* Charleston Southern was 16-for-92 (.174) at the plate in being swept by High Point over the weekend ... The Buccaneers' roster has an international flavor. In addition to World Cup pitcher Daniel Padysak from the Czech Republic, leading hitter Jaylin Rae (.388 average) is from Australia and Sergio DeCello and Nicholas Fazzari are from Canada.
* Clemson: Cooper Ingle has a 19-game hitting streak and has reached base safely in his last 42 games ... The Tigers are in position to break the school record for fielding percentage (.975), matching that mark so far.
* Coastal Carolina: The weekend series win over Appalachian State extended the Chanticleers' winning streak in Sun Belt Conference series to 14 ... Jake Books' grand slam on Sunday was Coastal's seventh of the season ... The Chants are 23-0 when scoring 10 or more runs in a game this season.
* College of Charleston: Joseph Mershon has reached base in all 34 games he has played this season ... The Cougars have three starters with ERAs of 3.53 or lower: Ty Good (3.38), Trey Pooser (3.39) and Cole Mathis (3.53). The back end of games is covered by closer William Privette (2.06 ERA, 7 saves, 56 strikeouts in 35 innings).
* Francis Marion: Will Hardee has been one of the Patriots' top players throughout his career, and that was the case in the Patriots' run to the Conference Carolinas Tournament championship game. He had 12 hits in the first five tournament games to finish with a school-record 297 for his career ... Robbie Jordan made two appearances in the tournament, going 13 2/3 innings and allowing eight hits and a run while striking out 10.
* Furman: What? Furman baseball you say? Yes, there are still orphans from the former Paladins program active in the college game. Jordan Starkes (also from Spartanburg Methodist) had a three-run homer for Western Carolina in Sunday's win over SoCon leader Samford. He is batting .292 with 4 homer and 18 RBI ... Rob Hughes has an ERA of 0.00 and 10 strikeouts in eight innings covering six appearances for Clemson. He pitched the ninth inning to get a save in Saturday's win over Louisville ... Matthew Marchal has been one of the weekend starters for Wofford, compiling a 9-2 record and 67 strikeouts in 68 innings.
* Furman: What? Furman baseball you say? Yes, there are still orphans from the former Paladins program active in the college game. Jordan Starkes (also from Spartanburg Methodist) had a three-run homer for Western Carolina in Sunday's win over SoCon leader Samford. He is batting .292 with 4 homer and 18 RBI ... Rob Hughes has an ERA of 0.00 and 10 strikeouts in eight innings covering six appearances for Clemson. He pitched the ninth inning to get a save in Saturday's win over Louisville ... Matthew Marchal has been one of the weekend starters for Wofford, compiling a 9-2 record and 67 strikeouts in 68 innings.
* Newberry: The Wolves' South Atlantic Conference Tournament title won on Monday was their first since 1999.
* Presbyterian: The Blue Hose hit .208 as a team and were outscored 37-7 in the three-game sweep at Miami. Five of their runs came in their final at-bat of the day.
* South Carolina: Gavin Casas hit three home runs in the series at Kentucky, giving him 19 for the season and putting him two behind team leader Ethan Petry. The Gamecocks haven't had two 20-homer hitters in the same season since Derick Urquhart and Tim Angiolini did it in 1998 ... Kentucky's three-game sweep of USC was the Wildcats' first against a Top 5 team since 2012 -- against South Carolina ... Dylan Brewer has reached base in 21 consecutive games.
* The Citadel: Reliever Gant Starling pitched 9 1/3 innings without allowing an earned run last week, reducing his ERA to a season-low 5.29 ... Noah Mitchell's eight-game hitting streak has raised his average from .305 to .325 ... Crosby Jones is batting .455 during a six-game hitting streak. He also his his first homer since Feb. 18.
* USC Aiken: Jackson Hannon was 7-for-14 in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament and ended the season on an 11-game hitting streak ... Dylan Wilhelm didn't allow an earned run in 19 1/3 innings covering 19 appearances ... Joel Haney didn't allow an earned run in his complete-game win over Young Harris.
* USC Union: The two Region 10 Tournament wins for the Bantams were the first two in program history ... They also tied the school record for wins in a season (21) ... Kris Levensteins had six hits in their Sunday win over Florence-Darlington Tech.
* USC Upstate: The Spartans are staging an assault on the school's record books for the NCAA Division I era. They have a third consecutive 30-win season for the first time since moving to DI for the 2007 season. or the as a Division I school ... Grant Sherrod has become the school's Division I single-season leader in home runs (14) and RBI (57) ... Easton Cullison's 20 stolen bases are one short for the DI record of 21 set by Noah Myers last year ...The Spartans stole a school-record 10 bases at Gardner-Webb on Sunday, giving them 97 for the season.
* Winthrop: The 22 runs the Eagles scored in the middle game of their weekend sweep at Radford were the most in a game since 2007 ... It was Winthrop's first Big South Conference road sweep of the season ... The seven-game winning streak in conference play is the longest since the 2015 team won its final 11 Big South games of the regular season. ... McKinley Erves has hit safely in nine of his last 10 games and 12 of his last 14 to raise his batting average to .327.
* Wofford: The Terriers have been held to eight hits or less in their last five losses ... Ryan Galanie's 79 hits are 15 more than the closest teammate. He also has substantial leads in homers (14) and RBI (60).
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