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Northeastern-Charleston Postgame Notes - CAA Tourney

[1] NORTHEASTERN 10, [4] CHARLESTON 3
CAA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
WILMINGTON, N.C. (BROOKS FIELD)
 
NORTHEASTERN (33-9, 20-3 CAA)
  • The Huskies jumped in front 6-0 in the first inning on 6 hits
  • Northeastern outhit Charleston 14-8 and crushed 3 home runs
    • NU improves to 13-1 this season when hitting 2 or more home runs
  • The 10 runs scored is the third-most by Northeastern in the CAA tournament, and the most since tallying 19 in a win over JMU in 2016
  • The Huskies are 5-4 all-time at the CAA tournament as the No. 1 seed
  • Northeastern is 14-18 all-time at the CAA tournament
  • NU is 2-8 in opening games of the conference tournament
  • The Red and Black are 17-0 this season when scoring in the first inning, pushing 6 across today
  • Northeastern ranks third in the country with a .786 winning percentage, which currently ranks as the best in program history
    • .700 in 1991 – 35-15
    • .686 in 1994 – 35-16
    • .634 in 1997 – 33-19
    • .632 in 2018 – 36-21 (earned at-large bid to NCAA Regionals)
 
NU-CHARLESTON SERIES NOTES
  • Northeastern is 3-0 all-time against Charleston in the CAA tournament
  • The Huskies defeated the Cougars 8-5 in 2017, and 8-7 in 2019
  • Today is the 21st meeting between the two programs with Northeastern holding a 12-9 advantage
 
PLAYER NOTES
 
Junior Jeff Costello (LF)
  • Went 1-for-4 with a RBI
  • Batting .563 (9-for-16) over his last 4 games with 2 home runs and 6 RBIs
  • Batted twice in the first inning, tallying a base hit and sac fly RBI
  • No. 2 on the team with 13 two-out RBIs
  • Reigning CAA Player of the Week
 
Sophomore Danny Crossen (3B)
  • Tallied his 14th multi-hit game of the season
  • Finished 2-for-4 with a run scored
 
Sophomore Jared Dupere (RF)
  • Homered for the 18th time this season, No. 9 in the country
    • Needs just 2 more home runs to tie the single-season school record
  • CAA Player of the Year
  • His .795 slugging percentage is currently a single-season school record
 
Junior Ian Fair (1B)
  • Extended his hitting streak to 10 and on-base streak to 21
  • Tallied his 6th home run of the season
  • Reached base safely in 20 straight games
  • Went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and drove in 2 runs
 
Senior Scott Holzwasser (DH)
  • Drove in the first 2 runs of the game in the first inning
  • Finished 2-for-5 with 3 RBIs
  • School record holder in runs scored (166), HBP (53) and stolen bases (80)
 
Sophomore Ben Malgeri (CF)
  • Smashed a 3-run home run in the first inning
  • No. 3 home run of the season
  • Went 1-for-5 with a run scored
 
Freshman Cam Schlittler (RHP)
  • Perfect 8-0 this season
  • Won his 8th consecutive start
  • Made his 11th start of the season
  • Entered the game No. 2 in the country in ERA
  • Career-high 8.0 innings pitched
    • Also threw 8.0 IP at Delaware (5/14/21)
 
Freshman Max Viera (2B)
  • Reached base in 28 of 29 games played this season
  • Went 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored
  • Started at second base for the second time this season
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