State schedule, Saturday, May 2

Presbyterian at The Citadel, noon

Boston College at Clemson, 1 p.m.

South Carolina at LSU, 2 p.m.
Western Carolina at Wofford, 2 p.m.

College of Charleston at UNCW, 4 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at USC Upstate, 4 p.m.

Winthrop at UNC Asheville, 5 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern, 6 p.m.

South Carolina at LSU, 7:30 p.m.

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AAC Tournament

Hunter Wright Stadium, Kingsport, Tenn. 

Bryan vs. Tennessee Wesleyan, 1 p.m.
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Conference Carolinas Tournament, Gastonia, N.C.

CaroMont Health Park

Game 11:  Mount Olive vs. North Greenville, 11 a.m.

Game 13: Young Harris vs. Belmont Abbey, 3 p.m.

Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12, 7 p.m.

Sims Legion Park

Game 12: Francis Marion vs. UNC Pembroke, 11 a.m.

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NJCAA Region 10 Division I Tournament

Lexington County Baseball Stadium Lexington
Times tentative

Game 5: USC Salkehatchie vs. USC Lancaster, 4:30 p.m.

Game 6: USC Union vs. USC Sumter, 7:30 p.m.

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Peach Belt Conference Tournament

North Georgia College, Dahlonega

Game 3: North Georgia vs. Flagler, 11 a.m.

Game 4: Middle Georgia vs. Georgia Southwestern, 3 p.m.

Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.
Lander University, Greenwood

Game 3: Columbus State vs. Lander, noon

Game 4: USC Aiken vs. Georgia College, 3 p.m.

Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 6 p.m.

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South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C.

Game 3: Catawba vs. Lincoln Memorial, 11 a.m.

Game 4: Coker vs. Mars Hill, 2 p.m.

Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 6 p.m.

Wingate College, Wingate. N.C.
Game 3: Wingate vs. Lenoir-Rhyne, 11 a.m.

Game 4: Newberry vs. Carson-Newman, 3 p.m.

Game 5: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.

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SIAC Tournament

Luther Williams Field, Macon, Ga.

Game 7: Spring Hill vs. Savannah State, TBA
Game 9: Game 7 loser vs. Benedict, TBA
Game 10: Miles vs. Morehouse, TBA
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Edward Waters, TBA
Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, TBA

S.C. college baseball recap, Friday, May 1

State scoreboard, Friday, May 1

Alex Bouchard lowered his ERA to 1.68.  He
 has 86 strikeouts in 69.2 innings. (Wofford photo)

Player of the day: Alec Bouchard, Wofford, CG, W, 2 H, R, 14 K

* NCAA Division I: Alec Bouchard pitched a two-hit complete game and struck out 14 as Wofford (31-15, 9-4 SoCon) beat Western Carolina (29-17, 10-6) to snap a four-game losing streak. Logan Tribble drove in three runs and Lucas Manning homered for the Terriers. Noah Quarless doubled and homered for the Catamounts ... Brice Estep's RBI single capped a five-run eighth-inning comeback and No. 9 Coastal Carolina (32-13, 18-4 Sun Belt) survived the opener at Georgia Southern (13-33, 5-17). Georgia Southern loaded the bases in the ninth inning before Darin Horn closed the game out. The Eagles have lost 12 of their last 13 ... No. 20 Boston College (35-14, 17-8) assured Clemson (26-20, 6-16 ACC) of a losing conference record by handing the Tigers their fourth straight loss ... Will Holmes (4-4) struck out eight in seven innings as The Citadel (23-22) won at Presbyterian (10-36) ... Carter Harrington allowed two runs in seven innings as College of Charleston (21-23, 11-11 CAA) snapped a three-game losing streak in the opener of a series at UNCW (25-19, 13-9). Nick Diaz singled, doubled, walked, was hit by a pitch, scored a run and drove in two ... Corey Wouters had three hits and Winthrop (29-17, 12-4 Big South) took the opener of a series at UNC Asheville (17-29, 5-11) ... Wylie Waters had four hits and joined Johnny Sweeney in driving in four runs as USC Upstate (20-26, 9-10 Big South) hammered Gardner-Webb (21-25, 8-11) to snap a nine-game losing streak ... South Carolina and LSU were rained out and will play a split doubleheader at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. EDT Saturday.

* Region 10 Tournament: Florence-Darlington Tech (47-10) opened tournament play by defeating USC Sumter (35-19) to snap the Fire Ants' eight-game winning streak. Jackson Mullin allowed two hits and a run over seven innings for the Stingers. Earlier in the day, Dalton Taylor pitched a six-hit shutout as USC Sumter run-ruled USC Salkehatchie (3-48). Jaxon Jean and Easton Thorpe homered for the Fire Ants. ... Braden Mauro had a three-run homer to highlight a five-run eighth inning in USC Lancaster's win over USC Union (30-23). The Lancers (23-27) fell to top-seeded Gaston College (52-3) later in the day.

* Conference Carolinas Tournament: Young Harris (37-15) scored six runs in the third inning and sent top seed North Greenville (43-9) into a losers' bracket game against Mount Olive on Saturday. Belmont Abbey (38-12) scored in its final five innings to overtake No. 2 seed Francis Marion (41-11). Myles Proffitt had a two-run homer in the ninth inning, but FMU left the potential tying run on base. Charlie Bussey III scored his 104th run of the season, breaking the previous NCAA Division II record. The Patriots play UNC Pembroke on Saturday ... Mount Olive (29-20) scored six runs in the first inning and eliminated Erskine (27-26). Carson Yates had three hits and scored twice for the Flying Fleet.

* Peach Belt Conference Tournament:  Mason Salisbury drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning and Lander (32-18) survived an upset bid by Georgia College (22-26). Columbus State (28-20) rapped out 16 hits and scored the game's first 10 runs to send USC Aiken (35-16) into the losers' bracket against Georgia College. Lander, which has won 10 straight games,  and Columbus State meet in the winners' bracket.

* South Atlantic Conference Tournament:  Wingate (35-16) survived four home runs by Newberry (27-24) to take a first-round victory. Finn McLaughlin hit two homers and Nick Foster and Zach McClendon added one apiece for the Wolves, who play Carson-Newman in an elimination game Saturday ... A seven-run fourth put Catawba in charge in a first-round win over Coker (15-33). The Cobras meet Mars Hill in an elimination game on Saturday.

* Other: Kent Johnson had two hits and drove in four runs as Benedict (22-15) eliminated Albany State (28-18) from the SIAC Tournament. He drove in the Tigers' first two runs, then added a two-run homer in the ninth. Right fielder Curtis Lindsey made a pair of superb defensive plays to deny Albany State hitters. The Tigers play again Saturday, but a Friday night rainout will force some time changes ... Top-seeded Milligan (40-12) shut out Spartanburg Methodist (26-24) after the first inning to eliminate the Pioneers from the AAC Tournament.

Beyond the border
* ACC: Miami took Game 1 of a doubleheader at N.C. State, 12-9, but the Wolfpack took the nightcap, 13-6 ... Wake Forest edged Louisville for the second straight day, 6-5 ... Notre Dame beat Stanford, 6-2 ... No. 3 Georgia Tech lost to Xavier, 8-4 ... Virginia Tech defeated California, 9-1 ... Pitt and No. 14 Florida State were rained out and will play two on Saturday.
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 19-5; North Carolina 17-7; Boston College 17-8; Florida State 12-9; Miami 13-10; Virginia 12-12; Wake Forest 13-13; Virginia Tech 12-13; N.C. 11-12; Pitt 10-11;  x-Virginia Tech 11-13; Stanford 10-12;  Louisville 10-13; Duke 9-15; Notre Dame 9-16; California 7-15; Clemson 6-16.

* SEC: No. 5 Georgia shut out Missouri, 4-0 ... No. 15 Oklahoma beat No. 25 Florida, 5-3 ... No. 24 Alabama clinched a series win over Vanderbilt, 5-0 ... No. 4 Texas edged No. 10 Mississippi State, 3-1. Longhorns pitchers struck out 19 ... No. 22 Arkansas topped No. 17 Ole Miss, 12-2 ... Kentucky trounced Tennessee, 9-2 ... No. 8 Auburn and No. 7 Texas A&M were rained out and will play a pair on Saturday. 
* SEC standings: Georgia 16-6; Texas A&M 14-6; Texas 14-7; Mississippi State 13-9; Auburn 12-9; Arkansas 12-10; Oklahoma 12-10; Alabama 12-11; Ole Miss 11-11; Florida 11-11; Kentucky 10-12; Tennessee 10-12; Vanderbilt 10-13; South Carolina 7-14;  LSU 6-15; Missouri 4-18.

Boston College 8, Clemson 4 - Cle: Jacob Jarrell HR, BB, 2 RBI
Coastal Carolina 8, Georgia Southern 7 - Coa: Walker Mitchell 3 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI

College of Charleston 6, UNCW 2 - Cha: Ethan Plyler 3-4, BB, 2 R

The Citadel 7, Presbyterian 2 - Cit: Aryan Patel 3B, BB, 3 R, 3 SB, RBI
USC Upstate 16, Gardner-Webb 8 - Up: Preston Lucas 3-4, HR, BB, 3 R, RBI

Winthrop 5, UNC Asheville 1 - Win: Brayden Gilley W, 6 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 K

Wofford 6, Western Carolina 1 - Wof: Cade Collins 2-3, 2 R

Postponed

South Carolina at LSU, to part of Saturday (2 & 7:30 p.m.)

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AAC Tournament

Hunter Wright Stadium, Kingsport, Tenn. 

Milligan 6,  Spartanburg Methodist 2 - Spa: Blake Exizian 2-4, RBI

Montreat 6, Johnson 4
Bryan 7, Milligan 4
Tennessee Wesleyan 11, Montreat 4
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Conference Carolinas Tournament, Gastonia, N.C.

UNC Pembroke 11, King 6

Mount Olive 8, Erskine 4 - Ers: Mason McManus 2-5, R, 2 RBI
Young Harris 11, North Greenville 3 - Nor: CJ Dean 1B, HR, 3 RBI
Belmont Abbey 10, Francis Marion 9 - Fra: Ethan McAnally 2 HR, 3 RBI
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NJCAA Region 10 Division I Tournament

Lexington County Baseball Stadium Lexington

USC Lancaster 9, USC Union 3
USC Sumter 11, USC Salkehatchie 0, 6 innings - Sum: Carew Bates 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Gaston College 15, USC Lancaster 3, 5 innings - Lan: Brody Sanders HR
Florence-Darlington Tech 6, USC Sumter 1 - Flo: Jackson Cook 2-3, SB, R, 2 RBI

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Peach Belt Conference Tournament

North Georgia College, Dahlonega

North Georgia 9, Middle Georgia 1
Flagler 2, Georgia Southwestern 1
Lander University, Greenwood

Columbus State 12, USC Aiken 7 - Aik: Blake Martin 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Lander 7, Georgia College 6 - Lan: Zach Cowart 2-2, 3 BB, 3 SB, 3 RBI

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South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C.

Catawba 11, Coker 3 - Cok: Rocco Wojcik 1B, 2B, BB, 3 RBI
Lincoln Memorial 4, Mars Hill 2
Wingate College, Wingate N.C.

Wingate 7, Newberry 6 - New: Finn McLaughlin 2 HR, 4 RBI
Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Carson-Newman 1
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SIAC Tournament

Luther Williams Field, Macon, Ga.

Benedict 8, Albany State 5 - Ben: Kent Johnson 2-4, HR, SB, 3 R, 4 RBI

Edward Waters 8, Miles 7

Morehouse 15, Kentucky State 2, 7 innings
Postponed until Saturday
Game 7: Spring Hill vs. Savannah State

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All-Region 10 Team

(as selected by league coaches)

First Team All-Region 10
P: Jackson Mullen, Florence-Darlington Tech; Elijah Sanders, Florence-Darlington; Jack Aurelius, Gaston College.
RP: Bryson Harper, Florence-Darlington Tech.
C: Oneill Feliz,  Florence-Darlington Tech.
IF: Gabe Herold, Florence-Darlington Tech; Caden Davidson, Gaston College; Logan Ponnett, Gaston College; Ryaan Piekutoski, USC Sumter.
OF: Tristan Strickland, Florence-Darlington Tech; Koy Swanson, Gaston College; Carew Bates, USC Sumter.
DH: Markus Kirksey, USC Union.
Second-Team All-Region 10
P: Brayden HIll, Gaston College; Jeb Britt, USC Sumter; P: Nate Kirouac, USC Lancaster.
RP: Dalton Hazlett, Gaston College.
C: Kanden Zollo, Gaston College.
IF: Gabe Simmons, Gaston College; David Nicks, Gaston College; Brady Yarborough, USC Sumter; Kaidan Baron, USC Lancaster.
OF: Joey Nicholson, Gaston College; Jasean Perry, USC Sumter; Jake Little,. Florence-Darlington Tech.
DH: Nick Diehl, Gaston College.
All-Region 10 Defense
P: R.J. Hamilton, USC Sumter.
C: Jackson Cionek, Florence-Darlington Tech.
1B: Caden Davidson, Gaston College.
2B: Brady Yarborough, USC Sumter.
SS: David Nicks, Gaston College.
3B: Logan Ponnett, Gaston College.
OF: Jasean Perry, USC Sumter; Joey Nicholson, Gaston College; Jake Little Florence-Darlington Tech
Individual
Coach of the year: Shohn Doty, Gaston College.
Player of the year: Ryan Piekutoski, USC Sumter.
Defensive player of the year: Caden Davidson, Gaston College.

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, April 30

State scoreboard, Thursday, April 30

Freshman Thayer Tavormina pitched career-high 4 2/3
innings and whiffed 5 for the Trailblazers. (NGU photo)

Player of the day: Thayer Tavormina, North Greenville, W, 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K

* Briefly: CJ Dean's two-run single in the seventh inning gave top-seeded North Greenville (43-8) and the Trailblazers held on beat King (14-37) in the Conference Carolinas Tournament. King built an early three-run lead before NGU rallied. Connor McKee and Landon Peavey had two hits and two RBI apiece for the Trailblazers, who were able to stay in the game with shutout relief pitching from Thayer Tavormina (5-1). North Greenville plays Young Harris at 3 p.m. Friday ... Erskine (27-25) used a pair of three-run innings to get ahead early, but Francis Marion (41-10) erupted for eight runs in the third inning and went on to win the first-round game in the Conference Carolinas Tournament. The Flying Fleet got home runs from Ricky Dober, Mason McManus, Drew Potts and Carson Yates in the first two innings, but were unable to withstand the FMU comeback. Ethan McAnally had three singles and a homer for the Patriots, who play Belmont Abbey at 7 p.m. Friday. Zander Buchan, Adrian Nina and Riley Orr drove in runs each for FMU. Erskine faces an elimination game at 1 p.m. Friday against Mount Olive ... Brodie Genter's two-run single in the sixth inning put Bryan (26-24) ahead and the Lions pulled away from Spartanburg Methodist (26-23). Dario Astudillo and Lane Schrader had two hits and an RBI apiece for SMC. The Pioneers play regular-season champ Milligan in an elimination game at 9 a.m. Friday ... Edward Waters (30-19) scored five runs in the second inning to build a big lead and withstood a five-run ninth by Benedict (21-15) to win the opening game of the SIAC Tournament. Milton Herring drove in four runs and Cameron Haley added three for Benedict, which plays Albany State in an elimination game at 9 a.m. Friday. Herring's three-run double in the ninth pulled Benedict within a run, but he was stranded to end the game. The win pushed Edward Waters' winning streak to eight ... Bob Jones' regular-season finale doubleheader against Alice Lloyd was canceled. The Bruins will compete in the NCCAA South Regional next week.

Beyond the border

* ACC: Wake Forest edged Louisville in 10 innings, 9-8, to open the series. 

* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 19-5; North Carolina 17-7; Boston College 16-8; Florida State 12-9; Miami 12-9; Virginia 12-12; Wake Forest 12-13; N.C. State 10-11;  Stanford 10-11; Pitt 10-11;  Virginia Tech 11-13; Louisville 10-12; Duke 9-15; California 7-14; Notre Dame 8-16; Clemson 6-15.

* SEC: No. 24 Alabama beat Vanderbilt, 5-4, on a walk-off homer in the ninth.

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

AAC Tournament

Hunter Wright Stadium, Kingsport, Tenn. 

Milligan 3, Reinhardt 2

Bryan 10, Spartanburg Methodist 3 - Spa: Dario Astudillo 1B, 2B, RBI

Johnson 10, Pikeville 1
Tennessee Wesleyan 7, Montreat 1
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Conference Carolinas Tournament, Gastonia, N.C.

North Greenville 7, King 3 - Nor: Thayer Tavormina W, 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K

Francis Marion 11, Erskine 7 - Fra: Jafett Martinez Delgado 3, 3.2 IP, H, 5 K

Young Harris 5, UNC Pembroke 4, 10 innings

Belmont Abbey 13, Mount Olive 11

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SIAC Tournament

Luther Williams Field, Macon, Ga.

Edward Waters 12, Benedict 11 - Ben: Jaquez Akins 1B, 2B, 3B, 3 R, RBI

Miles 15, Albany State 11
Spring Hill 8, Kentucky State 1
Savannah State 11, Morehouse 9

Canceled 

Alice Lloyd at Bob Jones, DH

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Changes coming to NJCAA Division I playoffs, World Series

This is NJCAA Division I baseball's equivalent
of Omaha. (Palmetto State Baseball photo)

The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colo., reports changes are coming to the NJCAA Division I playoffs and World Series.

The article by Adam Busack quotes a committee sportsman as saying the 10-team World Series will be trimmed to eight teams beginning in 2028.

But the playoffs to determine the World Series qualifiers will be expanded to 32 teams. The playoff field will consist of 20 automatic qualifiers and 12 at-large teams.

Eight four-team super regionals would then determine the eight-team JUCO World Series field. 

The new format would appear to open the door for more than one team from a region to qualify for event, played at Sam Suplizio Field annually around Memorial Day.

Under the current format, only the tournament champion for Region 10 (the Carolinas and Virginia) can reach Grand Junction through the East District Tournament. There have been years in the past when a second Region 10 team earned an at-large berth, but still competed in the same district as the champion for one World Series spot. 

The new format might lead to a second team from Region 10 going to a different regional than the champion.

JUCO World Series

Bruins compete in NCCAA South Regional

Bob Jones will compete in the National Christian College Athletic Association's South Regional beginning Monday at Toccoa Falls College. The Bruins (13-25) are the fifth seed and will play No. 4 Southeastern Baptist at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the seven-team double-elimination event.

The Bruins went 8-14 against other regional teams in the regular season, including 0-3 vs. Southeastern Baptist. Bob Jones has tied the school record for wins in a season.

The regional champion advances to the NCCAA World Series May 16-20 in Kansas City.

NCCAA Division I South regional

At Toccoa Falls College unless noted

Monday, May 4

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.

Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 7:30 p.m., Stephens County High School

Tuesday, May 5

Game 5: No. 1 Fort Lauderdale vs. Game 3 winner, 9:30 p.m.

Game 6: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, noon

Game 7: Game 5 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 2:30 p.m.

Game 8: Game 3 loser vs. Game 6 loser, 7:30 p.m., Stephens County High School.

Wednesday, May 6

Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 10 a.m.

Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 12:30 p.m.

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

Thursday, May 7
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.