USC and Clemson golfers are among another strong field in Hilton Head for this week's RBC Heritage. Tim Hill has a preview from the Wednesday ABC Columbia News at Six.

Freshman righthander Daniel Gossett (Lyman, SC) was named one of four national players-of-the-week by Collegiate Baseball, while junior corner infielder Richie Shaffer (Charlotte, NC) was named ACC Player-of-the-Week for the third time in 2012,

Jay Baum’s three-run double in the eighth inning gave Clemson a 3-2 lead and the Tigers held on for a 4-2 victory and series sweep over Duke.

The Tigers, who took a 2-0 series lead, improved to 17-14 overall and 7-7 in the ACC. The Blue Devils fell to 13-19 overall and 5-9 in ACC play.

Jon McGibbon led off the 11th inning with a triple and scored the first of three runs in the frame to lead Clemson to a 4-1 victory over Duke in front of 1,582 fans at Jack Coombs Field on Friday night. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 series lead, improved to 16-14 overall and 6-7 in the ACC. The Blue Devils fell to 13-18 overall and 5-8 in ACC play.

Western Carolina took a one-run lead with four unearned runs in the sixth inning and added four more runs in the seventh inning to top Clemson 13-8 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Wednesday. The Catamounts, who won both games of the home-and-home season series against Clemson, improved to 21-9. The Tigers, who suffered their first loss of the season by more than four runs, dropped to 15-14 in 2012.

Former Spring Valley and Clemson standout Jonathan Byrd was crowned co-champion of this year's' Masters par three contest. Byrd and Padraig Harrington finished the 9-hole course 5-under par. This year's event was shortened because of rain.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney he would like to see that change. Gamecock head ball coach Steve Spurrier opposes the idea.

Mississippi State has hired Clemson assistant Rick Ray to be its next men's basketball coach. The university announced Ray's hiring on Sunday and scheduled a press conference for Monday morning.

Dale Carey's two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning gave #7 Miami (FL) a one-run lead and the Hurricanes worked out of several late-inning jams to defeat Clemson 4-2 on Sunday afternoon.

Richie Shaffer's two-out, two-run double in the seventh inning coupled with Dominic Leone's strong pitching performance lifted Clemson to a 3-1 victory over #7 Miami (FL) on Saturday.

elievers Matt Campbell and Scott Firth combined to allow only one hit, no runs, and no walks with nine strikeouts in the final 5.2 innings pitched to lead Clemson to a 3-1 victory over #7 Miami (FL) at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday night.

Clemson's Bryan Narcisse put on a quite a show in Thursday night's College Dunk Contest. Narcisse didn't win the contest, but he did win a lot of fans with two dunks to remember. Tim Hill has the story from the Thursday ABC Columbia News at 11.

Derek Fisher went 2-for-2 with a double, triple, and three runs to lead Virginia to a 5-3 victory over Clemson in front of 3,129 fans at UVA Baseball Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Cavaliers, who swept the series 3-0, improved to 15-8-1 overall and 5-4 in the ACC. The Tigers fell to 11-11 overall and 3-6 in ACC play.

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.

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.

Mike Dunster's three hits and three RBIs in his first start of the season and freshman righthander Daniel Gossett's 10 strikeouts propelled Clemson to a 4-2 win over Elon in front of 2,319 fans at Fluor Field on Wednesday. The Tigers, who won both games of the two-game series, won their fifth game in a row and improved to 11-8 in 2012. The Phoenix fell to 12-10 on the season.

Steve Wilkerson went 4-for-4 at the plate and three Tiger pitchers combined to allow only two runs and one walk with 11 strikeouts in Clemson's 6-2 win over Elon at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Tuesday night. The Tigers, who took a 1-0 lead in the two-game series, improved to 10-8 on the season. The Phoenix dropped to 12-9.

Dominic Leone allowed only one hit in 5.2 innings pitched and Clemson pounded out 11 hits en route to a 6-3 victory over Boston College in front of 4,598 fans at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday night. The Tigers, who took a 2-0 series lead, improved to 8-8 overall and 2-3 in the ACC. The Eagles, who lost their eighth game in a row, fell to 6-10 overall and 0-5 in ACC play.

Luke Gragg led off with a pinch-hit single, scored a run, and later hit a two-run single, all in Western Carolina's seven-run fourth inning, as the Catamounts downed Clemson 8-4 in front of 1,627 fans at Hennon Stadium on Wednesday. The Catamounts, who won their 12th home game in a row dating to 2011, improved to 13-4. The Tigers dropped to 6-8 in 2012.

Mike Zolk's two-out, run-scoring single in the 11th inning was the difference in #19 North Carolina's 6-5 win over #19 Clemson in front of 4,368 fans at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Tar Heels, who swept the series 3-0, improved to 13-2 overall and 3-0 in the ACC. The Tigers fell to 6-7 overall and 0-3 in ACC play. The Tigers' seven losses have been by a combined 11 runs in 2012.

The #6 North Carolina Tar Heels scored three runs in the ninth inning, two on bases-loaded walks and one on a sacrifice fly, to defeat #19 Clemson 6-3 in front of 5,513 fans at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Michael Morin struck out Phil Pohl with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth inning to preserve #6 North Carolina's 4-3 victory over #19 Clemson in front of 4,441 fans at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Friday. The Tar Heels, who took a 1-0 lead in the series, improved to 11-2 overall and 1-0 in the ACC. The Tigers fell to 6-5 overall and 0-1 in ACC play. It was the Tigers' fourth one-run loss of the season, and they have lost their five games by a combined seven runs.

Virginia Tech point guard Erick Green scored 24 points as the Hokies went on a 9-0 run to take the lead late in the game and hung on to beat Clemson 68-63 on Thursday night in the first round of the ACC tournament.

Clemson tight end Dwayne Allen and defensive end Andre Branch worked out for nearly four dozen pro personnel on Thursday, including New York Jets coach Rex Ryan.