State scoreboard, Saturday, April 6

Joshua Legnard has struck out 35 in 28 innings
during four consecutive complete-game
wins for the 6-19 Bruins.  (Bob Jones photo)

Player of the day: Joshua Legnard, Bob Jones, 7 IP CG, W, 3 H, R, 11 K

Honorable mention player of the day
Donovan Ford, Newberry, 7-7, 2B, BB, SB, 5 R, 2 RBI

Briefly: Ethan Darden didn't allow an earned run in seven innings and No. 2 Clemson won its 11th straight ACC series by taking a low-scoring game at Notre Dame ... Michael Barron's RBI double gave USC Union a walk-off win over NJCAA No. 1 Gaston College in Game 2 after the Rhinos won by 20 runs in the opener ... Cole Singsank homered and drove in four runs as College of Charleston clinched a CAA road series win with its sixth consecutive victory ... Gabriel Santiago's 12th-inning single clinched a SAC series win for Coker in Game 1 and the Cobras completed the sweep of Tusculum in Game 2 behind Garrett Dunn's complete game ... For the second straight game No. 3 Texas A&M took the lead in the first inning and never trailed in clinching an SEC series win over No. 22 South Carolina, which has lost four of its last five games ... USC Upstate survived a seven-run ninth inning by Winthrop to clinch a Big South Conference series win ... Presbyterian clinched its third straight Big South Conference series victory by topping Radford ... Cody Kirkpatrick's two-run homer in the second inning started Bob Jones to a Game 1 victory, but Paine rallied in Game 2 to take a series win ... Samford clinched a SoCon series win and dropped The Citadel to 0-8 in conference play... A wild pitch capped a three-run ninth-inning rally for Newberry in Game 1 and the Wolves completed a DH sweep of Lenoir-Rhyne for a SAC series win ... Old Dominion scored in seven of nine innings to even its Sun Belt Conference series with No. 20 Coastal Carolina ... Evann Long had four hits and drove in four runs as Charleston Southern clinched a Big South Conference series at Longwood ... Ethan Plyler's seventh-inning sacrifice fly put Florence-Darlington Tech ahead in the opener and the Stingers overpowered Spartanburg Methodist in Game 2 to sweep a Region 10 doubleheader. Tech has won 23 consecutive games ... Camden Wicker didn't allow an earned run in seven innings as Wofford beat UNCG to even that SoCon series ... Ethan Wilder singled, homered and drove in four runs as Lander clinched a Peach Belt Conference series win over USC Aiken ... USC Sumter took the opener of its Region 10 series with USC Lancaster as Quinn Gammage had four hits - including a homer - and four RBI, but the Lancers took Game 2 as Joe Sperry had two hits and four RBI ... A pair of late-inning rallies allowed Erskine to complete a Conference Carolinas series sweep at Francis Marion ... North Greenville scored four runs in Game 2 to take a Conference Carolinas series from Belmont Abbey. Drew Stegura pitched a one-hitter as Belmont Abbey took Game 1 ... Xander Casarez struck out 14 in a complete game for Voorhees in Game 1, but Trinity Baptist went on to a series sweep of the Tigers ... Carson-Newman scored two runs in the third inning of Game 1 to take the lead and held on, then rolled past Anderson in the nightcap to complete a SAC series sweep ... Mount Olive added a game to its lead over North Greenville in Conference Carolinas and stretched its winning streak to 14 with a sweep of Southern Wesleyan ... Columbus State scored the final 10 runs to clinch a Peach Belt Conference series win over USC Beaufort ... Clark Atlanta snapped an eight-game losing streak as it took both ends of a SIAC doubleheader from Benedict ... Columbia International took Game 2 of a doubleheader to win the Appalachian Athletic Conference series with Montreat ... Claflin was held hitless until the seventh inning of the opener and Georgia College had two big offensive games to extend the Panthers' losing streak to 33 ...

Belmont Abbey 7, North Greenville 0, Game 1 - Nor: Landon Shaw 1B
North Greenville 7, Belmont Abbey 5, Game 2 - Nor: Carter Dierdorf HR, 2 RBI
Bob Jones 6, Paine 1, Game 1 - BJU: Riley Ramsey 1B, 2B, R
Paine 9, Bob Jones 5, Game 2 - BJU: Riley Ramsey HR, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Carson-Newman 4, Anderson 3, Game 1 - And: Mac Ketchin 2-5, 2 R

Carson-Newman 15, Anderson 6, Game 2 - And: Gray Wells 2-4, R, RBI
Charleston Southern 19, Longwood 10 - Cha: Cade Conway 2-4, 3 BB, RBI, 4 RBI
Clark Atlanta 11, Benedict 8, Game 1 - Ben: Jalen McDuffie 3-4, BB, 2B, 2 SB, R, 3 RBI

Clark Atlanta 10, Benedict 5, Game 2 - Cla: Taj Bates 3-4, RBI

Clemson 3, Notre Dame 2 - Cle: Cam Cannarella 1B, HR, 2 BB

Coker 6, Tusculum 5, 12 innings, Game 1 - Cok: Cameron Ferrell 4-7, SB, R, RBI

Coker 4, Tusculum 2, Game 2 - Cok: Luke Alford 1B, R, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 12, UNCW 3 - Cha: Avery Neaves HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI

Columbus State 10, USC Beaufort 9 - Bea: Hunter Miller 1B, 3B, SB, 2 R, 4 RBI
Erskine 5, Francis Marion 3, Game 1 - Ers: Daniel Hernandez 2-2, 2 RBI
Erskine 9, Francis Marion 5, Game 2 - Ers: Jude Littrell 3-6, R, RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 6, Spartanburg Methodist 5, Game 1 - Flo: Zack Hunt HR, 3 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 20, Spartanburg Methodist 3, Game 2 - Flo: Devin Mitchell 1B, 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, 5 RBI
Gaston College 31, USC Union 11, Game 1, 5 innings - Uni: Blake Exizian 1B, 2B, R, 3 RBI
USC Union 5, Gaston College 4, Game 2 - Uni: Colin Ingle 2B, 2 RBI
Georgia College 25, Claflin 0, Game 1 - Cla: Anthony Hardy 1B, HBP
Georgia College 23, Claflin 4, Game 2 - Cla: Kimon Quarles 2-4, R

Lander 9, USC Aiken 3 - Lan: Ross McCurley 2-4, 2 R
Montreat 14, Columbia International 11, Game 1 - Col: Emmanuel Maldonado 4-5, 2B, SB, R, RBI

Columbia International 5, Montreat 3, Game 2 - Col: Deric Hanko CG, 4 K

Mount Olive 8, Southern Wesleyan 3, Game 1 - Sou: Marty Grisso HR, 2 RBI
Mount Olive 7, Southern Wesleyan 1, Game 2 - Sou: Jarrett Whitley HR
Newberry 12, Lenoir-Rhyne 11, Game 1 - New: Luke Compton 2-4, R, 2 RBI
Newberry 7, Lenoir-Rhyne 4, Game 2 - New: Wyatt Carey S, IP, 2 K
Old Dominion 15, Coastal Carolina 4 - Coa: Blake Barthol 1B, 2 2B, BB, R, RBI

Presbyterian 8, Radford 4 - PC: Brody Fahr 2-3, 2B, BB, 3 R, 3 RBI
Samford 15, The Citadel 2 - Cit: Tyler Christmas 1B, 2 RBI
Texas A&M 6, South Carolina 3 - USC: Tyler Good 5.2 IP, 0 ER, 6 K
Trinity Baptist 3, Voorhees 0, Game 1 - Voo: Isaiah Palmer 2-3

Trinity Baptist 8, Voorhees 4, Game 2 - Voo: Jathan Smith BB, SB, R, RBI
USC Sumter 9, USC Lancaster 2, Game 1 - Sum: Niko Laing 3-3, 2B, 3 R, RBI
USC Lancaster 8, USC Sumter 6, Game 2 - Sum: Eddie Olmeda 1B, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI
USC Upstate 13, Winthrop 10 - Up: Henry Proger W, 6 IP, 1 ER
Wofford 8, UNC Greensboro 3 - Wof: Marshall Toole 3-5, 2B, SB, 3 RBI

(39/1004)

Beyond the border

ACC: No. 10 North Carolina salvaged the series finale at No. 15 Virginia, 12-7 ... Boston College evened its series with an 11-inning 7-6 win over No. 14 Boston College ... Louisville edged No. 19 N.C. State, 7-6 ... No. 9 Duke edged Miami, 5-4 ... No. 21 Wake Forest topped No. 11 Virginia Tech, 6-3.

SEC: No. 17 Kentucky improved to 10-1 in conference with a 7-0 win over No. 13 Alabama ... No. 1 Arkansas completed a sweep of Ole Miss, 7-4 ... Missouri took a series from No. 6 Florida, 4-3 ... No. 4 Tennessee was a 12-2 winner over Auburn ... No. 7 Vanderbilt run-ruled No. 18 LSU, 13-3 ... Clayton Chadwick's ninth-inning homer lifted Georgia past No. 23 Mississippi State, 3-2. The game was delayed after the top of the eighth when a collision at home plate caused players from both benches to enter the field. Some players from both teams were ejected. Georgia's Charlie Condon hit his 20th homer.

Elsewhere: Florida Atlantic topped No. 12 East Carolina, 6-5 ... Western Kentucky beat No. 8 Dallas Baptist for the second straight day, 6-3 ... Kansas State upended No. 20 UCF, 4-3 ...