State teams stay in Southeast for NCAA

South Carolina's three teams in the NCAA Tournament won't have to leave the Waffle House footprint.

The Citadel is playing in the Atlanta Regional, Coastal Carolina is in the Tallahassee Regional and USC Upstate is in the Tuscaloosa Regional.

The 64-team NCAA Tournament field was announced Monday, There are 12 teams from the SEC, 9 from the ACC and 5 from the Sun Belt. The 16 regionals all have a four-team, double-elimination format. The 16 regional winners advance to one of eight best-of-three super regional the following weekend. Those eight super regional survivors go the the College World Series in Omaha. 

The Citadel (35-24) earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid and will be the No. 3 seed in Atlanta, playing Oklahoma (32-21) at 5 p.m. Friday at Russ Chandler Stadium on the Georgia Tech campus. The game will be on ESPN+

Coastal Carolinas (37-21) earned an at-large bid from the Sun Belt Conference and will be the No. 2 seed in the Tallahassee Regional at Dick Howser Stadium. The Chanticleers will play Northern Illinois (35-17), which is making its first NCAA appearance since it moved from district to regional competition in the 1970s. The game is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday on ESPN+. Coastal was believed to be in contention for a regional host spot before going 11-13 over its final 24 games.

USC Upstate (33-28) qualified by winning its second straight Big South Conference Tournament. The Spartans are the No. 3 seed at Tuscaloosa and will play Oklahoma State (37-20) in the first round. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday on ESPN+.

Top 16 national seeds

1. UCLA (51-6), 2. Georgia Tech (48-9), 3. Georgia (46-12), 4. Auburn (38-19), 5. North Carolina (45-11-1), 6. Texas (40-13), 7. Alabama (37-19), 8. Florida (39-19), 9. Southern Mississippi (44-15), 10. Florida State (38-17), 11. Oregon (40-16), 12. Texas A&M (39-14), 13. Nebraska (42-15), 14. Mississippi State (40-17), 15. Kansas (42-16), 16. West Virginia (39-14).

Super Regional pairings
No. 16 Morgantown vs. No. 1 Los Angeles
No. 15 Lawrence vs. No. 2 Atlanta
No. 14 Starkville vs. No. 3 Athens.
No. 13 Lincoln vs.  4. Auburn.
No. 12 College Station vs. No. 5 Chapel Hill.
No. 11. Eugene vs. No. 6 Austin.
No. 10 Tallahassee vs. No. 7 Tuscaloosa.

No. 9 Hattiesburg vs. No. 8 Gainesville.

ATLANTA REGIONAL

Friday
No. 1 Georgia Tech (48-9) vs. No. 4 Illinois Chicago (27-27-1), Noon, ACCN

No. 2 Oklahoma (32-21) vs. No. 3 The Citadel (35-24), 5 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner

Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser 
Sunday
Game 5: Game 4 winner vs. Game 3 loser
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Monday
Game 7: if Game 5 winner wins Game 6

TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL
Friday
No. 1 Florida State (38-17) vs. No. 4 St. John’s (NY) (33-24), 3 p.m., ACCN

No. 2 Coastal Carolina (37-21) vs. No. 3 Northern Illinois (35-17), 8 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner

Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser 
Sunday
Game 5: Game 4 winner vs. Game 3 loser
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Monday
Game 7: if Game 5 winner wins Game 6

TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL

Friday

No. 2 Oklahoma State (37-20) vs. No. 3 USC Upstate (33-28), 2 p.m., ESPN+

No. 1 Alabama (37-19) vs. No. 4 Alabama State (34-21), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Saturday
Game 3: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner

Game 4: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser 
Sunday
Game 5: Game 4 winner vs. Game 3 loser
Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner
Monday
Game 7: if Game 5 winner wins Game 6
Complete NCAA Regional schedule

Team of the week, May 18-24 (tie): The Citadel and USC Upstate

The Citadel (5-0 for the week)

(beat VMI, Wofford, Mercer - twice - and Samford in the SoCon Tournament)

The Bulldogs picked up their first Southern Conference Tournament championship since 2010 with a dominant run through the event. Coach Russell Triplett's excelled both at the plate and on the mound, surviving a play-in game to reach the double-elimination portion of the event and claim the championship from the fifth seed.

USC Upstate (4-1 for the week)

(beat Winthrop, High Point, went 2-1 vs. Longwood in the Big South Tournament)
Coach Kane Sweeney's team beat the two teams to finish above them in the regular season and didn't let a weather-induced venue change from Asheville to Boiling Springs stop them from repeating as tournament champion.

Up next for both: NCAA regionals. Destination and opponents to be announced Monday

Previous winners

Jan. 23-Feb. 1: North Greenville
Feb. 2-8: Anderson
Feb. 9-15: Francis Marion 

Feb. 16-22: Charleston Southern
Feb. 23-March 1: Benedict
March 2-8: Clemson

March 9-15: Coastal Carolina
March 16-22: Florence-Darlington Tech

March 23-29: Winthrop

March 30-April 5: North Greenville
April 6-12: Wofford
April 13-19: Winthrop
April 20-26: Coker

April 27-May 3: The Citadel
May 4-10: (tie) Charleston Southern, Claflin, Lander

May 11-17: Francis Marion

State scoreboard, Sunday, May 24

Preston Lucas was 9-for-19 during the Spartans'
run to the tournament title. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Preston Lucas, USC Upstate, 4-7, 2B, R, RBI, BB

* Big South Tournament: After losing in its first chance to wrap up the title, USC Upstate (33-28)  got three base-loaded walks in the first inning of Game 2 against Longwood (34-27) and never trailed in win the conference championship and automatic NCAA Tournament bid for the second straight season. Johnny Sweeney had an RBI groundout in the second and Wylie Waters and Brady Small added two-run homers in the third and fifth innings, r3espectively. Coach Kane Sweeney's squad got three no-hit innings from starter Chris Torres. After Jacob Kirby allowed two hits in four shutout innings, Andrew Kummer allowed no hits over two innings to close out the game.  Longwood's Game 1 win ended a nine-game winning streak for the Spartans. A bases-loaded walk gave the Lancers the lead in the third and Jae'den Carter added a two-run homer in the seventh. Upstate pitchers struck out 15. The Spartans will learn their regional destination on monday.

ACC TOURNAMENT

Championship

Georgia Tech 13, North Carolina 6

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SEC TOURNAMENT

Championship    

Georgia 11, Arkansas 1, 7 innings

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BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT

Championship

Longwood 4, USC Upstate 1 - Up: Johnny Sweeney 3B, RBI

USC Upstate 8, Longwood 1 - Up: Jacob Kirby W, 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 K 
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CAA TOURNAMENT

Championship

Northeastern 3, Campbell 2

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SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

Southern Mississippi 6, Troy 2

Championship

Southern Mississippi 11, Louisiana 7
(2/1335)

State scoreboard, Saturday, May 23

Will Holmes has struck out 112 batters in
88 1/3 innings this season. (The Citadel photo)

Player of the day: Will Holmes, The Citadel, W, 7 IP, 2 H, R, B, 10 K

ACC TOURNAMENT

Truist Field, Charlotte

Georgia Tech 9, Miami 3
North Carolina 13, Pitt 5
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SEC TOURNAMENT

Hoover (Ala.) Metropolitan Stadium

Georgia 8, Florida 7

Arkansas 2, Auburn 1
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* Big South Tournament: USC Upstate (32-27) moved into the championship round by beating top seed High Point (37-19) behind the shutout pitching of Brent Stukes and Jacob Kirby. The Spartans scored two runs - the first on a squeeze bunt - in the second inning and Stukes (8 innings) and Kirby (1) made sure that was enough. Wylie Waters singled twice and homered for Upstate, which is on a nine-game winning streak. Higlater Saturday for the right to play Upstate on Sunday ... Brogan Jones's third RBI of the game broke a 3-3 tie in the 11th inning as Longwood (32-26) eliminated Winthrop (33-24). The Eagles scored runs in the eighth and ninth innings to force extra innings. The decisive run was unearned. Jaylen Hernandez had three hits for Winthrop, which outhit the Lancers 12-5.

BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT

John Henry Moss Stadium, Boiling Springs, N.C.

ESPN+
Longwood 4, Winthrop 3, 11 innings - Win: Harrison Wilson 3.1 IP, H, 0 ER, 6 K

USC Upstate 5, High Point 0 - Up: Preston Lucas 2-5, 2 R

Game 9: High Point vs. Longwood, TBA

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CAA TOURNAMENT

Brooks Field, Wilmington, N.C

Campbell 5, Hofstra 3
Northeastern 5, Hofstra 4

Northeastern 7, Campbell 4
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* Southern Conference Tournament: Will Holmes (7-4) struck out 10 Samford (31-25) batters in seven innings as The Citadel (35-24) earned its first NCAA Tournament bid since 2010 with an unbeaten 5-0 run through the tournament. Christian Stratis had a walk, two hits and an RBI and Zach Hunt and Sam Danskey added RBI for coach Russell Triplett's Bulldogs. Michael Gibson doubled, scored a run and pitched the final 1 1/3 innings to get his 10th save of the season and third of the tournament.

SOCON TOURNAMENT

Fluor Field, Greenville

Championship Game

The Citadel 3, Samford 1 - Cit: Jayden Williams 3-5 

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SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

DABOS Park, Montgomery, Ala.

Troy 11, South Alabama 10
Troy 9, Southern Mississippi 6

Troy University
Louisiana 12, Texas State 6
Louisiana 7, Texas State 4
Moved to Sunday

Game 16: Troy vs. Southern Mississippi

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* NCAA Division II Southeast Super Regional: Former Spartanburg Methodist and Limestone player Kemper Nix struck out seven in five innings and his Catawba (47-12) teammates scored five runs in the first inning to beat Francis Marion (46-14) and win the best-of-three regional. The Indians advance to the NCAA Division II World Series in Cary, N.C. Jimmy Koza and Charlie Bussey III had two hits apiece for the Patriots.

NCAA DII SOUTHEAST SUPER REGIONAL

Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.

Best-of-three series

Catawba 6, Francis Marion 3 - Fra: Jafet Martinez-Delgado 6 IP, 3 H, R, 2 R
Catawba wins series, 2-1, advances to DII World Series
(4/1333)

State scoreboard, Friday, May 22

Charlie Bussey III extended the NCAA DII single-season
 record for runs scored to 118. (FMU photo)

Player of the day: Charlie Bussey III, Francis Marion, 3B, HR, 3 R, BB

ACC TOURNAMENT
Truist Field, Charlotte

North Carolina 10, Virginia Tech 4

Pitt 8, Florida State 6
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SEC TOURNAMENT

Hoover (Ala.) Metropolitan Stadium

SEC Network

Arkansas 8, Texas 1

Auburn 7, Texas A&M 0
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* Big South Tournament: Charleston Southern (30-24) was eliminated after losing twice in one day. The Buccaneers fell to top seed High Point in the resumption of a game suspended because of rain on Thursday. The Buccaneers took a the lead with two runs in the seventh, but High Point answered with three runs in the bottom of the seventh and held on. Then, CSU was eliminated by Longwood (31-26) when the Lancer scored nine runs over the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Winthrop's game with Longwood and USC Upstate's game with High Point were moved to Saturday. 
 

BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT

McCormick Field, Asheville

High Point 9, Charleston Southern 6 - Cha: Nathan Martinez 4-4, R, RBI

Longwood 10, Charleston Southern 4 - Cha: Tyler Wright 3-5, 2 RBI

Moved to Saturday

Game 7: High Point vs. USC Upstate, TBA
Game 8: Longwood vs. Winthrop, TBA

Game 9: Game 7 loser vs. Game 8 winner, TBA

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CAA TOURNAMENT

Brooks Field, Wilmington, N.C

UNCW 6, Monmouth 1
Northeastern 7, UNCW 3

Moved to Saturday

Game 8: Campbell vs. Hofstra

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* SoCon Tournament:  The Citadel (34-24) advanced to Saturday's championship game with a run-rule win over regular-season champion Mercer. Christian Stratis was 4-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs in support of pitcher Bryce Coulter (2-2), who pitched a complete game for the Bulldogs.

SOCON TOURNAMENT

Fluor Field, Greenville

The Citadel 14, Mercer 4 - Cit: Michael Gibson 1B, 2B, SB, 4 RBI

Samford  5, Western Carolina 1, 13 innings

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* Sun Belt Tournament: Louisiana (37-22) took an early five-run lead and held on to eliminate Coastal Carolina (37-21) in a game moved to Troy University because of a weather-induced schedule backup. Rex Watson and Trace Mazon had run-scoring hits in the fourth and Walker Mitchell and Mazon drove in runs in the eighth. Dean Mihos walked and Blake Barthol singled him to third with two outs in the ninth. After Barthol stole second, Mitchell struck out to end the game.

SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

Louisiana 5, Coastal Carolina 4 - Coa: Blake Barthol 4-5, 2 2B, SB, R
Southern Mississippi 7, Troy 6 - two-out walk-off grand slam on an 0-2 pitch
Moved to Saturday

Game 12: Game 10 loser vs. South Alabama

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* NCAA DII Southeast Super Regional: Francis Marion (46-13) scored the go-ahead run on a double-steal attempt and held on to force a deciding third game in the series at Catawba (46-12). Ethan McAnally gave the Patriots a 3-1 lead in the first inning, but the host Indians went ahead 5-4 in the fifth. FMU tied the score when Myles Profitt doubled in Will Dorrell in the bottom of the inning. Charlie Bussey III doubled and McAnally walked in the sixth inning. On a double steal attempt, Bussey scored from second while McAnally was thrown out. Robbie Jordan (12-2) got. the win. Game 3 is set for noon Saturday, with the winner advancing to the Division II College World Series in Cary, N.C.

NCAA DIVISION II SOUTHEAST SUPER REGIONAL

Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.

Francis Marion 8, Catawba 5 - Fra: Charlie Bussey III 2B, HR, BB, 3 R

Best-of-three series tied, 1-1
(5/1329)

USC dismisses Lee, Rooney, Hendry

Monte Lee talks with the media after an April 7 loss to College
 of Charleston.(Palmetto State Baseball photo)

John Whittle of Gamecock247.com (formerly The BigSpur.com) reports South Carolina's administration has informed interim head coach Monte Lee, pitching coach Terry Rooney and assistant coach John Hendry that they will not be returning to the program.

Director of operations and player development Chris Gordon, strength and conditioning coach Billy Anderson and special assistant coach Stuart Lake will remain with the program until a new head coach is hired, Whittle reports.

Lee was named interim head coach after Paul Mainieri was jettisoned March 21 and coached the final 34 games. Lee expressed interest in the role on a permanent basis, but had a 10-24 record as interim coach, including 13 straight losses to end the season. He was 7-20 against SEC competition, including a loss to Tennessee in the conference tournament.

Lake, who has a role with the Gamecock Club, was serving as analyst for USC's radio broadcasts until he moved to the dugout after Mainieri's departure.

Lee was retained by Mainieri .from the staff of former head coach Mark Kingston. He previously served as an assistant at USC before becoming head coach at College of Charleston and later, Clemson.

Lee was listed as USC's hitting coach, but media reports indicated he was not in control. In addition, Mainieri replaced Lee with Rooney as primary in-state recruiter and Carolina has struggled to bring in high school talent.

USC had a school-worst 6.41 staff earned-run average in  2025. The ERA improved this season, but the offense ranked at or near the bottom of the SEC in many categories.‌ For instance, USC's overall batting average of .235 was 18 points worse than the next-closest team. Carolina was last in runs scored (276) by 64 runs, and on-base percentage (.325) by 45 points. The Gamecocks hit .203 in SEC play.

Hendry came to USC after serving in an off-field role at Virginia.
Whittle's story

State scoreboard, Thursday, May 21

Henry Zenor has hit a first-inning leadoff homer in both Spartans
 games of the Big South Tournament. (USC Upstate photo)

Player of the day: Henry Zenor. USC Upstate 4-5, BB, 3 2B, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI

ACC TOURNAMENT

Truist Field, Charlotte
Georgia Tech 16, Virginia 10

Miami 8, Boston College 2
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SEC TOURNAMENT
Hoover (Ala.) Metropolitan Stadium

Georgia 5, Mississippi State 3

Florida 13, Alabama 3, 8 innings

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* Sun Belt Tournament: Strong pitching from Cameron Flukey and Darin Horn helped Coastal Carolina  (37-20) stay alive and eliminate Appalachian State (30-24). Flukey allowed a run on two hits and struck six in four innings. Horn went the final five innings, allowing two hits and a run while striking out eight. Trace Mazon had three hits, while Blake Barthol, Walker Mitchell and Rex Watson added two apiece.

SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

DABOS Park, Montgomery, Ala.

ESPN+

Troy 11, South Alabama 3

Coastal Carolina 8, Appalachian State 2 - Coa: Trace Mazon 3-4, R, 2 RBI
South Alabama 7, Georgia State 4
Texas State 4, Louisiana 3
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* Big South Tournament: Henry Zenor homered and hit three of USC Upstate's (31-27) 10 doubles in a run-rule win over Winthrop (33-23). The Spartans scored in their first six innings. Maloy Heaghney and Tyler Lang had three hits apiece, while Wylie Waters had a grand slam. Colin Crowley homered and singled for Winthrop ...High Point was leading Charleston Southern, 3-2, in the bottom of the second when the game was interrupted by rain. Instead of resuming the game, it was suspended until 9 a.m. Friday and Winthrop and USC Upstate played their game.

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

McCormick Field, Asheville

Longwood 17, Radford 7

USC Upstate 18, Winthrop 6, 7 innings - Up: Jake Armsey 2 2B, R, 5 RBI

Unknown

Game 6: Longwood vs. lower seeded Game 4/5 loser.

Suspended until TBA Friday
Game 4: High Point 3, Charleston Southern 2, B2
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* CAA Tournament: Monmouth (30-22) scored five runs in the fifth inning to break a tie and eliminate College of Charleston (28-28). The Cougars scored single runs in the first and second innings, but Monmouth tied the score in the third with the help of an error.

CAA TOURNAMENT

Brooks Field, Wilmington, N.C

Monmouth 7, College of Charleston 2 - Cha: Dylan Johnson 1B, HR

Campbell 3, UNCW 1
Hofstra 6, Northeastern 0

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* SoCon Tournament: A seven-run ninth inning gave The Citadel (33-24) plenty of breathing room in a win over top-seeded Mercer to advance to the tournament semifinals for the first time since 2015. Trip Brown went six shutout innings, striking out seven, for the Bulldogs. Zach Hunt and Phillips Daniels drove in two runs each in the ninth. Mercer was shut out before hitting a pair of solo home runs in the ninth ... Later Thursday, Chris Katz hit a go-ahead inside-the-park shot in the eighth as Mercer (44-14) eliminated Wofford (34-22). The Terriers had leads of 3-2, 5-4, 7-5 and 8-6 before Mercer rallied. 

SOCON TOURNAMENT

Fluor Field, Greenville

ESPN+

The Citadel 9, Mercer 2 - Cit: Zach Hunt 1B, HR, R, 2 RBI

Samford 9, Western Carolina 5
Mercer 9, Wofford 8 - Wof: Niko Brini 3-5, 2B, R, 2 SB, 3 RBI
Western Carolina 4, UNC Greensboro 3

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* NCAA DII Southeast Super Regional: Catawba (46-11) scored three runs in the first and four in the second to take Game 1 of the best-of-three series from Francis Marion (45-13). Charlie Bussey III and Ethan McAnally had three hits apiece for the Patriots. The series winner advances to the Division II World Series in Cary, N.C.
 
NCAA DIVISION II SOUTHEAST SUPER REGIONAL
Best of three
Catawba 12, Francis Marion 7 - Fra: Ethan McAnally 3-4, HR, 4 RBI
Catawba leads series, 1-0

(6/1324)

State scoreboard, Wednesday, May 20

MIchael Gibson increased his batting average to .387
and picked up his 8th save. (The Citadel photo)

Player of the day: Michael Gibson, The Citadel, 8-for-10, 2B, HR, 7 R, 7 RBI, HBP, S, .1 IP, K

ACC TOURNAMENT
Charlotte

Virginia 6, Duke 4

Miami 11, Stanford 2

Virginia Tech 17, Notre Dame 10

Pitt 7, Wake Forest 4

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SEC TOURNAMENT
Hoover, Ala.

Mississippi State 12, Missouri 2

Florida 8, Vanderbilt 3

Arkansas 8, Tennessee 4

Auburn 3, LSU 1
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* Sun Belt Tournament: After Coastal Carolina (36-20) rallied from seven runs down to tie the game, Louisiana (36-21) score the next five runs to send the Chanticleers into the losers' bracket. Blagen Pado's second home run of the game, a three-run shot, pulled Coastal even at 7-7 in the sixth, but the Ragin' Cajuns scored three runs in the seventh and two in the eighth. Trace Mazon's one-out triple in the ninth pulled Coastal within one, but the next two batters were retired. The Chants face Appalachian State on Thursday.

SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Montgomery, Ala.

Texas State 6, Appalachian State 5

Louisiana 12,  Coastal Carolina 11 - Coa: Trace Mazon 3-5, 3B, R, 2 RBI

Southern Mississippi 7, Georgia State 6
Postponed until 10 a.m. Thursday
Game 6: No. 5 South Alabama vs. No. 4 Troy

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* CAA Tournament: Two Hofstra (21-27)  pitchers held College of Charleston (28-27) to four hits and a pair of six-run innings helped the Pride run-rule the Cougars. CofC meets Monmouth in an elimination game on Thursday.

CAA TOURNAMENT

Brooks Field, Wilmington, N.C

Hofstra 13, College of Charleston 0 - Cha: Alex LaCoste 2-3

UNCW 5, Monmouth 0
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* Big South Tournament: Titus Von Kapff  allowed two earned runs in 5 1/3 innings and Garrison Barile had three doubles to drive in three runs as Charleston Southern (30-21) scored all its runs in the first three innings to turn back Radford (25-25).  Caden Wolfley and Tyler Wright also had three hits for the Buccaneers, who fae top seed High Point on Thursday ... Trey Bentley hit a tie-breaking grand slam in the sixth inning and USC Upstate (30-27) topped Longwood (29-28) in its opener. Bentley also had double and two singles for the Spartans,  who play Winthrop on Thursday.

BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT

McCormick Field, Asheville

Charleston Southern 8, Radford 5 - Cha: Caden Wolfley 3-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI 

USC Upstate 11, Longwood 8 - Up: Chris Torres 5.2 IP, 2 ER, 9 K

Suspended until 9 a.m. Thursday
Longwood 5, Radford 0, T2
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* Southern Conference Tournament: The Citadel (32-24) lashed out 39 hits and produced 34 runs in a pair of wins on the opening day. The Bulldogs scored four runs in the first inning and capped things with seven runs in the eighth for a run-rule win over VMI (28-27) in a play-in game. Then, they never trailed after a six-run first inning to beat Wofford (34-21) in the first round of double-elimination play.  Against VMI, Michael Gibson had five hits and got the save and Phillips Daniels had three hits and drove in five runs. Andrew Buffkin (6-2) struck out eight in five innings against Wofford. Tanner Hardin doubled twice and drove in three runs for the Terriers. The Citadel plays top seed Mercer on Thursday, while Wofford meets the loser of that game in an elimination game.

SOCON TOURNAMENT

Fluor Field, Greenville

The Citadel 21, VMI 11 - Cit: TJ Anderson 3-5, 2B, HBP,  3 R, 2 RBI

UNC Greensboro 6, East Tennessee State 5

The Citadel 13, Wofford 7 - Cit: Andrew Bowers S, 4 IP, 3 H, R, 3 K

Samford 13, UNC Greensboro 1, 7 innings
(6/1318)

State scoreboard, Tuesday, May 19

Patrick Evans' second triple of the year
tied him for the team lead. (USC photo)

Player of the day: Patrick Evans, South Carolina, 1B, 3B, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI

* ACC Tournament: Jayce Lee doubled in the go-ahead run in the third inning and added a home run in the sixth as Notre Dame (31-21) eliminated Clemson (31-26). The Tigers got solo homers from Tyler Litchenberger, Bryce Clavon and Jacob Jarrell and an RBI triple from Tryston McCladdie. Clemson pitchers struck out 16, but the Tigers struck out 12 times.

ACC TOURNAMENT

Truist Field, Charlotte

ACC Network

Duke 21, N.C. State 12
Stanford 11, California 4
Notre Dame 5, Clemson 4 - Cle:Tyler Lichtenberger 1B, HR
Pitt 16, Louisville 8

* SEC Tournament: The worst season in South Carolina (22-35) history ended in fitting fashion: another loss. The 13th consecutive loss came to Tennessee (38-19) and included shaky defense, ineffective pitching, too many strikeouts and an inability to shut down opponent in the next inning on the rare occasion when the Gamecocks did score.

 

SEC TOURNAMENT
Hoover (Ala.) Metropolitan Stadium

SEC Network

Missouri 10, Ole Miss 8
Vanderbilt 8, Kentucky 5
Tennessee 11, South Carolina 6 - USC: Jake Randolph 2-4, BB, R

LSU 6, Oklahoma 2

SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

DABOS Park, Montgomery, Ala.

ESPN+

Louisiana 11, Marshall 1
Georgia State 17, Old Dominion 1, 7 innings
(2/1312)

Team of the week, May 11-17: Francis Marion

Francis Marion (3-0 for the week)

(beat North Georgia, went 2-0 vs. North Georgia

It's been a record-setting season, for Francis Marion, but there's room for more.

Coach Jeff Jefferson's squad is the first one in school history to qualify for the Super Regional round of the NCAA Division II playoffs, knocking off Conference Carolinas rival North Greenville twice on its home field..

It's just the latest step into uncharted territory for the Patriots. Charlie Bussey III pushed the Division II national record for runs scored in a season to 112 (and counting). Both Ethan McAnally (22) and Bussey (20) passed the previous school mark for homers in a season.

Robbie Jordan has become the school's all-time victories leader (32).

McAnally even came up big in another category in Saturday's clincher, making his first start of the season and pitching five innings to get his first career win.

The Patriots are batting .357 as a team and scoring 11.4 runs per game.

For all the big numbers compiled this season, the focus now is on the number 2 - two more wins and Francis Marion returns to the Division II College World Series for the first time since 2006. The Patriots play at Catawba in the best-of-three Southeast Super Regional beginning Thursday in Salisbury, N.C.

Up next: NCAA Division II Southeast Super Regional at Catawba, Thursday.

Also considered

College of Charleston (3-1) - home sweep of William & Mary
The Citadel (3-1) - road sweep of VMI
USC Upstate (4-0) - winning streak at six 

Winthrop (3-1)

Previous winners

Jan. 23-Feb. 1: North Greenville
Feb. 2-8: Anderson
Feb. 9-15: Francis Marion 

Feb. 16-22: Charleston Southern
Feb. 23-March 1: Benedict
March 2-8: Clemson

March 9-15: Coastal Carolina
March 16-22: Florence-Darlington Tech

March 23-29: Winthrop

March 30-April 5: North Greenville
April 6-12: Wofford
April 13-19: Winthrop
April 20-26: Coker

April 27-May 3: The Citadel
May 4-10: (tie) Charleston Southern, Claflin, Lander.

S.C. college baseball recap, Saturday, May 16

ACC, SEC, Sun Belt, CAA, Big South, SoCon tournament schedules

ACC TOURNAMENT

Truist Field, Charlotte

Single elimination
Tuesday, May 19

ACC Network

Game 1: No. 16 Duke vs. No. 9 NC State, 9 a.m.

Game 2: No. 12 Stanford vs. No. 13 California, 1 p.m.

Game 3: No. 15 Clemson vs. No. 10 Notre Dame, 5 p.m.

Game 4: No. 14 Pitt vs. No. 11 Louisville, 9 p.m.

 

Wednesday, May 20

ACC Network

Game 5: Duke vs. No. 8 Virginia, 9 a.m.

Game 6: Stanford vs. No. 5 Miami, 1 p.m.

Game 7: Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech, 5 p.m.

Game 8: Game 4 vs. No. 6 Wake Forest, 9 p.m.

 

Thursday, May 21

ACC Network

Game 9: Virginia vs. No. 1 Georgia Tech, 3 p.m.

Game 10: Miami vs. Boston College, 7 p.m.  

 

Friday, May 22

ACC Network

Game 11: Virginia Tech vs. No. 2 North Carolina, 3 p.m.

Game 12: Pitt vs. No. 3 Florida State, 7 p.m.

 

Saturday, May 23

ACC Network

Game 13: Georgia Tech vs. Miami, 1 p.m.

Game 14: North Carolina vs. Pitt, 5 p.m.

 

Sunday, May 24

Championship Game

ESPN2

North Carolina vs. Georgi Tech, noon

SEC Tournament

Hoover (Ala.) Metropolitan Stadium

Single elimination

Tuesday, May 19

SEC Network

Game 1: No. 9 Ole Miss vs. No. 16 Missouri, 10:30 a.m.

Game 2: No. 12 Vanderbilt vs. No. 13 Kentucky, 30 minutes after

Game 3: No. 10 Tennessee vs. No. 15 South Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

Game 4: No. 11 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 LSU, 30 minutes after

Wednesday, May 20

SEC Network

Game 5: Missouri vs. No. 8 Mississippi State, 10:30 a.m.

Game 6: Vanderbilt vs. No. 5 Florida, 30 minutes after

Game 7: Tennessee vs. No. 7 Arkansas, 5:30 p.m.

Game 8: LSU vs. No. 6 Auburn, 30 minutes after

Thursday, May 21

SEC Network

Game 9: Mississippi State vs. No. 1 Georgia, 1 p.m.

Game 10: Florida vs. No. 4 Alabama, 30 minutes after

Friday, May 22

SEC Network

Game 11: Arkansas vs. No. 2 Texas, 4 p.m.

Game 12: Auburn vs. No. 3 Texas A&M, 30 minutes after

Saturday, May 23

SEC Network

Game 13: Georgia vs. Florida, 1 p.m.

Game 14: Arkansas vs. Game 12 winner, 30 minutes after

Sunday, May 24

Championship    

ABC

Georgia vs. Arkansas, 2 p.m.

SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

DABOS Park, Montgomery, Ala.

Tuesday, May 19

ESPN+

Single elimination

Game 1: No. 10 Marshall vs. No. 7 Louisiana, 4 p.m.

Game 2: No. 9 Georgia State vs. No. 8 Old Dominion, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20

ESPN+

Double elimination

Game 3: No. 6 Texas State vs. No. 3 Appalachian State, 10 a.m.

Game 4: Louisiana vs. No. 2 Coastal Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

Game 5: Georgia State vs. No. 1 Southern Miss, 5 p.m.

Game 6: No. 5 South Alabama vs. No. 4 Troy, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 21

ESPN+

Game 6: No. 5 South Alabama vs. No. 4 Troy, 10 a.m.

Game 7: Appalachian State vs. Coastal Carolina, 1:30 p.m.
Game 8: Georgia State vs. South Alabama, 5 p.m.

Game 9: Texas State vs. Louisiana, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, May 22

ESPN+

Game 10: Southern Miss vs. Troy, noon

Game 11: Louisiana vs. Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 23

ESPN+

Game 12: Game 10 loser vs. South Alabama, 10 a.m.

Game 13: Texas State vs. Louisiana, 1:30 p.m.
Game 14: Game 10 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 5 p.m.

Game 15: if Game 11 winner wins Game 13, 8:30 p.m.
or 

Game 16: if Game 12 winner wins Game 14, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 24

ESPN+

Game 16: Troy vs. Southern Mississippi, TBA
Game 17: Championship, 2 p.m.

CAA TOURNAMENT

Brooks Field, Wilmington, N.C

Wednesday, May 20

Game 1: No. 4 College of Charleston vs. No. 5 Hofstra, noon

Game 2: No. 3 Monmouth vs. No. 6 UNCW, 4 p.m.

Thursday, May 21

Game 3: College of Charleston vs. Monmouth, 11 a.m.

Game 4: No. 1 Campbell vs. UNCW, 3 p.m.

Game 5: No. 2 Northeastern vs. Hofstra, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 22

Game 6: Monmouth vs. UNCW, 11 a.m.

Game 7: UNCW vs. Northeastern, 3 p.m.

Saturday, May 23

Game 8: Campbell vs. Hofstra, 11 a.m.

Game 9: Northeastern vs. Game 8 loser, 2 p.m.

Game 10: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 6 p.m.

 

Sunday, May 24

Game 11: Northeastern vs. Campbell, 1 p.m.

BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT

McCormick Field, Asheville

Wednesday, May 20

Game 1: No. 4 Charleston Southern vs. No. 5 Radford, 11 a.m.

Game 2: No. 3 USC Upstate vs. No. 6 Longwood, 3 p.m.

Game 3: Radford vs. Longwood, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 21

Completion of Game 3: Longwood 5, Radford 0, T2, 9 a.m,

Game 4: No. 1 High Point vs. Charleston Southern, 11 a.m.

Game 5: No. 2 Winthrop vs. USC Upstate, 3 p.m.

Game 6: Longwood vs. lower seeded Game 4/5 loser, 7 p.m.

Friday, May 22

Resumption of Game 4: High Point 3, Charleston Southern 2, B2, 9 a.m.
Game 6: Longwood vs. lower seeded Game 4/5 loser, TBA

Saturday, May 23
Game 7: High Point vs. USC Upstate, 1 p.m.
Game 9: Game 7 loser vs. Game 8 winner, TBA

John Henry Moss Stadium, Boiling Springs, N.C.
Game 8: Game 6 winner vs. higher seeded Game 4/5 loser, TBA

Sunday, May 24

Game 10: USC Upstate vs. Longwood or High Point, noon

Game 11: if Upstate loses Game 2, 45 minutes later

SOCON TOURNAMENT

Fluor Field, Greenville

ESPN+

Wednesday, May 20

Single elimination

Game 1: No. 5 The Citadel vs. No. 8 VMI, 9 a.m.

Game 2: No. 6 East Tennessee State vs. No. 7 UNC Greensboro, 12:30 p.m.

Double elimination

Game 3: The Citadel vs. No. 4 Wofford, 4 p.m.

Game 4: UNC Greensboro vs. No. 3 Samford, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 21

ESPN+

Game 5: The Citadel vs. No. 1 Mercer, 9 a.m.

Game 6: Samford vs. No. 2 Western Carolina, 12:30 p.m.

Game 7: Mercer vs. Wofford, 4 p.m.

Game 8: Game 6 loser vs. UNC Greensboro, 7:30 p.m.

 

Friday, May 22

ESPN+

Game 9: The Citadel vs. Mercer, 9 a.m.

Game 10: Samford vs. Game 8 winner, 12:30 p.m.

Game 11: if Game 7 winner wins Game 9, 4 p.m.

Game 12: if Game 8 winner wins Game 10, 7:30 p.m.

 

Saturday, May 23

Championship Game

ESPNU
The Citadel vs. Samford, 7:30 p.m.

State scoreboard, Saturday, May 16

Ethan McAnally's first pitching start of the year helped
the Patriots advance to the Super Regional. (Francis Marion photo)

Player of the day: Ethan McAnally, Francis Marion, 3-5, SB, R, 2 RBI, W, 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 K

* NCAA Division I: Luke Gaffney's three-run homer highlighted a five-run third inning and Clemson (31-25, 10-20 ACC) held off Virginia Tech (29-23, 15-15) to salvage the series finale and assure itself of the 15th seed for the ACC Tournament. The Tigers will play Notre Dame on Tournament ... Lane Tobin hit a pair of homers and drove in four runs as The Citadel (30-24, 11-10 SoCon) completed a sweep of  VMI (28-26, 3-18). The teams are rematched in the first round of the SoCon Tournament ... Louisiana (34-21, 16-14 Sun Belt) scored two runs in the fifth and held on to beat No. 20 Coastal Carolina (36-19, 21-9). Coastal's loss, coupled with Southern Mississippi's win over Georgia Southern, gave the Golden Eagles the regular-season championship and made the Chanticleers the No. 2 seed for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... South Carolina (22-34, 7-23 SEC) got its only four hits in a three-run second inning, but Vanderbilt (32-24, 14-16) scored five runs in the fifth to send the Gamecocks to their 12th straight loss. Carolina plays Tennessee on Tuesday in the SEC Tournament ... Nick Diaz singled and homered to drive in four runs as College of Charleston (28-26, 18-12 CAA) wrapped up a sweep of William & Mary (21-32, 12-18) ...  Alan Benhardt and Ethan Wilson had two-RBI hits in the sixth inning and Winthrop (33-22, 15-9 Big South) beat Longwood (29-24, 11-13) ... Garrison Barile walked, singled, homered and drove in four runs as Charleston Southern (29-21, 13-11 Big South) closed out the regular season by rallying past Radford (25-24, 12-12) ... Brady Small's three-run homer gave USC Upstate (29-27) the lead in the sixth inning and Jacob Kirby's solid four-inning relief outing allowed the Spartans to overtake Northern Kentucky (25-28) and end the regular season on a six-game winning streak ... Samford (28-24, 12-9 SoCon) scored eight runs in the first two innings and five in the seventh to complete a run-rule win over Wofford (34-20, 12-9) and pass the Terriers for the third seed in the SoCon Tournament ... Gardner-Webb (25-30, 10-14 Big South) scored five runs in the third inning en route to taking the series finale over Presbyterian (12-44, 8-16).

* NCAA DII Southeast Regional: Francis Marion (45-12) scored the game's first eight runs and held off North Greenville (49-12) to win the Tigerville bracket.  Zander Buchan, Charlie Bussey III and Will Dorrell homered for coach Jeff Jefferson's squad. The Patriots advance to play Catawba in the best-of-three Super Regional next weekend. Games are at 6 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, if necessary, in Newman Park in Salisbury, N.C. That winner qualifies for the Division II World Series in Cary, N.C. Earlier Saturday, Thomas Powell's two-run single in the third inning gave North Greenville the lead and the Trailblazers eliminated North Georgia (42-16). Powell had two hits in the win and four in the loss to Francis Marion.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 2 Georgia Tech pounded No. 23 Boston College, 15-2, to complete a series sweep ... N.C. State took the series finale from No. 2 North Carolina, 7-2 ... Miami avoided a sweep at No. 11 Florida State, 7-4 ... Louisville downed Virginia, 10-5 ... Notre Dame ripped Pitt, 21-10 ... Duke scored five runs in the eighth to avoid a sweep by Wake Forest, 7-3 ... California get a series win over Stanford, 2-1.
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 25-5; North Carolina 22-8; Florida State 19-11; Boston College 17-13; Miami 16-14; Wake Forest 16-14; Virginia Tech 15-15; Virginia 14-16; N.C. State 14-16; Stanford 13-17; Louisville 13-17; Notre Dame 13-17; California 12-18; Pitt 11-19; Clemson 10-20; Duke 10-20.

* SEC: No. 5 Auburn whipped No. 4, Georgia, 14-4, to avoid a sweep ... No. 10 Texas A&M edged No. 13 Mississippi State, 7-6 ... No. 6 Texas beat Missouri, 12-7, to clinch the second seed ... No. 18 Alabama took the rubber game over No. 15 Ole Miss, 6-2 ... No. 19 Florida completed a sweep of LSU, 15-11 ... Tennessee beat Oklahoma, 9-4, in the completion of Friday's suspended game, but the Sooners took the schedule game, 12-9 ...No. 10 Arkansas scored 10 runs in the first, but needed to score the final four runs of the game to beat Kentucky, 16-12.
* SEC standings: Georgia 24-6; Texas 19-10; Texas A&M 18-11; Alabama 18-12; Florida 18-12;  Auburn 17-13; Arkansas 17-13; Mississippi State 16-14; Ole Miss 15-15; Tennessee 15-15; Oklahoma 14-16; Vanderbilt 14-16; Kentucky 13-17; LSU 9-21; South Carolina 7-23; Missouri 6-24.

Charleston Southern 10, Radford 7 - Cha: Caden Wolfley 2-4, BB, 3 R

Clemson 10, Virginia Tech 8 - Cle: Jack Crighton 3-5, HR, 2 RBI
College of Charleston 12, William & Mary 2, 7 innings - Cha: Will Tippett 3-3, HR, 3 RBI

Louisiana 3, Coastal Carolina 2 - Coa: Dean Mihos 1B, 3B, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 9, Presbyterian 2 - PC: Amman Dewberry 1B, HR, 2 RBI

Samford 13, Wofford 3, 7 innings - Wof: Niko Brini 1B, 3B, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
The Citadel 12, VMI 7 - Cit: Sam Dansky 2B, BB, 2 SB, 3 R, 2 RBI
USC Upstate 10, Northern Kentucky 9 - Up: Henry Zenor 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI
Vanderbilt 5, South Carolina 3 - USC: Cooper Parks 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K

Winthrop 11, Longwood 5 - Win: Chazz Grossington 1B, HR, 2 BB, 4 R, 3 RBI
end regular season

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
North Greenville 7, North Georgia 3 - NGv: Ben Leikam W, 4 IP, H, R, 3 BB, 3 K
North Georgia eliminated
Francis Marion 11, North Greenville 8 - Fra: Jimmy Koza 3-4, R, 2 RBI
Francis Marion advances to play at Catawba 

Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.

Young Harris 14, Wingate 3
Wingate eliminated
Catawba 6, Young Harris 4

Catawba advances to host super regional
(12/1310)

S.C. college baseball recap, Friday, May 15

State scoreboard, Friday, May 15

Ben Timblin leads the Terriers in triples, homers
RBI and stolen bases. (Wofford photo)

Player of the day: Ben Timblin,Wofford, 5-5, 3B, HR, 3 R, 7 RBI

Honorable mention: Cameron Flukey, Coastal Carolina 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5 K

Honorable mention: Darin Horn, Coastal Carolina, 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 9 K

* NCAA Division I: Cameron Flukey struck out five in four innings and Darin Horn added nine in five innings as No. 20 Coastal Carolina  (36-18, 21-8 Sun Belt) won a four-hit shutout over Louisiana (33-21, 15-14) to even the series. The Chanticleers remained in a first-place tie with Southern Mississippi, which beat Georgia Southern, 10-1 ... Ben Timblin had two singles, a triple and two homers to drive in seven runs as Wofford (34-19, 12-8 SoCon) evened its series at Samford (27-24, 11-9) ... Virginia Tech (29-22, 15-14 ACC) scored both runs in the bottom of the ninth - with the winner coming on a misplayed infield rundown - to clinch a series win over Clemson (30-25, 9-20). Held to two hits through eight innings, the Hokies got a leadoff double from Ethan Ball, who moved to third on a flyout. Nick Locurto followed with a game-tying single and Pete Daniel singled Locurto to second  Daniel broke for second on a pitch in the dirt, got in a rundown and was tagged out as he returned to first while Locurto, who had moved to third on the play, broke for home and scored before a throw got to home. Clemson pitchers struck out 10, including three by Ariston Veasey in three innings ... Sam Dansky's homer tied the score in the ninth and The Citadel (29-24, 10-10 SoCon) scored three runs in the 10th to clinch a series win at VMI (28-25, 3-17) ... Vanderbilt (31-24, 13-16 SEC) scored six runs in the first and withstood a modest South Carolina (22-33, 7-22) comeback to deal the Gamecocks their 11th straight loss. Missouri's loss to Texas assured the Gamecocks of finishing 15th in the conference ... Will Tippett homered and drove in four runs as College of Charleston (27-26, 17-12 CAA) clinched a series win over William & Mary (21-31, 12-17) ... Colin Crowley and Chazz Grossington drove in five runs apiece and Winthrop (32-22, 14-9 Big South) beat Longwood (29-23, 11-12) to snap a five-game conference losing streak ... Preston Lucas's bases-loaded walk in the eighth capped a comeback from seven runs down to Northern Kentucky (25-27) as USC Upstate (28-27) won its fifth straight game ... Radford (25-23, 12-11 Big South) broke a tie with six runs in the seventh and clinched a series win over Charleston Southern (28-21, 12-11) ... Ryan Kennell's two-run single gave Gardner-Webb (24-30, 9-14 Big South) the lead and the Bulldogs evened the series with Presbyterian (12-43, 8-15).

* NCAA Division II Southeast Regional: Francis Marion (44-12) rallied from an early two-run deficit to top North Greenville (48-11) and reach Saturday's championship game. Ethan McAnally had a three-run homer for the Patriots in the seventh to pad a one-run lead. The Trailblazers got a two-run homer from Josh Foulks in the ninth for the final margin ... North Georgia (42-15) rallied from seven runs down after two innings to eliminate Lander (36-21) from Tigerville portion of the regional. On Saturday, the Nighthawks play North Greenville for the right to face Francis Marion Saturday night.

Beyond the border
* ACC: No. 3 Georgia Tech beat No. 23 Boston College 14-1, to wrap up the regular-season championship ... No. 2  North Carolina clubbed N.C. State, 17-7 ... No. 11 Florida State hammered Miami, 11-1 ... Louisville whipped Virginia, 12-2 ... Notre Dame evened its series with Pitt, 6-4 ... Wake Forest topped Duke, 7-2 ... Cal evened its series with Stanford, 4-3.
* ACC standings: Georgia Tech 24-5; North Carolina 22-7; Florida State 19-10; Boston College 17-12; Wake Forest 16-13; Miami 15-14; Virginia Tech 15-14; Virginia 14-15; Stanford 13-16; N.C. State 13-16;  Louisville 12-17; Notre Dame 12-17; Pitt 11-18; California 11-18; Duke 9-20; Clemson 9-20.

* SEC: No., 4 Georgia picked up a series win at No. 5 Auburn, 9-7 ... No. 19 Florida clinched at series win over LSU, 11-1 ... No. 15 Ole Miss evened its series with No. 18 Alabama, 9-0 ... No. 10 Texas A&M tied it series with No. 13 Mississippi State, 11-9 ... No. 12 Arkansas edged Kentucky, 5-4 ... No. 6 Texas took care of Missouri, 11-6 ... Tennessee was leading Oklahoma, 5-3, with rain  caused suspension of the game in the bottom of the seventh. It will resume Saturday prior to the scheduled game.
* SEC standings: Georgia 23-6; Texas 18-10; Texas A&M 17-11; Alabama 17-12; Florida 17-12;  Auburn 16-13; Mississippi State 16-13;  Arkansas 16-13; Ole Miss 15-14; Tennessee 14-14; Oklahoma 13-15; Kentucky 13-16; Vanderbilt 13-16; LSU 9-20; South Carolina 7-22; Missouri 6-23.

* SoCon: Mercer beat East Tennessee State, 9-7, and has a 14-6 league record. The Bears clinch the top seed for the conference tournament with a win on Saturday. Should Mercer lose, Western Carolina (13-7) can clinch the top seed with a win over UNC Greensboro. The Catamounts have the head-to-head tiebreaker by virtue of a series sweep.

Coastal Carolina 6, Louisiana 0 - Coa: Darin Horn W, 2 H, BB, 9 K
College of Charleston 8, William & Mary 5 - Cha: Braeden Smith 2-4, R, 2 RBI
Gardner-Webb 11, Presbyterian 6 - PC: Cam Mallo 2-3, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Radford 12, Charleston Southern 6 - Cha: Garrison Barile 1B, HR, 2 R
The Citadel 7, VMI 4, 10 innings - Cit: Zach Hunt 1B, 2 2B, 4 RBI

USC Upstate 8, Northern Kentucky 7 - Up: Maloy Heaghney 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI

Vanderbilt 9, South Carolina 5 - USC Luke Yuhasz BB, 2B, R, RBI
Virginia Tech 2, Clemson 1 - Cle: Jarren Purify 2-4, BB, 2 SB
Winthrop 23, Longwood 5 - Win: Luke Earnhardt W, 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 8 K
Wofford 8, Samford 6 - Wof: Cullen Condon W, 7 IP, 4 R, 9 K

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
North Georgia 12, Lander 11 - Lan: Zach Cowart 2-4, 2 BB, 2 SB, 3 R, RBI
Lander eliminated 
Francis Marion 6, North Greenville 4 - Fra: Robbie Jordan, W, 2 R, 5 K

Newman Park, Salisbury, N.C.
Wingate 14, Belmont Abbey 10
Belmont Abbey eliminated
Catawba 17, Young Harris 5
(12/1298)

S.C. college baseball recap, Thursday, May 14

State scoreboard, Thursday, May 14

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 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 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

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

Virginia Tech 5, Clemson 1 - Cle: Nate Savoie 2-4

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional

Double elimination

Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Francis 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.

Catawba 10, Belmont Abbey 3

Young Harris 9, Wingate 3

(12/1286)

State schedule, May 14-17

Thursday, May 14

Elon at USC Upstate, 5 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 5 p.m.

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 6 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 6 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 7 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 1: No. 8 Lander vs. No. 1 North Greenville, 6 p.m.
Game 2: No. 5 Francis Marion vs. No. 4 North Georgia, 2 p.m.

Friday, May 15

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 3 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 3 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 5 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

Northern Kentucky at USC Upstate, 6 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 6 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 6 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 6 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 7 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 3: Lander vs. North Georgia, 2 p.m.
Game 4: North Greenville vs. Francis Marion, 6 p.m.

Saturday, May 16

Clemson at Virginia Tech, 1 p.m.

Northern Kentucky at USC Upstate, 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at Gardner-Webb, 1 p.m.

Radford at Charleston Southern, 1 p.m.

The Citadel at VMI, 1 p.m.

William & Mary at College of Charleston, 1 p.m.

South Carolina at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.

Wofford at Samford, 2 p.m.

Coastal Carolina at Louisiana, 3 p.m.

Longwood at Winthrop, 6 p.m.

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Double elimination

Game 5: Game 4 loser vs. Game 3 winner, 2 p.m.
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 17

NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Ray & Bea Dillard Field, Tigerville
Game 7: if Game 5 winner wins Game 6, 3 p.m.

S.C. college baseball recap, Tuesday, May 12

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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