Cobra Bytes - Feb. 25 - March 3

Monday, February 25 - Sunday, March 3

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Cobra Spotlight

The "Cobra Spotlight" is a weekly highlight of a student-athlete at Coker College. Each week we take a different athlete from a different sport and display some facets to get more familiar with them. This week we take a look at Steve Marciano, a member of the men’s lacrosse team. Read more…

VOTE FOR SHAROD WILLIAMS

Senior men’s basketball forward, Sharod Williams, has been selected as one of 16 finalists for the “State Farm Dark Horse Dunker” competition. To watch the contest and vote, visit https://www.facebook.com/collegeslam. Each of the finalists is slotted against another Dark Horse Dunker candidate in the bracket. Fans can access the bracket, watch video of each dunker and vote for their favorite contestant. Fans can vote once per day. Voting ends at 11:59 a.m. central time on Feb. 25. VOTE FOR SHAROD!!

Women’s Basketball

• This week’s games:
  • Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. (H) – Queens
  • Friday at 5:30 p.m. (H) – Belmont Abbey

• Last week’s games:
  • Pfeiffer (W) – 68-66
  • King (W) – 73-65

• The Cobra women’s basketball team picked up a pair of wins last week and pushed their winning streak to four games. They will play their final two regular season games of the year this week, both at home, against Queens and Belmont Abbey. Currently, the Cobras are in fourth place in the league standings.

Men’s Basketball

• This week’s games:
  • Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. (H) – Queens
  • Friday at 7:30 p.m. (H) – Belmont Abbey

• Last week’s games:
  • Pfeiffer (L) – 64-62
  • King (L) – 73-72

• The Coker men suffered two heartbreaking losses last week. This week they will take the court for their final two regular season games of the season, both at home. Currently, the men are in eighth place in the conference standings.

Men’s Volleyball

• This week’s matches:
  • Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. (H) – Belmont Abbey
  • Saturday at 4:00 p.m. (H) – Lees-McRae

• Last week’s matches:
  • Eastern Mennonite (L) – 3-2
  • Rust (W) – 3-0

• The men’s volleyball team picked up a 3-0 shut out victory over Rust last week. This week they will look to continue their winning ways with a pair of home matches on Wednesday versus Belmont Abbey and Saturday against Lees-McRae.

Baseball

• This week’s games:
  • Monday at 1:00 p.m. (H) – Barton
  • Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. (H) – St. Andrews
  • Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. (H) – UNC Pembroke
  • Friday at 2:00 p.m. (H) – Limestone
  • Saturday at 12 p.m. (H) – Limestone (DH)

• Last week’s games:
  • Claflin (W) – 7-1
  • Barton – (W) 7-6, (W) 3-2

• The baseball team won three in a row last week, including their first two Conference Carolinas games of the season. This week they will play a five game home stand, including a three-game conference series against Limestone on Friday and Saturday.

Softball

• This week’s games:
  • Monday at 2:00 p.m. (A) – Claflin (DH)
  • Saturday at 1:00 p.m. (H) – Barton (DH)

• Last week’s games:
  • Francis Marion – (L) 1-0, (L) 2-0

• Last week the softball team suffered a pair of tough losses to local rival Francis Marion. This week the Cobras will travel to Claflin and then return home for their first Conference Carolinas series of the season against Barton.

Men’s Golf

• This week’s tournaments:
  • Armstrong Pirate Invitational – Feb. 25-26

• Last week’s tournaments:
  • None

• The nationally ranked No. 16 Coker men’s golf team heads to Savannah, Ga. this week for the Armstrong Pirate Invitational. The tournament features seven nationally ranked teams. The tournament will feature 36 holes on Monday and 18 holes on Tuesday. 

Men’s and Women’s Tennis

• This week’s matches:
  • Saturday at 2:00 p.m. (H) – Lees-McRae
  • Sunday at 10:00 a.m. (H) – King

• Last week’s matches:
  • Wingate – Canceled
  • North Greenville– Canceled
  • Johnson C. Smith – (W) 6-3 – women, (W) 8-1 – men

• After picking up two non-conference wins against Johnson C. Smith last week, the Coker men’s and women’s tennis teams will play their first conference matches of the season this week. They will take on Lees-McRae and King on Saturday and Sunday.

Men’s Lacrosse

• This week’s games:
  • Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. (A) – Queens
  • Friday at 7:00 p.m. (A) – Florida Tech
  • Sunday at 1:00 p.m. (A) – Tampa

• Last week’s games:
  • LIU Post (L) – 14-5
  • Belmont Abbey - Postponed

• The men’s lacrosse team suffered a loss last week to LIU Post. This week will be very busy one for the lacrosse team as they play three games on the road, including their first conference game of the season at Queens and a trip to the Sunshine State to take on Florida Tech and Tampa.