State scoreboard, Saturday, Feb. 14

* Briefly: Nate Savoie had three hits and drove in four runs as Clemson run-ruled Army in Game 1. Bryce Clavon and Tryston McCladdie also homered for the Tigers ... Zander Buchan, Charlie Bussey III and Ethan McAnally drove in six runs apiece as Francis Marion rolled past Chowan in Game 1. Buchan and McAnally each hit two of the Patriots' nine home runs ... Alex Bouchard struck out eight and Blayne Newman struck out four for Wofford in a run-rule win over Mercyhurst in Game 1 ... Connor McKee singled and homered to drive in three runs as North Greenville won Game 1 over King ... Mason McManus had three hits, a stolen base and an RBI as Erskine took Game 1 against Ferrum ... Gavin Underwood was 4-for-4 against Mott CC in Game 1 as USC Union extended its winning streak to five ... USC Salkehatchie took the lead with a four-run fifth and held on to beat Owens CC to open a doubleheader ... Jaxson Jean singled, homered, scored two runs and drove in four for USC Sumter in Game 1 against Caldwell Tech ... A five-run third inning gave USC Lancaster enough of a cushion to hold off Clark State in Game 1 ... Bob Jones got the potential  tying run in the scoring position in the sixth and seventh innings, but was shut out by Mid-Atlantic Christian in Game 1 ... Spring Hill held off a late Benedict rally to win Game 1 ... Mars Hill turned Game 1 against Coker around with a seven-run seventh ... Augusta clinched a series win by taking Game 1 against Claflin.

Augusta 15, Claflin 4, Game 1 -
Clemson 10, Army 0, Game 1, 8 innings - Cle: Michael Sharman W, 6 IP, H

Erskine 3, Ferrum 1, Game 1 - Ers: Ricky Dober 1B, HR, 2 RBI

Francis Marion 33, Chowan 2, Game 1 - Fra: Jimmy Koza 5-6, 2 R, 4 RBI
Mars Hill 11, Coker 7, Game 1 - Elijah Jordan 2-2, 2 BB
Mid-Atlantic Christian 1, Bob Jones 0, Game 1 -
North Greenville 5, King 1, Game 1 - Nor: Bennett Roemer W, 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 6 K
Spring Hill 8, Benedict 7, Game 1-
USC Lancaster 8, Clark State 6, Game 1 -
USC Salkehatchie 5, Owens CC 4, Game 1 -

USC Sumter 10, Caldwell Tech 5, Game 1 - Sum: Ryan Piekutoski HR, BB, 2 SB, 2 R
USC Union 10, Mott CC 0, Game 1
Wofford 10, Mercyhurst 0, 7 innings, Game 2 - Wof: Ben Timblin 1-4, 2 SB, R, 3 RBI

Spring Hill at Benedict, Game 2
Coker at Mars Hill, Game 2
Ferrum at Erskine, Game 2

Francis Marion at Chowan, Game 2
Army at Clemson, Game
Caldwell Tech at USC Sumter, Game 2
King at North Greenville, Game 2

Mercyhurst at Wofford, Game 2
Mid Atlantic Christian at Bob Jones, Game 2

Mott CC at USC Union, Game 2

Owens at USC Salkehatchie, Game 2
Augusta at Claflin, Game 2
Bucknell at Charleston Southern, DH, 1 p.m.

Clark State at USC Lancaster, Game 2
Fairfield at Coastal Carolina, DH, 1 p.m.

Georgetown at Winthrop, DH, 1 p.m.

Middle Georgia at Lander, DH, 1 p.m.

Newberry at Anderson, DH, 1 p.m.

Rutgers at College of Charleston, DH, 1 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Young Harris, DH, 1 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist at Abraham Baldwin, 1 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Georgia Southwestern, DH, 1 p.m.
Akron at Presbyterian, DH, 2 p.m.

Lynn at USC Aiken, DH,  2 p.m.

Northern Kentucky at South Carolina, 2 p.m.

USC Upstate at South Alabama, 3 p.m.

Liberty at The Citadel, 5 p.m.

Canceled
Harford CC at Florence-Darlington Tech, DH

Kentucky Christian at Voorhees

S.C. college baseball recap, Friday, Feb. 13

State scoreboard, Friday, Feb. 13

Voorhees transfer Emory provided a walk-off
homer in Game 1 and the winning blast in Game 2 of
the Blue Hose's sweep. (Presbyterian photo) 

Player of the day: Emory Guilford, Presbyterian 4-7, 2 HR, SB, HBP, 3 R, 5 RBI

It was Opening Day for NCAA Division I teams on Saturday, and Palmetto State teams went 10-2. Presbyterian and South Carolina got sweeps, while Clemson and Coastal Carolina rallied to avoid Day 1 upsets.

* Briefly: Jacob Jarrell tied the score with a two-run homer in the seventh inning and Nate Savoie doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth as Clemson beat Army West Point ... Coastal Carolina scored its five runs - all unearned - in the sixth inning to overtake Fairfield ...  K.J. Scobey's leadoff homer in the ninth inning of Game 2 completed South Carolina's sweep of Northern Kentucky. Wofford transfer Tyler Bak had a three hits, including a pair of two-run singles, to spark Carolina's second-game rally. Newcomers Patrick Evans and Dawson Harman homered for the Gamecocks in the opener. USC pitchers struck out 27 ... Reece Holbrook  had two singles and scored twice in his first game playing for his father, Chad, in the College of Charleston's win over Rutgers ... Emory Guilford's three-run homer gave Presbyterian a walk-off win over Akron in Game 1 and his two-run blast in a six-run inning in Game 2 put the Blue Hose ahead in a doubleheader sweep of Akron ... Blake Edgmon's three-run double in the seventh inning lifted Charleston Southern over Bucknell. The Buccaneers were limited to three hits ... Alan Benhardt reached base four times, scored three times and drove in four runs for Winthrop in a win over Georgetown ... An 11-run sixth inning produced a run-rule win for Wofford against Mercyhurst. Niko Brino had three hits, two stolen bases and four RBI for the Terriers ... Josh Foulks had two singles and two homers to drive in four runs for North Greenville (9-0, 1-0) in a Conference Carolinas series opener against King ... A six-run eighth gave Lander (7-1, 1-0) a run-rule win over Peach Belt Conference newcomer Middle Georgia ... Patrick Larson pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings as Coker (1-5, 1-0) opened South Atlantic Conference play beating Mars Hill ... Charlie Bussey III was 4-for-7 with 2 doubles, 2 runs scored and 2 RBI as Francis Marion (7-1, 1-0) whipped Chowan in a Conference Carolinas opener. The Patriots have scored at least 14 runs in all five games of their winning streak ... Logan Busenlehner's ninth-inning single gave Newberry (4-4, 1-0) a win over previously unbeaten Anderson (7-1, 0-1) in a South Atlantic conference series opener ... A pair of six-run innings allowed USC Aiken (7-1) to cruise past Lynn ... Bob Jones (2-3) opened its home schedule by pulling away from Mid-Atlantic Christian ... Erskine (2-7, 1-0) scored the game's final five runs - capped by Andrew Tabares' RBI single in the 10th - to beat Conference Carolinas newcomer Ferrum ... Elijah Sanders and Dylan Shaffer combined for 10 strikeouts in a three-hitter in Game 1 and Florence-Darlington (11-2) scored six runs in the sixth inning of the nightcap to push its winning streak to 10 ... USC Union (6-2) got a walk-off win in Game 1 when Bryce Gillette was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and the Bantams went on to complete a sweep of Mott CC ... USC Sumter (6-1) scored in every inning of its run-rule win over Caldwell Tech ... USC Lancaster (4-5) scored the final three runs to win Game 1 and Franklin Fernandez struck out seven in 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief in Game 2 of the Lancers' sweep of Clark State ... Ben Blair struck out eight The Citadel batters in six innings of one-hit pitching for Liberty ... South Alabama built a big early lead and reasserted control late in the game against USC Upstate ... Young Harris hit four home runs to beat Southern Wesleyan (2-6, 0-1) in a Conference Carolinas opener ... Evan Koehler struck out nine in five innings as Georgia Southwestern beat USC Beaufort  (3-3, 0-1) in a Peach Belt Conference opener ... Two unearned runs in the fifth inning helped Montreat complete an Appalachian Athletic Conference sweep of Columbia International (1-15, 0-3) ...Abraham Baldwin took a pair from Spartanburg Methodist (4-3) ... Augusta scored six first-inning runs and used 16 hits and 12 walks to take a Peach Belt Conference opener at Claflin (3-4, 0-1) ... Spring Hill spoiled Benedict's opener in a series moved up by a day because of weather concerns ... Owens Community College swept a doubleheader from USC Salkehatchie (1-10).

Abraham Baldwin 6, Spartanburg Methodist 3, Game 1 - Spa: Kohen Bridges, HR

Abraham Baldwin 11, Spartanburg Methodist 3, Game 2 - Spa: Bryce Satterwhite HR, 2 RBI

Augusta 20, Claflin 2 - Cla: Christian Hill HR

Bob Jones 7, Mid-Atlantic Christian 5 - BJU - Tillman Padgett 6 IP, 3 3, 3 K

Charleston Southern 6, Bucknell 3 - Cha: Tyler Henshaw W, 4.1 IP, 2 H, R, 9 K

Clemson 3, Army 2 - Cle: Nate Savoie 3-4, RBI

Coastal Carolina 5, Fairfield 3 - Coa: Darin Horn W, 3.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 K

Coker 3, Mars Hill 2 - Cok: Barak Boston 1-4, BB, RBI

College of Charleston 8, Rutgers 3 - Cha: Alex Lyon 4.2 IP, 0 R

Erskine 6, Ferrum 5, 10 innings - Ers: Pierce Radke 2-4, RBI, BB

Francis Marion 22, Chowan 7 - Fra: Jackson Madden S, 3 IP, R, 9 K

Georgia Southwestern 10, USC Beaufort 0, 7 innings - Bea: Luke Doty 1B, BB

Lander 14, Middle Georgia 4 - Lan: Brody Winter 4-5, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI

Liberty 7, The Citadel 3 - Cit: Andrew Buffkin 4 IP, H, 

Montreat 4, Columbia International 3 - Col: Ian D'Amico 1B, 2B, R, RBI

Newberry 7, Anderson 6 - New: Nick Foster 4-5, RBI

North Greenville 11, King 0 - Nor: Skyler Hegler 3-3, BB, R, RBI

Owens CC 19, USC Salkehatchie 8, 6 innings, Game 1 - Sal: Elisha Baker HR, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Owens CC 4, USC Salkehatchie 0, Game 2 - Sal: Cole Leuzler 2B

Presbyterian 8, Akron 6, Game 1 - PC: Amman Dewberry 4-4, R, 3 RBI

Presbyterian 8, Akron 6, Game 2 - PC: Caden Mason 2-3, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI 

South Alabama 16, USC Upstate 7 - Up: Maloy Heaghney 3-4, R, 4 RBI
South Carolina 5, Northern Kentucky 2, Game 1 - USC: Talmadge LeCroy 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI

South Carolina 6, Northern Kentucky 5, Game 2 - USC KJ Scobey 3-4, HR, BB

Spring Hill 14, Benedict 9 - Ben: Jaquez Akins 2-4, 2 BB, HR, SB, 3 R, 4 RBI

USC Aiken 16, Lynn 3 - Aik: Maverick Grigsby 3-4, SB, R, 4 RBI

USC Lancaster 7, Clark State 4, Game 1 - Lan: Zack West 2-3, BB, SB, 3 R

USC Lancaster 5, Clark State 3, Game 2 - Lan: Zack West HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI

USC Sumter 12, Caldwell Tech 2, 5 innings - Sum: Sam Woodyard 2-2, HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI

USC Union 4, Mott CC 3, Game 1

USC Union 5, Mott CC 3, Game 2

Winthrop 13, Georgetown 2 - Win: Grant McGuire 2-4, 3R, 2 RBI

Wofford 12, Mercyhurst 2, 7 innings - Wof: Kenny Michaels W, 6 IP, 9 K

Young Harris 14, Southern Wesleyan 7 - Sou: Samuel Simonds HR, 3 RBI

Stinger Invitational

Florence-Darlington 5, East Georgia 2, Game 1 - Flo: BJ Balls 2B, BB, 2 SB, R, 2 RBI 

Florence-Darlington Tech 8, East Georgia 4, Game 2 - Flo: Jack Zehner 3-3, 3B, SB, 3 R, BB

Canceled

Kentucky Christian at Voorhees, DH

(36/168)

Weekend S.C. college baseball schedule, Feb. 13-15

Friday, Feb. 13

Mott CC at USC Union, DH, noon
Owens at USC Salkehatchie, DH, noon

Clark State at USC Lancaster, DH, 1 p.m.

Coker at Mars Hill, 1 p.m.

Francis Marion at Chowan, 1 p.m.

Northern Kentucky at South Carolina, DH, 1 p.m.

Akron at Presbyterian, DH, 2 p.m.

Ferrum at Erskine, 2 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist at Abraham Baldwin, DH, 2 p.m.

Spring Hill at Benedict, 2 p.m.

Georgetown at Winthrop, 3 p.m.

King at North Greenville, 3:30 p.m.

Army at Clemson, 4 p.m.

Bucknell at Charleston Southern, 4 p.m.

Fairfield at Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

Liberty at The Citadel, 4 p.m.

Lynn at USC Aiken, 4 p.m.

Mid-Atlantic Christian at Bob Jones, 4 p.m.

Newberry at Anderson, 4 p.m.

Rutgers at College of Charleston, 4 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Young Harris, 4 p.m.

Augusta at Claflin, 5 p.m.

Middle Georgia at Lander, 5 p.m.

USC Sumter at Caldwell CC, 5 p.m.

Mercyhurst at Wofford, 5:30 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Georgia Southwestern, 6 p.m.

USC Upstate at South Alabama, 7:30 p.m.

Big League Camp, Marion, N.C.

Columbia International vs. Montreat, 2:30 p.m.

Stinger Invitational, CarolinaBank Field
East Georgia vs. Florence-Darlington Tech, DH, 2 p.m.

Canceled 

Kentucky Christian at Voorhees, DH

Saturday, Feb. 14

Spring Hill at Benedict, DH, 10 a.m.

Coker at Mars Hill, DH, 11 a.m.

Ferrum at Erskine, DH, 11 a.m.

Francis Marion at Chowan, DH, 11 a.m.

Army at Clemson, DH, noon

King at North Greenville, DH, noon

Mercyhurst at Wofford, DH, noon

Mid Atlantic Christian at Bob Jones, DH, noon

Mott CC at USC Union, DH, noon

Owens at USC Salkehatchie, DH, noon

USC Sumter at Caldwell Tech, DH, noon

Augusta at Claflin, DH, 1 p.m.

Bucknell at Charleston Southern. DH, 1 p.m.
Clark State at USC Lancaster, DH, 1 p.m.

Fairfield at Coastal Carolina, DH, 1 p.m.

Georgetown at Winthrop, DH, 1 p.m.

Middle Georgia at Lander, DH, 1 p.m.

Newberry at Anderson, DH, 1 p.m.

Rutgers at College of Charleston, DH, 1 p.m.

Southern Wesleyan at Young Harris, DH, 1 p.m.

Spartanburg Methodist at Abraham Baldwin, 1 p.m.

USC Beaufort at Georgia Southwestern, DH, 1 p.m.
Akron at Presbyterian, DH, 2 p.m.

Lynn at USC Aiken, DH,  2 p.m.

Northern Kentucky at South Carolina, 2 p.m.

USC Upstate at South Alabama, 3 p.m.

Liberty at The Citadel, 5 p.m.

Canceled
Harford CC at Florence-Darlington Tech, DH

Kentucky Christian at Voorhees

Sunday, Feb. 15

Rutgers at College of Charleston, noon

Liberty at The Citadel, 1 p.m.

USC Upstate at South Alabama, 2 p.m.

Moved to Friday

Akron at Presbyterian

Clark State at USC Lancaster, DH

Northern Kentucky at South Carolina

Spring Hill at Benedict, 1 p.m.

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

Palmetto State Baseball Podcast, Feb. 12 - Friday is Opening Day for D1 teams!

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday Feb. 12