Palmetto State Baseball team of the week, April 14-20: Charleston Southern

Charleston Southern (3-0 for the week)
(went 3-0 vs. Longwood)

The Buccaneers got off to an school-best 8-1 start under first-year head coach Karl Kuhn  and carried a 12-3 record into Big South Conference play.

They lost their first six conference games and were 2-7 after three weeks of the league schedule. CSU responded with sweeps in their next two conference series to move to their current 8-7 league record (and 22-14 overall).

The Bucs have been doing it with offense. They have a .296 batting average - with 360 hits in 36 games - and have stolen 71 bases.

Kaden Smith leads the Buccaneers in homers (9) and RBI (51). He homered four times - two were grand slams - and drove in 15 runs in the weekend sweep of Longwood.

Up next: at The Citadel, Tuesday

 

Also considered

Coastal Carolina (3-1)

Columbia International (3-0)

Florence-Darlington Tech (3-1) 

Francis Marion (4-0)
Lander (4-0)

Newberry (3-1)

North Greenville (4-1) - winning streak hit 16 before ending

South Carolina (3-1) - first SEC series win

USC Lancaster (3-1)

Winthrop (4-0) -

Previous winners
Jan. 24-Feb. 2: Claflin

Feb. 3-9: Francis Marion

Feb. 10-16: Coastal Carolina

Feb. 17-23: Coker
Feb. 24-March 2: Clemson

March 3-9: Lander

March 10-16: Florence-Darlington Tech

March 17-23: USC Upstate

March 24-30: USC Sumter

March 31-April 6: Francis Marion

April 7-13: North Greenville