Cougars' CAA Tournament Run Ends in Semifinals

Saturday, May 29

Wilmington, N.C.

1:00 PM

College of Charleston

27-25

Northeastern

34-10

Northeastern

Charleston

5/29/2021 6:35:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

WILMINGTON, N.C. --- Top-seeded Northeastern broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run homer in the top of the sixth and pulled away with a three-run eighth to defeat College of Charleston, 5-1, and end the Cougars' gritty run in the 2021 Colonial Athletic Association Championship on Saturday afternoon at Brooks Field.

LEADING OFF
Final Score: Northeastern 5, College of Charleston 1
Location: Wilmington, N.C. (Brooks Field)
Records: Charleston (27-25), Northeastern (34-10)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cougars were the first to threaten in the third, putting two men in scoring position on back-to-back singles in a wild pitch but were unable to capitalize on the opportunity. CAA Player of the Year Jared Dupere delivered the tie-breaking hit for Northeastern in the sixth with a two-run homer to straight away center to give the Huskies a 2-0 lead. Harrison Hawkins would answer for the Cougars in the home half with an RBI double to left that cut the margin in half to 2-1. The deficit stayed at one until the top of the eighth when Northeastern scored three runs on four consecutive hits to push the lead to 5-1.

STANDOUT PERFORMANCE
Freshman right-hander William Privette turned in an outstanding start for the Cougars, limiting Northeastern's potent offense to one hit in five scoreless innings while fanning four and walking one.

NOTABLES

Hawkins capped his stellar senior campaign with an RBI double in a 1-for-4 effort.
Cam Dean accounted for two of the Cougars' five hits in a 2-for-3 performance in the nine hole.
Charleston was held to a 2-for-8 day with runners on base and a .182 (2-for-11) clip with two outs.

THANK YOU SENIORS

Hawkins caps his tenure at CofC with a .308 average, 26 doubles, 13 homers and 75 RBI in 111 career games. He led the Cougars in almost every major category this season while earning a spot on the All-CAA First Team.
Ari Sechopoulos ends his career with CofC with 25 home runs, 113 RBI and 36 doubles and ranks 10^th all-time with 212 games played. He also boasts a .988 career fielding percentage in more than 1500 chances.
Luke Stageberg played in 77 games over the last four seasons with a career batting average of .287 to go along with 10 doubles, two home runs and 24 RBI in a steadily increasing role.
Jordan Carr filled several key roles on the Cougars' pitching staff over the last two seasons compiling a 4-3 record with a 4.26 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 86.2 innings over 27 appearances.
Tradd James was limited to seven appearances after battling through injury for much of this season, and caps his career with a 4-1 record, a 3.38 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 58.2 innings pitched over 28 appearances.
McLendon Sears has been a reliable glove and a consummate teammate over the last three seasons, appearing in more than 60 games with 22 starts and an unblemished fielding percentage in more than 60 chances.
Steven Cook compiled a 4-3 record with 33 strikeouts in 39.2 innings across 23 appearances since his arrival in 2019.
Grant Smith appeared in five games over the last two seasons with the Cougars with two scoreless frames in 2020 while fanning two in two and one-third innings this spring.