Friday, March 20, 2026

State schedule, Friday, March 20


Oakwood at Voorhees, 1 p.m.
Mount Olive at Erskine, 2 p.m.
Spartanburg Methodist at Bluefield, 3 p.m.
Wofford at Xavier, 3 p.m.
North Greenville at Southern Wesleyan, 4 p.m.
Tennessee Wesleyan at Columbia International, 4 p.m.
Clemson at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.
Francis Marion at Emmanuel, 5 p.m.
Claflin at Georgia Southwestern, 6 p.m.
Coker at Lenoir-Rhyne, 6 p.m.
Emory & Henry at Anderson, 6 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.
James Madison at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.
Lander at Columbus State, 6 p.m.
Lincoln Memorial at Newberry, 6 p.m.
Presbyterian at High Point, 6 p.m.
The Citadel at Mercer, 6 p.m.
UNCW at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.
USC Aiken at USC Beaufort, 6 p.m.
USC Upstate at Longwood, 6 p.m.
Arkansas at South Carolina, 7 p.m.
Winthrop at Sacramento State, 9 p.m. 

Canceled 
Paine at Bob Jones 

Thursday, March 19, 2026

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, March 19


State scoreboard, Thursday, March 19



Player of the day: Landon Schiffhauer, USC Lancaster, 3-6, 2B, 3 RBI (no photo available)

* Briefly: A five-run sixth gave USC Lancaster (16-12) the lead and the Lancers held on to beat Catawba Valley (18-13) ... Oakwood (2-17) scored two runs in the eighth inning and held on to take Game 1 of a doubleheader at Voorhees, but the Tigers (3-16) bounced to win the nightcap after allowing five runs in the first inning. Manuel Duran struck out nine in four innings of relief to get the win. Daren Drayton had two hits in each game for the Tigers ... Ethan Lay struck out 11 in eight shutout  innings as Sacramento State (9-13) snapped Winthrop's (15-7) five-game winning streak.  Corey Wouters doubled and Gage Handzel singled for the Eagles, who got their run on a wild pitch with two outs in the ninth.

* Beyond the border: Tristan Bissetta, a Mann High graduate and transfer from Clemson, homered twice and drove in three runs as Ole Miss took an SEC series opener against No. 15 Kentucky, 5-0. Bissetta is hitting .420 with 13 homers and 37 RBI in 23 games ... No. 20 LSU won an SEC series opener over No. 7 Oklahoma, 7-1.

Oakwood 8, Voorhees 6, 8 innings, Game 1 - Voo: Jaylon Sanders 1B, R, 3 RBI
Voorhees 9, Oakwood 8, Game 2 - Voo: Tyrell Wyatt 3-4, 3 RBI
Sacramento State 13, Winthrop 0 - Win: Shane Keup 1.1 IP, 0 R, 3 K
USC Lancaster 9, Catawba Valley 8 - Lan: Parker Carroll IP, K
(4/691)


State schedule, March 20-22



Friday, March 20
Oakwood at Voorhees, 1 p.m.
Mount Olive at Erskine, 2 p.m.
Spartanburg Methodist at Bluefield, 3 p.m.
Wofford at Xavier, 3 p.m.
North Greenville at Southern Wesleyan, 4 p.m.
Tennessee Wesleyan at Columbia International, 4 p.m.
Clemson at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m.
Francis Marion at Emmanuel, 5 p.m.
Claflin at Georgia Southwestern, 6 p.m.
Coker at Lenoir-Rhyne, 6 p.m.
Emory & Henry at Anderson, 6 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.
James Madison at Coastal Carolina, 6 p.m.
Lander at Columbus State, 6 p.m.
Lincoln Memorial at Newberry, 6 p.m.
Paine at Bob Jones, 6 p.m.
Presbyterian at High Point, 6 p.m.
The Citadel at Mercer, 6 p.m.
UNCW at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.
USC Aiken at USC Beaufort, 6 p.m.
USC Upstate at Longwood, 6 p.m.
Arkansas at South Carolina, 7 p.m.
Winthrop at Sacramento State, 9 p.m.

Saturday, March 21
Mount Olive at Erskine, DH, noon
Paine at Bob Jones, DH, noon
Spartanburg Methodist at Bluefield, DH, noon
Claflin at Georgia Southwestern, DH, 1 p.m.
Coker at Lenoir-Rhyne, DH,  p.m.
Emory & Henry at Anderson, DH, 1 p.m.
Francis Marion at Emmanuel, DH, 1 p.m.
Lincoln Memorial at Newberry, DH, 1 p.m.
North Greenville at Southern Wesleyan, DH, 1 p.m.
Tennessee Wesleyan at Columbia International, DH, 1 p.m.
USC Lancaster at Gaston College, DH, 1 p.m.
USC Sumter at USC Salkehatchie, DH, 1 p.m.
USC Union at Florence-Darlington Tech, DH, 1 p.m.
Clemson at Notre Dame, 2 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 2 p.m.
James Madison at Coastal Carolina, 2 p.m.
Lander at Columbus State, 2 p.m.
LeMoyne-Owen at Benedict, DH, 2 p.m.
The Citadel at Mercer, 2 p.m.
UNCW at College of Charleston, 2 p.m.
USC Aiken at USC Beaufort, 2 p.m.
Wofford at Xavier, 2 p.m.
Johnson & Wales at Morris, DH, 3 p.m.
USC Upstate at Longwood, 3 p.m.
Arkansas at South Carolina, 4 p.m.
Presbyterian at High Point, 4 p.m.
Winthrop at Sacramento State, 5 p.m.

Sunday, March 22
Clemson at Notre Dame, 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.
James Madison at Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.
Lander at Columbus State, 1 p.m.
Presbyterian at High Point, 1 p.m.
The Citadel at Mercer, 1 p.m.
UNCW at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.
USC Aiken at USC Beaufort, 1 p.m.
USC Lancaster at Gaston College, 1 p.m.
USC Sumter at USC Salkehatchie, 1 p.m.
USC Union at Florence-Darlington Tech, 1 p.m.
USC Upstate at Longwood, 1 p.m.
Wofford at Xavier, 1 p.m.
Arkansas at South Carolina, 1:30 p.m.
LeMoyne-Owen at Benedict, 2 p.m.

Palmetto State Baseball Podcast, March 19


Wednesday, March 18, 2026

S.C. college baseball recap, Wednesday, March 18


State scoreboard, Wednesday, March 18

Maloy Heaghney leads the Spartans
with 24 RBI. (USC Upstate photo)
Player of the day: Maloy Heaghney 2B, HR, 6 RBI

* Briefly: Tyler Lichtenberger had  three hits and 5 two-out RBI as Clemson (18-4) turned back The Citadel (8-11). Tigers pitchers struck out 10 Bulldogs. Garrett Fulmer singled, doubled and drove in a run for The Citadel ... Henry Zenor and Jake Armsey had RBI singles in the ninth inning as USC Upstate (11-11) rallied from five runs down to beat Charlotte (14-7). Maloy Heaghney singled and homered to drive in six runs for Upstate, which survived making four errors. The Spartans had 16 hits. Upstate's Johnny Sweeney left the game with an injury ... Connor McKee's two-out single in the ninth inning provided the margin of victory for North Greenville (22-6) against North Georgia (23-6) in a meeting of Division II powers. Matthew Heard struck out 13 for the Nighthawks ... Mike Murphy's single to center field gave Campbell (11-9) a walk-off win over No. 16 Coastal Carolina (13-7), snapping the Chanticleers' four-game winning streak. Trace Mazon got Coastal's only hit ... Cole Thomas pitched four innings of shutout relief as USC Beaufort (5-21) snapped as 12-game losing streak at the expense of Embry-Riddle (10-10). Andrews singled, doubled, scored a run and drove in one for the Sand Sharks, who broke a 2-2 tie with a pair of unearned runs in the fifth ...Tanner Beckley and Pat Costin drove in three runs each as Florence-Darlington Tech (26-6) handled Robeson CC (7-17) ... Blake Martin's three-run double in the first inning gave USC Aiken (19-8) all the runs it would need to win over Newberry (17-10) ... Carew Bates and Ryan Piekutoski homered in both games as USC Sumter (18-10) split a pair with Brunswick CC (19-6). Bates had four hits and Piekutoski had three ... USC Union (17-11) tied Game 2 on a bases-loaded walk and Markus Kirksey was hit by pitch with the bases loaded as the Bantams completed a sweep of the Erskine JV team. Kirksey was 4-for-6 with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored and three RBI ... Cade Kalehuawehe homered and drove in three runs as Milligan (22-6) shut out Spartanburg Methodist (13-13) on three hits ... South Georgia (20-14) held USC Salkehatchie (3-27) to three hits in a doubleheader sweep. The Indians have lost 13 straight games.

* Beyond the border: Kansas beat Missouri, 10-0.

Brunswick CC  13, USC Sumter 10, Game 1 - Sum: Riley Darby 3-4, R, RBI
USC Sumter 11, Brunswick CC 6, Game 2 - Sum: Sam Woodyard 2B, R, 3 RBI
Campbell 4, Coastal Carolina 3 - Coa: Blake Barthol HBP, SF, 2 RBI
Clemson 9, The Citadel 3 - Cle: Jacob Jarrell 1B, HR, BB, 3 R
Florence-Darlington 17, Robeson CC 9 - Flo: Elvin Pascual W, 2 IP, H, R, 4 K
Milligan 7, Spartanburg Methodist 0 - Spa: Preston Coggins 2 IP, H, 0 R, 2 K
North Greenville 4, North Georgia 2 - NGv: CJ Dean 2-4, SB, R 
South Georgia 10, USC Salkehatchie 0, Game 1, 6 innings - Sal: Gavin Reynolds 1B
South Georgia 8, USC Salkehatchie 1, Game 2 - Sal: Elisha Baker 3B, R
USC Aiken 12, Newberry 1 - Aik: Myles Chabi W, 7 IP, 4 H, R, 5 K
USC Beaufort 5, Embry-Riddle 2 - Bea: Luke Doty 1B, BB, 2 SB, 2 R
USC Union 7, Erskine JV 4 - Uni: Robbie Murphy 2B, BB, SB, R, 2 RBI
USC Union 9, Erskine JV 8 - Uni: Jesus Garcia 2-4, 2B, RS, 3 RBI
USC Upstate 11, Charlotte 10 - Up: Henry Zenor 1B, 2 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
(14/687)