Cougars Walk Off Phoenix in CAA Opener

Friday, March 21

Mount Pleasant, S.C.

6:00 PM

College of Charleston

13-7, 1-0

Elon

8-13, 0-1

Elon

Col. of Charleston

3/21/2025 9:44:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Cougars Walk Off Phoenix in CAA Opener

MT PLEASANT, S.C. – Junior Payton Frehner hit a walk off home run in the bottom of the eighth as College of Charleston baseball run ruled Elon, 12-2, Friday evening at Patriots Point.

The Cougars improve to 13-7 and 1-0 in the CAA while the Phoenix slip to 8-13 and 0-1 in the league.

Junior Jake Brink tossed 6.0 innings in the win before redshirt junior Alex Lyon tossed the final two frames, striking out three batters.

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CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST ELON:

Charleston opened the scoring in the bottom of the first courtesy of an RBI single off the bat.
The teams traded a pair of runs in the third, the start of 11 unanswered runs for the Cougars.
Redshirt junior Ethan Plyler went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI in the win.
Senior Dariyan Pendergrass scored a career-best four times on Friday as the outfielder finished the night 3-for-4 with four runs, a triple, walk, RBI and two stolen bases.
In the nine-hole, sophomore Brent Gibbs helped spark-plugged the offense, going 3-for-4 with three runs scored to go with a double and triple.
Junior Payton Frehner hit a walk-off solo shot in the bottom of the eighth, his third long ball of the year, to give the Cougars their fourth run-rule victory of the year.
Seven of Charleston's 12 RBI on Friday came with two outs.
The Cougars batted .500 (6-for-12) with two outs and .533 (8-for-15) with runners in scoring position.

OF NOTE:

Charleston improves to 45-32 all-time and 21-16 against Elon. The Cougars have won five of the last seven games and have plated at least 12 runs in four of the five victories.
CofC is 85-4 under head coach Chad Holbrook when scoring 10-plus runs.
Lyon appeared in his 59th career game out of the bullpen, tying him for sixth all-time in program history with Sam Moore (1992-95) and Brett Davey (1999-01).
Frehner's 413-foot homer is the longest hit by a Charleston batter this season.
The Cougars have collected double-digit hits in five of the last six ballgames.
Pendergrass' 18 stolen bases are the most by a Cougars since 2019. Bradley Dixon swiped 22 bags and Dupree Hart stole 40.
Lyon has recorded at least six outs in seven of his 12 appearances out of the bullpen.

UP NEXT:
Charleston continues its conference opening weekend against Elon on Saturday, Elon 22. First pitch from Patriots Point is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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