Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CHARLESTON, S.C..- William & Mary dropped a pair of games to College of Charleston 7-1 and 6-4 Saturday afternoon in the Palmetto State. The Tribe saw strong efforts from Zach Tsakounis and Ben Greenspon on the hill in the losses. 
 
Despite four hits from Ben Williamson the Tribe was unable to match the Cougars offensively in the first game of the doubleheader. The teams traded scoreless innings until Charleston got the scoring started in the fifth inning. 
 
Matt McDermott led off the top of the fourth with a double into left center but the Tribe was unable to push him around to score. The Cougars would mirror the effort in the home half of the fourth leading off with a double, but Tsakounis was able to retire the following three batters to keep the score knotted at zero. 
 
College of Charleston would get the scoring started in the fifth as Trotter Harlan got a two-out single followed up by a Joseph Mershon walk. Both would score a on Harrison Hawkins three-run homer to deep left center. 
 
The Tribe would answer in their half of the sixth as Ben Williamson pushed a single into left center. The bases would load after McDermott walked and Jack Cone was hit by a pitch. Solomon would walk to push Williamson across the plate but W&M would not be able to muster anything else in the frame. 
 
Charleston would take advantage of three free passes to open up 7-1 lead putting up four runs in the sixth inning. That would be the last of the scoring as the Cougars took the opening game by a 7-1 score. 
 
The Tribe battled in the second game but were not able to overcome a tumultuous sixth and seventh inning as College of Charleston prevailed in the nightcap 6-4. 
 
After the first 10 Tribe hitters were retired to begin the second contests, McDermott swatted a single in the fourth and was followed by a Cone walk but W&M would not be able to push a run across. 
 
In the fifth Matt Trehub singled and moved to second on David Hogarth's sacrifice bunt and take third on Joe Delossantos' single to center. After Delossantos stole second, Williamson swatted a double to right field to score a pair and give the Tribe a 2-0 lead. 
 
The Cougars answered in the home half of the fifth inning plating a pair of runs to tie the game at 2-2. But the Tribe came back in the sixth as Cone singled and moved to third on Hunter Hart's single. Cone came around as Matt Trehub laced a single to right center and Hart would score on Hogarth's sac fly to deep right. 
 
But the lead would not last long as  Charleston would come all the way back to take the lead in the bottom half of the sixth 5-4. The Cougars would add a another run in the seventh on a pair of hits to extend the lead to two. That would be all the Cougars would need as they took a 6-4 win despite Jack Cone pitching a clean eighth inning on his first outing of the season. 
 
The Tribe will continue CAA play next weekend hosting UNCW for a trio of games at Plumeri Park. The teams will play a doubleheader Saturday and conclude the series Sunday afternoon.