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| Zac Cowan pitched six shutout innings to help the Terriers to their first NCAA Tournament win. (Wofford photo) |
NCAA Clemson Regional
* Clemson 4, Coastal Carolina 3 - Cam Cannarella's sacrifice fly in the ninth inning gave the third-ranked Tigers the lead and Austin Gordon retired the Chanticleers in order in the bottom of the inning to send Clemson into the regional championship game.
The Tigers (43-14) advance to the regional championship game Sunday night against the winner of the High Point-Coastal Carolina game played earlier Sunday. If Clemson should lose Sunday, another game would be played Monday.
Alden Mathes was hit by a pitch to lead off the ninth. Jacob Hinderleider followed with a single - his fifth hit of the game - to send Mathes to third. One out later, Cannarella's flyball to left scored Mathes.
Gordon struck out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth inning.
Sam Antonacci and Zack Beach homered for the Chanticleers (35-24).
* High Point 10, Vanderbilt 9 - The Panthers scored nine straight runs to wipe out a five-run deficit, but needed a walk-off single in the ninth to stay alive and eliminate the Commodores..
On Sunday, High Point will play Coastal Carolina in an elimination game.
The Panthers scored five runs in the sixth and four in the seventh, but Vanderbilt tied the score with four runs in the eighth.
The deciding run was unearned because a Vanderbilt error allowed the batter to reach first base.
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NCAA Raleigh Regional
* N.C. State 6, South Carolina - A bases-loaded walk and a throwing error on a potential pickoff provided the margin of victory for the 11th-ranked Wolfpack and sent the Gamecocks into the elimination bracket.
Carolina (37-24) plays James Madison at noon Sunday. The winner meets N.C. State later Sunday, needing two wins to win the regional.
Garrett Pennington gave the Wolfpack a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but Carolina's Will Tippett tied it with a homer in the third.
Pennington hit a two-run homer in the third. Ryan Brewer, starting the for the first in several weeks,. got one run back for the Gamecocks in the fifth, but Eli Serrano answered in the bottom of the inning to restore two-run margin.
Brewer tied the score with a two-run shot in the seventh.
A single and three walks in the seventh put the Wolfpack ahead.
In the eighth, the Wolfpack had runners on the corners with one out. When the runner broke for second, USC catcher Dalton Reeves faked a throw to second and saw the runner on third was far off the base. Reeves' throw hit the runner in the helmet and he scored when the ball rolled away.
USC's Ethan Petry did not play after suffering a hand injury in Friday's game.
* James Madison 8, Bryant 1 - The Dukes scored two runs in the first and never trailed as they survived an elimination game.
On Sunday, JMU will play South Carolina.
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NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
* Wofford 5, Long Island 2 - Zac Cowan pitched six shutout innings as the Terriers survived an elimination game.
Wofford (42-19) will play LSU on Sunday in another elimination game. LSU lost to North Carolina, 6-2.
A three-run sixth inning gave the Terriers a four-run lead. Daniel Jackson, Andrew Mannelly, Brice Martinez and Jack Renwick drove in runs for Wofford.
The Sharks outhit Wofford, 11-5, but were held scoreless until the seventh inning.
* North Carolina 6, LSU 2 - Vance Honeycutt homered twice and drove in four runs a the No. 6 Tar Heels beats the No. 24 Tigers.
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Clemson Regional
Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Clemson
High Point 10, Vanderbilt 9
Clemson 4, Coastal Carolina 3 - Cle: Aidan Knaak 6 IP, 2 R, 6 K
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Raleigh Regional
Doak Field at Dail Park, Raleigh, N.C.
James Madison 8, Bryant 1
N.C. State 6, South Carolina 4 - USC: Dylan Brewer 2 HR, 3 RBI
N.C. State 6, South Carolina 4 - USC: Dylan Brewer 2 HR, 3 RBI
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Chapel Hill Regional
Cary Boshamer Stadium, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Wofford 5, Long Island 2 - Wof: Andrew Mannelly 32b, BB, RBI
North Carolina 6, LSU 2
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Beyond the border
* ACC: After No. 19 Wake Forest scored five runs in the ninth to take a two-run lead, No. 14 East Carolina scored four in the bottom of the inning for a 7-6 win in an elimination game of the Greenville (NC) Regional ... No. 9 Florida State reached the championship round of the Tallahassee Regional with a 5-2 win over UCF ... No. 18 Virginia got a walk-off win over No. 18 Mississippi State, 5-4 ... Drew Burress hit his 24th homer as Georgia Tech eliminated Army in the Athens Regional, 4-2 ... No. 12 Duke eliminated Oral Roberts from the Norman Regional, 6-2 ...ACC teams went 7-1 on Saturday.
* SEC: No. 1 Tennessee moved into the Knoxville Regional final with a 12-6 win over Indiana, Billy Amick hit a grand slam for the Vols ... No. 2 Kentucky moved into Sunday's championship game of the Lexington Regional with a 6-1 win over Illinois ... No. 4 Texas A&M beat Texas, 4-2 in 11 innings, to reach the College Station Regional finals ... Kolby Branch's fourth grand slam of the season helped No. 10 Georgia reach the championship round of the Athens Regional with an 11-2 win over UNCW ... Kansas State scored six runs against Arkansas ace Hagen Smith and held to beat the No. 5 Razorbacks, 7-6, in the Fayetteville Regional ... No. 16 Oklahoma State beat Florida, 7-1, to reach the finals of the Stillwater Regional ... Stetson eliminated Alabama from the Tallahassee Regional, 4-0 ... SEC teams were 4-7 on Saturday.
* Elsewhere: Connecticut beat No. 8 Oklahoma, 5-1, in the Norman Regional ... No. 23 Southern Mississippi beat Northern Kentucky, 6-0, in an elimination game at the Knoxville Regional ... No. 20 Indiana State eliminated Western Michigan, 6-4, in the Lexington Regional ... No. 22 Louisiana eliminated Grambling 12-5, in the College Station Regional ... No. 25 eliminated host No. 15 Arizona from its regional, 7-0 ... Evansville beat coach Bradley LeCroy's VCU squad, 17-11, to move into the title round of the Greenville (NC) Regional ... Coach Randy Mazey's West Virginia team moved into the championship round of the Tucson Regional with a 5-2 win over Grand Canyon ... Jackson Webster hit a walk-off two-run homer as Birmingham Southern beat Randolph-Macon, 9-7, in an elimination game of the NCAA Division III World Series. Birmingham Southern closed its doors on Friday because of financial issues, but the school name lives on through its baseball team ... LSU Eunice won the NJCAA Division II championship with a 9-3 win over a Brunswick team coached by former Clemson player Robbie Allen ... Angelo State beat Central Missouri, 3-2, and Point Loma topped Indiana (Pa.), 2-1, on opening day of the NCAA Division II World Series ... Blinn beat Northwest Florida State. 12-5, to win the NJCAA Division I World Series.
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