Cougs Beat No. 21 Coastal Carolina

Tuesday, April 22

Mount Pleasant, S.C.

6:00 PM

College of Charleston

23-16

Coastal Carolina

30-11

Coastal Carolina

Col. of Charleston

4/22/2025 10:16:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

MT PLEASANT, S.C. – College of Charleston baseball defeated No. 21 Coastal Carolina on Tuesday evening at Patriots Point.

The Cougars improve to 23-16 overall, sweeping the season series over the Chanticleers, who slip to 30-11.

CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST COASTAL CAROLINA:

CofC plated its first run of the ballgame in the second as graduate Avery Neaves stole home on a first and third steal attempt.
Senior Dariyan Pendergrass collected two RBI Tuesday, making it a 2-0 contest in the fifth on an RBI groundout before singling in the seventh to bring home freshman Alex LaCoste.
After surrendering a two-run homer in the top of the eighth, freshman Matthew Dominianni's bases loaded walk gave the Cougars a 4-2 advantage.
Freshman Drew Medley made his first collegiate start, tossing 2.1 scoreless frames. Senior Garrick Murray followed Medley, not allowing a run in two innings of his own.
Senior Davis Aiken came into the game in the eighth, collecting the six-out save, his eighth of the campaign.

OF NOTE:

Charleston now sits 28-27 all-time against Coastal Carolina and improve to 18-8 at home.
The Cougars picked up their first ranked victory since opening the 2023 season with a 5-2 win over No. 14 Virginia Tech.
8 of CofC's 28 wins versus the Chanticleers have come when Coastal is ranked. All of the ranked victories have come since 2009.
Head coach Chad Holbrook picked up his seventh ranked win leading the Cougars, three of which have come against Coastal Carolina.
CofC improves to 6-2 on Tuesdays in 2025 and are now 216-12 when leading after the eighth inning under Holbrook.
Medley is the first Charleston freshman whose first collegiate start came against a ranked opponent since Player Loving on April 16, 2013, against No. 14 South Carolina.
Senior Dylan Johnson has hit eight doubles in his last 11 ballgames.

UP NEXT:
Charleston continues its home stretch against UNCW with a three-game set, beginning on Friday, April 25. First pitch from Patriots Point is scheduled for 6 p.m. with all home games airing live on FloCollege.

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