Charleston Southern Buccaneers baseball
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| University | Charleston Southern |
| Conference | Big South Conference |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Hank Small |
| Location | North Charleston, South Carolina |
| Varsity teams | 15 |
| Football stadium | Buccaneer Field |
| Basketball arena | CSU Field House/North Charleston Coliseum |
| Baseball stadium | Buccaneer Ballpark |
| Mascot | Bucky the Buccaneer |
| Nickname | Buccaneers |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Website | www |
Charleston Southern Buccaneers are the athletic teams that represent Charleston Southern University. They participate in Division I of the NCAA as a member of the Big South Conference. Charleston Southern (CSU) fields varsity teams in 16 sports, 7 for Men and 9 for Women. The football team competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly I-AA.
CSU competes in the NCAA in the following sports:
Men's Sports
Women's Sports
In 2008, CSU closed its highly successful men's tennis program to reallocate funds to other sports. CSU formerly fielded a men's soccer team.
These two schools first met on the football field in 2003 and it has been a rivalry since Charleston Southern defeated Coastal Carolina 34-27 in 2005 to win a share of the Big South Championship that Coastal had already clinched. CSU got the first shutout of the series with their 24-0 win in 2008. Currently, Charleston Southern has a two-game winning streak over Coastal Carolina with Charleston Southern winning 59-58 in 2016. Charleston Southern won a share of the 2016 Big South Championship and got the automatic berth into the NCAA Playoffs.
Coastal Carolina leads the series 8-6.
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