That was the week that was in S.C. college baseball, Feb. 9-15

 

S.C. college baseball recap, Sunday, Feb. 15

State schedule, Feb. 16-22

The conference schedule begins for NJCAA Region 10 this week, with two of teams usually jockeying for the championship meeting on the first weekend.

Defending champion Florence-Darlington Tech and Gaston College have a three-game series at Sims Legion Park in Gastonia Saturday (doubleheader) and Sunday.

USC Salkehatchie at USC Lancaster and USC Union at USC Sumter are the other Region 10 matchups.

Coastal Carolina plays host to its annual Baseball at the Beach event, with Illinois and Virginia Commonwealth the opponents Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Also, the annual One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic starts Friday, with Presbyterian, USC Upstate and Wofford playing one home game each against NJIT (New Jersey Tech), Northern Illinois and Valparaiso over the weekend.

And in Columbia, Army, Air Force and Navy will play one game each against South Carolina.  Marshall, which plays at The Citadel Friday and Saturday, swaps places with Army on Sunday so the Black Knights can play The Citadel in Charleston. There are two games each day in Columbia.

Tuesday highlights include South Carolina's game against Wofford at Fifth Third Park in Spartanburg. a Clemson home game against Charlotte and a College of Charleston visit to Coastal Carolina. In-state matchups include Newberry at Erskine and Lander at Francis Marion.

 

USC Upstate plays at Georgia on Wednesday, while Winthrop is at N.C. State and Coker is at USC Aiken.

Monday, Feb., 16

Emmanuel JV at Southern Wesleyan JV, DH, p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 17

Voorhees at Savannah State, noon

Spartanburg Methodist at Toccoa Falls, 1 p.m.

Montreat at Morris, DH, 2 p.m.

Florence-Darlington Tech at Southeastern CC, 2 p.m.

Newberry at Erskine, 2 p.m.

USC Lancaster at Catawba Valley, 2 p.m.

Western Carolina at USC Upstate, 3 p.m.

Anderson at Emmanuel, 4 p.m.

Charlotte at Clemson, 4 p.m.

College of Charleston at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

Lander at Francis Marion, 4 p.m.

Mount Olive at Coker, 4 p.m.

Presbyterian at Elon, 4 p.m.

South Carolina vs. Wofford, Spartanburg, Fifth Third Park, 5:30 p.m.

Charleston Southern at North Florida, 6 p.m.

Claflin at Columbus State, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Robeson CC at USC Lancaster, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at East Georgia, DH, 1 p.m.

Brunswick CC at Florence-Darlington Tech, 2 p.m.

Coker at USC Aiken, 3 p.m.

USC Upstate at Georgia, 3 p.m.

Winthrop at N.C. State, 3 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at South Carolina, 4 p.m.

Rays Collegiate at Francis Marion JV, DH, 4 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Georgia College, 4 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 19

No games scheduled

Friday, Feb. 20

Wilberforce at Voorhees, DH, noon

North Greenville at Erskine, 2 p.m.

King at Southern Wesleyan, 3 p.m.

Milligan at Columbia International, 3 p.m.

Morehead State at Winthrop, 3 p.m.

Reinhardt at Spartanburg Methodist, 3 p.m.

Bryant at Clemson, 4 p.m.

Elon at Charleston Southern, 4 p.m.

Marshall at The Citadel, 4 p.m.

Shorter at Francis Marion, 4 p.m.

South Alabama at College of Charleston, 4 p.m.

USC Aiken at Middle Georgia, 4 p.m.

Lander at North Georgia, 5 p.m.

Virginia Wise at Newberry, 5 p.m.

Anderson at Tusculum, 6 p.m.

Augusta at USC Beaufort, 6 p.m.

Wingate at Coker, 6 p.m.

Baseball at the Beach, Conway

Illinois vs. VCU, 11 a.m.

VCU at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic

NJIT at Presbyterian, 4 p.m.

Northern Illinois at USC Upstate, 3 p.m.

Valparaiso at Wofford, 5:30 p.m.

Founders Park, Columbia

Army at South Carolina, 2 p.m.

Army vs. Air Force, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 21

North Greenville at Erskine, DH, 11 a.m.

Bob Jones at Guilford, DH, noon

King at Southern Wesleyan, DH, noon

Wingate at Coker, DH, noon

Anderson at Tusculum, DH, 1 p.m.

Claflin at Columbus State, DH, 1 p.m.

Florence-Darlington Tech at Gaston College, DH, 1 p.m.

Lane at Benedict, DH, 1 p.m.

Milligan at Columbia International, DH, 1 p.m.

Reinhardt at Spartanburg Methodist, DH, 1 p.m.

Shorter at Francis Marion, DH, 1 p.m.

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

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

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

Wilberforce at Voorhees, 1 p.m.

Elon at Charleston Southern, 1:30 p.m.

Augusta at USC Beaufort, 2 p.m.

Bryant at Clemson, 2 p.m.

Morehead State at Winthrop, 2 p.m..

USC Aiken at Middle Georgia, 2 p.m.

South Alabama at College of Charleston, 2 p.m

Lander at North Georgia, 3 p.m.

Marshall at The Citadel, 4 p.m.

Baseball at the Beach
Springs Brooks Stadium, Conway
VCU vs. Illinois, 11 a.m.

Illinois at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic

NJIT at Wofford, 2 p.m.

Valparaiso at USC Upstate, 2 p.m.

Northern Illinois at Presbyterian, 3 p.m.

Founders Park, Columbia
Navy at South Carolina, 1 p.m.

Army vs. Air Force, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 22

Army at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

Augusta at USC Beaufort, 1 p.m.

Bryant at Clemson, 1 p.m.

Elon at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.

Florence-Darlington at Gaston College, 1 p.m.

Morehead State at Winthrop, 1 p.m.

South Alabama at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

USC Aiken at Middle Georgia, 1 p.m.

USC Salkehatchie at USC Lancaster, 1 p.m.

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

Lander at North Georgia, 2 p.m.

Lane at Benedict, 2 p.m.

Baseball at the Beach, Conway
Springs Brooks Stadium
Illinois at Coastal Carolina, 11 a.m.

VCU at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

Founders Park, Columbia
Marshall vs. Navy, 11 a.m.

Air Force at South Carolina, 4 p.m.

One Spartanburg, Inc., Classic

NJIT at USC Upstate, 11 a.m.

Valparaiso at Presbyterian, noon

Northern Illinois at Wofford, 1 p.m.

Palmetto State Baseball team rankings, Feb. 15

 Disagree? Tell me where I'm wrong in the comments section

 NCAA Division I

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Coastal Carolina	3-0	3-0	1	W3
2.	Clemson	3-0	3-0	2	W3
3.	South Carolina	2-1	2-1	4	L1
4.	USC Upstate	1-2	1-2	5	L1
5.	Wofford	3-0	3-0	8	W3
6.	College of Charleston	1-3	1-3	3	L3
7.	The Citadel	1-2	1-2	6	L1
8.	Winthrop	2-1	2-1	7	L1
9.	Charleston Southern	3-0	3-0	9	W3
10.	Presbyterian	2-2	2-2	10	L2

NCAA Division II

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	North Greenville	3-1	10-1	1	L1
2.	Lander	3-1	8-2	2	W1
3.	Francis Marion	4-0	9-1	3	W7
4.	USC Aiken	3-1	8-2	4	W1
5.	Newberry	3-1	6-4	6	W3
6.	Anderson	1-3	7-3	5	L3
7.	Southern Wesleyan	0-5	2-8	7	L6
8.	Erskine	4-1	4-7	10	W3
9.	Coker	1-3	1-7	8	L2
10.	USC Beaufort	1-3	3-5	11	L3
11.	Benedict	0-3	0-3	9	L3
12.	Claflin	0-4	3-6	12	L4

NAIA/NCCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Spartanburg Methodist	0-4	4-4	1	L4
2.	Bob Jones	3-1	3-4	5	W1
3.	Columbia International	0-4	1-15	2	L4
4.	Voorhees	1-0	1-6	3	W1
5.	Morris	1-1	1-3	4	W1

NJCAA/USCAA

Rank	School	Week W-L	Season W-L	Last Week	Streak
1.	Florence-Darlington Tech	2-0	11-2	1	W10
2.	USC Sumter	3-1	7-2	2	L1
3.	USC Union	6-0	8-2	3	W6
4.	USC Lancaster	5-0	6-5	4	W5
5.	USC Salkehatchie	1-3	2-11	5	L1
6.	Denmark Tech	0-4	0-6	6	L6

Palmetto State Baseball Team of the Week, Feb. 9-15: Francis Marion

Francis Marion (4-0 for the week)

(beat Coker, went 3-0 vs. Chowan)

To say Francis Marion put up video game-type numbers in its weekend series at Chowan may not do the performance justice.

The Patriots hit .457 (58-for-127) as a team team, scoring 73 runs. They hit 15 home runs in Saturday's doubleheader - nine in Game 1.

Zander Buchan, Charlie Bussey III and Ethan McAnally drove in six runs apiece in the 33-2 romp in Saturday's opener. McAnally had four homers and 10 RBI on the day after failing to go deep in the first eight games.

Bussey has driven in 20 runs in 10 games and has a .512 batting average. Close behind are Riley Orr (.500),  Will Dorrell (.471) and Jimmy Koza (.438). Three other players without enough at-bats to qrank among the team leaders.

Up next: at home vs. Lander on Tuesday.

Also considered

Bob Jones (3-1)

Charleston Southern (3-0) -

Clemson (3-0) - 2 shutouts in sweep of Army

Coastal Carolina (3-0) -

Erskine (4-1) 

Florence-Darlington Tech (2-0) - winning streak at 10

Lander (3-1)

Newberry (3-1) - swept previously unbeaten Anderson
North Greenville (3-1) - won 10 straight to open season
USC Aiken (4-1)

USC Lancaster (5-0)

USC Sumter (3-1)

USC Union (6-0)
Wofford (3-0) - scored 35 runs in three run-rule wins

Previous winners
Jan. 23-Feb. 1: North Greenville
Feb. 2-8: Anderson

State scoreboard, Sunday, Feb. 15

Cayden Mackey held South Alabama scoreless
over the final 5 1/3  innings. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Cayden Mackey 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K

* Briefly: Liberty scored single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to overtake The Citadel (1-2) in the rubber game of their series. The Bulldogs had taken a 4-2 lead in the fifth when Zach Hunt tripled in a run and later scored on a sacrifice fly ... Rutgers took a six-run lead after a half-inning en route to a run-rule win and series victory over College of Charleston (1-3) ... South Alabama hit four home runs as it beat USC Upstate (1-2) in the rubber game of their series.

Liberty 5, The Citadel 4 - Cit: Zach Hunt 1B, 3B, 2 R, RBI
Rutgers 14, College of Charleston 4, 8 innings - Cha: Ethan Plyler 3-4, 3B, R, 2 RBI

South Alabama 7, USC Upstate 3 - Up: Henry Zenor 3-5, 2B, RBI

Moved to Friday

Akron at Presbyterian

Clark State at USC Lancaster, DH

Northern Kentucky at South Carolina

Spring Hill at Benedict

Moved to Saturday 

Army at Clemson 

Bucknell at Charleston Southern
Fairfield at Coastal Carolina
Georgetown at Winthrop

Lynn at USC Aiken

Mercyhurst at Wofford 

Middle Georgia at Lander

USC Beaufort at Georgia Southwestern

Canceled

Lackawanna at Florence-Darlington Tech

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