Elon, N.C.- Elon (8-13) senior Charlie Granatell continued to be a bright spot in the Phoenix lineup as he collected the 200^th hit of his Elon career in the Friday night loss to the College of Charleston (13-7).
 
Six different Phoenix collected a hit with Vince Fattore securing the lone multi-hit game for the Phoenix. Ryan Sprock and Will Vergantino both drove in a run in the loss.  
 
How It Happened

• The Phoenix and Cougars traded blows early. Despite putting two men on in the first, the Phoenix could not bring a run across in the top of the frame. While Charleston brought in one run in the bottom of the inning.
• Elon responded with a clean frame from Justin Mitrovich and two runs in the third. Back-to-back singles from Jackson Alford and Alex Duffey put runners on the corners with no one out. Alford would score on a sacrifice fly from Sprock before Vergantino scored Duffey on an RBI single.
• The Cougars would counter with two runs of their own in the bottom of the frame.
• Charleston continued to bring home runs with nine runs between the fifth and eighth innings to take game one of the weekend series, 12-2.

 
Notes and Stats

• The Phoenix drops to 8-13 following the game one loss to the College of Charleston.  
• Charlie Granatell became the first Phoenix since Ryne Ogren in 2018 to collect 200 hits in his Phoenix career. Granatell continues to stack hits with six hits in his last three games.
• Jackson Alford and Alex Duffey both had a hit, and a run scored in the loss.
• Vince Fattore had the lone day with multiple hits and increased his batting average to .302.
• Justin Mitrovich made his sixth start of the season and struck out four in five innings in his first loss of the season.

 
Up Next
The Phoenix returns to the field tomorrow for game two of the weekend series. First pitch with the Cougars will be at 2 PM.