State scoreboard, Sunday, April 14

Aidan Knaak has allowed seven hits and one
 earned run while striking out 29 in 22 innings
 in his last three starts (Clemson photo)

Player of the day: Aidan Knaak, Clemson,W, 8 IP, 2 H,0 R, 1 BB, 10 K

Briefly: No. 2 Clemson broke up a scoreless game with five runs in the seventh to beat N.C. State, snap a three-game losing streak and salvage the finale of their ACC series ... Cole Mathis homered twice and drove in five runs as the College of Charleston completed a CAA series sweep on Monmouth ... A five-run second and a five-run sixth provided No. 24 Florida with a win over South Carolina in the finale of an SEC series. The Gamecocks had won four straight, all against ranked teams... USC Salkehatchie survived a USC Lancaster comeback bid to take Game 1 of a Region 10 doubleheader and end a 28-game losing streak. The Lancers won Game 2 ... Brady Fahr's seventh-inning sacrifice fly drove in Jay Wetherington with the winning run as Presbyterian completed a series sweep of Winthrop and moved into a tie for first place in the Big South Conference with USC Upstate ...A six-run eighth inning allowed Coastal Carolina to take the deciding game of its Sun Belt Conference series at Georgia Southern via run rule ... USC Upstate scored four runs in the eighth inning -three on a Grant Sherrod triple - to take a comfortable lead as it closed out a series win at The Citadel ... Brice Martinez singled and tripled to drive in five runs as Wofford took the rubber game of its series at Florida International ... B.J. Banyon's fourth hit of the game - a Baltimore chop to second base in the 10th inning - drove in the winning run as Charleston Southern rallied to take the deciding game of a Big South Conference series with Gardner-Webb ... Michael Gibson pitched a one-hitter in the opener and Florence-Darlington Tech swept USC Union to move to 20-0 in Region 10. The Stingers close their region scheduled against second place Gaston College (17-3) needing one win to take the regular-season title ... Spartanburg Methodist swept a doubleheader with USC Sumter to claim the series ... Cooper Thomas struck out seven in 6 1/3 innings of relief as Coker rallied from a five-run first-inning deficit to take the deciding game of its SAC series at Mars Hill ... Matt Garcia and A.J. Deibel combined on a four-hit shutout as USC Aiken took the series finale at rival Augusta ... Albany State completed a sweep of Benedict in SIAC action ...Five Catawba players had three or more hits as the Indians took the deciding game of a South Atlantic Conference series over Anderson ...

Albany State 21, Benedict 3 - Ben: Kaden Hindman 2-3, R, RBI
Catawba 22, Anderson 0 - And: Kye Andress 2-3

Charleston Southern 9, Gardner-Webb 7, 10 innings - Cha: Chandler Tuopo 1B, HR, 3 RBI
Clemson 7, N.C. State 0 - Cle: Jarren Purify 1B, 2B, 2 RBI

Coastal Carolina 16, Georgia 4, 8 innings - Coa: Zack Beach 1B, HR, 4 RBI
Coker 8, Mars Hill 7 - Cok: Hunter Poole 2 2B, R, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 18, Monmouth 0 - Cha: Kevin Madden 1B, 2B, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI
Florence-Darlington Tech 6, USC Union 0, Game 1 -  Flo: Mac James 1B, HR, BB
Florence-Darlington Tech 14, USC Union 6, Game 2 - Flo: Devin Mitchell 2B, HR, 4 RBI
Florida 11, South Carolina 9 - USC: Dalton Reeves, 2B, HR, 2 RBI
Presbyterian 4, Winthrop 3 - PC: Jackson Hugus 1B, 2B, 2 RBI

Spartanburg Methodist 3, USC Sumter 2, Game 1 - Spa: Blake Martin 1B, SB, 2 RBI
Spartanburg Methodist 6, USC Sumter 0, Game 2 - Spa: Kai Tullos 2-4, 2 RBI
USC Aiken 6, Augusta 0 - Aik: Jack Hobson 2 2B, 2 RBI

USC Salkehatchie 6, USC Lancaster 5, Game 1 - Sal: Colin Brunson 3-4, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI

USC Lancaster 12, USC Salkehatchie 2, 6 innings, Game 2 - Lan: Chas Welch 1B, HR, 3 RBI
USC Upstate 7, The Citadel 2 - Up: Jace Rinehart 1B, 2B, 3B, R, RBI
Wofford 13, Florida International 11 - Wof: David Wiley 3-4, 2 2B, BB, 3 R
(18/1127)

Beyond the border

ACC: Pitt upended No. 7 Duke, 11-10, to salvage the finale of that series ... No. 11 Virginia smashed Louisville, 16-7 ... No. 13 North Carolina turned back Notre Dame, 10-3 ... No. 14 Wake Forest beat Boston College, 9-3 ... Georgia Tech claimed a series win over No. 16 Virginia Tech, 11-7 ...

SEC: No. 25 Alabama got a series win over No. 1 Arkansas with a 5-0 shutout ... No. 3 Texas A&M completed a sweep of No. 6 Vanderbilt, 12-6 ... No. 4 finished up a sweep of LSU, 8-4 ... Ole Miss walloped No. 22 Mississippi State, 14-2. 

Elsewhere: Rutgers claimed a series win over No. 23 Nebraska with a 6-4 win ... West Virginia, coached by former Clemson player Randy Mazey, wrapped up a series sweep of No. 17 USC, 11-10. The Mountaineers had two one-run wins and a two-run win ... Charlotte trimmed No. 9 East Carolina, 8-7 ... No. 19 Louisiana beat Marshall, 2-0 ... Air Force got a series win over No. 15 Dallas Baptist, 10-6 ... Stanford beat No. 5 Oregon State, 11-10 ... Southern Cal beat No. 18 Oregon, 4-2 ... UC San Diego beat No. 12 UC Irvine, 10-9.