MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – College of Charleston won its sixth straight CAA home game with a 6-3 victory over Towson on Friday at Patriots Point. The Cougars improved to 10-6 in the conference and have won nine of their 10 league home games on the season. 

Game Summary

• The Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the first on singles by Austy Miller and Kennedy Rhue and a throwing error after a flyout by Leela Langston.
• Charleston opened up a six-run cushion in the fourth with one scoring on a wild pitch and another when Karlee Hughes came home on a double steal.
• Hughes stole three bases in the game, the third time she has done that this season, and is 13-for-13 on the year.
• Jay Wrightsman followed with a shot over the fence in left center for a two-run homer, and Miller walked, stole second and scored on an error to cap the uprising.
• Kendall Thackston pitched four shutout innings before surrendering a two-run homer in the fifth following an hour lightning delay.
• The two runs ended a streak of 35 consecutive scoreless innings in CAA home games by the Charleston pitching staff.
• Thackston worked the first five innings to even her record at 3-3, and Izzy Alley struck out two in her two frames in the circle.

Up Next
The Cougars will look to clinch their fourth CAA series win of the season when the teams play the middle game on Saturday at 2 p.m.

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