State scoreboard, Sunday, June 1

Wells Sykes was 5-for-11 in the Conway
Regional. (CCU photo)

Player of the day: Wells Sykes 2-3, R

Conway Regional
* Coastal Carolina 1, East Carolina 0 - The Chanticleers (51-11) pushed across a run in the eighth inning and held on to take the regional championship on their 21st straight win. They advance to play at Auburn in a best-of-three super regional.

Wells Sykes led off the CCU eighth with a single and moved to second on a flyout to center field. He took third on a wild pitch and scored when Sebastian Alexander flied out to center.

Riley Eikhoff pitched the first 7 1/3 innings for the Chants, allowed five hits, walking three and striking out five. Dominic Carbone closed out the game to get the win.

Sykes had two of Coastal's five hits. Alexander's double was the only extra base hit for the Chants.

Earlier Sunday, East Carolina had defeated Florida, 11-4, to advance to the championship game.

Clemson Regional

* Kentucky 16, Clemson 4 - The Wildcats (31-25) scored 11 runs in the third and fourth innings to eliminate the Tigers (45-18). Clemson contributed to its demise with seven errors, a wild pitch, three walks, three hit batsmen and a passed ball.

Jarren Purify was 4-for-4 and Cam Cannarella extended his hitting streak to 22 games.

Sunday night, West Virginia rallied from five runs down twice and beat Kentucky, 13-12, to claim the regional title. UK had leads of 6-1 and 12-7. The Mountaineers scored six ruins in the eighth to take the lead for the final time. WVU plays the winner of the LSU Regional in a best-of-three super regional.

Clemson Regional
Doug Kingsmore Stadium
Kentucky 16, Clemson 4 - Cle: Jarren Purify 4-4, R
West Virginia 13, Kentucky 12 - WVU advances

Conway Regional
Springs Brooks Stadium
East Carolina 11, Florida 4
Coastal Carolina 1, East Carolina 0 - Coastal advances
(2/1695)

OTHER REGIONALS
In order of national seed
Nashville Regional
Wright State 5, Vanderbilt 4

Louisville 6, Wright State 0 - Louisville advances

Austin Regional

Texas 15, Kansas State 8

Texas San Antonio 7, Texas 4 - UTSA advances

Fayetteville Regional

Creighton 11, North Dakota State 10

Arkansas 8, Creighton 3 - Arkansas advances

Auburn Regional

N.C. State 17, Stetson 12

Auburn 11, N.C. State 1 - Auburn advances 

Chapel Hill Regional

Oklahoma 17, Nebraska 1
Oklahoma 9, North Carolina 5 - forces game on Monday

Baton Rouge Regional
Little Rock 8, Dallas Baptist 6

Little Rock 10, LSU 4 - forces game on Monday 

Athens Regional

Oklahoma State 11, Georgia 9

Duke 3, Oklahoma State 2 - Duke advances

Corvallis Regional
Oregon State 20, St. Mary's 3

Oregon State 14, Southern California 1 - forces game on Monday

Tallahassee Regional
Mississippi State 3, Northeastern 2
Florida State 5, Mississippi State 2 - FSU advances

Oxford Regional

Ole Miss 11, Georgia Tech 9

Ole Miss 19, Murray State 8 - forces game on Monday

Eugene Regional

Cal Poly 7, Utah Valley 6
Arizona 14, Cal Poly 0 - Arizona advances

Knoxville Regional

Wake Forest 10, Cincinnati 3
Wake Forest 7, Tennessee 6 - forces game on Monday

Los Angeles Regional

UC Irvine 11, Arizona State 6
UCLA 8, UC Irvine 5 - UCLA advances 

Hattiesburg Regional

Southern Mississippi 8, Columbia 1

Southern Mississippi 17, Miami 6 - forces game on Monday

Elsewhere

NCAA Division II World Series
Cary, N.C.

Lenoir-Rhyne 12, Central Missouri 9