College of Charleston
27-19, 10-11
William & Mary
20-27, 13-8
Charleston Takes Road Series Against W&M
5/4/2025 5:00:00 PM | Baseball
CofC improves to 27-19 overall and 10-11 in the CAA. W&M fall to 20-27 and 13-8 in conference action.
Thomas yielded one run in the outing on five hits while striking out a pair in his first victory of the year. Senior Dylan Johnson launched his second home run in as many days, scoring a game best three runs as the Cougars tallied 15 hits in the ballgame.
CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST WILLIAM & MARY:
- CofC came out of the gates swinging, scoring three runs in the first.
- Johnson crushed the first pitch he saw, sending it 424 feet over the left field scoreboard.
- The Cougars put their first of four-run frames on the board in the third, highlighted by senior Ben Venables two-run single.
- Leading 8-2 in the top of the ninth, Charleston added to its scoring margin, with four of the five knocks in the frame going for doubles.
- Senior Dariyan Pendergrass made it an 11-2 contest with an RBI double before swiping his 31st bag of the campaign.
- Redshirt junior Ethan Plyler doubled him home to make it an even dozen.
- Four CofC players recorded multi-RBI games in the win, with Pendergrass, Plyler and Johnson each bringing home two while Venables tallied his first three RBI performance as a Cougar.
OF NOTE:
- Charleston is now 31-13 all-time against William & Mary and10-8 as the visitor.
- CofC recorded a season-high six doubles Sunday.
- Pendergrass tied Scott Moulder (1996) for the sixth-most stolen bases in a single season in school history.
- Senior Tyler Sorrentino extended his hitting streak to six games and is batting .355 (11-for-31) with 10 runs scored in 11 conference contests.
UP NEXT:
Charleston returns home to face The Citadel in the final game of three midweek matchups on Tuesday, May 6. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. from Patriots Point.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Thomas, Hayden (1-1)
L: Ryan Feczko (0-3)
Batting:
2B: Pendergrass, Dariyan 2 ; Plyler, Ethan 1 ; Johnson, Dylan 1 ; Sorrentino, Tyler 1 ; Baumhofer, Will 1
HR: Johnson, Dylan 1
RBI: Pendergrass, Dariyan 2 ; Plyler, Ethan 2 ; Johnson, Dylan 2 ; LaCoste, Alex 1 ; Baumhofer, Will 1 ; Venables, Ben 3
SH: Pendergrass, Dariyan 1
SF: Pendergrass, Dariyan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pendergrass, Dariyan 2 ; Plyler, Ethan 1 ; Johnson, Dylan 3 ; Neaves, Avery 1 ; Sorrentino, Tyler 1 ; LaCoste, Alex 1 ; Baumhofer, Will 2 ; Venables, Ben 1
SB: Pendergrass, Dariyan 1 ; Johnson, Dylan 1 ; Sorrentino, Tyler 1 ; Venables, Ben 1
HBP: Neaves, Avery 1 ; LaCoste, Alex 1
Batting:
2B: Ben Parker 1 ; Jerry Barnes 1
HR: Ben Parker 1 ; Charlie Iriotakis 1
RBI: Ben Parker 1 ; Charlie Iriotakis 2
SH: Owen Wilson 1
SF: Charlie Iriotakis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ben Parker 1 ; Henry Jackson 1 ; Charlie Iriotakis 1
HBP: Ben Parker 1
