2016: The Year of the Chanticleer

2016: The Year of the Chanticleer CCU ATHLETICS SAW UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS IN 2016

WINTER

OUR FOOTBALL ALUMNI GOT THINGS STARTED IN 2016. JOSH NORMAN AND MIKE TOLBERT REPRESENTED COASTAL AND THE CAROLINAS AS PART OF THE NFC CHAMPION CAROLINA PANTHERS IN SUPER BOWL 50.

POST SEASON SUCCESS CONTINUED WITH CCU MEN'S BASKETBALL'S RUN IN THE COLLEGE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT.

THE CHANTS ENTERED THE POST SEASON AT 18-11, BEFORE WINNING THREE GAMES TO REACH THE CIT SEMI-FINALS.

THE FIRST ROUND WIN OVER MERCER MARKED THE FIRST POSTSEASON VICTORY IN CHANTICLEER HISTORY.

SPRING

MORGAN NOAD MADE SURE THE CHANTS STAY IN THE BIG SOUTH RECORD BOOKS. HER 75 HOME RUNS RANKS FIRST IN THE BIG SOUTH ALL TIME. THE 2016 ALL-REGION PLAYER AND CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR ALSO FINISHED THE SEASON AS THE NCAA HOME RUN CHAMPION WITH 23 ON THE YEAR.

MEN'S TENNIS COLLECTED THE FIRST RING OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, SWEEPING THE BIG SOUTH IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND TOURNAMENT.

ON THE (CON)WAY TO OMAHA

THE CCU BASEBALL CHANTS STARTED THE 2016 POST SEASON WITH A FAMILIAR PHOTO, WITH THE BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP. WHAT CAME NEXT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOREVER...

RIDICULOUSNESS IN RALEIGH

IN A WIN OR GO HOME GAME, BEING PLAYED OVER 2 DAYS, THE CHANTS SCORED 4 RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE NINTH AGAINST HOST NC STATE.

RIDICULOUSNESS IN RALEIGH

MIKE MORRISON CLOSED OUT THE NINTH TO SET OFF THE CHANTS SECOND DOG PILE OF THE POST SEASON.

RIDICULOUSNESS IN RALEIGH

THE SCOREBOARD POSE & CHANTS UP KIND OF BECAME A THING.

CHANTS vs. THE WORLD

NEXT UP WAS A SUPER REGIONAL WITH 6 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION LSU TIGERS. CCU WALKED INTO FAMED ALEX BOX STADIUM TO TAKE ON 12,000 CRAZY CAJUNS.

CHANTS VS. THE WORLD

GOOD THING WE HAD THIS GUY.

CHANTS VS. THE WORLD

AND THIS GUY.

CHANTS VS. THE WORLD.

AND (ESPECIALLY) THIS GUY.

CHANTS VS. THE WORLD

AFTER A SLUGFEST IN GAME ONE, THE CHANTS SURVIVED A LATE RALLY BY THE HOST TIGERS AND IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH SHOCKED THE WORLD BY BECOMING THE FIRST TEAM TO EVER SWEEP LSU AT HOME IN A SUPER REGIONAL.

CHANTS VS. THE WORLD

GARY GILMORE HAD FINALLY REALIZED HIS DREAM OF MAKING IT TO OMAHA.

SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA...

THE CHANTS TRADED IN A SCOREBOARD FOR THE OMAHA STATUE ON THE FIRST DAY IN TOWN.

SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA...

GILLEY FINALLY GOT HIS GUYS TO THE PROMISED LAND. BUT NOW IT WAS TIME TO GO TO WORK ON CONTINUING THIS IMPROBABLE RUN.

SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA...

#TEALNATION WAS THERE WITH THE GUYS. AND LOUD. SO LOUD.

SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA...

ANDREW BECKWITH PUT THE CHANTS ON THE MAP WITH A COMPLETE GAME SHUTDOWN OF #1 FLORIDA TO GET THINGS GOING.

SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA...

THANK YOU, MO.

SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA...

THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE GAMES AND NATIONAL EXPOSURE, THE CHANTS SHOWED THE COUNTRY YOU CAN STILL HAVE FUN AND EXCEL.

SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA...

TOWNS THAT ARE G.K.'S: CONWAY, OMAHA.

SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA...

ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS A GOLDEN PITCH, A PITCH THAT COULD WIN A WORLD SERIES FOR EITHER TEAM, THE CHANTS CLAIMED THE 2016 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, COMPLETING ONE OF THE GREATEST UNDER DOG RUNS IN SPORTS HISTORY.

THE CHAMPS WERE ALSO INVITED TO BE THE OFFICIAL KEEP POUNDING DRUMMERS FOR A PRESEASON PANTHERS GAME.

SUMMER

OUR ALUMS WERE BACK AT IT DURING THE SUMMER. AMBER CAMPBELL PARTICIPATED IN HER 3RD OLYMPICS IN THE HAMMER THROW AND DUSTIN JOHNSON WON THE U.S. OPEN, THE RYDER CUP WITH TEAM USA AND THE PGA GOLFER OF THE YEAR.

A NEW ERA

ON JULY 1ST, UNDER ARMOUR BECAME THE EXCLUSIVE APPAREL PROVIDER OF THE CHANTS.

ALSO ON JULY 1ST, CCU BECAME FULL MEMBERS OF THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE. TAKING ANOTHER STEP FORWARD IN THE WORLD OF COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS.

FALL

IN THE CHANTS' FIRST SEASON OF SUN BELT PLAY, WOMEN'S SOCCER EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS, COMING IN SECOND IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND REACHING THE SUN BELT FINALS.

ANNIE BOTHMA OF CCU CROSS COUNTRY WON BOTH THE SUN BELT AND NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONAL, REPRESENTING CCU AT THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

RECORD SETTING YEAR

CCU VOLLEYBALL ALSO HAD A YEAR TO REMEMBER IN 2016.

RECORD SETTING YEAR

THE CHANTS SET A SCHOOL RECORD WITH WITH 28 WINS.

RECORD SETTING YEAR

THE CHANTS ENTERED THE SUN BELT CHAMPIONSHIP AS A 2 SEED AND DEFEATED 2 TIME CHAMPION ARKANSAS STATE FOR THE CHANTS 3RD STRAIGHT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP (2 BIG SOUTH, 1 SUN BELT).

RECORD SETTING YEAR

THE CHANTS HEADED TO CHAPEL HILL (AGAIN) FOR THE NCAA TOURNAMENT, LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST EVER VICTORY IN THE BIG TOURNAMENT.

RECORD SETTING YEAR

THE CHANTS WON A 5 SET BATTLE WITH JMU FOR THE FIRST EVER NCAA VICTORY IN CCU VOLLEYBALL HISTORY.

RECORD SETTING YEAR

JUNIOR LEAH HARDEMAN WON HER 3RD CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONOR. SHE WON THE BIG SOUTH AWARD AS A FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE.

MEN'S SOCCER CONTINUED THEIR CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE AS ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP PROGRAMS.

CCU WON THE REGULAR SEASON AND SUN BELT TOURNAMENT, AND ADDED ANOTHER NCAA VICTORY AT HOME.

ON THE SURF TURF, DE'ANGELO HENDERSON EXTENDED HIS OWN NCAA DIVISION 1 RECORD OF SCORING A TOUCHDOWN IN 35 CONSECUTIVE GAMES. THE ALL-AMERICAN FINISHED HIS CAREER AT CCU AS A TRUE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE "BAM" MANTRA AND MISSION OF CCU ATHLETICS. THANK YOU, HOP.

AFTER ANOTHER DOUBLE DIGIT WIN SEASON, COACH MOGLIA AND THE CHANTS HEAD TO THE SUN BELT AND FBS FOOTBALL.

THE CHANTS LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING A TEAM ON THE FIELD THAT ALL OF COASTAL CAROLINA CAN BE PROUD OF.

JOIN US AS WE CONTINUE TO RISE AND BECOME A FORCE IN THE SUN BELT IN ALL SPORTS.

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