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Upset marks quarters 
at Conference Carolina

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There was just one upset in the eight quarterfinal matches of the Conference Carolinas men’s and women’s tennis tournaments on Friday at Palmetto Tennis Center.

The women’s quarters went according to form. Top seed Erskine swept No. 8 Converse 5-0, No. 4 Pfeiffer beat No. 5 North Greenville 5-1, No. 3 Limestone beat No. 6 Belmont Abbey 5-0 and No. 2 Mount Olive topped No. 7 King 5-1.

Erskine, which is going for its 12 straight conference tournament title, will play Pfeiffer in a semifinal today while Mount Olive will take on Limestone. Both matches will begin at 9 a.m.

The lone upset came in the men’s bracket as No. 5 Limestone beat No. 4 King 5-1. Top seed Pfeiffer beat Lees-McRae 5-0, No. 3 Barton topped No. 6 North Greenville 5-3 and No. 2 Mount Olive beat No. 7 Belmont Abbey 5-1.

Pfeiffer will take on Limestone and Mount Olive will face Barton in semifinal matches today beginning at noon.

The championship matches are scheduled for Sunday.

USC Sumter's final home game today

The University of South Carolina Sumter baseball team will conclude its home schedule today against USC Salkehatchie at Riley Park with a single 9-inning game beginning at 1 p.m.

The two teams will also play a single 9-inning game on Sunday in Allendale starting at 1 p.m.

The Fire Ants are 37-17 overall while the Indians are 13-37.

USCS will be the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Region X tournament that begins next weekend in Kinston, N.C. The Fire Ants will face Louisburg College on May 7 at 1 p.m.

Lovemark, Vegas top Zurich leaderboard


AVONDALE, La. — Jamie Lovemark and Jhonattan Vegas shared the Zurich Classic lead at 11 under Friday when second-round play was suspended at dark.

Home game: Gerina Piller leads in stormy Texas

IRVING, Texas — Gerina Piller made herself right at home Friday in the LPGA Tour’s Volunteers of America Texas Shootout, shooting a 6-under 65 to take the lead in the suspended second round.

Heat 97

Hornets 90


CHARLOTTE — Dwyane Wade scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, and the Miami Heat forced their first-round series to a seventh game with a 97-90 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night.

Staff and wire reports