CONWAY, S.C. – The No. 19 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers return to Conway, S.C., for a top-25 Sun Belt Conference series with the No. 14 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns beginning on Friday, April 19, with the first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ or fans can listen live on WRNN 99.5 Hot Talk.
ROTATION
Friday, April 19
CCU - RHP Riley Eikhoff (4-0, 5.44 ERA) vs.
UL - LHP Andrew Herrmann (4-1, 1.91 ERA)
Saturday, April 20
CCU - RHP Cameron Flukey (2-1, 4.36 ERA) vs.
UL - LHP Chase Morgan (4-1, 1.90 ERA)
Sunday, April 21
CCU - TBD vs.
UL - RHP Carson Fluno (2-0, 2.20 ERA)
ABOUT THE CHANTS
• Coastal Carolina enters the week 25-11 on the season and 9-6 in Sun Belt play.
• Coastal has hit 61 home runs on the season with
Blake Barthol leading the team and is 31st in the NCAA with 14 bombs while
Zack Beach has added 13 blasts.
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Sam Antonacci leads the team with a .412 batting average, 35 walks, and hit-by-a-pitch 17 times to get the offense started from the top of the lineup. He has reached base safely at least once in every game played this season.
• Defensively, the Chanticleers are third the NCAA and lead the Sun Belt Conference with 39 double plays turned.
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Riley Eikhoff has nine starts on the team with a 4-0 record and a 5.44 ERA. Eikhoff has given up 28 runs on 51 hits while walking just nine batters and striking out 31.
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Cameron Flukey leads the team with 55 strikeouts, has four starts on the season and 12 appearances. He has given up 17 runs on 27 hits with just 18 walks go 2-1 and 4.36 ERA.
ABOUT THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
• Louisiana enters play at 30-9 overall and 14-1 in the Sun Belt Conference and have won five straight games.
• The Cajun pitching staff has allowed 22 home runs and has struck out 394 opposing batters and issued 217 free bases. Batters are hitting just .207 against Ragin' Cajuns.
• Louisiana's Chase Morgan and Andrew Herrmann lead the team with identical 4-1 records. Morgan has a team-best 1.90 ERA and allowed 12 runs over 42.2 innings with 22 hits and 39 strikeouts.
• Friday's starter Herrmann is 4-1 on the year with a 1.91 ERA in 47.0 innings of work. Opponents are hitting just .207 against the left-handed pitcher, who has allowed 13 runs on 34 hits.
• Louisiana is hitting .297 and has blasted 45 home runs, 15 triples, and 80 doubles for 246 RBIs.
• Trey LaFleur (.402) leads the Cajuns at the plate. LaFleur is the only batter hitting over .400 and leads the team with a .696 slugging percentage.
• Kyle DeBarge leads Louisiana with 12 home runs, while Conor Higgs trails with seven long balls.
ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY WITH LOUISIANA
• The Chanticleers trail the Ragin' Cajuns in the overall series at 7-11-1 on the diamond, with Coastal winning the 2023 regular season series 2-1 on the road but falling twice in the Sun Belt tournament in elimination games.
• The longest winning streak by both teams has been three games, the latest is by CCU in the 2023 season by winning the overall series 2-1 and winning the first meeting in the SBC tournament.
• The Chants and Louisiana first met in Conway, S.C., in April 2017 when Coastal joined the Sun Belt Conference.
• Coastal is 4-6 in the last 10 meetings but the Ragin' Cajuns have won the last two games.
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