After finishing finals, the athletes went back to work, including women’s golf action in the NCAA Tournament, track traveling to last chance meets, and home series in baseball and softball. More importantly, a number of CSU student-athletes walked across the stage at the North Charleston Coliseum as they graduated from the University on Saturday.
Trea Steele has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week after pounding a pair of home runs on Thursday against Howard.
Steele had three hits in the first two games of the four-game series, including the two homers. Her second proved to be the game-winner in game two as she sent one over the wall in the fourth inning to put CSU up 3-2.
Gabrielle Houston and Jana Matthews were also nominated for the honor.
May 6 – 8 – Women’s Golf @ NCAA East Regional – 23rd
The women’s golf team knew they were in for a challenge, going up against 16 of the top-50 teams in the country in the NCAA East Regional. With a three-day score of 948 (+84), CSU ended up in 23rd place overall. Perhaps the saddest part of the result is that it means the end of the careers of Madison Jeter, Katrin Rumpf, and Olivia Jordan-Higgins, three seniors who have put CSU golf at the top of the Big South. The senior class won the Big South twice during their careers, including this year’s championship with a Big South record score of 881 (+17)
If the softball team was looking for some momentum going into the Big South Tournament, they got it in the form of a four-game sweep of Howard. The victories clinched a winning season for CSU, who sits at 29-26-1 this year. They need just one victory in the tournament to post the most wins for the program since 1993. The home careers of seniors Megan Hall and Caitlin Allen also came to an end. Obviously, we hope that their careers continue for a couple more weeks with a run through the Big South Tournament, but if not, it is another class that has stuck through the difficulties of changing coaches, and now has their team on the rise, as CSU finished tied for third in the Big South.
The baseball team had plenty of chances to steal one or two games from the second-place team in the league this weekend, but came up empty as they were swept by Liberty. The most disappointing part of the weekend, though, had to be the injury sustained by freshman Jon Matthews. As Matthews squared to bunt in game two, he was drilled in the face with a pitch. He stayed in the game briefly, but was then taken out of the game and to the hospital where he had to have surgery. It goes without saying, but our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family, and we hope that you will say a prayer for him as well. Jesse Cadenhead continued to be hot at the plate, extending his hitting streak to five games, while Brantley Meier extended his streak to nine games from the leadoff spot.
Lavon Allen, Anthony Ward and Dominique Riggins each ran season-bests for CSU this weekend. Although neither time was fast enough to earn a bid to the NCAA First Round, they will have another chance this week. Marcus Schoultz likely would have run a personal best as well, but kicked his blocks out on the start. Gabrielle Houston broke her own school record in the 100 meter dash, hitting the USATF qualifying standard for the AT&T USA National Championships in June. Rob Grabill qualified in the hammer throw for the USATF Junior National Championships, while Tamisha Foster missed the qualifying mark in the triple jump by 0.01 meters, and will likely get it this weekend at Georgia Tech.
What’s Coming Up?
May 11 – Baseball @ Georgia Southern – 6 p.m.
May 11 – 12 – Track and Field @ Wake Forest Invitational
May 12 – Baseball @ South Carolina – 7 p.m.
May 13 – Softball vs. Gardner-Webb (Big South Tournament) – 9 a.m.
May 14 – 15 – Softball vs. Big South Tournament
May 14 – 15 – Track and Field @ Georgia Tech Invitational
May 14 – 16 – Baseball @ UNC Asheville – 1 p.m., 1 p.m., 1 p.m.
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