A Big South series victory over Gardner-Webb in baseball and softball victories over rivals College of Charleston and Coastal Carolina, along with top-five finishes in golf and track highlight action in Buccaneer Athletics this week.
Tuesday, March 17 – Wednesday March 18 – Baseball vs. Auburn
The baseball team gave another SEC team all they could handle and more as the Bucs went to Auburn for a two-game showdown. After falling to South Carolina by two earlier in the season, CSU took the Tigers to 13 innings before eventually falling 7-6. Patrick Dolan, Tyler Thornburg, and Scotty Radabaugh all tied the school record for at-bats in a game with seven.
CSU put a run on the board in each of the eighth and ninth innings to force the extra frames. From there, they held a one-run lead in the top of the 12th, but Auburn was able to scratch out the tying run. Auburn went on to score the game-winner in the bottom of 13. Thornburg and Kory Morian each notched four hits to lead the way offensively.
After losing the heartbreaker on Tuesday, the Bucs tried to regroup for Wednesday’s matchup, but it was too much Auburn as they took it 18-4. CSU scattered 10 hits in the loss, while Michael Obuchowski led the team with three RBI.
The men’s golf team took part in a four-team tournament, Wednesday, finishing third, just three shots behind the College of Charleston. Jonathan Rustin, shot the best round of the day for CSU with an even-par 72 to finish tied for third. Kelvin Day shot a 73 to help give CSU a one-round total of 298.
Wednesday, March 18 – Tennis vs. Rutgers
Andrea Schutte and Brooke Pletcher each won their singles matches, while two other singles contests went to three sets before Rutgers eventually took the matches by a final count of 5-2. Schutte dominated her match 6-2, 6-3, while Pletcher dropped the first set 4-6 and bounced back to win 6-4, 6-2.
Wednesday, March 18 – Softball @ College of Charleston (DH)
It wasn’t a long road trip, but the Bucs’ softball team went down to Patriots Point for a double header against the College of Charleston.
Game one went to extra innings as C of C took advantage of four Buccaneer errors, eventually winning 5-4. CSU scored two runs in the top of the seventh to take a one-run lead, but the Cougars bounced right back and scored in the bottom of the frame to tie it up. An error in the bottom of the eighth let the game-winning run come around from first to score.
The loss led to a sluggish start in game two, with CSU falling behind 3-0 after four innings. Needing a crooked number to keep them in the game, CSU put a four-spot on the board in the fifth to give them the lead. An error, a Megan Lombard double and a Gail Matsushima double led to the four runs. The final run came on a Brittany York single up the middle. York also hit a towering homerun in her first at-bat of the series.
Thursday, March 19 – Saturday, March 21 – Track @ Shamrock Intercollegiate
Gabrielle Houston finished fifth in the 200m dash while Jessica Thomas took eighth in the event, leading CSU at the three-day Shamrock Intercollegiate hosted by Coastal Carolina. The weekend was highlighted by a one-two finish in the heptathlon by Patria Norman and Channell Futrell. On the men’s side, Anthony Ward finished fifth in the 100m dash and Blake Eidson finished fourth in the shot put. Jean Pierre Poisson also posted a pair top-five finishes with a fourth-place distance in the discus and fifth-place finish in the hammer.
Friday, March 20 – Saturday, March 21 – W Golf @ First Market Bank Intercollegiate
Madison Jeter shot a 75-average to finish in a tie for second at the First Mark Bank Intercollegiate, hosted by the College of William and Mary. It took a four-shot improvement in round two for CSU to improve to finish third as a team. Olivia Jordan-Higgins shaved five shots off her personal score to finish second on the team while Katrin Rumpf finished one shot back of Higgins.
Friday, March 20 – Softball @ Coastal Carolina
Megan Lombard did her job as the leadoff hitter, reaching safely on a walk, and Amy Trenkamp smacked a double into the gap in right center to put CSU up 1-0 early. A five-run third helped push CSU to a run-rule 8-0 victory over Coastal Carolina in the Big South opener. Gail Matsushima and Kristin Kelleher each had a double, while Trenkamp, Hall and Matsushima each had a pair of hits as CSU out-hit CCU 9-3. Jamie Wellons earned the win in the circle pitching all five innings.
Friday March 20 – Sunday March 22 – Baseball @ Gardner-Webb
The baseball team took the big bats to Boiling Springs as they beat GWU 13-3 and 11-4 in the first and third games, respectively. The middle game was a 15-4 tilt in favor of the Runnin’ Bulldogs. It is the second series victory of the season for CSU as they move to 5-3 in Big South play. Patrick Dolan hit two homers in game two, while a five-run eighth led CSU to victory in game three.
Dolan led the way for CSU with a .692 batting average in three games (9-13) while senior Mark Perry had six hits in 12 at-bats. Nick Chinners had the most recorded at-bats of the series with 15 and had the second-most hits with seven.
On the mound Keith Hustedt pitched 3.2 innings giving up no runs on two hits to earn his first save of the season, while Anthony Markham and Jesse Cadenhead each gave up seven hits and earned the victory in their respective starts.
What’s coming up:
Tuesday, March 24 – Tennis vs. Gardner-Webb – 2 p.m.
Tuesday, March 24 – Baseball vs. Furman -2 p.m. (Video and live stats available)
Tuesday, March 24 – Softball @ North Carolina State- 5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 25 – Softball vs. Coastal Carolina (DH) – 2 / 4 p.m. (Live stats available)
Wednesday, March 25 – Tennis @ Coastal Carolina – 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 25 – Baseball vs. The Citadel – 3 p.m. (Live stats available)
Thursday, March 26 – Baseball vs. Air Force – 1:30 p.m. (Completion of suspended game)
Friday, March 27 – Sunday, March 29 – M Golf @ Furman Invitational
Friday, March 27 – Baseball vs. VMI – 2 p.m. (Live stats available)
Friday, March 27 – Softball vs. Presbyterian (DH) – 2 / 4 p.m. (Live stats available)
Saturday, March 28 – Track and Field @ Georgia Southern Invitational
Saturday, March 28 – Baseball vs. VMI (DH) – 11:30 a.m. (Live stats available)
Saturday, March 28 – Softball vs. Presbyterian – 1 p.m. (Live stats available)
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