Coastal Softball Returns to the Road for Three-Game Series at Troy

Thursday, April 6

Troy, Ala.

4 P.M. ET

Coastal Carolina University

Troy

Coastal Softball Returns to the Road for Three-Game Series at Troy

4/5/2023 4:54:00 PM | Softball

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Keith is on a seven-game hitting streak

CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina softball team returns to the road for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series against the Troy Trojans in Troy, Ala., on April 6-8.

Lookin' Back

The Chants fell to 28-10 overall after suffering a 5-1 loss to Charlotte on Tuesday.
CCU outhit the 49ers 6-5 in the loss but couldn't quite push the runs across home plate as the Chants left four stranded in the game.
Coastal has a deep pitching staff and saw four different pitchers enter the circle versus Charlotte.
CCU's lone run against the 49ers came from a sacrifice fly by Diamond Williams to score Livi Payne from third base.

Scouting the Opponent

Troy has posted a 26-9-1 overall record and has gone 7-1-1 in SBC play.
The Chants will be looking to snap Troy's five-game win streak.
The Trojans have won all three of their Sun Belt series matchups against Texas State, 2-0-1 (March 18-19), ULM, 2-1 (March 24-26), and Southern Miss, 3-0 (March 31-April 2).
Taylor McKinney leads the team for the Trojans and has posted a .387 batting average while driving in 38 RBIs on the season.
Leanna Johnson is Troy's starting pitcher and has recorded 134 strikeouts in her 136.0 innings of work in the circle. The senior ranks second in the Sun Belt with a 1.13 ERA and leads both the conference and the nation with 19 wins of the season.
The Chants will need to look out for D'Aun Riggs who has crushed five triples on the season which is more than the Chanticleers' combined total.
Both the Chants and the Trojans have faced Charleston Southern this season. Troy downed the Buccaneers 6-3 but CCU fell short 2-1.

History Against

CCU has a 7-9 overall record against the Troy Trojans.
The Chants have played the Trojans on the road in three of their 16 meetings and have not been able to secure a victory at the Troy Softball Complex. However, CCU has won all three games that took place at a neutral site.
Coastal last faced the Trojans in the second Sun Belt Conference Championship elimination game in 2022 where the Chants won 3-2 to progress to the semifinals.
Troy's pitchers crumbled under the pressure in its last meeting with CCU as they allowed two runs to be scored off a walk and a wild pitch. Kennedy Ellis was the hero for the Chants as she scored the game-winning running in the top of the seventh inning.
CCU has lost its last three, three-game SBC series matchups to Troy in 2018, 2019, and 2022, but swept the Trojans 3-0 in 2017.
The Chants have won three out of their last 10 matchups with the Trojans.

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