State schedule, Tuesday, March 24

Augusta at Erskine, 2 p.m.

Voorhees at Morris, DH, 2 p.m.

Bob Jones at Truett McConnell, 3 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist at Tennessee Wesleyan, 3 p.m.

Savannah State at Claflin, 4 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Anderson, 4 p.m.

Mars Hill at Lander, 5 p.m.

Davidson at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Georgia Southern at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

North Greenville at Newberry, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Atrium Health Ballpark, Kannapolis, NC

Francis Marion vs. Catawba, 6 p.m.

Truist Field, Charlotte

South Carolina vs. North Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

In case you missed it

* It appears Monte Lee is the first person ever to be head baseball coach at three different South Carolina NCAA Division I programs. He coached at College of Charleston and Clemson before taking over at South Carolina on an interim basis on Saturday, replacing Paul Mainieri.

The topic came up on an X post by SportsTalk Media Network and I did some digging.

Records are spotty, but research indicates Billy Laval coached baseball at four schools: Erskine, Furman, Newberry and South Carolina. I'm cloudy about what was considered major college baseball during Laval's time (1905 first season to final season in 1950, with several breaks in between where he coached other sports).

Mike McGuire of Winthrop previously coached at USC Upstate and Lander, and John D. McMillan coached baseball at USC, Erskine and The Citadel between 1945 and 1953.

Chad Holbrook of College of Charleston previously coached at South Carolina.

Ralph Ciabattari (Charleston Southern, College of Charleston), John Daurity (USC Upstate, Wofford), Gary Gilmore (USC Aiken, Coastal Carolina),  Brett Harker (Furman, Limestone), Tim Medlin (Newberry, USC Sumter), Ted Petoskey (USC, Wofford), Jack Powers, (Furman, USC) and Horace Turbeville (Newberry, Winthrop) also coached at two schools in state.

Some schools either have no records or have cut records down to a "modern era."

If you're aware of others who were head baseball coach at multiple S.C. schools, e-mail me at rudyjones@palmettostatebaseball.com 

* Charleston Southern honored members of its 1996 Big South Conference championship team as part of the Gardner-Webb series over the weekend. The team, coached by Randy Mazey, had a 30-24-1 record and competed in the NCAA Tournament's Clemson Regional. I could find no official story on the event, but Mazey posted this on his X account:

"As a coach, sometimes you have a team that changes the lives of everyone involved. I wouldn’t be who I am without these 1996 Big South Champs.  Only regional team in CSU history. Thanks Coach (Karl) Kuhn for bringing us back together.  I’m proud of who they were & who they have become."

Mazey is a former Clemson player who retired after a long tenure at West Virginia.

In 2025, Kuhn's first Buccaneers squad had the school's first winning record since the 1996 championship season. The school hasn't have back-to-back winning seasons a since 1987-88.

* Dating to last season, Coastal Carolina has won 28 consecutive games against Sun Belt Conference competition. The most recent three came as run-rule wins against James Madison over the weekend to improve the Chants to 6-0 in the conference this season. It marked the first time in school history for three run-rule wins in a conference series.

* Anderson retired former coach Joe Miller's No. 14 jersey in ceremonies prior to Saturday's doubleheader against Emory & Henry. Miller was head coach of the Trojans for 23 years, retiring after the 2019 season. He played for Anderson and later Newberry, where his father, Clyde, was coach in the 1980s.

* Clemson committed five errors in being swept over the weekend at Notre Dame, and has had just seven errorless games in 25 outings this season.

The Tigers have been outscored 23-0 in No. 1 starter Aidan Knaak's last three outings.

After being held to four singles on Friday, Clemson was 25 for 63 (.397) over the final two games, but left 21 batters on base.

That was the week that was in S.C. college baseball, March 16-22

 

State scoreboard, Monday, March 23

Southern Wesleyan JV 6-11,  Erskine JV 5-15

State schedule, March 23-29

Monday, March 23

Southern Wesleyan JV at Erskine JV, DH, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 24

Augusta at Erskine, 2 p.m.

Voorhees at Morris, DH, 2 p.m.

Bob Jones at Truett McConnell, 3 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist at Tennessee Wesleyan, 3 p.m.

Savannah State at Claflin, 4 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Anderson, 4 p.m.

Mars Hill at Lander, 5 p.m.

Davidson at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Francis Marion vs. Catawba, Kannapolis, 6 p.m.

Georgia Southern at Charleston Southern,6 p.m.

North Greenville at Newberry, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

South Carolina vs. North Carolina, Charlotte (Truist Field), 6:30 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 25

USC Lancaster at Rockingham CC, DH, 1 p.m.

Florence-Darlington Tech at Francis Marion JV, DH, 4 p.m.

Presbyterian at The Citadel, 4 p.m.

Brevard JV at Southern Wesleyan JV, DH, 6 p.m.

Georgia Southern at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

USC Aiken vs. Augusta, North Augusta (SRP Park), 6:35 p.m.

Thursday, March 26

Bob Jones at Morris, DH, 1 p.m.

Miami at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Friday, March 27

Rust at Voorhees, DH, noon

Anderson at Mars Hill, 2 p.m.

Erskine at Chowan, 2 p.m.

Newberry at Carson-Newman, 2 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at Wofford, 2 p.m.

Columbia International at Pikeville, 3 p.m.

North Greenville at Ferrum, 3:30 p.m.

Bryan at Spartanburg Methodist, 5 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Emmanuel, 5 p.m.

UNC Asheville at USC Upstate, 5 p.m.

Catawba at Coker, 6 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Claflin at USC Aiken, 6 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Marshall, 6 p.m.

College of Charleston at Campbell, 6 p.m.

Georgia Southwestern at Lander, 6 p.m.

Mount Olive at Francis Marion, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Samford, 6 p.m.

South Carolina at Georgia, 6 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Columbus State, 6 p.m.

Western Carolina at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

Miami at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Saturday, March 28

Erskine at Chowan, DH, 11 a.m.

Anderson at Mars Hill, DH, noon

Catawba at Coker, DH, noon

Columbia International at Pikeville, DH, noon

Newberry at Carson-Newman, DH, noon

North Greenville at Ferrum, DH, noon

Bryan at Spartanburg Methodist, DH, 1 p.m.

Gaston College at Florence-Darlington Tech, DH, 1 p.m.

Morehouse at Benedict, DH, 1 p.m.

Mount Olive at Francis Marion, DH, 1 p.m.

Rust at Voorhees, 1 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Emmanuel, 1 p.m.

USC Lancaster at USC Salkehatchie, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Sumter at USC Union, DH, 1:30 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Winthrop, 2 p.m.

Claflin at USC Aiken, 2 p.m.

Georgia Southwester at Lander, 2 p.m.

Presbyterian at Samford, 2 p.m.

South Carolina at Georgia, 2 p.m.

UNC Asheville at USC Upstate, 2 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Columbus State, 2 p.m.

Western Carolina at The Citadel, 2 p.m.

College of Charleston at Campbell, 3 p.m.

Miami at Clemson, 3 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Marshall, 4 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at Wofford, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 29

Claflin at USC Aiken, 1 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Marshall, 1 p.m.

College of Charleston at Campbell, 1 p.m.

Gaston College at Florence-Darlington Tech, 1 p.m.

Georgia Southwestern at Lander, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at Samford, 1 p.m.

South Carolina at Georgia, 1 p.m.

UNC Asheville at USC Upstate, 1 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at Wofford, 1 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Columbus State, 1 p.m.

USC Lancaster at USC Salkehatchie, 1 p.m.

USC Sumter at USC Union, 1 p.m.

Western Carolina at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Winthrop, 2 p.m.

Morehouse at Benedict, 2 p.m.

Palmetto State Baseball team rankings, March 22

 Disagree? Tell me where I'm wrong in the comments section

 NCAA Division I

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Coastal Carolina	3-1	16-6	2	W3
2.	Clemson	2-3	18-7	1	L3
3.	Winthrop	3-1	17-7	3	W2
4.	Charleston Southern	3-1	16-7	7	W1
5.	South Carolina	1-3	13-12	6	W1
6.	Wofford	3-1	16-9	8	W1
7.	USC Upstate	2-2	12-13	4	L2
8.	The Citadel	1-4	9-13	5	W1
9.	College of Charleston	1-3	10-13	9	W1
10.	Presbyterian	0-4	4-21	10	L4

NCAA Division II

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	North Greenville	5-0	25-6	1	W6
2.	Francis Marion	3-1	24-6	2	W3
3.	USC Aiken	3-1	21-9	3	L1
4.	Lander	0-4	16-14	4	L4
5.	Newberry	1-3	18-12	5	L1
6.	Anderson	2-2	17-13	6	L2
7.	Benedict	2-1	12-8	8	W1
8.	Erskine	2-2	13-19	7	W1
9.	Coker	0-3	7-21	9	L4
10.	Southern Wesleyan	0-4	9-22	10	L6
11.	USC Beaufort	2-3	6-23	11	W1
12.	Claflin	0-3	3-20	12	L18

NAIA/NCCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Spartanburg Methodist	3-1	16-13	1	W3
2.	Columbia International	1-2	11-20	2	L1
3.	Bob Jones	2-0	7-13	3	W2
4.	Voorhees	2-1	4-16	4	W2
5.	Morris	1-1	3-11	5	L1

NJCAA/USCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Florence-Darlington Tech	4-0	29-6	1	W5
2.	USC Sumter	4-1	21-10	2	W4
3.	USC Union	2-3	17-14	4	L3
4.	USC Lancaster	1-3	17-15	3	L3
5.	USC Salkehatchie	0-5	3-30	5	L16
6.	Denmark Tech	0-0	1-8	6	L1

Team of the week, March 16-22: Florence-Darlington Tech

Florence-Darlington Tech (went 4-0)
(beat Robeson CC, went 3-0 vs. USC Union)

Sunday marked the midway point of the NJCAA Region 10 schedule, with Florence-Darlington Tech (12-3) resting one game behind Gaston College (13-2).

The Stingers trail by a game because they went 1-2 at Gaston College the first weekend region play.

The second lap around the region begins next weekend, with Tech playing host to Gaston College.

Coach Preston McDonald certainly has his offense in a good place. The Stingers have scored 77 runs in their last five games, including 4-0 this past week.

They're batting .343 as a team with 348 runs scored, 45 homers and 168 stolen bases in 35 games.  Contrast that with Gaston College, which is batting .368 with 411 runs scored 74 homers and 70 steals. The Rhinos have scored 11 or more runs in nine straight games.

It ought to be a dandy series. 

Up next: at Francis Marion JV, DH, Wednesday

Also considered

Bob Jones (2-0) - snapped seven-game losing streak

Charleston Southern (3-1)
Coastal Carolina (3-1)
Francis Marion (3-1)

North Greenville (5-0) - beat ranked North Georgia

Spartanburg Methodist (3-1) - AAC series sweep 

USC Aiken (3-1)

USC Sumter (4-1)

Voorhees (2-1)

Winthrop (3-1) - 3-1 on California road swing

Wofford (3-1)

Previous winners
Jan. 23-Feb. 1: North Greenville
Feb. 2-8: Anderson
Feb. 9-15: Francis Marion 

Feb. 16-22: Charleston Southern
Feb. 23-March 1: Benedict
March 2-8: Clemson

March 9-15: Coastal Carolina

S.C. college baseball recap, Sunday, March 22