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| Ben Timblin leads the Terriers in triples, homers RBI and stolen bases. (Wofford photo) |
Honorable mention: Cameron Flukey, Coastal Carolina 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K
Honorable mention: Darin Horn, Coastal Carolina, 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 9 K
* NCAA Division I: Cameron Flukey struck out five in four innings and Darin Horn added nine in five innings as No. 20 Coastal Carolina (36-18, 21-8 Sun Belt) won a four-hit shutout over Louisiana (33-21, 15-14) to even the series. The Chanticleers remained in a first-place tie with Southern Mississippi, which beat Georgia Southern, 10-1 ... Ben Timblin had two singles, a triple and two homers to drive in seven runs as Wofford (34-19, 12-8 SoCon) evened its series at Samford (27-24, 11-9) ... Virginia Tech (29-22, 15-14 ACC) scored both runs in the bottom of the ninth - with the winner coming on a misplayed infield rundown - to clinch a series win over Clemson (30-25, 9-20). Held to two hits through eight innings, the Hokies got a leadoff double from Ethan Ball, who moved to third on a flyout. Nick Locurto followed with a game-tying single and Pete Daniel singled Locurto to third. Daniel broke for second on a pitch in the dirt, got in a rundown and was tagged out as he returned to first while Locurto scored. Clemson pitchers struck out 10, including three by Ariston Veasey in three innings ... Sam Dansky's homer tied the score in the ninth and The Citadel (29-24, 10-10 SoCon) scored three runs in the 10th to clinch a series win at VMI (28-25, 3-17) ... Vanderbilt (31-24, 13-16 SEC) scored six runs in the first and withstood a modest South Carolina (22-33, 7-22) comeback to deal the Gamecocks their 11th straight loss. Missouri's loss to texas assured the Gamecocks of finishing 15th in the conference ... Will Tippett homered and drove in four runs as College of Charleston (27-26, 17-12 CAA) clinched a series win over William & Mary (21-31, 12-17) ... Colin Crowley and Chazz Grossington drove in five runs apiece and Winthrop (32-22, 14-9 Big South) beat Longwood (29-23, 11-12) to snap a five-game conference losing streak ... Preston Lucas's bases-loaded walk in the eighth capped a comeback from seven runs down to Northern Kentucky (25-27) as USC Upstate (28-27) won its fifth straight game ... Radford (25-23, 12-11 Big South) broke a tie with six runs in the seventh and clinched a series win over Charleston Southern (28-21, 12-11) ... Ryan Kennell's two-run single gave Gardner-Webb (24-30, 9-14 Big South) the lead and the Bulldogs evened the series with Presbyterian (12-43, 8-15) ...
* NCAA Division II Southeast Regional: Francis Marion (44-12) rallied from an early two-run deficit to top North Greenville (48-11) and reach Saturday's championship game. Ethan McAnally had a three-run homer for the Patriots in the seventh to pad a one-run lead. The Trailblazers got a two-run homer from Josh Foulks in the ninth for the final margin ... North Georgia (42-15) rallied from seven runs down after two innings to eliminate Lander (36-21) from Tigerville portion of the regional. On Saturday, the Nighthawks play North Greenville for the right to face Francis Marion Saturday night.
Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech beat No. 23 Boston College 14-1, to wrap up the regular-season championship ... No. 2 North Carolina clubbed N.C. State, 17-7 ... No. 11 Florida State hammered Miami, 11-1 ... Louisville whipped Virginia, 12-12 ... Notre Dame evened its series with Pitt, 6-4 ... Wake Forest topped Duke, 7-2 ...
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 24-5; North Carolina 22-7; Florida State 19-10; Boston College 17-12; Wake Forest 16-13; Miami 15-14; Virginia Tech 15-14; Virginia 14-15; x-Stanford 13-15; N.C. State 13-16; Louisville 12-17; Notre Dame 12-17; Pitt 11-18; x-California 10-18; Duke 9-20; Clemson 9-20.
Honorable mention: Darin Horn, Coastal Carolina, 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 9 K
* NCAA Division I: Cameron Flukey struck out five in four innings and Darin Horn added nine in five innings as No. 20 Coastal Carolina (36-18, 21-8 Sun Belt) won a four-hit shutout over Louisiana (33-21, 15-14) to even the series. The Chanticleers remained in a first-place tie with Southern Mississippi, which beat Georgia Southern, 10-1 ... Ben Timblin had two singles, a triple and two homers to drive in seven runs as Wofford (34-19, 12-8 SoCon) evened its series at Samford (27-24, 11-9) ... Virginia Tech (29-22, 15-14 ACC) scored both runs in the bottom of the ninth - with the winner coming on a misplayed infield rundown - to clinch a series win over Clemson (30-25, 9-20). Held to two hits through eight innings, the Hokies got a leadoff double from Ethan Ball, who moved to third on a flyout. Nick Locurto followed with a game-tying single and Pete Daniel singled Locurto to third. Daniel broke for second on a pitch in the dirt, got in a rundown and was tagged out as he returned to first while Locurto scored. Clemson pitchers struck out 10, including three by Ariston Veasey in three innings ... Sam Dansky's homer tied the score in the ninth and The Citadel (29-24, 10-10 SoCon) scored three runs in the 10th to clinch a series win at VMI (28-25, 3-17) ... Vanderbilt (31-24, 13-16 SEC) scored six runs in the first and withstood a modest South Carolina (22-33, 7-22) comeback to deal the Gamecocks their 11th straight loss. Missouri's loss to texas assured the Gamecocks of finishing 15th in the conference ... Will Tippett homered and drove in four runs as College of Charleston (27-26, 17-12 CAA) clinched a series win over William & Mary (21-31, 12-17) ... Colin Crowley and Chazz Grossington drove in five runs apiece and Winthrop (32-22, 14-9 Big South) beat Longwood (29-23, 11-12) to snap a five-game conference losing streak ... Preston Lucas's bases-loaded walk in the eighth capped a comeback from seven runs down to Northern Kentucky (25-27) as USC Upstate (28-27) won its fifth straight game ... Radford (25-23, 12-11 Big South) broke a tie with six runs in the seventh and clinched a series win over Charleston Southern (28-21, 12-11) ... Ryan Kennell's two-run single gave Gardner-Webb (24-30, 9-14 Big South) the lead and the Bulldogs evened the series with Presbyterian (12-43, 8-15) ...
* NCAA Division II Southeast Regional: Francis Marion (44-12) rallied from an early two-run deficit to top North Greenville (48-11) and reach Saturday's championship game. Ethan McAnally had a three-run homer for the Patriots in the seventh to pad a one-run lead. The Trailblazers got a two-run homer from Josh Foulks in the ninth for the final margin ... North Georgia (42-15) rallied from seven runs down after two innings to eliminate Lander (36-21) from Tigerville portion of the regional. On Saturday, the Nighthawks play North Greenville for the right to face Francis Marion Saturday night.
Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech beat No. 23 Boston College 14-1, to wrap up the regular-season championship ... No. 2 North Carolina clubbed N.C. State, 17-7 ... No. 11 Florida State hammered Miami, 11-1 ... Louisville whipped Virginia, 12-12 ... Notre Dame evened its series with Pitt, 6-4 ... Wake Forest topped Duke, 7-2 ...
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 24-5; North Carolina 22-7; Florida State 19-10; Boston College 17-12; Wake Forest 16-13; Miami 15-14; Virginia Tech 15-14; Virginia 14-15; x-Stanford 13-15; N.C. State 13-16; Louisville 12-17; Notre Dame 12-17; Pitt 11-18; x-California 10-18; Duke 9-20; Clemson 9-20.
x-late Friday game not included.
* SEC: No., 4 Georgia picked up a series win at No. 5 Auburn, 9-7 ... No. 19 Florida clinched at series win over LSU, 11-1 ... No. 15 Ole Miss evened its series with No. 18 Alabama, 9-0 ... No. 10 Texas A&M tied it series with No. 13 Mississippi State, 11-9 ... No. 12 Arkansas edged Kentucky, 5-4 ... No. 6 Texas took care of Missouri, 11-6 ... Tennessee was leading Oklahoma, 5-3, with rain caused suspension of the game in the bottom of the seventh. It will resume Saturday prior to the scheduled game.
* SEC standings: Georgia 23-6; Texas 18-10; Texas A&M 17-11; Alabama 17-12; Florida 17-12; Auburn 16-13; Mississippi State 16-13; Arkansas 16-13; Ole Miss 15-14; Tennessee 14-14; Oklahoma 13-15; Kentucky 13-16; Vanderbilt 13-16; LSU 9-20; South Carolina 7-22; Missouri 6-23.
* SoCon: Mercer beat East Tennessee State, 9-7, and has a 14-6 league record. The Bears clinch the top seed for the conference tournament with a win on Saturday. Should Mercer lose, Western Carolina (13-7) can clinch the top seed with a win over UNC Greensboro. The Catamounts have the head-to-head tiebreaker by virtue of a series sweep.
* SEC: No., 4 Georgia picked up a series win at No. 5 Auburn, 9-7 ... No. 19 Florida clinched at series win over LSU, 11-1 ... No. 15 Ole Miss evened its series with No. 18 Alabama, 9-0 ... No. 10 Texas A&M tied it series with No. 13 Mississippi State, 11-9 ... No. 12 Arkansas edged Kentucky, 5-4 ... No. 6 Texas took care of Missouri, 11-6 ... Tennessee was leading Oklahoma, 5-3, with rain caused suspension of the game in the bottom of the seventh. It will resume Saturday prior to the scheduled game.
* SEC standings: Georgia 23-6; Texas 18-10; Texas A&M 17-11; Alabama 17-12; Florida 17-12; Auburn 16-13; Mississippi State 16-13; Arkansas 16-13; Ole Miss 15-14; Tennessee 14-14; Oklahoma 13-15; Kentucky 13-16; Vanderbilt 13-16; LSU 9-20; South Carolina 7-22; Missouri 6-23.
* SoCon: Mercer beat East Tennessee State, 9-7, and has a 14-6 league record. The Bears clinch the top seed for the conference tournament with a win on Saturday. Should Mercer lose, Western Carolina (13-7) can clinch the top seed with a win over UNC Greensboro. The Catamounts have the head-to-head tiebreaker by virtue of a series sweep.
Coastal Carolina 6, Louisiana 0 - Coa: Darin Horn W, 2 H, BB, 9 K
College of Charleston 8, William & Mary 5 - Cha: Braeden Smith 2-4, R, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 11, Presbyterian 6 - PC: Cam Mallo 2-3, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Radford 12, Charleston Southern 6 - Cha: Garrison Barile 1B, HR, 2 R
The Citadel 7, VMI 4, 10 innings - Cit: Zach Hunt 1B, 2 2B, 4 RBI
The Citadel 7, VMI 4, 10 innings - Cit: Zach Hunt 1B, 2 2B, 4 RBI
USC Upstate 8, Northern Kentucky 7 - Up: Maloy Heaghney 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Vanderbilt 9, South Carolina 5 - USC Luke Yuhasz BB, 2B, R, RBI
Virginia Tech 2, Clemson 1 - Cle: Jarren Purify 2-4, BB, 2 SB
Winthrop 23, Longwood 5 - Win: Luke Earnhardt W, 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 8 K
Wofford 8, Samford 6 - Wof: Cullen Condon W, 7 IP, 4 R, 9 K
Virginia Tech 2, Clemson 1 - Cle: Jarren Purify 2-4, BB, 2 SB
Winthrop 23, Longwood 5 - Win: Luke Earnhardt W, 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 8 K
Wofford 8, Samford 6 - Wof: Cullen Condon W, 7 IP, 4 R, 9 K
NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
North Georgia 12, Lander 11 - Lan: Zach Cowart 2-4, 2 BB, 2 SB, 3 R, RBI
Lander eliminated
Francis Marion 6, North Greenville 4 - Fra: Robbie Jordan, W, 2 R, 5 K
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
North Georgia 12, Lander 11 - Lan: Zach Cowart 2-4, 2 BB, 2 SB, 3 R, RBI
Lander eliminated
Francis Marion 6, North Greenville 4 - Fra: Robbie Jordan, W, 2 R, 5 K
Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
Wingate 14, Belmont Abbey 10
Belmont Abbey eliminated
Catawba 17, Young Harris 5
(12/1298)
Wingate 14, Belmont Abbey 10
Belmont Abbey eliminated
Catawba 17, Young Harris 5
(12/1298)




