Charleston to Resume CAA Play With Weekend Trip to JMU

Friday, April 2

Harrisonburg, Va.

3:00 PM

College of Charleston

James Madison

Charleston to Resume CAA Play With Weekend Trip to JMU

4/1/2021 1:31:00 PM | Baseball

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (8-11, 4-2 CAA) at James Madison (3-6, 0-0 CAA)
Game No. 20 | Friday, April 2| 3:00 p.m. | Harrisonburg, Va. | Veterans Memorial Park
Game No. 17 | Saturday, April 3| 5:00 p.m. | Harrisonburg, Va. | Veterans Memorial Park
Game No. 18 | Sunday, April 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Harrisonburg, Va. | Veterans Memorial Park

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Twitter: @CofCBaseball
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Audio (Sunday): JMU Glo Fiber Broadcast Network

Probable Pitchers
Friday | 3:00 pm ET: RHP Ty Good (2-2, 2.20 ERA, 37 K) vs. LHP Liam McDonnell (0-0, 6.94 ERA, 10 K)
Saturday | 5:00 pm ET: RHP Trey Pooser (2-0, 2.08 ERA, 16 K) vs. RHP Nick Stewart (1-2, 7.71 ERA, 13 K)
Sunday | 2:00 pm ET: TBA vs. RHP Justin Showalter (First Appearance)

CHARLESTON, S.C. --- The College of Charleston baseball team travels to Harrisonburg, Va. this weekend for a three-game CAA series with James Madison hoping to build on a three-game winning streak. First pitch for Friday's series opener is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.

Game Preview
The Cougars carry a three-game winning streak into the weekend following a 6-3 victory over Georgia Southern on Tuesday evening. The Dukes stand at 3-6 on the season with Friday's game serving as their CAA opener.

Scouting James Madison
The Dukes are 3-6 on the season and have not played since March 14 following a pair of canceled series with Elon. James Madison is batting .263 as a team and averaging 6.7 runs per game through nine games.

Travis Reifsnider is batting .273 with a team-high three homers to go along with seven RBI while Conor Hartigan has driven in a squad-best nine runs. Sunday starter Justin Showalter will make his first appearance of the season in game three of the series.

Series History
Charleston leads the all-time series, 18-7. The Cougars have won the last eight meetings including a 10-8 victory to complete a series sweep on April 7, 2019.

Last Five Games in Series
W, 10-8 4/7/19 in Harrisonburg, Va.
W, 6-5 4/6/19 in Harrisonburg, Va.
W, 5-1 4/5/19 in Harrisonburg, Va.
W, 3-2 4/8/18 in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
W, 2-1 4/8/18 in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

Last Time Out
The Cougars held on for a 6-3 win over Georgia Southern on Tuesday to avenge a lopsided setback to the Eagles earlier this season. Joseph Mershon and Trotter Harlan were involved in all six Cougar runs while CJ Czerwinski battled through five and one-third innings to earn his first collegiate victory. Zach Williams tossed three shutout innings to pick up his second save of the season.

Mr. Consistency
Mershon has been the model of consistency for the Cougars this season reaching base in all but three games while batting .364 with seven extra base hits and nine RBI. The freshman infielder is riding an eight-game hitting streak with four multi-hit games and a .394 batting average in that span.

Swinging Like a Hawk
Senior Harrison Hawkins has been on a tear over the last 10 games batting .410 with four home runs and 14 RBI in that span to take over the team-lead in both homers and runs driven in. The Bishopville, S.C. native drove in eight runs during the Cougars' series victory over UNCW last weekend, including his first career multi-homer game with a grand slam and a two-run shot in Saturday's 11-8 win.