Cougars Outlasted in Pitching Duel

Friday, April 18

Boston, Mass.

2:30 PM

College of Charleston

22-14, 7-6

Northeastern

28-9, 11-2

Charleston

Northeastern

4/18/2025 5:45:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BROOKLINE, MASS. – College of Charleston baseball surrendered two runs in each of the final two frames as the Cougars lost the series opener to Northeastern, 4-0, Friday afternoon.

CofC falls to 22-14 and 7-6 in the CAA while the Huskies improve to a league-best 28-9 overall and 11-2 in the conference.

CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST NORTHEASTERN:

After six scoreless frames from junior Jake Brink, the Huskies got on the scoreboard with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh following a one-out triple.
Northeastern doubled its lead later in the frame for the 2-0 advantage.
The Huskies tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the eighth to hold onto the win.
Brink fanned six batters over seven innings of work in the set back.

OF NOTE:

Charleston is 15-19 overall against Northeastern and 5-8 as the visitors.
Redshirt junior Alex Lyon appeared in his 68th career game out of the bullpen, taking over sole possession of fifth all-time in program history.
Senior Dariyan Pendergrass swiped his 28th bag of the year, tying him with Brett Gardner (2003), Oliver Marmol (2007) and Clay McCord (2009) for eighth all-time in program history in single season swiped bags.

UP NEXT:
Charleston faces Northeastern in game two of the series on Saturday, April 19 at 1 p.m.

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