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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