Weekly Recap - May 2-8

Back to action this week, and it was a good weekend as the baseball team swept High Point on the road, and the softball team took two of three from regular-season champion Radford. Three track and field Lady Bucs also competed this weekend.

With back-to-back shut outs of Radford to give CSU the double-header sweep and series victory, softball pitcher Morgan Dowdy has been named this week’s CSU Athlete of the Week.

Dowdy did what no one in the Big South has been able to do since 2008 and that is shut out the Highlanders, and Dowdy did it for 14-straight innings as CSU won both games of the double header 3-0. The pair of victories helped CSU tie the program record for Big South wins in a season, and was the first victory over the Highlanders for CSU since the 2006 season.

Also nominated: Nick Chinners (Baseball), Megan Lombard (Softball)

Baseball @ Georgia Southern – L, 13-12
You always wonder how the team will bounce back after having a week off from competition due to finals, and the break clearly did not stifle the bats of CSU as they scored 12 runs against Georgia Southern. Nick Chinners had one hit, and with that base-knock, tied the school record for career hits. Freshman Alex Tomasovich was 5-for-5 with two runs and an RBI, and scored the game-tying run in the top of the ninth. CSU scored three runs in the top of the ninth and had a two run lead, but a two-run homer sent the game into extra innings, where GSU won it in the 11th.

Baseball @ High Point – W, 5-3
The bats may not have been as hot, but behind strong pitching performances by Stew Brase and Corey Deighan, CSU got all the offense they needed, holding a 5-0 lead before HPU scored three runs in the eighth. Chinners had another hit and became the sole-leader in CSU history in career hits with 245. CSU got three hits from Jaren Sustar and two each from Brantley Meier and Walt Quattlebaum, who also scored a pair of runs.

W. Track and Field @ Bob Pollock Spring Invitational
Tamisha Foster posted a season-best in the triple jump, finishing third behind a pair of Clemson jumpers, while Deona Jones took fourth in the long jump. The only other competitor for CSU, Daisy Whitaker finished eighth the shot put and fifth in the discus.

Baseball @ High Point – W, 10-3
The bats woke back up on Saturday as the Bucs had 16 hits and scored 10 runs to take the series victory. With a tough decision whether to skip the game and attend graduation back in Charleston, the seniors chose to play, and accounted for seven of the team’s hits, led by Brantley Meier who had three hits. Jaren Sustar and Walt Quattlebaum also had three hits on the day. Ali Williams earned the victory with 4.1 innings of relief work, striking out six while walking just one and not giving up a hit. Charlie McCready earned the three-inning save.

Softball vs. Radford (DH) – W, 3-0, W, 3-0
As mentioned, Morgan Dowdy stole the show with her 14 innings of shut-out ball in the circle, but she did get a lot of help from her defense, and some timely hitting to give CSU the double header victory. Megan Lombard tied the career home run record, pounding her 20th in game two. Jessica Brock also homered in game two, accounting for two of the team’s three runs on solo homeruns. Dowdy gave up a combined seven hits on the day. With a runner on third and one out in the sixth, a liner to Jana Matthews recorded the second out, and Matthews made a great throw home to nail the runner trying to tag, ending the threat and the inning.

Softball vs. Radford – L, 3-2
Kimberly Hobbs took the circle as CSU honored its three seniors, and Hobbs pitched another gem for CSU, going eight innings with just three runs scored against her. Trailing for the first time in the series, CSU tied the game 1-1 in the fifth as a sacrifice fly by Melissa Adams scored Trea Steele from third. Both teams scored in the eighth, and a leadoff double in the ninth proved costly as later in the inning Dowdy allowed the ball to get too far inside on an intentional walk and Nichole Beall reached out and poked it into center field to score what would be the game-winning run.


What’s coming up?
May 10-11 – W. Track @ Demon Deacon Combined Event
May 11 – Baseball @ South Carolina – 7 p.m.
May 12 – Softball vs. Coastal Carolina (Big South Tournament) – 3 p.m.
May 13-14 – Track and Field @ North Florida Invitational
May 13 – Baseball vs. Presbyterian College – 2 p.m.
May 14 – Baseball vs. Presbyterian College – 2 p.m.
May 15 – Baseball vs. Presbyterian College – 2 p.m.

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