Charleston Heads to Boston With CAA Seeding Up For Grabs

Thursday, May 18

Boston, Mass.

2 PM

College of Charleston

Northeastern

Charleston Heads to Boston With CAA Seeding Up For Grabs

5/17/2023 3:00:00 PM | Baseball

05.18.23 Northeastern Northeastern Notes

CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston heads north to Boston for a weekend set with Northeastern and CAA Seeding up for grabs. A CAA Regular Season Title is within reach as well as a first round bye in the upcoming conference tournament with Charleston sitting just one game out of first place.

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Charleston makes their first visit to Boston since 2019 when the Cougars took two of three. Seven was the magic number of the series with Northeastern taking a 7-0 decision the opener before Charleston responded with 7-5 and 7-1 wins of their own to close it out.

The Cougars and Huskies have also met twice in each of the last two postseasons and six times total in the CAA Tournament since Charleston made the move to the CAA in 2014.l

Charleston also looks to claim a third-straight CAA series to put a bow on the regular season while finishing 4-1 in road league series. Northeastern enters seeking a weekend win after dropping the previous two on the road to UNCW and William & Mary.

Two wins this weekend from the Cougars would tie the program record for road CAA series wins matching the 2015 team that made it to an NCAA Regional Final. Charleston took down JMU, Delaware, William & Mary and Northeastern on the road that season and already has series wins at William & Mary, Monmouth and North Carolina A&T this year.

Scouting the Huskies

Northeastern sits at the top of the CAA in multiple categories leading in ERA (3.54) and fielding percentage (.977) and sitting second in batting average (.302).
The Huskies' 3.54 Team ERA ranks second nationally behind the current No. 1 team in D1 Baseball Wake Forest. Northeastern also ranks fourth in the NCAA in walks allowed per nine innings (2.99).
At the plate and on the basepaths, Northeastern ranks seventh nationally in steals (123) and are top-40 in batting average.
Freshman righty Aiven Cabral paces the CAA in ERA (2.56) and has tossed at least six innings in six of his last nine appearances.
Sophomore outfielder Mike Sirota paces the offense with a .368 average, 63 runs scored, 16 home runs and 46 RBI while swiping 19 bases in 21 attempts.
Six lineup mainstays are hitting at least .300 for the Huskies and four have double-digit home runs on the season. Northeastern leads the league in home runs (95), slugging (.532) and on-base percentage (.404) and are scoring 8.14 runs per game while giving up just 4.2.

Pitching Matchups
Thursday: RHP Ty Good (7-2, 3.35) vs. RHP Aiven Cabral (7-3, 2.56)
Friday: RHP Trey Pooser (6-2, 3.75) vs. RHP Eric Yost (5-1, 4.86)
Saturday: LHP Connor Campbell (3-2, 4.81) vs. RHP Wyatt Scotti (6-2, 3.41)

Series History vs. Northeastern

Charleston leads the regular season series with Northeastern 12-9 and have taken two of the three meetings in Boston.
Each side has one sweep in series history, both doing so on their home field. Charleston most-recently did so last season to open the CAA schedule from Patriots Point.
Northeastern's lone home series win came in 2017 with Charleston taking the 2015 and 2019 series from Friedman Diamond.
The Cougars and Huskies have met six times in the CAA Tournament – the most-often played opponent for Charleston since joining the league.

Approaching Milestones

Ty Good needs just three strikeouts for 90 on the season. He will become the first Cougars with 90-plus strikeouts in a season since Griffin McLarty had 116 in 2019.
Trotter Harlan (49), Luke Wood (44) and Cole Mathis (43) are all within reaching distance of 50 RBI. The trio can be the first since Carl Wise, Blake Butler and Nick Pappas in 2015 to each have 50+ RBI in a single season.
Trotter Harlan enters the weekend just three doubles (43) from entering the Top-10 in program history.
Joseph Mershon is just four walks (114) shy of passing Brett Anderson for fourth-most in program history. Mershon is also one triple (7) shy of joining Tyler Sorrentino (8) as the 12th and 13th Cougars with at least 8 triples in a career.
Cole Mathis (20) is just one double shy of entering the top-10 in a single season at Charleston.
William Privette (9) can make it back-to-back seasons with 10-plus saves after recording 12 in 2022.