BRIEFLY CCU

CCU basketball team signs forward

From staff reports

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team announced the signing of forward Marcus Macellari on Monday, filling the void left by the departure of Bryant Wallace last week.

The 6-foot-7 Macellari averaged 12 points, seven rebounds and 3.5 assists as a senior for St. Joseph's High School (Ind.) last season. Ellis said he is the top-passing frontcourt player he saw on the recruiting trail this year. The signing completes the Chants' 2008 class.

Coastal's class has been focused on the backcourt with the signing of guards Mario Edwards, Dexter Moore, Rashard McGill and Darius Steger. Macellari replaces the 6-foot-7, 280-pound Bryant.

Macellari earned second team All-Northern Indiana Conference honors as a senior.

Men's college golf

The Coastal Carolina men's golf team will play in the East Regional of the NCAA Men's Golf Championship May 15-17 at Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tenn. CCU is seeded 20th out of 27 teams in the East Regional.

Three 54-hole regional tournaments will be held at the same time with each regional hosting 27 teams and six individuals not on selected teams.

The NCAA Championship will be May 28-31 on the Kampen Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Ind. Ten teams and two individuals not on advancing teams will advance from each regional to the championship.

Last year, the Chanticleers finished fifth at the NCAA Championships.

East Regional teams listed by seeding - 1. Georgia; 2. Charlotte; 3. South Carolina; 4. Duke; 5. Chattanooga; 6. Auburn; 7. East Tennessee State; 8. Michigan State; 9. Mississippi; 10. Alabama-Birmingham; 11. Virginia Tech; 12. North Carolina State; 13. Mississippi State; 14. Georgia State; 15. North Florida; 16. UC Irvine; 17. Augusta State; 18. SMU; 19. Middle Tennessee; 20. Coastal Carolina; 21. Memphis; 22. Virginia; 23. Western Carolina; 24. Colorado State; 25. New Mexico State; 26. Western Illinois; 27. Jackson State

Competing as individual - 1. Keegan Bradley, St. John's; 2. Jose Toledo, New Orleans; 3. Johnny Caldwell, South Alabama; 4. Michael McGrady, Troy; 5. Jon Curran, Vanderbilt; 6. Grant Leaver, Austin Peay State

College baseballFlorida State 4, (at) Clemson 2 | Jack Rye hit a two-run homer in the third and Buster Posey had three hits to lead Florida State over Clemson on Monday. The Seminoles (40-7, 22-5 ACC) swept the three-game series from the Tigers (24-23-1, 10-16-1) and clinched the conference title.