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This has been a season of change in the Southern Conference. On Thursday alone, Elon announced its intention to leave for the Colonial Athletic Association, and College of Charleston played — and lost — its last two games as a SoCon member. But amid the change, a familiar theme has emerged this week in Greenville. The Citadel’s baseball team is in the hunt for its ninth SoCon tournament title.

Western Carolina entered its winner's bracket game against The Citadel on Thursday night leading the Southern Conference in runs and the nation in homers and proceeded to bang out three round trippers en route to tallying 11 runs. And lost.

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After surviving a back-and-forth battle with regular-season champion Western Carolina tonight, The Citadel is just two wins away from its ninth Southern Conference tournament championship. Tyler Griffin slugged a three-run home run in the sixth inning to put the Bulldogs ahead, and The Citadel held on for a 12-11 victory at Fluor Field in Greenville.

South Carolina State University trustees are divided over the salary offer of $330,000 to Thomas Elzey, the university's new president. During the trustees' meeting, Tuesday, the members voted 6-4  to offer the multi-year contract to 59-year-old Elzey, who is currently the finance and operations executive vice president at The Citadel. His new responsibility at South Carolina begins June 15.

Buoyed by Joe Jackson’s dramatic walk-off home run on Wednesday, The Citadel takes on regular-season champion Western Carolina today in the winners’ bracket of the Southern Conference baseball tournament. Due to weather problems Wednesday night, today’s game has been switched to a scheduled start of 5 p.m. at Fluor Field in Greenville.

College students bring much to the Charleston area. And at the end of the school year, they also leave behind a lot. In efforts to help others, students from the College of Charleston and The Citadel who were leaving campus for the summer donated everything from clothing to furniture to school supplies.

Citadel basketball coach Chuck Driesell wrapped up recruiting for the 2013-14 freshman class with the signing of point guard Warren Sledge and center Tom Koopman. Sledge is a 6-3, 180-pounder from Central School in Keller, Texas, and Koopman is a 6-9, 220-pounder from Holland.

The paths of Citadel right fielder Tyler Griffin and South Carolina second baseman Max Schrock converged on April 9 at Carolina Stadium in Columbia. In the third inning of USC’s 6-5 victory, Griffin laid down a sacrifice bunt and raced toward first base. Schrock, the Gamecocks’ freshman second baseman, also sprinted to first to field a throw from USC’s pitcher.

Highland Park resident David Britten has been awarded the Gold Star Award at The Citadel military college.  Gold Star honors are presented to students who achieve a 3.7 GPA or higher during a semester's course work, according to a news release from the college. Students that achieve Gold Star recognition are also placed on The Citadel's dean's list.

Payton Samuel McVey, of Atlanta, graduated May 4 from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.  McVey, a member of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.

Conner Perley, a senior cadet at Marine Military Academy, recently received a Navy ROTC scholarship for $180,000. In the end, all the hard work paid off and Perley will attend The Citadel Military College in Charleston, S.C., after graduation.

Two-time defending Class AA state champion Bishop England and three teams expected to be ranked in the top 10 in Class AAAA will play in the marquee games of the 43nd annual Sertoma Football Classic. This year’s jamboree features 28 teams and is Aug. 22-23 at The Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium. The gates will open at 5 p.m. with action beginning at 5:45 p.m. both nights. The jamboree is being sponsored by CT Lowndes & Co.

South Carolina State University trustees are meeting to approve the salary of the school's new president. State officials have approved the university to pay Thomas Elzey up to $326,000 when he takes over on June 15. Trustees have put Elzey's salary on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting.

Steven Samuel Scholes Jr., of Wheaton, graduated from The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., on May 4, according to a news release from the school. Scholes graduated with a bachelor of science in business administration.  The Citadel is a public coeducational military college in Charleston, S.C., offering a classic military education. Founded in 1842, its current enrollment is approximately 3,400.

Citadel basketball head coach Chuck Driesell announced on Monday that Tom Koopman and Warren Sledge signed their National Letter of Intent to join the Bulldog basketball program.The combination joins previous signees Nate Bowser and Brian White for a total of four future cadet-student-athletes in the fall of 2013-14.

Benjamin Lee Hartung of Bowling Green graduated May 4 from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. Hartung, a member of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets, earned a BA in Criminal Justice.

Seven Citadel players have been named to the All-Southern Conference baseball team by the league's coaches and media, a group headed by senior right-hander Austin Pritcher as the SoCon Pitcher of the Year. Pritcher was joined on the all-conference first team by catcher Joe Jackson. Selected to the second team by the coaches were Hughston Armstrong, Bo Thompson, Skylar Hunter andMason Davis.

The Citadel bullpen blew a second straight game, and the Bulldogs lost, 7-4, at UNC Greensboro to stagger to a fourth-seed finish in the Southern Conference. The Citadel (32-24, 18-12) will face Appalachian State in the first round of the Southern Conference baseball tournament on Wednesday at Fluor Field in Greenville. With a win, the Bulldogs would have claimed the No. 2 seed.

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Mason Davis became the fifth Citadel player with a multiple home run game this season, clearing the right field fence twice and driving in a career-high five runs to lead the Bulldogs to a 12-2 victory over UNC Greensboro in the opening game of a Southern Conference series Thursday night. The Citadel (32-22, 18-10 SoCon) moved within one win of clinching the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament, which gets underway May 22 in Greenville.

One of those is former Citadel standout Jay Morgan, who played for Stoots at Stall and served as his pitching coach at Northwood Academy this season. Former Stoots players Derek Smith and Thomas Levander were also on that staff. “Coach Stoots has always been true to himself, and to the game and how it’s supposed to be played,” Morgan said. “I’ve known him since I was seven or eight, when my brother (Dee) played for him at Stall.

He never really had any desire to go anywhere other than The Citadel,” Duane, a 1975 Citadel graduate, said. “He just loved it and loved Charleston.”  As freshmen, Aaron and four fellow Citadel cadets joined the South Carolina National Guard. As seniors, they were presented with a difficult choice: go to war or stay in school and graduate on time.

What: This seminar series will focus on “Free to Choose,” a 10-part television series on Public Broadcasting Services that won the Nobel Prize. Round-table discussions led by economists, journalists, civic leaders and other analysts will follow each viewing. Topics of the series include education, labor, free trade, inflation and more.

When: 7-9 p.m. Thursdays through July 11

Where: The Citadel, 171 Moultrie St.

Price: Free

More Info: 270-5221

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Leadership South Carolina, the state’s most recognized leadership development program, announced its Class of 2013 graduates, including Nancy Bright, deputy director of auxiliary enterprises at The Citadel.  As the only statewide leadership program that focuses on solutions for the entire state, Leadership South Carolina’s graduates are focused on one goal – to positively impact South Carolina through awareness of the state’s most urgent challenges.

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Very superstitious? Citadel baseball fans might say yes if the Bulldogs continue their winning ways. Exhibit A: Mike Hoffman. The Citadel sports information director sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at every home game this season as the Bulldogs continued to improve. Mike Hoffman, not Michael Buble.

Back in the lineup for the first time in more than a month, Citadel outfielder Tyler Griffin showed just how valuable he could be to the Bulldogs in the crucial final stretch of the college baseball season. Griffin, who had not played since he injured his foot April 9 at South Carolina, hammered two home runs and drove in five runs in the Bulldogs’ 21-6 rout at Charleston Southern on Tuesday night.

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