State scoreboard, Friday, April 19

Cobras junior Cooper Thomas pitched
 a career-long 6 2/3 innings against
SAC leader Catawba. (Coker photo)

Player of the day: Cooper Thomas, Coker, W, 6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 6 K in relief

Briefly: Jimmy Obertop homered twice as No. 6 Clemson rallied to win the opener of an ACC series with Pitt ... No. 19 Coastal Carolina scored eight runs in the first two innings and blistered No. 14 Louisiana to open their Sun Belt Conference series ... South Carolina batters struck out 16 times and No. 2 Arkansas pushed across two runs in the sixth take an SEC series opener from the No. 20 Gamecocks ... Zac Cowan struck out 14 in nine innings and Wofford scored seven runs in the 12th inning to take the opener of a Southern Conference series at Mercer ... USC Upstate scored four runs in the eighth to rally past Charleston Southern in the opener of a Big South Conference series ... College of Charleston scored an unearned run in the eighth to take the opener of  Coastal Athletic Association series with William & Mary ... Sam Swygert took a no-hitter into the seventh inning at VMI and The Citadel got its first Southern Conference victory of the season ... Chandler Moeller hit a three-run homer and Lander extended its winning streak to 12 with a run-rule win over Claflin to open a Peach Belt Conference series. The Panthers' losing streak hit 38 ... Cameron Ferrell drove in three runs, including a fielder's choice in the seventh to give Coker the lead as the Cobras knocked off South Atlantic Conference leader Catawba in the series opener ... Scott McDonough had three hits and drove in six runs as Columbia International won the opener of an Appalachian Athletic Conference series at Kentucky Christian ... Pat Monteith homered twice and drove in five runs as North Greenville took the opener of a Conference Carolinas series at Chowan ... Josean Sanchez singled, doubled and drove in two runs as Erskine won the first game of a Conference Carolinas series with Barton at Grier Field ... Southern Wesleyan had 17 hits against Francis Marion to snap a 14-game losing streak in the opener of a Conference Carolinas series ... Kawan Ellerbe-James had three hits and drove in four runs as Voorhees beat Crowley's Ridge in its second game of the day at the Continental Athletic Conference Showdown at Georgia Gwinnett College. The Tigers lost to Florida National in the opener ... Isaiah Brandt doubled and homered as Bob Jones held off Trinity Baptist in the opener of a series ...  A four-run third put UNC Asheville in control as it took the opener of a Big South Conference home series with Winthrop ... North Georgia scored a run in the sixth and two in the seventh to pull away from USC Aiken in the opener of a Peach Belt Conference series ... High Point knocked off Presbyterian in the opener of a Big South Conference series ... Lenoir-Rhyne topped Anderson in the opener of a South Atlantic Conference series at Hickory ... Flagler took the opener of its Peach Belt Conference series with USC Beaufort ... Lincoln Memorial scored five runs in the first inning of its SAC win over Newberry.

Arkansas 2, South Carolina 1 - USC: Cole Messina 2-4, BB

Bob Jones 7, Trinity Baptist 6 - BJU: Sam Gonzalez 3-5, 2B, SB, 2 R 

Clemson 6, Pitt 4 - Cle: Tristan Smith 2.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 K

Coastal Carolina 9, Louisiana 1 - Coa: Riley Eikhoff W, 7 IP, R

Coker 6, Catawba 5 - Cok: Adam Wilkerson 2B, BB, R, SB, RBI

College of Charleston 7, William & Mary 6 - Cha: Kevin Madden 1B, HR, 3 RBI

Columbia International 12, Kentucky Christian 2, 7 innings - Col: Matthew Garris W, 5 IP, 0 R, 6 K

Erskine 4, Barton 2 - Ers: David Hernandez 3-4, HR

Flagler 12, USC Beaufort 6 - Bea: Brian Meyer 3-4, BB, 2 R

High Point 13, Presbyterian 3 - PC: Noah LeBron HR, BB
Lander 14, Claflin 0, 7 innings - Lan: Chris Manriquez 3-4, BB, R, 3 RBI 
Lenoir-Rhyne 7, Anderson 3 - And: Carlos Hernandez 1B, 2B, 2 R

Lincoln Memorial 9, Newberry 3 - New: Jesse Free 2-4, RBI

North Georgia 9, USC Aiken 6 - Aik: Brock Myers 3-4, BB, RBI
North Greenville 22, Chowan 1 - Nor: Kaleb Hall 2B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI
Southern Wesleyan 20, Francis Marion 13 - Sou: Jarrett Whitley 3-5, HR, 4 BB, 3 RBI

The Citadel 7, VMI 1 - Cit: Wells Sykes 2B, 3B, BB, HBP, 3 R, RBI
UNC Asheville 10, Winthrop 4 - Win: Anthony Ruocco 3-4, R
USC Upstate 10, Charleston Southern 7 - Up: Koby Kropf 2-4, HR, BB, 3 RBI
Wofford 9, Mercer 2, 12 innings - Wof: Jack  Renwick 2B, HR, 3 RBI

CAC Showdown

Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, Ga.

Florida National 8, Voorhees 5 - Voo: Isaiah Palmer 3-4, 2 R, RBI

Voorhees 14, Crowley's Ridge 7 - Voo: Jordyn Hill 2-2, 2 R, 3 RBI

Georgia Gwinnett 34, Crowley's Ridge 3

Moved to April 20

Limestone at Virginia Wise

(22/1073)

Beyond the border 

ACC: N.C. State clinched a series win over No. 11 North Carolina, 5-4 ... Georgia Tech won the opener of a series with No. 10 Virginia, 13-2 ... No. 12 Wake Forest edged No. 8 Florida State, 5-4, in a series opener ... Notre Dame beat Boston College, 14-3, to open their season ... Louisville took its series opener with Miami, 9-5 ... No. 7 Duke beat No. 23 Virginia Tech, 9-8, in 11 innings.

SEC: Top-ranked Texas A&M scored the game's final 10 runs to beat No. 18 Alabama in the first game of a doubleheader and doubled up the Crimson Tide again in the nightcap, 18-9 ... No. 3 Kentucky edged No. 4 Tennessee, 5-3, in the opener of a key East Division series ... Slate Alford homered twice and drove in eight runs as No. 14 Georgia smoked Ole Miss, 17-6 ... Florida's Jac Caglianone homered in his ninth straight game to tie the NCAA record, but No. 13 Vanderbilt beat the Gators, 5-2, to clinch a series win ... LSU took the series opener from Missouri, 12-1 ... Mississippi State  took the series opener with Auburn, 8-1.

Elsewhere: Texas Tech beat No. 22 West Virginia, 15-2 ... No. 9 East Carolina survived Wichita State, 6-4 ... Kansas State edged No. Oklahoma State, 6-5 ... Louisiana Tech upended No. 25 Dallas Baptist, 5-3 ... Samford topped Western Carolina, 6-4 ... Hofstra stopped Campbell, 11-7 ... UNCW outlasted Northeastern, 11-5 ... James Madison beat Georgia Southern, 4-2 ... Marshall topped Old Dominion, 4-2 ... Appalachian State clubbed Arkansas State, 20-7 ... Georgia State downed Troy, 10-8 ... Texas State doubled up South Alabama, 6-3 ... Southern Miss whipped Louisiana Monroe, 14-2 ... Stanford drilled No. 16 Oregon, 19-7 ... Cal bested No. 5 Oregon, 10-8.