State scoreboard, Wednesday, Feb. 14

Luke Alford retired all 15 batters he faced
in relief while his Cobras teammates
rallied for a road victory. (Coker photo)

Player of the day: Luke Alford, Coker, W, 5 IP, 8 K

Briefly: Limestone pitchers struck out 10 batters and Davis Turner homered in a win over Southern Wesleyan ...  Newberry molded six hits, five walks and five Catawba errors into a victory in a nonconference victory over a South Atlantic Conference rival ... Connor Wood had three hits and drove in four runs as Coker scored the game's final 10 runs against Chowan ... USC Lancaster scored four runs in extra innings to take the opener, then  hammered Cleveland CC in Game 2 .... USC Sumter outslugged the Francis Marion JV in the first game and scored in double figures again to complete the sweep.

Coker 11, Chowan 3 - Cok: Jaylen Mack, 2-2, 2B, BB, SB, 3 R, 2 RBI
Columbia International JV 9, Carolina University JV 8, Game 1

Carolina University JV 4, Columbia International JV 3, Game 2
East Georgia 11, Erskine JV 1, Game 1

East Georgia 12, Erskine JV 2, Game 2

Limestone 6, Southern Wesleyan 2 - Lim: Marty Neal S, 2 IP, 5 K

Newberry 9, Catawba 7 - New: Kade Faircloth 1B, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI
USC Lancaster 9, Cleveland CC 5, Game 1 - no box available

USC Lancaster 9, Cleveland CC 2, Game 2 - no box available
USC Sumter 13, Francis Marion JV 10, Game 1 - Sum: J.T. Popick 2-4, 3 SB, BB, 4 R, RBI

USC Sumter 10, Francis Marion JV 3, Game 2 - Sum: Jack Peeler 2-4, R, RBI

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