Friday, May 2
Williamsburg, Va.
6:00 PM
College of Charleston
25-19, 8-11
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William & Mary
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Charleston
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William & Mary
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Cougars Fall to Tribe in Opener
5/2/2025 10:15:00 PM | Baseball
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – College of Charleston baseball lost the series opener Friday evening to William & Mary, 5-4.
CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST WILLIAM & MARY:
OF NOTE:
UP NEXT:
Charleston and William & Mary square off in the second game of the series on Saturday, May 3. First pitch from Plumeri Park is set for 3 p.m.
For complete coverage of Charleston baseball, follow us on Facebook (/CollegeofCharlestonBaseball), X (@CofCBaseball) and Instagram (@CofC_Baseball).
CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST WILLIAM & MARY:
- William & Mary plated a run in each of the first two innings before CofC leveled the contest at two in the top of the third.
- Senior Tyler Sorrentino sent a ball over the center fielder's head, tripling home senior Ben Venables.
- Sorrentino scored the tying run moments later following graduate Avery Neaves' sacrifice fly.
- Trailing 3-2 in the fifth, Sorrentino connected on his second hit of the contest, launching solo shot 359 feet for his first homer of the season.
- The Cougars took a brief 4-3 lead in the sixth before surrendering a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh.
OF NOTE:
- Charleston is now 29-13 all-time against William & Mary and 8-8 as the visitor.
- Sorrentino tallied his 48th career multi-hit game and 18th multi-RBI performance.
- Senior Dariyan Pendergrass stole his 29th base of the year, tying him with Mary Gantt (2012) for seventh all-time in program history for a single season.
- Redshirt junior Alex Lyon appeared in his 71st career game out of the bullpen with the Cougars, putting him one shy of tying Dre Watts (2010-13) for fourth all-time in school history.
- Lyon has yielded just seven walks in 47.1 frames this season.
UP NEXT:
Charleston and William & Mary square off in the second game of the series on Saturday, May 3. First pitch from Plumeri Park is set for 3 p.m.
For complete coverage of Charleston baseball, follow us on Facebook (/CollegeofCharlestonBaseball), X (@CofCBaseball) and Instagram (@CofC_Baseball).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jack Weight (1-0)
L: Brink, Jake (5-5)
S: Carter Lovasz (2)
Batting:
2B: Venables, Ben 1
3B: Sorrentino, Tyler 1
HR: Sorrentino, Tyler 1
RBI: Neaves, Avery 1 ; Baumhofer, Will 1 ; Sorrentino, Tyler 2
SF: Neaves, Avery 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pendergrass, Dariyan 1 ; Venables, Ben 1 ; Sorrentino, Tyler 2
SB: Pendergrass, Dariyan 1
HBP: Johnson, Dylan 1
Batting:
2B: Lucas Carmichael 1 ; Charlie Iriotakis 1
RBI: Ben Parker 1 ; Lucas Carmichael 1 ; Derek Holmes 1 ; Charlie Iriotakis 1 ; Jerry Barnes 1
SF: Jerry Barnes 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lucas Carmichael 1 ; Derek Holmes 1 ; Anthony Greco 1 ; Charlie Iriotakis 1 ; Owen Wilson 1
HBP: Owen Wilson 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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AB
5
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AB
3
R
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H
1
RBI
0
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