Charleston Southern Buccaneers

Charleston Southern Buccaneers
University	Charleston Southern
Conference	Big South Conference
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Hank Small
Location	North Charleston, SC
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 (Bucs)
Colors	Navy       Vegas Gold
Website	www.csusports.com

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.

Sports teams

CSU competes in the NCAA in the following sports:^[1]

In 2008, CSU closed its highly successful men's tennis program to reallocate funds to other sports.^[2] CSU formerly fielded a men's soccer team.

Athletic facilities

• Buccaneer Field - home of the Football and Women's Soccer teams. It opened in 1970 and has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.
• CSU Field House - home of the Men's and Women's Basketball teams. It has a capacity of 881 spectators. It is the smallest arena in Division I basketball. For home games involving major conference teams or local opponents such as The Citadel or the College of Charleston, the team will play home games in the North Charleston Coliseum.
• Buccaneer Ballpark - home of the Baseball program. It has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.

Football

Charleston Southern - Coastal Carolina Rivalry

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.Since 2010 Charleston Southern has a three game losing streak to Coastal Carolina with Coastal winning the Big South Championship and winning the automatic berth into the NCAA Playoffs after a 41-20 loss in 2012.

Coastal Carolina leads the series 8-4.

• 2014 - CSU @ Coastals - L, 43-22
• 2013 - Coastal @ CSU - W, 31-26
• 2012 - CSU @ Coastal - L, 41-20
• 2011 - Coastal @ CSU - L, 45-38
• 2010 - CSU @ Coastal - L, 70-3^[3]
• 2009 - Coastal @ CSU - W, 30-23
• 2008 - CSU @ Coastal - W, 24-0
• 2007 - Coastal @ CSU - L, 41-2
• 2006 - CSU @ Coastal - L, 31-17
• 2005 - Coastal @ CSU - W, 34-27 (2 OT)
• 2004 - CSU @ Coastal - L, 56-28
• 2003 - Coastal @ CSU - L, 48-14 (First Meeting)

Charleston Southern vs FBS Schools

Men's basketball

References

External links

• Official site

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