State schedule, Friday, May 8

Samford at The Citadel, Game 1, noon.

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, Game 2, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Winthrop at High Point, 6 p.m.

NJCAA Atlantic District Tournament
Dailey Field, Florence
Best-of-three
Game 1: Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, 11 a.m.
Game 2: Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, 3 p.m.

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

Game 1: 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.

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, May 7

State schedule, May 8-10

Friday, May 8

Samford at The Citadel, Game 1, noon.

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, Game 2, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at Presbyterian, 6 p.m.

Winthrop at High Point, 6 p.m.

NJCAA Atlantic District Tournament
Dailey Field, Florence
Best-of-three
Game 1: Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, 11 a.m.
Game 2: Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, 3 p.m.

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

Game 1: 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
Lexington County Baseball Stadium
Best-of-three

Game 3: Harford vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, 1 p.m., in necessary

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.

Winthrop at High Point, 1 p.m.

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

Moved to Friday
Samford at The Citadel

State scoreboard, Thursday, May 7

Freshman Wylan Sheffield pitched the only two complete
games by the Panthers this year, winning both. (Claflin photo) 

Player of the day: Wylan Sheffield, Claflin, W, CG, 7 IP, 5H, 0 R, BB 3 K 

* Claflin (7-36) scored three runs in the first inning, four in the second and 17 runs in the third inning and coasted past host Virginia State (13-26) to win the CIAA Championship Series in Ettrick, Va. 

It was the third win in as many days for coach Jaylan Bledsoe's Panthers, who sent 22 batters to plate in the third. Claflin got 12 hits - 11 of them singles - and drew 12 walks and seven hit batsmen.

Wylan Sheffield (2-11) pitched a five-hit complete game to register the Panthers' first shutout of the season.

Devyn Campbell, Nehemiah Drew and Anthony Hardy had two hits and four RBI apiece. Drew also scored four runs, while five teammates scored three apiece.

Claflin started the season 0-2, then won three straight games before a 24-game losing streak followed. After ending that streak with a walk-off win over USC Beaufort, the Panthers lost their final 10 games of the regular season.

The NCAA Division II Central Collegiate Athletic Conference does not sponsor baseball, so four member schools with baseball programs compete in other leagues or as independents. Claflin competes in the Peach Belt Conference.

 The Championship Series is not recognized as an official CIAA championship - but a championship is a championship, and Claflin took one home.

Beyond the border
* ACC: Miami took the opener of a home series with Louisville 13-8.
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 19-5; North Carolina 17-7; Boston College 17-10; Florida State 15-9; Miami 14-11; Wake Forest 14-13; Virginia 12-12;  N.C. State 12-12; Virginia Tech 13-14; Pitt 10-14; Stanford 10-14;  Notre Dame 11-16; Louisville 10-15; Duke 9-15; Clemson 8-16; California 8-16.

* SEC: No. 11 Mississippi State handled No. 6 Auburn, 10-3

* SEC standings: Georgia 18-6; Texas A&M 15-8; Texas 15-8; Mississippi State 15-10; Auburn 14-11;  Alabama 13-11; Arkansas 13-11; Florida 13-11; Oklahoma 12-12; Ole Miss 12-12; Kentucky 11-13; Tennessee 11-13; Vanderbilt 10-14; LSU 9-15; South Carolina 7-17; Missouri 4-20.

CIAA Championship Series
Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick, Va.
Claflin 24, Virginia State 0, 7 innings - Cla: Nehemiah Drew 2-4, 2 BB, SB, 4 R, 4 RBI

NCCAA South Regional

Toccoa Falls College

Fort Lauderdale 11, Toccoa Falls 9

Fort Lauderdale advances to NCCAA World Series
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S.C. college baseball recap, Wednesday, May 6

Stingers' next step comes Friday

The best-of-three NJCAA East District Championship series between Harford CC and Florence-Darlington Tech will begin Friday with games at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Dailey Field on the Tech campus.

Game 3, if necessary, would be at Lexington County Baseball Stadium at 1 p.m Saturday.

The winner advances to the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colo., later this month.

State scoreboard, Wednesday, May 6

Anthony Hardy's fourth double of the season sent
the Panthers to the championship round. (Claflin photo)

Player of the day: Anthony Hardy, Claflin 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI

* Briefly: Anthony Hardy's bases-loaded double in the ninth gave Claflin (6-36) a walk-off win over Bluefield State (21-20) in the CIAA Championship Series in Ettrick, Va.  Bluefield State had broken a 6-6 tie with a run in the top of the ninth. Nehemiah Drew singled to lead off the Claflin ninth and went to third on Devon Whitehead's double. After Christian Hill was intentionally walked, Hardy produced a shot down the left-field line for the win, prompting a big celebration by the Panthers. Whitehead had three hits and joined Hardy with three RBI. Coach Jaylan Bledsoe's Panthers advanced to Thursday's championship round of the double-elimination event against Virginia State. The six wins are the most in a season for the program since the 2019 team won 25. Subsequent teams won 4, 3, 3, 1, 1 and 5 games ... Winthrop's game at North Carolina and Wofford's game at Gardner-Webb were canceled because of weather.

CIAA Championship Series

Whaley Colbert Stadium, Ettrick Va.

Claflin 8,  Bluefield State 7 - Cla: Nehemiah Drew 2-4, 2 R
Virginia State 5, Lincoln (Pa.) 2
Virginia State 15, Bluefield State 5

NCCAA South Regional

at Toccoa Falls College

Fort Lauderdale 18, Toccoa Falls 4

Baptist U. Florida 13, Southeastern Baptist 1

Toccoa Falls 5, Baptist U. Florida, 3

Canceled

Winthrop at North Carolina

Wofford at Gardner-Webb

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S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, May 5