State scoreboard, Saturday, Feb. 1

Kyle Hawkins pitched a five-inning, one-hit
shutout for the Panthers. (Claflin photo)

Player of the day: Kyle Hawkins, Claflin, CG, W, 5 IP, H, 0 R

Briefly: Claflin matched its win total for the previous two seasons and got back-to-back wins for the first time since Feb. 25-26, 2020 with a shutout win over Rust. Albert Rutledge two hits for the Panthers ... Columbia International won two over Florida National for the second straight day, scoring 74 runs in the four wins ... Jorge Pascual's sacrifice fly capped a four-run Erskine seventh for a walk-off win in Game 2 after Lander pitchers struck out 13 in taking the opener ... Kyle Prouse's bases-loaded single in Game 1 gave Bob Jones a walk-off win as part of a split with Ohio Christian. It was Kyle Morrison's first win as Bruins coach ... Four pitchers combined for a one-hitter in Game 1 and five pitchers totaled 14 strikeout in the nightcap of North Greenville's sweep of USC Beaufort ... Francis Marion stole four bases in both ends of a doubleheader sweep ... Chandler Mims drove in five runs as Newberry won a pair over Barton ... USC Union pitchers struck out 25 in 14 innings in a sweep of Southwest Virginia ... A six-run second put USC Sumter in charge in Game 1 at East Georgia. Game 2 was suspended until Sunday with the Fire Ants leading, 12-3 ... Florence-Darlington jumped ahead early in a win over Wabash Valley, but fell behind early in a loss to Gulf Coast ... Luke Alford's home run in Game 1 gave Coker a lead it never relinquished in a split with Belmont Abbey ... Giuseppe Seiditas singled, homered and drove in four runs in Game 1 of Limestone's split with Union ... Justin Dawkins had four hits as Spartanburg Methodist lost a pair of games ... Jacob Bebber homered and drove in six runs as Emory & Henry smacked Anderson ... Max LaLime's three-run double helped Mars Hill even its series with USC Aiken ... Georgia Southwestern withstood a late rally by Southern Wesleyan in Game 2 to complete a sweep ... Catawba Valley outscored USC Lancaster twice ... Southeastern CC won a pair over USC Salkehatchie ... Toccoa Falls won a doubleheader to complete a series sweep of Morris ...

Bob Jones 4, Ohio Christian 3, 9 innings, Game 1 - BJU: Mac Carroll 3.1 IP, R, 8 K

Ohio Christian 3, Bob Jones 2, Game 2 - BJU: Mannix Crawford 2-3, RBI

Catawba Valley 5, USC Lancaster 1, Game 1 - Lan: Finn McLaughlin 2 2B 

Catawba Valley 8, USC Lancaster 2, Game 2 - Lan: Finn McLaughlin 2-4, HR

Coker 5, Belmont Abbey 4, Game 1 - Cok: Gabriel Santiago 2-3, 2 R, 2 SB

Belmont Abbey 8, Coker 3, Game 2 - Cok: Alex Lazar 2-4, RBI

Brewton Parker 12, Spartanburg Methodist 5 - Spa: Justin Dawkins 3-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI

Columbia International 14, Florida National 2, Game 1 - Col: Bradley Garland 1B, HR, 2 BB, 2 SB, 3 R, 3 RBI

Columbia International 19, Florida National 4, Game 2 - Col: Connor Kirkley S, 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 8 K

Emory & Henry 10, Anderson 4 - And: Dom Bello 1B, 2B, R, RBI

Francis Marion 14, Tusculum 1, Game 1 - Fra: Austin Bunn 1B, HR, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI, SB

Francis Marion 11, Tusculum 5, Game 2 - Fra: Will Dorrell 1B, 2B, SB, BB, R, 3 RBI

Georgia Southwestern 6, Southern Wesleyan 2, Game 1 - Sou: Luke Taylor HR

Georgia Southwestern 9, Southern Wesleyan 8, Game 2 - Sou: Tristan Tillman 1B, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI

Lander 4, Erskine 2, Game 1 - Lan: Dominic Puccetti W, 6 IP, R, 8 K

Erskine 7, Lander 6, Game 2 - Ers: Dylan Wanat 2-3, BB, 2 R, RBI
Limestone 19, Union 2, Game 1 - Lim: Cody Hodierne 3-4, 3 R, RBI, 2 SB

Union 20, Limestone 7, 8 innings, Game 2 - Lim: Cody  Hodierne 2-4, RBI

Mars Hill 9, USC Aiken 4 - Aik: Hunter Thompson 3-5, 2B, R, RBI

Middle Georgia 4, Spartanburg Methodist 2 - Spa: Justin Dawkins 1-3, R, RBI

Newberry 3, Barton 1, Game 1 - New: Chandler Mims 1B, 2 RBI

Newberry 13, Barton 9, Game 2 - New: Kade Faircloth 3-5, 2B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI

North Greenville 8, USC Beaufort 1, Game 1 - Nor: Alton Gyselman 2-4, 2 R

North Greenville 13, USC Beaufort 3, Game 2 - Nor: Thomas Powell 3-4, 2B, SB, R, RBI
Southeastern CC 8, USC Salkehatchie 5, Game 1 - Sal: J.C. Poe 2-3, R, 2 RBI

Southeastern CC 12, USC Salkehatchie 5, Game 2 - Sal: Luke Polyak 2B, 3B, BB, SB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Toccoa Falls 7, Morris 4, Game 1 - Mor: Dylan Levy BB, R, 3 RBI

Toccoa Falls 18, Morris 0, Game 2 - Mor: Jonathan Warren 1B

USC Sumter 7, East Georgia 2, Game 1 - Sum: Jean Jaxon 1B, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI

USC Sumter 12, East Georgia 3, susp. until Sunday
USC Union 4, Southwest Virginia 1, Game 1 - Uni: Mikey Scott 3-3, 2B, R

USC Union 8, Southwest Virginia 3, Game 2 - Uni: Alden Talarico 1B, 3B, BB, R, RBI

HBCU Battle of the Divisions

Wesley Barrow Stadium, New Orleans

Claflin 11, Rust 0 - Cla: Aiden McDaniel 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI

Dillard 6, Edward Waters 5

Miles 10, Southern-New Orleans 9

Morehouse 10, Rust 4

Visit Panama City Beach Classic

Publix Sports Park, Panama City Beach

Florence-Darlington Tech 9, Wabash Valley 2 - FD: Devin Mitchell 2-2, 2B, BB, 2 R, R RBI

Gulf Coast 7, Florence-Darlington Tech 2 - FD: Owen Williams 1B, 2B, RBI

Chipola 7, Pearl River 1
Chipola 13, Eastern Florida 6
Dyersburg State 8, Coastal Alabama 7
Dyersburg State 10, Wallace-Dothan 0
Eastern Florida 9, Wallace-Dothan 0
Gulf Coast 3, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota 2

Indian River 2, Meridian 1

Indian River 8, Northwest Florida 1

Meridian 3, Coastal Alabama North 2
Northwest Florida 11, John A. Logan 3

Pearl River 4, John A. Logan 2

State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota 11, Wabash Valley 2

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