State scoreboard, Friday, April 5

Noah Sullivan allowed one earned run in six
innings and his three-run double capped a five-run
seventh to put the Spartans ahead. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Noah Sullivan, USC Upstate, 2-3, BB, 2B, 3 RBI, W, 6 IP, ER

Briefly: Will Taylor's two-run eighth-inning home run gave No. 2 Clemson the lead at Notre Dame and Jimmy Obertop added a two-run shot in the ninth inning as the Tigers won the opener of an ACC series ... Daniel Eagen struck out 14 in seven innings as Presbyterian took Game 1 of its Big South Conference series with Radford ... USC Upstate scored five runs in the eighth to rally past Winthrop in the opener of a Big South Conference series ... No. 20 Coastal Carolina used an eight-run fifth inning to coast past Old Dominion in the first game of a Sun Belt Conference series ... No. 3 Texas A&M scored four runs in the first and was never seriously threatened in beating No. 22 South Carolina to open an SEC series ... Charleston Southern scored six runs in the ninth and rallied to beat Longwood to open a Big South Conference series ... College of Charleston won the opener of its CAA series with UNCW as Luke Wood singled, doubled, walked, scored a run and drove in a run ... North Greenville scored three runs in the first inning and rolled past Belmont Abbey in the opener of a Conference Carolinas series ... Alex Heintz and Caleb Dix combined for a two-hit shutout as Erskine took a Conference Carolinas series opener at Francis Marion ... Benjamin Blackwell pitched six innings in relief to get the win for Coker in the opener of a South Atlantic Conference series against Tusculum ... Taichi Nakao singled, doubled, walked, scored two runs and drove in two as Lander used an eight-run eighth to run-rule  USC Aiken to open a Peach Belt Conference series ... Matthew Garris pitched six shutout innings as Columbia International took the opener of a series with Montreat ... Michael Ross struck out nine in a one-hit shutout as Samford took the opener of a three-game SoCon series at The Citadel ... UNC Greensboro scored nine runs over the final three innings to take the opener of a SoCon series at Wofford ... Lenoir-Rhyne scored three runs in the ninth to take Game 1 of its South Atlantic Conference series at Newberry ... Carson Newman's Noah Pridmore pitched a three-hit shutout of Anderson in a game halted in the seventh inning by the run rule ... Paine scored two runs in the ninth and three in the 10th to overtake Bob Jones in the opener of a series. The Bruins committed eight errors ... Trinity Baptist broke a scoreless tie with eight runs in the fourth to win the opener of a series at Voorhees ... Mount Olive scored four runs in the first inning and cruised past Southern Wesleyan in the first game of a Conference Carolinas series ... Columbus State scored nine runs in the first two innings to whip USC Beaufort ...  Georgia College handed Claflin its 31st straight loss.

Carson-Newman 10, Anderson 0, 7 innings - And: Gray Wells 1-3

Charleston Southern 12, Longwood 8 - Cha: Christian Bauman 1B, 2B, BB, 2 R

Clemson 7, Notre Dame 3 - Cle: Jacob Hinderleider 3-5, 2B, R, RBI
Coastal Carolina 9, Old Dominion 2 - Coa: Zack Beach 3-5, HR, 3 RBI
Coker 9, Tusculum 6 - Cok: Jaylen Mack 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI
College of Charleston 8, UNCW 5 - Cha: Dariyan Pendergrass 2-4, R, RBI
Columbia International 8, Montreat 4 - Col: Scott McDonough 1B, 2B, R, 3 RBI
Columbus State 13, USC Beaufort 4 - Bea: Julian Galassi 3-5, R, 2 RBI
Erskine 8, Francis Marion 0 - Ers: Dale Francis 1B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Georgia College 13, Claflin 1, 7 innings -  Cla: Micah Shivers 1B, 3B, RBI
Lander 10, USC Aiken 0, 8 innings - Lan: Chandler Moeller 2 2B, 2 RBI
Lenoir-Rhyne 7, Newberry 4 - New: Henry Gibson 2-4, 2 RBI
Mount Olive 18, Southern Wesleyan 3 - Sou: Justin Purdom 2B, BB, RBI
North Greenville 12, Belmont Abbey 4 - Nor: Landon Shaw 1B, 2 HR, 3 R, 5 RBI
Paine 12, Bob Jones 10, 10 innings - BJU: Kamden Lance 4-6, 2B, R, 3 RBI
Presbyterian 4, Radford 2 - PC: Joel Dragoo 1B, 2B, RBI
Samford 2, The Citadel 0 - Cit: Luke Kissenberth 3.2 IP, 4 K

Texas A&M 9, South Carolina 2 - USC: Talmadge LeCroy HR, BB
Trinity Baptist 20, Voorhees 6 - Voo: Bryce Reed 1B, 2 BB, 2 RBI

UNC Greensboro 12, Wofford 4 - Wof: David Wiley 1B, HR, 2 BB

USC Upstate 5, Winthrop 2 - Up: Jace Rinehart 2-4, R, RBI
(22/965)

Beyond the border

ACC: No. 15 Virginia scored three runs in the first inning and pulled away from No. 10. North Carolina, 7-2, to clinch a series win ... No. 14 Florida State sailed past Boston College, 12-4,  to open that series ... Louisville blasted No. 19 N.C. State, 11-1 ...No. 4 Duke edged Miami, 4-3 ... No.. 21 Wake Forest upended No. 11 Virginia Tech ...  Georgia Tech topped host Pitt, 6-3, in a game played in snow flurries.

SEC: Two Missouri pitchers held No. 6 Florida to two hits and struck out 13 to edge the Gators in 11 innings, 2-1 ... No. 17 Kentucky beat No. 13 Alabama, 6-2 to open their series ... Auburn took an three-run lead after two innings and trimmed No. 4 Tennessee, 9-5 ... No. 1 Arkansas clinched a series win over Ole Miss, 8-3 ... No. 23 Mississippi State dumped Georgia, 6-1 ... No. 7 Vanderbilt rallied past No. 18 LSU, 8-6.

Elsewhere: Western Kentucky beat No. 8 Dallas Baptist, 4-1 ... East Tennessee State scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to rally past Mercer, 6-5, in SoCon play.