State scoreboard, Tuesday, March 31

Matthew Rollison raised his batting average
to .308 with a three-hit day. (PC photo)

Player of the day: Matthew Rollison 1B, 2 2B, 4 RBI

* Briefly: No. 14 Coastal Carolina (21-7) scored two runs in the ninth inning to overcome The Citadel (12-15) at Joe Riley Park to extend its winning streak to eight. The Chanticleers had no hits until Rex Watson hit a game-tying homer in the sixth. After the Bulldogs took the lead, Coastal scored the tying run in the ninth on a wild pitch and Dean Mihos singled in the winning run. Phillips Daniels had both Citadel hits, the first coming in the seventh inning. Jaxon Appleman struck out eight and didn't allow hit in a six-inning start for Coastal. Bulldogs starter Andrew Buffkin struck out seven in three innings ... Alex LaCoste had two home runs among his five hits and College of Charleston (11-17) ended Winthrop's (21-8) six-game winning streak ... Tyler Bak had four hits - including a three-run homer - against his former team as South Carolina (14-16) was a run-rule winner over Wofford (19-10). Will Craddock had a three-run homer and a game-ending RBI single. USC pitchers allowed two hits ... Maloy Heaghney had three hits and drove in five runs and USC Upstate (15-15) scored four runs without a hit in the ninth to beat George Mason (14-12). The Spartans drew 17 walks, including five (and two hit batsmen) in the ninth inning ... Matthew Rollison hit a single and two doubles to drive in four runs as Presbyterian (6-24) held off a Western Carolina (18-12)  rally in the ninth inning ... CJ Dean doubled twice and drove in four runs as North Greenville (29-7) handled Lander (20-14). The Bearcats were shut out until Carter McCormick's two-run homer in the ninth ... Three pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout as Francis Marion (28-7) blew by Newberry (20-15) ... Luke Kimrey got Coker (8-25) started against Georgia College (13-19) with a two-run single in the first inning and the Cobras went on the snap an eight-game losing streak ... Henry Rumble was 4-for-4 with a double, a triple and three RBI as Bob Jones (8-18) snapped a five-game losing streak in the second game of a doubleheader at Alice Lloyd (21-12) ... Columbia International (13-22) had a pair of five-run innings to start the game in a run-rule win over Voorhees (7-18). Darius Keyton was 3-for-3 with a homer for Voorhees. It was the 800th win of Rams coach Rocke Musgraves' career ... Cooper McDaniel reached base five times and stole two bases as USC Beaufort (8-25) topped Savannah State (16-15) ... Jaylen Tidwell doubled twice, homered and drove in four runs as Erskine (18-19) handed Claflin (3-24) its 22nd straight loss ... Augusta (16-19) got 13 hits and drew nine walks to turn back Southern Wesleyan (11-25) to snap a five-game losing streak.

Beyond the border
* ACC: Former Florence-Darlington Tech star Tom Kellis gave No. 6 North Carolina a 5-4 walk-off win over Campbell with a single in the 14th inning ... No. 22 Boston clipped Maine, 7-4 ... No. 3 Georgia Tech ripped No. 18 Auburn, 13-3 ... No. 10 Virginia beat Old Dominion, 16-2 ... No. 7 Florida State doubled up Stetson, 6-3 ... Louisville larruped Eastern Kentucky, 17-7 ... Pitt pummeled Mercyhurst, 27-3 ... Duke dropped Davidson, 14-9 ... High Point blanked Wake Forest, 1-0 ... Liberty scored three runs in the ninth to hand N.C. State its seventh straight loss, 7-5 ... Miami handled Florida Gulf Coast, 12-4 ... Virginia Tech turned back Radford, 13-6 ... Cal and St. Mary's were canceled.

* SEC: No. 2 Texas rallied past Texas State, 10-8 ... No. 5 Georgia gave up six runs to Georgia State in the top of the eighth, but scored eight in the bottom of the inning to win, 14-9 ... No. 4 Mississippi State blanked Grambling, 12-0 ... Jacksonville edged No. 21 Florida, 4-3 ... Ole Miss beat Little Rock, 7-4 ... No. 11 Oklahoma blanked Oral Roberts, 4-0 ...No. 20 Texas A&M crushed Sam Houston, 16-2 ... No. 16 Alabama got a run in the ninth to down Jacksonville State, 4-3 ... Missouri scored two in the ninth and one in the 10th to walk off against No. 17 Arkansas, 15-14 ... No. 22 Kentucky defeated Miami (Ohio), 14-11 ... Kansas rallied past Missouri, 11-8 ... Tennessee whipped Austin Peay, 13-4 ... Vanderbilt stopped nearby Belmont, 11-3 ... LSU run-ruled Southern, 16-6.

* D1Baseball.com Top 25: Southeastern Louisiana topped No. 8 Southern Mississippi, 5-1 ... Washington ripped No. 9 Oregon State, 18-2 ... Portland shut out No. 15 Oregon, 3-0,

Alice Lloyd 6, Bob Jones 2, Game 1 - BJU: Evan Johnson 2-3, R, RBI

Bob Jones 10, Alice Lloyd 4, Game 2 - BJU: Zac Tyre HR, 2 RBI
Augusta 12, Southern Wesleyan 7 - Sou: Kade Bowling 3-4, HR, 3 RBI
Coastal Carolina 3, The Citadel 2 - Coa: Jaxon Appleman 6 IP, 0 H, R, 8 K
Coker 9, Georgia College 2 - Cok: Matthew Lipcsey 2-5, 2B, SB, 3 RBI 
College of Charleston 15, Winthrop 5 - Cha: Reece Holbrook 2 2B, 3B, 3 R, 2 RBI
Columbia International 18, Voorhees 4, 7 innings - Col: Hunter Cheslak 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
Erskine 16, Claflin 1 - Ers: Drew Potts 3-5, 12 R, 3 RBI

Francis Marion 14, Newberry 0 - Fra: Riley Orr 1B, 2B, 2 BB, R, SB, 3 RBI

North Greenville 11, Lander 2 - Nor: Thomas Powell 2B, HR
Presbyterian 6, Western Carolina 5 - PC: Tucker Meredith W, 2 IP, 2 K

South Carolina 11, Wofford 1, 7 innings - USC: Tyler Bak 4-5, 2B, HR, SB, 2 R, 3 RBI

UNC Pembroke 4, USC Aiken 3 - Aik: Johann Rodriguez 3-4, SB, R, RBI
USC Beaufort 10, Savannah State 7 - Bea: Cooper McDaniel 3-4, 2B, 2 BB, 2 SB, 3 R, 2 RBI

USC Upstate 14, George Mason 10 - Up: Tyler Lang 2-4, 3 BB, R, 4 RBI

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