Anderson
Troj-antics: The six-game winning streak snapped in the series finale at Bluefield State came on the heels of a seven-game losing streak and has moved Anderson back over .500 for the first time since early March ... Carlos Hernandez had a nine-game hitting streak snapped on Saturday ... Ben Smith (5-4) has gotten the decision in all nine starts ... Ryan Brash, listed as a catcher on the roster, leads the team with two saves.
Benedict
Bene-feats: The Tigers have 108 stolen bases in 126 attempts ... Kent Johnson entered the Morehouse series with one home run, but went deep in consecutive games. He has raised his batting average to .313 during a five-game hitting streak ... Nicholas Gioia has four of the Tigers' six complete games and is averaging almost seven innings pitched per start.
Bob Jones
Bru-insights: The doubleheader sweep at Toccoa Falls produced the program's first back-to-back wins since Feb. 10, 2023 ... Riley Ramsey has a nine-game hitting streak and has raised his average to .432. He has four of BJU's eight home runs, matching his career high for a season. The senior from Gaffney also has career highs in hits (38), doubles (6), and triples (4) ... Joshua Legnard's three-hit complete game on Saturday was his second complete game of the season. He has 42 strikeouts in 39 innings.
Charleston Southern
Buc blasts: Cade Conway went hitless in the series finale with Creighton. He has not been held without a hit in back-to-back games this season ... Chandler Tuopo has raised his batting average to .406 with a seven-game hitting streak ... Dakota Miller had two doubles against Creighton, giving him a team-leading 13 ...
Claflin
Claf-lines: Kobe Miller leads Claflin with a .320 batting average and hit his team-leading second triple of the season over the weekend. He also leads in walks (12) and stolen bases (17) ... D.J. Mungenast is 5-for-14 over his last four games ... Panthers pitchers have allowed almost two runs per innings (461 in 231 1/3) and opponents have scored in double figures in 17 of the last 18 games ... Opponents are batting .402 and have outhomered Claflin 33-1.
Clemson
Tiger tales: With the series win at Miami, the Tigers have won their last 10 Atlantic Coast Conference series and their last 14 series opener. The series win also snapped the Hurricanes streak of 15 consecutive ACC home series wins. It was Clemson's first series win over Miami since 2012 and first at Coral Gables since 2006 ... Blake Wright was held to one hit at Miami after being red-hot in a 10-game hitting streak ... Alden Mathes has hit four of his six home runs during his seven-game hitting streak ...Matthew Marchal got his first start of the season and allowed one run over four-plus innings ... Clemson batters struck out 36 times in the series, second only to the 37 strikeouts at Duke.
Coastal Carolina
Chanti-sphere: Coastal has turned 29 double plays, fourth-best in the NCAA ... Blake Barthol has hit 14 of the Chanticleers' 55 homers ... Freshman Cameron Flukey had season highs in innings pitched (5) and strikeouts (8) in the series finale at ULM ... Sam Antonacci has a 10-game hitting streak and has scored in his last eight games .... The staff ERA is 5.34, but opposing pitchers have a 9.73 ERA ... Coastal has turned 34 double plays, best in Division I.
Coker
Snake strikes: The Cobras have stolen 120 bases in 140 tries. Six players are in double figures, led by Jacob Yarberry's 17 ... Gabriel Santiago Jr., who had one at-bat before March 16, is batting .468 and has a nine-game hitting streak ... Benjamin Blackwell has not allowed a run in 14 innings covering his last five appearances ... Coker batters have been hit by pitches 80 times, led by Ick Cirino's 17.
College of Charleston
Cougar curves: Chad Holbrook got his 400th career coaching victory on Friday in the opener of the Stony Brook series ... The Cougars hit eight homers over the weekend, twice matching the season high of three. They also matched the season high with six doubles ... Cole Singsank has hit four homers in his last seven games ... Even after allowing three runs in seven innings at Stony Brook, Jake Brink's ERA is 2.35 ... Emmett Bice has 29 strikeouts in 20 innings ... Davis Aiken has five of Charleston's eight saves, and has allowed one hit while striking out three in 7 1/3 innings covering his last seven appearances. He pitched in all three games at Stony Brook.
Columbia International
Ram-egrams: Shane Hammonds went 4-for-10 in the St. Andrews series, raising his batting average to .278 ... CIU failed to draw a walk in a game for just the third time this season in Game 2 on Saturday ... The Rams have hit at least one double in 14 consecutive games ...
Erskine
Fleet filberts: Erskine allowed double figures in runs all three games of the UNC Pembroke series, the first time opponents have scored 10 or more runs in three straight games this season. The Braves hit 10 homers and had a .406 team batting average ... The 18-1 loss in the middle game marked the third time the Flying Fleet have been held to a single run. Erskine has yet to be shut out ... Josean Sanchez was 8-for-12 for the weekend, raising his batting average to .416 ... Christian Rivera extended his hitting streak to nine ... Alex Heintz had his worst outing of the season against Pembroke, giving up eight runs in 4 2/3 innings.
Florence-Darlington Tech
Stinger zingers: FD Tech has scored 10 or more runs 19 times, including 13 times during its 20-game winning streak ... Stingers pitchers have just one shutout, but have held opponents to one run five times ... Rom Kellis has walked 23 times while striking out 10 ... Jay Douglas went 6-for-11 in the USC Lancaster series ... Michael Gibson pitched four innings and got a win against UCSL and was 6-for-10 with a double, a triple, a homer and 5 runs in the other three games.
Francis Marion
Patriot-ics: Opponents have outscored FMU 107-30 - with 13 of Patriots runs bunched in two games - during its 11-game losing streak ... Leading hitting Zack Summerville is 3-for-27 over the last eight games, dropping his average to .336 ... Staff ace Chas Debruhl's ERA has climbed from 1.16 to a still very good 2.24 during the losing streak ... I can't find any school records for longest losing streak.
Lander
Lander liners: Ethan Wilder is 13-for-31 during a seven-game hitting streak. He has hit safely in 13 of 14 games and 26 of his last 29 ... Gary Garrett was 9-for-14 and Taichi Nakao was 7-for-14 in the USC Beaufort series ... Connor Droze hit two home runs to increase his team-leading total to 13.
Limestone
Halo happenings: Sion Barnette has improved his batting average to .363 with a five-game hitting streak and has driven in eight runs in that span .... Gavin Troyer has hit safely in seven of his last eight games and 12 of his last 14 ... Colt Wilkins' complete-game shutout against Coker on Friday was the first for a Saints pitcher this season.
Morris
Hornet heaters: Monday's Game 2 win over Benedict snapped an eight-game losing streak and was Morris' first win since a 6-5 decision over Voorhees to open a Feb. 23 doubleheader.
Newberry
Wolf howls: Donovan Ford has a 14-game hitting streak, improving his batting average to .387 ... Newberry hit three homers in a five-game span in mid-March, but has just four for the season in 34 games. It does have 17 triples ... Wolves batters have been hit by pitches 82 times ... Hunter French has thrown 13 shutout innings over his last two starts, lowering his ERA to 2.93 ... Matias Marchesini followed up 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief at Virginia Wise March 24 with eight shutout innings in a start at Mars Hill on Friday, accounting for his two wins.
North Greenville
Crusader capers: With the weekend sweep of Young Harris, NGU improved to 17-3 at home this season ... While David Lewis was 4-for-13 against the Mountain Lions, his batting average dropped to .395 ... Dakota Britt is 9-for-22 during a six-game hitting streak ... Kaleb Hall is 10-for-24 during his six-game hitting streak. He drove in six runs in the Young Harris series ... Relievers Dawson Taylor, Nate Roof and Matthew Taubensee have an ERA of 1.12, a 4-0 record and 8 saves in 56 1/3 innings over 38 total appearances.
Presbyterian
Kilt kernels: Solid starting pitching allowed the Blue Hose to take a 2-1 series win at Gardner-Webb despite a 16-for-88 (.182) team output. Daniel Eagen went five shutout innings, allowing 1 hit and striking out 11 in the opener and Charlie McDaniel pitched seven shutout innings in Game 2.
South Carolina
Fowl fare: Last week's win over Presbyterian was the 200th of Mark Kingston's tenure in Columbia ... Ethan Petry has reached base in 38 games going back to last season ... South Carolina leads the NCAA with 216 walks received. In second place is Texas A&M (204), the Gamecocks' opponent this weekend.
Southern Wesleyan
Southern cooking: Cam Mitchem hit three homers in the Eckerd series, giving him eight for the season. He has raised his batting average to .317 with a 16-game hitting streak, which has included five of his homers ... Warriors pitchers have allowed 393 hits and 192 walks in 290 1/3 innings.
Spartanburg Methodist
Pioneer pearls: SMC leads Region 10 with 403 hits and a .362 team batting average ... Blake Martin has hit safely in three of five games after missing a month ... Hunter Fryzowicz is 20-for-36 in his last 11 games ... Davis Wright held No. 1 Gaston College to one earned run in his victory.
The Citadel
Bulldog bombs: The Bulldogs have scored 17 runs in their last seven games, during which they are 1-6. The staff ERA has jumped almost a full point from 5.32 to 6.26) in that period. They were 14-for-85 in the weekend sweep at the hands of Western Carolina ... Luke Kissenberth had five strikeouts in 4 2/3 shutout innings in three appearances last week.
USC Aiken
Pacer patter: Josh Sharp was 7-for-17 and Capers Molinaroli was 6-for-16 in four games last week ... Aiken has gone 2-15 since a March 3 win over Claflin.
USC Beaufort
Shark bites: Pitchers allowed Lander 48 runs in the weekend series ... The Sand Sharks have been outhomered 23-0... Prior to being no-hit by Lander's Anson Merrick in Game 2 on Saturday, USCB had 40 hits in its previous three games.
USC Lancaster
Lancer-lots: Joe Sperry leads Region 10 with 16 homers and 59 RBI. He is batting .433 ... Eddie Olmeda with 3-for-7 (.429) in the FD Tech series, dropping his season average to .484.
USC Salkehatchie
Indian items: The Indians were unable to hold on to a lead in both games of Saturday's DH loss to USC Union ... Leading hitting Bradley Garland returned to the lineup for the first time in two weeks, going 2-for-10 against Union
USC Sumter
Ant Hills: The Fire Ants have lost six of their last seven ... Jarian Pinckney was 4-for-9 in the Brunswick series ... Josh Keen has struck out 45 in 34 2/3 innings
USC Union
Bantam bits: Brayden Corn has a nine-game hitting streak. He was 11-for-18 with nine RBI and 11 steals in six games last week. He is 23-for-24 in steals this season ... Jared Penland struck out seven in a five-inning complete game win over USC Salkehatchie.
USC Upstate
Upper cuts: The Spartans hit 10 homers in the three-game sweep of UNC Asheville, giving them 58 in 29 games. They have yet to hit just one homer in a game ... Jace Rinehart was 7-for-13 against UNCA ... Grant Sherrod has a five-game hitting streak ... Noah Sullivan (6-1) has a decision in all seven starts.
Voorhees
Bengal bingles: The Tigers have gone 2-11 since a 7-8 start.
Winthrop
Eagle eggstra: Riley Huge has 81 strikeouts in 41 1/3 innings, second nationally to Chase Burns of Wake Forest, who has struck out 82 in 43 2/3 innings. Also, Huge is striking out 17.64 batters per nine innings, trailing only Hagen Smith of Arkansas (18.51) ... Friday's shutout loss to St. John's was the Eagles' first of the season. Only a four-run seventh in Saturday's first game kept them from being shutout in consecutive games.
Wofford
Terrier tappers: Wofford surrendered three homers in three of four games last week. The fourth game was a shutout win by Zac Cowan ... Brice Martinez has an 11-game hitting streak ... Andrew Mannelly has a 10-game hitting streak ... The Terriers are batting .359 as a team ... Opposing base runners are just 8-for-12 in stolen bases ... Starter Braden Hofmeyer walked two batters and hit two before being lifted on Saturday. All four runners scored, lifting his ERA from 1.57 to 2.83.
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