Grand Strand viewer’s guide for the sports week ahead

▪ The Coastal Carolina men’s golf team competes in the Gary Koch Invitational on Monday and Tuesday.

▪ CCU’s baseball team plays at Wake Forest at 6 p.m. Tuesday and at South Alabama on Thursday (6:30 p.m.), Friday (6:30 p.m.) and Saturday (1 p.m.).

▪ The Coastal softball team hosts South Carolina at 5 p.m. Tuesday and Georgia State for a three-game series beginning with a doubleheader Friday (1 p.m.) and game at 1 p.m. Saturday.

▪ The Coastal Carolina women’s tennis team hosts Charleston Southern at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

▪ CCU’s women’s lacrosse team hosts Howard at 4 p.m. Thursday and Delaware State at noon Saturday.

▪ The Coastal beach volleyball team hosts North Florida (10 a.m.) and Jacksonville (2 p.m.) on Friday before playing both again Saturday (Jacksonville, 10 a.m.; North Florida, 4 p.m.).

▪ Coastal’s men’s tennis team plays at Georgia Southern at 11 a.m. Saturday.

▪ The CCU track and field teams compete in the Gamecock Invitational on Saturday.

▪ The South Carolina baseball team hosts North Carolina at 7 p.m. Tuesday before hosting Mississippi State for a three-game series Friday (7 p.m.), Saturday (4 p.m.) and Sunday (4 p.m.).

▪ The Clemson baseball team hosts Charleston Southern at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday before heading to Florida State for a three-game series Saturday (6 p.m.), Sunday (2 p.m.) and Monday (7 p.m.).

▪ The NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series is off this week before heading to Bristol Motor Speedway on April 23 for the Food City 500 (2 p.m., Fox).

▪ The PGA Tour heads to Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage from Thursday through Sunday.

▪ The NHL playoffs begin Wednesday.

▪ The NBA regular-season comes to a close Wednesday and the playoffs begin Saturday.

▪ In tennis, the ATP Tour begins play in the ATP Grand Prix Hassan II and Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships on Monday. The WTA Tour begins play in the WTA BNP Paribas Katowice Open and WTA Copa Claro Colsanitis on Monday.

This story was originally published April 9, 2017 at 3:09 PM with the headline "Grand Strand viewer’s guide for the sports week ahead."