Cougars notch another walk-off win; Clemson upsets No. 5 North Carolina; Phillips fuels USC victory

Apr. 11—MOUNT PLEASANT — The Cardiac Cougars did it again.

Despite a losing record, College of Charleston has been no stranger to late heroics this season, and Friday night was more of the same as the Cougars notched their fifth walk-off victory of the season with Will Tippett drawing a five-pitch walk with the bases loaded in the ninth in a 6-5 win over North Carolina A&T at Patriots Point.

The Aggies led 5-4 before the Cougars (14-19, 6-7 CAA) evened the game in the seventh on Alex LaCoste's sacrifice fly.

Sophomore Parker Sweeney picked up his second victory, striking out five Aggies in 22/3 scoreless innings where he allowed just three hits.

Tippett was 1 for 3 with a homer, two walks and two RBIs, while Reece Holbrook was 3 for 3 with a double, walk and two RBIs.

Clemson 9, No. 6 North Carolina 5

CLEMSON — Nate Savoie, Jack Crighton and Jackson Moore all homered as Clemson upset No. 6 North Carolina 9-5 at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

Crighton was 3 for 5 with a homer, two doubles and two RBIs for the Tigers (23-12, 5-8 ACC), while Savoie was 3 for 4 with a homer, walk and an RBI. Moore was 2 for 4 with a homer and four RBIs, and Jacob Jarrell went 2 for 3 with a double and two walks against UNC (28-6-1, 11-5).

Clemson starter Aidan Knaak (2-3) earned the win, as he allowed seven hits, two runs and two walks with nine strikeouts, the most by a Tiger in 2026, in six innings. Hayden Simmerson tossed three innings to record his third save of the year.

South Carolina 1, Missouri 0

COLUMBIA, MO. — South Carolina's Amp Pillips struck out 10 over eight shutout innings as South Carolina defeated Missouri 1-0.

Phillips was in control all night, allowing just five hits and a walk. The Gamecocks (17-19, 4-10 SEC) scored the game's only run in the fourth as Tyler Bak tripled and scored on a throwing error on a grounder by Talmadge LeCroy.

South Carolina finished with just three hits and struck out 13 times.

Wofford 2, The Citadel 0

SPARTANBURG — Wofford's Alec Bouchard and reliever Branton Little combined on a six-hit shutout as the Southern Conference-leading Terriers got past The Citadel 2-0.

The Terriers (23-11, 6-1 SoCon) managed just four hits themselves but managed single runs in the fifth and eighth innings to stymie the Bulldogs (16-17, 3-4).

TJ Anderson and Garrett Fulmer each went 2 for 4 for The Citadel, which was limited by 14 strikeouts.

Bulldogs starter Will Holmes allowed one run on two hits and five walks wile striking out eight.

USC Upstate 9, Charleston Southern 1

SPARTANBURG — USC Upstate got a grand slam from Johnny Sweeney in the third inning and slowly pulled away in a 9-1 win over Charleston Southern.

The Buccaneers (20-12, 5-5 Big South) were held to three singles and five walks.

CSU starter Titus Von Kapff allowed eight runs over six innings.