State scoreboard, Saturday, May 18

Avery Neaves hit for the cycle
as the Cougars rolled. (CofC photo)

Player of the day: Avery Neaves, College of Charleston, 1B, 2B, 3B. HR, 2 R, 4 RBI

Briefly: Aidan Knaak struck out 10 in six innings as No. 4 Clemson completed a sweep of Boston College with a run-rule win ... Three USC Upstate pitchers combined on a six-hit, 12-strikeout shutout as the Spartans salvaged the final of a series at UNCG ...College of Charleston racked up 13 runs to complete a sweep of Elon in a game called in the sixth inning because of rain ... No. 1 Tennessee completed a a sweep of No. 24 South Carolina, handing the Gamecocks their sixth straight loss. The result, coupled with Kentucky's loss to Vanderbilt, gave the Vols the top seed for the SEC Tournament ...  Coastal scored three runs in the sixth and three in the seventh to overtake Marshall and sweep the Sun Belt Conference series ... Jack Renwick had three hits and drove in three runs as Wofford took the rubber game of its SoCon series at Samford ... The Citadel pitchers struck out 12 in a win over Mercer in the opener of a SoCon doubleheader and Travis Lott doubled and homered in Game 2 as the Bulldogs completed a sweep.

NCCAA World Series
* College of the Ozarks 17, Columbia International 12 - A seven-run seventh inning lifted College of the Ozarks past Columbia International in a first-round game. The Rams play an elimination game at noon Monday.

Clemson 10, Boston College 0, 8 innings - Cle: Blake Wright 2-2, HR, 2 BB, 2 RBI
Coastal Carolina 9, Marshall 5 - Coa: Caden Bodine 1B, 2B, R,  3 RBI

College of Charleston 13, Elon 1, 6 innings - Cha: Cole Mathis 1B, 2 HR, 3 RBI

USC Upstate 7, UNCG 0 - Up: Jake Armsey 1B, BB, HR, 3 RBI

Tennessee 4, South Carolina 1- USC: Chris Veach 2 IP, 3 K

The Citadel 6, Mercer 5, Game 1 - Cit: Will Holmes W, 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 4 K

The Citadel 8, Mercer 3, Game 2 - Cit: George Derrick Floyd W, 3 IP, 3 K
Wofford 8, Samford 2 - Wof: John Gray W, 4 IP, 0 R, 3 K

(end of regular season)

NCAA Division II playoffs

Southeast Regional 1
Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
Young Harris 9, UNC Pembroke 7
Catawba 6, Young Harris 4, Catawba advances

Southeast Regional 2
Dillard Field, Tigerville.
Mount Olive 3, Wingate 2

Georgia College 4, Mount Olive 3, Georgia College advances

NCCAA World Series
Kansas City (Mo.) Urban Youth Academy

Trinity Christian 3, Kansas Christian 0

College of the Ozarks 17, Columbia International 12 - Col: Britton Morris 2 2B, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI

Southwestern Christian 9, Fort Lauderdale 5

Mission 12, Wayland Baptist 6

Concordia Ann Arbor 3, College of the Ozarks Oakland City 14, Trinity Christian 4

(9/1353)

Beyond the border

* ACC: No. 7 North Carolina took the rubber game of its series with No. 11 Duke, 14-6 ... No. 17 N.C. State completed a series sweep of No. 8 Wake Forest, 9-6 ... Georgia Tech scored two unearned runs in the top of the ninth to beat No. 10 Florida State, 11-10 ... No. 18 Virginia scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat Virginia Tech. 10-9 ... Pitt took a series win over Miami and earned a spot in the ACC Tournament with a 10-7 victory.

* SEC: Vanderbilt knocked off No. 2 Kentucky, 14-6, to salvage the series finale and drop the Wildcats to the No. 3 seed for the SEC Tournament ... No. 5 Texas A&M got 14-4 run-rule win over No. 3 Arkansas to take the series ...  LSU completed a series sweep of Ole Miss, 9-3 ... Florida took the rubber game of its series at No. 9 Georgia, 19-11 ... Missouri salvaged the series finale with No. 16 Mississippi State, 4-3 ... Alabama beat Auburn, 12-5, to create a five-way for seventh place.