CONWAY, S.C. – The annual Baseball at the Beach event will take place this weekend, March 5-8, at Springs Brooks Stadium with the Chanticleers hosting Davidson, Miami (Ohio), and UConn over four days of play.
  • The four-day tournament will consist of two games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and a matinee on Monday afternoon between the Chanticleers and UConn Huskies.
 
Friday
Noon – Miami (Ohio) vs. UConn
4:30 p.m. – Davidson vs. Coastal Carolina (ESPN+)
 
Saturday
10:30 a.m. – UConn vs. Davidson
3 p.m. – Miami (Ohio) vs. Coastal Carolina (ESPN+)
 
Sunday
10:30 a.m. – Davidson vs. Miami (Ohio)
3 p.m. – UConn vs. Coastal Carolina (ESPN+/WRNN FM)
 
Monday
Noon – UConn vs. Coastal Carolina (ESPN+)
 
Health and safety protocols for attendance will remain in place to include, but not limited to:

• Reduced capacity based on physical distancing guidelines.
• Face Coverings WILL BE required.
• Creation of "buffer" around the field and/or team areas (i.e. dugouts, bullpens).
• Seating in General Admission (i.e. grass berm and boardwalk areas) will be assigned due to social distancing requirements.
• Use of digital or mobile ticketing to reduce touchpoints.
• Reduced capacity of shuttles.
• Discouragement of tailgating in parking lots to prevent congregation of individuals (No tents will be allowed).
• Cashless or touchless payment options (when applicable) for concessions along with pre-packaged food and beverage options.
• Increased cleaning of high traffic areas during events.
• No printed gameday programs or rosters will be available.

Coastal Carolina University and the Department of Athletics is committed to providing a safe environment for the enjoyment of our patrons that attend our home intercollegiate athletic events. Individuals that disregard health and safety protocols may be asked to leave.
  • Coastal Carolina junior Nick Lucky was named the Sun Belt Baseball Player of the Week on Tuesday, March 2.
• Lucky led the Chants to a 4-0 week last week, as the lead-off hitter hit .400 (8-for-20) with two home runs, one of which was a grand slam, five RBIs, and five runs scored. He also posted a .700 slugging percentage and a .429 on-base percentage over the four-game stretch.
• He did all this in a week in which he started at three different positions - designated hitter, left field, and right field.
• The third-year Chant scored a run in all four games for the Chants on the week and extended his hitting streak to seven-straight games, having hit safely in every game this season.
  • Coastal will enjoy #ThePalace for the first month of the season, as the Chanticleers are scheduled to play 15 of their first 16 games at home in Springs Brooks Stadium.
• After playing a road game at Wake Forest on Tuesday (Feb. 23), CCU's next 11 games will come at home.
• Last season, the Chants were 11-4 at home overall prior to the cancellation.
• In fact, CCU played just one road game last season, a loss at then-No. 7 NC State on March 4, 2020.
• Since the 2015 season, Coastal has recorded 20 wins or more at home each year, outside of last year's shortened season, and has tallied 137 wins at Springs Brooks Stadium counting this year.
  • Each season, the Chanticleers host two or three tournaments at Springs Brooks Stadium to start the season.
• This weekend will be the second of two weekend tournaments this season for the Chants, as the Chants hosted the CCU Baseball Tournament last weekend, Feb. 26-28.
• The Chants welcome UConn back to the Grand Strand and Springs Brooks Stadium, as the Huskies have played at Coastal Carolina in two of the last three years, 2018 and 2019.
• While UConn is a familiar foe, the Baseball at the Beach event also includes both Davidson and Miami (Ohio). The Chants have not played Davidson since 1992, while CCU last faced Miami (Ohio) back in 1976.
  • Coastal went a perfect 3-0 last weekend at the CCU Baseball Tournament, the first of two weekend home tournaments this season for the Chanticleers.
• On the 3-0 weekend, the Chants scored a total of 31 runs, an average of 10.3 runs per game in the tournament sweep of Bryant, then-No. 23 West Virginia, and Kennesaw State.
  • Coastal is 5-2 so far this season and has won four-straight games entering play this weekend.
• Last season, Coastal started 10-5 over the first 15 games, which included a six-game winning streak.
• Two years ago in 2019, CCU started the season by winning seven-straight games and went 12-3 over its first 15 games.
• In 2018, the Chants went 3-0 to start the year and also went 11-4 over their first 15 games of the season.
  • Five of the Chanticleers' seven games this season have come against nationally-ranked top-25 programs in then-No. 16 Duke (Feb. 20-21), then-No. 16 Wake Forest (Feb. 23), and then-No. 23 West Virginia (Feb. 27).
• Coastal is 5-2 this season versus teams ranked in the top-25, going 1-2 versus then-No. 16 Duke on Opening Weekend (Feb. 20-21), beating then-No. 16/24 Wake Forest 4-1 in 12 innings (Feb. 23) in Winston-Salem, N.C., and out slugging then-No. 23/27 West Virginia 10-5 (Feb. 27) last weekend at the CCU Baseball Tournament.
  • The Chanticleers have several players that are on fire at the plate heading to action this weekend.
• Coastal lead-off hitter Nick Lucky has hit safely in all seven games this season and has recorded four multi-hit games.
• Sophomore third baseman Cooper Weiss is on a six-game hitting streak, while shortstop Eric Brown has hit safely in each of the last four contests.
  • The Chanticleers' offense has blasted 11 home runs this season, including two grand slams.
• CCU's 11 home runs rank second in the conference and 20th in the nation entering play this weekend.
• Coastal has had seven different players register at least one home run this season and have recorded a home run in seven different spots of the lineup this year.
 
 CHANT (# of HRs)         ORDER IN LINEUP
  Nick Lucky (3)                               1st
  Eric Brown (1)                               2nd
  Parker Chavers (1)                        3rd
  Alex Gattinelli (2)                           4th
  BT Riopelle (1)                               5th
  Dale Thomas (1)                            8th
  Makenzie Pate (2)                         9th
  • In last weekend's CCU Baseball Tournament, the Chanticleers' offense came alive in the three-game sweep of the tournament field of Bryant (Feb. 26), then-No. 23 Wake Forest (Feb. 27), and Kennesaw State (Feb. 28).
• The Chants scored a total of 31 runs, an average of 10.3 runs per game, on 37 hits in the three-game weekend, including double-digit hits in all three games.
  • The Chanticleers' weekend rotation will again consist of right-handed pitchers Jacob Maton and Nick Parker.
• Maton will make his third Friday start this weekend versus the Davidson Wildcats. The redshirt sophomore is 1-1 on the season with a 2.79 ERA and eight strikeouts over 9.2 innings of work.
• Parker will get the ball on Saturday versus Miami (Ohio). The junior is 0-0 with a 5.59 ERA over two starts this season, striking out six hitters over 9.2 innings on the mound.
• Getting the start on Sunday this weekend is freshman Keaton Hopwood. The righty is 2-0 with a 6.35 ERA out of the bullpen this season, striking out five batters and allowing just five hits over 5.2 innings of relief work.
• With a fourth game at high noon on Monday, March 8, versus UConn, the Chanticleer's will throw sophomore Casey Green. After striking out a career-high six batters and scattering five hits over 4.2-scoreless innings at then-No. 16 Wake Forest on Tuesday, Feb. 23, the sophomore righty lasted just 1.1 innings in his last start a week ago versus Kennesaw State (Feb. 28).
  • In just his second career start, redshirt sophomore Jacob Maton registered a quality start versus Bryant (Feb. 26).
• In his first career win, Maton scattered seven hits and struck out four batters over 6.0-scoreless innings.
• His four punch-outs matched his career-high, but he also did not walk a single batter in the victory.
  • Junior side-twirler Alaska Abney has staked his claim to the late innings this season for the Chanticleers.
• Abney has been the last guy out of the bullpen in all three of his appearances this season, entering the ninth inning and strikeout out two in the 8-7 walk-off win over Duke (Feb. 21), throwing the eighth and ninth innings in game two of the doubleheader versus the Blue Devils (Feb. 21), and earning the save with three strikeouts in a scoreless ninth inning in the 13-11 win over Kennesaw State (Feb. 28).
• The third-year Chant is 1-0 with one save and a 0.00 ERA with seven strikeouts, one walk, three hits, and one unearned run allowed over 4.0 innings out of the bullpen this year.
 
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