State scoreboard, Thursday, May 8

Garrett Chun has hit safely in 21 of his last
25 games. (Lander photo)

Player of the day: Garrett Chun, Lander,  2 HR, 6 RBI

* NCAA Division: Coastal Carolina (39-11, 21-4) scored seven runs in the seventh to rally from six runs down and beat ULM (21-28, 7-18) in the opener of a Sun Belt Conference series.  Blake Barthol capped the outburst with a two-run single. It was the ninth straight win overall and 13th straight conference wins for the Chanticleers ... Auburn (34-14, 14-11) scored 5, 7, 3 and 9 runs in innings 2 through five innings to to run-rule South Carolina (26-24, 5-20) in the opener of an SEC series. The teams will complete the series with a doubleheader on Friday.

* Peach Belt Conference: Garrett Chun hit a grand slam in the first inning and a two-run shot in the sixth as Lander (41-13) cruised over Columbus State (30-22) in the opening game of the best-of-three championship series.

It was the 13th consecutive win for the Bearcats, who had seven extra-base hits among their 12 safeties. Zach Cowart and Grant Sherrod also homered.

 

Games 2 and 3 - if necessary - will be played Friday. The winner gets the PBC's automatic berth to the NCAA Division II playoffs.

Coastal Carolina 8, ULM 6 - Coa: Blake Barthol 2-4, HR, 4 RBI
Auburn 24, South Carolina 2 - USC: Jase Woita HR
 

Peach Belt Conference championship series

Stephen B. Dolny Stadium, Greenwood 

Best of three

Lander 11, Columbus State 5 - Lander leads series 1-0

NCCAA South Regional
Oakland Park, Fla.

Fort Lauderdale 16, Trinity Baptist 9 - Fort Lauderdale advances

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ACC score
North Carolina 8, N.C. State 1

ACC standings

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

SEC standings

Texas 19-5; Arkansas 17-7; LSU 15-9; Georgia 15-9; Tennessee 14-10; Vanderbilt 14-10; Auburn 14-11; Alabama 13-11; Oklahoma 13-11; Ole Miss 13-11; Florida 11-13; Kentucky 10-14; Texas A&M 10-14; Mississippi State 10-14; South Carolina 5-20;  Missouri 0-24.