GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: #1 Presbyterian Blue Hose (29-25, BSC: 18-6) vs #4 Charleston Southern Buccaneers (21-30, BSC: 12-12)
WHEN: May 23, Thursday at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Truist Point Stadium (High Point, N.C.)
THE SERIES (Since 2008): Presbyterian Leads 31-20

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ABOUT THE BLUE HOSE
- PC put up a 29-25 record during the 2024 regular season with wins over St. Peter's (x4), St. Joseph's, St. Bonaventure (x2), Jackson State, Memphis, Longwood (x2), Gardner-Webb (x2), Radford (x3), Winthrop (x3), Georgia State, USC Upstate (x2), Charleston Southern (x3), The Citadel, and UNC Asheville (x3).
- Over 54 competitions, the team has recorded a .264 batting average and a 5.31 ERA.
- Joel Dragoo leads the Blue Hose offense with a .413 batting average over his 189 at bats so far this season. He has tallied 78 hits, 57 runs, 65 RBIs, and a .810 slugging percentage (20 doubles, two triples, and 17 home runs).
- Brody Fahr plays a key role for the Blue Hose as well. He has put up a .325 batting average over his 197 at bats while taking 58 runs, 64 hits, 39 RBIs, and a .457 slugging percentage (12 doubles, four triples, and two home runs).
- RHP Daniel Eagen leads the team with his impressive 112 strikeouts while throwing at a 2.55 ERA. Over his 70.2 innings on the mound, he has also tallied a 6-1 record and a .98 WHIP, while holding opponents to a .172 batting average.
- LHP Charlie McDaniel has recorded a 3.44 ERA over his 86.1 innings pitched. He has also tallied 83 strikeouts while holding opponents to a .242 batting average.
 
SCOUTING THE BUCCANEERS
- Charleston Southern enters the tournament as the four seed with a 12-12 conference record including wins over High Point (x2), UNC Asheville (x2), Longwood (x2), Gardner-Webb (x2), USC Upstate, and Radford (x2).
- The Buccaneers have recorded a .262 batting average and a 6.76 ERA over their 51 games this year.
- Senior outfielder Cade Conway leads the team offensively with his .372 batting average over 180 at bats. He has also tallied 67 hits, 45 runs, 31 RBIs, and 25 stolen bases this season.
- Senior LHP Sam Massey is predicted to start for CSU on Thursday. He has recorded a 2-5 record and a 6.84 ERA over his 48.2 innings pitched this season. He has also thrown 13 walks, 44 strikeouts, and held batters to 60 hits and 37 earned runs.
- Charleston Southern is under the direction of head coach Marc MacMillan.
 
PRESBYTERIAN – CHARLESTON SOUTHERN SERIES
This weekend will mark the 52^nd time that these two teams will face off since Presbyterian joined Division I in 2008. Earlier in the year, the Blue Hose swept the Buccaneers in their three-game series on the road. PC leads the all-time series between the two teams 31-20.
 
A RECORD-BREAKING SEASON
- The Blue Hose clinched the Big South regular season title for the first time in program history after their sweep against UNC Asheville to close out the regular season.
- Joel Dragoo leads the team with his 17 home runs on the season. His pair of dingers against Wofford put him at the top of the program's Division I leaderboards for most homers in a single season. He is also one homer away from tying the school's all-time record which is held by Kevin White who hit 18 in 2002.
- Dragoo also broke the single season DI RBI record this season. He is currently at 65 RBIs which would also place him third in the all-time record books. Kevin White has held this record since the 2002 season when he brought in 72 runners.
- Additionally, Dragoo has drawn 42 walks this year which surpassed the previous Division I record of 36 held by Nick Guimbarda in the 2019 season. Dragoo is ranked second in the all-time records only behind Albert Mitchell who drew 47 walks back in 1995.
- Dragoo has also hit seven sacrifice flies this season which tied the Division I single season record. He needs one more to hold the title alone.
- Daniel Eagen has already taken the program's record for most strikeouts in a single game when he threw 14 punches against Radford earlier this season. He has also put up an impressive 112 strikeouts this year which will make him the all-time record holder for single season strikeouts after he passed Richard Barkley's record from the 2003 season with 99 K's.
 
MCDANIEL ALL THE TIME
Charlie McDaniel has excelled as a Saturday pitcher this season, significantly enhancing his career statistics as a four-year starter for PC. His start against Charleston Southern marked his 53rd appearance on the mound for the Blue Hose, a milestone that gave him the record for the most starts ever by a pitcher at Presbyterian College. McDaniel will continue to extend that record as we watch him play throughout the rest of the 2024 season.
 
BIG SOUTH WEEKLY AWARDS
- The Presbyterian College Blue Hose baseball player's Joel Dragoo, Daniel Eagen, and Tristan McGregor all earned Big South honors for their performances throughout the first week of the 2024 baseball season. Dragoo was awarded with Player of the Week, Eagen was named Starting Pitcher of the Week, and McGregor earned Freshman of the Week.
- Tristan McGregor earned his second Big South Freshman of the Week award on March 4 following his efforts against St. Bonaventure.
- Daniel Eagen was named Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week after his performance in Presbyterian's 6-2 victory over Gardner-Webb on March 28. He pitched for 5.0 innings while throwing 11 strikeouts and holding batters to no runs and just one hit.
- Joel Dragoo was named Big South Player of the Week for the second time this season on April 8 after his performance in Presbyterian's conference sweep over the Radford Highlanders.
- Daniel Eagen went back to back weeks with the Starting Pitcher of the Week title after tailing a new career-best of 14 strikeouts in PC's first win over the Highlanders.
- Eagen made history the following week, being the first player in program history to earn three consecutive and four total Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week Accolades.
- Once again, Dragoo's name was called as the Big South Player of the Week on April 29. His extraordinary performance on the diamond that week helped the Blue Hose secure a win over the Georgia State Panthers and beat the USC Upstate Spartans in their conference series.
- Eagen continues to dominate for the Blue Hose's defense week-by-week as he earned his fifth Big South Starting Pitcher of the Week Title continuing to show that he is one of the top pitchers in the conference.
- The Big South recently put out the final Big South Weekly awards of the 2024 season. With no surprise, Eagen was named Starting Pitcher of the Week for the sixth time, while Dragoo took Player of the Week for the fourth time this year.