State scoreboard, Saturday, March 16

Joshua Legnard pitched the second shutout
in Bruins program history. (BJU photo)

Player of the day: Joshua Legnard, Bob Jones, W, CG, 7 H, 0 R, BB, 7 K

Briefly: Tristan  Bissetta hit a grand slam and Jimmy Obertop added a three-run shot as No. 10 Clemson evened its ACC series with No. 6 Duke ... Riley Huge struck out 14 in six innings as Winthrop won the opener of a Big South Conference doubleheader, but Longwood rallied in the ninth of Game 2 for a split ... Zac Cowan allowed four hits and a run over six innings as Wofford evened its series at College of Charleston ... Jace Rinehart homered and drove in three runs as USC Upstate clinched a Big South series win over Gardner-Webb and won its seventh straight game ... Lander took early leads in both games and held on to sweep Peach Belt Conference rival Columbus State ... James Madison scored three runs in the eighth and snapped No. 16 Coastal Carolina's 15-game hitting streak to even the Sun Belt Conference series ... Cade Conway's seventh-inning homer lifted Charleston Southern to its fourth straight win, clinching a Big South Conference series over High Point ... The Citadel roared back from an eight-run deficit to clinch a series win against UMass ... Christian Rivera homered in both games and Erskine used a seven-run third in Game 1 and a five-run sixth in the nightcap to sweep a pair from Belmont Abbey in Conference Carolinas play ... After surrendering the lead late in a Game 1 loss, Bob Jones scored three runs in the first inning of Game 2 in a shutout of Covenant ... Spartanburg Methodist swept USC Salkehatchie to stay in a first-place tie in Region 10 with Gaston College, which swept USC Lancaster ... Newberry had 14 hits in each game to sweep a South Atlantic Conference road doubleheader at Anderson ... Ole Miss scored eight runs in the eighth to clinch an SEC series win over No. 20 South Carolina ... George Washington scored three runs in the 11th to shut out Presbyterian ... Kent Johnson singled, tripled and drove in three runs as Benedict won Game 1 of an SIAC twinbill ... UNC Pembroke took a Conference Carolinas series over North Greenville with a doubleheader sweep ... Flagler clinched a Peach Belt Conference series win and handed USC Aiken its eighth straight loss ... Catawba swept Limestone in a SAC doubleheader ... Augusta's sweep of Claflin sent the Panthers to their 21st consecutive loss ...Virginia Wise swept Coker in a pair of low-scoring SAC games ... North Georgia swept USC Beaufort in Peach Belt Conference action ... Emmanuel scored a run in the ninth and another in the 10th to get a walk-off win against Southern Wesleyan in the opener of a Conference Carolinas series ... Johnson University denied Columbia International's bid for a conference series sweep ... Barton roughed up Francis Marion's pitching staff in the opener of a Conference Carolinas series ... Bluefield State used big innings to coast past Morris in a series opener.

Augusta 5, Claflin 2, Game 1 - Cla: D.J. Mungenast 1B, 2 BB

Augusta 18, Claflin 1, Game 2 - Cla: Kennedy Jones 2-3

Barton 15, Francis Marion 3 - Fra: Noah Stout 1B, 2B, R
Benedict 15, Kentucky State 7, Game 1 - Ben: Taj Bates 2-5, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Kentucky State 11, Benedict 1, Game 2 - Ben: Jacob Hall 1B, R

Bluefield State 22, Morris 10, 7 innings - Mor: Jeremy Roberts 2-3, SB, 2 R

Catawba 11, Limestone 2, Game 1 - Lim: Winston Parke HR
Catawba 7, Limestone 4, Game 2 - Lim: Gavin Troyer 1B, 2B, R

Charleston Southern 3, High Point 2 - Cha: Gus Hughes 6.1 IP, 2 R, 8 K
Clemson 8, Duke 7 - Cle: Tristan Smith W, 6 IP, ER, 10 K
Covenant 3, Bob Jones 2, Game 1 - BJU: Henry Wallach 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 5 K

Bob Jones 4, Covenant 0 Game 2 - BJU: Sam Gonzalez 2-3. SB, R, 2 RBI
Emmanuel 5, Southern Wesleyan 4, 10 innings - Sou: Clay Porter 3-5, 2B, 2 R
Erskine 12, Belmont Abbey 6, Game 1 - Ers: Tyler Smith 1B, 2B, SB, R, 3 RBI
Erskine 8, Belmont Abbey 3, Game 2 - Ers: Christian Rivera 1B, HR, BB, 3 RBI
Flagler 6, USC Aiken 5 - Aik: Cade Bouknight 1B, 2B, 2 RBI
Gaston College 10, USC Lancaster 3, Game 1 - Lan: Tristan Hunt 2-4, R, RBI
Gaston College 13, USC Lancaster 1, 6 innings, Game 2 - Lan: Luke Garabedian 2B

George Washington 3, Presbyterian 0, 11 innings - PC: Charlie McDaniel 7 IP, 0 R, 10 K
James Madison 7, Coastal Carolina 4 - Coa: Derek Bender 1B, HR
Johnson University 4, Columbia International 1 - Col: David Mora 2-3

Lander 5, Columbus State 2, Game 1 - Lan: Bennett Nance W, 8 IP, 9 K
Lander 2, Columbus State 1, Game 2 - Lan: Ethan Wilder HR, BB

Newberry 9, Anderson 8, Game 1 - New: Jomar Lugo 3-5, 2 RBI

Newberry 12, Anderson 5, Game 2 - New: Jacob LeBron 3-4, BB, R, 2 RBI, 2 SB

North Georgia 17, USC Beaufort 7, 7 innings, Game 1 - Bea: Nikko Andre 3-4, R, 2 RBI

North Georgia 12, USC Beaufort 6, Game 2 - Bea: Carson Phillips 2-4, R

Ole Miss 12, South Carolina 3 - USC: Kennedy Jones 3-4, 2B, HR, BB, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 18, USC Salkehatchie 1, 5 innings, Game 1 - Spa: Matt Layton 2-2, 2 R, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 8, USC Salkehatchie 1, Game 2 - Spa: Kemper Nix W, 6 IP, R, 9 K 
The Citadel 11, UMass 9 - Cit: Sawyer Reeves 2-4. BB, R, 3 RBI
UNC Pembroke 14, North Greenville 4, Game 1 - Nor: Kaleb Hall 1B, 2B, R, RBI

UNC Pembroke 6, North Greenville 3, Game 2 - Nor: Dakota Britt HR, BB

USC Upstate 8, Gardner-Webb 5 - Up: Daniel Gernon 2B, 3B, BB, SB, 3 R, RBI
Virginia Wise 4, Coker 2, Game 1 - Cok: Kody Hanna 3-4
Virginia Wise 3, Coker 0, Game 2 - Cok: Gabriel Santiago 1B, BB
Winthrop 9, Longwood 4, Game 1 - Win: Nicholas Badillo HR, 2 RBI
Longwood 10, Winthrop 6, Game 2 - Win: Alan Benhardt 3-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Wofford 3, College of Charleston 2 - Wof: Brice Martinez 3-4, R, RBI

Moved to March 18

USC Sumter at USC Union, DH

(39/676)

Beyond the border

Top-ranked Arkansas clinched an SEC series win over Missouri with a 6-0 win. In other SEC action, No. 9 Vanderbilt beat No. 18 Auburn for the second straight night, 13-5, No. 2 LSU evened its series with Mississippi State, 9-8, No. 4 Texas A&M evened its series with No. 8 Florida, 10-6, No. 14 Alabama beat No. 5 Tennessee, 6-3, to even that series and Kentucky beat Georgia for the second straight day, 9-3  ....  In the ACC, Georgia Tech clinched a series win by topping No. 13 N.C. State, 8-7, on a three-run homer in the eighth. Drew Burress hit two homers for Tech, giving him 13 in 18 games ... In other ACC action, No. 7 Wake Forest evened its series with No. 17 Virginia, 9-3, Miami clinched a series win over No. 15 North Carolina, 2-1, unbeaten Florida State beat Notre Dame, 4-2, to take that series, Virginia Tech evened the series with Louisville with a 12-6 win,  Boston College beat Pitt, 16-10, to even that series ... Washington beat No. 23 Texas, 5-3 ... NCAA Division II No. 1 Tampa beat Embry-Riddle, 8-1, in the deciding game of their series ... Oklahoma handed No. 12 TCU its second straight loss and fourth in its last six games. 7-5.