Coastal Carolina advanced Wednesday in its opening game in the Sun Belt Conference Championship with a rare eighth-inning walk off at Louisiana-Lafayette’s Russo Park.
Zach Biermann’s two-run home run over the right field fence gave the Chanticleers a 12-2 lead over Texas-Arlington to enact the tournament’s 10-run rule that takes effect after the seventh inning.
The win is Coastal’s first in the Sun Belt tournament. Despite being the top seed in its first season in the conference last season, Coastal was bounced by an opening-game loss after the tournament was shortened to single elimination following two days of weather postponements and the 2016 national champions were left out of the NCAA tournament field.