CofC Weekend Sports Overview: Inaugural Sand Volleyball Tournament/Baseball Series
This weekend (March 23-25, 2012) Cougar athletics were busy hosting their inaugural College of Charleston Sand Classic tournament for sand volleyball, as well as hosting a home baseball series against Davidson. CTV sports reporter Lauren Arnott provides you with an overview of the action packed weekend. Tweet
Cougars take a clean sweep of Davidson
The Cougars started out this week with a disappointing 7-3 loss to UNC-Wilmington. Though the game saw Dre Watts (Laurens, SC) score his first homer of the season, it was not enough to lift the team past the Seahawks on March 20th’s game. Despite this loss, and the missed opportunity to take down Charleston Southern,...
CofC names Wake assistant Adair as new women’s coach
The Winston-Salem (N.C.) Journal reported on Saturday thatWakeForestassistant head coach Natasha Adair has been hired as the new women’s head basketball coach at theCollegeofCharleston. Adair told the Journal that she has signed a five-year contract, and is in the process of moving to the Lowcountry. Adair will replace retiring head coach Nancy Wilson, who coached...
Time to hit the sand
When it’s 80 degrees in March, College of Charleston students know it’s time to hit the beach. Unless you’re a member of the College’s volleyball team: Then it’s time to hit the sand. Tucked away in a newly expanded facility of sand courts off of Johnnie Dodds Boulevard in Mount Pleasant, 11 Cougars are making...
Cougars rise to 7-2 in SoCon division
The Cougars were forced to suffer their first away game loss and one at home in this week’s mid-week games. The home loss came at the hands of UNC-Wilmington on Tuesday Mar 13th, with Griffin Jones (Shelby Township, MI) heading off the first five innings as the CofC pitcher. For the first two innings, the...
Softball accomplished 5 game winning streak
Following a disappointing series loss to Chattanooga, the Softball team was ready to make a comeback with UNC-Wilmington as the victims. Stephanie Saylors (Easley, SC) pitched for the cougars in the first game of the double header on Wednesday, Mar 14th. She effectively kept the Seagulls at bay, allowing only two hits and four runners...
Cremins says farewell
“Coach Bobby Cremins has an announcement he would like to make,” said College of Charleston athletic director Joe Hull this afternoon on the floor of the TD Arena. It was clear from the round of applause that followed head basketball coach Bobby Cremins up to the podium, that Charleston deeply supports their gregarious, stark-white haired,...
Lessons from a coach
Just before sitting down with College of Charleston women’s head basketball coach Nancy Wilson, in an interview about her upcoming retirement, I was able to observe an afternoon practice with Coach Wilson and her team. The time spent in practice was filled with demanding drills and intense focus from the team. It was filled with...
Baseball stays busy over spring break
While College of Charleston students enjoyed their week of freedom, Cougar baseball was hard at work to make their school proud. The string of games started on Friday, March 2nd, as the team began a three game stretch against SoCon rival Elon. Josh Renfro (Bradenton, FL) set up the 7-1 win for the Cougars by...
One last game; Cougar lose to Wofford, 64-53
For the College of Charleston women’s basketball team it was one and done process in the Southern Conference Tournament. The No. 8 the College faced the No. 9 Wofford but, in a change of events during the second half, the Cougars lost, 64-53. After the first half the Cougars had a three point lead to...
Cougars handed first-ever first-round SoCon loss
With 4:45 to go in Friday morning’s opening game of the Southern Conference Tournament inAsheville, the Appalachian State Mountaineers brokeCharleston’s trap and left Mike Neal with an open lane to the basket. Neal charged forward unimpeded, setting himself up for the rare little-man dunk. Then, he remembered the time, and the situation. Already up 17...
Final game in Charleston before the SoCon Tournament
Cheers could be heard, from the College of Charleston (19-11,10-8 SoCon) section painted maroon and the Citadel (6-23, 3-15 SoCon) section painted blue, during the cross-town match up Saturday. The teams divided the game 21-21 at the half but the Cougars trapped the Bulldogs with a defensive strategy to bring them the win, 55-47. “In...
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