[cid:image001.jpg@01D83E35.5FE631E0]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE College of Charleston Baseball News March 22, 2022 Contact | Whitney Noble, Associate Director of Athletics Communications & Creative Content Office Phone | 843.953.3683 | E-Mail | [log in to unmask] COUGARS DROP TUESDAY TUSSLE TO EAGLES, 4-1 STATESBORO, Ga. --- The College of Charleston baseball team fell to Georgia Southern, 4-1, on Tuesday evening in midweek action at J.I. Clements Stadium despite the Cougars striking first in the opening frame. LEADING OFF Final Score: Georgia Southern 4, College of Charleston 1 Location: Statesboro, Ga. (J.I. Clements Stadium) Records: Charleston (12-9), Georgia Southern (14-7) HOW IT HAPPENED * The Cougars struck first with a run in the top of the first on an RBI double from Trotter Harlan. * Georgia Southern answered with a run of its own in the home half to even the score at 1-1. * The Eagles took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on an RBI single from Kyler Hultgren. * The Cougars threatened in the eighth leaving the tying run at third. * Georgia Southern countered with two in the home half to extend the margin to 4-1. KEY COUGARS * Harlan paced the Cougars with a 2-for-3 evening plating one and reaching a third time via a hit-by-pitch. * Cam Dean chipped in his fourth multi-hit game of the season with a 2-for-4 effort. * Joseph Mershon and Harlan each made a stellar play in the field in the second and fourth innings, respectively. * Brooks Lucas struck out two in two and one-third scoreless innings of work out of the ‘pen. * Caswell Smith worked two-thirds of an inning with a strikeout. FOR THE NOTEBOOK * Junior JT Marr finished the game 1-for-3 to extend his reached base streak to 21 games to begin his CofC career. * The Cougars suffer their first loss of the season when scoring in the first inning after starting the year 9-0 in the scenario. * Georgia Southern held the Cougars to one hit in nine chances with runners on base. NEXT UP The Cougars return home to host preseason favorite Northeastern in a three-game series to open CAA play. First pitch for Friday’s game one is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at Patriots Point. -www.CofCSports.com- [signature_832486097] ----- To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE SPORTS as the body of the message.