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Long Ball Leads Cougars to Series Win
3/8/2026 5:25:00 PM | Baseball
MT PLEASANT, S.C. – College of Charleston baseball launched a pair of home runs as it beat Hofstra, 5-4, Sunday afternoon at Patriots Point.
The Cougars earned the series win, improving to 7-8 overall and 2-1 in the CAA while Hofstra slips to 1-8 and 1-2 in the league.
CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST HOFSTRA:
OF NOTE:
UP NEXT:
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The Cougars earned the series win, improving to 7-8 overall and 2-1 in the CAA while Hofstra slips to 1-8 and 1-2 in the league.
CRITICAL POINTS AGAINST HOFSTRA:
- Trailing 1-0, Charleston used a four-spot in the third to jump out to a 4-1 advantage that it would never relinquish.
- Graduate Dylan Johnson recorded his second double of the afternoon, plating graduate Will Tippett.
- Holding a 2-1 lead, sophomore Alex LaCoste hit the first of two long balls for The College on the afternoon, serving a 2-1 pitch just over the right field wall for his first shot of the year.
- Freshman Stow Rogers clobbered his first career home run in the sixth, sending a ball 435 feet.
- Hofstra looked to mount a comeback in the ninth, scoring a pair of runs to make it 5-4. Graduate Kurt Rogers was able to get a ground out to end it, securing his first save of the campaign.
- Freshman Kaden Myers tossed 4.1 scoreless out of the bullpen, allowing just two hits and one walk in his second victory of the year.
OF NOTE:
- Charleston is 23-13 all time versus Hofstra and 18-4 at Patriots Point.
- Bryant recorded a season-high four strikeouts.
- CofC has hit multiple home runs twice this season.
- Rogers and Tippett both collected their first multi-hit performances of the year while Johnson had his fifth of the campaign.
- Rogers' 435-foot shot is the longest recorded homer in the last two seasons.
- Charleston improves to 85-17 under head coach Chad Holbrook when hitting multiple home runs.
- Charleston's pitching staff have allowed three-or-fewer walks in nine ballgames.
UP NEXT:
- Charleston travels to the Upstate to take on Wofford March 11. First pitch is set for 5:30 p.m. with the game airing on ESPN+.
For complete coverage of Charleston baseball, follow us X (@CofCBaseball) and Instagram (@CofC_Baseball).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Myers, Kaden (2-1)
L: Reese, Nicholas (0-1)
S: Rogers, Kurt (1)
Batting:
2B: Rogers, Stow 1 ; Tippett, Will 1 ; Johnson, Dylan 2
HR: LaCoste, Alex 1 ; Rogers, Stow 1
RBI: LaCoste, Alex 2 ; Rogers, Stow 1 ; Johnson, Dylan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LaCoste, Alex 1 ; Plyler, Ethan 1 ; Rogers, Stow 1 ; Tippett, Will 1 ; Johnson, Dylan 1
CS: Holbrook, Reece 1
HBP: LaCoste, Alex 1
Batting:
2B: Griggs, CJ 1 ; Melara, Gabriel 1
3B: DeVito, JJ 1
HR: Gallello, Nick 1
RBI: Craig, Michael 1 ; Gallello, Nick 1 ; Escalante, Daniel 1 ; DeVito, JJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gallello, Nick 1 ; DeVito, JJ 1 ; Melara, Gabriel 1 ; Corona, Danny 1
SB: Craig, Michael 1
CS: DeVito, JJ 1
Game Leaders
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