Weekly Recap - February 28 - March 7

What a great finish to the week! CSU had nine home events in two days this weekend and took victories in eight of them.

After going 2-0 in her two starts for the softball team, Caitlin Allen has been named the CSU Athlete of the Week. Allen gave up just four hits and one run in the championship game of the 2010 Lowcountry Invitational.

Allen also pitched a complete game against Dayton, allowing four hits and one run, while striking out a career-high five batters. She was the only pitcher at the tournament to record multiple wins and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Pitcher for her efforts.

February 28 – March 1 – M. Golf – Charleston Shootout
The men’s golf team co-hosted a tournament with the College of Charleston at Stono Ferry to kickoff the week. Georgia took home the team title, but CSU tied for fourth overall after getting a seventh-place finish from Kelvin Day and an eighth-place effort from Jacobo Pastor.

Tournament Story
Final Results

March 2 – MBB @ Radford – L, 64-61 (OT) – Big South Tournament
The men’s basketball season came to an end in heartbreaking fashion. CSU had what they felt was a favorable draw in the first round, facing a tough Radford team, but one that the Bucs had beaten once, and taken to overtime on the road in the other regular season matchup. Again the game went into overtime, and with plenty of shots to tie or win the game in the extra five minutes, CSU was not able to pull off the upset on the road. Jeremy Sexton, who had 18 points in the game, earned Big South Freshman of the Year honors, while Jamarco Warren earned a team on the first all-conference team. Kelvin Martin finished second in the Defensive Player of the Year voting.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score

March 3 – Baseball @ College of Charleston – L, 12-7
The first of three meetings between the cross-town rivals went the way of the Cougars, but not without the help of the CSU defense, which committed five errors. Even with the miscues, CSU hung around and trailed 8-6 in the eighth inning, but a four-spot for CofC broke the game open.

Game Story
Box Score

March 5 – W. Tennis vs. Liberty – W, 6-1 / March 6 – vs. GWU – W, 5-2
CSU won the doubles point and dropped just one singles match in a dominant 6-1 victory over Liberty. From there, they moved on to Gardner-Webb, where they again dominated the competition. CSU moved to 5-0 on the season with a 3-0 Big South record.

LU Story
GWU Story
LU Box Score
GWU Box Score

March 5 – WBB vs. Presbyterian College – W, 53-41
The Bucs guaranteed themselves a winning record for the season with a victory over Presbyterian. LeChell Rush had a career-high 20 points in the victory, as CSU overcame an 0-11 start from three-point range. The win moved CSU to 16-11 with two guaranteed games to play.

Game Story
Postgame Quotes
Box Score

March 5 – 6 – SB vs. Lowcountry Invitational (4-0 record)
CSU posted a 4-0 record, including two victories over Big South foe Presbyterian to win the 2010 Lowcountry Invitational. A total of four CSU players (Caitlin Allen, Erin Kegley, Shayla Cullum, Megan Lombard) were named to the All-Tournament Team, while Allen and Cullum swept the Most Outstanding Pitcher and Most Outstanding Player awards.

Day 1 Recap
Box Score
Box Score

Day 2 Recap
Box Score
Box Score

March 5 – 6 – BASE vs. Holy Cross (2-1 Record)
After winning game one in dramatic fashion with a Derek Smith walkoff single in the bottom of the ninth, CSU split a pair of games on Saturday with Holy Cross. Brantley Meier and Nick Chinners continued to play well for the Bucs as the team won 10-6 before falling 8-3 in the series finale.

Game 1 Recap
Box Score

Day 2 Recap
Box Score
Box Score

March 6 – M. Track & Field @ Va. Tech Last Chance Meet
Levi Brooks reached the NCAA Provisional mark, while the 4x400m relay team won by nine seconds but fell short of the mark they were looking for to get a bid to the upcoming NCAA National Championships.

Meet Recap

What’s Coming Up?
March 7 – 8 – W. Golf @ Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate
March 8 – 9 – M. Golf @ The Cleveland Palmetto Intercollegiate
March 8 – WBB vs. Winthrop – 7 p.m.
March 9 – Baseball vs. USC Upstate – 2 p.m.
March 9 – W. Tennis vs. UNC Greensboro – 2 p.m.
March 10 – Baseball vs. Georgia Southern – 2 p.m.
March 10 – Softball vs. Georgia Southern (DH) – 2 / 4 p.m.
March 11 – W. Tennis @ USC Upstate – 2 p.m.
March 11-14 – Track & Field @ NCAA National Indoor Championships
March 12 – 13 – Track & Field @ Coastal Carolina Invite (Outdoor)
March 12 – 14 – WBB @ Big South Tournament
March 12 – 14 – Softball @ FAU Tournament (Iowa, Va. Tech, FAU, Syracuse, Jacksonville)
March 12 – 14 – Baseball @ Florida

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