Cougars Sweep Dragons Behind Third Straight Shutout

Sunday, March 30

Mount Pleasant, S.C.

12:00 PM

College of Charleston

17-19, 9-3

Drexel

2-26, 2-10

Drexel

Charleston

Cougars Sweep Dragons Behind Third Straight Shutout

3/30/2025 2:27:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – Lily Thorpe scattered four hits and posted the third consecutive shutout by the College of Charleston pitching staff in an 8-0 win over Drexel on Sunday at Patriots Point.

The Cougars earned their second CAA series sweep of the season and improved to 8-1 in conference games at home. With wins in 12 of its last 17 games, Charleston is now 17-19 overall.

Game Summary

Thorpe tossed her first career shutout in her second complete game, improving to 3-0 on the season with a 2.40 ERA.
Along with Mackenzie Mathis and Ryley Kutter, Thorpe helped the Cougars post shutouts in all three games of a conference series for the first time since doing so against Furman (SoCon) in 2012.
In a total of 20 innings against the Dragons, Cougar pitching allowed only eight hits while the defense played errorless ball.
Kennedy Rhue led the offense with three hits on Sunday, and she has hit safely in six of her last seven games, going 12-for-21 (.571) over that stretch.
Jay Wrightsman, Sierra Paradis and Karlee Hughes each had two hits with Wrightsman adding a double, two runs scored, an RBI and stolen base and Paradis drove in a pair of runs.
The Cougars blew the game open early, scoring three in the first and four in the second.
Paradis had RBI singles in both innings, and Rhue and Wrightsman also drove in runs with base hits.
The game ended in the sixth when Austy Miller grounded into a fielder's choice to bring home Julia Sitterding to invoke the run rule.

Up Next
The Cougars complete their six-game homestand on Tuesday at 5 p.m. when Coastal Carolina visits Patriots Point.

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