State schedule, Wednesday, April 1

Truist Field offers an amazing view of Uptown Charlotte for baseball
fans. (Palmetto State Baseball photo)

Southern Wesleyan JV at Young Harris JV, DH, 2 p.m.

Clemson vs. Wake Forest, Charlotte (Truist Field), 7 p.m.

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.

State scoreboard, Tuesday, March 31

Matthew Rollison raised his batting average
to .308 with a three-hit day. (PC photo)

Player of the day: Matthew Rollison 1B, 2 2B, 4 RBI

* Briefly: No. 14 Coastal Carolina (21-7) scored two runs in the ninth inning to overcome The Citadel (12-15) at Joe Riley Park to extend its winning streak to eight. The Chanticleers had no hits until Rex Watson hit a game-tying homer in the sixth. After the Bulldogs took the lead, Coastal scored the tying run in the ninth on a wild pitch and Dean Mihos singled in the winning run. Phillips Daniels had both Citadel hits, the first coming in the seventh inning. Jaxon Appleman struck out eight and didn't allow hit in a six-inning start for Coastal. Bulldogs starter Andrew Buffkin struck out seven in three innings ... Alex LaCoste had two home runs among his five hits and College of Charleston (11-17) ended Winthrop's (21-8) six-game winning streak ... Tyler Bak had four hits - including a three-run homer - against his former team as South Carolina (14-16) was a run-rule winner over Wofford (19-10). Will Craddock had a three-run homer and a game-ending RBI single. USC pitchers allowed two hits ... Maloy Heaghney had three hits and drove in five runs and USC Upstate (15-15) scored four runs without a hit in the ninth to beat George Mason (14-12). The Spartans drew 17 walks, including five (and two hit batsmen) in the ninth inning ... Matthew Rollison hit a single and two doubles to drive in four runs as Presbyterian (6-24) held off a Western Carolina (18-12)  rally in the ninth inning ... CJ Dean doubled twice and drove in four runs as North Greenville (29-7) handled Lander (20-14). The Bearcats were shut out until Carter McCormick's two-run homer in the ninth ... Three pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout as Francis Marion (28-7) blew by Newberry (20-15) ... Luke Kimrey got Coker (8-25) started against Georgia College (13-19) with a two-run single in the first inning and the Cobras went on the snap an eight-game losing streak ... Henry Rumble was 4-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBI as Bob Jones (8-17) snapped a five-game losing streak in the second game of a doubleheader at Alice Lloyd (21-12) ... Columbia International (13-22) had a pair of five-run innings to start the game in a run-rule win over Voorhees (7-18). Darius Keyton was 3-for-3 with a homer for Voorhees. It was the 800th win of Rams coach Rocke Musgraves' career ... Cooper McDaniel reached base five times and stole two bases as USC Beaufort (8-25) topped Savannah State (16-15) ... Jaylen Tidwell doubled twice, homered and drove in four runs as Erskine (18-19) handed Claflin (3-24) its 22nd straight loss ... Augusta (16-19) got 13 hits and drew nine walks to turn back Southern Wesleyan (11-25) to snap a five-game losing streak.

Beyond the border
* ACC: Former Florence-Darlington Tech star Tom Kellis gave No. 6 North Carolina a 5-4 walk-off win over Campbell with a single in the 14th inning ... No. 22 Boston clipped Maine, 7-4 ... No. 3 Georgia Tech ripped No. 18 Auburn, 13-3 ... No. 10 Virginia beat Old Dominion, 16-2 ... No. 7 Florida State doubled up Stetson, 6-3 ... Louisville larruped Eastern Kentucky, 17-7 ... Pitt pummeled Mercyhurst, 27-3 ... Duke dropped Davidson, 14-9 ... High Point blanked Wake Forest, 1-0 ... Liberty scored three runs in the ninth to hand N.C. State its seventh straight loss, 7-5 ... Miami handled Florida Gulf Coast, 12-4 ... Virginia Tech turned back Radford, 13-6 ... Cal and St. Mary's were canceled.

* SEC: No. 2 Texas rallied past Texas State, 10-8 ... No. 5 Georgia gave up six runs to Georgia State in the top of the eighth, but scored eight in the bottom of the inning to win, 14-9 ... No. 4 Mississippi State blanked Grambling, 12-0 ... Jacksonville edged No. 21 Florida, 4-3 ... Ole Miss beat Little Rock, 7-4 ... No. 11 Oklahoma blanked Oral Roberts, 4-0 ...No. 20 Texas A&M crushed Sam Houston, 16-2 ... No. 16 Alabama got a run in the ninth to down Jacksonville State, 4-3 ... Missouri scored two in the ninth and one in the 10th to walk off against No. 17 Arkansas, 15-14 ... No. 22 Kentucky defeated Miami (Ohio), 14-11 ... Kansas rallied past Missouri, 11-8 ... Tennessee whipped Austin Peay, 13-4 ... Vanderbilt stopped nearby Belmont, 11-3 ... LSU run-ruled Southern, 16-6.

* D1Baseball.com Top 25: Southeastern Louisiana topped No. 8 Southern Mississippi, 5-1 ... Washington ripped No. 9 Oregon State, 18-2 ... Portland shut out No. 15 Oregon, 3-0 ...

Alice Lloyd 6, Bob Jones 2, Game 1 - BJU: Evan Johnson 2-3, R, RBI

Bob Jones 10, Alice Lloyd 4, Game 2 - BJU: Zac Tyre HR, 2 RBI
Augusta 12, Southern Wesleyan 7 - Sou: Kade Bowling 3-4, HR, 3 RBI
Coastal Carolina 3, The Citadel 2 - Coa: Jaxon Appleman 6 IP, 0 H, R, 8 K
Coker 9, Georgia College 2 - Cok: Matthew Lipcsey 2-5, 2B, SB, 3 RBI 
College of Charleston 15, Winthrop 5 - Cha: Reece Holbrook 2 2B, 3B, 3 R, 2 RBI
Columbia International 18, Voorhees 4, 7 innings - Col: Hunter Cheslak 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
Erskine 16, Claflin 1 - Ers: Drew Potts 3-5, 12 R, 3 RBI

Francis Marion 14, Newberry 0 - Fra: Riley Orr 1B, 2B, 2 BB, R, SB, 3 RBI

North Greenville 11, Lander 2 - Nor: Thomas Powell 2B, HR
Presbyterian 6, Western Carolina 5 - PC: Tucker Meredith W, 2 IP, 2 K

South Carolina 11, Wofford 1, 7 innings - USC: Tyler Bak 4-5, 2B, HR, SB, 2 R, 3 RBI

UNC Pembroke 4, USC Aiken 3 - Aik: Johann Rodriguez 3-4, SB, R, RBI
USC Beaufort 10, Savannah State 7 - Bea: Cooper McDaniel 3-4, 2B, 2 BB, 2 SB, 3 R, 2 RBI

USC Upstate 14, George Mason 10 - Up: Tyler Lang 2-4, 3 BB, R, 4 RBI

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That was the week that was in S.C. college baseball, March 23-29

State scoreboard, Monday, March 30

Conference Carolinas JV Tournament

Sparrow Stadium, Florence

Barton 5, Francis Marion 2

Ferrum 14, Chowan 7

Chowan 11, Francis Marion 10
Ferrum 10, Barton 1

Dr. C Keith Connor Field, Central

Southern Wesleyan 6, Young Harris 2

King 13, Young Harris 3, 5 innings 

Southern Wesleyan 9, King 2

Grier Field, Due West

Erskine 21, Emmanuel 13
Belmont Abbey 10, Emmanuel 4

Belmont Abbey 7, Erskine 6

S.C. college baseball recap, Sunday, March 29

State schedule, March 30-April 5

Monday, March 30

Conference Carolinas JV Tournament

Sparrow Stadium, Florence

Barton vs. Francis Marion, 10 a.m.

Chowan vs Ferrum, 1 p.m.

10 a.m. loser vs. 1 p.m. loser, 4 p.m.

10 a.m. winner vs. 1 p.m. winner, 7 p./m.

Dr. C Keith Connor Field, Central

Young Harris vs. Southern Wesleyan, 10 a.m.

Young Harris vs. King, 1 p.m.

King vs. Southern Wesleyan, 4 p.m.
Grier Field, Due West
Erskine vs. Emmanuel, 10 a.m.
Emmanuel vs. Belmont Abbey, 1 p.m.
Erskine vs. Belmont Abbey, 4 p.m. 

Tuesday, Mary 31

Bob Jones at Alice Lloyd, DH, 1 p.m.

Voorhees at Columbia International, 2 p.m.

Erskine at Claflin, 3 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Savannah State, 3 p.m.

USC Upstate at George Mason, 3 p.m.

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

Georgia College at Coker, 4 p.m.

Augusta at Southern Wesleyan, 5 p.m.

Presbyterian at Western Carolina, 5 p.m.

UNC Pembroke at USC Aiken, 5 p.m.

College of Charleston at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Francis Marion at Newberry, 6 p.m.

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

Coastal Carolina at The Citadel, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 1

Southern Wesleyan JV at Young Harris JV, DH, 2 p.m.

Clemson vs. Wake Forest, Charlotte (Truist Field), 7 p.m.

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 Newbery, 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.