[cid:image001.jpg@01D85D82.4EA46D40]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE College of Charleston Baseball News May 1, 2022 Contact | Whitney Noble, Associate Director of Athletics Communications & Creative Content Office Phone | 843.953.3683 | E-Mail | [log in to unmask] COUGARS MAKE HISTORY, COMPLETE SWEEP OF DELAWARE BEHIND BICE GEM MT. PLEASANT, S.C. --- Emmett Bice pitched a gem in his first collegiate start and four Cougars posted multi-hit games as College of Charleston finished its home conference schedule undefeated for the first time in program history with a 9-0 win over Delaware on Sunday afternoon at Patriots Point. LEADING OFF Final Score: College of Charleston 9, Delaware 0 Location: Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Patriots Point) Records: Charleston (29-14, 16-2 CAA), Delaware (22-20, 6-9 CAA) HOW IT HAPPENED * The Cougars wasted little time at the plate pushing across three runs in the bottom of the first to take an early 3-0 lead. * Tyler Sorrentino would drive in Jared Kirven with a single in the second to push the lead to four. Cam Dean scored later in the frame on a fielder’s choice to give Charleston a 5-0 advantage. * Kirven extended the margin to 6-0 with a leadoff homer – his first of the season – to left center in the seventh. Sam Cochrane plated Dean with a single three batters later to put the Cougars ahead by seven. * Kirven collected his third hit in three at-bats with an RBI single in the eighth before scoring the final run of the game on an error at first. * Bice delivered perhaps the Cougars’ best outing of the season in his first collegiate start scattering three hits across seven and one-third shutout innings. * Reed Parris shut the door with one and two-thirds scoreless frames. KEY COUGARS * Bice was sensational surrendering only three singles and two walks while allowing only three baserunners past first base. The 6-foot-6 right-hander fanned five to earn his second win of the season. * Kirven paced the offense with his eighth career three-hit game driving in two runs and scoring three times with two singles and a solo home run. * Sorrentino and Cochrane each went 2-for-5 with an RBI while Trotter Harlan reached twice and plated one as well. * Joseph Mershon finished 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored. * Cam Dean drew two walks and scored twice. FOR THE NOTEBOOK * The victory completes the first undefeated home conference slate in program history. * With the win, Charleston also equals the school record for most sweeps during CAA play in a single-season (5). * By virtue of losses by both Hofstra and UNCW, Charleston now owns a commanding five-game lead atop the CAA standings. * Charleston’s 16 wins in CAA play thus far is tied for the Cougars’ second-most since joining the league prior to the 2014 season. * The Cougars finished the night 4-of-12 (.333) with runners in scoring position and converted 5-of-7 (.714) opportunities with a man on third and less than two outs. * Bice and Reed held the Blue Hens scoreless on just five hits while limiting Delaware to a 1-for-18 (0.56) afternoon with runners on base. * Charleston’s pitching staff held the potent Delaware lineup to seven runs (five earned) on 16 hits – including only five for extra bases – in the series. NEXT UP The Cougars will return to the diamond on Friday, May 6 when they travel to Wilmington, N.C. to open a three-game series with UNCW in CAA action. First pitch for Friday’s series opener is slated for 6:00 p.m. -www.CofCSports.com- [signature_1947002028] ----- To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE SPORTS as the body of the message.