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LAFAYETTE, La. – The fourth-seeded University of South Alabama baseball fell to No. 1 seed Coastal Carolina 16-4 Thursday in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament at Russo Park.

CCU (40-17) homered three times and recorded 17 hits in the game to advance to the SBC Tournament semifinal round on Saturday. 

South Alabama (31-24) will return to action Fri., May 25, when it faces No. 5 Georgia Southern at 3 p.m. in an SBC Tournament elimination game.
 
GAME FACTS
- Seth Lancaster drew a one-out walk in the top of the third inning, and advanced to third on a one-out single to right-center field by Kevin Woodall Jr. Zach Biermann followed with a two-run triple to right-center field for a 2-0 Coastal Carolina lead. Kieton Rivers then delivered an RBI single to right-center field to score Biermann for a 3-0 Chanticleer advantage.  
- Michael Sandle doubled to right field to lead off the bottom of the third inning, and Dylan Hardy followed with a walk. CCU right-hander Jason Bilous struck out Travis Swaggerty for the first out of the inning before Brendan Donovan reached on a hit by pitch to load the bases with one out. Carter Perkins followed with a two-run single back up the middle to score Sandle and Hardy to cut the Chanticleer lead to 3-2. Wells Davis drew a walk to load the bases for the second time in the inning before Bilous struck out Hunter Stokes for the second out of the frame. Bilous induced an inning-ending groundout off the bat of Paul Russo to escape the inning with a one-run CCU advantage.
- Matt Beaird led off the top of the fourth inning with a double to right-center field, and Cory Wood followed with a walk. Jaguar left-hander Zach Melton entered in relief of Noah Michael and struck out Lancaster for the first out of the inning before Woodall Jr. drew a one-out walk. Biermann followed with an RBI single through the right side of the infield to score Beaird and double the CCU lead at 4-2. Rivers then delivered a two-run single to center field to extend the Chanticleer lead to 6-2. 
- Hardy reached on a hit by pitch from Bilous with two outs in the bottom of the fourth, and moved to second on a wild pitch. Swaggerty followed with a walk before a passed ball allowed both runners to move into scoring position. Donovan reached on a hit by pitch that chased Bilous from the game and loaded the bases for Perkins, who delivered a two-run ground-rule double to left field to cut the CCU lead to 6-4. Davis reached on a hit by pitch to load the bases for Stokes, who Chanticleer right-hander Matt Eardensohn struck out to end the inning.
- Wood doubled to right-center field with two outs in the top of the fifth inning, and scored on a two-run home run to right field by Lancaster for an 8-4 CCU advantage. Woodall Jr. followed with a two-out solo home run to left-center field to extend the Chanticleer lead to 9-4.
- Hardy led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a single to center field, and advanced to third on a single through the right side of the infield by Swaggerty. Davis drew a two-out walk later in the inning to load the bases for Stokes, who grounded out to shortstop for the final out of the frame.
- Wood led off the top of the seventh inning with a walk, and Lancaster reached on catcher's interference to put two runners on base with no outs. A groundout to shortstop by Woodall Jr. allowed both runners to move into scoring position with one out. Biermann followed with a two-run ground-rule double to left-center field to push the CCU lead to 11-4. 
- CCU loaded the bases with one out in the top of the ninth, and extended its lead to 12-4 on a bases-loaded walk by Rivers. Chavers delivered a two-out grand slam to right-center field later in the inning for the game's final runs.

NOTES
- Perkins extended his on-base streak to 14 games with a one-out, two-run single in the bottom of the third inning. 
- Davis extended his on-base streak to 17 games with a one-out walk in the bottom of the third.
- Eardensohn (7-0) tossed 4 1/3 scoreless relief innings, and allowed three hits while striking out five and issuing two walks to earn the win.
- Michael (1-4) allowed five runs on seven hits with a pair of strikeouts against three walks in three innings pitched in the loss.
- Perkins finished 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs to lead the Jags at the plate.
- Chavers went 4-for-5 with a home run, four RBIs and one run scored to lead the Chanticleers offensively.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"We had some chances. We left 12 men on base and we had some chances to push and get a big two-out hit. Coastal Carolina's guys made some good pitches, and we missed some pitches. We just didn't pitch well enough or score enough runs. The game got away from us there at the end, but our guys fought until the end; I can't say anything about our effort. It just wasn't our night tonight."

- On the message to the team after the game:
"It's a double-elimination tournament and that's not changing. This only counts as one loss, so if we want to stick around here longer then we need to take care of business tomorrow and have some fun."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Fri., May 25, when it faces No. 5 Georgia Southern at 3 p.m. in an SBC Tournament elimination game.

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