Weekly Recap - March 8 - 14

The baseball team took down #6 Florida on the road, and the softball team beat Virginia Tech to highlight this week’s action in Buccaneer Athletics. Also released this week; Katie Tull and Kelsey Wasmer were each named to the All-Big South second team, while Helen Terry earned a spot on the all-freshman team.

Tyler Thornburg, who pitched a complete-game in the win over Florida, earned CSU Athlete of the Week honors. He held the Gators to season lows in runs (3) and hits (7). Thornburg struck out 11 batters, including the final two batters in the bottom of the ninth.

The game was the second complete game of his career, going all nine innings against Presbyterian College in 2008.

Megan Hall (Softball), Javon Young (Track and Field) and Olga Makhova (Tennis) were also nominated.

March 8 – WBB vs. Winthrop – W, 66-62
The CSU women’s basketball team ended their regular season in style with an overtime thriller against Winthrop. With the victory, CSU earned a share of third place in the Big South for the regular season. Kelsey Wasmer scored 20 and Ali Schwagmeyer came back from her injury in fine fashion with 13 points and 13 rebounds.

March 7-8 – W. Golf @ Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate – T-11th
The Lady Bucs finished strong, posting a tournament-best 314 in the final round, moving them into a tie for 11th place overall. Olivia Jordan-Higgins did what she’s done all year finishing fourth at eight-over for the tournament.

March 8-9 – M. Golf @ The Cleveland Palmetto Intercollegiate – 11th
Jacobo Pastor led CSU with a 73 on Tuesday to finish the tournament at +10. Pastor finished tied for 22nd overall.

March 9 – Baseball vs. USC Upstate – W, 8-4
Derek Smith hit two homeruns and CSU came from behind to beat USC Upstate 8-4. Stew Brase earned the start on the mound, but it was a six-inning relief effort by Jesse Cadenhead that earned the victory.

March 9 – W. Tennis vs. #66 UNC Greensboro – W, 4-3
It took victories in the final two singles matches for CSU to beat nationally-ranked UNC Greensboro, but the Lady Bucs proved up to the task. Marija Dzakovic and Andrea Schutte came through to bring CSU from a 3-2 hole for the victory.

March 10 – Baseball vs. Georgia Southern – L, 8-6
Derek Smith hit another homer, but it wasn’t enough as the Eagles posted five runs off Patrick Dolan in the first four innings of the game. Smith and Nick Chinners each had a pair of hits, while Brantley Meier had multiple RBIs for CSU.

March 10 – Softball vs. Georgia Southern – L, 8-0, W, 6-3
One of the hardest things to do is bounce back after a mercy rule loss, but CSU was able to recover and earn a split with Georgia Southern. The SoCon preseason pitcher of the year dominated CSU in game one, while errors mounted to give the Eagles the 8-0 victory. CSU regained its composure and got the bats going in game two, winning 6-3.

March 12 – WBB vs. Coastal Carolina – L, 52-44
Ali Schwagmeyer again got it done on the glass with 12 rebounds, while Kelsey Wasmer continued to lead the offense with 12 points, but it wasn’t enough as the offense put up just a 28 percent shooting effort in the first round of the tournament, falling to the fifth seeded Chanticleers.

March 12 – 14 – Baseball vs. #6 Florida – L, 6-0, L, 16-10, W, 6-3
Pitching seemed to make all the difference as Tyler Thornburg posted possibly the best start of his career, holding Florida to season lows in hits and runs on Sunday, allowing CSU to go into Gainesville and steal a victory. Maybe overwhelmed by the environment in game one, CSU bounced back offensively on Saturday with 10 runs, but again the SEC foe found a way to hold off the Bucs at home.

March 12 – 14 – Softball @ FAU Tournament
Rain wreaked havoc on the FAU tournament all weekend, cancelling Friday’s action altogether. CSU rebounded and got four of the five scheduled games in, taking a victory over Virginia Tech in the process. CSU lost 5-2 to Syracuse and 8-0 to hosting FAU on Saturday, before splitting Sunday’s contests with a 6-0 blanking of Va. Tech and a 4-3 loss to Jacksonville to end the tournament. CSU was also scheduled to face Iowa, but could not fit the game into the two-day tournament.

March 12 – M. Track @ NCAA National Championship
It wasn’t how they wanted to finish the season, knowing their was a chance to qualify for the finals, but both Cornelius Tyler and Javon Young can say they were the first two NCAA Indoor National Championship qualifiers in school history, and will return to CSU next year with hopes of finishing what they began. The most disappointing part of the meet was Tyler coming up lame in the 200m dash as his hamstring popped midway through the race.

What’s coming up?
March 15 – Tennis vs. Jacksonville State – 2 p.m.
March 16 – Tennis vs. UMass – 2 p.m.
March 16 – Baseball @ USC Upstate – 4 p.m.
March 17 – Softball @ S.C. State (DH) – 1 / 3 p.m.
March 17 – Baseball vs. Savannah State – 2 p.m.
March 18 – Tennis vs. UNC Wilmington – 1:30 p.m.
March 18 – Softball @ USC Upstate (DH) – 3 / 5 p.m.
March 18 – 20 – Track & Field @ Shamrock Invitational
March 19 – 21 – M. Golf @ Furman Intercollegiate
March 19 – Baseball vs. Coastal Carolina – 2 p.m.
March 20 – W. Tennis @ Winthrop
March 20 – Baseball vs. Coastal Carolina – 2 p.m.
March 21 – Baseball vs. Coastal Carolina – 2 p.m.

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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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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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