CHARLESTON – Charleston Southern claimed their first weekend sweep of the 2025 season on Sunday afternoon, defeating Manhattan by a 15-4 final score. The game was called in the 7^th with the run rule in the effect, making each of the weekend's results defaulting to this as the Bucs won each by more than ten runs.
 
The victory pushes the Buccaneers to 6-1 on the season, matching their best start to a season since the 2014 spring. This becomes just the second time in program history that they have been 6-1 or better through seven games with the other occasion being in 2014.
 
Charleston Southern scratched across the first run of the day for either team in the bottom of the opening frame. Anothony Sanguedolce led it off with a double to left field and moved to third on a deep flyout by Kaden Smith. Chandler Tuupo sent a single just over the infield to dead center to score Sanguedolce.
 
Manhattan was able to blast a two-run home run to left field in the top of the second to briefly take the lead at 2-1.
 
In the bottom half of the frame, the Bucs were able to put up another crooked number, to reclaim the lead and stretch it out. Kain Collins led the inning off with a walk and stole second on the first pitch of Gavin Bogdanchik's at bat. He singled through the left side on a hit and run that was able to score Collins to bring it level at two apiece. Blake Edgmon had a double that moved Bogdanchik up to third which was followed by a Lew Rice walk to load the bases. Smith brought in the go-ahead run off a walk and forced a pitching change for the Jaspers.
 
The new pitcher's first batter faced was Chandler Tuupo who had a sacrifice fly to center to score another. AJ Martin drew a walk to reload the bases and McAskie was hit by a pitch to then score the next. Nathan Martinez belted a ball at the shortstop that was able to score a pair. A wild pitch during Edgmon's at bat moved everyone up another base and scored the 7^th and final run of the inning, placing CSU ahead 8-2.
 
Manhattan was able to cut into the deficit a bit in the top off the fourth as they got the bases loaded. They got the first off a balk and then the next off a wild pitch where runners advanced on a third pitch swinging strike to bring the score to 8-4.
 
In the bottom of the fourth, Charleston Southern's offense put up another seven-spot, pushing their advantage to 15-4 which proved to the final score.  Martin had a leadoff single up the middle, stole second and moved to third on a groundout. The Jaspers got the second out by a strikeout, and then the frame would not come to a stop, as the next eight Bucs batters all reached base safely. During it, Collins, Smith and Tuupo were the ones who recorded RBIs in it with the first triple of Tuupo's career highlighting the action during the frame.
 
Neither offense was able to score again during the game despite getting runners on as each of teams' pitchers twirled gems down the stretch.
 
Parks Ledwell started the game for the squad, tossing the first 3.2. He was charged with the four runs off four hits and struck out three batters. Tyler Henshaw went out in relief of him tossing a career-high of 2.1 innings, fanning the first five batters that he faced, also marking a career-best. Kyle Lewis threw the final inning, giving up a walk, but shutting the day on the Jaspers' weekend.
 
In total, the Bucs had 13 hits on the day including four players with two, including Tuupo, Martin, Collins and Edgmon. Tuupo led the team in RBIs with four while Smith added three and Martinez had two. Also at the plate, they collected nine walks with Martin and Rice each drawing two.
 
Charleston Southern will return to action on Wednesday evening with a game at Georgia Southern. They will travel to Statesboro, Georgia with first pitch scheduled for 6:00 p.m. as the Bucs will be putting their four-game win streak on the line with the Eagles coming off a 9-8 win over South Florida.