Chants

Blythewood Grad Andrew Beckwith on Golden Spikes Watch List

CONWAY (CCU) – Coastal Carolina senior pitcher Andrew Beckwith is one of 55 players named to the preseason Golden Spikes Award watch list, beginning the process of identifying the top amateur baseball player in the country for the 2017 season. The 40th Golden Spikes Award will be presented in partnership with the Rod Dedeaux Foundation on June 29 in Los Angeles. This…

Coastal Tabbed as Favorites in Sun Belt Preseason Coaches’ Poll

CONWAY (CCU) – The defending national champions, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns are the respective East and West preseason favorites in the Sun Belt Conference baseball preseason coaches’ poll heading into the 2017 season. Beginning with the 2017 season, the conference will conduct its baseball regular season with divisional play. Two divisions – East and West – will be comprised…

Coastal Carolina #11 in D1Baseball Preseason Poll

CONWAY (Coastal) – Coastal Carolina, the defending national champions, are ranked 11th in the D1Baseball.com preseason baseball poll, it was announced today. The #11 ranking is Coastal’s highest ever to start a season. The Chanticleers’ previous high was ranking 12th in the 2010 Baseball America poll. TCU, a team Coastal beat twice to advance to the College World Series final,…

#15 Coastal Carolina Wraps 2016 Season 26-7 Over Hampton

Courtesy: CCU Athletics CONWAY (Coastal) – De’Angelo Henderson ended his spectacular career with 135 rushing yards while fellow All-American candidate Alex Scearce set a CCU season record for sacks to lead #15 Coastal Carolina to a 26-7 victory over Hampton Saturday afternoon at Brooks Stadium in the teams’ 2016 season finales. Coastal Carolina ends the season with a 10-2 record,…

#16 Coastal Beats Liberty, 42-7

CONWAY (Coastal) – De’Angelo Henderson rushed for 139 yards — 98 in the first half — and scored three times while the Chanticleer defense held Liberty to just a CCU record-low minus 23 rushing yards as #16 Coastal Carolina cruised to a 42-7 victory over rival Liberty on a national ESPNEWS telecast. Coastal, playing its first home Thursday night game,…

#16 Coastal Carolina Claims 17-7 Win at Gardner-Webb

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (CCU SID) – Coastal Carolina overcame two first-half turnovers and out-scored Gardner-Webb 14-0 in the second half to claim a 17-7 victory versus The Runnin’ Bulldogs Saturday afternoon at Spangler Stadium. The Chanticleers, ranked 16th in the FCS poll, improve to 4-2 for the season, 7-0 all-time in game played at GWU and 12-2 in the overall series versus…

WATCH: Coastal Dismantles Furman, 41-21

CONWAY (Coastal) – Coastal Carolina scored twice on special teams — returning a blocked field goal for a touchdown and returning a punt for a touchdown — scored once on defense and De’Angelo Henderson set a career high with 185 rushing yards to lead the 17th-ranked Chanticleers to a 41-21 victory over Furman Saturday before a crowd of 10,311, tying…

Coastal Carolina’s stadium update receives approval

By: Greg Brzozowski

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As Coastal Carolina football prepares to play in a new conference, jumping to the ranks of the FBS in 2017, they will also see new changes coming to Brooks Stadium. On Tuesday, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority approved an expansion for CCU’s home field to put it well past its current capacity of 9,214, costing $31.8 million….

National Champion Chanticleers Welcomed Home

Lining the streets in downtown Conway for the motorcade to welcome home the champion CCU mens baseball team. (Amanda Kinseth/WPDE CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) — The Coastal Carolina University mens baseball team, the newly crowned National Champions, is being welcomed home today with a motorcade through downtown Conway and a ceremony at the university. Fans have lined the streets of downtown…

Weather Postpones Arizona-Coastal National Championship to Thursday

Grounds crew members pull the tarp over the playing field at TD Ameritrade Park during a weather delay before Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series finals between Coastal Carolina and Arizona in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, June 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The College World Series championship game between Coastal Carolina and Arizona was postponed…