State schedule, Friday, April 3

Benedict at Clark Atlanta, DH, 1 p.m.

Erskine at Shorter, 1 p.m.

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

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

Longwood at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

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

Presbyterian at Charleston Southern, 2 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Chowan, 2 p.m.

Coker at Emory & Henry, 3 p.m.

Young Harris at North Greenville, 3:30 p.m.

USC Upstate at Radford, 4 p.m.

USC Aiken at Lander, 5 p.m.

Catawba at Anderson, 6 p.m.

High Point at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

Lenoir-Rhyne at Newberry, 6 p.m.

South Alabama at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

Toccoa Falls at Bob Jones, 6 p.m.

UNC Pembroke at Francis Marion, 6 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Claflin, 6 p.m.

Western Carolina at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Wofford at VMI, 6 p.m.

Texas at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Clemson at Stanford, 9:05 p.m.

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, April 2

State scoreboard, Thursday, April 2

Patrick Evans raised his batting average 39 points
in Friday's win. (USC photo)

Player of the day: Patrick Evans, South Carolina, 3-4, 3B, HR 2 R, 4 RBI

* Briefly:  Three South Carolina (15-16, 2-8 SEC) pitchers struck out 12 in a win over No. 2 Texas (24-5, 7-3). A five-run second inning gave USC a comfortable working margin. Seven of Carolina's 11 hits were for extra bases. Talmadge LeCroy and Patrick Evans homered, and Will Craddock drove in two runs. Usual Gamecocks closer Alex Valentin started for the second straight game - he went an inning against Wofford on Tuesday - and allowed a run on five hits with five strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings. Zach Russell (3-0) allowed a hit and struck out four in 2 1/3 innings and Alex Philpott struck out three in three 1-2-3 innings ... Luke Jones (2-1) allowed two hits in six shutout innings and No. 14 Coastal Carolina (22-7, 10-0 Sun Belt) manhandled South Alabama (18-12, 5-5) in a run-rule win to open the series. The Chanticleers have won nine straight games and 32 straight against conference competition. South Alabama was shut out until the seventh inning ... Wofford (20-10, 4-0 SoCon) followed up a two-run first inning with six in the second and six in the third to run-rule VMI (22-7, 1-3). Niko Brini doubled, tripled and homered for the Terriers ... Garrett Fulmer's sixth-inning triple gave The Citadel (13-15) the lead and Lane Tobin doubled in two runs in the eighth inning of a series-opening win over Longwood (18-12). Will Holmes (2-3) truck out seven in six innings for the Bulldogs ... Titus Von Kapff (4-2) pitched a six-hit shutout as Charleston Southern (18-10, 3-4 Big South) topped Presbyterian (6-25, 2-5) in a series opener ... Travis Dannecker (3-3) pitched a six-hit complete game in Game 2 as Spartanburg Methodist (18-17, 11-9 AAC) completed a conference doubleheader sweep of Columbia International (13-24, 10-12) ... Evan Harding singled, tripled and homered in USC Aiken's (26-10, 14-5 Peach Belt) run-rule win over Lander (20-16, 13-9) ... High Point (20-9) scored twice in the fourth inning and that held up in a shutout of College of Charleston (11-18). Panthers starter Wade Walton (4-2) struck out 11 in six innings ... Radford (13-13, 3-4 Big South) scored six runs early and took a series opener against USC Upstate (15-16, 5-5) ... Western Carolina (19-12) hit four doubles and five home runs to hand Winthrop (21-9) its second straight loss. Noah Cox had three hits and scored twice for the Eagles.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 10 Virginia edged No. 7 Florida State, 4-3 ... No. 22 Boston cruised past No. 6 North Carolina, 6-1 ... N.C. State snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over Notre Dame ... Duke beat Louisville, 6-3 ... No. 3 Georgia Tech scored nine runs in the first inning and beat California, 17-2.
Standings: Georgia Tech 10-3; Florida State 7-4;  Boston College 9-4; North Carolina 9-4; Virginia 8-5; Pitt 5-4; Wake Forest 6-6; Louisville 4-5; Miami 4-5; Duke 5-7; Virginia Tech 5-7; N.C. State 4-6; Stanford 3-6; Clemson 2-7; California 1-9.

* SEC: No. 5 Georgia held off a rally by No. 4 Mississippi State, 10-9 ... Ole Miss beat No. 21 Florida, 6-4 ... No.  18 Auburn pounded No. 17 Arkansas 10-2 ... No. 16 Alabama scored eight runs in the second inning of a 10-7 win at No. 11 Oklahoma ... Vanderbilt knocked off No. 20 Texas A&M, 14-8.
Standings: Georgia 8-2; Alabama 7-3; Mississippi State 7-3; Texas 7-3; Florida 6-4; Vanderbilt 6-4; Kentucky 5-4; Auburn 5-5; Texas A&M 5-5; LSU 4-5; Arkansas 4-6; Oklahoma 4-6; Ole Miss 4-6; Tennessee 3-6; South Carolina 2-8; Missouri 1-8.

* D1Baseball.com Top 25: No. 8 Southern Miss topped Old Dominion, 10-4 ... Michigan shut out No. 15 Oregon, 10-0 ...

Charleston Southern 7, Presbyterian 0 - Cha: Blake Edgmon 2B, HR, 2 RBI

Coastal Carolina 12, South Alabama 2, 7 innings - Coa: Ty Barrango 2-3, 2B, R, 3 RBI
High Point 2, College of Charleston 0 - Cha: Alex LaCoste 2-4
Radford 6, USC Upstate 4 - Up: Jake Armsey 2-3, BB, SB
South Carolina 9, Texas 1 - USC: Alex Philpott S, 3 IP, 3 K

Spartanburg Methodist 12, Columbia International 11, Game 1 - Spa: Brady Jeffcoat 2 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI 

Spartanburg Methodist 4, Columbia International 2, Game 2 - Spa: Tanner Martin 2B, HR, 3 RBI
The Citadel 6, Longwood 3 - Cit: Zach Hunt 2-3 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

USC Aiken 15, Lander 5, 7 innings - Aik: Salvatore Laimo 43-3, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Western Carolina 15, Winthrop 7 - Win: Corey Wouters HR, 3 RBI
Wofford 16, VMI 5, 7 innings - Wof: Brady Gold 1B, 2B, HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
(11/884)

S.C. college baseball recap, Wednesday, April 1, 2026

State schedule, April 2-5

Because of Sunday being Easter, many teams are starting their weekend series a day earlier that usual. Note that The Citadel's games are daytime (11 a.m. Thursday!) because the Charleston RiverDogs are at home.

Thursday, April 2

Longwood at The Citadel, 11 a.m.

Columbia International at Spartanburg Methodist, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Aiken at Lander, 5 p.m.

High Point at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

South Alabama at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Radford, 6 p.m.

Western Carolina at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Wofford at VMI, 6 p.m.

Texas at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Friday, April 3

Benedict at Clark Atlanta, DH, 1 p.m.

Erskine at Shorter, 1 p.m.

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

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

Longwood at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

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

Presbyterian at Charleston Southern, 2 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Chowan, 2 p.m.

Coker at Emory & Henry, 3 p.m.

Young Harris at North Greenville, 3:30 p.m.

USC Upstate at Radford, 4 p.m.

USC Aiken at Lander, 5 p.m.

Catawba at Anderson, 6 p.m.

High Point at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

Lenoir-Rhyne at Newberry, 6 p.m.

South Alabama at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

Toccoa Falls at Bob Jones, 6 p.m.

UNC Pembroke at Francis Marion, 6 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Claflin, 6 p.m.

Western Carolina at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Wofford at VMI, 6 p.m.

Texas at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Clemson at Stanford, 9:05 p.m.

Saturday, April 4

South Alabama at Coastal Carolina, 11 a.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Chowan, DH, 11 a.m.

Coker at Emory & Henry, DH, noon

Columbia International at Spartanburg Methodist, noon

Erskine at Shorter, DH, noon

Toccoa Falls at Bob Jones, DH, noon

Young Harris at North Greenville, DH, noon

Catawba at Anderson, DH, 1 p.m.

Lenoir-Rhyne at Newberry, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Claflin, DH, 1 p.m.

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

Gaston College at USC Sumter, 1 p.m.

High Point at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

Longwood at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at USC Union, 1 p.m.

USC Upstate at Radford, 1 p.m.

Wofford at VMI, 1 p.m.

UNC Pembroke at Francis Marion, DH, 2 p.m.

Benedict at Clark Atlanta, 2 p.m.

Texas at South Carolina, 2 p.m.

Western Carolina at Winthrop, 2 p.m.

USC Aiken at Lander, 3 p.m.

Clemson at Stanford, 5:05 p.m.

Sunday, April 5

Clemson at Stanford, 4:05 p.m.

State scoreboard, Wednesday, April 1

The Stingers' Oneill Feliz was a single away
from hitting for the cycle. (FD Tech photo)

Player of the day: Oneill Feliz, Florence-Darlington Tech, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI

* Briefly: Wake Forest (21-9) scored three runs in the first inning, four in the third and seven in the sixth en route to run-ruling Clemson (19-11) at Truist Field in Charlotte. Tryston McCladdie homered and drew two walks for the Tigers, who have lost seven of their last eight games. The game did not count in the ACC standings ... Oneill Feliz doubled, tripled and homered as Florence-Darlington Tech (33-8) whipped Camp CC (5-10) ... USC Union (22-16) took a pair from the Lander JV team ... Gordon State (26-17) rallied in Game 2 to complete a sweep of USC Salkehatchie (3-35). Jayden McKenzie had 5 hits for the Indians.

Florence-Darlington Tech 18, Camp CC 7, 7 innings - Flo: Tristan Strickland 1B, HR, BB, 4 RBI
Gordon State 5, USC Salkehatchie 2, Game 1 - Sal: Jayden McKenzie 2-3, BB, R

Gordon State 14, USC Salkehatchie 12, Game 2 - Sal: Elisha Baker 1B, HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Union 13, Lander JV 7, Game 1
USC Union 5, Lander JV 3, Game 2
Wake Forest 15, Clemson 4 - Cle: Bryce Clavon 3-4, 2B, RBI

No report
Southern Wesleyan JV at Young Harris JV, DH
(6/873)

S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, March 31

In case you missed it, March 31

 

* Spartanburg Methodist has adjusted this weekend's Appalachian Athletic Conference home series with Columbia International over weather concerns. The teams are now scheduled to play a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Thursday and a single game at noon Saturday at Mooneyham Baseball Field on the SMC campus. The Pioneers and Rams are the on S.C. baseball members of the AAC.

* Coastal Carolina has moved the starting time of Saturday's home series finale against South Alabama to 11 a.m.

* South Carolina has not won a game on an opponent's field this season. The lone win away from Founders Park was against Wofford at Fifth Third Park in Spartanburg. Wofford was the home team, but the Terriers play other home games at Russell C. King Field.

* Dylan Johnson became College of Charleston's career leader in runners caught stealing when he threw his 43rd runner during Sunday's loss at Campbell. He tied Erven Roper for the record earlier in the week.

* Southern Wesleyan has set a school record for stolen bases in a season with 107 in 36 games after Tuesday's game against Augusta. The previous record was 102 steals in 2008. Tristan Tillman is the individual leader with 26.

* Coastal Carolina is off to a 9-0 start in conference play for the first time since 2010, when it was in the Big South Conference. The Chants have won 31 straight against Sun Belt Conference teams.

* Junior varsity teams from Barton, Belmont Abbey, Ferrum and Southern Wesleyan have advanced to the semifinals of the Conference Carolinas Developmental Championship April 13 in Florence.

Belmont Abbey, Ferrum and Southern Wesleyan won their respective pods, while Barton advanced as the top second-place team based on fewest runs allowed.

Barton and Belmont Abbey will play in the first semifinal at noon, with Southern Wesleyan and Ferrum meeting at 3 p.m. The two winners play for the championship at 6 p.m. All games are at Sparrow Stadium and will stream on the Conference Carolinas Digital Network.