State scoreboard, Thursday, May 16

Daniel Eagen lost his no-hit bid with
two outs in the ninth inning. (PC photo)

Player of the day: Daniel Eagen, Presbyterian, W, 8 2/3 IP, H, 0 R, 9 K

Briefly: Cam Cannarella's three-run homer in the eighth inning capped No. 4 Clemson's comeback from an early five-run deficit to take the opener of an ACC series over Boston College ... No. 1 Tennessee smacked four homers to hand No. 24 South Carolina its fourth straight loss and further muddy the Gamecocks' NCAA Tournament prospects ... Daniel Eagen pitched a no-hitter through 8 2/3 innings and Joel Dragoo drove in five runs as Presbyterian won the opener of a Big South Conference series over UNC Asheville. Sam Gallardo doubled to thwart Eagen's no-hit bid. The result eliminated USC Upstate from the regular-season title race ... College of Charleston broke an 8-8 tie with a three-run sixth to beat Elon in the opener of a Coastal Athletic Association series and moved a half-game ahead of UNCW for first place ... Sam Antonacci singled and homered as Coastal Carolina took the series opener at Marshall and clinched a spot in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... Jaylen Hernandez homered and Winthrop pitchers didn't allow an earned run in taking the opener of a Big South Conference doubleheader with Charleston Southern. Hernandez was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the ninth inning of the nightcap as the Eagles got the sweep ... Samford scored nine runs in the eighth to overtake Wofford in the opener of a Southern Conference series ... Mercer took the opener of a SoCon series with The Citadel ... UNCG scored a run in the seventh and five in the eighth to pull away from USC Upstate in the opener of a nonconference series ...

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional 2
* Georgia College 9, North Greenville 5 - The Bobcats wiped out an early two-run deficit to send the Crusaders into the losers bracket. North Greenville will face Wingate in an elimination game Friday afternoon. Georgia College faces Mount Olive for a spot in the championship round.

Clemson 12, Boston College 10 - Cle: Jimmy Obertop 1B, HR, 3 RBI

Coastal Carolina 6, Marshall 3 - Coa: Bryce Shaffer 5 IP, R, 3 K

College of Charleston 14, Elon 10 - Cha: Cole Singsank 1B, HR, BB, 3 R, 3 RBI 

Mercer 3, The Citadel 2 - Cit: Matthew Lively HR

Presbyterian 17, UNC Asheville 0 - PC: Joel Dragoo 1B, 2B, HR, 2 R, 5 RBI

Samford 10, Wofford 5 - Wof: Marshall Toole 30-3, R, RBI, SB

Tennessee 9, South Carolina 3 - USC: Cole Messina 1B, HR, BB, 2 R 

UNCG 14, USC Upstate 8 - Up: Jace Rinehart 1B, HR, 2 RBI
Winthrop 3, Charleston Southern 2, Game 1 - Win: Shane Keup 4 IP, 0 R, 5 K
Winthrop 4, Charleston Southern 3, Game 2 - Win: Harrison Wilson 2B, RBI

NCAA Division II playoffs

Southeast Regional 1
Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
UNC Pembroke 8, Young Harris 7
Young Harris 5, Catawba 3 

Southeast Regional 2
Dillard Field, Tigerville.
Mount Olive 7, Wingate 6

Georgia College 9, North Greenville 5 - Nor: David Lewis HR, 3 RBI

(11/1334)

Beyond the border

* ACC: No 11. Duke topped No. 7 North Carolina, 5-3 ... No. 10 Florida State beat Georgia Tech, 8-3 ...  No. 17 N.C. State beat No., 8 Wake Forest, 14-3 ... No. 18 Virginia dumped Virginia Tech, 7-3 ... Louisville swept a conference doubleheader from Notre Dame, 5-3 and 5-1 ... Miami won its opener against Pitt, 5-3.

* SEC: No. 2 Kentucky took the series opener over Vanderbilt, 10-5 ...  No. 5 Texas A&M beat No. 3 Arkansas, 1-0, in 11 innings to cut the Razorbacks' lead in the West Division to one game ... No.  9 Georgia scored three runs in the first inning and coasted past Florida, 9-4, to open their series ... No. 16 Mississippi State edged Missouri, 4-3 ... LSU continued its late-season rebound with a 5-1 win over Ole Miss ... Auburn knocked off Alabama, 4-2.

* Elsewhere: High Point stayed in a first-place tie with Presbyterian in the Big South Conference with a 3-2 win at Gardner-Webb ... Appalachian State beat Georgia Southern, 6-5, in 10 innings in Game 1 before the Eagles took Game 2 of the Sun Belt twinbill, 14-4 ... Western Carolina opened its series with an 8-4 win over VMI ... Delaware topped UNCW, in 10 innings, 8-7, knocked the Seahawks out of first place in the CAA ... No. 13 East Carolina beat Rice, 8-2 ... No. 6 Oregon State beat No. 14 Arizona, 9-2.