How to Watch Big South Tournament, Championship, Charleston Southern vs. USC Upstate: Stream College Baseball Live, TV Channel

Top-seeded USC Upstate needs 1 win to reach its first NCAA tournament while weary Charleston Southern must win twice on Saturday at the Big South Conference tournament

USC Upstate (35-23), the top seed in the Big South Conference tournament, stands one win away from its first NCAA tournament bid as it takes on Charleston Southern (31-21) at Truist Point in High Point, North Carolina, on Saturday afternoon in the championship round. The Buccaneers won twice on Friday, playing past 1 a.m. to eliminate No. 2 seed High Point to get to the final, and will need to win twice on Saturday to win the Big South’s automatic NCAA tournament bid. The Spartans advanced to the championship with a win over High Point on Friday morning.

How to Watch Big South Tournament, Championship, Charleston Southern vs. USC Upstate, in College Baseball Today:

Game Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025

Game Time: 1 p.m. ET

TV: CW (WYCW – Greenville-Spartanburg SC – Asheville, NC)

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Charleston Southern trailed 6-0 after one inning on Friday night before storming back for an 18-8 victory to eliminate High Point. Lew Rice finished 3-for-6 with eight RBI, four coming on a third-inning grand slam that put the Buccaneers ahead for good. Camden Chalfant allowed one run and struck out seven in six innings of relief to earn the win. Kaden Smith slashes .360/.456/.677 with team-highs of 14 home runs and 79 RBI and Kain Collins has 21 steals in 28 attempts. Earlier in the day, Charleston Southern walked off Winthrop 13-12 in 11 innings when AJ Martin was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

USC Upstate got past High Point 13-9 on Friday morning to advance to the championship. The Spartans took the lead with a six-run sixth inning, with the go-ahead run scoring on Scott Newman’s sacrifice fly to center field. Henry Zenor hit a solo homer in the seventh for some insurance. Johnny Sweeney comes in with a .359/.512/.717 slash line to go with 17 home runs and a team-best 81 RBI while Newman leads the club with 18 homers.

The Spartans have left-hander Chris Torres (7-4) set to pitch on Saturday. He has a 4.99 ERA and 1.55 WHIP in 15 appearances and 14 starts covering 70.1 innings with 71 strikeouts. The Buccaneers did not announce a starter for Saturday.

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