Cougars Rally Late to Post Walk-Off Win Over FGCU

Friday, February 28

Tallahassee, Fla.

10:00 AM

College of Charleston

3-11

Mercer

9-6

Mercer

College of Charlston

Photo by: AlSamuels.com

2/28/2025 3:01:00 PM | Softball

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Jay Wrightsman hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to complete a College of Charleston comeback from a five-run deficit in an 8-6 victory over Florida Gulf Coast at the Dugout Club Classic in Tallahassee. The Cougars dropped their opening game to Mercer, 4-1.

Mercer Game

Mackenzie Mathis held Mercer without a hit through three innings before the Bears scored four unearned runs in the fourth.
Mathis struck out three in 3.2 innings. Lily Thorpe pitched 2.2 shutout innings, and Ryley Kutter retired the final two batters to escape a bases loaded jam.
The Cougars loaded the bases in the fourth, including a double by Sierra Paradis, but were unable to score before breaking through in the sixth.
Kaytlin Stacey singled and scored on a base hit by Kennedy Rhue, her second of the game.

FGCU Game

The Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the second on a sacrifice fly by Karlee Hughes before the Eagles scored three in the third.
Charleston trailed 6-1 before storming back in the sixth, loading the bases on singles by Julia Sitterding, Jay Wrightsman and Karly Smith.
Bricelyn Bedenbaugh followed with her first career hit and RBI, and Kaytlin Stacey had a sacrifice fly to bring Charleston within 6-3.
Rhue continued her hot hitting with an RBI double to make it 6-4, another run scored on a ground out and Hughes tied it up with a single.
That set the stage for the drama in the seventh. Sitterding led off with a single and Wrightsman walked it off with her first home run as a Cougar.
The Cougars had a season-high 10 hits, including two by Wrightsman, Smith and Sitterding.
Campbell Schaen pitched a scoreless top of the seventh and earned her first career victory.
Rhue was making her sixth straight start and has six hits and four RBI over that span.

Up Next
The Cougars continue play in Tallahassee on Saturday with a rematch against FGCU at 10 a.m. and a contest against No. 8 Florida State at 5:30 p.m.

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