State scoreboard, Saturday, March 30

Saturday's start was Anson Merrick's fourth
in 25 career appearances and produced a
career high in innings. (Lander photo) 

Player of the day: Anson Merrick, Lander, 7-inning no-hitter, BB, 6 K

Honorable mention player of the day
Riley Ramsey, Bob Jones, 4-for-7, BB, 3B, 2 HR, 4 R, 3 RBI

Briefly: Before Merrick's feat, USC Beaufort rallied from six runs down to win the opener against Lander on Julian Galassi's 11th-inning single. That snapped a 12-game Sand Sharks losing streak ... No. 3 Clemson clinched its 10th consecutive ACC series victory as Aidan Knaak and two relievers combined for a two-hit shutout ... No. 18 South Carolina survived a frantic four-run Alabama rally in the ninth when a Crimson Tide base runner rounded third base too far on an infield hit and was thrown out to end the game, allowing the Gamecocks to salvage the finale of the SEC series ... North Greenville completed a Conference Carolinas sweep of Young Harris in a meeting of nationally ranked teams ... Blake Barthol singled, doubled and homered as No. 19 Coastal Carolina took a Sun Belt Conference finale at Louisiana Monroe ... USC Upstate hit four homers and survived a defensive blip in the ninth to complete a Big South Conference sweep of UNC Asheville ... Trotter Harlan had three hits and drove in two runs as College of Charleston clinched a CAA series win at Stony Brook ... Hunter French pitched six shutout innings in Game 1 as Newberry clinched a series win at Mars Hill ... Kody Hanna had five hits in the doubleheader as Coker took a South Atlantic Conference series win with a twinbill sweep at Limestone ... Joshua Legnard pitched a complete game and struck out nine in seven innings in Game 1 as Bob Jones took a pair from Toccoa Falls for its first back-to-back wins this season ... Florence-Darlington Tech got a pair of run-rule wins over USC Lancaster to remain unbeaten in Region 10 and extend its winning streak to 21 games ... USC Union rallied in both games to complete a Region 10 series sweep of USC Salkehatchie. The Indians have lost 26 straight ... Columbia International scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth in Game 2 to pick up a doubleheader split against St. Andrews ... Benedict scored five runs in its final at-bat to take the last game of an SIAC series at Morehouse ... USC Aiken rallied twice, then held off a Georgia College comeback to take the final game of a Peach Belt Conference series ... VMI hit three home runs for the second time in the weekend to take a SoCon series win over Wofford, which won by a shutout in the middle game ... After a run-rule win in the opener, St. John's scored five runs in the final two innings of the second game to get a seven-inning tie with Winthrop in a game halted because of Winthrop's travel schedule ... For second straight week, a loss in the series finale denied Presbyterian a Big South Conference series sweep ... Western Carolina used a pair of three-run innings to finish a three-game SoCon series sweep of The Citadel ... NJCAA No. 1 Gaston College took a pair from Spartanburg Methodist to claim a Region 10 series ... Creighton completed a sweep of Charleston Southern with a pair of three-run victories ... Bluefield State salvaged the series finale against Anderson, snapping the Trojans' six-game winning streak ... UNC Pembroke completed a sweep of Erskine with a pair of  strong offensive performances ... Brunswick won the deciding game of its series with USC Sumter ... Eckerd completed a nonconference series sweep of Southern Wesleyan ... Emmanuel's sweep of Francis Marion extended the Patriots' losing streak to 11 games ... Flagler scored 45 runs in a doubleheader as it pushed Claflin's losing streak to 29 games ...

Bluefield State 6, Anderson 2 - And: Anthony Pandolfi 1-3, R

Bob Jones 7, Toccoa Falls 3, Game 1 - BJU: Conley Burk 2-4, 3B, R, 3 RBI

Bob Jones 5, Toccoa Falls 4, Game 2 -  BJU: Chad Bayne 2-3, RBI
Brunswick CC 13, USC Sumter 11 - Sum: Niko Laing 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI
Coastal Carolina 9, ULM 0 - Coa: Caden Bodine HR, 3 RBI
Clemson 7, Miami 0 - Clem: Cam Cannarella 2 2B, 3 RBI
Coker 16, Limestone 4, Game 1 - Cok: Kody Hanna 3-4, HR, BB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Coker 7, Limestone 5, Game 2 - Cok: Ick Cirino 3-4, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 17, Stony Brook 8 - Cha: Luke Wood 1B, 2 RB, 2 R, 4 RBI
Creighton 10, Charleston Southern 7, Game 1 - Cha: Cade Conway 2-3, BB, R, RBI
Creighton 6, Charleston Southern 3, Game 2 - Cha: Peter Werth 1B, 2B, R
Eckerd 13, Southern Wesleyan 3, 8 innings - Sou: T.J. Highsmith 1B, 2B, R

Emmanuel 4, Francis Marion 0, Game 1 - Fra: Blake Falor 2B

Emmanuel 11, Francis Marion 2, Game 2 - Fra: Owen Taylor 2-4, 2 R
Flagler 28, Claflin 5, Game 1 - Cla: Anthony Hardy 2-4, R, 2 RBI

Flagler 17, Claflin 0, Game 2 - Cla: Michael Bailey 2-3
Florence-Darlington Tech 11, USC Lancaster 1, 6 innings, Game 1 - Flo: Aydin Palmer W, 5 IP, 0 ER, 9 K
Florence-Darlington Tech 12, USC Lancaster 2, 6 innings, Game 2 - Flo: Josh Campos 2-4, 2B, SB, R, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 11, Presbyterian 1, 7 innings - PC: Jack Gorman 1-3, RBI
Gaston College 8, Spartanburg Methodist 2, Game 1 - Spa: Matt Layton 2 2B, R

Gaston College 14, Spartanburg Methodist 6, Game 2 - Spa: Blake Martin 2-4, R, 2 RBI
Morehouse 15, Benedict 5, 8 innings, Game 1 - Ben: Kent Johnson 2B, HR, 2 BB
Benedict 12, Morehouse 8, Game 2 - Ben: Taj Bates 2-3, 2B, SB, BB, R, 3 RBI 
Newberry 7, Mars Hill 3, Game 1 - New: Chandler Mims 3-3, BB, 2 R, RBI
Mars Hill 6, Newberry 4, Game 2 - New: Henry Gibson 2B, R, 2 RBI
North Greenville 8, Young Harris 1, Game 1 - Nor: Reece Fields W, 5 IP ,R
North Greenville 9, Young Harris 3, Game 2 - Nor: Landon Shaw HR, 3 RBI
South Carolina 9, Alabama 8 - USC: Cole Messina 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
St. Andrews 8, Columbia International 5, Game 1 - Col: Shane Hammonds 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
Columbia International 4, St. Andrews 2, Game 2 - Col: Collin Otte S, IP, 2 K

St. John's 18, Winthrop 4, 7 innings, Game 1 - Win: Nicholas Badillo 2B, 2 BB, RBI
Winthrop 6, St. John's 6, 7 innings, Game 2, tie, travel curfew - Win: Cole Griffith 1B, HR, BB, 2 RBI

UNC Pembroke 18, Erskine 1, Game 1 - Ers: Christian Rivera HR

UNC Pembroke 15, Erskine 4, Game 2 - Ers: Jorge Pascual 2 2B, 2 R
USC Aiken 10, Georgia College 9 - Aik: Luke Parker 3-5, 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI

USC Beaufort 13, Lander 12, 11 innings, Game 1 - Bea: Hunter Miller 4-6, 2B, R, 3 RBI

Lander 19, USC Beaufort 0, 7 innings, Game 2 - Lan: Chandler Moeller 4-6, 2B, HR, 3 R, 4 RBI
USC Union 9, USC Salkehatchie 5, Game 1 - Uni: Michael Barron 1B, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

USC Union 11, USC Salkehatchie 6, Game 2 - Uni: Brayden Corn 4-5, 2 SB, 3 R, 2 RBI
USC Upstate 7, UNC Asheville 6 - Up: Noah Sullivan 2B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
VMI 10, Wofford 6 - Wof: Marshall Toole 3-4, 2 SB, BB, 2 R
Western Carolina 6, The Citadel 2 - Cit: Luke Kissenberth 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K

Canceled

Atlantis at Morris
(42/913)

Beyond the border

ACC: No. 11 Duke topped No. 9 Virginia, 7-4 ... No. 17 Florida State topped Louisville 9-4 ... No. 22 N.C. State beat Notre Dame, 7-6, in walk-off fashion for the second straight day ... No. 14 North Carolina beat No. 12 Wake Forest, 10-6, as Parks Harber homered three times ... No. 13 Virginia Tech edged Pitt, 6-5 ... Boston College whipped Georgia Tech, 16-7, to complete a series sweep.

SEC: No. 1 Arkansas completed a sweep of No. 8 LSU, 7-5, dropping to the defending national champs to 2-7 in the SEC ... No. 7 Vanderbilt completed a series sweep of Missouri, 3-1 ... No. 24 Kentucky pounded Ole Miss, 17-9 ... No. 5 Tennessee rallied from four runs down to beat Georgia, 16-11. The Bulldogs' Charlie Condon was 5-for-6 with two homers. He is batting .525 with 19 homers and 40 RBI in 27 games ... No. 12 Mississippi State evened the series at No. 6 Florida, 12-2, as Eastside High product David Mershon hit one of the Bulldogs' five homers ... No. 4 Texas A&M completed a sweep of Auburn with a 12-inning 10-9 walk-off win.

Elsewhere: No. 15 East Carolina beat UAB, 7-1, to complete a series sweep ... Lamar beat No. 25 Oklahoma, 6-3 ... Texas beat No. 23 Kansas State 6-3.