State schedule, Thursday, May 14

Elon at USC Upstate, 5 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 5 p.m.

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 6 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 7 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 1: No. 8 Lander vs. No. 1 North Greenville, 6 p.m.
Game 2: No. 5 Francis Marion vs. No. 4 North Georgia, 2 p.m.

State schedule, May 14-17

Thursday, May 14

Elon at USC Upstate, 5 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 5 p.m.

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 6 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 7 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 1: No. 8 Lander vs. No. 1 North Greenville, 6 p.m.
Game 2: No. 5 Francis Marion vs. No. 4 North Georgia, 2 p.m.

Friday, May 15

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 3 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 3 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 5 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Northern Kentucky at USC Upstate, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 6 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 7 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, TBA
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, TBA

Saturday, May 16

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 1 p.m.

Northern Kentucky at USC Upstate, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 1 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 1 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 2 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 3 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 5: Game 4 loser vs. Game 3 winner, TBA
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBA

Sunday, May 17

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Game 7: if Game 5 winner wins Game 6, TBA

S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, May 12

State scoreboard, Tuesday, May 12

Maloy Heaghney contributed to all three of the
 Spartans' scoring innings. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Maloy Heaghney, USC Upstate,  3-5, 2 2B, SB, R, RBI

Honorable mention: Colby McNeely, Winthrop, S, 3 IP, 9 up, 9 down, 3 K  

* Briefly: Domenico Tozzi's seventh-inning home run gave Coastal Carolina (35-17) the lead and the Chanticleers overcame a three-run first inning by The Citadel (27-24) to win their regular-season home finale. The Bulldogs got RBI singles from Michael Gibson and Christian Stratis in the first and Gibson later scored on a wild pitch. Blake Barthol also homered and joined Rex Watson in getting two hits for Coastal ... USC Upstate 26-27) scored four runs in the second inning and gained a split of its season series with Clemson (30-23) in front of 3,456 at Fifth Third Park. Luke Gaffney and Jarren Purify had two hits apiece for the Tigers ... Alan Benhardt had four hits and Ethan Wilson hit a two-run homer as Winthrop (31-21) broke a four-game losing streak and handed South Carolina (22-31) its ninth straight loss. Will Craddock had two hits and Luke Yuhasz homered for the Gamecocks ... Georgia Southern (16-37) wiped out an early two-run deficit with three runs in the first inning and two in the second to beat College of Charleston (25-26) ... Walker Fox hit a first-inning grand slam and Western Carolina  (33-20) coasted to a run-rule win at Presbyterian (11-42). Five Catamounts pitchers combined to hold the Blue Hose to three hits.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 2 North Carolina handled UNC Wilmington, 13-7 ... Mercer knocked off No. 3 Georgia Tech, 12-9 ... Virginia clubbed Richmond, 18-6 ... Wake Forest topped Liberty, 7-5 ...  Duke beat William & Mary, 14-9 ... Louisville whipped Bellarmine, 14-7 ... Notre Dame blasted Dayton, 16-6 ... Pitt downed Penn State, 11-7 ... Stanford edged St. Mary's, 7-6 ... UMass Lowell at No. 23 Boston College and Virginia Tech at Marshall were canceled.

* SEC: Tennessee drilled Belmont, 11-1 ... Jacksonville State upended No. 5 Auburn, 4-1 ... No. 15 Ole Miss run-ruled Tennessee Martin, 17-6 ... Northern Kentucky at Kentucky was canceled.

 
Coastal Carolina 5, The Citadel 3 - Coa: Rex Watson 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI

Georgia Southern 9, College of Charleston 5 - Cha: Nick Diaz 1B, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI

USC Upstate 6, Clemson 3 - Up: Alex Ritzer 2-3, BB, 2 R, RBI

Winthrop 5, South Carolina 2 - Win: Grant McGuire 2-4, R

Western Carolina 14, Presbyterian 3, 7 innings - PC: Andrew Albertus 1B, BB, 2 R

(5/1274)

State schedule, May 11-17

Monday, May 11

No games scheduled

Tuesday, May 12

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

The Citadel at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate vs. Clemson, Spartanburg (Fifth Third Park), 6 p.m.

Western Carolina at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Winthrop at South Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 13

No games scheduled

Thursday, May 14

Elon at USC Upstate, 5 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 5 p.m.

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 6 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 7 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 1: No. 8 Lander vs. No. 1 North Greenville, 6 p.m.
Game 2: No. 5 Francis Marion vs. No. 4 North Georgia, 2 p.m.

Friday, May 15

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 3 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 3 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 5 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Northern Kentucky at USC Upstate, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 6 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 7 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, TBA
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, TBA

Saturday, May 16

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 1 p.m.

Northern Kentucky at USC Upstate, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 1 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 1 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 2 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 3 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 5: Game 4 loser vs. Game 3 winner, TBA
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBA

Sunday, May 17

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Game 7: if Game 5 winner wins Game 6, TBA

S.C. college baseball recap, Sunday, May 10

Palmetto State Baseball team rankings, May 10

 

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 NCAA Division I

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Coastal Carolina	1-3	34-17	1	L2
2.	Clemson	2-2	30-22	2	L1
3.	Wofford	2-1	33-18	4	L1
4.	The Citadel	2-1	27-23	5	L1
5.	Winthrop	0-3	30-21	3	L4
6.	College of Charleston	3-1	25-25	6	W3
7.	Charleston Southern	4-0	28-19	8	W4
8.	South Carolina	0-3	22-30	7	L8
9.	USC Upstate	3-1	25-27	9	W2
10.	Presbyterian	1-3	11-41	10	L2

NCAA Division II

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	North Greenville	0-1	47-10	1	L1
2.	Francis Marion	0-0	42-12	2	L1
3.	Lander	3-0	36-19	3	W3
4.	USC Aiken	0-0	36-17	4	L1
5.	Erskine	0-0	27-26	5	L2
6.	Newberry	0-0	28-25	6	L1
7.	Benedict	0-0	23-16	7	L1
8.	Anderson	0-0	25-25	8	W2
9.	Coker	0-0	17-34	9	L1
10.	Southern Wesleyan	0-0	16-35	10	L1
11.	USC Beaufort	0-0	12-34	11	L6
12.	Claflin	3-0	7-36	12	W3

NAIA/NCCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Spartanburg Methodist	0-0	26-24	1	L2
2.	Columbia International	0-0	17-31	2	L4
3.	Morris	0-0	10-17	3	W1
4.	Bob Jones	0-2	14-27	4	L2
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	2-2	50-12	1	L1
2.	USC Sumter	0-0	35-20	2	L2
3.	USC Union	0-0	32-24	3	L1
4.	USC Lancaster	0-0	24-28	4	L1
5.	USC Salkehatchie	0-0	3-49	5	L36
6.	Denmark Tech	0-0	1-12	6	L5

Lander, Francis Marion, North Greenville in NCAA DII Tigerville Regional

North Greenville (47-10) is top seed for the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional and will one of two host sites for the eight-team event beginning this weekend.

The Trailblazers won the regular-season championship in Conference Carolinas, but lost to Young Harris in the tournament finals. Coach Landon Powell's team will play Peach Belt Conference Tournament champ Lander (36-19) on Thursday at Ray and Bea Dillard Field in Tigerville. The Bearcats are is the No. 8 seed.

Francis Marion (42-12) qualified as the fifth seed and will play No. 4 North Georgia (41-146) on Thursday.

The four other Southeast Regional teams will compete in Salisbury, N.C., with No. 2 seed Catawba (42-11) as the host. The Indians will play No. 7 Belmont Abbey (38-14). The other first-round game there has No. 3 Wingate (39-17) meeting No. 6 Young Harris (39-16).

Both sites are double-elimination events. The last team standings at each site advances to a best-of-three super regional the following week, with the higher seed to host. The super regional winner joins seven other teams in the NCAA Division II World Series in Cary, N.C. later this month.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Thursday, May 14
Game 1: No. 8 Lander vs. No. 1 North Greenville, 6 p.m.
Game 2: No. 5 Francis Marion vs. No. 4 North Georgia, 2 p.m.
Friday, May 15
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, TBA
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, TBA
Saturday, May 16
Game 5: Game 4 loser vs. Game 3 winner, TBA
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, TBA
Sunday, May 17
Game 7: if Game 5 winner wins Game 6, TBA

Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.

Double elimination
Thursday, May 14
Game 1: No. 7 Belmont Abbey vs. No. 2 Catawba. 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 6 Young Harris vs. No. 3 Wingate, 6 p.m.
Friday, May 15
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2 p.m.
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6 p.m.
Saturday, May 16
Game 5: Game 4 loser vs. Game 3 winner, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 17
Game 7: if Game 5 winner wins Game 6, 2 p.m.

NCAA brackets