Palmetto State Baseball

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

State schedule, Wednesday, May 6

Winthrop at North Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

Wofford at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

CIAA Championship Series
Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick Va.

Lincoln vs. Virginia State, 1 p.m.

Claflin vs. Bluefield State, 4 p.m.

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College

Game 9: Fort Lauderdale vs. Toccoa Falls, 10 a.m.

Game 10: Baptist U. Florida vs. Southeastern Baptist, 12:30 p.m.

Game 11: Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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 five

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
(7/1235)

Monday, May 4, 2026

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

(5/1228)

S.C. college baseball recap, Sunday, May 3

Sunday, May 3, 2026

State schedule, May 4-10

Monday, May 4

Conference Carolinas Tournament
CaroMont Health Park, Gastonia, N.C.

North Greenville vs. Young Harris, 1 p.m.

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College unless noted

Game 1: No. 3 Trinity Jacksonville vs. No. 5 Paine, 9:30 a.m.

Game 2: No. 2 Toccoa Falls vs. No. 7 Baptist U. of Florida, noon

Game 3: No. 4 Southeastern Baptist vs. No. 5 Bob Jones, 2:30 p.m.

Stephens County High School.

Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 7:30 p.m.

Peach Belt Conference Tournament
Dolny Stadium, Greenwood
Columbus State at Lander, 3 p.m.

Region 10 Tournament
Lexington County Baseball Stadium
Game 10: Florence-Darlington Tech vs. Gaston College 11 a.m.
Game 11: If Gaston wins Game 10, 3 p.m.

SIAC Tournament

Luther Williams Stadium, Macon, Ga.
Game 13: Spring Hill vs. Benedict or Morehouse, 1 p.m.
Game 14: Edward Waters vs. Game 13 winner, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 5

Clemson at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

College of Charleston at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

Elon vs. USC Upstate, Greenville (Fluor Field), 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Tennessee, 6 p.m.

CIAA Championship Series
Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick Va.
Bluefield State vs. Lincoln (Pa.), noon
Claflin at Virginia State, 4 p.m.

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College unless noted

Game 5: No. 1 Fort Lauderdale vs. Bob Jones, 10 a.m.

Game 6: Trinity Jacksonville vs. Toccoa Falls, 1 p.m.

Game 7: Bob Jones vs. Baptist U. Florida, 4 p.m.

Stephens County High School.

Game 8: Southeastern Baptist vs. Trinity Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 6

Winthrop at North Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

Wofford at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

CIAA Championship Series
Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick Va.

Lincoln vs. Virginia State, 1 p.m.

Claflin vs. Bluefield State, 4 p.m.

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College

Game 9: Fort Lauderdale vs. Toccoa Falls, 10 a.m.

Game 10: Baptist U. Florida vs. Southeastern Baptist, 12:30 p.m.

Game 11: Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 3 p.m.

Thursday, May 7
NCCAA South Regional

Toccoa Falls College
Championship

Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 10 a.m.

Game 13: If Game 11 winner wins Game 12, 2 p.m.

Friday, May 8

Alabama at South Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

East Tennessee State at Wofford, 5:30 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Longwood, 6 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 6 p.m.

Florida State at Clemson, 6 p.m.

Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

Samford at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Winthrop at High Point, 6 p.m.

NJCAA Atlantic District Tournament
Florence
Best-of-three
Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, TBA

Peach Belt Championship Series
Bob Stein Stadium, Dahlonega, Ga.
Best-of-three

Lander vs. North Georgia, 5 p.m.

SAC Championship Series

McCrary Park, Asheboro, N.C.
Best-of-three
Game 1: Catawba vs. Wingate, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 9

Alabama at South Carolina, 1 p.m.

Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.

East Tennessee State at Wofford, 2 p.m.

Florida State at Clemson, 2 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Longwood, 3 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 3 p.m.

Winthrop at High Point, 4 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 6 p.m.

Samford at The Citadel, 6 p.m.

NJCAA Atlantic District Tournament
Florence

Best-of-three
Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, TBA

Peach Belt Championship Series

Bob Stein Stadium, Dahlonega, Ga.
Best-of-three

Lander vs. North Georgia, 1 p.m.
Lander vs. North Georgia, if necessary

SAC Championship Series

McCrary Park, Asheboro, N.C.
Best-of-three
Catawba vs. Wingate, noon

Catawba vs. Wingate, if necessary, 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 10

Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Longwood, 1 p.m.

College of Charleston at Elon, 1 p.m.

East Tennessee State at Wofford, 1 p.m.

Florida State at Clemson, 1 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 1 p.m.

Samford at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

Winthrop at High Point, 1 p.m.

Alabama at South Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

NJCAA Atlantic District Tournament
Florence
Best-of-three

Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, TBA