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

HBCUAC Tournament, Stillman College

Benedict at Miles, DH, 1 p.m.

Georgia College at Claflin, 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.

Spartanburg Methodist at Montreat, 3 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..

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

HBCUAC Tournament, Stillman College

Lander at St. Leo, noon

Newberry at Mars Hill, DH, noon

North Greenville at Emmanuel, DH, noon

Spartanburg Methodist at Montreat, 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.

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

HBCUAC Tournament, Stillman College

Charleston Southern at UNC Asheville, noon

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.

Texas State at Coastal Carolina, 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.

Palmetto State Baseball team rankings, April 19

 

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 NCAA Division I

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Coastal Carolina	2-2	28-11	1	L1
2.	Clemson	2-2	25-16	2	L1
3.	Winthrop	4-0	27-13	3	W4
4.	Wofford	4-0	29-11	5	W8
5.	South Carolina	1-3	19-22	4	L3
6.	College of Charleston	3-1	19-20	8	W1
7.	The Citadel	2-2	18-21	9	L2
8.	Charleston Southern	1-3	22-16	7	W1
9.	USC Upstate	0-4	19-22	6	L4
10.	Presbyterian	1-3	9-32	10	L2

NCAA Division II

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	North Greenville	4-0	40-7	1	W15
2.	Francis Marion	3-1	37-9	2	W1
3.	USC Aiken	3-1	33-13	3	W1
4.	Lander	3-0	27-18	4	W5
5.	Erskine	1-2	24-22	6	L1
6.	Newberry	0-4	24-22	5	L5
7.	Benedict	3-0	19-10	7	W3
8.	Anderson	2-2	22-23	8	W2
9.	Southern Wesleyan	1-2	15-31	9	W1
10.	Coker	1-3	12-32	10	L3
11.	USC Beaufort	1-3	12-31	11	L3
12.	Claflin	0-4	4-33	12	L7

NAIA/NCCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Spartanburg Methodist	3-0	22-21	1	W3
2.	Columbia International	1-2	17-29	2	L2
3.	Morris	1-1	9-15	3	L1
4.	Bob Jones	1-2	12-24	4	L2
5.	Voorhees	3-0	10-21	5	W3

NJCAA/USCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Florence-Darlington Tech	2-2	42-10	1	L2
2.	USC Sumter	3-2	29-18	2	W2
3.	USC Union	3-0	28-19	3	W3
4.	USC Lancaster	0-3	22-23	4	L3
5.	USC Salkehatchie	0-3	3-44	5	L31
6.	Denmark Tech	0-0	1-12	6	L5

Team of the week, April 13-19: Winthrop

Winthrop (4-0)

(beat Elon went 3-0 vs. USC Upstate)

Coming off a Big South Conference series loss at Presbyterian last week brought first-place Winthrop back to the pack a little bit with a potent USC Upstate offense coming up next.

Coach Mike McGuire's team was up to the challenge, winning three tight games to hold on to first place The tightest game came Sunday, when the Eagles needed three ninth-inning runs to force extra innings - which they got - and a walk-off single from Chazz Grossington in the 10th to win.

Up next: At home Tuesday vs. Elon before a weekend conference series at Gardner-Webb.

Also considered

Benedict (3-0)
College of Charleston (3-1)

Francis Marion (3-1)

Lander (3-0)

North Greenville (4-0) - 15 straight wins

Spartanburg Methodist (3-0)
USC Aiken (3-1)

USC Sumter (3-2)

Voorhees (3-0)

Wofford (4-0)

Previous winners
Jan. 23-Feb. 1: North Greenville
Feb. 2-8: Anderson
Feb. 9-15: Francis Marion 

Feb. 16-22: Charleston Southern
Feb. 23-March 1: Benedict
March 2-8: Clemson

March 9-15: Coastal Carolina
March 16-22: Florence-Darlington Tech

March 23-29: Winthrop

March 30-April 5: North Greenville
April 6-12: Wofford

State scoreboard, Sunday, April 19

Chazz Grossington's 10th-inning single helped
the Eagles keep the Big South lead. (Winthrop photo)

Player of the day: Chazz Grossington, Winthrop, 2-5,  2B, R, 2 RBI, game-winning hit in 10th inning

Honorable mention: Jonathan Olmedo, Benedict, 3-4, SB, 2 BB, 3 R, 3 RBI, W, 4.2 IP, 7 K

* Briefly: Chazz Grossington's 10th-inning single capped Winthrop's (27-13, 10-2 Big South) comeback from four runs down to complete a series sweep of USC Upstate (19-22, 8-10). The Eagles forced extra innings with three runs in the ninth - capped by Colin Crowley's two-run homer, his third hit of the game ... Niko Brini  and Lucas Manning hit two home runs and Ben Timblin hit a grand slam as Wofford (29-11) run-ruled UNC Asheville (16-24) for the third straight day to win its eighth straight game. All three hitters drove in four runs apiece ... No. 17 Mississippi State (30-10, 10-8 SEC) scored an unearned run in the 11th inning to complete a sweep at South Carolina (19-22, 5-13).  Talmadge LeCroy had two singles, a walk and an RBI for the Gamecocks, who struck out 44 times in the series ... Georgia State (20-21, 8-10 Sun Belt) scored six runs in the eighth inning on 2 hits, 3 hit batsmen, 2 walks and 2 stolen bases to knock off No. 7 Coastal Carolina (28-11,15-3) ...  A seven-run second inning put USC Sumter (29-18, 14-12 Region 10) in command and the Fire Ants won the series over Florence-Darlington Tech (42-10, 20-7) via run rule. Carew Bates hit two homers and drove in five runs and Ryan Piekutoski added a homer and three RBI for Sumter. Jebb Britt pitched a complete game ... Carson Bryant (4 innings) and  Kaden Myers (5) combined to shut out William & Mary (16-22, 7-11 CAA) as College of Charleston (19-20, 10-8) took the final game of a road series ... Charleston Southern (22-16, 7-8 Big South) took the lead with an unearned run in the eighth to take the series finale against High Point (26-13, 11-4) ... Lander (27-18, 20-10 Peach Belt) completed a sweep of USC Beaufort (13-31, 4-23) with its third run-rule win ... Jonathan Olmedo was 3-for-4 for 2 walks, 2 runs scored, 3 RBI, a stolen base, a win and 7 strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings of relief as Benedict (19-10, 17-10 SIAC) completed a sweep of Tuskegee (11-29, 8-20) with a run-rule victory ... USC Union (28-19, 11-15 Region 10) solidified its hold on fourth place by completing a sweep of USC Lancaster (22-23, 9-17) ... USC Aiken (33-13, 19-8 Peach Belt) built a six-run lead after 3 1/2 innings  and held off Georgia College (18-25, 11-16) ... Gaston College (46-3, 24-3 Region 10) clinched the regular-season championship and top seed for the Region 10 Tournament with a pair of run-rules win over USC Salkehatchie (3-44, 1-25) in the opener of a doubleheader ... East Tennessee State (25-12, 8-4 SoCon) took the rubber game of the series with The Citadel (18-21, 4-8) with four runs in the eighth to invoke the run rule ... Presbyterian (9-32, 5-10 Big South) scored five runs in the eighth to tie the score, but Longwood (23-17, 8-7) scored a run in the bottom of the inning for the victory ... Flagler (30-14, 17-10 Peach Belt) completed a sweep of Claflin (4-33, 1-26) with a run-rule win. 

Beyond the border
ACC: No. 2 Georgia Tech salvaged the series finale at No. 3 North Carolina, 5-2 ... No. 8 Florida State finished a sweep of Notre Dame, 6-4 ... N.C. State avoided at sweep against Wake Forest, 6-5 ... Stanford took the finale against Miami, 14-6 ... Louisville beat California, 8-5 ... Virginia Tech nipped Pitt, 6-5.
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 16-5; North Carolina 15-6; Boston College 14-7; Florida State 12-6; Virginia 12-9; Miami 10-8; Wake Forest 11-10; N.C. State 9-9; Virginia Tech 9-12; Pitt 7-11; Stanford 7-11; Louisville 7-11; Duke 8-13; Clemson 6-12; California 6-12;  Notre Dame 7-14.

* SEC: Tennessee avoided a sweep by No. 25 Ole Miss, 13-5 ... No. 10 Texas A&M completed a sweep of LSU, 5-2 ... No. 11 Alabama took the finale at No. 4 Texas, 2-1 ... No. 14 Oklahoma wrapped up a sweep of Missouri, 8-4 ... Vanderbilt took the finale at Kentucky, 13-6.
* SEC standings: Georgia 13-5; Texas A&M 12-5; Texas 11-6; Auburn 10-8; Florida 10-8; Mississippi State 10-8; Oklahoma 10-8; Ole Miss 10-8; Alabama 9-9; Arkansas 9-9; Vanderbilt 9-9; Kentucky 8-10; Tennessee 8-10; LSU 6-12; South Carolina 5-13; Missouri 3-15.

Benedict 20, Tuskegee 10, 7 innings - Ben: Joshua Medina 1B, 2B, BB, 23 R, 3 RBI
Charleston Southern 4, High Point 3 - Cha: Gavin Speirs HR, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 4, William & Mary 0 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 2-3, BB, SB, R, RBI
East Tennessee State 12, The Citadel 1, 8 innings - Cit: Michael Gibson 2-3, 2B, R

Flagler 23, Claflin 3, 7 innings - Cla: Devyn Campbell 1B, 2B, 3B, SB, R

Gaston College 17, USC Salkehatchie 0, 5 innings, Game 1 - Sal: Zaer Hernandez 1B
Gaston College 28, USC Salkehatchie 2, 5 innings, Game 2 - Sal: Alex Morgan 1B, HR
Georgia State 11, Coastal Carolina 5 - Coa: Taylor Jordan HR, HBP, 2 R, 2 RBI

Lander 18, USC Beaufort 5, 8 innings - Lan: Oliver Zohn 4-5, 2B,  2 R, 2 SB, 3 RBI
Longwood 6, Presbyterian 5 - PC: Amman Dewberry 1B, HR, 2 RBI
Mississippi State 4, South Carolina 3, 11 innings - USC: Alex Philpott 4 IP, H, BB, K

USC Aiken 8, Georgia College 6 - Aik: Salvatore Laimo 2-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 SB

USC Sumter 12, Florence-Darlington Tech 2, 5 innings - Sum: Ryan Piekutoski 1B, HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Union 12, USC Lancaster 3, 8 innings

Winthrop 6, USC Upstate 5, 10 innings -Win: Colby McNeely 4 IP, 0 R, 2 R

Wofford 20, UNC Asheville 9, 8 innings - Wof: Lucas Manning 3B, 2 HR, 3 R, 4 RBI

(16/1036)

S.C. college baseball recap, Saturday, April 18, PART 2

S.C. college baseball recap, Saturday, April 18, PART 1