CCU Softball splits two to open 2021 season
Chants win game one but fall in the late game CCU Softball vs. Saint Francis (Source: Gabe McDonald) By Coastal Carolina Athletics | February 20, 2021 at 11:48 PM EST - Updated February 20 at 11:48 PM
CONWAY – The Coastal Carolina softball team (1-1) split a pair of games on Saturday afternoon versus the Buffalo Bulls and the Saint Francis Red Flash as the Chanticleers opened the season with the Battle at the Beach at St. John Stadium.
CCU 6, BUFFALO 0
The Chanticleers knocked off the University of Buffalo by the score of 6-0 in game one behind a complete game, two-hit, 13-strikeout performance by senior Kaitlin Beasley-Polko.
Image: Courtesy Arkansas State University
JONESBORO, Ark. – Arkansas State senior wide receiver Jonathan Adams Jr. was named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year on Monday and was one of seven Red Wolves, including a pair of first-team selections, earning all-conference recognition.
Joining Adams as a First Team All-Sun Belt pick for A-State was senior linebacker Justin Rice, while senior defensive lineman Forrest Merrill was a second-team choice. Representing the Red Wolves as honorable-mention selections were sophomore tight end/defensive end T.W. Ayers, junior quarterback Logan Bonner, senior wide receiver Brandon Bowling and sophomore quarterback Layne Hatcher.