CONWAY, S.C. – The No. 20 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will host nationally ranked No. 21 Campbell in a non-conference midweek matchup on Tuesday, Feb. 27 with the first pitch scheduled for 4 p.m. ET.
ROTATION FOR COASTAL
Tuesday, Feb. 27
CCU - RHP Josh O'Neill (0-0, 3.00 ERA) vs.
CAM - RHP Cole Peschl (0-0, 4.15 ERA)
ABOUT THE CHANTS
• Coastal Carolina enters the week 5-2 on the season and having won four straight contests.
• The Chanticleers have scored 10 runs in four of their seven games with a season-high 26 on Opening Day. Three of the double-digit scores for CCU came last weekend as the Chants won 17-9, 12-2, and 25-2 over Illinois, Ball State, and Cincinnati, respectively.
• Coastal has hit 11 home runs on the year as a team.
Zack Beach leads the team with four dingers with
Jake Books adding three bombs.
ABOUT THE FIGHTING CAMELS
• Campbell enters the week having won six straight games and is 6-1 overall.
• After dropping its Opening Day matchup with then nationally-ranked No. 17 UC Santa Barbara, the Camels got the series win with a pair of victories before knocking off No. 11 East Carolina.
• The Campbell pitching staff has allowed eight home runs, but has struck out 63 opposing batters and issued 53 free bases including 13 hit batters.
• The Fighting Camels are hitting .251 and have belted 11 home runs, two triples, and 13 doubles for 51 RBI.
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY WITH CAMPBELL
• The Chanticleers are 39-19 overall versus Campbell on the diamond, with Coastal earning a 5-3 win over the Camels on April 11, 2023.
• Coastal had a six-game winning streak snapped as the Fighting Camels won 9-4 on April 10, 2023, and has won seven of the last 10 matchups.
• Coastal Carolina and Campbell were both charter members of the Big South Conference when the league was formed in 1983 and competed against each other as conference members from 1983-1994 and then again from 2011-16.
• As Big South Conference foes, the Chanticleers held a 25-9 overall record versus the Fighting Camels.
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