S.C. college baseball recap, Wednesday, April 22

In case you missed it, April 22

 

* Coastal Carolina pitcher Cameron Flukey is expected to start Sunday's home game against Texas State as he returns from an injury from an injury that has sidelined him most of the season. He was one of the key parts of the Chanticleers' run to the College World Series runner-up spot a season ago.

* Voorhees will play Huston-Tillotson at 1 p.m. (EDT) Saturday in a first-round game of the HBCU Athletic Conference Tournament. Games will be played at River Run Park in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The top four teams in the league's two divisions are in the double-elimination event.  Huston-Tillotson won the West Division and Voorhees took fourth in the East Division of the NAIA conference.
Saturday's schedule
Game 1: East No. 4 Voorhees vs. West No. 1 Huston-Tillotson University, 1 p.m. Field 2
Game 2: West No. 3 Philander Smith vs. East No. 2 Stillman, 1 p.m. Field 4
Game 3: West No. 4 Dillard vs. East No. 1 Talladega, 4 p.m., Field 4
Game 4: East No. 3 Wilberforce vs. West No. 2 Southern New Orleans, 4:30 p.m. Field 2
Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 8 p.m. Field 4
Game 6: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 8 p.m. Field 2

* Lander has shattered the NCAA Division II record for times being hit by a pitch in a season. Bearcats batters have been plunked 165 times in 46 games. The previous was 159 by Angelo State in 65 games in 2024.

 * Tristan Tillman of Southern Wesleyan has stolen a school-record 44 bases in 50 attempts this season. The Summerville High and USC Sumter product stolen seven in a game against Chowan April 4. Mike Hyman set the previous record with 43 steals in 2015.

* The first NCAA Division II regional rankings of the season are out. The rankings are used in the process of selecting teams to the NCAA Tournament. Eight teams from the Southeast Region - made up of Conference Carolinas, the Peach Belt Conference and the South Atlantic Conference - qualify for the playoffs. The 10 teams in the Southeast rankings are listed in alphabetical order.
Southeast Region: Belmont Abbey, Catawba, Flagler, Francis Marion, Lenoir-Rhyne, North Georgia, North Greenville, USC Aiken, Wingate, Young Harris.

* Charlie Bussey III of Francis Marion is closing in on 100 runs scored this season. He has scored 94 times in 47 games. Both Bussey and teammate Ethan McAnally have hit 17 home runs this season, topping the previous record of 15 by Tim Dockery in 1998. McAnally has set a school record for RBI in a season (76). Bussey, with 69, also has topped the previous season record of 67 by Preston Shuey in 2011.

State scoreboard, Wednesday, April 22

Ryan Piekutoski is batting .466 with 23 homers 
and 77 RBI in 49 games. (USC Sumter photo)

Player of the day:  Ryan Piekutoski 6-6, 1B, 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, BB,  5 R, 5 RBI

* Briefly: TJ Anderson, Phillips Daniels, Christian Stratis and Lane Tobin had three hits apiece as The Citadel (19-21) handled Georgia Southern (12-28) its seventh straight loss. Michael Gibson and Zach Hunt hit back-to-back homers in a six-run seventh,when the Bulldogs took control. The Citadel completed a series sweep of the Eagles, who had won the last eight games prior to this season,. Before this year, the Bulldogs had not topped GSU since 2015 ... Evan Johnson doubled twice, Mannix Crawford reached base three times and scored every time and Bob Jones (13-25) matched the school record for wins in a season by taking Game 1 of a doubleheader at Paine. Preston Cox tripled and walked twice for BJU. Paine won Game 2, scoring three runs in the bottom of the 11th.  Sam Gearhart had four hits, a walk, a run scored and an RBI for the Bruins in Game 2. Henry Rumble had four hits and reached base six times in the doubleheader. The 13 wins are the most in a regular season for the six-year-old program. The 2024 team won 11 games in the regular season and two in the NCCAA South Regional Tournament ... JC Gamble, Gabe Herold and Jake Zehner had two hits and three RBI apiece as Florence--Darlington Tech snapped a two-game losing streak with a win over the Columbia International JV ... Ryan Piekutoski hit for the cycle in Game 1 and added a triple and a homer in the second game of USC Sumter's (31-18) sweep of the Erskine JV. Piekutoski had 23 homers. Dalton Taylor struck out eight in a five-inning, four-hit shutout in the nightcap.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 10 Virginia rallied to top Liberty, 5-4 ... A ninth-inning squeeze bunt gave Miami a 5-4 win at Florida Atlantic ... Notre Dame topped Michigan State, 3-2 ... California edged San Francisco, 4-3.

Bob Jones 4, Paine 2, Game 1 - BJU: Tillman Padgett, CG, W, 2 R
Paine 7, Bob Jones 6, 11 innings, Game 2 - BJU: Jaden Blanco 3-5, RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 18, Columbia International JV 2 - Flo: Jake Zehner 1B, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI

The Citadel 10, Georgia Southern 3 - Cit: Phillips Daniels 3-5, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
USC Sumter 14, Erskine JV 4, 5 innings,  Game 1 - Sum: Joey Irizarry 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

USC Sumter 11, Erskine JV 0, 5 innings, Game 2 - Sum: Eli Kraft 1B, 2B, 2 R

No report
Southern Wesleyan JV at Brevard JV

(6/1055)

S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, April 21

State scoreboard, Tuesday, April 21

Donovan Glisson is batting .412 (21-for-51) during
his 14-game hitting streak. (USC Aiken photo)

Player of the day: Donovan Glisson, USC Aiken, 3-3, BB, R, 2 RBI

* Briefly: UNC Wilmington (22-18) scored two runs in the ninth inning to knock off No. 9 Coastal Carolina (28-12). Jordan Taylor's second-inning homer gave the Chants their only baserunner. In the Seahawks' ninth, the first four batters reached, tying the score, and a grounder to first resulted in a errant throw home to allow the winning run to score ... Luke Gaffney had a three-run homer in the first and a two-run single in the second as Clemson (26-16) used the early cushion to hand USC Upstate (19-23) its sixth straight loss ... South Carolina (20-22) got seven RBI from the bottom four batters in the lineup and Gamecocks pitchers struck out 13 in a come-from-behind win over Presbyterian (9-33). Ethan Lizama, KJ Scobey and Luke Yuhasz all homered and drove in two runs. Matthew Rollison's homer gave PC an early 2-0 lead ... Spartanburg Methodist (23-21) scored five unearned runs in the eighth inning to knock off NAIA power Georgia Gwinnett (40-6). The Pioneers had been outscored by the Grizzlies 51-8 in a three-game sweep earlier in the season ... Donovan Glisson's third hit of the game broke a ninth-inning tie and USC Aiken (34-13) held on to beat No. 8 Francis Marion (37-10) ... Dylan Johnson had four hits and drove in two runs as College of Charleston (20-20) topped Charleston Southern (22-17) ... Ben Timblin doubled and homered to drive in three runs as Wofford (30-11) run-ruled Queens (12-28) to extend its winning streak to nine games. It was the Terriers' fourth-consecutive run-rule win ... Cooper Raines capped a three-run eighth inning with an RBI double and Newberry (25-22) snapped a five-game losing streak by beating Mount Olive (26-19) at CarolinaBank Field in Florence. Zane McClendon had tied the game with a two-run double earlier in the eighth. Mount Olive had a seven-game winning streak snapped ... Oliver Zohn's RBI groundout in the 12th inning gave Lander (28-18) a win over nationally ranked Wingate (32-15). It was the Bearcats sixth straight win ... Elon (17-23) scored seven runs - five unearned - in the eighth inning to overtake Winthrop (27-14) ... Braeden Harrison had four hits and drove in a run as Anderson (23-23) took care of Southern Wesleyan (15-32) ... Jake Streeter broke a tie with a two-run homer in the eighth as North Georgia (36-11) held off Erskine (24-23) ... Morehouse  (20-18) scored eight runs in the seventh and five in the eighth to twice rally past Morris (9-16). Dylan Levy had a single, a solo homer and a grand slam for the Hornets. A scheduled second game was canceled.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 2 North Carolina was held to five hits, beat High Point, 9-2 ... No. 3 Georgia Tech whipped No. 5 Georgia, 14-4, in a game played at Truist Park ... No. 8 Florida State won at North Florida, 4-1 ... Maine knocked off  No. 22 Boston College, 6-4 ... Wake Forest beat UNC Greensboro, 13-3, on a one-hitter ... Virginia Tech topped VCU, 8-6 ... Louisville pulled away from Kentucky, 14-10. The last series sweep by either team was by Louisville in 2019 ... Pitt stomped No. 12 Western Virginia, 23-1 ... Liberty outscored Duke, 13-10.

* SEC: Jacksonville bumped off No. 21 Florida, 7-5 ... No. 14 Auburn handled Samford, 14-2 ... No. 15 Mississippi State topped Memphis, 6-2 ... UAB whipped No. 13 Alabama 13-2 ...No. 14 Oklahoma rallied to beat Oral Roberts, 7-6 ... No. 19 Ole Miss hammered Murray State, 19-2 ... No. 24 Arkansas pulled away from Missouri State, 12-4 ... Tennessee beat Lipscomb, 14-4 ...Vanderbilt run-ruled Xavier, 11-1 ... SIU Edwardsville whipped Missouri, 11-5 ... LSU topped New Orleans, 10-7 ... No. 7 Texas A&M and UTSA were canceled, as were No. 4 Texas and Air Force.

* D1Baseball.com Top 25: No. 16 Kansas downed No. 19 Nebraska, 9-7.

* Elsewhere: USC Union transfer Trent Turner homered and drove in two runs as Western Carolina spanked Gardner-Webb, 11-1 ... Appalachian State beat former SoCon rival East Tennessee State, 3-1 ... UNC Pembroke knocked off NCAA DII No. 4 Catawba, 15-10 ... Mars Hill beat Belmont Abbey, 7-6, in 12 innings

Anderson 9, Southern Wesleyan 5 - And: Adams Faucett 2 2B, R, 2 RBI

Clemson 7, USC Upstate 2 - Cle: Justin LeGuernic W, 3 IP, 0 R, 5 K

College of Charleston 7, Charleston Southern 5 - Cha: Will Tippett 2B, HR, 3 RBI

Elon 10, Winthrop 8 - Win: Josh Skowronski 2B, HR, SB, 2 R, 4 RBI

Lander 13, Wingate 12 - Lan: Zach Cowart 5-7, 2 R, 2 RBI
Morehouse 19, Morris 16, Game 1 - Morr: Da'veon Varner 3-5, 2B, BB, 2 ER, 3 RBI

Newberry 3, Mount Olive 2 - New: Zane McClendon 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI
North Georgia 5, Erskine 3 - Ers: Drew Potts 2-5, SB, RBI
South Carolina 9, Presbyterian 3 - USC: Connor Chicoli W, 4 IP, 0 R, 4 K

Spartanburg Methodist 9, Georgia Gwinnett 5 - Spa: Blake Exizian 1B, 2 2B, 2 BB, 3 RBI, 3.1IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, K
UNC Wilmington 2, Coastal Carolina 1 - Coa: Jackson Smallets 6.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 K

USC Aiken 10, Francis Marion 8 - Aik: Maverick Grigsby 3-4, BB, R, RBI

Wofford 20, Queens 1, 7 innings - Wof: Niko Brini 1B 2B, R, 3 RBI

Canceled

Morris at Morehouse, Game 2
North Greenville at Coker
(13/1049)

That was the week that was in S.C. college baseball, April 13-19

S.C. college baseball recap, Sunday, April 19

State schedule, April 20-26

Monday, April 20

No games scheduled

Tuesday, April 21

Morris at Morehouse, DH, 1 p.m.

Newberry vs. Mount Olive, Florence (CarolinaBank Field), 3 p.m.

Erskine at North Georgia, 4 p.m.

Lander at Wingate, 4 p.m.

Anderson at Southern Wesleyan, 5 p.m.

North Greenville at Coker, 5 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist at Georgia Gwinnett, 5 p.m.

Queens at Wofford, 5:30 p.m.

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

Coastal Carolina at UNC Wilmington, 6 p.m.

Elon at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

USC Aiken at Francis Marion, 6 p.m.

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

USC Upstate at Clemson, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 22

Bob Jones at Paine, DH, 12:30 p.m.
Erskine JV at USC Sumter, DH, 1 p.m.
Columbia International JV at Florence-Darlington Tech, 3 p.m.

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

The Citadel at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 23

No games scheduled

Friday, April 24

Spartanburg Methodist at Montreat, DH, noon

Benedict at Miles, DH, 1 p.m.

Lander at St. Leo, 1 p.m.

Francis Marion at King, 2 p.m.

Newberry at Mars Hill, 2 p.m.

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

Anderson at Wingate, 4 p.m.

Shorter at Southern Wesleyan, 5 p.m.

Campbell at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, 6 p.m.

Clemson at Louisville, 6 p.m.

Erskine at Young Harris, 6 p.m.

Georgia College at Claflin, 6 p.m.

Middle Georgia USC Beaufort, 6 p.m.

North Georgia at USC Aiken, 6 p.m.

Radford at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

Tusculum at Coker, 6 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Samford, 6 p.m.

Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Wofford at Mercer, 6 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 25

Georgia College at Claflin, DH, noon

Lander at St. Leo, noon

Newberry at Mars Hill, DH, noon

North Greenville at Emmanuel, DH, noon

Anderson at Wingate, DH, 1 p.m.

Benedict at Miles, 1 p.m.

Erskine at Young Harris, DH, 1 p.m.

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

Francis Marion at King, DH, 1 p.m.

Morris at Johnson & Wales, DH, 1 p.m.

Shorter at Southern Wesleyan, DH, 1 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist at Montreat, 1 p.m.

Tusculum at Coker, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Lancaster at Gaston College, DH, 1 p.m.

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

Campbell at College of Charleston, 2 p.m.

Clemson at Louisville, 2 p.m.

Middle Georgia at USC Beaufort, 2 p.m.

North Georgia at USC Aiken, 2 p.m.

Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at The Citadel, 2 p.m.

USC Upstate at Samford, 2 p.m.

Wofford at Mercer, 2 p.m.

Radford at Presbyterian, 3 p.m.

Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 3 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 4 p.m.

Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, 5 p.m.

Sunday, April 26

Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, noon

Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 12:30 p.m.

Campbell at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

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

Middle Georgia at USC Beaufort, 1 p.m.

North Georgia at USC Aiken, 1 p.m.

Radford at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.

UNC Greensboro at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

USC Lancaster at Gaston College, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at USC Sumter, 1 p.m.

USC Upstate at Samford, 1 p.m.

Winthrop at Gardner-Webb, 1 p.m.

Wofford at Mercer, 1 p.m.

Clemson at Louisville, 2 p.m.

Kentucky at South Carolina, 3 p.m.