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| Will Holmes has struck out 99 batters in 77 1/3 innings this season. (The Citadel photo) |
Player of the day: Will Holmes, The Citadel, W, 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, BB, 10 K
* NCAA Division I: Will Holmes (6-4) allowed three hits and struck out 10 in seven shutout innings and The Citadel (28-24, 9-10 SoCon) took a series opener at VMI (28-24, 3-16) ... Landon Penfield homered to spark a a six-run third inning and College of Charleston (26-26, 16-12 CAA) topped William & Mary (21-30, 12-16) ... Virginia Tech (28-22, 14-14 ACC) scored four runs in the sixth inning and beat Clemson (30-24, 9-19) for the first time since 2022. Brett Renfrow (5-4) held the Tigers to a run on six hits in 7 1/3 innings ... Cody Branch and two Louisiana (33-20, 15-13) relievers held No. 20 Coastal Carolina (35-18, 20-8 Sun Belt) to three hits to take a series opener. Southern Mississippi's 14-3 win over Georgia Southern moved the Golden Eagles into a first-place tie with the Chants in the Sun Belt ... Landon Hyneman drove in three runs and Emory Guilford had three hits as Presbyterian (12-42, 8-14 Big South) caught Gardner-Webb (23-30, 8-14) in the standings ... An error with two outs in the 10th opened the door for USC Upstate (27-27) to score two runs and beat Elon (20-33). Jake Armsey scored the tying run on the error and Wylie Waters singled in Preston Lucas with the winner ... Samford (27-23, 11-8 SoCon) hit three consecutive home runs in a five-run first inning, but needed a fielder's choice RBI in the ninth for a walk-off win over Wofford (33-19, 11-8) in a series opener. Trey Higgins, Eddie Marshall and Parker McDonald went back-to-back-to back in the Bulldogs' first, but Wofford answered with five in the second ... South Carolina's (22-32, 7-21 SEC) late-season tailspin continued as Vanderbilt (30-24, 12-16) sent the Gamecocks to their 10th straight loss ... Jack McMullan drove in six runs - including a go-ahead two-run homer - as Longwood (29-23, 11-11 Big South) beat Winthrop (31-22, 13-9). The loss, coupled with High Point's 11-10 10-inning at UNC Asheville, gave High Point the Big South's regular-season championship and top seed for the conference tournament ... Radford (24-23, 11-11 Big South) tied the score with a run in the eighth and Noah Toole singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th as the Highlanders took as a series opener at Charleston Southern (28-20, 12-10).
* NCAA Division I: Will Holmes (6-4) allowed three hits and struck out 10 in seven shutout innings and The Citadel (28-24, 9-10 SoCon) took a series opener at VMI (28-24, 3-16) ... Landon Penfield homered to spark a a six-run third inning and College of Charleston (26-26, 16-12 CAA) topped William & Mary (21-30, 12-16) ... Virginia Tech (28-22, 14-14 ACC) scored four runs in the sixth inning and beat Clemson (30-24, 9-19) for the first time since 2022. Brett Renfrow (5-4) held the Tigers to a run on six hits in 7 1/3 innings ... Cody Branch and two Louisiana (33-20, 15-13) relievers held No. 20 Coastal Carolina (35-18, 20-8 Sun Belt) to three hits to take a series opener. Southern Mississippi's 14-3 win over Georgia Southern moved the Golden Eagles into a first-place tie with the Chants in the Sun Belt ... Landon Hyneman drove in three runs and Emory Guilford had three hits as Presbyterian (12-42, 8-14 Big South) caught Gardner-Webb (23-30, 8-14) in the standings ... An error with two outs in the 10th opened the door for USC Upstate (27-27) to score two runs and beat Elon (20-33). Jake Armsey scored the tying run on the error and Wylie Waters singled in Preston Lucas with the winner ... Samford (27-23, 11-8 SoCon) hit three consecutive home runs in a five-run first inning, but needed a fielder's choice RBI in the ninth for a walk-off win over Wofford (33-19, 11-8) in a series opener. Trey Higgins, Eddie Marshall and Parker McDonald went back-to-back-to back in the Bulldogs' first, but Wofford answered with five in the second ... South Carolina's (22-32, 7-21 SEC) late-season tailspin continued as Vanderbilt (30-24, 12-16) sent the Gamecocks to their 10th straight loss ... Jack McMullan drove in six runs - including a go-ahead two-run homer - as Longwood (29-23, 11-11 Big South) beat Winthrop (31-22, 13-9). The loss, coupled with High Point's 11-10 10-inning at UNC Asheville, gave High Point the Big South's regular-season championship and top seed for the conference tournament ... Radford (24-23, 11-11 Big South) tied the score with a run in the eighth and Noah Toole singled in the go-ahead run in the 10th as the Highlanders took as a series opener at Charleston Southern (28-20, 12-10).
* NCAA Division II Southeast Regional: Host North Greenville (48-10) lashed out 17 hits and held Lander (36-20) scoreless until the sixth inning to cruise into a Friday game with Francis Marion. Lane McGaha, Landon Peavy and Thomas Powell had three hits apiece for the Trailblazers ... In the opening game, Will Dorrell, Kimmy Koza and Ethan McAnally homered as Francis Marion (43-12) topped North Georgia (41-15). Charlie Bussey III was 5-for-5 with a pair of doubles for the Patriots. Lander and North Georgia play an elimination game on Friday.
Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech shut out No. 23 Boston College, 9-0 ... No. 2 North Carolina took the opener at N.C. State, 9-4 ... No. 11 Florida State tied the game against Miami with two runs in the eighth and three in the ninth and got a walk-off 7-6 win with a bases-loaded walk in the 11th ... Pitt beat Notre Dame, 6-3 ... Virginia topped Louisville, 8-3 ... Wake Forest downed Duke, 7-2 ... Stanford threw out the potential tying run at home twice in the three innings - the second time to end the game - and outlasted California, 7-6.
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech shut out No. 23 Boston College, 9-0 ... No. 2 North Carolina took the opener at N.C. State, 9-4 ... No. 11 Florida State tied the game against Miami with two runs in the eighth and three in the ninth and got a walk-off 7-6 win with a bases-loaded walk in the 11th ... Pitt beat Notre Dame, 6-3 ... Virginia topped Louisville, 8-3 ... Wake Forest downed Duke, 7-2 ... Stanford threw out the potential tying run at home twice in the three innings - the second time to end the game - and outlasted California, 7-6.
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 23-5; North Carolina 21-7; Florida State 18-10; Boston College 17-11; Miami 15-13; Wake Forest 15-13; Virginia 14-14; Virginia Tech 14-14; N.C. State 13-15; Stanford 13-15; Louisville 11-17; Notre Dame 11-17; Pitt 11-17; California 10-18; Duke 9-19; Clemson 9-19.
* SEC: No. 4 Georgia edged No. 5 Auburn, 2-1 ... No. 6 Texas helped South Carolina's chances of not finishing last in the conference with a 6-3 win over Missouri ... Kentucky edged No. 12 Arkansas, 4-3 ... No. 18 Alabama held off No. 15 Ole Miss, 5-4 ... No. 13 Mississippi State blitzed No. 10 Texas A&M, 18-11, behind a 13-run third inning ... No. 19 Florida beat LSU, 11-8 ... Tennessee topped Oklahoma, 9-7 ...
* SEC standings: Georgia 22-6; Texas 17-10; Alabama 17-11; Texas A&M 16-11; Auburn 16-12; Florida 16-12; Mississippi State 16-12; Arkansas 15-13; Ole Miss 14-14; Tennessee 14-14; Oklahoma 13-15; Kentucky 13-15; Vanderbilt 12-16; LSU 9-19; South Carolina 7-21; Missouri 6-22.
College of Charleston 9, William & Mary 2 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 1B, 2B, HBP, SB, 2 R, RBI
Longwood 8, Winthrop 2 - Win: Jaylen Hernandez 2-4, RBI
Louisiana 7, Coastal Carolina 2 - Coa: Blake Barthol HR, 2 RBI
Presbyterian 11, Gardner-Webb 2 - PC: Bo Moody 2-2, R, 2 RBI
Radford 4, Charleston Southern 3, 10 innings - Cha: Kain Collins 2-5, SB, RBI
Radford 4, Charleston Southern 3, 10 innings - Cha: Kain Collins 2-5, SB, RBI
Samford 7, Wofford 6 - Wof: Niko Brini 3B, R, 3 RBI
The Citadel 9, VMI 2 - Cit: TJ Anderson 3-4, BB, SB, R, 4 RBI
USC Upstate 7, Elon 6, 10 innings - Up: Jake Armsey 2-3, 2 BB, 3 R
Vanderbilt 9, South Carolina 1 - USC: Ethan Lizama 2-4, RBI
The Citadel 9, VMI 2 - Cit: TJ Anderson 3-4, BB, SB, R, 4 RBI
USC Upstate 7, Elon 6, 10 innings - Up: Jake Armsey 2-3, 2 BB, 3 R
Vanderbilt 9, South Carolina 1 - USC: Ethan Lizama 2-4, RBI
NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Francis Marion 10, North Georgia 8 - Fra: Ethan McAnally 2B, HR, R, 4 RBI
Double elimination
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, TigervilleFrancis Marion 10, North Georgia 8 - Fra: Ethan McAnally 2B, HR, R, 4 RBI
North Greenville 17, Lander 6 - Nor: Matty Brown W, 5 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 3 K
Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
Catawba 10, Belmont Abbey 3
Young Harris 9, Wingate 3
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