Cougs Clinch Berth to CAA Tournament

Thursday, May 15

Mount Pleasant, S.C.

6:00 PM

College of Charleston

33-19, 14-11

Hofstra

17-35, 7-18

Hofstra

Col. of Charleston

5/15/2025 10:42:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – College of Charleston baseball clinched a postseason berth to the conference tournament for the 26th season with an 11-4 victory Thursday evening over Hofstra.

The Cougars won their eighth consecutive ballgame, improving to 33-19 overall and 14-11 in the CAA.

CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST HOFSTRA:

Charleston tallied 14 hits in the win with five Cougars registering multiple hits.
Trailing 3-1 in the seventh, CofC broke the game open with a seven-run frame.
Freshman Landon Penfield, graduate Avery Neaves and senior Ben Venables each collected two-run knocks in the inning.
Penfield's strong day at the dish continued in the eighth with a 425 foot two-run homer before senior Tyler Sorrentino extended his hitting streak to 12 with an RBI double to make it an 11-4 ballgame.
Redshirt junior Alex Lyon improved to 9-1 this season, capturing the victory with 1.2 innings of work.
Senior Davis Aiken picked up his 12th save of the year.

OF NOTE:

Charleston improves to 20-11 all-time versus Hofstra and 15-2 at home.
CofC extended its winning streak to eight games, where the Cougars are outscoring opponents 76-26.
The Cougars improve to 14-1 in 2025 and 93-5 under head coach Chad Holbrook when scoring ten-plus runs.
Senior Dariyan Pendergrass stole three bases Thursday, giving him 37 on the season.
Pendergrass is one stolen base shy of Brett Gardner's 2005 mark, which is third in school history.
Pendergrass also recorded his eighth multi-steal game and fourth three-stolen base performance of the year.
Aiken's 12 saves are tied for fifth all-time in a single season in program history.
Aiken is also 1-of-2 CofC pitchers who have 11-plus saves in two seasons, joining Brett Harker.
Aiken's 23 career stops are tied with Sam Moore (1992-95) for third all-time in school history.
Charleston swiped six bases in the win, giving them 103 for the season. The 103 bags are ninth-most in a campaign.

UP NEXT:
Charleston continues its series with Hofstra on Friday, May 16. First pitch from Patriots Point is set for 4 p.m. with the game airing live on FloCollege.

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