State scoreboard, Friday, March 17

Dale Francis Jr. improved his batting
average to .465 with a 5-for-7 performance
in Friday's twinbill. (Erskine photo)

Player of the day: Dale Francis Jr., Erskine 5-7, 4 HR, 9 RBI, BB, HBP

Briefly: Matthew Lively's two-run homer - his fourth hit of the game - gave The Citadel a walk-off win in Game 1 and Noah Mitchell had three hits and drove in two runs in Game 2 of the Bulldogs' sweep ... Tanner Smith went 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief to stem High Point's comeback bid and Presbyterian snapped a six-game losing streak in the opener of a Big South Conference series ... Nick Lucky had three hits and drove in five runs as Coastal Carolina opened its Sun Belt Conference schedule with a win ...  Chandler Tuupo had a pair of two-run homers as Charleston Southern won the opener of its Big South Conference schedule and pushed its winning streak to four games ... College of Charleston hit three home runs to improve to 3-1 in Colonial Athletic Association play ... Erskine snapped Barton's nine-game winning streak in Game 1 of the Conference Carolnas split behind Dale Francis Jr.'s 3 homers and 8 RBI. ... Columbia International scored three runs in the sixth and three more in the eighth to overtake Bluefield ... Savannah State got a pair of shutout wins over Benedict ... Jonathan Manibusan's two-run homer with two out in the ninth gave Emmanuel the lead and Francis Marion had the potential tying run thrown out at home to end the game ... Campbell pulled away from Winthrop late in the opener of a Big South Conference series ...

Campbell 12, Winthrop 2 - Win: Ramses Cordova 2-3, BB
Charleston Southern 8, UNC Asheville 2 - Cha: Sam Low 1B, HR, 2 R
Coastal Carolina 16, James Madison 3 - Coa: Zack Beach 2-5, 3 RBI

College of Charleston 10, Stony Brook 3 - Cha: Will Baumhofer 3-4, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI
Columbia International 7, Bluefield 2 - Col: Justin Parish W, 6 IP, 2 R, 6 K
Emmanuel 3, Francis Marion 2 - Fra: Robbie Jordan 7 IP, 1 R, 11 K

Erskine 21, Barton 9  Game 1 - Ers: Ashby Smith 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI

Barton 6, Erskine 2, Game 2 - Ers: Armando Becerra 2B

Georgia Southwestern 10, USC Beaufort 0, 8 innings - Bea: Hunter Miller 4-4

Presbyterian 7, High Point 6 - PC: Kyle Decker 2-3, BB, 2 SB, R, 2 RBI

Savannah State 10, Benedict 0, 7 innings, Game 1 - Ben: Jalen McDuffie 2B

Savannah State 4, Benedict 0, Game 2 - Ben: Fareed Mizelle 2B

The Citadel 4, Kansas 3, Game 1 - Cit: Will Holmes W, 3.2 IP, 0 R, 2 K
The Citadel 3, Kansas 2, Game 2 - Cit: Crosby Jones 2-3, 2B, BB, 2 R

Harley Park, Spartanburg

Princeton 5, Cincinnati 1, B4, suspended until 11 a.m. March 18

Moved to March 16

North Greenville at King

Moved to March 18

Duke at Clemson

Lander at North Georgia

South Carolina at Georgia

USC Aiken at Columbus State

Moved to March 19

Carson-Newman at Limestone
Coker at Catawba
Lincoln Memorial at Anderson
Newberry at Virginia Wise
UNC Pembroke at Southern Wesleyan
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