4/16/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball
CONWAY - On Tuesday evening, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (22-23 ) will play their last mid-week game of the season as they take on their second Colonial Athletic Association opponent in as many weeks, the College of Charleston Cougars (24-20 ) at CCU Softball Stadium at 5 p.m. est.
Coastal Carolina
The Chants were 1-3 on the road last week as they defeated UNC Wilmington, 2-1 and then fell three straight to the Troy Trojans in Sun Belt Conference Action.
In four games last week, Stavi Augur hit .455 (5-for-11) with two doubles. In the April 10 win at UNCW, the freshman third baseman went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. In game one at Troy on Friday, Augur again picked up two hits and in the last game of the series, Augur went 1 for 2 with another double.
Ashley Guillette pitched in three of the four games last weekend as was solid in all three. Guillette opened up the week with a 2-1 victory over Wilmington when she pitched five innings allowing just three hits. In game one on Friday at Troy, Guillette pitched outstanding in a complete game effort as she allowed no earned runs on just two hits.
Charleston
The Cougars come into this week dropping seven of their last nine, including two of three last weekend to James Madison as they scored just two runs in those three games.
Charleston broke through in the final game of the series as they took down the Dukes, 1-0. Summer Jenkins limited James Madison to one hit over to only one hit in 4.1 shutout innings of relief.
The Cougar pitching staff limited one of the top hitting teams in the nation, JMU, just to six runs the entire weekend. Going into the weekend, the Dukes entered the series with a batting average of .318 and was scoring over 6.5 runs per game.
The Chanticleers hold the overall series record between the two schools, 43-27, but lost last season's contest 2-1 as they stranded seven bases runners, including a bases-loaded fifth inning as they went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position. Guillette took the loss but pitched 5.1 strong innings only allowing the two runs and five hits
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