CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina returns to action on Tuesday, April 2, as the No. 20 Chants travel to UNCW in Wilmington, N.C., at Brooks Field for a non-conference midweek contest.
The game will be streamed on FloBaseball and fans can listen live on WRNN Hot Talk 99.5.
ROTATION and SCHEDULE
Tuesday, March 2
CCU - RHP Oliver Ellison (3-0, 3.86 ERA) vs.
UNCW – RHP Ryan Calvert (0-0, 3.00 ERA)
ABOUT THE CHANTS
• Coastal Carolina enters the week at 20-7 overall and 5-4 in Sun Belt Conference action taking the final two games on the road at ULM last weekend.
• The Chants lead the Sun Belt and second in NCAA with 290 runs scored on the year.
• The Chanticleer defense has turned 29 double plays on the year, the fourth most in the NCAA.
• Coastal held ULM to just one unearned run in the final 18 innings in games two and three.
• CCU's offense has belted 55 home runs with
Blake Barthol leading the team with 14 bombs.
•
Sam Antonacci,
Derek Bender, and
Jake Books lead the Chants offense by hitting .370 or better on the year with Barthol just outside with a .364 batting average.
• Coastal Carolina's
Alexander Meckley and
Riley Eikhoff have started seven games each. Meckley is 3-1 on the year with Eikhoff owning a 2-0 record.
• Coastal Carolina's midweek starter will be Ellison versus the Seahawks. It will be his third start of his career. He has thrown 18.2 innings, allowing eight runs on eight hits with 11 strikeouts.
ABOUT THE SEAHAWKS
• The defending Colonial Athletic Association champion, UNCW enters the week with a 17-11 overall record and sit 6-0 in the CAA.
• The Seahawks have gone 15-9 since falling to Coastal 7-2 earlier this season.
• UNCW is hitting .276 on the year and has driven in 163 runs with 46 home runs. The Seahawks have totaled 36 doubles in the 28 games to date.
• Tanner Thach leads the Seahawk offense with a .351 batting average, 15 homers, and 39 RBIs.
• RJ Sales leads the UNCW pitching staff with a 5-1 record as the junior right-hander worked 41.2 innings and allowed 17 runs on 23 hits while striking out 41 batters.
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY WITH UNCW
• Coastal leads the all-time series 67-39 and holds a 40-15 home advantage in the series. Coastal is riding a three-game winning streak.
• In the last 10 meetings, Coastal is 6-4, including a win in the elimination round of the 2023 NCAA Conway Regional last June.
• Coastal claimed a 7-2 win in the last meeting on Feb. 20 this season that sparked a 15-game winning streak.
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