Mt. Pleasant, S.C.- Alex Duffey did it all in the batter's box in Elon's (9-14, 1-2 CAA) Sunday loss to the College of Charleston Cougars (14-8, 2-1 CAA). Duffey finished with his second straight three-hit game against the Cougars, homered, drove in three runs and reached four times in the 11-6 loss.
 
How It Happened

• Elon continued to make first inning runs a habit with four runs across in the first frame. After back-to-back singles from Jackson Alford and Charlie Granatell, Duffey took a hanging slider deep to right field to jump on the Cougars with three runs early.
• The Phoenix added another in the first frame with an all-around effort from Will Vergantino. Vergantino doubled down the left field line, stole third and used his speed on a Kenny Mallory Jr. groundball to second base to score the fourth run of the inning.
• Charleston would counter with eight consecutive runs over the next three innings to take a four-run advantage into the sixth inning.
• After Elon bounced the Cougar starter, Tank Yaghoubi would reach base and be moved to second by a groundout. Granatell delivered another clutch base hit to center field which scored Yaghoubi from second to bring the deficit to three.
• Following another Cougar run, Elon countered with another. Two singles from Duffey and Mallory, Vince Fattore battled with an eight pitch at-bat which resulted in a base hit to left field that scored Duffey.
• Charleston added two more runs to their tally while Elon could not answer with any more and fell 11-6.

 
Notes and Stats

• The Phoenix improves to 9-14 on the season and 1-2 in CAA play.  
• Alex Duffey continued his strong play to open conference play with his second straight three-hit game. After not hitting a home run in the first 21 games, Duffey's power came to the plate with another home run in the first inning. Duffey reached base four times in the game and his weekly on-base percentage reached .632.
• Charlie Granatell continues to surge at the top of the batting order. Granatell delivered another multi-hit performance. Granatell has collected multi-hit games in five straight outings.
• Jackson Alford continues to produce at the top of the Phoenix lineup. Alford collected his 12^th multi-hit game of the season in just the 23^rd game of the season.
• With another multi-hit game Sunday, Ryan Sprock extends his hitting streak to ten games and reaches a 10+ game hitting streak for the second time this season.
• Sam Nomura delivered another solid relief outing with 2.1 innings out of the pen allowing just two hits and no earned runs.

 
Up Next
The Phoenix returns to Latham Park on Tuesday to welcome to the nationally ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons. First pitch with Wake Forest will be at 6 PM.