CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina softball team (28-8) will hit the road for a midweek matchup against the College of Charleston Cougars in Charleston, S.C., on April 1 at 5 p.m. ET.
LOOKING BACK
- The Chanticleers improved to 28-8 on the season after winning their last Sun Belt Conference series against the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns last weekend.
- The weekend marked the first time Coastal has ever won a series against Louisiana.
- The Chanticleers hit six home runs over the three-game series, with Libby Pippin leading the team with a .556 batting average.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- The College of Charleston Cougars are 17-19 overall and 9-3 in conference play.
- The Chanticleers will look to snap the Cougars' four-game win streak.
- Last time out, College of Charleston swept a three-game series against Drexel, shutting out the Dragons in all three contests.
- The Cougars have a team batting average of .258, while former Chant Jay Wrightsman leads the team with a .315 batting average.
- CofC has recorded six home runs this season, while the Chanticleers have hit 58 over the same 36-game span.
- College of Charleston's pitching staff features two primary starters: Mackenzie Mathis (5-11) with a 3.27 ERA and 70 strikeouts, and Ryley Kutter (4-4) with a 3.68 ERA and 19 strikeouts.
HISTORY AGAINST
- CCU holds a 52-25 all-time record against College of Charleston.
- This will be the 77th meeting between the two programs, with the first dating back to March 1993.
- The Chanticleers have won the last seven matchups against the Cougars, including shutouts in the two most recent games last year.
- Georgia Hood and Delaney Keith have each hit a home run against College of Charleston within the last two matchups, while Brie Normandin has recorded an RBI in her last two encounters with the Cougars.
- Head coach Kelley Green holds a 13-9 record against College of Charleston.
- Coastal has won eight of the last 10 games against the Cougars.
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