State schedule, Sunday, March 22

Clemson at Notre Dame, 1 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.

James Madison at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.

Lander at Columbus State, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at High Point, 1 p.m.

The Citadel at Mercer, 1 p.m.

UNCW at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

USC Aiken at USC Beaufort, 1 p.m.

USC Lancaster at Gaston College, 1 p.m.

USC Sumter at USC Salkehatchie, 1 p.m.

USC Union at Florence-Darlington Tech, 1 p.m.

USC Upstate at Longwood, 1 p.m.

Wofford at Xavier, 1 p.m.

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

Benedict at LeMoyne-Owen, 2 p.m.

S.C. college baseball recap, Saturday, March 21

State scoreboard, Saturday, March 21

Ross Norman got his first shutout and first complete
 game for the Chants (Coastal Carolina photo)

Player of the day: Ross Norman, Coastal Carolina, 7-inning CG shutout, 3 H, 0 BB, 6 K

* NCAA Division I: Ross Norman pitched a three-hit shutout and Dean Mihos and Trace Mazon homered as Coastal Carolina (15-7, 2-0 Sun Belt) run-ruled James Madison (11-10, 3-2). Four Chanticleers had two hits apiece ... No. 4 Arkansas (18-6, 4-1 SEC) scored the tying run on a bad throw to first on the potential game-ending out and went on to hand South Carolina (12-12, 0-5) its seventh straight loss. Beau Hollins' double and Tyler Bak's single gave USC a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning. In the ninth, a walk, a passed ball and a groundout got the Arkansas runner to third base with two out. Gamecocks shortstop KJ Scobey fielded a grounder, but his errant throw let the tying run score. It was Carolina's first game under interim coach Monte Lee after Paul Mainieri stepped down earlier in the day ... Notre Dame (13-6, 5-3 ACC) clinched a series win over Clemson (18-6, 1-4) by scoring an unearned in the bottom of the ninth. With the bases loaded and one out, Tyler Lichtenberger fielded a Parker Brzustewicz grounder to short and threw home for a force out. But catcher Nate Savoie's throw to first for the potential third out hit Brzustewicz, allowing the winning run to score. Clemson twice rallied from three runs down and took a 7-5 lead before Notre Dame's Jayce Lee hit a two-run homer in the eighth to tie it ... Winthrop (16-7) scored the game's finale three runs to get a series win at Sacramento State (9-15). Josh Skowronski and Corey Wouters drove in three runs apiece for the Eagles ... Logan Tribble had three hits and drove in five runs as Wofford (15-9) evened its series at Xavier (7-17) ... Frank Kelly's two-run double in the fifth inning broke a tie and High Point (13-9, 3-2 Big South)  held on to beat Presbyterian (4-20, 2-3) ... Matt Ilgenfritz gave Gardner-Webb (13-10, 3-2 Big South) the lead with a three-homer in the seventh inning as the Bulldogs evened their series with Charleston Southern (15-7, 1-1) ... Lucas Johnson's RBI double in the 10th gave Longwood (16-7, 2-3 Big South) a walk-off victory over USC Upstate (12-12, 3-2) ... One day after being held to one hit, The Citadel (8-13, 0-2 SoCon) was checked on three hits in a loss to Mercer (20-3, 2-0). Braydon Kersey hit three homers for the Bears ... UNCW (16-7, 5-0 CAA) put together 4 two-run innings to clinch a series win at College of Charleston (9-13, 4-4).  

* Appalachian Athletic Conference: Spartanburg Methodist (16-13, 9-6) scored all seven runs in the seventh inning of a Game 1 win, then held off a Bluefield (6-17, 0-11) rally in Game 2 to complete a series sweep  Elijah Franz had five hits and drove in three runs for SMC ... Columbia International's (11-20, 9-8) four-run eighth was the margin of victory against No. 9 Tennessee Wesleyan (24-9, 12-3) in Game 1, but the Bulldogs won Game 2 to claim the series.

* Conference Carolinas: North Greenville (25-6, 14-4) scored the final four runs of Game 1 - the go-ahead run coming on a wild pitch - and completed the series sweep in a rain-shortened Game 2 at Southern Wesleyan (9-22, 4-14). Josh Foulks homered in both games and drove in five runs for the Trailblazers ... Francis Marion (24-6, 15-3) rapped out 41 hits in a sweep at Emmanuel (13-16, 10-11) ... Pierce Radke singled twice and doubled twice to drive in five runs in Game 2 as Erskine (13-19, 9-9) salvaged the series finale against Mount Olive (13-13, 8-10). The Trojans scored five runs in the seventh inning to take Game 1.

* Peach Belt Conference: Georgia Southwestern (18-13, 11-4) had scoring innings of 9, 11 and 8 runs in Game 1 and another nine-spot in the nightcap of a sweep of Claflin (3-20, 0-15). Nehemiah Drew had six hits for the Panthers, who have lost 18 straight ... USC Aiken (21-8, 10-4) scored nine runs in the fifth inning and coasted to a series-clinching run-rule win at USC Beaufort (5-23, 0-15) ... Columbus State (16-9, 10-4) scored four runs in the eighth inning to beat Lander (16-13, 10-7) for the second straight day.

* South Atlantic Conference: Newberry (18-12, 13-5) used a four-run sixth-inning in Game 1 to even its series with Lincoln Memorial (19-11, 12-6), but the Railsplitters took the nightcap in 10 innings to claim the rubber game ... Lenoir-Rhyne (21-5-1, 13-4-1) completed a series sweep of Coker (7-21, 6-12) by scoring in double figures in both games ... Emory & Henry (8-19, 5-13) pulled even with Anderson (17-13, 5-13) in the standings with a pair of double-digit scoring performances. The Trojans committed nine errors.

* NJCAA Region 10: Jake Little drove in eight runs as Florence-Darlington Tech (28-6, 9-3) swept USC Union (17-13, 3-7) ... Ryan Piekutoski hit three home runs as USC Sumter (20-10, 8-5) swept USC Salkehatchie (3-29, 1-12) ... First-place Gaston College (31-2, 12-2) took a pair of lopsided wins over USC Lancaster (17-14, 4-8).

* Other: Henry Rumble tripled, homered twice and drove in four runs in Game 2 as Bob Jones (7-13) snapped a six-game losing streak with a sweep of l Paine. Tillman Padgett and Makenzie Ritter pitched complete games for the Bruins ... Benedict (11-8, 9-8 SIAC) had a big offensive day in Game 1, but lost a pitchers' duel to LeMoyne-Owen (11-20, 5-14) in the nightcap ... Morris (3-11) split a pair of one-run decisions with Johnson & Wales (3-15).

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 11 Florida State evened its series with No. 10 N.C. State, 11-5 ... Louisville pulled even with No. 14 North Carolina with a 2-0 shutout ... Pitt outscored No. 3 Georgia Tech, 14-9 ... No. 24 Wake Forest drew even in its series at No. 9 Virginia, 13-4 ... Boston College beat Cal again, 9-6 ...Duke evened its series at Virginia Tech, 8-6 ... Stanford edged Utah Valley, 4-3 Miami hammered Creighton, 11-1.

* SEC: No. 2 Texas snapped No. 5 Auburn's 12-game winning streak, 7-6, by escaping a bases-loaded jam in the ninth ... Ole Miss took the rubber game of a series with No. 15 Kentucky, 12-9 ... Alabama beat No. 18 Florida for the second straight day, 8-4 ... No. 8 Oklahoma won the rubber game at LSU, 4-3 ... No. 7 Georgia clinched a series win at No. 23 Texas A&M, 8-2 ... No. 6 Mississippi State took a series win against Vanderbilt, 7-2 ... No. 22 Tennessee evened its series with Missouri, 4-2.

* D1Baseball.com Top 25: Texas State clinched a Sun Belt series win over No. 24 Louisiana, 11-4.

* Other: Elon knocked off Northeastern, 3-2, in the CAA ... East Tennessee State evened its SoCon series at UNC Greensboro, 8-2 ... Western  Carolina drew even with Samford in that SoCon series, 11-9 ... Marshall clinched a Sun Belt series win at Georgia Southern, 13-5 ... Wingate and Catawba split a SAC DH ... The Bulldogs won Game 1, 12-10 and the Indians took Game 2, 16-1 ... Young Harris completed a Conference Carolinas sweep of UNC Pembroke, 4-2 and 15-2 ... Belmont Abbey swept King  6-0, and 9-1 ... Peach Belt Conference leader North Georgia beat Flagler, 10-7, to even that series.

Arkansas 3, South Carolina 2, 10 innings - USC: Beau Hollins 3-4, 2B, R, RBI
Benedict 18, LeMoyne-Owen 7, Game 2
LeMoyne-Owen 3, Benedict 1, Game 2

Bob Jones 10, Paine 3, Game 1 - BJU: Jacob Highsmith 2B, HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI

Bob Jones 6, Paine 2, Game 2 - BJU: Evan Johnson 2-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Coastal Carolina 10, James Madison 0, 7 innings - Coa: Trace Mazon 1B, HR, 3 RBI
Columbia International 12, Tennessee Wesleyan 8, Game 1 - Col: Daniel Sidoti 1B, 2B, R, 3 RBI
Tennessee Wesleyan 12, Columbia International 2, Game 2 - Col: Aaron Guthrie 1B, 2-run HR

Columbus State 5, Lander 2 - Lan: Pip Smalley 1B, BB, R, RBI
Emory & Henry 13, Anderson 7, Game 1 - And: Brooks Mauro 1B, HR, 2 SB, 3 R, 2 RBI
Emory & Henry 15, Anderson 2, Game 2 - And: Braeden Harrison 1B, 2B, BB, R
Florence-Darlington Tech 18, USC Union 2, 5 innings, Game 1 - Flo: Jake Little 2 HR, 5 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 12, USC Union 2, Game 2 - Flo: Pat Costin 2-3, BB, 3 R, RBI

Francis Marion 15, Emmanuel 9, Game 1 - Fra: Logan Davis 1B, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI
Francis Marion 27, Emmanuel 3, Game 2 - Fra: Ethan McAnally 2 HR, 2 BB, 3 R, 5 RBI
Gardner-Webb 8, Charleston Southern 5 - Cha: Gavin Spiers 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI

Gaston College 17, USC Lancaster 8, Game 1 - Lan: Nolan Walsh 3-3, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI

Gaston College 19, USC Lancaster 7, Game 2 - Lan: Isaiah Lutz 2-3. BB, SB, 3 R, RBI
Georgia Southwestern 35, Claflin 5, 7 innings - Cla: Nehemiah Drew 1B, 2B, 2 R, SB
Georgia Southwestern 15, Claflin 5, Game 2 - Cla: Nehemiah Drew 4-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI
High Point 8, Presbyterian 5 - PC: Amman Dewberry 1B, HR, 2 R

Lenoir-Rhyne 11, Coker 8, Game 1 - Cok: Matthew Lipcsey 3-4, BB, 2 SB, R, 2 RBI

Lenoir-Rhyne 11, Coker 1, Game 2 - Cok: Gavin Johnson 2-4, RBI
Longwood 5, USC Upstate 4, 10 innings - Up: Henry Zenor 2-4, 2 R, RBI
Mercer 8, The Citadel 5 - Cit: Michael Gibson 2-4, 2B, R

Morris 8, Johnson & Wales 7, Game 1
Johnson & Wales 9, Morris 8, Game 2

Mount Olive 7, Erskine 4, Game 1 - Ers: Drew Potts 3-4, SB, RBI

Erskine 19, Mount Olive 6, Game 2 - Ers: Ricky Dober 2 HR, 4 RBI

Newberry 6, Lincoln Memorial 2, Game 1 - New: Luke White 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI

Lincoln Memorial 5, Newberry 4, 10 innings, Game 2 - New: Cooper Raines 1B, SB, R, RBI

North Greenville 7, Southern Wesleyan 6, Game 1 - Nor: Josh Foulks 3-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI

North Greenville 6, Southern Wesleyan 1, 6 innings, rain, Game 2 - Nor: Landon Peavy 1B, 2B, R, RBI

Notre Dame 8, Clemson 7 - Cle: Jack Crighton 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 7, Bluefield 6, Game 1 - Spa: Thatcher Baughman 3-4, BB, R

Spartanburg Methodist 8, Bluefield 7, Game 2 - Spa: Tanner Martin 2-3, BB 2, R, RBI

UNCW 8, College of Charleston 1 - Cha: Jace Stancil; 5 IP, 2 ER, 9K

USC Aiken 13, USC Beaufort 2, 7 innings - Aik: Evan Harding 3-5, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI

USC Sumter 8, USC Salkehatchie 0, Game 1 - Sum: Ty Butler W, 6 IP, H, 5 K
USC Sumter 13, USC Salkehatchie 1, Game 2 - Sum: Jeb Britt W, 7 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 10 K
Winthrop 7, Sacramento State 5 - Win: Grant McGuire 3-4, BB 2B, R, RBI 

Wofford 14, Xavier 2, 7 innings - Wof: Marc Quarrie 2 HR, 3 RBI

(42/755)

Mainieri stepping down at USC

Paul Mainieri leaves USC with a 40-40
record midway through year 2. (USC photo)

South Carolina has parted ways with baseball coach Paul Mainieri slightly less that halfway through his second season. The Gamecocks were 12-11, had lost six straight game and were run-ruled by No. 4 Arkansas, 22-4, Friday night.

Associated head coach Monte Lee will serve as interim head coach. There was no immediate word on any other staff changes.

Including a 28-29 record in his first year, Mainieri was 40-40 overall and 6-29 against SEC competition.

"Jeremiah Donati and I have agreed that the baseball program will be better served with new leadership," Mainieri said ina statement released by the school. "I take full responsibility for the win/loss record of the baseball program over the 80 games I have served as head coach.

"When Ray Tanner invited me to come out of three years of retirement to coach again, my goal was to work with young people again and restore the South Carolina program to greatness with a return to Omaha," he said. "My staff and I have worked diligently in an attempt to accomplish that goal. Unfortunately, that goal has not materialized as quickly as I would have liked and will take more time than I had anticipated and that is time that I just don’t have at my age."

USC athletic director Jeremiah Donati said "After a conversation this morning with coach Mainieri, we agreed that it would be in the best interest of the program that we part ways at this time. I appreciate everything Paul has poured into our student-athletes and our program, not just at South Carolina, but throughout his career."

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My take: This needed to happen, and now instead of later. Just from watching games and with no "insider" contacts, the players did not appear to have bought in to whatever Mainieri was trying to sell. 

Sure, there were injuries, but all teams deal with that. More portal additions missed instead of hit.

There's a segment of the USC fan base that wants Lee gone, too. He'll get a chance to show he can make enough changes to right things and avoid a historically bad season.

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Some names

Again, my take, and in no particular order. I'm sure just about every coach who's had a string of NCAA Tournament appearances will come up on some message board

* Kevin Schnall, Coastal Carolina  - But is the USC job any better that the Coastal job at this point?

* Landon Powell, North Greenville - Can the school take a chance on a very, very successful Division II coach, even if he's a Gamecock legend?

* Mike McGuire, Winthrop - would the school gamble on a former player?

* Mark Calvi, South Alabama head coach; Skylar Meade, Troy head coach; Justin Parker, Mississippi State pitching coach - All are former USC assistants. Has any one the three made enough of a splash to impress a search committee?

* Robert Woodard, Charlotte - The husband of USC's softball coach. Such a hire would be novel, but would it pay off?

* Adrian Morales, Nova Southeastern - He was one of the firebrands for 2010 national championship team and did well on the junior college level. But, his resume at four-year schools is thin.

* Nolan Belcher, North Georgia - Another ex-player, but again there's not much of a resume yet.

* Chris Lemonis - A Citadel product who won a national championship at Mississippi State.

* Dan McDonnell, Louisville - Another Citadel player

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Who do you want? Leave a name in comment on this post

S.C. college baseball recap, Friday, March 20

State scoreboard, Friday, March 20

Darius Keyton hit his third homer of the season in
the Tigers' Friday victory. (Voorhees photo)

Player of the day: Darius Keyton, Voorhees 1B, HR, 2 SB, 7 RBI

* NCAA Division I: Trace Mazon and Colby Thorndyke had three hits apiece as No. 16 Coastal Carolina (14-7, 4-0 Sun Belt) run-ruled James Madison (11-9, 3-1). Rex Watson homered and ended the game with a RBI double ... Mason Reising was 5-for-5 with 2 homers, 5 runs scored and 5 RBI as Charleston Southern (15-6, 1-0 Big South) whipped Gardner-Webb (12-10, 2-2) ... Jack Radel pitched a four-hit complete game shutout as Notre Dame (12-6, 4-3 ACC) won the series opener against No. 19 Clemson (18-5, 1-3). It's the third time this season the Tigers have been shut out in a series opener ... No. 4 Arkansas (17-6, 3-1 SEC) scored a crooked number in the first six innings to run-rule South Carolina (12-11, 0-4), which has lost six straight. The Razorbacks hit 6 homers and drew 12 walks. Carolina got two-run homers from Jake Randolph, KJ Scobey and Luke Yuhasz ... Maloy Heaghney doubled in two runs in the ninth inning and USC Upstate (12-11, 3-1 Big South) pitchers allowed one earned run in a win at Longwood (15-7, 1-3) ... Winthrop (15-7) broke a tie with six runs in the eighth, but had to withstand a late rally by Sacramento State (9-14) to even its series., Gabe Natividad, Josh Skowronski and Alan Benhardt drove in three runs apiece for the Eagles ... Xavier (7-16) scored two runs in the third and six in the fourth to take the first game of a three-game series with Wofford (14-9) ... Will Tyrrell's two-run double gave UNCW (15-7, 4-0 Coastal Athletic Association) its runs in a win over College of Charleston (9-12, 4-3) ... Mercer (19-3, 1-0 SoCon) continued the best start in school history with a run-rule win over The Citadel (8-12, 0-1). The Bulldogs were no-hit until Garrett Fulmer's seventh-inning single ... Jace Kohler's 10th-inning RBI single gave High Point (12-9, 2-2 Big South) a walk-off win over Presbyterian (4-19, 2-2).

* Appalachian Athletic Conference: Travis Dannecker pitched a six-hit complete game as Spartanburg Methodist (14-13, 7-6) took the opener of a series at Bluefield (6-15, 0-9) ... NAIA No. 10 Tennessee Wesleyan (23-8, 11-2) won the series opener to snap a seven-game winning streak by Columbia International (10-19, 8-7).

* Conference Carolinas: Lane McGaha singled and homered twice to drive in six runs and North Greenville (23-6, 12-4) racked up 19 hits to claim a series opener at Southern Wesleyan (9-20, 4-12) ... Charlie Bussey III had a homer and three singles as Francis Marion (22-6, 13-3) rallied with five runs in the seventh and three in the ninth to win the opener at Emmanuel (13-14, 10-9) ... Mount Olive (12-12, 7-9) scored 11 runs in the seventh inning to salt away a win over Erskine (12-18, 8-8) in a series opener.

* Peach Belt Conference: USC Aiken (20-8, 9-4) stole 15 bases - setting school and conference single-game records - and scored in the first seven innings to slide past USC Beaufort (5-22, 0-16) ... Evan Koehler struck out 11 in six innings as Georgia Southwestern (16-13, 9-4) handed Claflin (3-18, 0-13) its 16th straight loss ... Lander (16-12, 10-6) scored two runs in the ninth to force extra innings, but Columbus State (15-9, 9-4) won on a 12th-inning sacrifice fly. 

* South Atlantic Conference: Myles Denton doubled and homered to drive in four runs and Kaleb Owens and Brady Williams combined for a six-hit shutout as Anderson (17-11, 5-11) beat Emory & Henry (6-19, 3-13) ... Lincoln Memorial (18-10, 11-5) pitched out of a bases-loaded situation in the bottom of the ninth to top Newberry (17-11, 12-4) at the Smith Road Complex ... Nathan Kidder's ninth-inning RBI single capped Lenoir Rhyne's (19-5-1, 11-4-1) rally to beat Coker (7-19, 6-10).

* HBCUAC: Darius Keyton singled, homered, stole two bases and drove in seven runs as Voorhees (4-16, 3-7) took the series finale against Oakwood (2-18, 1-8). The Tigers had 10 hits, drew 11 walks and stole 12 bases.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech beat Pitt, 11-9 ... No. 9 Virginia topped No. 24 Wake Forest, 10-6 ... No. 10 N.C. State won at No. 11 Florida State, 6-4 ... Boston College defeated California, 4-3 ... No. 14 North Carolina beat Louisville 11-1, in eight innings ...Virginia Tech won over Duke, 7-1 ... Miami beat Creighton, 9-4

* SEC: Tyler Fay pitched a no-hitter and struck out 13 as Alabama beat No. 18 Florida, 6-0 ... No. 2 Texas scored two run in the top of the ninth, but No. 5 Auburn scored three in the bottom of the inning for a walk-off win when the ball scooted under the outfielder's glove on a bases-loaded single ... No. 6 Mississippi State beat Vanderbilt, 4-2 ... No. 7 Georgia beat No. 23 Texas A&M, 9-4 ... No. 7 Oklahoma evened its series with No. 20 LSU, 4-2 ... Missouri beat No. 22 Tennessee, 8-4 ... No. 15 Kentucky evened its series at Ole Miss, 3-1.

* D1Baseball Top 25: Troy dumped No. 12 Southern Mississippi, 6-5 ... Texas State defeated No. 25, Louisiana, 4-1.

* Elsewhere: Marshall beat Georgia Southern in 14 innings, 17-16 ... Samford's Joseph Lee held Western Carolina to one single in an 11-0 run-rule win ... UNC Greensboro topped East Tennessee State, 6-3 ... Flagler bumped off North Georgia, 6-4 ... Catawba beat Wingate, 9-2 ... Young Harris drubbed UNC Pembroke, 16-3.

Anderson 9, Emory & Henry 0 - And: Gray Wells 2-5, 2 RBI 

Arkansas 22, South Carolina 6 - USC: Luke Yuhasz 1B, HR, 2 RBI

Charleston Southern 16, Gardner-Webb 5 - Cha: Lucas Pringle 1B HR, 2 BB, 3 R, 3 RBI

Coastal Carolina 12, James Madison 2, 7 innings - Coa: Rex Watson 1B, HR, 2 R. 2 RBI

Columbus State 6, Lander 5, 12 innings - Lan: Oliver Zohn 4-6, 2B, HR, SB, 2 RBI
Francis Marion 10, Emmanuel 4 - Fra: Jimmy Koza 2-5, SB, R, 2 RBI 

Georgia Southwestern 10, Claflin 2 - Cla: Christian Hill 1B, BB, SB, RBI
High Point 6, Presbyterian 5, 10 innings - PC: Bo Moody 4-5. 2B, SB, 2 R
Lenoir-Rhyne 6, Coker 5 - Cok: Colton Penner 3-5, HR, 2 R
Lincoln Memorial 4, Newberry 3 - New: Cooper Raines 1B, 3B, SB, R, 3 RBI

Mercer 11, The Citadel 0, 7 innings - Cit: Garrett Fulmer 1B

Mount Olive 20, Erskine 5 - Ers: Ricky Dober 1B, 3B, RBI

North Greenville 17, Southern Wesleyan 6 - Nor: Matty Brown W, 6 IP, 2 ER, 3 K
Notre Dame 4, Clemson 0 - Cle: Tryston McCladdie 2-4
Spartanburg Methodist 6, Bluefield 3 - Spa: Dario Astudillo 2B, HR, 2 R
Tennessee Wesleyan 6, Columbia International 3 - Col: Corbin Wright 1B, HR, HBP, 2 RBI

UNCW 2, College of Charleston 1 - Cha: Carter Harrington 7 IP, 2 R, 6 K
USC Aiken 14, USC Beaufort 8 - Chancellor Jennings 4-5, 2B, SB, R, 3 RBI
USC Upstate 5, Longwood 4 - Up: Johnny Sweeney 1B, HR, BB, 
Voorhees 13, Oakwood 8 - Voo: Jaiden Godette 4-5, 2 SB, 2 R

Winthrop 14, Sacramento State 12 - Win: Luke Earnhardt 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 K 

Xavier 8, Wofford 1 - Wof: Tanner Hardin 1B, 2 BB, RBI

Canceled 

Paine at Bob Jones
(22/713)

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, March 19

State scoreboard, Thursday, March 19

Player of the day: Landon Schiffhauer, USC Lancaster, 3-6, 2B, 3 RBI (no photo available)

* Briefly: A five-run sixth gave USC Lancaster (16-12) the lead and the Lancers held on to beat Catawba Valley (18-13) ... Oakwood (2-17, 1-7 HBCUAC) scored two runs in the eighth inning and held on to take Game 1 of a doubleheader at Voorhees, but the Tigers (3-16, 2-7) bounced to win the nightcap after allowing five runs in the first inning. Manuel Duran struck out nine in four innings of relief to get the win. Daren Drayton had two hits in each game for the Tigers ... Ethan Lay struck out 11 in eight shutout  innings as Sacramento State (9-13) snapped Winthrop's (15-7) five-game winning streak.  Corey Wouters doubled and Gage Handzel singled for the Eagles, who got their run on a wild pitch with two outs in the ninth.

* Beyond the border: Tristan Bissetta, a Mann High graduate and transfer from Clemson, homered twice and drove in three runs as Ole Miss took an SEC series opener against No. 15 Kentucky, 5-0. Bissetta is hitting .420 with 13 homers and 37 RBI in 23 games ... No. 20 LSU won an SEC series opener over No. 7 Oklahoma, 7-1.

Oakwood 8, Voorhees 6, 8 innings, Game 1 - Voo: Jaylon Sanders 1B, R, 3 RBI

Voorhees 9, Oakwood 8, Game 2 - Voo: Tyrell Wyatt 3-4, 3 RBI

Sacramento State 13, Winthrop 0 - Win: Shane Keup 1.1 IP, 0 R, 3 K

USC Lancaster 9, Catawba Valley 8 - Lan: Parker Carroll IP, K

(4/691)