Cougars Rally in Ninth to Complete Sweep over Wildcats
Lauren Biggers -- Assistant SID
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DAVIDSON, N.C. -- Tied at 6 entering the ninth inning, the Davidson Wildcats allowed two runs in the top of the inning, as the College of Charleston Cougars secured the SoCon sweep with an 8-6 win on Easter Sunday at Wilson Field.
Charleston (16-7, 3-0) scored five times with two outs in the third inning to take a 5-2 lead. Jeremie Tice's two-run double to left center tied the game and Michael Harrington followed with a base hit to right that plated Tice and gave Charleston a 3-2 lead. Kohn added an RBI doube, and Sizemore a run producing single to cap the inning.
Davidson (7-11, 0-3) tied the game at 5-all on two-out RBI singles by Pat Brady and Hugh Eden in the seventh inning. The Wildcats tied the game at 6-all when Zach Kayne scored on a passed ball in the eighth inning.
Charleston starter Jake Goldberg scattered 10 hits over the first six innings. He struck out four and left with a 5-3 lead. Jesse Simpson (3-2) picked up the win in relief working the final three innings with four strikeouts. He allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits.
Ian Horkley (0-3) suffered the loss surrendering three runs on four hits over 1 1/3 innings of relief.
Tice, who finished with two hits and two RBI, led off the decisive ninth with a double to center. Brady and Danny Weiss led Davidson with three hits each.
Davidson will travel to North Carolina on Tuesday for a 6 p.m .contest in Chapel Hill.