Weekly Recap - February 21 - 28

With another busy week during the cross over between winter and spring sports, this will have to be a somewhat abbreviated version of our weekly recap. Plenty of good things going on though, including a runner-up finish for the men’s track team, a softball sweep of the College of Charleston and a dominant conference opener for the tennis team over UNC Asheville.

February 21-23 – W. Golf @ Edwin Watts / Kiawah Island Classic – 24th
Olivia Jordan-Higgins earned Big South Golfer of the week honors after finishing 25th overall in a loaded tournament, helping CSU to a 24th place finish as a team.

February 22 – WBB @ Liberty – L, 66-56
Kelsey Wasmer was also honored by the Big South for her performance, including a 19-point performance at perennial Big South power Liberty. The Lady Bucs played with the Flames for the majority of the game, but just couldn’t stop the inside game of LU in a tough 66-56 loss.

February 23 – BASE vs. Furman – W, 7-5
After spotting Furman three runs in the first inning, CSU was forced to play catch up for the rest of the game, but the Bucs were up to the task. After tying the game 5-5, Nick Chinners and Tyler Thornburg hit back-to-back homeruns to give CSU the lead and the victory.

February 23 – SB @ College of Charleston, W, 3-2, W, 6-4
After winning game one 3-2, CSU needed nine innings to get the victory in game two, giving the Bucs a 4-0 record against the College of Charleston this season. Megan Hall had five hits and scored four times with two stolen bases to pace CSU.

February 25 – MBB vs. VMI – W, 95-85
The Buccaneers ensured themselves a spot in the upcoming Big South tournament and the No. 7 seed at that with a big victory over VMI. CSU shot 50.7 percent from the field and was led by Kenny Mitchell’s career-best 21 points.

February 26 – 28 – BASE vs. Virginia Tech, L, 17-2, L, 4-2, L, 13-1
It was a tough weekend for CSU as they faced a solid Virginia Tech team at home. The Hokies used big innings, including a four run third and five run fifth inning to distance themselves in game one, cruising to the victory. CSU had nine hits but managed just two runs in the loss. Matt Still (4-4) and Brantley Meier (3-4) paced CSU in game two, accounting for seven of the team’s 10 hits, while Nick Chinners and Walt Quattlebaum tallied the two RBIs in a tight 4-2 loss. In game three, the wheels came off in the fifth as CSU gave up seven runs to break open what was a 2-1 game at the time. From there it was an easy victory for the Hokies, who earned the sweep of the weekend series.

February 26 – 28 – SB @ Georgia Tourney, 0-4
The softball team had a rough time as well, going on the road to compete against the best at the Georgia Tourney. Playing the host team first, CSU held one of the nation’s best offensive clubs to six runs, and actually held the lead going into the fifth inning before falling 6-2. South Alabama was next, and CSU couldn’t regain any momentum, dropping an 8-3 contest to the Jaguars. With two games to go on Sunday, the Bucs had a chance to even their tournament record, but with Iowa State and St. John’s on the slate, it was not to be as CSU dropped an 11-3 contest to Iowa State and a 5-2 decision to St. John’s in a rematch from the CSU Invitational earlier in the year.

February 27-28 – Track and Field @ Big South Indoor Championships – M, 2nd – W, 4th
The men’s team posted its highest finish since 2000 and earned Coach of the Year and Most Outstanding Track Performer honors in the process. After dominating the sprints and getting big points in the distance and multis, CSU easily moved into second in the team race. Javon Young earned most outstanding track performer, while Tim Langford was named the men’s coach of the year. Tosha Ansley’s squad finished fourth overall and posted plenty of all-conference performances of their own at the meet.

What’s coming up?
February 28 – March 1- Charleston Shootout
March 2 – MBB @ Radford – 7 p.m. (Big South Tournament, 1st Round)
March 3 – SB @ USC Upstate (DH) – 2:30 / 5 p.m.
March 3 – BASE @ College of Charleston – 5 p.m.
March 4 – W. Tennis vs. Liberty – 2 p.m.
March 4 – WBB vs. Presbyterian – 7 p.m.
March 4-5 – SB vs. Lowcountry Invite
March 4-5 – BASE vs. Holy Cross

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