State scoreboard, Friday, May 10

Wells Sykes entered Friday's game with
one homer this season. (The Citadel photo)

Player of the day: Wells Sykes, The Citadel, 4-6, 2 HR, 3 R

Briefly: Chase Burns struck out 16 batters in 7 innings as No. 12 Wake Forest won the opener of an ACC series with No. 2 Clemson. A three-run homer by the Deacs' Antonio Morales in the fourth inning broke a 1-1 tie ... No. 15 Georgia had back-to-back five-run innings to clinch a series win over No. 13 South Carolina, further damaging Carolina's chances of being a regional host. Charlie Condon's consecutive games homer streak was snapped at eight ... Wofford opened its SoCon home series with a run-rule win over East Tennessee State ... Sam Massey and Evan Truitt combined to shut out Radford in the opener of a Big South Conference series ...  A seven-run rally in the eighth inning helped The Citadel snap a 10-game losing streak ... Jace Rinehart had four hits, including two doubles and a homer, as USC Upstate dispatched Longwood ... Winthrop hit four home runs to knock off High Point ... Northeastern scored  three runs in the eight and three in the ninth to force extra innings and three in the the 12th to beat College of Charleston in the opener of a CAA series ... The Georgia State-Coastal Carolina game was suspended until Saturday because of rain with GSU leading 6-5 in the third.

NCCAA South Regional

* Bob Jones 8, Toccoa Falls 2 - Riley Ramsey and Conley Burk had two hits and two RBI apiece for the Bruins.
* Toccoa Falls 7, Bob Jones 4 - Toccoa Falls wiped a four-run deficit to end the Bruins' season at 13-26, a program record for wins.

Charleston Southern 6, Radford 0 - Cha: B.J. Brannon 2-5, R, RBI

Georgia 11, South Carolina 5 - USC: Dalton Reeves 2 HR

Northeastern 14, College of Charleston 11, 12 innings - Cha: Cole Singsank 2 HR, 4 RBI

The Citadel 12, Presbyterian 7 - Cit: Sawyer Reeves HR, BB, 2 RBI

USC Upstate 8, Longwood 1 - Up: Jagger Jefferis W, 6 IP, 11 K

Wake Forest 4, Clemson 2 - Cle: Jacob Hinderleider 1B, HR

Winthrop 6, High Point 5 - Win: Riley Huge 6 IP, 9 K

Wofford 11, East Tennessee State 1, 7 innings - Wof: Adam Haber 3-4, 2B, R, 4 RBI

Suspended until 2 p.m. Saturday

Georgia State 6, Coastal Carolina 5, T3

NCCAA South Regional
Columbia International University, Columbia

Game 11: Carolina University vs. Columbia International, ppd. to Saturday

Wilbanks Middle School, Demorest, Ga.
Bob Jones 8, Trinity Baptist 2 - BJU: Mackenzie Ritter CG, 2R, 7 K

Toccoa Falls 7, Bob Jones 4 - BJU: Zay Brandt 2B, 2 RBI

Peach Belt Conference Championship
Milledgeville, Ga.
Georgia College 5, Flagler 4, Georgia College wins championship series, 2-0

South Atlantic Conference
McCrary Park, Asheboro, N.C.
best-of-three
Wingate 11, Lincoln Memorial 4. Wingate leads series, 1-0

(10/1298)

Beyond the border

* ACC: Pitt trimmed No. 8 Florida State, 1-0 ... Georgia Tech upended No. 9 Duke, 11-8 ... No. 23 N.C. State took the series opener from No. 10 Virginia, 7-5 ... No. 11 North Carolina smacked Louisville, 14-4 ... Miami took the series opener over Virginia Tech, 8-6 ... Notre Dame defeated Toledo, 6-5.

* SEC: No. 1 Tennessee doubled up Vanderbilt, 8-4 ... Ole Miss edged No. 3 Texas A&M, 4-3 ... No. 4 Kentucky needed 10 innings to win the series opener at Florida, 12-11 ... No. 5 Arkansas beat No. 14 Mississippi State, 7-5 ... Alabama edged LSU, 8-7 ... Missouri outlasted Auburn, 12-11.

* Elsewhere: Utah beat No. 17 Arizona, 6-1 ... No. 22 Louisiana blasted Georgia Southern, 19-3 ...Texas State blanked No. 21 Troy, 6-0 ... Tulane nipped No. 6 East Carolina 6-5 ... UNC Asheville edged Gardner-Webb, 10-9, in Big South play ... UNCW beat Hofstra, 13-3, to take a 1 1/2 game-lead over College of Charleston ... Western Carolina smacked Mercer, 12-3 ... Samford dumped UNCG, 8-4 ... Georgia College, coached by former USC pitcher Nolan Belcher, won the Peach Belt Conference championship series in a two-game sweep. Friday's 5-4 win clinched a spot in the NCAA Division II Tournament for the Bobcats.