[cid:image001.jpg@01D85116.D1D70650]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE College of Charleston Baseball News April 15, 2022 Contact | Whitney Noble, Associate Director of Athletics Communications & Creative Content Office Phone | 843.953.3683 | E-Mail | [log in to unmask] COUGARS TAKE OPENER WITH TRIBE, 7-2 MT. PLEASANT, S.C. --- Ty Good spun six superb innings, William Privette picked up his league-leading seven save and College of Charleston received clutch hits throughout the lineup in a 7-2 series-opening win over William & Mary on Friday evening at Patriots Point. LEADING OFF Final Score: College of Charleston 7, William & Mary 2 Location: Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Patriots Point) Records: Charleston (20-13, 8-2 CAA), William & Mary (17-13, 7-3 CAA) HOW IT HAPPENED * The Cougars capitalized on a two-out error in the first, scoring two on the miscue and a double by Tanner Steffy to take an early 2-0 lead. * Good would work out of a base-loaded jam in the top of the second to keep the Tribe off the board. * A third two-out run came across in the home half on a single from Joseph Mershon to put the Cougars in front, 3-0. * William & Mary were held scoreless until the seventh when the Tribe plated two to cut the margin to 3-2. * Charleston answered with four in the bottom of the eighth to create some breathing room. Sam Cochrane initiated the damage with a two-run double before scoring on a triple by Tyler Sorrentino. KEY COUGARS * Good delivered one of his best starts of the season, limiting William & Mary to one unearned run on three hits to earn his fifth win. * Mershon paced the offense with a 3-for-5 night driving in one run. * Cochrane drove in his ninth and 10th runs in the last five games with a clutch double in the eighth. * Sorrentino went 2-for-5 with an RBI triple. * Steffy doubled in each of his first two plate appearances plating one run. * Privette shut the door with two and two-thirds shutout innings fanning four to earn his CAA-best seventh save. FOR THE NOTEBOOK * The victory puts Charleston one game ahead of William & Mary atop the CAA standings. * Charleston also becomes the first team in the conference to reach 20 wins overall with the victory. * The Cougars finished the night 7-for-15 (.467) with two outs compared to a 0-for-8 mark for the Tribe. * Charleston’s pitching staff held William & Mary to a 3-for-17 clip with runners on and 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position. * William & Mary’s Zach Tsakounis was credited with his first loss of the season. NEXT UP The Cougars and Tribe will meet in game two of the series on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. -www.CofCSports.com- [signature_1125588456] ----- To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE SPORTS as the body of the message.