Saturday, May 16, 2026

ACC, SEC, Sun Belt, CAA, Big South, SoCon tournament schedules


ACC TOURNAMENT
Truist Field, Charlotte
Single elimination
Tuesday, May 19
ACC Network
Game 1: No. 16 Duke vs. No. 9 NC State, 9 a.m.
Game 2: No. 12 Stanford vs. No. 13 California, 1 p.m.
Game 3: No. 15 Clemson vs. No. 10 Notre Dame, 5 p.m.
Game 4: No. 14 Pitt vs. No. 11 Louisville, 9 p.m.
 
Wednesday, May 20
ACC Network
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. No. 8 Virginia, 9 a.m.
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 5 Miami, 1 p.m.
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech, 5 p.m.
Game 8: Game 4 vs. No. 6 Wake Forest, 9 p.m.
 
Thursday, May 21
ACC Network
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. No. 1 Georgia Tech, 3 p.m.
Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. No. 4 Boston College, 7 p.m.  
 
Friday, May 22
ACC Network
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. No. 2 North Carolina, 3 p.m.
Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. No. 3 Florida State, 7 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 23
ACC Network
Game 13: Game 9 vs. Game 10 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 14: Game 11 vs. Game 12 winner, 5 p.m.
 
Sunday, May 24
Championship Game
ESPN2
Game 15: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, noon


SEC Tournament
Hoover (Ala.) Metropolitan Stadium
Single elimination
Tuesday, May 19
SEC Network
Game 1: No. 9 Ole Miss vs. No. 16 Missouri, 10:30 a.m.
Game 2: No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Kentucky, 30 minutes after
Game 3: No. 10 Tennessee vs. No. 15 South Carolina, 5:30 p.m.
Game 4: No. 11 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 LSU, 30 minutes after

Wednesday, May 20
SEC Network
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. No. 8 Mississippi State, 10:30 a.m.
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 5 Florida, 30 minutes after
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 7 Arkansas, 5:30 p.m.
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. No. 6 Auburn, 30 minutes after

Thursday, May 21
SEC Network
Game 9:  Game 5 winner vs. No. 1 Georgia, 4 p.m.
Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. No. 4 Alabama, 30 minutes after

Friday, May 22
SEC Network
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. No. 2 Texas, 4 p.m.
Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. No. 3 Texas A&M, 30 minutes after

Saturday, May 23
SEC Network
Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 30 minutes after

Sunday, May 24
Championship    
ABC
Game 15: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 2 p.m.





SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
DABOS Park, Montgomery, Ala.
Tuesday, May 19
ESPN+
Single elimination
Game 1: No. 10 Marshall vs. No. 7 Louisiana, 4 p.m.
Game 2: No. 9 Georgia State vs. No. 8 Old Dominion, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20
ESPN+
Double elimination
Game 3: No. 6 Texas State vs. No. 3 Appalachian State, 10 a.m.
Game 4: Higher seed Game 1/2 winner vs. No. 2 Coastal Carolina, 1:30 p.m.
Game 5: Lower seed Game 1/2 winner vs. No. 1 Southern Miss, 5 p.m.
Game 6: No. 5 South Alabama vs. No. 4 Troy, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 21
ESPN+
Game 7: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 10 a.m.
Game 8: Game 5 loser vs. Game 6 loser, 1:30 pm.
Game 9: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 5 p.m.
Game 10: Game 5 winner vs, Game 6 winner, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 22
ESPN+
Game 11: Game 9 loser vs. Game 7 winner, 4 p.m.
Game 12: Game 10 loser vs. Game 8 winner, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 23
ESPN+
Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 10 a.m.
Game 14: Game 10 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 1:30 p.m.
Game 15: If Game 11 winner wins Game 13, 5 p.m.
Game 16: If Game 12 winner wins Game 14, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 24
ESPN+
Game 17: Championship: 2 p.m.


CAA TOURNAMENT
Brooks Field, Wilmington, N.C
Wednesday, May 20
Game 1: No. 4 College of Charleston vs. No. 5 UNCW, noon
Game 2: No. 3 Monmouth vs. No. 6 Hofstra, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 21
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 11 a.m.
Game 4: No. 1 Campbell vs. lower seed Game 1/2 winner
Game 5: No.2 Northeastern vs. higher seed Game 1/2 winner

Friday, May 22
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. lower seed Game 4/5 loser, 11 a.m.
Game 7: Game 6 winner vs. higher seed Game 4/5 Loser, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 23
Game 9: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 5 p.m.
 
Sunday, May 24
Game 11: if Game 9 winner wins Game 10, 1 p.m.


BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT
McCormick Field, Asheville
Wednesday, May 20
Game 1: No. 4 Charleston Southern vs. No. 5 Radford, 11 a.m.
Game 2: No. 3 USC Upstate vs. No. 6 Longwood, 3 p.m.
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 21
Game 4: No. 1 High Point vs. Game 1 winner, 11 a.m.
Game 5: No. 2 Winthrop vs. Game 2 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. lower seed Game 4/5 loser, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 22
Game 7: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 11 a.m.
Game 8: Game 6 winner vs. higher seeded Game 4/5 loser, 3 p.m.
Game 9: Game 7 loser vs. Game 8 winner, 7 p.m.

Saturday, May 23
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 9 winner, noon
Game 11: if Game 9 winner wins Game 10, 45 minutes later


SOCON TOURNAMENT
Fluor Field, Greenville
ESPN+
Wednesday, May 20
Single elimination
Game 1: No. 5 The Citadel vs. No. 8 VMI, 9 a.m.
Game 2: No. 6 East Tennessee State vs. No. 7 UNC Greensboro, 12:30 p.m.
Double elimination
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. No. 4 Wofford, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Game 2, winner vs. No. 3 Samford, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 21
ESPN+
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. No. 1 Mercer, 9 a.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. No. 2 Western Carolina, 12:30 p.m.
Game 7: Game 5 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 4 p.m.
Game 8: Game 6 loser vs. Gamer 4 loser, 7:30 p.m.
 
Friday, May 22
ESPN+
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 9 a.m.
Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 12:30 p.m.
Game 11: If Game 7 winner wins Game 9, 4 p.m.
Game 12: If Game 8 winner wins Game 10, 7:30 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 23
Championship Game
Saturday's winners, 7:30 p.m.

State scoreboard, Saturday, May 16

Ethan McAnally's first pitching start of the year helped
the Patriots advance to the Super Regional. (Francis Marion photo)
Player of the day: Ethan McAnally, Francis Marion, 3-5, SB, R, 2 RBI, W, 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 K

* NCAA Division I: Luke Gaffney's three-run homer highlighted a five-run third inning and Clemson (31-25, 10-20 ACC) held off Virginia Tech (29-23, 15-15) to salvage the series finale and assure itself of the 15th seed for the ACC Tournament. The Tigers will play Notre Dame on Wednesday ... Lane Tobin hit a pair of homers and drove in two runs as The Citadel (30-24, 11-10 SoCon) completed a sweep of  VMI (28-26, 3-18). The teams are rematched in the first round of the SoCon Tournament ... Louisiana (34-21, 16-14 Sun Belt) scored two runs in the fifth and held on to beat No. 20 Coastal Carolina (36-19, 21-9. Coastal's loss, coupled with Southern Mississippi's win over Georgia Southern, gave the Golden Eagles the regular-season championship and made the Chanticleers the No. 2 seed for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... South Carolina (22-34, 7-23 SEC) got its only four hits in a three-run second inning, but Vanderbilt (32-24, 14-16) scored five runs in the fifth to send the Gamecocks to their 12th straight loss. Carolina plays Tennessee on Wednesday ...Nick Diaz singled and homered to drive in four runs as College of Charleston (28-26, 18-12 CAA) wrapped up a sweep of William & Mary (21-32, 12-18) ...  Alan Benhardt and Ethan Wilson had two-RBI hits in the sixth inning and Winthrop (33-22, 15-9 Big South) beat Longwood (29-24, 11-13) ... Garrison Barile walked, singled, homered and drove in four runs as Charleston Southern (29-21, 13-11 Big South) closed out the regular season by rallying past Radford (25-24, 12-12) ... Brady Small's three-run homer gave USC Upstate (29-27) the lead in the sixth inning and Jacob Kirby's solid four-inning relief outing allowed the Spartans to overtake Northern Kentucky (25-28) and end the regular season on a six-game winning streak ... Samford (28-24, 12-9 SoCon) scored eight runs in the first two innings and five in the seventh complete a run-rule win over Wofford (34-20, 12-9) and pass the Terriers for the third seed in the SoCon Tournament ... Gardner-Webb (25-30, 10-14 Big South) scored five runs in the third inning en route to taking the series finale over Presbyterian (12-44, 8-16).

* NCAA DII Southeast Regional: Francis Marion (45-12) scored the game's first eight runs and held off North Greenville (49-12) to win the Tigerville bracket.  Zander Buchan, Charlie Bussey III and Will Dorrell homered for coach Jeff Jefferson's squad. The Patriots advance to play Catawba in the best-of-three Super Regional next weekend. Games are at 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, if necessary, in Newman Park in Salisbury, N.C. That winner qualifies for the Division II World Series in Cary, N.C. Earlier Saturday, Thomas Powell's two-run single in the third inning gave North Greenville the lead and the Trailblazers eliminated North Georgia (42-16). Powell had two hits in the win and four in the loss to Francis Marion.

Beyond the border
* ACC:
 No. 2 Georgia Tech pounded No. 23 Boston College, 15-2, to complete a series sweep ... N.C. State took the series finale from No. 2 North Carolina, 7-2 ... Miami avoided a sweep at No. 11 Florida State, 7-4 ... Louisville downed Virginia, 10-5 ... Notre Dame ripped Pitt, 21-10 ... Duke scored five runs in the eighth to avoid a sweep by Wake Forest, 7-3 ... California get a series win over Stanford, 2-1.
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 25-5; North Carolina 22-8; Florida State 19-11; Boston College 17-13; Miami 16-14; Wake Forest 16-14; Virginia Tech 15-15; Virginia 14-16; N.C. State 14-16; Stanford 13-17; Louisville 13-17; Notre Dame 13-17; California 12-18; Pitt 11-19; Clemson 10-20; Duke 10-20.

* SEC: No. 5 Auburn whipped No. 4, Georgia, 14-4, to avoid a sweep ... No. 10 Texas A&M edged No. 13 Mississippi State, 7-6 ... No. 6 Texas beat Missouri, 12-7, to clinch the second seed ... No. 18 Alabama took the rubber game over No. 15 Ole Miss, 6-2 ... No. 19 Florida completed a sweep of LSU, 15-11 ... Tennessee beat Oklahoma, 9-4, in the completion of Friday's suspended game, but the Sooners took the schedule game, 12-9 ...No. 10 Arkansas scored 10 runs in the first, but needed to score the final four runs of the game to beat Kentucky, 16-12.
* SEC standings: Georgia 24-6; Texas 19-10; Texas A&M 18-11; Alabama 18-12; Florida 18-12;  Auburn 17-13; Arkansas 17-13; Mississippi State 16-14; Ole Miss 15-15; Tennessee 15-15; Oklahoma 14-16; Vanderbilt 14-16; Kentucky 13-17; LSU 9-21; South Carolina 7-23; Missouri 6-24.

Charleston Southern 10, Radford 7 - Cha: Caden Wolfley 2-4, BB, 3 R
Clemson 10, Virginia Tech 8 - Cle: Jack Crighton 3-5, HR, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 12, William & Mary 2, 7 innings - Cha: Will Tippett 3-3, HR, 3 RBI
Louisiana 3, Coastal Carolina 2 - Coa: Dean Mihos 1B, 3B, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 9, Presbyterian 2 - PC: Amman Dewberry 1B, HR, 2 RBI
Samford 13, Wofford 3, 7 innings - Wof: Niko Brini 1B, 3B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
The Citadel 12, VMI 7 - Cit: Sam Dansky 2B, BB, 2 SB, 3 R, 2 RBI
USC Upstate 10, Northern Kentucky 9 - Up: Henry Zenor 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Vanderbilt 5, South Carolina 3 - USC: Cooper Parks 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K
Winthrop 11, Longwood 5 - Win: Chazz Grossington 1B, HR, 2 BB, 4 R, 3 RBI
end regular season

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
North Greenville 7, North Georgia 3 - NGv: Ben Leikam W, 4 IP, H, R, 3 BB, 3 K
North Georgia eliminated
Francis Marion 11, North Greenville 8 - Fra: Jimmy Koza 3-4, R, 2 RBI
Francis Marion advances to play at Catawba 

Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
Young Harris 14, Wingate 3
Wingate eliminated
Catawba 6, Young Harris 4
Catawba advances to host super regional
(12/1310)

Friday, May 15, 2026

S.C. college baseball recap, Friday, May 15


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 second  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, who had moved to third on the play, broke for home and scored before a throw got to home. 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, 12-2 ... Notre Dame evened its series with Pitt, 6-4 ... Wake Forest topped Duke, 7-2 ... Cal evened its series with Stanford, 4-3.
* 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; Stanford 13-16; N.C. State 13-16;  Louisville 12-17; Notre Dame 12-17; Pitt 11-18; California 11-18; Duke 9-20; Clemson 9-20.

* 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)

Thursday, May 14, 2026

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)

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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.