State scoreboard, Friday, May 9

Adam Love's three-run triple in the fifth inning
gave the Bearcats the lead for good. (Lander photo)

Player of the day: Adam Love, Lander, 1B, BB, SB, 3-run 3B

* NCAA Division I: Clemson (38-13, 15-10) turned a game-ending double play with the bases loaded in the ninth to hold off Duke (33-16, 14-11) in the opener of an ACC series. The Blue Devils took an early two-run lead, but Cam Cannarella's three-run double highlighted a six-run Clemson fourth.  Duke pulled within a run before Andrew Ciufo's two-run homer capped a three-run eighth. The Blue Devils scored a pair of runs in the ninth before Lucas Mahlstedt induced a game-ending grounder to short ... Jacob Morrison and two relievers combined for a one-hit shutout and Walker Mitchell and Colby Thorndyke drove in two runs apiece as Coastal Carolina (40-11, 22-4) run-ruled Sun Belt rival ULM (21-29, 7-19). The Chanticleers have won 14 consecutive conference games and 10 straight overall ... Wofford (29-22, 6-10) took the lead with three unearned runs in the sixth inning and held on to take the opener of a series at SoCon leader East Tennessee State (35-13, 11-5) ...  Dylan Johnson homered and drove in the go-ahead win with a 10th-inning sacrifice fly as College of Charleston (29-19, 11-11) took the opener of a Coastal Athletic Association series at North Carolina A&T (15-32, 9-13) ... A squeeze bunt gave Auburn (36-15, 16-11) a walk-off win over South Carolina (26-26, 5-22) in Game 1 of a doubleheader and the Tigers scored the final 11 runs of Game 2 to complete a series sweep.  Beau Hollins, Henry Kaczmar and K.J. Scobey homered in Game 1 for the Gamecocks, who had a season-high 17 hits. Evan Stone went deep in Game 2, which was USC's sixth straight loss ... Preston Lucas singled, doubled twice and drove in four runs and  USC Upstate (28-22, 14-5) wiped out an early three-run deficit with a 12-run fifth inning to coast past Presbyterian (17-30, 9-13) in the first game of a Big South Conference series ... Charleston Southern (25-17, 11-8) scored three runs in the seventh inning and four in the eighth to overtake UNC Asheville (14-30, 7-12) in the opener of a Big South Conference doubleheader. The Buccaneers were up 16-4 in the sixth inning when Game 2 was suspended until Saturday because of weather ... Former USC Union standouts Brayden Corn and Trent Turner had two hits apiece as Western Carolina (25-24, 7-9) won the opener of a SoCon series with The Citadel (26-22, 9-7) ...Tyler Kehoe's RBI single gave Radford (25-23, 11-8) a walk-off win over Winthrop (27-23, 11-8) to take the opener of a Big South Conference series. The Eagles went up 3-0 early, fell behind 7-4, and tied the game in the eighth. After Highlander took the lead in the eighth, Ethan Wilson had a game-tying single in the ninth for Winthrop.

* Peach Belt Conference Championship: Lander (42-13) overcame an early deficit and completed a two-game sweep of Columbus State (30-23). Adam Love and and Connor Droze drove in three runs apiece and the Bearcats advanced to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional next week. Droze hit the 50th home run of his career.

Auburn 11, South Carolina 10, Game 1 - USC: K.J. Scobey 3-4, HR, BB, 2 R, 4 RBI
Auburn 11, South Carolina 3, Game 2 - USC: Jordan Carrion 2-4, SB, R

Charleston Southern 8, UNC Asheville 6, G1 - Cha: Chandler Tuopo 2 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI

Clemson 9, Duke 7 - Cle: Jack Crighton 1-3, 3 RBI

Coastal Carolina 10, ULM 0, 7 innings - Coa: Colby Thorndyke 3-4, 2 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 5, North Carolina A&T 4, 10 innings - Cha: Jake Brink  8 IP, 4 ER, 10 K

Radford 9, Winthrop 8 - Win: Gabe Natividad 3-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI

USC Upstate 16, Presbyterian 3 - Up: Jake Armsey 2-4, 2B, R, 3 RBI

Western Carolina 11, The Citadel 4 - Cit: Anthony Hausner HR, 3 RBI
Wofford 7, East Tennessee State 5 - Wof: Carter Rasmussen S, 2.1 IP, H, 0 R, 4 K

Suspended until TBA Saturday

Charleston Southern 16, UNC Asheville 4, T6/G2

Peach Belt Conference Championship Series
Stephen B. Dolny Stadium, Greenwood
Lander 8, Columbus State 3 - Lander wins series 2-0

South Atlantic Conference Championship Series
McCrary Park, Asheboro, N.C.

Best of three
Catawba 10, Lenoir-Rhyne 3 - Catawba leads series, 1-0
(11/1600)

Lander's Connor Droze connects for his 50th career home run. (Video

courtesy of Austin Alexander of DiamondProspects.com)

OTHER ACC GAMES

Florida State 8, California 2

Grand Canyon 4, Stanford 3
Louisville 16, Georgia Tech 2
N.C. State 8, North Carolina 5
Notre Dame 10, Bowling Green 0
Virginia 6, Miami 1
Wake Forest 12, Pitt 3

ACC standings

Florida State 15-7; N.C. State 16-9; North Carolina 16-10;  Clemson 15-10;  Georgia Tech 15-10;  Miami 14-10; Duke 14-11; Louisville 14-11; Virginia 12-10; Wake Forest 13-12; Notre Dame 12-15; Virginia Tech 11-16;  Boston College 10-17; Pitt 9-16; Stanford 9-19; California 6-18.

OTHER SEC GAMES

Florida 8, Texas 2
Georgia 19, Alabama 3, Game 1
Kentucky 4, Oklahoma 3
LSU 5, Arkansas 4, 10 innings

Missouri 9, Texas A&M 6
Ole Miss 10, Mississippi State 4, Game 1

Mississippi State 4, Ole Miss 1, Game 2
Tennessee 3, Vanderbilt 2

Suspended until Saturday

Alabama 6, Georgia 2, T5

SEC standings

Texas 19-6; Arkansas 17-8; Georgia 16-9; LSU 16-9; Tennessee 15-10; Auburn 16-11; Vanderbilt 14-11; Ole Miss 14-12;  Alabama 13-12; Oklahoma 13-12; Florida 12-13; Kentucky 11-14; Mississippi State 11-15; Texas A&M 10-15; South Carolina 5-22;  Missouri 1-24.