saturday. The Upstate win assured Presbyterian will qualify for the next week's tournament.

* VMI 15, Wofford 6 - The Keydets (27-25, 6-15) collected 24 hits and took the SoCon series finale from the Terriers (31-25, 8-13) to close out the regular season. All nine VMI batters had at least two hits. Wofford will be the seventh seed and VMI will be the eighth seed for the conference tournament beginning Wednesday in Greenville. Both will be involved in play-in games to try to reach the six-team double-elimination portion of the bracket.

* Winthrop 15, High Point 12 - A nine-run fifth gave the Eagles (28-27, 12-11) a big lead, but the Panthers (38-16, 18-5) got the potential tying run on base in the ninth before Quinton Hall got the final two outs. Ethan Wilson was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI for Winthrop.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional

* Catawba 4, North Greenville 3, 11 innings - The Indians (44-12) scored an unearned run to take the lead and send the Trailblazers (44-14) into an elimination game against Lander on Saturday. In the Indians' 11th, Matthew Connelly singled and went to third when Ty Hubbard bunted for an infield single and the ball was thrown away. James Dunlap grounded out to drive in the decisive run. Catawba, the host school but the visiting team, scored three runs in the first inning. Bryce Roddey had an RBI single in the NGU fourth and Matthew Albritton homered and Brett Blomquist singled in an unearned run in the sixth.

* Lander 13, Young Harris 8 - The Bearcats (43-14) scored six runs in the seventh inning to survive an elimination game over the Mountain Lions (42-14). Adam Love singled twice and homered twice for Lander, which plays North Greenville on Saturday. Evan Wickeri singled and doubled twice to drive in five runs. His three-run double in the seventh gave the Bearcats a four-run lead.

Charleston Southern 19, Gardner-Webb 4 - Cha: Kain Collins 3-5, 2 R 2 RBI
Clemson 11, Pitt 2 - Cle: Cam Cannarella 2-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, RBI

Coastal Carolina 16, Old Dominion 7 - Coa: Chad Born 2-4, 2B, HBP, 4 R, RBI
College of Charleston 6, Hofstra 2 - Cha: Alex LaCoste 2-4, RBI
LSU 8, South Carolina 1 - USC: Caleb Jones 1.2 IP, H, 0 R,  K
The Citadel 7, East Tennessee State 3 - Cit: Thomas Rollauer 1B, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI 

USC Upstate 7, UNC Asheville 5 - Up: Preston Lucas 2 2B, BB, 2 R, RBI
VMI 15, Wofford 6 - Wof: Tanner Hardin 2-3, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI

Winthrop 15, High Point 12 - Win: Colin Crowley 2-4, SB, 2 R, RBI

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Salisbury (N.C.) Bracket
Lander 13, Young Harris 8 - Lan: Adam Love 2 1B, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Catawba 4, North Greenville 3, 11 innings - Nor: Connor Brinson 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K

Belmont (N.C.) Bracket
North Georgia 4, Carson-Newman 2 - CN eliminated
Lenoir-Rhyne 13, Belmont Abbey 7
(11/1645)

OTHER ACC SCORES
Boston College 10, California 9

Duke 14, Georgia Tech 4, 7 innings
Miami 15, Notre Dame 1, 7 innings
North Carolina 11, Florida State 1, 7 innings
Stanford 4, N.C. State 3, 10 innings
Virginia Tech 5, Virginia 4

Wake Forest 5, Louisville 4

ACC STANDINGS
North Carolina 18-10; N.C. State 17-10; Georgia Tech 18-11; Florida State 16-10; Clemson 17-12; Duke 17-12; Virginia 15-11; Wake Forest 16-13; Miami 15-13; Louisville 14-15; Notre Dame 13-16; Virginia Tech 12-17; Boston College 11-18; Pitt 10-19; Stanford 10-19; California 8-21.

OTHER SEC SCORES
Alabama 9, Florida 6
Arkansas 8, Tennessee 6
Mississippi State 13, Missouri 3, 7 innings
Ole Miss 15, Auburn 11
Texas A&M 6, Georgia 0
Vanderbilt 9, Kentucky 8
Texas at Oklahoma

SEC STANDINGS
y-Texas 21-8; Arkansas 19-10; LSU 18-11; Vanderbilt 18-11; Georgia 17-12; Alabama 16-13; Auburn 16-13; Ole Miss 16-13; Tennessee 16-13; Florida 14-15; Mississippi State 14-15; Oklahoma 14-15; Kentucky 13-16; Texas A&M 11-18; South Carolina 6-23; Missouri 3-26.

y-clinched regular-season championship

OTHER SUN BELT SCORES

Arkansas State 13, Louisiana 3, 7 innings
Georgia State 20, Appalachian State 10
Marshall 10, Georgia Southern 4
South Alabama 10, ULM 2
Southern Mississippi 12, Troy 1, 8 innings
Texas State 5, James Madison 4

SUN BELT STANDINGS
y-Coastal Carolina 25-4; Southern Mississippi 23-6; Troy 18-11; Louisiana 15-14; Old Dominion 15-14; Marshall 15-14; Arkansas State 14-15;  Texas State 14-15; Georgia Southern 13-16; Appalachian State 12-17; Georgia State 11-18; South Alabama 11-18; James Madison 9-20; ULM 8-21.

y-clinched regular-season championship.

OTHER BIG SOUTH SCORE
Longwood 8, Radford 5, B6, suspended until Saturday

BIG SOUTH STANDINGS
High Point 18-5; USC Upstate 18-5; Radford 13-9; Charleston Southern 13-10; Winthrop 12-11; Presbyterian 9-15; UNC Asheville 8-15; Longwood 6-16; Gardner-Webb 6-17.

OTHER CAA SCORES

Campbell 6, Delaware 1
Northeastern 8, North Carolina A&T 6
Stony Book 8, Monmouth 5
UNC Wilmington 11, Elon 5
Towson 13, William & Mary 10, B7, suspended until Saturday

CAA STANDINGS
y-Northeastern 24-2; UNC Wilmington 18-8; College of Charleston 15-11; Campbell 15-11; William & Mary 13-12; Elon 13-13; Delaware 11-15;  Towson 10-15; Monmouth 10-16; Stony Brook 10-16; North Carolina A&T 9-17; Hofstra 7-19.

y-clinched regular-season championship

OTHER SOCON SCORES
Mercer 6, Samford 5
UNC Greensboro 1, Western Carolina 0

SOCON STANDINGS
East Tennessee State 13-7; Mercer 12-8; Samford 12-8; The Citadel 12-8; Western Carolina 9-11; UNC Greensboro 9-11; Wofford 8-13; VMI 6-15.