MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – Ryley Kutter allowed only three hits while recording College of Charleston's second straight shutout of Drexel in a 2-0 victory on Saturday at Patriots Point. 

The win clinches the series and improves the Cougars to 8-3 in the CAA including 7-1 at home. Charleston has won three of its four conference sets and moved closer to the .500 mark overall at 16-19.

Game Summary

• Kutter continued her recent Patriots Point domination, having allowed only 11 hits and two runs (one earned) over 21 innings in her last three home games.
• She lowered her ERA to 1.36 in CAA play and the team's mark to 2.05 in conference action.
• Including Mackenzie Mathis' one-hitter on Friday, the Cougars have two shutouts in the same CAA series for the first time since 2022.
• It also marks the first time Charleston has recorded back-to-back shutouts in a conference series since posting three straight against Furman in 2012.
• Kutter benefited from solid Cougar defense that included double plays in each of the first two innings.
• Julia Sitterding stabbed a line drive in the second, and Jay Wrightsman made a running catch on fly ball to deep center to end the game.
• Charleston scored its two runs in the fourth starting with a single and stolen base by Austy Miller.
• Leela Langston followed with an RBI single, and Kaytlin Stacey drove in Langston with a squeeze bunt.

Up Next
The Cougars go for their second series sweep of the season in the finale on Sunday at noon.

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