ELON – The Elon softball crew continues CAA play this week, touring to South Carolina for a matchup at College of Charleston. The Phoenix (11-23, 5-4 CAA) and the Cougars (16-21, 7-5 CAA) will meet for a three-game set at Patriots Point.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
- Friday, April 3 – 5 p.m.
- Saturday, April 4 – 3 p.m.
- Sunday, April 5 – 12 p.m.
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SERIES HISTORY
- Elon holds a 41-34 all-time benefit over College of Charleston relationship again to 1999 in its fastpitch period. Since turning into CAA opponents in 2015, the Phoenix is 26-10 versus the Cougars.
- Entering the weekend, Elon has received seven straight video games within the collection and 19 of the final 21 total towards Charleston.
- The two groups final met within the 2025 CAA Softball Championship, with Elon incomes a 4-3 win. The Phoenix additionally swept the regular-season collection final 12 months in Elon.
- This weekend marks Elon’s first journey to Charleston since 2024, when the Phoenix additionally swept the collection.
- Charleston’s final win within the collection got here in 2023 in Elon (9-1). The Phoenix’s final loss at Patriots Point was a 12-5 determination in 2019.
LAST TIME OUT
- Elon hosted Campbell this previous weekend in its third CAA collection of the season. The Camels swept the three-game set, handing the Phoenix its first collection lack of the 12 months.
- Lani Wyrick led Elon offensively, batting .500 (4-for-8) with two runs scored and an RBI. She recorded a career-high three hits in recreation two of the collection.
- Rookie Jenna Klein had her finest outing of the season within the finale, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and two doubles.
- Kyra Leonard pitched a career-high 4.1 innings in reduction within the finale, permitting two runs.
AROUND THE HORN
- Elon sits fourth within the CAA South Division standings behind UNCW (7-2), Campbell (7-2) and Charleston (7-5). Hofstra leads the North Division at 11-1.
- The Phoenix is slashing .227/.306/.320 with 117 runs, 42 extra-base hits and 97 RBI. Elon can be 10-0 when outhitting its opponents.
- Chloe Hatzopoulos leads Elon with a .281 common, 27 hits and 39 complete bases. She is 5 runs shy of 100 for her profession and one dwelling run away from turning into the fourth participant in program historical past with 30.
- In CAA play, Klein leads the Phoenix with a .333 batting common, whereas Wyrick is second at .320. Wyrick is tied with Teagan Baulsir with 4 RBI to steer the crew in league video games.
- Elon ranks fourth within the CAA in hit-by-pitch (21). Greta Hessenthaler (10) and Wyrick (5) each rank among the many league’s high 5 in that class.
- Anna Dew headlines the pitching employees with crew bests in ERA (3.27), innings (87.2) and wins (seven). The Harrisburg, N.C., native has struck out 84 batters, second-most within the CAA.
- Elon had three gamers named to the 2026 Preseason All-CAA Team on Jan. 27: Hatzopoulos, Hessenthaler and Kayla Wilson. The Phoenix was additionally chosen as the favourite to win the South Division.
- Elon is in its forty ninth season of softball, together with its thirty seventh fastpitch season and twenty seventh on the Division I stage.
- Head coach Kathy Bocock is in her fifteenth season main the Phoenix. The program’s all-time winningest coach, she has 365 wins at Elon and 600 profession victories throughout 29 seasons.
SCOUTING COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (16-21, 7-5 CAA)
- The Cougars enter the weekend at 16-21 total and 7-5 within the CAA. Charleston is coming off a collection loss at UNCW after being swept by the Seahawks, extending its shedding streak to 4 video games.
- Offensively, Charleston is hitting .260 with two gamers batting .300 or higher. Bronwyn Conroy leads the crew with a .388 common and 45 hits, whereas Leela Langston is hitting .350 with a team-high 24 RBI.
- In the circle, the Cougars have a 5.30 ERA throughout 241.2 innings with 154 strikeouts and 101 walks. Mackenzie Mathis leads the employees with a 3.97 ERA in 90.0 innings and a 9-6 document with 73 strikeouts.
BOCOCK REACHES 600 CAREER WINS
- Elon head coach Kathy Bocock earned her 600th profession win towards UNCW on March 22. The winningest coach in program historical past, it was additionally her 365th victory in 15 seasons with the Phoenix.
- Bocock totaled 235 wins as head coach at Averett from 1993-2007 earlier than taking on at Elon in 2012.
- Among lively Division I softball coaches, Bocock is tied for forty eighth on the profession wins checklist with 600 victories over 29 seasons.
DEW NAMED CAA CO-PITCHER OF THE WEEK (AGAIN)
- For the second time this season, Anna Dew earned CAA Co-Pitcher of the Week honors, as introduced by the league workplace on Monday, March 23. She shared the accolade with Charleston’s Mackenzie Mathis.
- The Harrisburg, N.C., native went 1-1 within the circle, posting a 0.54 ERA over 13.0 innings whereas putting out 9 batters at UNCW final weekend. She scattered 4 hits in a 2-0 series-opening shutout on Friday, incomes her second shutout of the 12 months. She added 5 strikeouts in her second complete-game outing of the weekend on Sunday, permitting only one run.
- This marks Dew’s second weekly honor this season after additionally sharing the award on March 10 with Towson’s Olivia Trombley.
ON DECK
- Elon returns dwelling to Hunt Softball Park to host Hampton for a CAA collection on April 10-12.
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