State scoreboard, Tuesday, May 12

Maloy Heaghney contributed to all three of the
 Spartans' scoring innings. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Maloy Heaghney, USC Upstate,  3-5, 2 2B, SB, R, RBI

Honorable mention: Colby McNeely, Winthrop, S, 3 IP, 9 up, 9 down, 3 K  

* Briefly: Domenico Tozzi's seventh-inning home run gave Coastal Carolina (35-17) the lead and the Chanticleers overcame a three-run first inning by The Citadel (27-24) to win their regular-season home finale. The Bulldogs got RBI singles from Michael Gibson and Christian Stratis in the first and Gibson later scored on a wild pitch. Blake Barthol also homered and joined Rex Watson in getting two hits for Coastal ... USC Upstate 26-27) scored four runs in the second inning and gained a split of its season series with Clemson (30-23) in front of 3,456 at Fifth Third Park. Luke Gaffney and Jarren Purify had two hits apiece for the Tigers ... Alan Benhardt had four hits and Ethan Wilson hit a two-run homer as Winthrop (31-21) broke a four-game losing streak and handed South Carolina (22-31) its ninth straight loss. Will Craddock had two hits and Luke Yuhasz homered for the Gamecocks ... Georgia Southern (16-37) wiped out an early two-run deficit with three runs in the first inning and two in the second to beat College of Charleston (25-26) ... Walker Fox hit a first-inning grand slam and Western Carolina  (33-20) coasted to a run-rule win at Presbyterian (11-42). Five Catamounts pitchers combined to hold the Blue Hose to three hits.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 2 North Carolina handled UNC Wilmington, 13-7 ... Mercer knocked off No. 3 Georgia Tech, 12-9 ... Virginia clubbed Richmond, 18-6 ... Wake Forest topped Liberty, 7-5 ...  Duke beat William & Mary, 14-9 ... Louisville whipped Bellarmine, 14-7 ... Notre Dame blasted Dayton, 16-6 ... Pitt downed Penn State, 11-7 ... Stanford edged St. Mary's, 7-6 ... UMass Lowell at No. 23 Boston College and Virginia Tech at Marshall were canceled.

* SEC: Tennessee drilled Belmont, 11-1 ... Jacksonville State upended No. 5 Auburn, 4-1 ... No. 15 Ole Miss run-ruled Tennessee Martin, 17-6 ... Northern Kentucky at Kentucky was canceled.

 
Coastal Carolina 5, The Citadel 3 - Coa: Rex Watson 1B, 2B, R, 2 RBI

Georgia Southern 9, College of Charleston 5 - Cha: Nick Diaz 1B, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI

USC Upstate 6, Clemson 3 - Up: Alex Ritzer 2-3, BB, 2 R, RBI

Winthrop 5, South Carolina 2 - Win: Grant McGuire 2-4, R

Western Carolina 14, Presbyterian 3, 7 innings - PC: Andrew Albertus 1B, BB, 2 R

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