FINAL SCORE 
College of Charleston 6 (18-11, 5-3 CAA)
Monmouth 5 (13-16, 3-5 CAA)

WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – A late rally fell just short for the Monmouth University baseball team in a 6-5 loss to the College of Charleston in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) action on Saturday afternoon.

Back-to-back base hits to open the game gave the Cougars a 1-0 lead after one.
 
Monmouth answered in the bottom of the second as Wyatt Hunt's double scored Chris Walsh and tied the game at 1-1.
 
College of Charleston scored one in the third and three in the fourth and pushed its lead to 5-1. 
 
Avery Neaves had an RBI single in the sixth that gave the Cougars a 6-1 advantage. 
 
Monmouth began its comeback attempt in the seventh. Hunt reached on an error to start the frame and came around to score on Harry Padden's single. That made it a 6-2 game. 
 
In the bottom of the eighth, the Hawks loaded the bases with no outs. Nick Lovarco lifted a sac fly to center to plate a run before Hunt delivered an RBI single and pulled the Hawks to within two, 6-4.
 
Jimmy Wigo took care of business in the top of the ninth and gave the Hawks a chance in the bottom of the frame. Back-to-back doubles from Casey Caufield and Jay Bant pulled the Hawks to within one, 6-5. However the Cougars were able to strand the runner at second and claimed the 6-5 win.

NOTES 
- The game was delayed just over two hours at the start due to rain in the area.
- College of Charleston leads the all-time series against the Hawks, 8-0 following Saturday's win. 
- Casey Caufield picked up a pair of base knocks and extended his reached base safely streak to 26 straight games. 
- Chris Andrews extended his reached base safely streak to 16 straight games while Harry Padden reached base safely for the 11^th straight game.    

NUMBERS CRUNCH
- Three Monmouth pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts on the afternoon. It was the second straight game and fifth time this season the Hawks have recorded 10 or more strikeouts in a game. 
- Austin Beard started and had a season-high five strikeouts for the Hawks. 
- Jimmy Wigo had a pair of strikeouts and now has six strikeouts in his last three innings. 
- Wyatt Hunt led the Hawks with two RBIs. It was his sixth game this season with multiple RBIs.
- Casey Caufield, Jay Bant and Chris Walsh all had multi-hit games for the Hawks. Caufield leads the team with 15 multi-hit games this season while Bant and Walsh each have 10. 
- Bant drove in his team-leading 34th run of the year. He ranks second in the CAA in that category. 
- Daniel Brooks earned the win for College of Charleston. He pitched into the eighth inning and allowed three runs on six hits. 
- Austin Beard suffered the loss after giving up five runs in four innings.  

NEXT UP
Monmouth and College of Charleston will wrap up their series on Sunday, Apr. 6 at 12 p.m.