Box Score No. 25-ranked Coastal Carolina pounded out 17 hits and completed a three-game sweep with a 9-6 win over High Point Monday afternoon in Big South Conference baseball action at Erath Field.

Matt Christie, Josh Cotten and Jeremy Neyra each had two hits for the Panthers (9-15, 0-3 Big South).

Mike Valter (2-0) got the win in relief for the Chanticleers (18-3, 3-0). Rob Bland (0-5) took the loss for HPU.

Mike Costanzo threw three scoreless innings of relief to pick up his fifth save of the year.

After Coastal struck first with a run in the top of the opening inning, the Panthers tied things up in the bottom of the frame on an RBI groundout by Dustin Holtzman which scored Chris Ramirez. HPU took a 2-1 lead off Chanticleer starter Kevin Marrie in the second when Neyra's one-out single plated Ro Castro.

The Chants edged back in front with a pair of runs in the top of the third. A sacrifice fly by Mike Fuentes scored Danny Morgan, and a two-out infield hit by Tommy Baldridge brought home Chris Todd for a 3-2 Coastal lead.

HPU tied things back up with a run in the bottom of the inning. Holtzman singled, advanced to third on a double by Bobby Brown and then scored on an RBI groundout by Josh Doane.

But Coastal struck for four runs in the fourth to build a 7-3 lead. Jon Foisy came home from third base when a failed pickoff attempt at first brought Costanzo to third. Costanzo came home on a sacrifice fly by Morgan, and Baldridge's two-out single to left scored Fuentes and Aaron Verrett.

The Chants sandwiched single runs in the fifth and sixth innings around Seby Renta's RBI single in the bottom of the fifth which scored Cotten.

High Point pulled within 9-6 with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh off CCU reliever Donnie Presley. Holtzman drew a lead-off walk and eventually scored on a wild pitch, and Castro's sacrifice fly plated Nick Thompson.

But Costanzo, who went 3-for-4 at the plate, shut the Panthers down in the eighth and ninth to give the Chants their sixth-straight win.

Matt Kniginyzky struck out four and allowed one run in 4 1/3 innings of relief.

Baldridge and Michael DeJesus each went 4-for-6 for the Chants.

High Point hosts Elon Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 pm at Erath Field.