State scoreboard, Friday, April 17

* South Atlantic Conference:  Carson-Newman (25-17, 14-14) scored an  unearned run in the eighth inning to take the series opener with Coker (12-30, 9-19).

Barton 7, Southern Wesleyan 6
Bob Jones 14, Toccoa Falls 13
Carson-Newman 5, Coker 4 - Cok: Colton Penner 2-4, 2 RBI
Francis Marion 19, Erskine 15
North Greenville 8, Chowan 0
Spartanburg Methodist 9, Union Commonwealth 5
Voorhees 15, Oakwood 6

Carolina at Columbia International, 4 p.m.

The Citadel at East Tennessee State, 5 p.m.

Wofford at UNC Asheville, 5 p.m.

Catawba at Newberry, 6 p.m.

Claflin at Flagler, 6 p.m.

Clemson at Virginia, 6 p.m.

College of Charleston at William & Mary, 6 p.m.

Georgia State at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

High Point at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

Lander at USC Beaufort, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Longwood, 6 p.m.

USC Aiken at Georgia College, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Virginia Wise at Anderson, 6 p.m.

Mississippi State at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday. April 16

State schedule, April 17-19

Friday, April 17

Bob Jones at Toccoa Falls, 2 p.m.

Coker at Carson-Newman, 2 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist at Union Commonwealth, 2 p.m.

Voorhees at Oakwood, 2 p.m.

Francis Marion at Erskine, 3 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Barton, 3 p.m.

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

Carolina at Columbia International, 4 p.m.

The Citadel at East Tennessee State, 5 p.m.

Wofford at UNC Asheville, 5 p.m.

Catawba at Newberry, 6 p.m.

Claflin at Flagler, 6 p.m.

Clemson at Virginia, 6 p.m.

College of Charleston at William & Mary, 6 p.m.

Georgia State at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.

High Point at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

Lander at USC Beaufort, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Longwood, 6 p.m.

USC Aiken at Georgia College, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Virginia Wise at Anderson, 6 p.m.

Mississippi State at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 18

Bob Jones at Toccoa Falls, DH, noon

Chowan at North Greenville, DH, noon

Coker at Carson-Newman, DH, noon

Francis Marion at Erskine, DH, noon

Southern Wesleyan at Barton, DH, noon

Spartanburg Methodist at Union Commonwealth, DH, noon

Carolina University at Columbia International, DH, 1 p.m.

Catawba at Newberry, DH, 1 p.m.

Clemson at Virginia, 1 p.m.

Tuskegee at Benedict, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at Gaston College, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Sumter at Florence-Darlington Tech, DH, 1 p.m.

USC Union at USC Lancaster, DH, 1 p.m.

Virginia Wise at Anderson, DH, 1 p.m.

Mississippi State at South Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

Paine at Morris, DH, 2 p.m.

Claflin at Flagler, 2 p.m.

Georgia State at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.

High Point at Charleston Southern, 2 p.m.

Lander at USC Beaufort, 2 p.m.

The Citadel at East Tennessee State, 2 p.m.

USC Aiken at Georgia College, 2 p.m.

Presbyterian at Longwood, 3 p.m.

UNC Asheville at Wofford, 4 p.m.

College of Charleston at William & Mary, 4:30 p.m.

USC Upstate at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Sunday, April 19

Claflin at Flagler, 1 p.m.

College of Charleston at William & Mary, 1 p.m.

Georgia State at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.

High Point at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.

Lander at USC Beaufort, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at Longwood, 1 p.m.

The Citadel at East Tennessee State, 1 p.m.

USC Aiken at Georgia College, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at Gaston College, 1 p.m.

USC Sumter at Florence-Darlington Tech, 1 p.m.

USC Union at USC Lancaster, 1 p.m.

Mississippi State at South Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

Tuskegee at Benedict, 2 pm.

UNC Asheville at Wofford, 2 p.m.

USC Upstate at Winthrop, 2 p.m.

State scoreboard, Thursday, April 16

Ethan Farrell is batting .470 for
the Tigers this season. (Voorhees photo)

Player of the day: Ethan Farrell, Voorhees 6-8, R, HBP, 5 SB, 3 RBI (partial stats)

* Briefly: A.J. Gracia hit a three-run homer in the second inning and Jake Weatherspoon had a three-run double in the sixth and No. 9 Virginia (27-12, 11-8 ACC) took Game 1 of a series with Clemson (24-15, 5-11).  Luke Gaffney hit a two-run home in the Tigers' second and Jacob Jarrell homered in the sixth to tie the score at three. But Weatherspoon delivered the deciding runs in the bottom of the inning. Tigers starter Aidan Knaak (2-4) struck out 10, but allowed all six runs. Gaffney and Nate Savoie had two hits apiece. Gracia's homer was his fifth in seven games against Clemson. He transferred from Duke to UVA to play for former coach Chris Pollard ... Voorhees (9-21, 8-10 HBCUAC) stole 18 bases and snapped a four-game losing streak in the opener and put up 10 runs in the fifth inning of Game 2 to pick up a sweep at Oakwood (3-29, 1-18). Ethan Farrell had three hits in each game and stole five bases in Game 1.

* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 15-3; North Carolina 13-5; Boston College 11-7; Virginia 11-8; Florida State 9-6; Miami 8-7; N.C. State 8-7; Wake Forest 9-9;  Duke 8-10; Louisville 6-9; Pitt 6-9; Stanford 6-9; Notre Dame 7-11; Virginia Tech 7-11; Clemson 5-11; California 4-11.

Beyond the border
* SEC: No. 16 Arkansas doubled up. No. 5 Georgia, 6-3 ... No. 20 Florida took the series opener from No. 13 Auburn, 6-3.
* SEC standings: Georgia 11-5; Texas A&M 9-5; Texas 9-5; Florida 10-6; Arkansas 9-7; Alabama 8-7;  Ole Miss 8-7; Auburn 8-8; Kentucky 7-8; Mississippi State 7-8; Oklahoma 7-8;  Tennessee 7-8; Vanderbilt 7-8; LSU 6-9;  South Carolina 5-10; Missouri 3-12.

* D1Baseball.com Top 25: BYU run-ruled No. 23 Arizona State, 19-9.

Virginia 6, Clemson 4 - Cle: Jacob Jarrell 1B, HR, 2 RBI
Voorhees 14, Oakwood 3, Game 1 - Voo: Daren Drayton 2-3, 2B, 3 SB, 2 BB, 3 R, 3 RBI

Voorhees 19, Oakwood 5, Game 2 - Voo: Ethan Farrell 3-5

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S.C. college baseball recap, Wednesday, April 15

State scoreboard, Wednesday, April 15

The Stingers' Jake Little has hit 11 home runs
 in 38 games. (Florence-Darlington Tech photo)

Player of the day: Jake Little, Florence-Darlington Tech, 3-5, HR, Sac, 2 RBI

* Briefly: Donovan Glisson drove in three runs and Yariel Diaz added two as USC Aiken (31-12) beat Newberry (24-19) to extend its winning streak to five. Keillor Osbon drove in two runs and was one of six Newberry player to get two hits ... Jake Little's 11th-inning homer was the margin of difference as Florence-Darlington Tech (41-8) beat the Columbia International JV to extend its winning streak to nine games.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 24 Boston College rallied past UConn, 8-5 ... Pitt spanked Akron, 13-2 ... South Florida dropped Miami, 4-2 ... Santa Clara beat Stanford, 2-1 ... San Jose State topped California, 10-7.

Florence-Darlington Tech 13, Columbia International JV 11, 11 innings - Flo: Kevin Bruno 3-7, R, 2 RBI

USC Aiken 7, Newberry 4 - Aik: Maverick Grigsby 3-5, 2B, 3 R

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S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, April 14

State scoreboard, Tuesday, April 14

Earlier this month, Robbie Jordan became
the Patriots' career victories leader. (FMU photo)

Player of the day: Robbie Jordan, Francis Marion, W, 8 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 11 K

Honorable mention: Zach Hunt, The Citadel, 1B, 2 HR, BB, 3 5 RBI

* Briefly: Jacob Jarrell had a three-run homer as part of a six-run first inning and Clemson (24-14) beat Charlotte (18-18) at Truist Field. Ariston Veasey came in with the bases loaded and none out in the eighth and struck out all three batters he faced. Tryston McCladdie played for the first time since suffering bone fractures when hit in the face by a pitch at Stanford April 5 ... Will Craddock, Talmadge LeCroy had KJ Scobey homered in the first inning, but South Carolina (19-19) needed a pair of RBI infield singles from LeCroy and Tyler Bak in the fourth inning to snap Davidson's six-game winning streak (18-16). USC pitchers struck out 12 ... Ben Timblin hit two of Wofford's (26-11) five home runs as the Terriers pounded Presbyterian (8-30) ... Conner Frail and two relievers combined to shut out USC Upstate (19-19) as College of Charleston (17-19) won its sixth straight game ... The Citadel (17-19) scored 11 runs in the fifth inning for a run-rule win over Charleston Southern (21-14). Zach Hunt's second homer of the game gave the Bulldogs the lead and he added a two-run single in the fifth ... North Greenville (37-7) rallied from five runs down at Lincoln Memorial (26-16) to stretch its winning streak to 12 games ... Robbie Jordan struck out 11 Wingate batters (30-13) in eight innings as Francis Marion (35-8) won a nonconference clash of ranked Division II teams. Charlie Bussey III and Riley Orr homered for the Pacers, who have won six straight ... Wake Forest (25-13) scored five runs in the third en route to beating No. 7 Coastal Carolina (26-10) ... Corey Wouters had three hits and drove in three runs as Winthrop (24-13) whipped Elon (14-22) ... Carew Bates and Ryan Piekutoski homered as USC Sumter took Game 1 over  No. 16 Walters State, but the Senators gained the split in the nightcap ... Alex Simmons struck out four and didn't allow an earned run in four innings as USC Beaufort (12-28) clinched a win over Savannah State (20-18) with a seven-run seventh inning ... Coker (12-29) broke a tie with six runs in the fourth inning and survived a comeback bid by UNC Pembroke (26-15) ... Toccoa Falls (23-18-1) pulled away to beat Claflin (4-30) ... North Georgia (35-11) hit three home runs as it doubled up Anderson (20-22).

Beyond the border:
* ACC: Virginia Commonwealth topped No. 9 Virginia, 6-2 ... No. 2 Georgia Tech beat Georgia Southern, 13-9 ... No. 3 North Carolina took care of of UNC Wilmington, 14-5 ... No. 8 Florida State trounced Stetson, 9-2 ... No. 24, Boston college downed Northeastern, 3-1 ... Notre Dame beat Valparaiso, 6-1 ... Louisville stopped Western Kentucky, 7-3 ... Virginia Tech no-hit Radford, 14-0 ... Liberty whipped Duke, 17-7 ...N.C. State topped East Carolina, 10-3.

* SEC: No. 5 Georgia outslugged East Tennessee State, 12-10 ... No. 4 Texas blased Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 14-7 ... No. 2 Texas A&M defeated Houston, 10-2 ...No. 25 Ole Miss upended No. 22 Southern Miss, 10-3 ... Bethune-Cookman knocked off No. 20 Florida, 13-7 ... No. 11 Alabama doubled up UAB, 12-6 ... Tennessee blasted UNC Asheville, 11-1 ... Vanderbilt pounded Lipscomb, 15-11 ... Arkansas beat Arkansas Pine Bluff, 12-2 ... No. 13 Auburn one-hit Alabama State, 13-0 ... No. 17  Mississippi State lashed Samford, 11-1 ... Oklahoma State took the measure of No. 14 Oklahoma, 7-3 ... LSU beat Northwestern State, 4-2.

* D1Baseball.com Top 25: Jacksonville nipped No. 21 UCF, 5-4.

* Elsewhere: Western Carolina whipped Appalachian State, 14-4 ... Kennesaw State turned back Mercer, 12-9.

Clemson 7, Charlotte 3 - Cle: Jackson Moore 1B, 2B,  2 RBI

Coker 12, UNC Pembroke 10 - Cok: Luke Peterson 2-3, R, 3 RBI
College of Charleston 6, USC Upstate 0 - Cha: Will Tippett HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
Francis Marion 12, Wingate 2 - Fra: Riley Orr 1B, HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
North Georgia 10, Anderson 5 - And: Levi Medford 2 HR, 4 RBI

North Greenville 10, Lincoln Memorial 8 - Nor: CJ Dean 2B, HR, HBP, R, 3 RBI
South Carolina 8, Davidson 6 - USC: Logan Prisco W, 2.1 IP, 5 K
The Citadel 15, Charleston Southern 5, 7 innings - Cit: Christian Stratis 3-4, 2B, R, 3 RBI
Toccoa Falls 19, Claflin 9 - Cla: Devon Whitehead 2-3, HR, 3 R

USC Beaufort 13, Savannah State 4 - Bea: Maddox Robinson 1-3, BB, 2 SB, 2 R, 3 RBI

USC Sumter 18, Walters State 10, Game 1 - Sum: Ryan Piekutoski 1B, HR, 2 BB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Walters State 5, USC Sumter 2, Game 2 - Sum: Hudson Moss 1B, 2B, 3 SB, R

Wake Forest 10, Coastal Carolina 5 - Coa: Jackson WIner 1B, 2 HR, 3 RBI
Winthrop 13, Elon 3 - Win: Alan Benhardt 3-4, 2 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Wofford 11, Presbyterian 2 - Wof: Brady Gold 1B, 2B, HR, 3 RBI

Canceled
Columbia International at Truett McConnell
Lander at Erskine
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