Weekly Recap - February 15 - 21

What a busy week for Charleston Southern athletics. With the start of the baseball season, we officially have nine teams in action! That said, a busy week ended well with a big softball victory over #15 Louisville, and a win by the baseball team on Sunday.

If you haven’t seen them already, make sure you check out our Buccaneer Updates from this past week.

Julie Goodenough
Tim Langford
Tosha Ansley
Mike Wilson
4x200m Relay Team

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After continuing the roll that she has been on, Kelsey Wasmer has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week. After going for 26 in a victory over Coastal Carolina last Saturday, Wasmer set a new career-best with 33 points in a win against Radford on the road.

Wasmer hit 12 of her 19 shots, including a season-best 5-of-9 mark from behind the arc against the Highlanders. She also added six rebounds and three assists to help CSU grab the victory. She has now hit double digits in each of the last seven games, including 20 points or more in four of those.

Also nominated: Megan Lombard (Softball), Sondra Vetter (Softball), Tyler Thornburg (Baseball), James Hayes (Track and Field), Patria Norman (Track and Field)

February 14 – 16 – W. Golf @ Hurricane Invitational – 13th
The first event of the spring, the women’s golf team headed south for the Hurricane Invitational. Olivia Jordan-Higgins finished tied for fourth individually with a three-round score of 222 (six over par). Madison Jeter came on strong at the end finishing 10th, two shots back of Higgins, thanks to a one-under 71 on the final day of action.

Game Story
Final Results

February 16 – SB vs. Campbell (DH) – W, 10-6, T, 2-2
The softball team kicked off a busy week with a pair of games against Campbell University. After a dominating 10-6 win in game one, the Bucs found themselves in a tight game, tied 2-2 after seven innings. With darkness closing in quickly, the two teams agreed to call it a draw. Erin Kegley had three hits including a pair of home runs and five RBIs to lead the way. Megan Hall also had three hits, and scored four times on the day.

Game Story
Game One Box
Game Two Box

February 16 – MBB vs. North Greenville – W, 94-65
Many times, a non-conference game stuck in the middle of a tough conference stretch can be considered a trap game. It’s easy to overlook them, especially when you know the top team in the Big South (Coastal Carolina) is waiting for you over the weekend. CSU was able not only to get the victory over NGU, but to do it in dominant fashion. A 53 percent clip from the floor gave CSU its highest point total (94) since a 94-66 victory over Southeastern on September 21. Jamarco Warren led the way with 28 points, while Jeremy Sexton continued his campaign for freshman of the year with 18 points, four rebounds and three steals.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score
Game Highlights

February 19, 20, 21 – Baseball vs. VCU – L, 7-5, L, 9-5, W, 5-2
Behind the arm of Tyler Thornburg, the CSU defense stepped up on Sunday to get a much-needed victory over VCU in the opening series of the season. Brantley Meier and Matt Still led the way offensively with five hits each, while Thornburg had four hits in addition to pitching six innings giving up just two runs and three hits. A four-run second inning broke open Sunday’s game, while Friday and Saturday’s contests were close back-and-forth affairs.

Game One Story
Game One Box

Game Two Story
Game Two Box

Game Three Story
Game Three Box

February 19-20 – SB vs. CSU Invitational – 2-2 Record
CSU started its home tournament off in style with a 10-1 stomping of Youngstown State. Playing back-to-back games to end day one, CSU narrowly missed the upset of #15 Loiusville, falling 2-1. Back to action the next day, CSU felt like they let one slip away, falling 4-2 to St. John’s, but bounced back to get the upset of Louisville, blowing them out 9-4 to end the tournament. It is the second time in school history that CSU has taken down a ranked team, no-hitting #18 Virginia Tech on February 17, 2008.

Day One Story
Day Two Story
CSU vs. YSU Box
CSU vs. LU Box
CSU vs. SJU Box
CSU vs. LU Box

February 20 – Tennis vs. South Carolina State – W, 5-2
The tennis team defended its home court against a tough South Carolina State team, winning five of the six singles matches en route to a 5-2 victory. Marija Dzakovic and Olga Makhova won the third flight of doubles, but CSU dropped the doubles point with losses at the number one and two spots. CSU bounced right back and got victories at all but the number five singles match, taking their season record to 2-0.

Game Story
Box Score

February 20 – Track and Field @ Tiger Tune Up
Without a full team, the men’s track and field program earned four victories at the Clemson Tiger Tune Up, while Patria Norman led the way for the Lady Bucs at the same meet. Norman finished fifth in the 60m dash and won the long jump and shot put competitions. Gabrielle Houston also clamed victory for CSU with a win in the 400m dash, winning by more than a full second. For the men, Dantwan Spreads won the 60m dash, while Lavon Allen won the long jump. Juan Thompson earned the gold in the 400m dash and James Hayes blew away his own school record with a win in the weight throw.

Men’s Story
Women’s Story
Full Results

February 20 – MBB @ Coastal Carolina – L, 47-37
The defense was solid, holding the top team in the league to just 47 points, but CSU could not get anything going offensively, scoring just 37 points, the fewest since a 71-36 loss at South Carolina during the 2003-04 season. CSU shot just 26 percent and hit just three of its 19 three-point attempts in the loss. Kelvin Martin had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Buccaneers.

Game Story
Box Score

February 20 – WBB @ Radford – W, 84-78
CSU’s women’s basketball team kept things rolling as they used a career-best 33-point effort from Kelsey Wasmer to get a victory on the road at Radford. With the win, CSU has won four straight and six of its last seven games. It also marked the first time that CSU has swept Radford in a season since the 2002-03 campaign.

Game Story
Box Score

What’s Coming Up?
February 21 – 23 – W. Golf @ Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic
February 22 – WBB @ Liberty – 7 p.m.
February 23 – BASE vs. Furman – 2 p.m.
February 23 – SB @ College of Charleston – 4 p.m.
February 25 – MBB vs. VMI – 7:30 p.m.
February 26 – BASE vs. Virginia Tech – 2 p.m.
February 26 – 28 – SB @ Georgia Tourney (vs. Georgia, South Alabama, Iowa State, St. John’s)
February 27 – Tennis vs. UNC Asheville – 2 p.m.
February 27 – BASE vs. Virginia Tech – 2 p.m.
February 27 – WBB @ Gardner-Webb 3 p.m.
February 27 – MBB vs. Liberty – 7:30 p.m.
February 27-28 – Track and Field @ Big South Championships
February 28 – BASE vs. Virginia Tech – 1:30 p.m.


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4x200m Relay Video

Watch an interview with the men's 4x200m relay that ran the fastest time in the world this year. We have also posted a bunch of Buccaneer Updates this week on our YouTube page.

Weekly Recap - February 8 - 14

Our Buccaneer athletes broke records, earned Big South Player of the Week honors three times, and got big victories this week including two women’s basketball wins on the hardwood and two softball wins on the road at the College of Charleston.

Kelsey Wasmer, the 4x200m relay team and Kelvin Day were all honored by the Big South to highlight the week of action.

Day however, edged out the others for CSU Athlete of the Week honors. In a field featuring three of Golfweek’s Top 40 teams, Day finished runner-up at the 2010 JU Invitational, which was contested at The Players Stadium Course/TPC of Sawgrass (par 72, 7,122 yards).

Day shot rounds of 73, 75 and 71 to finish with a 3-over par 219, just one shot behind medalist and No. 16-ranked Brendan Gielow of Wake Forest. Day was one of just four players in the field to shoot under par on Tuesday, and he finished the tournament with six birdies. It also was Day’s second-straight 2nd-place finish and his 3rd top-10 finish of the season.

February 8 – WBB vs. High Point – W, 66-60
They were the preseason pick to win the Big South, but Monday night they were no match for CSU as the Bucs held serve at home with an important win to get to .500 in the conference. Katie Tull had 25 points, including 16 in the second half, while Kelsey Wasmer continued her hot streak with 17 points and seven rebounds. Free throws proved to be key as well, as CSU hit 17 of 18 from the charity stripe in the victory.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score
Video Highlights

February 8-9 – M Golf @ JU Invitational – 5th place
Kelvin Day earned Golfer of the Week honors after a runner-up finish, pacing CSU to a fifth-place finish overall in a very tough field at TPC Sawgrass. Jacobo Pastor was second on the team, tying for 28th overall.

Game Story
Final Results

February 11 – MBB @ Radford – L, 61-58 (OT)
CSU rallied from nine down and hit a shot with 0:02 on the clock to tie the game, but was held scoreless in overtime. The defense never waivered as CSU gave up just three points in the overtime, but the shots stopped falling for the Bucs. Kenny Mitchell had a career-high 19 points to pace CSU, doing so against preseason Big South player of the year Art Parakhouski.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score

February 12 – 13 – Track and Field @ Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational
Javon Young provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships with a time of 6.64 seconds in the 60m dash, a time that historically has gotten accepted into the championship meet. Young broke his school record, while Andrew King and Dominique Riggins also took down school records on the men’s side. Jessica Thomas and Tia Habersham neared the school marks, but posted personal bests for the women.

Men’s Story
Women’s Story
Final Results

February 12 – SB @ Palmetto State Showdown
The softball team opened the season at the Palmetto State Showdown, a tournament hosted by South Carolina. The snowstorm that covered the state in white forced a change of plans for CSU after just two games. The Bucs fell to USC Upstate (2-1) and in extra innings to Furman (5-4) before heading back home due to the conditions.

Game Story
Game One Box
Game Two Box

February 12 – Tennis @ Campbell – W, 4-3
Andrea Schutte posted wins in singles and doubles competition to lead CSU to a victory in its season opener. In addition to taking the doubles point, CSU swept the top three flights to claim the victory.

Game Story
Box Score

February 13 – WBB vs. Coastal Carolina – W, 72-65
Kelsey Wasmer kept her outstanding stretch going with a 26-point performance, the most she’s ever scored against a Big South opponent. It was until midway through the second half that CSU took the lead, falling behind by as many as 11 points early on. The Bucs battled back and outscored the Chanticleers 17-3 over the final three minutes of the contest for the victory.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score
Video Highlights

February 13 – MBB vs. High Point – L, 73-68
CSU fell behind early, struggling to shoot the ball on the road, and could not recover against a good High Point team. Jeremy Sexton and Jamarco Warren each hit late threes to get CSU to within three points, but with under 10 seconds to go, a pair of Eugene Harris free throws iced the game for the Panthers.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score

February 14 – SB @ College of Charleston – W, 6-4, 4-2
Originally scheduled to be at the Palmetto State Showdown, when the tournament was cancelled CSU and CofC elected to return to Charleston and face off in a double header at Patriots Point. It was a good decision for CSU as they got a pair of wins, hitting three home runs in game two. Erin Kegley led the way offensively with five hits, two RBIs and a home run.

Game Story
Game One Box
Game Two Box

What’s Coming Up?
February 14 – 16 – W Golf @ Hurricane Invitational
February 16 – SB vs. Campbell (DH) - 2 / 4 p.m.
February 16 – MBB vs. North Greenville – 7:30 p.m.
February 19 – BASE vs. VCU – 2 p.m.
February 19 - 20 – SB vs. CSU Invitational (Louisville, Youngstown State, St. John’s)
February 20 – Track & Field @ Tiger Tune Up
February 20 – W Tennis vs. S.C. State – 1 p.m.
February 20 – MBB @ Coastal Carolina – 2 p.m.
February 20 – BASE vs. VCU – 2 p.m.
February 20 – WBB @ Radford – 3 p.m.
February 21 – BASE vs. VCU – 1:30 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - February 1 - 7

The first week in February was highlighted by a men’s basketball victory over one of the hottest teams in the Big South, a women’s basketball shoot-out win over Asheville, and a couple of school records on the track in New York City.

Javon Young has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week. Young broke the school record and hit the NCAA’s provisional mark in the 60m dash with a performance of 6.71 seconds. He went on to finish third in the championship division of the event that started with almost 60 runners.


Young went on to run the first leg of the 4x200m relay, an event that CSU dominated, breaking the meet and school record, winning by more than two full seconds. The time of 1:25.47 was just 0.42 seconds off the collegiate record held by Rutgers.

Kelsey Wasmer and Jamarco Warren also received serious consideration for this week’s honor.

February 1 – FCA Rally
The first event was want to discuss was not on the field/court/track of competition, but rather in the conference room of the Brewer Center. The first Monday of each month, the athletes, coaches and staffs come together for an FCA Rally. This month, the speaker was Adrian Despres, a world-renown speaker from Columbia, S.C., where he is the team chaplain for the USC football team. More than 50 decisions for Christ were made at the end of the powerful “four chairs” message. You can read more about the event at our main Web site.

February 1 – WBB @ Winthrop – L, 58-48
In their first regionally televised game of the season, the women’s basketball team battled hard but fell to Winthrop on the road. The game was televised on SportSouth in the southeast region. Shooting just 18 percent from three point range, one of the only bright spots was Kelsey Wasmer, who hit four threes and had a career-high nine rebounds, accounting for 21 points.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score

February 4 – MBB vs. UNC Asheville – W, 62-54
UNC Asheville hadn’t lost a game since the Bucs beat them in Asheville on January 9, but CSU got the sweep over the League’s hottest team. It was the CSU defense that led the way, holding the Bulldogs to a 32 percent shooting effort and just 20 points in the second half. Jamarco Warren scored a game-high 17 points to lead the way offensively.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score
Video Highlights

February 4 – 5 – Track and Field @ New Balance Invitational
Javon Young broke the school record in the 60m dash and provisionally qualified for the NCAA championships in the event, while the 4x200m relay team took down the school record in a victory. Jessica Thomas and Gabrielle Houston represented the women’s team, each posting impressive top-20 finishes during the weekend.

Men’s Day One Story
Men’s Day Two Story

Women’s Day One Story
Women’s Day Two Story

Final Results

February 6 – WBB vs. UNCA – W, 90-87
Six different players scored in double figures for CSU as they won in a shoot-out over UNC Asheville. Kelsey Wasmer again led the way with 20 points. Katie Tull and Tina DeCarvalho had 14 points and Ali Schwagmeyer had her first double-double of the season with 13 points and 15 rebounds. The fifth starter in the game, LeChell Rush had 12 points, while Shay Jones dropped in 12 off the bench. With four treys in the game, Tull broke the single-season record for three pointers in a season. She currently has 79 triples for the year.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score
Video Highlights

February 6 – MBB vs. Gardner-Webb – L, 82-73
After the defense was a huge factor for CSU in the victory over UNC Asheville, it struggled in a loss to Gardner-Webb, as the Bulldogs shot the ball at a 65 percent clip. Jeremy Sexton posted a career-high 23 points and Jamarco Warren had 21, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the 30 points dropped in by C.J. Hailey for GWU.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score
Video Highlights

What’s coming up?

Monday, February 8 – WBB vs. High Point – 7 p.m.

Thursday, February 11 – MBB @ Radford – 7 p.m.

Friday – Sunday, February 12 – 14 – SB @ Carolina Cup

Saturday, February 13 – Track and Field @ Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational

Saturday, February 13 – WBB vs. Coastal Carolina – 5 p.m.

Saturday, February 13 – MBB @ High Point – 7 p.m.

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Weekly Recap - January 25 - 31

The biggest news on campus has been the servant attitude on campus. This year, CSU has been promoting its vision statement of “Integrating Faith in Learning, Leading and Serving,” and this week perhaps as much as any other week this year, students took this to heart.
Starting with the “Barefoot for Bare Feet” games, last weekend, CSU continued the shoe drive and collected almost 300 pairs of shoes for Samaritan’s Feet Ministries. Last Wednesday, CSU also hosted a Concert of Love for Haiti, raising more than $3,100 for relief efforts through the Baptist Global Relief.

We certainly appreciate everyone’s support and generosity for both causes.

One other note, our main athletic Web site (csusports.com) has been experiencing some difficulties over the past week. Although the bulk of our information has been restored, we are still waiting on a couple of things from our web provider and we appreciate your patience with us as we all work to get things back to normal.

CSU Athlete of the Week

After leading her team in scoring in a pair of victories this week, Katie Tull has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week. Tull averaged 17.5 points per game and 3.5 rebounds while missing just three minutes of action.

With 19 points against Radford and 16 against Presbyterian College, Tull had seven treys and was an incredible 10-of-12 from the free throw line. This week, she recorded three assists, three blocks and three steals

She is currently atop the Big South and fourth in the national with threes per game (3.7) and is three treys short of the school’s single-season record.

January 25 – WBB vs. Radford – W, 67-61
Katie Tull scored 19 and Kelsey Wasmer added 18 points to lead CSU past Radford at the Buc Dome. The victory ended a three-game Big South losing skid, and got CSU back on the right track after upsetting the Highlanders, who started Big South play with a 4-1 record.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score

January 28 – MBB @ Winthrop – L, 55-53
Trailing by as many as 18, CSU battled back and had multiple chances to steal a win on the road, but the shots didn’t fall late for the Buccaneers. Jeremy Sexton and Jamarco Warren each had 15 points for CSU, while Kelvin Martin added 12 to account for almost 80 percent of the team’s scoring.

Game Story

January 30 – WBB @ Presbyterian – W, 64-49
Winning on the road is never easy in the Big South Conference, but when you hit 14 three-pointers, it gets a little easier. Katie Tull had four of the treys for CSU, dropping in a game-high 16 points, to lead the team to a 15-point victory over PC. CSU moved two games over .500 for the season and is one game away from evening their conference record.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score

January 30 – MBB @ Presbyterian – L, 58-51
The men’s team did not have the same success as they faced PC in the second game of a double header at the Templeton Center. CSU shot just 37.5 percent from the floor and 44 percent from the line in the loss. The game, much like the one before against Winthrop, was very close throughout, with CSU getting to within three points late in the game, but late free throws put the game out of reach.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes

What’s coming up?
February 1 – WBB @ Winthrop – 7 p.m.

February 4 – MBB vs. UNC Asheville – 7:30 p.m.

February 5-6 – Track and Field @ New Balance Invitational

February 6 – WBB vs. UNC Asheville – 5 p.m.

February 6 – MBB vs. Gardner-Webb – 7:30 p.m.

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