State scoreboard, Sunday, April 23

Cole Mathis is batting .313 and has a 4-1
record and 3.53 ERA. (CofC photo)

Player of the day: Cole Mathis, College of Charleston, 2-4, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI, W, 7 IP, 0 R 6 K

Clemson 8, N.C. State 5 - Caden Grice struck out eight in six innings and the Tigers made an early 6-lead stand up to complete an ACC series sweep and even its league record at at 9-9.

Clemson (25-16 overall) has climbed from 14th place to eighth in the ACC standings and continued to enhance its resume as it tries to work into consideration for - at least - an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Cam Cannarella and Cooper Ingle had three hits apiece for the Tigers, with Will Taylor, Riley Bertram and Benjamin Blackwell adding two apiece.

After a midweek home game with Kennesaw State, the Tigers return to ACC play at Boston College, which swept North Carolina in Chapel Hill this weekend.

Wofford 6, Samford 2 - The Terriers (29-10, 8-4) moved into a tie with Samford (22-18, 8-4) and Mercer (26-15, 8-4) for first place in the SoCon by taking the finale of their three game series. Wofford dropped the series opener to fall two games behind before taking the last two games.

The rubber game was scoreless until Samford's Josh Rodriguez homered off Terriers' starter Matthew Marchal in the sixth inning. But Gunnar Johnson hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning and Wofford (29-10., never trailed again.

Wofford's next SoCon series is at UNC Greensboro beginning May 5.

Southern Mississippi 15, Coastal Carolina 7 - The Eagles (23-15, 11-7) salvaged the finale of a Sun Belt Conference showdown of ranked teams and kept Coastal Carolina (26-12, 13-5) from pulling further away from the rest of the league.

After falling behind 4-0 after a half inning, the Chants scored four runs in the third and three in the fifth for a 7-4 lead. But Southern Miss scored two in the sixth, five in the eighth and four in the ninth to win going away.

Wins in the first two games of the series had given the Chanticleers a three-game lead over five teams heading into Sunday. Of those five teams, Southern  Miss was the only one to win on Sunday.

Coastal's next series is at Louisiana, one of the four teams it leads by three games.

Briefly: Ramses Cordova's bases-loaded single in the ninth lifted Winthrop to a second straight walk-off win and a Big South Conference series sweep ... Trotter Harlan had three hits and drove in five runs as  College of Charleston completed a series sweep ...  David Pereira had four hits as USC Upstate finished a conference sweep of Radford ... Charleston Southern rallied late to force extra innings, but had a seven-game Big South winning streak snapped ...  USC Sumter completed a four-game series sweep and extended its winning streak  to six with a pair of 17-2 wins ...  Jannuel Wispi had five hits in USC Lancaster's doubleheader sweep ... After winning Game 1, Spartanburg Methodist lost Game 2 on a walk-off wild pitching extra innings ... The Citadel was shut out for the second consecutive day ... Florence-Darlington Tech got its 20th win in Region 10 in extra innings in the opener before losing the nightcap ... Francis Marion broke a 10-10 tie with two runs in the eighth to salvage the series finale at Mount Olive ... Carson-Newman scored three runs in the final inning of Game 2 to thwart Coker's bid for a sweep ... USC Beaufort suffered its 13th consecutive loss ... Zach Pellegrino pitched retired all nine batters he faces to preserve Lander's sweep-clinching win ... USC Aiken lost to Georgia College of the second straight day to fall into a first-place tie with Georgia Southwestern, .004 ahead of Young Harris in the Peach Belt Conference standings ... A three-run eighth inning gave Gardner-Webb the winning edge over Presbyterian ...

Clemson 8, N.C. State 5 - Cle: Cam Cannarella 3-5, HR, 2 R
Coker 9, Carson-Newman 7  Game 1 - Cok: Kody Hanna 1B, 2B, 3B, SB, 3 R, 3 RBI

Carson-Newman 4, Coker 3, Game 2 - Cok: Cameron Ferrell 1B, 2, 2 R
College of Charleston 11, Western Carolina 3 - Cha: Khyree Miller 3-5, 3B, 3 R, RBI
Columbus State 14, USC Beaufort 1 - Bea: Adam Humphrey 1B, BB

East Tennessee State 1, The Citadel 0 - Cit: Cameron Reeves 8 IP, 4 H, R, 3 K

Flagler 29, Claflin 4, 7 innings - Cla: Eric Sledge 1B, BB, 2 RBI

Florence-Darlington Tech 7, Gaston College, 6, 8 innings, Game 1 - Flo - Rome Foster 1B, 3B, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Gaston College 7, Florence-Darlington Tech 4  Game 2 - Flo: Dylan Johnson 1B, 2B, R, RBI

Francis Marion 12, Mount Olive 11 - Fra: Will Hardee 1B,  2 2B, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 9, Presbyterian 8 - PC: Chase Hughes 3-4, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Georgia College 10, USC Aiken 3 - Aik: Luke Parker 3-4, R

Lander 7, Young Harris 4 - Lan: Lucas Martino 3-4, 3B, R, 3 RBI

Longwood 9, Charleston Southern 7, 10 innings - Cha: Nico Regino 1B, HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI
Paine 14, Voorhees 4, Game 1  - Voo: Kawan Ellerbe-James 2B, 2 RBI
Paine 10, Voorhees 2, Game 2 - Voo: Miles McCoy 2B, 3B, R, RBI

Southern Mississippi 15, Coastal Carolina 7 - Coa: Chad Born 1B, HR, 4 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 4, Louisburg 2, Game 1 - Spa: Ryan Williamson 2-4, BB, R, RBI

Louisburg 4, Spartanburg Methodist 3, 9 innings, Game 2 - Spa: Jonah Ravelo HR, 2 RBI

Spring Hill 7, Benedict 5 - Ben: Jayden Jones 1B, 2 RBI
USC Lancaster 12, USC Union 1, Game 1 - Lan: Jannuel Wispi 3-3, 2B, 2 SB, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
USC Lancaster 9, USC Union 4, Game 2 - Lan: Bryson Suber HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI
USC Sumter 17, USC Salkehatchie 2, Game 1 - Sum: Jarian Pinckney 3-3. 2 R, 2 RBI
USC Sumter 17, USC Salkehatchie 2, Game 2 - Sum: Brandon Powell 2B, HR, 5 RBI

USC Upstate 16, Radford 10 - Up: Grant Sherrod 2B, HR, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI
Winthrop 5, USC Asheville 4 - Brody Hopkins HR, BB, 2 RBI
Wofford 6, Samford 2 - Wof: Gunnar Johnson HR, 3 RBI

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