CONWAY, SC –

Game 1

No. 24 Coastal Carolina used a strong pitching performance and timely hitting to defeat Georgia Southern 7-2 in the front end of a doubleheader Saturday at Springs Brooks Stadium.

The Chanticleers (14-5, 2-0 Sun Belt) struck early with two runs in the first inning, highlighted by Sebastian Alexander’s RBI double and Walker Mitchell’s run-scoring single. After Georgia Southern (10-8, 0-2 Sun Belt) cut the deficit in half with a solo home run from Jonathan Jaime in the second, Coastal Carolina responded with a run in the fourth before breaking the game open with a four-run fifth.

Wells Sykes delivered the big blow in the fifth, launching a three-run home run to left field to cap the rally. Alexander and Mitchell each had multi-hit games, while Kaleb Huffman added an RBI double.

Right-hander Cameron Flukey (2-0) earned the win, striking out nine over six innings while allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits. Luke Jones finished the game with three scoreless innings to pick up his first save of the season.

Georgia Southern starter Jax Lewis (2-1) took the loss after giving up six runs on 10 hits in 4.2 innings.

Game 2

No. 24 Coastal Carolina erupted for eight runs in the fourth inning and rode another dominant start from Riley Eikhoff to an 11-1, seven-inning victory over Georgia Southern on Sunday at Springs Brooks Stadium.

With the win, the Chanticleers (15-5, 3-0 Sun Belt) completed a sweep of the weekend series and opened conference play with three-straight victories.

Eikhoff (4-0) turned in another stellar outing, striking out eight while allowing one run on six hits over 6.2 innings. The right-hander didn’t walk a batter and threw 62 of his 75 pitches for strikes.

He gave way to Matt Joyce who got the final out of the game. For Joyce, it completed a long injury comeback and was his first appearance on the mound since June 6, 2022, a span of 1,013 days.

Dean Mihos sparked Coastal’s offense with a solo home run in the first inning and later added an RBI single in the decisive fourth. The Chanticleers sent 12 batters to the plate in the inning, capitalizing on three hit batters, a walk, and timely hits. Caden Bodine, Sebastian Alexander, and Walker Mitchell each drove in runs, while Wells Sykes added a two-hit performance with an RBI.

Georgia Southern (10-9, 0-3) briefly tied the game at 1-1 in the third on a solo homer from Josh Tate, but the Eagles were unable to generate consistent offense against Eikhoff.

Coastal tacked on two more runs in the sixth, with Freddy Rodriguez coming off the bench to deliver an RBI single and later scoring on a wild pitch.

The loss was charged to Georgia Southern’s Joey White (0-1), who gave up two runs without recording an out in relief.

WHAT’S NEXT?

The Chants will play the next eight games away from home, starting with a midweek game at Campbell on Tuesday, March 18 at 6 p.m. ET on FloCollege. From there, CCU heads to No. 21 Troy (March 21-23), No. 4 Clemson (March 25) and Texas State (March 28-30) before finally returning home to play a return game with Campbell on Tuesday, April 1 at 6 p.m. inside Springs Brooks Stadium.

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