Cougars Travel to Georgia Southern

STATEBORO, Ga. – College of Charleston baseball heads to the Peach State to play Georgia Southern on Tuesday, Feb. 25. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. with the game airing live on ESPN+.

FIRST PITCH:

Charleston won its second straight series to begin the season, taking two of three from Seton Hall.
CofC held the Pirates to one run in Friday (4-1) and Saturday's (8-1) victories.
Junior Jake Brink tossed 5.1 scoreless frames on Friday, improving to 10.1 shutout innings to begin the year.
Senior Aidan Hunter allowed a lone run in 7.0 innings of work Saturday, striking out 6 and retiring 15 straight batters in the outing.
Junior Payton Frehner was named the CAA Player of the Week, giving Charleston the award again after graduate Avery Neaves earned the honor after the opening weekend.
Frehner batted .529 (9-for-17), with eight runs, a double, two home runs, seven RBI and a 1.520 OPS. The first baseman scored two runs and reached base at least twice in all four games.
On Saturday, Frehner went 4-for-5 with 3 RBI before hitting a three-run homer in the first inning of Sunday's contest. Against the Pirates, Frehner went 8-for-13 (.615 AVG).
Charleston improved to 200-12 under head coach Chad Holbrook when leading after eight innings.
The Cougars have hit a home run in four straight games with Frehner leading the team with two long balls.
Senior Dariyan Pendergrass is hitting .556 with a .704 on-base pct. in the first seven games. Pendergrass has worked eight walks and is a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts. The outfielder ranks sixth nationally in on-base pct., tenth in stolen bases and 15th in batting average.
Freshman Drew Medley and redshirt freshman Asher Lucas made their collegiate debuts on the mound Sunday while redshirt sophomore Hogan Garner recorded his first career hit.

SERIES HISTORY:

Charleston will face Georgia Southern for the 79th time in program history; the third-most games against a single opponent, trailing Charleston Southern (80) and The Citadel (102). The series between the Cougars and Eagles is level at 39-39. Charleston is victorious in four of the last five meetings and has won 15 of the 32 games in Statesboro.

UP NEXT:

Charleston faces Creighton for the first time in program history when the Bluejays travel to Patriots Point Feb. 28 and March 1-2. First pitches are slated for 4 p.m., 2 p.m. and 1 p.m. with all home games airing on FloCollege.

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Jake Brink

Payton Frehner

Hogan Garner

Aidan Hunter

Asher Lucas

Drew Medley

Avery Neaves

Dariyan Pendergrass

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