State schedule, Tuesday, May 5

Clemson at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

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

Presbyterian at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

Fluor Field, Greenville

Elon vs. USC Upstate, 6 p.m.

CIAA Championship Series

Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick Va.
Bluefield State vs. Lincoln (Pa.), noon
Claflin at Virginia State, 4 p.m.

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College unless noted

Game 5: No. 1 Fort Lauderdale vs. Bob Jones, 10 a.m.

Game 6: Trinity Jacksonville vs. Toccoa Falls, 1 p.m.

Game 7: Game 5 loser vs. Baptist U. Florida, 4 p.m.

Stephens County High School.

Game 8: Southeastern Baptist vs. Game 6 loser, 7:30 p.m.

S.C. college baseball recap, Monday, May 4

State scoreboard, Monday, May 4

Henry Rumble hit five home runs
in the regular season. (BJU photo)

Player of the day: Henry Rumble, Bob Jones 3 HR, 4 RBI

* Conference Carolinas Tournament:  Drew Bray and Jeo Hernandez hit back-to-back homers to open the game and Young Harris (39-16) went on to shut out North Greenville (46-10) in the championship game. Young Harris added two runs in the fifth and put the game on the path to a run-rule ending by scoring nine in the sixth. Pitchers Austin Ritchie and Trey Griffen combined on a four-hitter shutout as the Mountain Lions earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional with its first tournament title. North Greenville is expected to receive an at-large bid to the event.

* Peach Belt Conference Tournament: Lander (34-19) broke a tie with two runs in the seventh and held on to beat Columbus State (30-22) to advance to the conference championship series this weekend. Cooper Backman's RBI fielder's choice scored Jarren Metcalf and Riley Hood came in on a throwing error on the play. Brody Winter added a homer in the eighth inning. Evan Demurias (4-2) pitched the final 2 2/3 innings to get the win. Top seed North Georgia will host the championship series, with Game 1 at 5 p.m. Friday.

* NJCAA Region 10 Tournament: Florence-Darlington Tech (49-11) bounced back from a Game 1 rout to score in seven innings of Game 2 and take the championship over Gaston College (54-5). Gabe Herold and Jake Little homered for FD Tech. Gaston College got two homers apiece from Caden Davidson, Nick Diehl and Joey Nicholson and a solo homer for Gabe Simmons in the opener. Diehl and David Nicks went deep in the nightcap, giving Gaston College 149 homers for the season. The Stingers' fourth win over the Rhinos this season earned them the host a spot in the NJCAA East District playoffs this weekend. Tech will play Harford CC in a best-of-three series.

* NCCAA South Regional: Bob Jones (14-25) used a pair of pickoffs to get out of a jam in the sixth and Henry Rumble broke a tie with his third homer of the game in the seventh inning as the Bruins topped Southeastern Baptist (19-19) in a first-round game. Rumble hit solo home runs in the first and fifth innings. Southeastern Baptist got a run in the second inning and tied the game with a homer in the sixth. Evan Johnson got a two-out single in the BJU seventh and Rumble followed with his go-ahead blast. Tillman Padgett pitched a complete game for the Bruins. The sixth Bruins team set a school record for wins in a season.  BJU faces top seed Fort Lauderdale at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Toccoa Falls College.

Conference Carolinas Tournament

Young Harris 13, North Greenville 0, 7 innings - Nor: Thayer Tavormina 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 K

NCCAA South Regional

Trinity Jacksonville 4, Paine 3

Toccoa Falls 7, Baptist U. Florida 6
Bob Jones 4, Southeastern Baptist 2
Baptist U. Florida 11, Paine 8

Peach Belt Conference Tournament
Lander 4, Columbus State 1 - Lan: Zach Cowart 1B, HR, SB

Lander advances to championship series

Region 10 Tournament
Gaston College 16, Florence-Darlington Tech 2, Game 1 - Flo: Pat Costin HR

Florence-Darlington Tech 8, Gaston College 3 - Flo: Jackson Cook 2B, 3B, BB, SB. 3 R

SIAC Tournament

Spring Hill 6, Morehouse 4

Edward Waters 6, Spring Hill 4

Edward Waters wins title

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S.C. college baseball recap, Sunday, May 3

 

State schedule, May 4-10

Monday, May 4

Conference Carolinas Tournament
CaroMont Health Park, Gastonia, N.C.

North Greenville vs. Young Harris, 1 p.m.

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College unless noted

Game 1: No. 3 Trinity Jacksonville vs. No. 5 Paine, 9:30 a.m.

Game 2: No. 2 Toccoa Falls vs. No. 7 Baptist U. of Florida, noon

Game 3: No. 4 Southeastern Baptist vs. No. 5 Bob Jones, 2:30 p.m.

Stephens County High School.

Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 7:30 p.m.

Peach Belt Conference Tournament
Dolny Stadium, Greenwood
Columbus State at Lander, 3 p.m.

Region 10 Tournament
Lexington County Baseball Stadium
Game 10: Florence-Darlington Tech vs. Gaston College 11 a.m.
Game 11: If Gaston wins Game 10, 3 p.m.

SIAC Tournament

Luther Williams Stadium, Macon, Ga.
Game 13: Spring Hill vs. Benedict or Morehouse, 1 p.m.
Game 14: Edward Waters vs. Game 13 winner, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5

Clemson at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

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

Elon vs. USC Upstate, Greenville (Fluor Field), 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

CIAA Championship Series
Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick Va.
Bluefield State vs. Lincoln (Pa.), noon
Claflin at Virginia State, 4 p.m.

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College unless noted

Game 5: No. 1 Fort Lauderdale vs. Bob Jones, 10 a.m.

Game 6: Trinity Jacksonville vs. Toccoa Falls, 1 p.m.

Game 7: Game 5 loser vs. Baptist U. Florida, 4 p.m.

Stephens County High School.

Game 8: Southeastern Baptist vs. Game 6 loser, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6

Winthrop at North Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

Wofford at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

CIAA Championship Series
Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick Va.

Schedule TBA

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College

Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 10 a.m.

Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 12:30 p.m.

Game 11: Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 3 p.m.

NCCAA South Regional

Toccoa Falls College
Championship

Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 10 a.m.

Game 13: If Game 11 winner wins Game 12, 2 p.m.

Friday, May 8

Alabama at South Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

East Tennessee State at Wofford, 5:30 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Longwood, 6 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 6 p.m.

Florida State at Clemson, 6 p.m.

Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

Samford at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Winthrop at High Point, 6 p.m.

NJCAA Atlantic District Tournament
Florence
Best-of-three
Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, TBA

Peach Belt Championship Series
Bob Stein Stadium, Dahlonega, Ga.
Best-of-three

Lander vs. North Georgia, 5 p.m.

SAC Championship Series

McCrary Park, Asheboro, N.C.
Best-of-three
Game 1: Catawba vs. Wingate, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 9

Alabama at South Carolina, 1 p.m.

Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.

East Tennessee State at Wofford, 2 p.m.

Florida State at Clemson, 2 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Longwood, 3 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 3 p.m.

Winthrop at High Point, 4 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 6 p.m.

Samford at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

NJCAA Atlantic District Tournament
Florence

Best-of-three
Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, TBA

Peach Belt Championship Series

Bob Stein Stadium, Dahlonega, Ga.
Best-of-three

Lander vs. North Georgia, 1 p.m.
Lander vs. North Georgia, if necessary

SAC Championship Series

McCrary Park, Asheboro, N.C.
Best-of-three
Catawba vs. Wingate, noon

Catawba vs. Wingate, if necessary, 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 10

Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Longwood, 1 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 1 p.m.

East Tennessee State at Wofford, 1 p.m.

Florida State at Clemson, 1 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.

Samford at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

Winthrop at High Point, 1 p.m.

Alabama at South Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

NJCAA Atlantic District Tournament
Florence
Best-of-three

Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, TBA

Palmetto State Baseball team rankings, May 3

 

 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	33-14	1	L1
2.	Clemson	2-1	28-20	2	W2
3.	Winthrop	2-2	30-18	3	L1
4.	Wofford	1-3	31-17	5	L2
5.	The Citadel	4-0	25-22	7	W4
6.	College of Charleston	2-1	22-24	6	W1
7.	South Carolina	0-4	22-27	4	L5
8.	Charleston Southern	0-1	24-19	8	L1
9.	USC Upstate	3-0	22-26	9	W3
10.	Presbyterian	0-3	10-38	10	L5

NCAA Division II

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	North Greenville	4-1	46-9	1	W2
2.	Francis Marion	2-2	42-12	2	L1
3.	Lander	2-1	33-19	4	L1
4.	USC Aiken	1-2	36-17	3	L1
5.	Erskine	1-2	27-26	5	L2
6.	Newberry	1-2	28-25	6	L1
7.	Benedict	2-3	23-16	7	L1
8.	Anderson	1-0	25-25	8	W2
9.	Coker	2-2	17-34	9	L1
10.	Southern Wesleyan	0-1	16-35	10	L1
11.	USC Beaufort	0-0	12-34	11	L6
12.	Claflin	0-0	4-37	12	L10

NAIA/NCCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Spartanburg Methodist	1-2	26-24	1	L2
2.	Columbia International	0-2	17-31	2	L4
3.	Morris	0-0	10-17	3	W1
4.	Bob Jones	0-0	13-25	4	L1
5.	Voorhees	0-0	11-24	5	L1

NJCAA/USCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Florence-Darlington Tech	2-0	48-10	1	W6
2.	USC Sumter	1-2	35-20	2	L2
3.	USC Union	2-2	32-24	3	L1
4.	USC Lancaster	2-2	24-28	4	L1
5.	USC Salkehatchie	0-2	3-49	5	L36
6.	Denmark Tech	0-0	1-12	6	L5

Team of the week, April 27-May 3: The Citadel

The Citadel (4-0 for the week)

(beat South Carolina; went 3-0 vs. Presbyterian)

Second-year Coach Russell Triplett had his Bulldogs face challenge after challenge in the nonconference portion of the schedule. Three-game series sweeps by ranked Florida State and Kentucky teams and single losses to Clemson and Georgia resulted in a eight-game hit on the overall record even though the Bulldogs battled on near-even terms in every game.

Those lumps have turned into muscles for the Bulldogs, who are three-games over .500 after winning four games this week.

One need look no further than the mound to see the foundation for this week's success. Bulldogs pitchers allowed 15 hits and 3 runs with 31 strikeouts in 32 innings. They had a 0.84 ERA and a .143 opponents' batting average.

Tuesday's shutout at South Carolina was the school's first-ever against the Gamecocks in Columbia.  Andrew Buffkin, Ben Brash and Michael Gibson combined on a one-hit shutout in the first game of Sunday's doubleheader sweep at Presbyterian.  In Game 2, the Bulldogs were held to a hit themselves, but still won.

Gibson has been one of the top two-way players in the state. This week, he struck out five in three shutout innings while picking up a pair of saves.  At the plate he was 5-for-12 with a run scored three RBI. 

For the season, Gibson has a 3-2 record, 7 saves and 54 strikeouts in 39 2/3 innings in 4 starts and 11 relief appearances. His 4.76 ERA is the lowest it's been since the first week of the season. Gibson has a .365 batting average with 5 doubles, 3 homers and 20 RBI in 85 at-bats.

Up next: at home against Samford, 6 p.m. Friday.

Also considered

Anderson (1-0) - finished the season at .500

Clemson (2-1) - won series over No. 20 Boston College 
Coastal Carolina (3-1)
Florence-Darlington Tech (2-0) - reached Region 10 title game

Lander (2-1) - winning streak reached 11

North Greenville (4-1) - reached Conference Carolinas title game out of losers' bracket 

USC Upstate (3-0) - swept Gardner-Webb to snap nine-game losing streak

*-Benedict's Sunday night game not included

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
March 16-22: Florence-Darlington Tech

March 23-29: Winthrop

March 30-April 5: North Greenville
April 6-12: Wofford
April 13-19: Winthrop
April 20-26: Coker

State scoreboard, Sunday, May 3

Jarren Purify missed more than a month
with a hand injury. (Clemson photo)

Player of the day: Jarren Purify, Clemson, 3-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, go-ahead RBI

* NCAA Division I: Tryston McCladdie and Jarren Purify had RBI singles in the eighth inning as Clemson (28-20, 8-16 ACC) rallied past No. 20 Boston College (35-16, 17-10). Purify's last hit before Sunday was at The Citadel March 18 ... Andrew Buffkin and two relievers combined on a one-hitter as The Citadel (25-22) shut out Presbyterian (10-38) in Game 1, then Bulldogs won the nightcap in spite of being held hitless until the seventh inning ... Jackson Winer doubled and homered to drive in four runs as No. 9 Coastal Carolina (33-14, 19-5 Sun Belt) took Game 1 of a doubleheader at Georgia  Southern (14-34, 6-18). The Eagles had a pair of three-run innings early in the nightcap to earn the split ... Trey Bentley, Johnny Sweeney and Henry Zenor had three hits apiece and USC Upstate (22-26, 11-10 Big South) completed a sweep of Gardner-Webb (22-27, 8-13) with a run-rule win ... Carson Bryant (2-3) struck out seven in seven innings and Parker Sweeney added five in two innings to lead College of Charleston (22-24, 12-12 CAA) over UNCW (26-20, 14-10) to claim a series win ... LSU (28-21, 9-15 SEC) completed a sweep of South Carolina (22-27, 7-17) with a shutout win to tighten South Carolina's hold on 15th place in the standings. Wofford transfer struck out seven in six inning of two-hit pitching for the Tigers. USC has lost five straight games since reaching .500 ... Both teams had five hits and benefited from three opponent errors, but UNC Asheville (18-30, 6-12) did more with so little, shutting out Winthrop (30-18, 13-5) to salvage the series finale. Cooper Smith struck out nine in a complete game for UNCA ... Western Carolina (31-17, 12-6 SoCon) scored five runs in the fourth inning and withstood a three-run ninth by Wofford (31-17, 9-6) to take the rubber game of the series.

* Conference Carolinas: Thomas Powell drove in three runs and Josh Foulks had three hits as North Greenville (47-9) topped Young Harris (38-16) to force a winner-take-all game at 1 p.m. Monday. Earlier in the day, Foulks and Lane McGaha homered as North Greenville eliminated Belmont Abbey. 

* Peach Belt Conference: Columbus State (30-21) snapped Lander's (33-19) 11-game winning streak and forced a winner-take-all game at 3 p.m. Monday in the Greenwood bracket. Earlier in the day, Columbus State eliminated USC Aiken (36-17) ... In Dahlonega, North Georgia run-ruled Flagler to advance to the championship series on its home field next weekend.

* Region 10: Florence-Darlington Tech (48-10) advanced to Monday's championship round with a win over top seed Gaston College. The Stingers ended Gaston College's 18-game winning streak and picked up their third win in seven meetings with the Rhinos this season. After USC Union eliminated USC Lancaster (24-28) to earn the right to play Gaston College for a spot in the title game, the Rhinos (53-4) run-ruled the Bantams (32-24).

* South Atlantic Conference: Former Spartanburg Methodist pitcher Kemper Nix struck out 13 in 6 2/3 innings for Catawba (41-9) as it run-ruled Coker (17-34) to advance to the championship series next week in Asheboro, N.C. Nathan Chrismon had three hits and drove in five for the Indians ... Former Clemson player Lleyton Lackey doubled and homered to drive in five runs and Lenoir-Rhyne (37-12-1) eliminated Newberry (28-25). The Bears then lost to Wingate, which advanced to the championship series.

* Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference:  Benedict (23-16) got the potential tying run to the plate in the ninth inning before being eliminated by Morehouse.  Cameron Haley homered and drove two runs for Benedict. The Tigers had an early 10-3 lead before Morehouse put up right runs in the fifth ...  Earlier in the day, Benedict took the lead with six runs in the sixth inning and held on to eliminate Savannah State (27-20). Haley doubled, hit two home runs, walked, scored three runs and drove in three for the victors.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 14 Florida State beat Pitt, 6-4 ... Notre Dame outslugged Stanford, 18-13 ... California beat Virginia Tech, 9-4 ... No. 2 North Carolina beat Duke in a game that did not count in the ACC standings, 13-0 ... No. 23 Virginia swept Radford, 11-1 and 14-5 ... No. 3 Georgia Tech beat Xavier, 14-6.
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 19-5; North Carolina 17-7; Boston College 17-10; Florida State 15-9; Miami 13-11; Wake Forest 14-13; Virginia 12-12;  N.C. State 12-12; Virginia Tech 13-14; Pitt 10-14; Stanford 10-14;  Louisville 10-14; Notre Dame 11-16; Duke 9-15; Clemson 8-16; California 8-16.

* SEC: No. 5 Georgia completed a sweep of Missouri, 14-4 ... No. 7 Texas A&M salvaged the series finale with No. 8 Auburn, 4-3 ... No. 4 Texas beat No. 10 Mississippi State, 11-6 ... No. 25 Florida run-ruled No. 15 Oklahoma, 12-2 ... No. 22 Arkansas edged No. 17 Ole Miss, 5-4 ... Tennessee avoided a sweep at Kentucky, 10-9.
* SEC standings: Georgia 18-6; Texas A&M 15-8; Texas 15-8; Mississippi State 14-10; Auburn 14-10;  Alabama 13-11; Arkansas 13-11; Florida 13-11; Oklahoma 12-12; Ole Miss 12-12; Kentucky 11-13; Tennessee 11-13; Vanderbilt 10-14; LSU 9-15; South Carolina 7-17; Missouri 4-20.

Clemson 4, Boston College 3 - Cle: Jarren Purify 3-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI

Coastal Carolina 14, Georgia Southern 4, 7 innings, Game 1 - Coa: Dean Mihos 1B, 2 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI
Georgia Southern 7, Coastal Carolina 4, Game 2 - Coa: Blagen Pado HR

College of Charleston 5, UNCW 0 - Cha: Landon Penfield 2 2B, R, 3 RBI

LSU 7, South Carolina 0 - USC: KJ Scobey 2-4

The Citadel 3, Presbyterian 0, Game 1 - Cit: Lane Tobin 2-2, 2 BB, 2 R
The Citadel 2, Presbyterian 1, Game 2 - Cit: Trip Brown W, 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 K

UNC Asheville 9, Winthrop 0 - Win: Josh Skowronski 2-3, 2B
USC Upstate 13, Gardner-Webb 2 - Up: Johnny Sweeney 3-4, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI
Western Carolina 7, Wofford 5 - Wof: Ben Timblin 1B, 2B, R, RBI

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Conference Carolinas Tournament

CaroMont Health Park, Gastonia, N.C.

North Greenville 11, Belmont Abbey 3 - Nor: Micah Takic W, 6 IP, 2 R, 3 K
North Greenville 9, Young Harris 4 - Nor: Mason Swinney 2-3, 2B, BB, R, 2 SB 2 RBI

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NJCAA Region 10 Division I Tournament

Lexington County Baseball Stadium Lexington

Florence-Darlington Tech 4, Gaston College 1 - Flo: Elijah Sanders W, 4.1 IP,. H, 0 R, 8 K

USC Union 9,  USC Lancaster 4 - Uni: Brett Boone 2-3, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI

Gaston College 21, USC Union 1, 5 innings - Uni: Diego Oliveri 1B, RBI
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Peach Belt Conference Tournament

North Georgia College, Dahlonega

North Georgia 11, Flagler 1, 7 innings
North Georgia advances to host title series

Lander University, Greenwood

Columbus State 6, USC Aiken 2 - Aik: Blake Martin 2-3, BB, RBI
Columbus State 8, Lander 2 - Lan: Ryan Hansen HR
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South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C.

Catawba 10, Coker 0, 7 innings - Cok: Gavin Johnson 2-3

Catawba advances to title series

Wingate College, Wingate. N.C.

Lenoir-Rhyne 12, Newberry 10 - New: Keillor Osbon 3-4, 2B, R, BB, 2 RBI
Wingate 12, Lenoir-Rhyne 11

Wingate advances to title series
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SIAC Tournament

Luther Williams Field, Macon, Ga.

Morehouse 8, Miles 7
Benedict 13, Savannah State 10 - Ben: Milton Herring 3-5, 2B, BB, 3 R, 4 RBI
Edward Waters 1, Spring Hill 0
Morehouse 15, Benedict 11 - Ben: Joshua Medina HR, 2 BB

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