unior righthander Branden Kline tossed a complete-game two-hitter to lead Virginia to a 5-1 victory over Clemson in front of 3,033 fans at UVa Baseball Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Cavaliers, who took a 2-0 series lead, improved to 14-8-1 overall and 4-4 in the ACC. The Tigers dropped to 11-10 overall and 3-5 in ACC play.
Nolan Fontana’s two-out RBI triple in the top of the ninth inning scored two runners and despite a solo home run from LB Dantzler in the bottom of the ninth inning, top ranked Florida held on to defeat sixth ranked South Carolina 5-4 on Saturday afternoon in the rubber game of a three-game SEC baseball series.
The University of South Carolina football squad held its first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday morning at Williams-Brice Stadium. The reserve players saw most of the action during the scrimmage, that took up the latter half of the two-hour practice session. Five quarterbacks took snaps, 10 different players had carries and a dozen players had catches in the contest that saw three touchdowns and a field goal.
Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall says he will remain as coach of the Shockers after leading them to the Missouri Valley Conference’s regular-season title.
Reports surfaced Friday night saying USC Athletics Director Eric Hyman would soon announce Kansas State’s Frank Martin as the new South Carolina basketball coach. Martin said he hasn’t talked to anyone. Hyman was headed to Fresno to watch the USC women play in the Sweet 16.
Top ranked Florida raced out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and belted four home runs on the way to an 8-2 victory over sixth ranked South Carolina on Friday evening in front of a sellout crowd of 8,242 fans at Carolina Stadium. The Gators improve to 21-2 and 4-1 in league play while Carolina is now 17-6 and 1-4 in the SEC.
Jared King went 3-for-4 with a triple and four RBIs to lead Virginia to a 6-3 victory over Clemson in front of 3,227 fans at UVa Baseball Stadium on Friday night. The Cavaliers, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 13-8-1 overall and 3-4 in the ACC. The Tigers fell to 11-9 overall and 3-4 in ACC play.
Weather has delayed game two of the USC-Florida baseball series to 8:20 p.m. Friday. The game was originally scheduled to start at 7 but was delayed due to lightning in the area.
South Carolina is looking to find the next Alshon Jeffery and receivers coach Steve Spurrier Jr. says the search might last throughout the summer. The Gameoccks went through spring practice Friday with Spurrier Jr. getting a good look at several up-and-coming wideouts, including Alshon’s younger brother, Shamier Jeffery.
On Saturday night, Tara VanDerveer’s top-seeded Cardinal will face Dawn Staley’s No. 5 seed South Carolina team in the NCAA tournament’s Fresno regional semifinals, with Stanford looking to take another step toward a fifth straight Final Four.
