State scoreboard, Monday, May 8

Ron Robinson's solid start in Monday's first game put the
 Lancers into the championship round, where they beat
Gaston College to force a Tuesday game. (USCL photo)

Player of the day: Ron Robinson, USC Lancaster, W, 7.1 IP, 4, 0 R 

NJCAA Region 10 Tournament

* USC Lancaster 8, Gaston College 2 -  Jeff Hays struck out three in five shutout innings in relief and the Lancers rallied to beat a higher seeded team for the fourth time in the tournament. Tanner Henderson had three hits and Kyle Markowitz drove in two runs.  USC Lancaster and Gaston will play again at 11 a.m. Tuesday for the tournament championship and a spot in the East District Tournament.

* USC Lancaster 3, Spartanburg Methodist 0 - In the earlier game, the Lancers got a strong start from Ron Robinson and beat SMC for the second time in four days.

SAC Championship Series
* Newberry 8, Lincoln Memorial 4 - The Wolves added the tournament championship to their regular-season title with two wins over the Railsplitters after dropping the opener of the best-of-three series on Sunday. Braylin Marine singled, tripled, scored two runs and drove in two for Newberry, which built an early 5-0 lead. Colm Shea pitched three shutout innings to close out the win in relief of Tyler Chinpire
* Newberry 5, Lincoln Memorial 4 - In the earlier game, the Wolves scored an unearned run in the top of the ninth inning and got a game-ending double play. Jacob LeBron was 3-for-4 and Trevor Linaman pitched two shutout innings in relief. Easley native Kasten Harvey homered for the Railsplitters. 

NCCAA South Regional
* Carolina University 6, Bob Jones 2 - Carolina scored five runs in the final inning to send Bob Jones into an elimination game at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. BJU's Henry Wallach had held Carolina to one run through the first six innings.

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SAC Championship

Smokies Stadium, Kodak, Tenn.

Best-of-three
Newberry 5, Lincoln Memorial 4 - New: Kade Faircloth 1B, SB, R, RBI

Newberry 8, Lincoln Memorial 4 - New: Jonathan Velez 2-3, RBI

NCCAA South Regional
Trinity Baptist College, Jacksonville, Fla.
Carolina University 6, Bob Jones 2 - BJU: Conley Burk 1-3, BB, R, RBI
Trinity Baptist 2, Southeast Baptist 1

Fort Lauderdale 4, Carolina University 2

Toccoa Falls 18, Trinity Baptist 1

NJCAA Region 10 Tournament
Lexington County Baseball Stadium
USC Lancaster 3, Spartanburg Methodist 0 - Lan: Tanner Henderson 2B, RBI

USC Lancaster 8, Gaston College 2 - Lan: Joe Sperry 2 H, RBI

NJCAA Region 20 Tournament
Keyser, W. Va.
Championship
Harford 16, Potomac State 5

Note: Two teams from Region 20 tournament will join the Region 10 Tournament Champion and Florence-Darlington Tech in the East District Tournament next weekend at the Region 10 champ's field.
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