College of Charleston
37-21
Campbell
25-31
Cougs Hold Off No. 3 Campbell, Advance to Semis
5/23/2025 9:32:00 PM | Baseball
The Cougars improve to 37-21 overall after picking up their second win of the day following a 4-2 win to knock out No. 6 Elon.
CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST CAMPBELL:
- Charleston's bats game out swinging, jumping out to an 8-0 lead through four and a half innings.
- Leading 1-0 in the second, freshman Alex LaCoste slugged a two-run shot 398 feet.
- The Cougars doubled their lead in the fourth with an RBI double from senior Dariyan Pendergrass and two-run double off the bat of freshman Landon Penfield.
- LaCoste drove in his third run of the day with a double in the fifth before scoring on a senior Ben Venables knock into right.
- Campbell gained momentum in the seventh, scoring five runs to make it an 8-6 contest.
- CofC bounced back as senior Tyler Sorrentino singled home a pair and Venables tripled in two more to give the Cougars a dozen.
- The Camels looked to comeback, tacking two homers in the eighth and a pair in the ninth before senior Davis Aiken secured the victory with a strikeout.
- Venables tallied a game-high four hits in the win while also driving in three runs.
- Pendergrass stole his 43rd base of the season.
- Charleston's seven, eight and nine hitters combined to go 8-for-15 with five runs, eight RBI and four extra-base hits.
OF NOTE:
- Charleston improves to 16-18 overall versus Campbell, 9-11 at home and earned its first win over the Camels in the CAA Tournament.
- Redshirt junior Alex Lyon earned his tenth win of the season, tying him for the sixth-most victories in a single season in program history
- Lyon also appeared in his 78th career game out of the bullpen.
- Aiken earned the save in both victories giving him 14 on the season, which takes sole possession of fourth in a single year.
- Aiken's 25 career stops are one shy of Nathan Ocker's mark of 26 for second all-time.
- Charleston improves to 95-6 under head coach Chad Holbrook when scoring 10-plus runs in a game.
- Sorrentino extended his hitting streak to 18 consecutive games, which is tied with Lee Curtis (2003) for the seventh-longest in school history.
UP NEXT:
Charleston will face the loser of No. 1 Northeastern and No. 2 UNCW on Saturday, May 24 at 1 p.m. The game will air live on FloCollege.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lyon, Alex (10-1)
L: ROSSOW, David (6-4)
S: Aiken, Davis (14)
Batting:
2B: Pendergrass, Dariyan 1 ; Penfield, Landon 1 ; Sorrentino, Tyler 1 ; LaCoste, Alex 1
3B: Venables, Ben 1
HR: LaCoste, Alex 1
RBI: Pendergrass, Dariyan 1 ; Penfield, Landon 2 ; Johnson, Dylan 1 ; Sorrentino, Tyler 2 ; LaCoste, Alex 3 ; Venables, Ben 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Pendergrass, Dariyan 2 ; Plyler, Ethan 1 ; Johnson, Dylan 1 ; Baumhofer, Will 2 ; Neaves, Avery 1 ; Sorrentino, Tyler 2 ; LaCoste, Alex 2 ; Venables, Ben 1
SB: Pendergrass, Dariyan 1 ; Plyler, Ethan 1
HBP: Pendergrass, Dariyan 1
Batting:
2B: MEGLIO, Charlie 1 ; PARKER, Darnell 1
HR: THOMPSON, Dalen 2 ; MORTON, Joey 2 ; SCHRAMM, Lukas 2
RBI: SIMPSON, Joe 1 ; THOMPSON, Dalen 2 ; MORTON, Joey 3 ; PARKER, Darnell 1 ; SCHRAMM, Lukas 4
Base Running:
RUNS: SIMPSON, Joe 1 ; THOMPSON, Dalen 2 ; MORTON, Joey 2 ; MEGLIO, Charlie 1 ; THOMPSON, Jackson 1 ; SCHULDT, Andrew 1 ; PARKER, Darnell 1 ; SCHRAMM, Lukas 2
SB: SIMPSON, Joe 1
HBP: PARKER, Darnell 1 ; SCHRAMM, Lukas 1
