State schedule, Thursday, May 7

CIAA Championship Series
Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick, Va.
Claflin vs. Virginia State, 1 p.m.
Claflin vs. Virginia State, if VSU wins Game 1, 30 minutes after

NCCAA South Regional
Toccoa Falls College
Fort Lauderdale vs. Toccoa Falls, 11 a.m.
Fort Lauderdale vs. Toccoa Falls, if Toccoa Falls wins Game 1, 2 p.m.

S.C. college baseball recap, Wednesday, May 6

Stingers' next step comes Friday

The best-of-three NJCAA East District Championship series between Harford CC and Florence-Darlington Tech will begin Friday with games at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Dailey Field on the Tech campus.

Game 3, if necessary, would be at Lexington County Baseball Stadium at 1 p.m Saturday.

The winner advances to the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colo., later this month.

State scoreboard, Wednesday, May 6

Anthony Hardy's fourth double of the season sent
the Panthers to the championship round. (Claflin photo)

Player of the day: Anthony Hardy, Claflin 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI

* Briefly: Anthony Hardy's bases-loaded double in the ninth gave Claflin (6-36) a walk-off win over Bluefield State (21-20) in the CIAA Championship Series in Ettrick, Va.  Bluefield State had broken a 6-6 tie with a run in the top of the ninth. Nehemiah Drew singled to lead off the Claflin ninth and went to third on Devon Whitehead's double. After Christian Hill was intentionally walked, Hardy produced a shot down the left-field line for the win, prompting a big celebration by the Panthers. Whitehead had three hits and joined Hardy with three RBI. Coach Jaylan Bledsoe's Panthers advanced to Thursday's championship round of the double-elimination event against Virginia State. The six wins are the most in a season for the program since the 2019 team won 25. Subsequent teams won 4, 3, 3, 1, 1 and 5 games ... Winthrop's game at North Carolina and Wofford's game at Gardner-Webb were canceled because of weather.

CIAA Championship Series

Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick Va.

Claflin 8,  Bluefield State 7 - Cla: Nehemiah Drew 2-4, 2 R
Virginia State 5, Lincoln (Pa.) 2
Virginia State 15, Bluefield State 5

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College

Fort Lauderdale 18, Toccoa Falls 4

Baptist U. Florida 13, Southeastern Baptist 1

Toccoa Falls 5, Baptist U. Florida, 3

Canceled

Winthrop at North Carolina

Wofford at Gardner-Webb

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S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, May 5

State scoreboard, Tuesday, May 5

Jake Armsey's two doubles gave him
the team lead with 15. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Jake Armsey, USC Upstate, 4-4, 2 2B, HR, BB, 4 H, 7 RBI

* Briefly: Clemson (29-20) got its third win over a ranked team in four days, turning back No. 8 Coastal Carolina (33-15) at Conway in front of 6,103, the largest regular-season crowd in Chanticleers history. Jack Crighton had four hits and three teammates added two apiece. In addition, Nate Savoie extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a double and scored three times. Walker Mitchell doubled and drove in two runs for Coastal. Clemson won the last two games over No. 20 Boston College over the weekend. The last time the Tigers won three straight games was over Stanford, Santa Clara and North Carolina in early April ... Alex Marot singled, homered and drove in four runs for Charleston Southern (24-19) as it outlasted College of Charleston (22-25). Marot was one of five Buccaneers to get two hits apiece.  Jacob Amman and Alex LaCoste homered for the Cougars ... Jake Armsey drove in seven runs - including five during an 11-run fourth inning - and Johnny Sweeney homered for the fourth straight game as USC Upstate (23-26) run-ruled Elon (19-28) at Fluor Field. The Spartans had hits - seven for extra bases -  to push their winning streak to four ... Claflin (5-36) took the lead on a wild pitch in the eighth inning and held on to beat host Virginia State in the first round of the CIAA Championship Series. Christian Hill had three hits, stole a base and drove in a pair of runs for the Panthers, who snapped a 10-game losing straight and advanced to play Bluefield State on Wednesday. Nehemiah Drew and Lesley Johnson had two hits each ... Tennessee (32-17) hit four home runs as it overcame a Matthew Rollison first-inning homer to beat Presbyterian (10-39) ... Fort Lauderdale (33-11) scored in every inning to send Bob Jones to an elimination game in the NCCAA South Regional. Henry Rumble's fourth homer of the tournament - a two-run shot - started BJU's scoring. The Bruins (14-27) were eliminated when Baptist University of Florida scored three in the sixth and held on. Preston Cox had three hits, a walk and scored both BJU runs. Rumble had an RBI single. He drove in seven of the Bruins' 11 runs in the tournament. The Bruins' Mackenzie Ritter struck out six 

Charleston Southern 9, College of Charleston 6 - Cha: Garrison Barile 1B, HR, 2 R, 2 SB
Clemson 8, Coastal Carolina 4 - Cle: Tyler Lichtenberger 2-5, 2 R

Tennessee 8, Presbyterian 1 - PC: Matthew Rollison HR
USC Upstate 18, Elon 4, 7 innings - Up: Tyler Lang 3-3, 2B, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI 

CIAA Championship Series

Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick Va.
Bluefield State 4, Lincoln (Pa.) 3

Claflin 5, Virginia State 4 - Cla: Xavier Campbell 5 IP, 2 R, 5 K

NCCAA South Regional

Fort Lauderdale 20, Bob Jones 5 - BJU:  Mannix Crawford 2 BB, R, 2 RBI

Toccoa Falls 12, Trinity Jacksonville 3
Baptist U. Florida 4, Bob Jones 2 - BJU: Evan Johnson 3-3

Southeastern Baptist 5, Trinity Jacksonville 3
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S.C. college baseball recap, Monday, May 4

State scoreboard, Monday, May 4

Henry Rumble hit five home runs
in the regular season. (BJU photo)

Player of the day: Henry Rumble, Bob Jones 3-3, 3 HR, HBP, 4 RBI

* Conference Carolinas Tournament:  Drew Bray and Jeo Hernandez hit back-to-back homers to open the game and Young Harris (39-16) went on to shut out North Greenville (46-10) in the championship game. Young Harris added two runs in the fifth and put the game on the path to a run-rule ending by scoring nine in the sixth. Pitchers Austin Ritchie and Trey Griffen combined on a four-hitter shutout as the Mountain Lions earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional with its first tournament title. North Greenville is expected to receive an at-large bid to the event.

* Peach Belt Conference Tournament: Lander (34-19) broke a tie with two runs in the seventh and held on to beat Columbus State (30-22) to advance to the conference championship series this weekend. Cooper Backman's RBI fielder's choice scored Jarren Metcalf and Riley Hood came in on a throwing error on the play. Brody Winter added a homer in the eighth inning. Evan Demurias (4-2) pitched the final 2 2/3 innings to get the win. Top seed North Georgia will host the championship series, with Game 1 at 5 p.m. Friday.

* NJCAA Region 10 Tournament: Florence-Darlington Tech (49-11) bounced back from a Game 1 rout to score in seven innings of Game 2 and take the championship over Gaston College (54-5). Gabe Herold and Jake Little homered for FD Tech. Gaston College got two homers apiece from Caden Davidson, Nick Diehl and Joey Nicholson and a solo homer for Gabe Simmons in the opener. Diehl and David Nicks went deep in the nightcap, giving Gaston College 149 homers for the season. The Stingers' fourth win over the Rhinos this season earned them the host a spot in the NJCAA East District playoffs this weekend. Tech will play Harford CC in a best-of-three series.

* NCCAA South Regional: Bob Jones (14-25) used a pair of pickoffs to get out of a jam in the sixth and Henry Rumble broke a tie with his third homer of the game in the seventh inning as the Bruins topped Southeastern Baptist (19-19) in a first-round game. Rumble hit solo home runs in the first and fifth innings. Southeastern Baptist got a home run in the second inning and tied the game with a homer in the sixth, but a potential bigger inning was averted by two pickoffs. Evan Johnson got a two-out single in the BJU seventh and Rumble followed with his go-ahead blast. Tillman Padgett pitched a three-hit complete game for the Bruins. The sixth Bruins team set a school record for wins in a season.  BJU faces top seed Fort Lauderdale at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Toccoa Falls College.

Conference Carolinas Tournament

Young Harris 13, North Greenville 0, 7 innings - Nor: Thayer Tavormina 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 K

NCCAA South Regional

Trinity Jacksonville 4, Paine 3

Toccoa Falls 7, Baptist U. Florida 6
Bob Jones 4, Southeastern Baptist 2 -
Baptist U. Florida 11, Paine 8

Peach Belt Conference Tournament
Lander 4, Columbus State 1 - Lan: Zach Cowart 1B, HR, SB

Lander advances to championship series

Region 10 Tournament
Gaston College 16, Florence-Darlington Tech 2, Game 1 - Flo: Pat Costin HR

Florence-Darlington Tech 8, Gaston College 3 - Flo: Jackson Cook 2B, 3B, BB, SB. 3 R

SIAC Tournament

Spring Hill 6, Morehouse 4

Edward Waters 6, Spring Hill 4

Edward Waters wins title

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