CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston baseball rekindles an old series with former conference foe Appalachian State Tuesday for a single road tilt. The two teams have met 47 times on the baseball diamond dating back to 1991 with Charleston getting the best of the Mountaineers in 35 of those 47b matchups.
 
Tuesday marks the first meeting between the two since 2013 when both were still members of the Southern Conference. Both teams enter the week fresh off a 2-1 series win in conference play with Charleston taking down Stony Brook and Appalachian State taking a road series at Marshall.
 
Tuesday also marks the second of three-straight midweek contests the Cougars will play away from home after last week's battle in the upstate at Clemson. Charleston plays those same Tigers next week at SEGRA Park in Columbia, S.C. with Charleston as the designated home team.
 
Scouting the Mountaineers

• Appalachian State enters the week 10-8 overall with series wins over Queens, North Carolina A&T and Marshall.
• Hayden Cross leads the Mountaineer offense hitting .389 on the season with a team-high eight doubles and 22 RBI. Luke Drumheller (.338) and Xavier Moronta (.324) are also batting above .300 on the season with seven doubles, 24 RBI and 18 walks between the two.
• On the mound, Tuesday starter Collin Welch has tossed 8 innings over his first two appearances to the tune of a 1.13 ERA striking out six with an opponents' batting average of .167.

Series History

• Charleston leads the all-time series 35-12 entering Tuesday with their last meeting coming as Southern Conference members back in 2013 at Patriots Point.
• The Cougars and Mountaineers last played in Boone in April 2012 with Appalachian State taking two of three in the series. Eight was the magic number in those three contests with the winner scoring exactly eight runs across the weekend set.
• The two wins in 2012 are the only home victories for the Mountaineers in series history with Charleston holding a 10-2 advantage at Jim Beaver Field.