Charleston Takes Series Opener

Friday, March 7

Mount Pleasant, S.C.

4:00 PM

College of Charleston

8-4

Appalachian State

6-7

App State

Col. of Charleston

3/7/2025 7:41:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

MT PLEASANT, S.C. – College of Charleston baseball beat App State in the series opener, 5-4, Friday afternoon at Patriots Point.

Sophomore Brent Gibbs went 4-for-4 in the win as the Cougars improve to 8-4. The Mountaineers slip to 6-7 with the loss.

Junior Jake Brink struck out a career-high seven batters across 6.0 innings in the no-decision. Redshirt junior Alex Lyon tossed a scoreless seventh and eighth before senior Davis Aiken fanned a pair in a 1-2-3 ninth for earn his second save of the year.

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— Charleston Baseball (@CofCBaseball) March 7, 2025

CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST APP STATE:

Graduate Avery Neaves hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the first and finished the game with four RBI.
Up 2-1 in the third, the Cougars tacked on a pair with RBI singles from Neaves and redshirt junior Ethan Plyler.
Level at four in the seventh, Neaves drove in his fourth run of the day on a groundout, giving Charleston once again.
CofC's bullpen shut down the Mountaineers, with Lyon and Aiken allowing just three base runners over the final three frames.
Senior Dariyan Pendergrass finished the game a home run shy of the cycle and collected his first triple in a Charleston uniform.

OF NOTE:

Charleston improves to 36-13 all-time against App State and 21-7 at home.
Aiken picked up his 13th career save with Charleston and now sits eighth all-time in school history.
Gibbs tallied a career-best four hits in the win, all of which didn't leave the infield.
Brink fanned a collegiate-high seven batters.
Pendergrass extended his on base streak to 12 games to start the year.
The senior has also tied his stolen base total from 2024 (10 in 28 games).
Four of Charleston's nine home runs have come in the first inning.
CofC improves to 147-42 when scoring first under head coach Chad Holbrook.

UP NEXT:
Charleston and App State continue its series in the Holy City on Saturday, March 8. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. from Patriots Point with the game airing live on FloCollege.

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