MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – William & Mary baseball's (25-14, 8-6 CAA) impressive streak of eight consecutive weekend series victories came to an end Saturday as Charleston (27-10, 11-3 CAA) clinched the conference weekend with a 4-0 victory. 

The Tribe started CAA play with four-straight winning weekends but fell short of the offensive comeback needed to support grad student Zack Potts' start on the mound.

Potts allowed just a pair of runs in his outing, both crossing in the first inning for Charleston. He followed the first frame with six-straight scoreless innings, two of them perfect, in a season-long 7.0-inning performance.

The righty fanned six Cougars, just one short of meeting his season high, and allowed seven hits. Stranding six Cougars on base and twice ending an inning with a strikeout, he kept the Tribe within two runs of the host team through the seventh inning.

Credited with the loss in the contest, Potts fell to 5-3 on the year.

Junior Lucas Carmichael tied his season-high hitting streak of eight games as he belted a single to right center to lead off the sixth inning. Luca Trigiani extended his own hitting streak to four games.

Centerfielder Ben Parker drew his 36^th walk of the year, leading the Tribe and landing a single walk away from entering the all-time W&M single-season leaderboard, which has five players tied at 13^th-most in a single season with 37.
 
Due to the threat of inclement weather, the series finale against the Cougars on Sunday, April 21, has been shifted up one hour to a noon first pitch. The Tribe will look to avoid the weekend sweep.
 
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