CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Daniel Wardell homered twice and Eddy Martinez-Esteve and Ryne Malone each had four hits to lead Florida State's baseball team to a 10-6 win over North Carolina on Saturday.
Eddie Cannon (7-1) earned the win for Florida State (21-6, 4-1 ACC), allowing eight hits and four runs over 61/3 innings. The third FSU pitcher, Rhett James, worked 21/3 scoreless innings for his second save of the year.
Martinez-Esteve went 4-for-5 with a homer and Malone was 4-for-5 with three RBIs for Florida State. Wardell hit a two-run homer in the second and another homer in the ninth.
"It was very encouraging to see our guys bounce back today after being humiliated last night," FSU coach Mike Martin told seminoles.com a day after his team lost to UNC 10-4. "Eddy (Martinez-Esteve) and (Danny) Wardell provide huge lifts for our ballclub today."
FLORIDA 17, KENTUCKY 6: Brian Leclerc and C.J. Smith combined for seven RBIs for the visiting Gators (23-5, 4-1 Southeastern Conference), who had 18 hits. The Gators trailed 5-4 entering the sixth but Matt LaPorta's homer tied it and sparked a seven-run inning.
SO. MISS 3, SOUTH FLORIDA 2: Jarrett Hoffpauir had a two-out single to rightfield in the ninth for the visiting Golden Eagles. USF (18-7, 4-1 Conference USA) tied it at 2 in the eighth. Casey Hudspeth allowed two runs on nine hits in 71/3 innings for the Bulls.
MIAMI 6-1, PENN ST. 1-0: Brandon Camardese and George Huguet combined for a one-hit shutout to lead the host Hurricanes in the nightcap, leading a sweep.
TAMPA 3-3, BARRY 7-1: Casey McKenzie (8-1) won the nightcap to give the host Spartans a split. Barry scored five in the fourth inning to win Game 1.
ROLLINS 3-1, ECKERD 2-2: The host Tritons won the nightcap on Patrick Bordieri's two-run double in the fifth, earning a split.
SOFTBALL
USF 7-9, CHARLOTTE 0-7: The Bulls (38-7, 6-2 C-USA) swept the host 49ers as Holly Groves broke her school record for homers in a season. Groves hit her 13th of the season in Game 1 to break the mark she set last year.
UF 4-3, MISSISSIPPI 1-0: Melissa Zick went 4-for-7 with three RBIs over the two games for the Gators (31-5, 8-3 SEC).
ROLLINS 7-4, ECKERD 1-0: Host Rollins had nine hits in the second game to complete a sweep in Sunshine State Conference play over the Tritons (9-23, 0-9).
SWIMMING AND DIVING
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Texas sophomore Aaron Peirsol broke his world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the meet in East Meadow, N.Y. His time of 1:50.64 broke his short-course record of 1:51.17 set in 2002.
His teammate, Ian Crocker, set another world record of 46.25 in the 100 freestyle, breaking the mark of Alexander Popov (46.74).
Auburn defended its team title with a record 634 points, two better than Stanford had in 1992. Stanford was runnerup at 377.5, followed by Texas (374), Arizona (322) and Michigan (271).
Florida (266) was sixth, led by senior Carlos Jayme, who was seventh in the 100 freestyle and fourth as part of the 400-meter freestyle relay team.
Miami's Miguel Velazquez was third and Derek Starks fifth in the 10-meter platform diving. Caesar Garcia of Auburn won the title.
TRACK
FLORIDA RELAYS: The UF men's 4x400-meter relay team ran the third-fastest time in school history on the final day of the event in Gainesville. Candice Scott broke the 21-year-old meet record to win the women's shot put. Scott's throw of 55 feet, 11/2 inches broke Denise Wood's mark of 54-101/2. Josh Walker (110 hurdles) and the 4x800 relay team also won for UF.
USF's Jimmy Baxter won his third consecutive high jump event this season with a height of 7-21/2. In the pole vault, Jonathon Miller was third at 16-83/4.
ELSEWHERE
WOMEN'S TENNIS: Florida Atlantic needed a third set in all four of its singles matches to defeat USF 5-2. Gina Craig and Luisa Obando won for USF (3-11).
MEN'S TENNIS: Wake Forest defeated host FSU 4-3 after dropping the doubles point. Mat Cloer and Chip Webb won in singles for the Seminoles.
WOMEN'S GOLF: FSU's Katie Quinney shot 1-under 71 and moved into a tie for third, two strokes out of the lead after two rounds of the Liz Murphey Classic in Athens, Ga. FSU was ninth (302-607), 34 shots behind leader Ohio State.
MEN'S GOLF: Eckerd was eighth, 28 shots behind leader North Alabama at the Unicco Spring Invitational in Braselton, Ga.
