
Cougars Drop Opener
2/28/2025 7:51:00 PM | Baseball
CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST CREIGHTON:
- Creighton took a 3-0 lead in the first inning before the Cougars would eventually level the game in the third in the bottom of the second.
- Graduate Avery Neaves hit a home run for the second straight game in the bottom of the first, giving CofC a long ball in six straight contests.
- Charleston took a brief 4-3 advantage in the home half of the fourth before the Bluejays plated three runs off a homer in the fifth and tacked on two more scores in the sixth.
- The Cougars looked to mount a comeback in the bottom of the seventh when senior Dylan Johnson singled to left, bringing in a pair.
OF NOTE:
- Charleston and Creighton met for the first time in program history on Friday.
- Sophomore Chase Jarnagin fanned a pair of batters in a scoreless seventh inning for the Cougars.
- Freshman Drew Medley tossed the eighth and ninth frames, allowing just one hit.
- Neaves recorded his eighth career three-hit game and fifth career three-RBI game with Charleston.
UP NEXT:
Charleston continues its series against Creighton on Saturday, March 1 with a 1 p.m. first pitch from Patriots Point.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Matthew Aukerman (2-0)
L: Brink, Jake (2-1)
S: Garrett Langrell (2)
Batting:
2B: Nolan Sailors 1 ; Ben North 1
3B: Tate Gillen 1
HR: Will MacLean 1
RBI: Tate Gillen 1 ; Teddy Deters 1 ; Will MacLean 1 ; Ben North 3
SH: Jack Torosian 1
SF: Teddy Deters 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tate Gillen 1 ; Teddy Deters 1 ; Nolan Sailors 2 ; Will MacLean 2 ; Kyle Hess 1 ; Connor Capece 1
HBP: Will MacLean 1 ; Kyle Hess 1 ; Ben North 1 ; Connor Capece 1

Batting:
2B: Penfield, Landon 1
HR: Neaves, Avery 1
RBI: Neaves, Avery 3 ; Johnson, Dylan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Neaves, Avery 1 ; Baumhofer, Will 1 ; Plyler, Ethan 1 ; Penfield, Landon 1 ; Gordy, Schley 1 ; Pendergrass, Dariyan 1
SB: Baumhofer, Will 1 ; Plyler, Ethan 1 ; Gordy, Schley 1
HBP: Plyler, Ethan 1






















