State scoreboard, Friday, May 15

Ben Timblin leads the Terriers in triples, homers
RBI and stolen bases. (Wofford photo)

Player of the day: Ben Timblin,Wofford, 5-5, 3B, HR, 3 R, 7 RBI

Honorable mention: Cameron Flukey, Coastal Carolina 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K

Honorable mention: Darin Horn, Coastal Carolina, 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 9 K

* NCAA Division I: Cameron Flukey struck out five in four innings and Darin Horn added nine in five innings as No. 20 Coastal Carolina  (36-18, 21-8 Sun Belt) won a four-hit shutout over Louisiana (33-21, 15-14) to even the series. The Chanticleers remained in a first-place tie with Southern Mississippi, which beat Georgia Southern, 10-1 ... Ben Timblin had two singles, a triple and two homers to drive in seven runs as Wofford (34-19, 12-8 SoCon) evened its series at Samford (27-24, 11-9) ... Virginia Tech (29-22, 15-14 ACC) scored both runs in the bottom of the ninth - with the winner coming on a misplayed infield rundown - to clinch a series win over Clemson (30-25, 9-20). Held to two hits through eight innings, the Hokies got a leadoff double from Ethan Ball, who moved to third on a flyout. Nick Locurto followed with a game-tying single and Pete Daniel singled Locurto to third. Daniel broke for second on a pitch in the dirt, got in a rundown and was tagged out as he returned to first while Locurto scored. Clemson pitchers struck out 10, including three by Ariston Veasey in three innings ... Sam Dansky's homer tied the score in the ninth and The Citadel (29-24, 10-10 SoCon) scored three runs in the 10th to clinch a series win at VMI (28-25, 3-17) ... Vanderbilt (31-24, 13-16 SEC) scored six runs in the first and withstood a modest South Carolina (22-33, 7-22) comeback to deal the Gamecocks their 11th straight loss. Missouri's loss to texas assured the Gamecocks of finishing 15th in the conference ... Will Tippett homered and drove in four runs as College of Charleston (27-26, 17-12 CAA) clinched a series win over William & Mary (21-31, 12-17) ... Colin Crowley and Chazz Grossington drove in five runs apiece and Winthrop (32-22, 14-9 Big South) beat Longwood (29-23, 11-12) to snap a five-game conference losing streak ... Preston Lucas's bases-loaded walk in the eighth capped a comeback from seven runs down to Northern Kentucky (25-27) as USC Upstate (28-27) won its fifth straight game ... Radford (25-23, 12-11 Big South) broke a tie with six runs in the seventh and clinched a series win over Charleston Southern (28-21, 12-11) ... Ryan Kennell's two-run single gave Gardner-Webb (24-30, 9-14 Big South) the lead and the Bulldogs evened the series with Presbyterian (12-43, 8-15) ...

* NCAA Division II Southeast Regional: Francis Marion (44-12) rallied from an early two-run deficit to top North Greenville (48-11) and reach Saturday's championship game. Ethan McAnally had a three-run homer for the Patriots in the seventh to pad a one-run lead. The Trailblazers got a two-run homer from Josh Foulks in the ninth for the final margin ... North Georgia (42-15) rallied from seven runs down after two innings to eliminate Lander (36-21) from Tigerville portion of the regional. On Saturday, the Nighthawks play North Greenville for the right to face Francis Marion Saturday night.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech beat No. 23 Boston College 14-1, to wrap up the regular-season championship ... No. 2  North Carolina clubbed N.C. State, 17-7 ... No. 11 Florida State hammered Miami, 11-1 ... Louisville whipped Virginia, 12-12 ... Notre Dame evened its series with Pitt, 6-4 ... Wake Forest topped Duke, 7-2 ...
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 24-5; North Carolina 22-7; Florida State 19-10; Boston College 17-12; Wake Forest 16-13; Miami 15-14;  Virginia Tech 15-14; Virginia 14-15; x-Stanford 13-15; N.C. State 13-16;  Louisville 12-17; Notre Dame 12-17; Pitt 11-18; x-California 10-18; Duke 9-20; Clemson 9-20.

x-late Friday game not included.

* SEC: No., 4 Georgia picked up a series win at No. 5 Auburn, 9-7 ... No. 19 Florida clinched at series win over LSU, 11-1 ... No. 15 Ole Miss evened its series with No. 18 Alabama, 9-0 ... No. 10 Texas A&M tied it series with No. 13 Mississippi State, 11-9 ... No. 12 Arkansas edged Kentucky, 5-4 ... No. 6 Texas took care of Missouri, 11-6 ... Tennessee was leading Oklahoma, 5-3, with rain  caused suspension of the game in the bottom of the seventh. It will resume Saturday prior to the scheduled game.
* SEC standings: Georgia 23-6; Texas 18-10; Texas A&M 17-11; Alabama 17-12; Florida 17-12;  Auburn 16-13; Mississippi State 16-13;  Arkansas 16-13; Ole Miss 15-14; Tennessee 14-14; Oklahoma 13-15; Kentucky 13-16; Vanderbilt 13-16; LSU 9-20; South Carolina 7-22; Missouri 6-23.

* SoCon: Mercer beat East Tennessee State, 9-7, and has a 14-6 league record. The Bears clinch the top seed for the conference tournament with a win on Saturday. Should Mercer lose, Western Carolina (13-7) can clinch the top seed with a win over UNC Greensboro. The Catamounts have the head-to-head tiebreaker by virtue of a series sweep.

Coastal Carolina 6, Louisiana 0 - Coa: Darin Horn W, 2 H, BB, 9 K
College of Charleston 8, William & Mary 5 - Cha: Braeden Smith 2-4, R, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 11, Presbyterian 6 - PC: Cam Mallo 2-3, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Radford 12, Charleston Southern 6 - Cha: Garrison Barile 1B, HR, 2 R
The Citadel 7, VMI 4, 10 innings - Cit: Zach Hunt 1B, 2 2B, 4 RBI

USC Upstate 8, Northern Kentucky 7 - Up: Maloy Heaghney 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Vanderbilt 9, South Carolina 5 - USC Luke Yuhasz BB, 2B, R, RBI
Virginia Tech 2, Clemson 1 - Cle: Jarren Purify 2-4, BB, 2 SB
Winthrop 23, Longwood 5 - Win: Luke Earnhardt W, 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 8 K
Wofford 8, Samford 6 - Wof: Cullen Condon W, 7 IP, 4 R, 9 K

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
North Georgia 12, Lander 11 - Lan: Zach Cowart 2-4, 2 BB, 2 SB, 3 R, RBI
Lander eliminated 
Francis Marion 6, North Greenville 4 - Fra: Robbie Jordan, W, 2 R, 5 K

Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
Wingate 14, Belmont Abbey 10
Belmont Abbey eliminated
Catawba 17, Young Harris 5
(12/1298)

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, May 14

State scoreboard, Thursday, May 14

Will Holmes has struck out 99 batters in 77 1/3
innings this season. (The Citadel photo)

Player of the day: Will Holmes, The Citadel, W, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, BB, 10 K

* NCAA Division I: Will Holmes (6-4) allowed three hits and struck out 10 in seven shutout innings and The Citadel (28-24, 9-10 SoCon) took a series opener at VMI (28-24, 3-16) ... Landon Penfield homered to spark a a six-run third inning and College of Charleston (26-26, 16-12 CAA) topped William & Mary (21-30, 12-16) ... Virginia Tech (28-22, 14-14 ACC) scored four runs in the sixth inning and beat Clemson (30-24, 9-19) for the first time since 2022. Brett Renfrow (5-4) held the Tigers to a run on six hits in 7 1/3 innings ... Cody Branch and two Louisiana (33-20, 15-13) relievers held No. 20 Coastal Carolina (35-18, 20-8 Sun Belt) to three hits to take a series opener. Southern Mississippi's 14-3 win  over Georgia Southern moved the Golden Eagles into a first-place tie with the Chants in the Sun Belt ... Landon Hyneman drove in three runs and Emory Guilford had three hits as Presbyterian (12-42, 8-14 Big South) caught Gardner-Webb (23-30, 8-14) in the standings ... An error with two outs in the 10th opened the door for USC Upstate (27-27) to score two runs and beat Elon (20-33).  Jake Armsey scored the tying run on the error and Wylie Waters singled in Preston Lucas with the winner ... Samford (27-23, 11-8 SoCon) hit three consecutive home runs in a five-run first inning, but needed a fielder's choice RBI in the ninth for a walk-off win over Wofford (33-19, 11-8) in a series opener. Trey Higgins, Eddie Marshall and Parker McDonald went back-to-back-to back in the Bulldogs' first, but Wofford answered with five in the second ... South Carolina's (22-32, 7-21 SEC) late-season tailspin continued as Vanderbilt (30-24, 12-16) sent the Gamecocks to their 10th straight loss ... Jack McMullan drove in six runs - including a go-ahead two-run homer - as Longwood (29-23, 11-11 Big South) beat Winthrop (31-22, 13-9). The loss, coupled with High Point's 11-10 10-inning at UNC Asheville, gave High Point the Big South's regular-season championship and top seed for the conference tournament ... Radford (24-23, 11-11 Big South) tied the score with a run in the eighth and Noah Toole singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th as the Highlanders took as a series opener at Charleston Southern (28-20, 12-10).

* NCAA Division II Southeast Regional: Host North Greenville (48-10) lashed out 17 hits and held Lander (36-20) scoreless until the sixth inning to cruise into a Friday game with Francis Marion. Lane McGaha, Landon Peavy and Thomas Powell had three hits apiece for the Trailblazers ... In the opening game, Will Dorrell, Kimmy Koza and Ethan McAnally homered as Francis Marion (43-12) topped North Georgia (41-15). Charlie Bussey III was 5-for-5 with a pair of doubles for the Patriots. Lander and North Georgia play an elimination game on Friday.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech shut out No. 23 Boston College, 9-0 ... No. 2 North Carolina took the opener at N.C. State, 9-4 ...  No. 11 Florida State tied the game against Miami with two runs in the eighth and three in the ninth and got a walk-off 7-6 win with a bases-loaded walk in the 11th ... Pitt beat Notre Dame, 6-3 ... Virginia topped Louisville, 8-3 ... Wake Forest downed Duke, 7-2 ...  Stanford threw out the potential tying run at home twice in the three innings - the second time to end the game - and outlasted California, 7-6.

* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 23-5; North Carolina 21-7; Florida State 18-10; Boston College 17-11; Miami 15-13; Wake Forest 15-13; Virginia 14-14; Virginia Tech 14-14; N.C. State 13-15; Stanford 13-15; Louisville 11-17; Notre Dame 11-17; Pitt 11-17; California 10-18; Duke 9-19; Clemson 9-19.

* SEC: No. 4 Georgia edged No. 5 Auburn, 2-1 ... No. 6 Texas helped South Carolina's chances of not finishing last in the conference with a 6-3 win over Missouri ... Kentucky edged No. 12 Arkansas, 4-3 ... No. 18 Alabama held off No. 15 Ole Miss, 5-4 ... No. 13 Mississippi State blitzed No. 10 Texas A&M, 18-11, behind a 13-run third inning ... No. 19 Florida beat LSU, 11-8 ... Tennessee topped Oklahoma, 9-7 ...
* SEC standings: Georgia 22-6; Texas 17-10; Alabama 17-11; Texas A&M 16-11; Auburn 16-12; Florida 16-12; Mississippi State 16-12;  Arkansas 15-13; Ole Miss 14-14; Tennessee 14-14;  Oklahoma 13-15; Kentucky 13-15; Vanderbilt 12-16; LSU 9-19; South Carolina 7-21; Missouri 6-22.

College of Charleston 9, William & Mary 2 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 1B, 2B, HBP, SB, 2 R, RBI
Longwood 8, Winthrop 2 - Win: Jaylen Hernandez 2-4, RBI
Louisiana 7, Coastal Carolina 2 - Coa: Blake Barthol HR, 2 RBI

Presbyterian 11, Gardner-Webb 2 - PC: Bo Moody 2-2, R, 2 RBI
Radford 4, Charleston Southern 3, 10 innings - Cha: Kain Collins 2-5, SB, RBI

Samford 7, Wofford 6 - Wof: Niko Brini 3B, R, 3 RBI
The Citadel 9, VMI 2 - Cit: TJ Anderson 3-4, BB, SB, R, 4 RBI
USC Upstate 7, Elon 6, 10 innings - Up: Jake Armsey 2-3, 2 BB, 3 R
Vanderbilt 9, South Carolina 1 - USC: Ethan Lizama 2-4, RBI

Virginia Tech 5, Clemson 1 - Cle: Nate Savoie 2-4

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional

Double elimination

Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Francis Marion 10, North Georgia 8 - Fra: Ethan McAnally 2B, HR, R, 4 RBI

North Greenville 17, Lander 6 - Nor: Matty Brown W, 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 3 K

Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.

Catawba 10, Belmont Abbey 3

Young Harris 9, Wingate 3

(12/1286)

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: Lander vs. North Georgia, 2 p.m.
Game 4: North Greenville vs. Francis Marion, 6 p.m.

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, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 17

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Game 7: if Game 5 winner wins Game 6, 3 p.m.

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