State scoreboard, Saturday, May 4

Alex Simmons evened his record at 2-2 and set
a career-high in strikeouts. (USC Union photo)

Player of the day: Alex Simmons, USC Union, W, 5 IP, H, R, 6 K

Briefly: Avery Neaves hit two of College of Charleston's five homers as the Cougars clinched a CAA series win at Towson. Neaves also doubled and tripled, scored four times and drove in four runs ... Missouri scored four runs in the first inning and evened its SEC series with No. 15 South Carolina ... Eli Lazio's three-run double capped a six-run eighth inning as Presbyterian rallied to clinch a Big South Conference series win at Charleston Southern ... Southern Miss used a five-run third inning to clinch a Sun Belt Conference series win and send Coastal Carolina to its seventh straight loss ... UNCG scored three runs in the 11th to clinch a SoCon series win at The Citadel.

Conference Carolinas Tournament
* Erskine 8, Young Harris 2 - The Flying Fleet scored the game's final eight runs to eliminate the second-seeded Mountain Lions. Relievers Jared Guell and Caleb Dix pitched combined for four shutout innings for Erskine.

* Mount Olive 9, North Greenville 4 - The Trojans overcame an early three-run deficit to eliminated the regular-season champion Crusaders.

 NJCAA Region 10 Tournament
* Gaston College 7, Spartanburg Methodist 1, 7 innings - The Rhinos gave up a run in the first, but went on to win via run rule.

* USC Union 9, USC Salkehatchie 1, 7 innings - Blake Exizian and Mason Elrod homered as the Bantams extended their season and their school record for victories (23).

Peach Belt Conference Tournament
* Flagler 8, Lander 6 - Flagler scored six runs in the first two innings to knock the regular-season champ Bearcats into an elimination game on Sunday.
 
South Atlantic Conference Tournament
* Newberry 8, Carson-Newman 1 - Jomar Lugo drove in three runs - giving him nine in two days - as the Wolves advanced to Sunday's championship round of the tournament.

* Wingate 5, Coker 4, 10 innings - Breon Ishmael led off the bottom of the 10th with a home run as the Bulldogs eliminated the host Cobras.

College of Charleston 17, Towson 5 - Cha: Kevin Madden 1B, 2B, HR, 5 RBI

Missouri 8, South Carolina 3 - USC: Cole Messina 1B, 3B, R, RBI

Presbyterian 10, Charleston Southern 7 -  PC: Jack Randolph HR, 3 R

Southern Miss 7, Coastal Carolina 3 - Coa: Graham Brown 2-4, BB, 3 RBI
UNCG 8, The Citadel 5, 11 innings - Cit: Travis Elliott 3-4, 2 2B, R, RBI

Postponed to Sunday

Gardner-Webb at Wofford, to part of a DH at Gardner-Webb

Radford at Winthrop, completion of suspended game (Radford, 1-0, B2)

Conference Carolinas Tournament

Caromont Health Park, Gastonia
Erskine 8, Young Harris 2 - Ers: Daniel Hernandez 2B, HR, 2 R

Mount Olive 9, North Greenville 4 - Nor: David Lewis 2-4, HR, BB, 2 RBI

Moved to Sunday

Game 13: UNC Pembroke vs. Belmont Abbey

Game 14: Erskine vs. Mount Olive

NJCAA Region 10 Tournament

Lexington County Baseball Stadium

Gaston College 7, Spartanburg Methodist 1, 7 innings - Spa; Blake Martin 2-2

USC Union 9, USC Salkehatchie 1, 7 innings - Uni: Brayden Corn 2 2B, SB, 2 RBI

Moved to Sunday

Game 7: USC Sumter vs. Spartanburg Methodist

Game 8: USC Lancaster vs. USC Union

Peach Belt Conference Tournament

Dolny Stadium, Greenwood

Flagler 8, Lander 6 - Lan: Connor Droze 1B, HR, 2 R

Moved to Sunday

Game 4: Georgia Southwestern vs. USC Aiken
Game 5: Lander vs. Game 4 winner

John Kurtz Field, Milledgeville, Ga.

Georgia College 12, Columbus State 4
Augusta 7, North Georgia 1

Columbus State 6, Augusta 5

South Atlantic Conference Tournament

Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C.

Lincoln Memorial 7, Catawba 0
Tusculum 13, Lenoir-Rhyne 10
Moved to Sunday

Game 5: Catawba vs. Tusculum

Coker College, Hartsville

Newberry 8, Carson-Newman 1 - New: Henry Gibson 2-4, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI
Wingate 5, Coker 4, 10 innings - Cok: Kody Hanna 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Wingate 15, Carson-Newman 3, 8 innings
(12/1256)

Beyond the border

* ACC: Louisville completed a series sweep of Boston College, 5-3 ... BYU got the finale of its series at Miami, 8-2 ... Virginia Tech won a pair over Ohio, 14-2 and 14-1 ... No. 13 Wake Forest handled Western Carolina, 9-2 ... Notre Dame evened its series with Pitt, 15-8 ... Even though the teams have a game on Sunday, No. 7 Florida State and No. 20 N.C. State had their game canceled. 

* SEC:  LSU clinched a series win over No. 1 Texas A&M, 6-4 ... l no. 8 Kentucky evened its series with No. 2 Arkansas, 11-3 ... No. 16 Mississippi State clinched a series win over No. 23 Alabama, 8-1 ...Charlie Condon hit his 32nd homer - one of four by No. 19 Georgia - in a 14-4 run-rule win over No. 17 Vanderbilt to clinch a series win ... No. 3 Tennessee run-ruled Florida, 16-3, to take that series ... Ole Miss clinched a series win over Auburn, 5-4.

* Elsewhere: No. 24 Indiana State topped Belmont, 8-5 ... Oregon swept No. 25 Utah, 7-5 and 5-1, in a doubleheader ... No. 22 Oklahoma beat Texas Tech, 7-5 ... Texas beat No. 14 Oklahoma State, 6-3 ... No. 9 UC Irvine topped Cal Poly, 4-3, in 10 innings ... Troy remained red-hot, beating No. 18 Louisiana, 8-4 ... Mercer beat SoCon leader Samford, 20-15, to even that series and tighten the league standings ... UNCW stayed in a first-place tie with Charleston in the CAA with a 7-4 win over Campbell ... Washington State beat No. 6 Oregon State, 10-9.