Coastal Softball Set for Chanticleer Showdown

Friday, February 24

Conway, S.C.

2:30 P.M. ET

Coastal Carolina University

UAlbany

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2/23/2023 9:42:00 AM | Softball

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Chants will play six home games in three days

CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina softball team (8-1) will host its third home tournament at St. John Stadium this weekend at the Chanticleer Showdown, Feb. 24-26.

Coastal welcomes Saint Joseph's, UAlbany, and Mount St. Mary's to Conway, S.C., for the Chanticleer Showdown.

Chanticleer Showdown

CCU began hosting the Chanticleer Showdown event in 2017, making this the seventh year of action.
This will be UAlbany and Mount St. Mary's first appearance at the Chanticleer Showdown. Saint Joseph's attended the tournament for the first time in 2018.
Coastal will open the tournament against UAlbany on Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
The Chanticleers have dominated in the previous Chanticleer Showdown events posting a 19-6 overall record versus nineteen different opponents.

Scouting the Opponents
UAlbany

This is the Great Danes' 2023 season-opener.
UAlbany went 25-17 in 2022, recording a .284 batting average and a 2.94 ERA.
Starting pitcher Wendi Hammond posted a 14-9 win/loss record and tallied 103 strikeouts during her time in the circle last year.

Saint Joseph's

The Saint Joseph's Hawks enter the weekend with a 0-4 overall record, falling to Boston University, Illinois State, Boston College, and the University of South Florida.
The Hawks have registered just four runs and 12 hits in their first four games.
Sophomore Kaelin Cash leads the team with a .286 batting average, scoring one run and driving in an RBI from her seven at-bats.

Mount St. Mary's

This is Mount St. Mary's first fixture of the 2023 season.
The Mount lost their starting pitcher from 2022. Junior Olivia Murphy is the most likely candidate to pick up this role. Murphy registered a 2.38 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 82.1 innings of work in 2022.
Fellow junior Abigayle Perry led the team with seven home runs, five triples, eight doubles, and a total of 33 runs last year.
Keep your eyes peeled for Bridgette Gilliano as her speed allowed her to steal 39 bases from 40 attempts in the 2022 season.

History Against

CCU has fallen to Saint Joseph's in each of the last three meetings, dropping the Chants' record to 2-3 versus the Hawks.
The Chanticleers have only faced UAlbany twice in their history. The last encounter was in 2013 when the Chants cruised to an 8-0 victory on the Great Dane's soil.
The Coastal Carolina softball team has the most history versus Mount St. Mary's with the first match-up dating back to 1994. The Chants are undefeated in all seven meetings with the Mount.
The Chanticleers have the most recent history against Saint Joseph's. CCU fell 11-6 to the Hawks five years ago in the 2018 Chanticleer Showdown.

Schedule
Friday:
12:00 p.m. ET – Saint Joseph's vs. UAlbany
2:30 p.m. ET – UAlbany vs. Coastal Carolina
5 p.m. ET – Saint Joseph's vs Coastal Carolina

Saturday:
10 a.m. ET – Mount St. Mary's vs. Saint Joseph's
12:30 p.m. ET – UAlbany vs. Mount St. Mary's
3:30 p.m. ET – Saint Joseph's vs. Coastal Carolina
6 p.m. ET – UAlbany vs. Coastal Carolina

Sunday:
9:00 a.m. ET – UAlbany vs. Saint Joseph's
11:30 a.m. ET – Mt. Saint Mary's vs. Coastal Carolina
2:00 p.m. ET- Mt. Saint Mary's vs. Coastal Carolina

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