2011 KEYDET BASEBALL

 VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES  VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES  VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES  VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES  VMI (10-10-1, 1-2 Big South) at Longwood (17-6) and vs. VCU - March 22, Farmville, Va. - 5 p.m. March 23, Gray-Minor Stadium - 5 p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 18 at #10 Florida State L, 0-12 Probable Starting Pitchers Feb. 19 at #10 Florida State L, 2-9 Feb. 20 at #10 Florida State L, 0-15 Tues.: VMI Campbell Henkel, LHP (2-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. LW Ryan Schubert (1-0, 5.82 ERA) Feb. 22 William & Mary W, 4-1 Wed: VMI TBA vs. VCU TBA Feb. 23 at #10 Virginia L, 3-4 Feb. 25 Binghamton W, 5-3 Feb. 26 Binghamton (DH) L, 1-7 and W, 2-0 After taking the series finale from man George Piccirilli.The junior had a Feb. 27 Binghamton W, 9-2 Mar. 1 at Richmond T, 6-6. Winthrop in the team’s Big South career day, going 4 for 5 with four RBI Mar. 4 Bucknell W, 6-5 opening series this past weekend,VMI and three extra-base hits, including a Mar. 5 Bucknell (DH) L, 2-4,W 7-3 Mar. 6 Bucknell PPD is back in action Tuesday, taking on three-run home run in the eighth Mar. 8 at #27 James Madison W, 8-2 Corvallis, Oregon Tournament - Mar. 11-13 Longwood in Farmville. Game time is inning that broke the game open. Rob Mar. 11 vs. New Mexico State W, 7-2 set for 5 p.m., and the Keydets will Dickinson and Justin Hess have also Mar. 12 vs. New Mexico State W, 5-0 Mar. 12 at Oregon State L, 3-13 have a quick turnaround to take on been hitting well for VMI,as both have Mar. 13 at Oregon State L, 1-5 VCU at Gray-Minor Stadium the next hit .381 (8 for 21) over the team’s last Mar. 15 at Portland PPD Mar. 18 at Winthrop* L, 1-2 day, also at 5 p.m. six games. Mar. 19 at Winthrop* L, 6-7 (10) Mar. 20 at Winthrop* W, 10-2 Left-hander Campbell Henkel will VCU swept both games from VMI Mar. 22 at Longwood 5 p.m. make his first collegiate start against last season, but this year, the Rams are Mar. 23 VCU 5 p.m. Mar. 25 at Presbyterian College* 3 p.m. the Lancers, after five relief appear- just 7-12 overall. and have lost three of Mar. 26 at Presbyterian College* 2 p.m. ances already this year. Henkel has two their last four, including a series loss to Mar. 27 at Presbyterian College* 1 p.m. Mar. 30 Richmond 5 p.m. wins out of the bullpen, along with a James Madison this past weekend. Apr. 1 Gardner-Webb* 6 p.m. Following the midweek games, VMI Apr. 2 Gardner-Webb* 4 p.m. 3.60 ERA. He will face a Longwood Apr. 3 Gardner-Webb* 1 p.m. team that has won 15 of 16 games, and is back in action Friday, opening a Apr. 5 Virginia Tech 6 p.m. Apr. 8 at Radford* 6 p.m. will start freshman righty Ryan three-game conference set in Clinton, Apr. 9 at Radford* 4 p.m. Schubert in the non-conference con- S.C. versus Presbyterian College. Game Apr. 10 at Radford* 2 p.m. Apr. 13 at William & Mary 7 p.m. test. time is set for 3 p.m. Apr. 15 at Charleston Southern* 2 p.m. Schubert will have to face a Keydet Apr. 16 at Charleston Southern* 2 p.m. Apr. 17 at Charleston Southern* 2 p.m. lineup that pounded out 10 runs on 12 Apr. 19 at VCU 6 p.m. Apr. 22 Liberty* 6 p.m. hits in Sunday’s win, including first base- Apr. 23 Liberty* (DH) 2 p.m. Apr. 26 James Madison 6 p.m. Apr. 28 at #23 Coastal Carolina 6 p.m. Apr. 29 at #23 Coastal Carolina 6 p.m. Potential Starters Apr. 30 at #23 Coastal Carolina 2 p.m. Yr. AVG R 2B HR RBI OBP May 11 Longwood 6 p.m. C Alex Haitsuka Sr. .264 11 6 1 5 .354 May 13 UNC Asheville* 6 p.m. 1B George Piccirilli Jr. .365 11 6 2 18 .390 May 14 UNC Asheville* 6 p.m. 2B Justin Hess Sr. .277 11 2 1 7 .309 May 15 UNC Asheville* 6 p.m. 3B Chase Worthington Jr. .194 6 1 1 9 .276 May 17 at Virginia Tech 5:30 p.m. SS Sam Roberts Sr. .338 17 3 2 11 .433 May 19 High Point* 6 p.m. LF Graham Sullivan Sr. .341 8 7 2 12 .356 May 20 High Point* 6 p.m. CF Rob Dickinson So. .270 6 1 0 3 .281 May 21 High Point* 1 p.m. RF Jacob Morley Jr. .292 7 3 0 2 .333 May 24-28 Big South Championships - Lexington DH Justin Topping Sr. .357 4 1 0 2 .400 * - Big South Conference Game VMI’s Record in 2011... Piccirilli’s Career Day Gives Big South Standings Keydets Series Finale: Big South Overall Overall ...... 10-10-1 First baseman George Piccirilli had a career W-L PCT W-L PCT Big South ...... 1-2 day in March 20’s series finale at Winthrop. The Liberty 3-0 1.000 12-9 .571 Gardner-Webb 2-1 .667 14-4 .778 Non-Conference ...... 10-10-1 junior went 4 for 5 with four RBI and three extra- base hits, including a three-run, game-breaking Winthrop 2-1 .667 9-9 .500 Postseason ...... 0-0 home run in the eighth inning for his second long Presbyterian 2-1 .667 13-7 .650 High Point 1-2 .333 13-9 .591 At Home ...... 6-2 ball of the year. The effort gave the Keydets their VMI 1-2 .333 10-10-1 .528 first conference win of the season after losing the On the Road ...... 2-8-1 UNC Asheville 1-2 .333 6-12 .333 first two games of the series by a combined two Neutral Site ...... 2-0 Radford 0-0 .000 12-6 .667 runs. #23 Coastal Carolina 0-0 .000 13-8 .619 At Home (Big South) ...... 0-0 Charleston So. 0-3 .000 10-11 .476 On the Road (Big South) ...... 1-2 Sullivan Heats Up During Trip This Week’s Midweek At Home (Non-Conference) ...... 6-2 West: Senior outfielder Graham Sullivan went on a On the Road (Non-Conference) ...... 1-6-1 Games tear during a five-game stretch, beginning March UNC Asheville at App. State/N.C. Central In Extra-Inning Games ...... 0-1-1 8. During that time, he hit .476 with four doubles, Virginia Tech at Liberty Vs. Nationally-Ranked Teams ...... 1-4 and also drove in five runs. That effort was high- Radford at East Tenn. State (DH) lighted by a 5 for 9 run over two games, including Vs. In-State Teams ...... 2-1-1 Winthrop at Florida (two games) going 2 for 5 with three runs driven to lead the Gardner-Webb at Western Carolina Playing a Day Game ...... 10-8-1 Keydets over #27 James Madison. High Point at North Carolina Playing a Night Game ...... 0-2 Coastal Carolina at The Citadel Brown Dominates Early: Wofford at Presbyterian In First Game of a Doubleheader ...... 0-2 Junior right-hander Jeremy Brown has had a In Second Game of a Doubleheader . . . .2-0 strong start to the year, including being a part of In Single Games ...... 8-8-1 VMI’s first two combined shutouts since 2009. Brown’s ERA sat at 0.90 through games of March Big South Preseason Poll In one-run games ...... 1-3 13, and despite giving up just one run over five 1. Coastal Carolina (10) ...... 100 pts. In two-run games ...... 2-1 innings March 20 at Winthrop, actually rose to 2. Liberty ...... 90 1.08, which remained third in the League. He has 3. Winthrop ...... 68 In five + run games ...... 4-5 thrown a career-high six innings twice this season. 4. High Point ...... 63 When Scoring First ...... 5-3 T5. Radford ...... 61 When Opponent Scores First ...... 5-7-1 VMI Drops Pair at Oregon State: T5. VMI ...... 61 7. Gardner-Webb ...... 39 When Leading Entering 7th Inning . . .8-2-1 After taking two games from the New Mexico State Aggies March 11-12 in Corvallis, Ore., the 8. Charleston Southern ...... 30 When Trailing Entering 7th Inning . . . . .0-7 Keydets dropped a pair to the hosting Oregon 9. UNC Asheville ...... 26 When Tied Entering 7th Inning ...... 2-1 State Beavers. OSU scored the first seven runs to 10. Presbyterian College ...... 12 When Leading Entering 9th Inning . . . . .8-0 take the opener, 13-3, and got strong pitching to take game two, 5-1. When Trailing Entering 9th Inning . . . . .0-9 When Tied Entering 9th Inning ...... 0-1-1 Keydets Take Two From New When Scoring 5 Runs or Less ...... 4-9 Mexico State: When Scoring 6+ Runs ...... 6-1-1 Sparked by strong pitching, VMI captured both games from New Mexico State at the round- When Allowing 5 Runs or Less ...... 10-4 robin tournament in Corvallis, Ore., March 11 and When Allowing 6+ Runs ...... 0-6-1 12. When Out-Hitting an Opponent ...... 9-4 In game one, NMSU took a 1-0 lead in the fourth against Coby Cowgill, who allowed just one When Out-Hit by Opponent ...... 0-5-1 hit over six innings. VMI rallied by scoring the next When Matching Opponent in Hits ...... 1-1 three runs and took a 3-2 lead into the eighth, where the Keydets erupted for four runs en route When committing zero errors ...... 6-2 to the 7-2 win. When committing one or more errors . . . .4-8-1 Game two saw Jeremy Brown and Alan Watts When hitting a Home Run ...... 3-2-1 combine for their second shutout of the year, a 5-0 VMI win. Brown lowered his ERA to a sparkling Vs. Starting LHP ...... 4-2-1 0.90, and became the first Keydet SP to start two Vs. Starting RHP ...... 6-8 shutouts since 2007, when Milwaukee farmhand Michael Bowman did so. 2011 Keydet Honors VMI Knocks Off #27 James 2011 Team Almanac Big South Player of the Week Madison 8-2, Wins in Longest Win Streak ...... 4 Sam Roberts (March 1) Harrisonburg For First Time in 35 Longest Losing Streak ...... 4 Years: Most Runs Scored ...... 10, 3/20 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List A two-out, five-run rally in the seventh inning Fewest Runs Scored ...... 0 (3x) Michael Devine broke open a close game and propelled the VMI Most Runs Allowed ...... 15, 2/20 Keydets to an 8-2 win over the #27 James Madison Fewest Runs Allowed ...... 0, (2x) Dukes in baseball action Tuesday, March 8 in Harrisonburg, Va. The win was VMI's first against Individual Highs the Dukes in Harrisonburg since 1976, JMU's last Most Hits ...... 4, G. Piccirilli vs. WU, 3/20 season as a Division II team. Most At Bats ...... 5, 22x With VMI leading 3-1 in the decisive inning, Most Runs ...... 3, 2x Cody Holder singled with one out. One out later, Most RBIs . . . . ., 4, G. Piccirilli vs. WU, 3/20 Sam Roberts was intentionally walked, but Graham Most Stolen Bases ...... 1, 11x Sullivan made JMU pay for that decision, hammer- ing the first pitch down the left-field line for a Most IP ...... 8.0, Farley (3/5) two-run double. Most Strikeouts ...... 9, Lopez (2/25) George Piccirilli followed with an RBI single, Record By Month and after a walk, Jacob Morley singled home another run and Chase Worthington walked with February ...... 4-5 ...... 444 the bases loaded, putting the Keydets up 8-1. JMU March ...... 6-5-1 ...... 542 scored a single run in the ninth, accounting for the April ...... 0-0 ...... 000 final margin. May ...... 0-0 ...... 000 The win was VMI's first win over the Dukes in Harrisonburg since April 1, 1976, as VMI (7-6-1) Record By Opponent had been 2-27 against the Dukes at their home Non-Conference . . . . .9-8-1 ...... 528 park previously. James Madison (11-2) had entered Big South ...... 1-2 ...... 333 leading the country in runs per game (13.3), but Big South Tourney . . . .0-0 ...... 000 Keydet pitching scattered 11 hits as Sam Roberts (1-1) got his first win of the year. Record By Day Sunday ...... 2-2 ...... 500 Keydets Take Two of Three From Monday ...... 0-0 ...... 000 Bucknell, Ikenberry Wins 200th: Tuesday ...... 2-0-1 ...... 750 Wednesday ...... 0-1 ...... 000 VMI captured two wins in three games against the Bucknell Bison in the series played March 4 Thursday ...... 0-0 ...... 000 and 5, including head coach Marlin Ikenberry’s Friday ...... 3-2 ...... 600 200th career win in the series finale, the nightcap Saturday ...... 3-5 ...... 375 2010 Returning Keydet of a doubleheader on the 5th. In that game, trailing 3-0 headed to the sixth Record vs. Conferences Honorees American East ...... 3-1 All-Big South Conference inning of the nightcap, VMI (6-6-1) quickly scored Binghamton ...... 3-1 Alex Haitsuka, C (Second Team) two runs, thanks to a Bucknell (3-7) throwing error Graham Sullivan, OF (Second Team) and a George Piccirilli sacrifice fly. The next three Atlantic Coast ...... 0-3 hitters reached before Justin Topping tied the Florida State ...... 0-3 Big South Conference All-Academic Team game with a single to right, and the Keydets took Virginia ...... 0-1 Alex Haitsuka the lead when the next batter, Cody Holder, hit a Atlantic-10 ...... 0-0-1 slow roller in front of the plate. Reliever Marcus Richmond ...... 0-0-1 Brooks Wallace Award Watch List & Garone fielded the ball, but threw high to the Big South ...... 1-2 plate, allowing two runs to score. VMI would tack Quarterfinalist Winthrop ...... 1-2 on two more in the inning, thanks to an Andrew Sam Roberts Colonial Athletic Assoc...... 2-0 Montague sacrifice fly and a Sam Roberts single, William & Mary ...... 1-0 accounting for the seven runs. John Olerud Two-Way Player Award James Madison ...... 1-0 Watch List The outburst made a winner of reliever John Pacific-10 ...... 0-2 Sam Roberts Garrett (1-0), who surrendered two runs in the sixth inning, while Garone took the loss for Oregon State ...... 0-2 Johnny Bench Award Watch List Bucknell and fell to 0-1. Jeremy Brown was the Patriot League ...... 2-1 Alex Haitsuka VMI starter, and worked five innings, surrendering Bucknell ...... 2-1 one run on three hits. Bucknell starter Jack Boehm Patriot League ...... 2-1 Big South Co-Pitcher of the Week took a no-decision. Bucknell ...... 2-1 Michael Devine (April 12) The first game of the twinbill saw Bucknell Westtern Athletic Conference ...... 2-0 take the lead for good in the third and stave off a New Mexico State ...... 2-0 SEBaseball.com Preseason late VMI rally to win 4-2. Jason Farley took the loss All-Big South in the opener, despite surrendering just three hits Sam Roberts (2nd Team) over eight innings. On the day, the VMI offense was led by Roberts, who went 2 for 5 with two runs scored and three walks, while Sullivan, Topping, Jacob Morley and Sullivan each had two hits in one of the contests. Movin’ Up The Charts Finally, Ikenberry's 200 career wins are the most of any Institute coach, as well as the fifth-most Career in Big South history. Batting Average The first game of the series saw George Piccirilli hit a tie-breaking home run in the middle 1. Chris Catanzaro .356 1998-01 innings, and Michael Devine strike out the final two hitters with the tying run on base as VMI won 6- 2. Mike Lamore .350 1982-85 5. 3. Phil Hubbard .350 1980-83 4. Kelly Sweppenhiser .348 2003-06 Keydets and Spiders Tie for First Time in 100th Meeting: 5. Sam Roberts .339 2008-Pres. VMI scored six unanswered runs in the middle innings, but Richmond rallied with five straight On-Base Percentage runs late, and the Keydets and Spiders battled to a 6-6, 10-inning tie in baseball action Tuesday 1. Kelly Sweppenhiser .457 2003-06 afternoon, March 1, in Richmond, Va. The game was called on account of darkness, and will not be 2. Mike Lamore .446 1982-85 resumed. 3. Sam Roberts .442 2008-Pres. After the Spiders scored an unearned run in the first, VMI (4-5-1) starter Coby Cowgill settled down and the Keydets took advantage. Graham Sullivan hit his first home run of the year in the third, Hits and VMI added two each in the fourth and fifth before the Spiders (3-5-1) scored one each in the 1. Kelly Sweppenhiser 263 2003-06 fifth and sixth and capped their rally with three in the eighth, tying the contest and accounting for ------3. Sam Roberts 228 2008-Pres. the final score. The Keydet offense was led by George Piccirilli, who went 3 for 4 with a walk, and Big South Doubles Player of the Week Sam Roberts, who went 2 for 4. Cowgill threw five innings, allowing two runs (one 1. Chris Catanzaro 72 1998-01 earned), but Richmond scored off each of the next three Keydet relievers to rally. The game was the ------100th meeting between the schools, and was the first recorded tie in the all-time series. It was also 4. Two Tied With 47 VMI’s first recorded tie on the diamond since March 10, 1987, when the Keydets tied Florida Tech 10- T6. Sam Roberts 43 2008-Pres. 10 in a road contest. Runs 1. Kelly Sweppenhiser 172 2003-06 Roberts Named Big South Player of the Week: ------VMI senior shortstop Sam Roberts (Prince George, Va.) has been named the Big South 3. Gary Sibayan 166 1986-89 Conference’s Choice Hotels Player of the Week, for games played Feb. 21-27, it was announced Mar. 4. Sam Roberts 156 2008-Pres. 1 by the League office. Roberts batted .583 (14-24) in six games last week, helping the Keydets turn in a 4-2 record. He Walks had at least two hits in every game, including three hits in two outings. Roberts’ week included an 1. Franco Martin 137 1994-97 2. Kelly Sweppenhiser 122 2003-06 RBI-double in VMI’s season-opening win against William & Mary last Tuesday, going 2-5 with a run 3. Sam Roberts 121 2008-Pres. scored in VMI’s one-run loss at No. 10 Virginia, and finishing 5-7 in a doubleheader with Binghamton on Saturday. For the week, Roberts had a .600 on-base percentage, scored six times, knocked in four Saves runs and had a double and stolen base. 1. Kevin Crum 16 2006-07 ------Keydets Take Three of Four from Binghamton: T3. Ian Ostlund 11 1998-2000 T3. Michael Devine 11 2009-Pres. The VMI Keydets broke a 1-1 tie with four runs in the seventh inning, and went on to add four additional runs in the eighth en route to a 9-2 win over the Binghamton Bearcats Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27, in the series finale between the clubs at Gray-Minor Stadium in Lexington, Va. Sam Roberts paced the Keydets by going 2 for 4, closing a week in which he hit .583, and also pitched six strong innings, overcoming four VMI errors by allowing just one unearned run. Where Are They Now? VMI dropped the opener of Saturday’s doubleheader with Binghamton, but Jeremy Brown VMI had six former players play Minor pitched six scoreless innings, a career-long, and the Keydets took the nightcap 2-0. VMI also won the League Baseball in 2010, here’s a check on opener 5-3 behind Adam Lopez’s nine strikeouts, and the Keydets have started the year 4-1 at Gray- their stats: Minor Stadium. Michael Bowman, P (AA-Huntsville Stars- MIL) Cowgill Sensational, but #10 UVA Rallies for Win: 9-13, 5.62 ERA, 131.1 IP, 26 GS, 94 K, 1 CG Sophomore Coby Cowgill turned in a brilliant start and VMI took a 3-2 lead into the eighth inning, but the #10 Virginia Cavaliers rallied for a 4-3 win over the Keydets in non-conference base- Trey Barham, P (High A-Stockton Ports- ball action Wednesday, Feb. 23, at Davenport Field in Charlottesville, Va. OAK) Cowgill cruised through the first six innings Wednesday, allowing just one run. After a one-out 3-2, 2.77 ERA, 68.1 IP, 56 K, 19 BB, .257 OBA walk in the seventh, he was pulled in favor of classmate John Garrett, who gave up an RBI double to Michael Roberts, C (High A-Brevard Co.- cut the lead to 3-2. Then in the eighth, Garrett walked Steven Proscia to lead off the inning, and MIL) Danny Hultzen bunted his teammate to second base. VMI turned to Michael Devine (0-1) with the .202 AVG, 23 GP, 2 2B, 1 3B, 9 RBI tying run on second, and after Devine got the inning's second out, Stephen Bruno singled to tie the Travis Smink, P (Rookie - Greeneville - game. John Barr followed with a double to right, scoring Bruno and accounting for the final score. HOU) Cowgill was sensational in defeat, going 6 2/3 innings and surrendering two runs on just three 3-2, 3.34 ERA, 19 G, 6 SV, 29.2 IP, 28 K, 4 BB hits. He walked three, struck out six and was helped by a double play in the sixth, which came with the bases loaded and one out. UVA's (4-0) Whit Mayberry (1-0), a season after being defeated by Jordan Ballard (Rookie - Casper - COL) VMI (1-4) at Gray-Minor Stadium, picked up the win in relief by throwing 2 2/3 innings of scoreless .244 AVG, 36 GP, 16 R, 4 2B, 4 HR, 20 RBI action. Tanner Biagini (GCL - TB Rays) .235 AVG, 20 GP, 8 R, 5 2B, 11RBI Head Coach Marlin Ikenberry When Was The Last Time VMI...... Overall Big South Scored 20 or more runs in a game ...... 20, vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, March 6, 2010 2004 23-32 4-20 Had 20 or more hits in a game ...... 23, vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, March 6, 2010 2005 27-28 11-13 Scored 10 or more runs in an inning ...... 11, at Birmingham-Southern, April 22, 2006 2006 30-25 9-15 2007 34-21 10-11 Allowed 20 or more runs in a game ...... 23, vs. Presbyterian College-1, May 21, 2010 2008 29-26 14-7 Allowed 20 or more hits in a game ...... 23, vs. Presbyterian College-1, May 21, 2010 2009 18-35 10-15 Was shut out ...... at #10 Florida State, Feb. 20, 2011 2010 33-22 13-14 Shut out an opponent ...... vs. New Mexico State (5-0), March 12, 2011 2011 10-10-1 1-2 Pitched back-to-back complete games . . .vs. UNCA (Smink & Henderson), March 21-22, 2009 Totals 204-199-1 72-97 Hit back-to-back home runs ...... vs. VCU, (Roberts & Spangenberg), April 20, 2010 Keydets Get First Win of 2011: Hit 5 or more home runs in a game ...... 5, vs. La Salle-Game 2, March 13, 2010 Chase Worthington went 2 for 3 with a Hit 7 or more home runs in a game . . . .7, vs. Gardner-Webb, April 10, 2009 (School Record) home run, and the VMI bullpen pitched six Had two players with five hits in a game . .vs. UMES, (S. Roberts, 6 & Hess, 5), May 9, 2008 shutout innings to close out the game and pro- pel the Keydets to their first win of the season, a Had two players with two home runs in a game .vs. GWU (Haitsuka & Biagini), April 10, 2009 4-1 victory over the William & Mary Tribe Allowed an Opponent 3 hits or less ...... 3, vs. La Salle, March 14, 2010 Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 22, at Gray-Minor Allowed an Opponent 1 hit or less ...... 1, vs. Coppin State, April 14, 2007 Stadium. Swept a Conference series at home ...... vs. Charleston Southern, May 16-18, 2008 Sunshine State Fails to Shine on Swept a Conference series on the road ...... at Gardner-Webb, April 9-11, 2010 VMI: Beat a Ranked Team ...... at No. 27 James Madison (8-2), March 8, 2011 Opening the season with a three-game Won a Series Against a Ranked Team . . . . .vs. No. 16 Winthrop, May 19-21, 2006 (First Ever) series against #10 Florida State proved to be a Won a Postseason Game . . . . .vs. #7 UNC Asheville (7-4), May 25, 2010 (Big South Champ.) daunting task, as the Keydets were swept Feb. Was Ranked In A National Poll . .April 12, 2010, No. 26 by Collegiate Baseball (Highest-Ever) 18-20 at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. VMI fell to 0-17 all-time against the Seminoles with the three losses. When Was The Last Time A Keydet...... Fourth-Inning Struggles: Had five hits in a game ...... Jordan Ballard, vs. Gardner-Webb, May 19, 2009 During the three-game series at Florida State, the Keydets were outscored 36-2 overall, Scored five runs in a game ...... A.J. Yoder, vs. Gardner-Webb, April 10, 2009 but more than 1/3 of those runs came in the Had seven RBIs in a game ...... Robert Crumpler, vs. Fairfield, March 7, 2005 fourth inning. Florida State scored five in the Hit three doubles in a game ...... Jordan Ballard, vs. Liberty, April 3, 2009 fourth during the series opener, and closed out Hit two triples in a game ...... A.J. Yoder, vs. Savannah State, March 31, 2007 the series with six runs in that frame. In between, FSU added a pair in the middle game, Hit a grand slam ...... Alex Haitsuka, vs. Winthrop, May 16, 2010 meaning that 13 of the Seminole runs came in Hit an inside-the-park home run ...... Mike Roberts, at Auburn, March 6, 2008 the fourth inning. Had a pinch-hit home run ...... Andrew Montague, vs. Presbyterian College, May 20, 2010 Lopez Named #4 Draft Prospect Hit two home runs in a game ...... Jordan Ballard, at Gardner-Webb, April 10, 2010 in Big South: Hit home runs in consecutive at bats . . . . .Cory Spangenberg, at Gardner-Webb, April 9, 2010 VMI right-hander Adam Lopez was named Had a walk-off RBI ...... Cory Spangenberg (HR), vs. La Salle-Game 1, March 13, 2010 the #4 MLB draft prospect in the Big South in Had a walk-off hit ...... Cory Spangenberg (HR), vs. La Salle-Game 1, March 13, 2010 Baseball America’s 2011 College Preview, Hit a walk-off home run ...... Cory Spangenberg (HR), vs. La Salle-Game 1, March 13, 2010 released Feb. 21. Lopez, the 6-5 Friday starter, trailed only Anthony Meo of Coastal Carolina, Hit for the cycle ...... Alex Haitsuka, vs. Longwood, April 6, 2010 Blake Forsland of Liberty and Tyler Bream, also Had two hits in an inning ...... Sam Roberts, vs. Bucknell (Game 2), March 5, 2011 of Liberty. Stole home ...... Graham Sulilvan (Double steal), vs. Rider, March 8, 2009 Stole five bases in a game ...... Shane Geisslinger, vs. Richmond, April 12, 2006 Keydets Face Tough Schedule: Struck out 10 or more batters . .Adam Lopez (11), vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, March 5, 2009 For the second straight year, VMI is set to play a schedule that includes two preseason Struck out 12 or more batters ...... Trey Barham (12), at James Madison, May 17, 2006 top-15 teams. In addition to the season-open- Struck out 15 or more batters . . . .Grayson Craun (15), vs. Appalachian State, April 11, 1998 ing three-game series at Florida State, the Pitched a complete game (9 inn.) . . .Jason Farley, vs. Charleston Southern-2, March 27, 2010 Keydets will take on #13 Virginia in a single Threw a shutout (9 inn.) ...... J.J. Hollenbeck, vs. North Carolina A&T, May 13, 2006 game next Wednesday, Feb. 23. VMI will also play former College World Series Champion Had a hitting streak of at least 15 games . . . . .Jordan Ballard, March 27-April 20, 2010 (15) Oregon State on its home turf, as well as taking Had a hitting streak of at least 18 games . . .Cory Spangenberg, Feb. 27-March 27, 2010 (18) on American East Champion Binghamton and, Hit .400 in a season (Minimum 150 at bats) ...... Greg Weddle, .446, 1986 of course, preseason Big South favorite and #24 Coastal Carolina. VMI has conference action and advancing to a Super Regional. Liberty was the #2 2011 Broadcast Schedule scored wins pick, earning all 10 second-place votes. over ranked Trailing VMI and Radford were seventh-place Gardner-Webb, who March 23 VCU at VMI WREL/Internet opponents in notched 39 points, and eighth-place Charleston Southern (30 points). UNC March 30 UR at VMI WREL/Internet five of the past Asheville and Presbyterian College brought up the rear, with 26 and 12 Apr. 1 GWU at VMI WREL/Internet six seasons. markers respectively. Apr. 3 GWU at VMI WREL/Internet/BSN Apr. 5 Va. Tech at VMI Internet The Keydets come off a season in which they set nine offensive Apr. 8 VMI at Radford WREL/Internet Devine school records, bested then-#1 Virginia to earn VMI’s first win over a top- Apr. 9 VMI at Radford Internet ranked athletic team and saw program home run leader Jordan Ballard Apr. 10 VMI at Radford WREL/Internet Named to drafted by the Colorado Rockies. VMI also jumped out to an 18-1 start, Apr. 19 VMI at VCU Internet Stopper of and climbed to the program’s highest national ranking, 26th. Apr. 26 JMU at VMI WREL/Internet the Year May 11 Longwood at VMI Internet All-Big South Players Return: May 13 UNC Asheville at VMI WREL/Internet/BSN Watch May 14 UNC Asheville at VMI Internet/BSN VMI returns a pair of All-Conference honorees from its 2010 squad, May 15 UNC Asheville at VMI WREL/Internet/BSN List: catcher Alex Haitsuka and outfielder Graham Sullivan. May 17 VMI at Va. Tech WREL/Internet VMI's Haitsuka's (Alexandria, Va.) Second Team selection came after the May 19 High Point at VMI WREL/Internet Michael Devine junior hit a career-high .350 with seven doubles, seven home runs and 28 May 20 High Point at VMI WREL/Internet/BSN has been RBIs. VMI's starter behind the plate for 44 contests in 2010, Haitsuka was May 21 High Point at VMI WREL/Internet/BSN named to the also named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List last season, awarded May 24-28 BSN Tournament WREL/Internet/BSN National to the nation's top catcher. He became the first Keydet catcher to earn Collegiate All-Conference accolades since VMI joined the Big South. Games Produced by Other BSC Schools Apr. 15, 17 VMI at CSU BSN Video Baseball Sullivan (Manassas, Va.) enjoyed a standout season for the Keydets in Apr. 28-30 VMI at Coastal Carolina BSN Video Writers of 2010, hitting .362 with 19 doubles, 10 home runs and 55 RBIs. Sullivan America ranked among the top 10 in the league in total bases, RBIs, slugging per- Stopper of the centage, doubles and home runs. He enjoyed a 27-game stretch during Year Watch List, which he hit .424 with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 43 RBIs, and had for the award given to the top relief pitcher in collegiate baseball, accord- game-winning hits against High Point, Lafayette, UNC Asheville and JMU. ing to information released Tuesday, Feb. 1. His selection marks the first time that VMI has had an All-Conference out- Devine comes off a 2010 season in which he saved seven games, a fielder since Ryan Glynn earned First Team honors in the SoCon in 1995. total that ranked third in the Big South, and earned a 4-1 record with a 3.26 ERA. He enters his junior year needing just nine saves to tie for the Records Fell in 2010: most in school history. There is little doubt that 2010 will be regarded as the best offensive Devine was the only Big South pitcher on the list of 45 hurlers, as he season in VMI’s baseball history. The team shattered most of the offen- joined a group that included 11 members of the NCBWA's three presea- sive standards en route to one of its most successful seasons on record. son All-American teams. The team set new school records for batting average (.325), slugging percentage (.529), hits (629), runs (414), doubles (133), home runs (78), Devine and Haitsuka Tabbed by College Baseball RBIs (390), at bats (1933) and total bases (1022). As far as percentages go, Insider: this year’s .328 batting average and .536 slugging percentage would each top the charts. VMI's Michael Devine and Alex Haitsuka were tabbed in On the mound, the staff’s 441 strikeouts were tied for the most in CollegeBaseballInsider.com's Big South Preseason information, released school history, while the team’s 8.26 strikeouts per nine innings rate is the Wednesday, Feb. 2 by the organization. third-best. In addition, the 11 saves the team posted is tied for fourth on The information was the result of a poll of the league's head coaches, the list and the 3.46 walks per nine innings rate comes in seventh. Finally, and Devine was selected as the league's top closer. Last year, Devine post- the team’s ERA (5.43) ranks ninth in the Alumnium Bat Era. ed seven saves in 22 outings, to go along with a 4-1 record and a 3.26 The team also fielded at a .963 clip, a number that ranks as the third- ERA. He is expected to close games once again in 2011, and to team with best in program history. Alan Watts and John Garrett to form an imposing back end of the Keydet bullpen. Haitsuka tied for a pair of honors in the poll, as he and Tucker Latham Named New VMI Baseball Assistant: Frawley of Coastal Carolina were each recognized as having the best Daniel Latham, former assistant coach at High Point and 15th-round catcher arm and being the best defensive catcher in the conference. The draft pick of the Minnesota Twins, has been named the new assistant VMI backstop cut his passed ball total by nearly half last season, reducing coach for VMI baseball. Latham’s primary responsibilities will be develop- the mark to 11. Haitsuka also hit .348 with seven home runs, en route to ing and mentoring the Keydet pitchers. earning Second Team All-Big South honors. Latham comes to VMI from Big South rival High Point, where he pri- marily worked with the pitching staff. He was also responsible for the Keydets Voted Fifth in Big South Preseason Poll: Panthers’ baseball camps, as well as other areas of the program, including travel and academics. Latham came to High Point after playing one year in The VMI baseball team has been voted fifth in the Big South the Minnesota Twins organization, which he was drafted by following a Conference’s annual preseason poll, according to information released by standout career at Tulane. the League Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 25. Latham, who worked out of the bullpen while at Tulane, ranks at the VMI earned 61 points in the poll, tying Radford for fifth. Despite all-time leader in saves in Conference USA (43). That total is also a Tulane both clubs being tagged for three third-place votes, both the Keydets and record, while his 122 appearances (121 in relief) rank second. Among Highlanders trailed third-place Winthrop (68 points) and fourth-place NCAA career leaders, Latham still ranks sixth in saves, ninth in relief High Point (63 points). Coastal Carolina, for the fourth year in a row, was appearances and 15th in overall appearances. picked as the preseason favorite. The Chanticleers were a unanimous Perhaps Latham’s strongest collegiate season was 2005, when he selection, earning all 10 first-place votes a year after going undefeated in helped Tulane reach the College World Series as a sophomore. The new VMI assistant notched five saves and a win in Ikenberry In Big South’s All- postseason play that year, and would go on to Time Top Five: be named team MVP for the Hyannis Mets in With VMI’s 2-1 win over Asheville on April the well-known Cape Cod League that summer. 3 of last year, Marlin Ikenberry scored his 184th He would return to the Cape the following sea- career victory, moving him into fifth place on son and earn All-Star honors, before being the all-time Big South Coaching Wins list. tabbed by the Twins in the 15th round in 2007. Ikenberry is one of only two active coaches Latham received his bachelor’s degree in in the top five, joining Coastal Carolina’s Gary communications from Tulane in 2007, and is a Gilmore, who ranks second on the list. native of Covington, La. Already the career wins leader at VMI, Ikenberry is currently 204-199-1 and is one of Moore Named Volunteer just two coaches with at least five seasons Assistant: coached at VMI to post a winning percentage Nachion Moore, a former Big South player, over .500. He also has the most wins of any ath- was named VMI baseball’s new volunteer assis- letics coach in Institute history. tant coach on Sept. 28. He needs 25 more victories to surpass Moore was a four-year veteran of the Big Radford’s Lew Kent for fourth on the Big South South ranks as a utility infielder and catcher. He chart and 77 to take over third from Coastal’s played under two different coaching staffs at John Vrooman. Radford, including current coach Joe Raccuia, and was an active member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee. He also was nomi- nated for the NCAA Leadership Conference dur- ing his time as a Highlander, which concluded the 2009 season. Moore graduated from Radford in May of 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Medicine.

Keydet Recruiting Class Honored by Collegiate Baseball: For the third consecutive year, VMI base- ball’s recruiting class has been honored among the nation’s best in Collegiate Baseball’s annual rankings. In the 28th annual rankings published by Collegiate Baseball, VMI was tabbed in the list- ing of Other Top Recruiting Classes, those just below the top 40. It was the third straight year the Keydets were on that list, and this year, they were joined by fellow Big South schools Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. ”It continues to be an honor for our classes to receive national recognition,” said VMI head coach Marlin Ikenberry. “It shows the tireless efforts of our staff to work hard and bring in a very high level of baseball Cadet-Athlete. This is a true team effort, comprised of not only the coaches, but also the team itself, VMI adminis- tration and all those who support Keydet base- ball.” 2011 VMI Results Date Opposing team Score Overall, Big South It Was Over When..... VMI Pitcher of record Feb. 18 #10 Florida St. L, 0-12 0-1 FSU scored seven runs in the last two innings off the VMI bullpen Lopez (0-1) Feb. 19 #10 Florida St. L, 2-9 0-2 FSU scored five runs in the fourth inning off Jason Farley Farley (0-1) Feb. 20 #10 Florida St. L, 0-15 0-3 Sam Roberts surrendered six runs in the fourth inning Roberts (0-1) Feb. 22 William & Mary W, 4-1 1-3 VMI put three on the board in the fifth, helped by a W&M error Henkel (1-0) Feb. 23 #10 Virginia L, 3-4 1-4 M. Devine surrendered an RBI double to plate the go-ahead run in the 8th Devine (0-1) Feb. 25 Binghamton W, 5-3 2-4 S. Roberts singled home J. Hess for an insurance run in the 7th Lopez (1-1) Feb. 26 Binghamton L, 1-7 2-5 Binghamton scored four runs in the last two innings off the VMI bullpen Farley (0-2) Feb. 26 Binghamton W, 2-0 (7) 3-5 Jeremy Brown threw six scoreless innings, a career-long Brown (1-0) Feb. 27 Binghamton W, 9-2 4-5 The Keydets scored eight runs in their final two at-bats Thomas (1-0) Mar. 1 Richmond T, 6-6 (10) 4-5-1 Darkness fell in Richmond, causing the first VMI baseball tie since 1987 None Mar. 4 Bucknell W, 6-5 5-5-1 M. Devine struck out the final two hitters with the tying run on base Henkel (2-0) Mar. 5 Bucknell L, 2-4 5-6-1 A ninth-inning rally fell short Farley (0-3) Mar. 5 Bucknell W, 7-3 (6) 6-6-1 VMI scored seven runs in the sixth, helped by three BU errors Garrett (1-0) Mar. 8 #27 JMU W. 8-2 7-6-1 Keydets scored five runs with two outs in the fifth Roberts (1-1) Mar. 11 New Mexico St. W, 7-2 8-6-1 VMI tallied four runs in the eighth to break open the game Cowgill (1-0) Mar. 12 New Mexico St. W, 5-0 9-6-1 Jeremy Brown and Alan Watts combined for their second shutout of the year Brown (2-0) Mar. 12 Oregon St. L, 3-13 9-7-1 Oregon State scored the first seven runs of the game Farley (0-4) Mar. 13 Oregon St. L, 1-5 9-8-1 VMI hit into three double plays, killing hopes of a late rally Roberts (1-2) Mar. 18 Winthrop L, 1-2 9-9-1 Winthrop scored twice in the eighth inning off the Keydet bullpen Devine (0-2) Mar. 19 Winthrop L, 6-7 (10) 9-10-1 VMI took a one-run lead in the 10th, but WU scored twice in their half Garrett (1-1) Mar. 20 Winthrop W, 10-2 10-10-1 George Piccirilli hit a three-run home run in the eighth to blow the game open Thomas (2-0) 2011 VMI Baseball Overall Statistics for VMI (as of Mar 21, 2011) ( Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 10-10-1 Home: 6-2 Away: 2-8-1 Neutral: 2-0 : 1-2

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% PICCIRILLI, George .3 6 5 21-18 7411276021839 .5 2 73051 .3 9 0 0 2 3-4 78 1 2 .9 7 5 SULLIVAN, Graham .3 4 1 21-21 82 8 28 7 0 2 12 41 .5 0 0 3 0 19 0 .3 5 6 2 3 0-1 32 0 2 .9 4 1 ROBERTS, Sam .3 3 8 21-21 7717263021135 .4 5 5 12 1 13 0 .4 3 3 0 0 4-5 20 44 3 .9 5 5 MORLEY, Jacob .2 9 2 19-18 65 7 19 3 0 0 2 22 .3 3 8 4 0 12 1 .3 3 3 0 3 3-4 31 5 1 .9 7 3 HESS, Justin .2 7 7 21-20 65 11 18 2 0 1 7 23 .3 5 42161 .3 0 9 0 0 0-1 27 45 6 .9 2 3 DICKINSON, Rob .2 7 0 21-15 63 6 17 1 0 0 3 18 .2 8 6 1 0 11 1 .2 8 1 0 1 1-1 40 0 1 .9 7 6 HAITSUKA, Alex .2 6 4 21-21 72 11 19 6 0 1 5 28 .3 8 9 82151 .3 5 4 0 3 0-0 165 20 2 .9 8 9 WORTHINGTON, Chase .1 9 4 20-20 67 6 13 1 1 1 9 19 .2 8 4 6 2 7 1 .2 7 6 1 2 0-1 9 32 4 .9 1 1 ------TOPPING, Justin .3 5 7 12-7 28 4 10 1 0 0 2 11 .3 9 3 2 0 0 1 .4 0 0 0 1 0-0 3 0 0 1.000 HOLDER, Cody .2 5 0 10-5 202500015 .2 5 00130 .2 8 6 0 4 0-0 81501.000 TARSOVICH, Jordan .2 5 0 9-6 12 1 3 0 0 0 2 3 .2 5 0 2 0 1 1 .3 5 7 0 1 0-0 10 0 0 1.000 MAYERS, Eric .2 5 0 7-4 122310004 .3 3 30150 .3 0 8 0 1 0-0 811 .9 0 0 MARTIN, Brooks .2 5 0 1-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .2 5 0 0 0 2 0 .2 5 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 MONTAGUE, Andrew .1 8 8 11-4 160300013 .1 8 80060 .1 7 6 1 0 0-1 11 2 0 1.000 HAWKINS, Berkley .1 1 5 16-7 26 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 .1 1 5 1 0 5 0 .1 4 8 0 0 0-0 87 2 2 .9 7 8 RUSSO, Chris .0 0 0 10-1 60000010 .0 0 00010 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 81001.000 FLORA, Lefty .0 0 0 4-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 Totals .2 8 2 21 691 88 195 31 1 9 75 255 .3 6 9 44 8 111 8 .3 3 1 4 21 11-18 539 215 28 .9 6 4 Opponents .2 4 8 21 678 104 168 38 3 8 90 236 .3 4 8 82 18 157 8 .3 4 1 8 12 25-32 540 253 17 .9 7 9

LOB - Team (140), Opp (155). DPs turned - Team (16), Opp (14). IBB - Team (2), ROBERTS, S. 1, MORLEY, J. 1, Opp (2). Picked off - WORTHINGTON 2, HAWKINS, B. 1, TOPPING, J. 1, ROBERTS, S. 1.

( Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha BROWN, Jeremy 1 .0 8 2-0 5 5 0 0/2 0 25.0 17 3 3 7 14 5 0 0 . 1 8 521001 COWGILL, Coby 2 .0 3 1-0 5 4 0 0/0 0 26.2 15 8 6 14 24 3 1 0 .1 6 5 2 4 0 2 1 FARLEY, Jason 6 .3 5 0-4 5 5 0 0/0 0 28.1 31 24 20 6 17 8 1 1 . 2 7 911113 ------ZARELLA, Joey 0 .0 00-01000/000.0100100001.000 0 0 0 0 0 DEVINE, Michael 1 .9 8 0-2 12 0 0 0/0 4 13.2 13 5 3 8 15 4 0 0 .2 5 0 5 1 0 1 0 WATTS, Alan 2 .3 1 0-0 9 0 0 0/2 2 11.2 10 3 3 0 11 2 0 1 . 2 5 011010 HENKEL, Campbell 3 .6 0 2-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 10.0 9 5 4 10 6 0 0 0 .2 4 3 2 2 0 0 1 ROBERTS, Sam 4 .3 5 1-2 5 4 0 0/0 1 20.2 20 13 10 7 22 3 1 1 . 2 5 622110 LOPEZ, Adam 4 .5 0 1-1 3 3 0 0/0 0 10.0 9 7 5 6 13 3 0 2 .2 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 GARRETT, John 5 .5 6 1-1 10 0 0 0/0 0 11.1 17 7 7 6 12 2 0 2 . 3 4 710002 THOMAS, Travis 6 .2 3 2-0 10 0 0 0/0 0 13.0 12 10 9 4 16 1 0 1 .2 6 1 1 4 0 1 3 DEAL, Andrew 7 .7 10-03000/002.122222100 . 2 5 010100 ELLIS, Rian 13.50 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 1 3 0 0 .3 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 BAREFOOT, Ryan 19.29 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 7 13 10 9 3 2 0 0 . 3 3 311001 BACH, Connor 27.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 .5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 4 . 3 1 10-10 21 21 0 2/2 7 179.2 168 104 86 82 157 38 3 8 . 2 4 8 23 18 3 8 12 Opponents 3 . 3 5 10-10 21 21 1 2/2 3 180.0 195 88 67 44 111 31 1 9 . 2 8 2 11 8 2 4 21

PB - Team (10), HAITSUKA, A. 9, MONTAGUE, A. 1, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (2), THOMAS, T. 1, COWGILL, C. 1, Opp (5). SBA/ATT - HAITSUKA, A. (21-26), FARLEY, J. (6-7), HENKEL, C. (6-7), COWGILL, C. (4-6), MONTAGUE, A. (4-5), ROBERTS, S. (3-4), BROWN, J. (2-2), BAREFOOT, R. (2-2), LOPEZ, A. (0-1), WATTS, A. (1-1), DEAL, A. (0-1), THOMAS, T. (1-1). 2011 VMI Baseball Overall Statistics for VMI (as of Mar 21, 2011) ( Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci HOLDER, Cody 23 8 15 0 1.000 4 0 0 - - -00 RUSSO, Chris 18 8 10 0 1.000 3 0 0 - - - 0 0 MONTAGUE, Andrew 13 11 2 0 1.000 0 4 1 .8 0 010 FARLEY, Jason 12 1 11 0 1.000 0 6 1 .8 5 7 0 0 TARSOVICH, Jordan 10 10 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - -00 COWGILL, Coby 7 0 7 0 1.000 1 4 2 .6 6 7 0 0 BROWN, Jeremy 61501.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 THOMAS, Travis 5 0 5 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 TOPPING, Justin 33001.000 0 0 0 - - -00 WATTS, Alan 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 DEAL, Andrew 10101.000 0 0 1 .0 0 000 HENKEL, Campbell 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 6 1 .8 5 7 0 0 GARRETT, John 10101.000 0 0 0 - - -00 ELLIS, Rian 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 HAITSUKA, Alex 187 165 20 2 . 9 8 9 4 21 5 .8 0 890 HAWKINS, Berkley 91 87 2 2 .9 7 8 7 0 0 - - - 0 0 DICKINSON, Rob 41 40 0 1 .9 7 6 0 0 0 - - -00 PICCIRILLI, George 81 78 1 2 .9 7 5 7 0 0 - - - 0 0 MORLEY, Jacob 37 31 5 1 .9 7 3 1 0 0 - - -00 ROBERTS, Sam 67 20 44 3 .9 5 5 6 3 1 .7 5 0 0 0 SULLIVAN, Graham 34 32 0 2 .9 4 1 0 0 0 - - -00 HESS, Justin 78 27 45 6 .9 2 3 8 0 0 - - - 0 0 WORTHINGTON, Chase 45 9 32 4 .9 1 1 4 0 0 - - -00 MAYERS, Eric 10 8 1 1 .9 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 DEVINE, Michael 3021 .6 6 7 0 0 0 - - -00 BAREFOOT, Ryan 3 0 2 1 .6 6 7 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 LOPEZ, Adam 2002 .0 0 0001 .0 0 000 BACH, Connor 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 FLORA, Lefty 0000 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 MARTIN, Brooks 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 ZARELLA, Joey 0000 .0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 Totals 782 539 215 28 .9 6 4 16 25 7 .7 8 1 10 0 Opponents 810 540 253 17 .9 7 9 14 11 7 .6 1 1 8 0

Hitting minimums - 2.0 AB/Game Pitching minimums - 1.0 IP/Game 2011 VMI Baseball Overall Statistics for VMI (as of Mar 21, 2011) (Last Five Games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 1-4 Home: 0-0 Away: 1-4 : 1-2

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% SULLIVAN, Graham .4 2 1 5-5 192 8 301 314 .7 3 71050 .4 2 9 1 1 0-0 7001.000 PICCIRILLI, George .3 8 1 5-5 21 2 8 3 0 1 4 14 .6 6 7 0 0 2 0 .3 8 1 0 0 0-0 40 1 1 .9 7 6 DICKINSON, Rob .3 3 3 5-3 182610027 .3 8 90010 .3 3 3 0 0 0-0 11 0 1 .9 1 7 HESS, Justin .3 3 3 5-5 18 3 6 0 0 1 4 9 .5 0 0 0 0 1 1 .3 3 3 0 0 0-0 7 12 1 .9 5 0 TOPPING, Justin .2 8 6 4-4 142400004 .2 8 60000 .2 8 6 0 1 0-0 000 .0 0 0 MORLEY, Jacob .2 7 8 5-5 18 2 5 2 0 0 0 7 .3 8 9 1 0 3 0 .3 1 6 0 2 2-2 8 2 0 1.000 HAITSUKA, Alex .2 1 1 5-5 191400004 .2 1 10131 .2 5 0 0 2 0-0 38 5 0 1.000 ROBERTS, Sam .1 5 8 5-5 19 4 3 0 0 1 2 6 .3 1 6 2 1 4 0 .2 7 3 0 0 0-0 3 10 2 .8 6 7 WORTHINGTON, Chase .0 5 0 5-5 201100001 .0 5 00131 .0 9 5 0 0 0-0 51301.000 ------MAYERS, Eric 1.000 1-0 111100022.000 00001.000 0 0 0-0 000 .0 0 0 TARSOVICH, Jordan .5 0 0 2-2 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .5 0 0 0 0 1 0 .5 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 HOLDER, Cody .2 5 0 3-1 40100011 .2 5 00110 .4 0 0 0 1 0-0 4201.000 RUSSO, Chris .0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 2 1 0 1.000 HAWKINS, Berkley .0 0 0 1-0 10000000 .0 0 00000 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1001.000 MONTAGUE, Andrew .0 0 0 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 Totals .2 7 5 5 178 21 49 10 0 4 17 71 .3 9 9 4 4 25 3 .3 0 5 1 7 2-2 128 51 6 .9 6 8 Opponents .2 6 2 5 168 29 44 10 0 0 23 54 .3 2 1 21 6 37 1 .3 6 0 2 3 10-11 138 61 5 .9 7 5

LOB - Team (35), Opp (43). DPs turned - Team (1), Opp (3). IBB - Team (0), Opp (1).

(Last Five Games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha COWGILL, Coby 0 .0 00-01100/006.140026000 . 1 7 402000 BROWN, Jeremy 1 .8 0 0-0 1 1 0 0/0 0 5.0 5 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 .2 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 ROBERTS, Sam 4 .5 00-12100/018.085429200 . 2 5 821110 FARLEY, Jason 7 .8 4 0-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 10.1 15 12 9 2 7 5 0 0 .3 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 ------DEAL, Andrew 0 .0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 WATTS, Alan 0 .0 00-01000/000.1100000001.000 0 0 0 1 0 GARRETT, John 4 .5 0 0-1 2 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 3 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 .2 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 THOMAS, Travis 5 .4 01-03000/003.122223000 . 2 0 012001 DEVINE, Michael 6 .7 5 0-1 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.1 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 .3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 BAREFOOT, Ryan 11.57 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.1 46352100 .3 3 310000 Totals 4 . 6 4 1-4 5 5 0 0/0 1 42.2 44 29 22 21 37 10 0 0 . 2 6 2 11 6 2 2 3 Opponents 3 . 1 3 4-1 5 5 0 0/0 1 46.0 49 21 16 4 25 10 0 4 . 2 7 5 4 4 1 1 7

PB - Team (5), HAITSUKA, A. 5, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - HAITSUKA, A. (10-11), FARLEY, J. (5-5), COWGILL, C. (1-1), DEAL, A. (0-1), THOMAS, T. (1-1), ROBERTS, S. (1-1), BROWN, J. (1-1), BAREFOOT, R. (1-1). 2011 VMI Baseball Team Game-by-Game for VMI (as of Mar 21, 2011) Batting ()

Date Opponent ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb ibb sb cs hbp sac sf gdp k po a e avg Feb 18 at Florida State 32 0 601000000100082492 . 1 8 8 Feb 19 at Florida State 35 2 8 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 10 1 . 2 0 9 Feb 20 at Florida State 31 0 400000000000062482 . 1 8 4 Feb 22 WILLIAM & MARY 33 4 11 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 27 14 0 . 2 2 1 Feb 23 at Virginia 36 3 11 310110000000724100 . 2 4 0 Feb 25 BINGHAMTON 30 5 8 5 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 6 27 6 3 . 2 4 4 Feb 26 BINGHAMTON 34 1 8100000100000627161 . 2 4 2 Feb 26 BINGHAMTON 21 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 21 7 0 . 2 4 2 Feb 27 BINGHAMTON 35 9 14 910020003100327124 . 2 6 1 Mar 01 at Richmond 37 6 8 4 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 30 11 3 . 2 5 6 Mar 04 BUCKNELL 30 6 861025011010052764 . 2 5 7 Mar 05 BUCKNELL 27 2 5 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 27 13 2 . 2 5 2 Mar 05 BUCKNELL 28 7 943000000001012160 . 2 5 7 Mar 08 at James Madison 34 8 12 7 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 27 14 0 . 2 6 4 Mar 11 vs New Mexico State 32 7 15 73105111011332790 . 2 7 8 Mar 12 vs New Mexico State 38 5 14 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 27 13 0 . 2 8 5 Mar 12 at Oregon State 34 3 7330010001000724101 . 2 8 0 Mar 13 at Oregon State 32 1 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 24 9 0 . 2 7 8 *03-18-11 at Winthrop 36 1 8010000100000102481 . 2 7 5 *03-19-11 at Winthrop 41 6 14 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 29 14 2 . 2 7 9 *03-20-11 at Winthrop 35 10 12 720220102510227102 . 2 8 2 Totals 691 88 195 75 31 1 9 44 2 11 7 8 21 4 8 111 539 215 28 . 2 8 2 2011 VMI Baseball Team Game-by-Game for VMI (as of Mar 21, 2011) Pitching ()

Date Opponent ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr wp bk hbp dp ibb score w-l sv era Feb 18 at Florida State 8.0 12 12 1 1 10 4500301100-12 0-1 0 12.38 Feb 19 at Florida State 8.0 10 9 8 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-9 0-2 0 10.69 Feb 20 at Florida State 8.0 16 15 1 3 7 5312011000-15 0-3 0 12.00 Feb 22 WILLIAM & MARY 9.0 6 1 1 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4-1 1-3 1 9.00 Feb 23 at Virginia 8.0 6 4 4 4 7300101103-41-418.12 Feb 25 BINGHAMTON 9.0 5 3 2 2 14 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5-3 2-4 2 7.02 Feb 26 BINGHAMTON 9.0 9 7 7 4 4210100101-72-527.02 Feb 26 BINGHAMTON 7.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2-0 3-5 3 6.27 Feb 27 BINGHAMTON 9.0 8 2 1 1 12 001002309-24-535.64 Mar 01 at Richmond 10.0 13 6 5 4 15 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 6-6 4-5 3 5.51 Mar 04 BUCKNELL 9.0 8 5 2 6 13 101400006-55-545.17 Mar 05 BUCKNELL 9.0 4 4 3 1 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2-4 5-6 4 4.98 Mar 05 BUCKNELL 7.0 5 3 3 1 3101100007-36-644.91 Mar 08 at James Madison 9.0 11 2 2 3 6 4 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 8-2 7-6 4 4.69 Mar 11 vs New Mexico State 9.0 4 2 2 8 6000002007-28-654.50 Mar 12 vs New Mexico State 9.0 4 0 0 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5-0 9-6 6 4.20 Mar 12 at Oregon State 8.0 13 13 9 7 8400210003-13 9-7 6 4.53 Mar 13 at Oregon State 8.0 8 5 4 4 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1-5 9-8 6 4.53 *03-18-11 at Winthrop 8.0 5 2 2 5 8100302101-29-964.42 *03-19-11 at Winthrop 9.2 11 7 5 3 7 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 6-7 9-10 6 4.43 *03-20-11 at Winthrop 9.0 7 2 2 2 42002010010-2 10-10 7 4.31 Totals 179.2 168 104 86 82 157 38 3 8 23 3 18 16 2 88-104 10-10 7 4.31 2011 VMI Baseball Game Results for VMI (as of Mar 21, 2011)

Feb 18, 2011 at Tallahassee, FL Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 000000000- 062 Florida State 01220025X- 12 12 0 WP-Gilmartin, S (1-0) LP-LOPEZ, Adam (0-1) T-2:34 A-5539

Feb 19, 2011 at Tallahassee, FL Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 010000001- 281 Florida State 01050120X- 9101 WP-Simmons, A. (1-0) LP-FARLEY, Jason (0-1) T-2:29 A-5183

Feb 20, 2011 at Tallahassee, FL Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 000000000- 042 Florida State 00160800X- 15 16 1 WP-Sitz, S. (1-0) LP-ROBERTS, Sam (0-1) T-2:32 A-4786 HR FS - Travis, D. (1), Miller, S. (1)

Feb 22, 2011 at Lexington, Va. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E William & Mary 010000000- 161 VMI 00003001X- 4110 WP-HENKEL, Campbell (1-0) Save-DEVINE, Michael(1) LP-Wainman (0-1) T-2:18 A-84 HR VMI - WORTHINGTON, Chase (1)

Feb 23, 2011 at Charlottesville, Va. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 100101000- 3110 Virginia 00010012X- 460 WP-Mayberry, W. (1-0) Save-Kline, B.(1) LP-DEVINE, Michael (0-1) T-2:28 A-2175 HR VMI - HAITSUKA, Alex (1)

Feb 25, 2011 at Lexington, Va. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E Binghamton 201000000- 352 VMI 10003010X- 583 WP-LOPEZ, Adam (1-1) Save-DEVINE, Michael(2) LP-Giulietti (0-1) T-2:00 A-102 HR BING - Taylor (1)

Feb 26, 2011 at Lexington, Va. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E Binghamton 002001031- 790 VMI 000000010- 181 WP-Augliera (1-0) LP-FARLEY, Jason (0-2) T-2:11 A-199 2011 VMI Baseball Game Results for VMI (as of Mar 21, 2011)

Feb 26, 2011 at Lexington, Va. Score by Innings 1234567 R H E Binghamton 0000000- 030 VMI 200000X- 250 WP-BROWN, Jeremy (1-0) Save-WATTS, Alan(1) LP-Lynch (0-1) T-1:26 A-133

Feb 27, 2011 at Lexington, Va. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E Binghamton 001000010- 280 VMI 10000044X- 9144 WP-THOMAS, Travis (1-0) LP-Swindells (0-1) T-2:16 A-219 HR BING - Nevares (1)

Mar 01, 2011 at Richmond, Va. Score by Innings 12345678910 R H E VMI 0022200000- 683 Richmond 1000110300- 6132 T-3:03 A-553 HR VMI - SULLIVAN, Graham (1)

Mar 04, 2011 at Lexington, Va. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E Bucknell 011100002- 580 VMI 30030000X- 684 WP-HENKEL, Campbell (2-0) Save-DEVINE, Michael(3) LP-Frahler (0-3) T-2:39 A-205 HR BUCKNELL - Duffett (1) HR VMI - ROBERTS, Sam (1), PICCIRILLI, George (1)

Mar 05, 2011 at Lexington, Va. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E Bucknell 101001001- 440 VMI 100000001- 252 WP-Ebner (1-1) Save-Carlin(1) LP-FARLEY, Jason (0-3) T-2:01 A-234 HR BUCKNELL - Shribman 2 (5)

Mar 05, 2011 at Lexington, Va. Score by Innings 1234567 R H E Bucknell 0001020- 353 VMI 000007X- 790 WP-GARRETT, John (1-0) LP-Garone (0-1) T-1:50 A-243 HR BUCKNELL - Shribman (3)

Mar 08, 2011 at Harrisonburg, Va. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 010020500- 8120 James Madison 000001010- 2110 WP-ROBERTS, Sam (1-1) LP-Munson, L (0-1) T-2:34 A-559 2011 VMI Baseball Game Results for VMI (as of Mar 21, 2011)

Mar 11, 2011 at Corvallis, Ore. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E New Mexico State 000100010- 240 VMI 00001114X- 7150 WP-COWGILL, Coby (1-0) Save-DEVINE, Michael(4) LP-Ross (3-1) T-2:22 A-255

Mar 12, 2011 at Corvallis, Ore. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 011200010- 5140 New Mexico State 000000000- 042 WP-BROWN, Jeremy (2-0) Save-WATTS, Alan(2) LP-Bevill (0-1) T-2:20 A-297

Mar 12, 2011 at Corvallis, Ore. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 000020001- 371 Oregon State 01062040X- 13 13 0 WP-Wetzler, B. (2-1) LP-FARLEY, Jason (0-4) T-2:43 A-1783

Mar 13, 2011 at Corvallis, Ore. Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 010000000- 180 Oregon State 10003100X- 582 WP-Osich, J. (2-0) Save-Bryant, T.(1) LP-ROBERTS, Sam (1-2) T-2:26 A-1533

03-18-11 at Rock Hill, SC Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 000000100- 181 Winthrop 00000002X- 251 WP-RUTH, E. (3-0) LP-DEVINE, Michael (0-2) T-2:32 A-288

03-19-11 at Rock Hill, SC Score by Innings 12345678910 R H E VMI 0030110001- 6142 Winthrop 2100002002- 7110 WP-LAWRENCE, T. (1-1) LP-GARRETT, John (1-1) T-2:42 A-333 HR VMI - SULLIVAN, Graham (2), HESS, Justin (1)

03-20-11 at Rock Hill, SC Score by Innings 123456789 R H E VMI 001000351- 10 12 2 Winthrop 010000100- 272 WP-THOMAS, Travis (2-0) Save-ROBERTS, Sam(1) LP-D'ANGELO, M. (2-3) T-2:36 A-566 HR VMI - ROBERTS, Sam (2), PICCIRILLI, George (2) VMI Hitters Notes

#24 Connor Bach, Fr., L/L (Clifton, Va./Centreville) UT/LHP - Made debut in game one of double-header with Binghamton (2/26), pitching 1/3 of an inning and allowing one run - First Team All-District and All-Region in 2010, as well as honorable mention All-State - Signed during early signing period

#31 Rob Dickinson, So., L/L (Richmond, Va./Douglas Freeman) OF - Tied for team lead in batting average over the last six games, hitting .381 in that stretch - Had a two-out, RBI double in game two versus Winthrop (3/19), giving VMI a 10th-inning lead - RBI single in game two versus FSU (2/19), also made two spectacular catches in CF - Hit a solo home run against Winthrop in the Big South Championship (5/27) - In the series against PC, hit .417 with two doubles, a triple and four RBIs - Had the go-ahead RBI for the second straight game with his seventh-inning single to defeat PC (5/20) - Hit a pinch-hit, two-run home run against No. 18 Virginia Tech (4/27), VMI’s first pinch-hit home run of the season - Went 3 for 5 with a double and an RBI in game two against Gardner-Webb (4/10) before scoring three runs while going 1 for 4 in game three (4/11) - Hit .417 with four runs scored and five RBIs in the series against Lafayette; Was 2 for 4 in each game of a doubleheader against the Leopards, totaling 5 RBIs - In his first career start, went 3 for 4 with a home run and two runs scored in a 6-5 win over Bucknell - Three-year letterman as a center fielder at Douglas Freeman and holds the school record with three triples in a game - As a senior, hit .508 and earned Outstanding Senior Award; Was also named First Team All-District and Honorable Mention All-Region

#13 Lefty Flora, Jr. (Roanoke, Va./Northside) OF/LHP - Went 0 for 2 in game action versus Florida State, marking his first action since the 2009 season. - Switched to outfielder during fall practice - Did not compete during the 2010 season - Made two starts and appeared in seven games as a freshman; In game three at Auburn (3/8), allowed 2 R on 5 H in 4 IP, striking out five #28 Alex Haitsuka, Sr., R/R (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) C - Went 3 for 4 in win over Binghamton (2/27) - Homered in loss to #10 Virginia (2/23) - Made his first career start at first base 2/22 versus William & Mary - Hit VMI’s second grand slam of the season in the first inning against Winthrop (5/16) in the 7-5 victory - Hit a three-run HR to put VMI on top in the first inning in game three against Radford (5/2), a lead VMI never relinquished - Was 4 for 5 with a double and five RBIs in game three against Gardner-Webb (4/11) - Hit for the cycle in four ABs vs. Longwood (4/6); Had a 2B in the 2nd; 3B in the 4th, a 2-R HR in the 5th and an infield single in the 7th, scoring four runs - Reached base three times as CSU’s Tyler Thornburg allowed just four base runners in eight innings in VMI’s 1-0 loss to Charleston Southern (3/27) - Ranked second on the team with 42 RBIs, nine home runs (tied), a .517 slugging percentage and 10 multiple-RBI games (tied) last season - In league play, ranked in the top five in the Big South with 28 RBIs and six home runs in 2009 - Hit six home runs in five games at midseason in 2009, driving in 16 runs during the stretch; Also had a career-best seven-game hitting streak, hitting .333 - Named Patriot District Player of the Year after hitting .380 with five home runs and 25 RBI as a senior; Played third base, catcher, outfield and pitcher

#26 Berkley Hawkins, Fr., R/R (Richmond, Va./Trinity) 1B/INF - 2 for his last 4 after starting his college career just 1 for 22, has just seven at-bats since 2/26 - Started all three games during season opening FSU series, had his first collegiate hit 2/23 at #10 Virginia - Originally signed as a catcher, converted to first base late in the fall - Holds Trinity high school’s program records for single-season home runs, career home runs and single-season RBI

#35 Justin Hess, Sr., R/R (Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek) OF/INF - Is batting .381 over the team’s past six games, tied for the club lead (Dickinson). - Drilled his first home run of the year in game two versus Winthrop (3/19), his fourth career jack. - Hit .333 during round-robin in Corvallis, Ore. (3/11-3/13), raising his average 25 points. - Efforts in Corvallis included a 2 for 3 effort 3/12 vs. New Mexico State and four RBI’s during games that day - 3 for 3 Feb. 25 against Binghamton, helping Keydets take opening game of four-game set - Team’s starting center fielder during ‘08 season returns, will contend for starts all over the field - Hit .277 in ‘08, including a 5 for 5 game May 9 versus UMES

#38 Cody Holder, Fr., R/R (Danville, Va./Tunstall) INF - Knocked in his first collegiate run with a ninth-inning single at Oregon State (3/12) - Had his first collegiate hit, a single through the left side against #10 FSU - Holds Tunstall’s records for single-season and career hits - First Team All-State, District Player of the Year and Region Co-Player of the Year (2010)

#16 Brooks Martin, Jr., R/R (Richmond, Va./Deep Run) OF - Got the start at DH 3/4, went 1 for 4 - Went 1 for 2 as a sub in game two against UMES (3/6), playing in right field - Scored a ninth-inning run as a pinch-runner in VMI’s 11-inning, 7-6 win over Maryland (3/2) - Had his first collegiate hit, a single into center field, in game one against Gardner-Webb in 2009 VMI Hitters Notes

- Four-year letterwinner as an outfielder at Deep Run, where he helped the team to an appearance in the Virginia AAA State Championship game as a junior - Richmond Times-Dispatch First Team All-Metro selection as a senior and Honorable Mention All-State accolades as a junior

#22 Eric Mayers, Fr., R/R (Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover) OF - Doubled and scored in ninth inning against Oregon State (3/12) - Posted Two hits in his first four career at-bats - Former teammate of fellow Keydet freshman Jordan Tarsovich on regional traveling team Richmond Braves - Former VHSL All-Star Game MVP

Miles McQuaig, So., L/R (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian) RHP/UT - Had a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning of game two at UMES (3/6), his first collegiate hit - Three-year letterman at Midlothian that was named Second Team All-District as both a pitcher and outfielder in his senior year - Hit .489 with 4 2B, 2 HR a .850 slugging percentage and 24 RBIs as a senior while going 6-2 with a 3.12 ERA, being named Team MVP - Named to the 2009 Top Prospect team at the 2008 WWBA Championship…Was ranked among the top 25 players in Virginia by Impact Baseball

#30 Andrew Montague, So., R/R (Portsmouth, Va./Churchland) DH/C - Had a sacrifice fly in game two versus Bucknell (3/5) - Made two starts in the Big South Championship, hitting .375 with a double and three RBIs; Had a pinch-hit 2-R 2B against Winthrop (5/27) - Hit his first career HR in game one against PC (5/20) in a pinch-hitting role to lead off the eighth inning - Had a season-best five-game hit streak, during which he is hitting .500 (8 of 16) with 4 2B, 4 RBIs and 7 R - Was 2 for 3 with a double and a run scored in a start behind the plate at JMU (3/24) - Had a pinch-hit RBI double in game two against La Salle (3/13), driving in VMI’s first run in a come-from-behind, 5-3 walk-off win - Had a pinch-hit single in game one against UMES (3/5), then went 3 for 6 with a double, three runs scored and two driven in in game two (3/6) - Three-year letterman at Churchland that as a senior hit .407 with 27 RBIs - As a junior, hit .431 with 31 RBIs and was named First Team All-District and Second Team All-Region and earned All-Tidewater recognition

#8 Jacob Morley, Jr., R/R (Annandale, Va./W.T. Woodson) OF - Hit 11 for 30 (.367) over eight-game span 3/4 through 3/13, including five multiple-hit efforts - Had 14 multiple hit games and eight multiple RBI games in 2010 - Went 2 for 4 with a HR and three RBIs in game one at Liberty (4/16) - Had two two-run doubles in game three against Gardner-Webb (4/11), finishing 2 for 4 with four RBIs - Went 2 for 2 with three runs scored in game one vs. CSU (3/27) after going 3 for 5 with three RBIs, two runs scored and two doubles at JMU (3/24) - Reached base in 11 of his 13 plate apperances (.846 OBP) against Lafayette, hitting .778 with 2 2B, a HR, 6 R and 8 RBIs - Played in all but two games as a freshman, making 49 starts in the outfield; Led the team with 12 stolen bases and was 8-of-9 in 23 Big South games - Went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and a walk-off single against ODU in his Gray-Minor debut in 2009 - Named Liberty District Player of the Year, earned All-Met Honorable Mention accolades from the Washington Post and was honored as All-Region as a senior - Earned Co-District Player of the Year as a junior while playing the outfield, along with First Team All-Region and Second Team All-State Honors

#2 George Piccirilli, Jr., R/R (Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park) IF - Had a career day at Winthrop 3/20, going 4 for 5 with four RBI, a three-run home run and two other extra-base hits - Currently riding a eight-game hitting streak, dating back to the 3/8 win at #27 James Madison - Hitting .343 during that run (12 for 35) with five extra-base hits - 2 for 4 with a game-winning HR (4th inning) against Bucknell (3/4) - Hit .409 with six RBI duirng week of 2/21, also had a pair of doubles - Hit his first career home run in game three against Lafayette (2/28), a three-run shot in VMI’s 7-6 walk-off win - Played in 18 games, making 13 starts as a freshman; Had an eight-game hitting streak in early March, hitting .440 (11 for 25) during the run - Honored as First Team All-Region as a catcher and Second Team All-State; Also named Second Team All-Met by the Washington Post as a senior - Hit .517 with five home runs and 24 RBI while striking out only three times while going 6-1 on the mound with 51 strikeouts in 38 innings

#4 Sam Roberts, Sr., L/R (Prince George, Va./Prince George) IF/RHP - Hit his second home run of the season in series finale with Winthrop (3/20), and also picked up his first save since 2009 in that game - Was starting pitcher and winner against #27 James Madison (3/8), going three shutout innings in predetermined start - Hit his first home run of the year in game one versus Bucknell (3/4), was 3 for 7 with five walks and four runs scored in that series - Big South Player of the Week for Feb. 21-27, hit .583 over that span with at least two hits in each of VMI’s six games - Has started 166 consecutive games for VMI, with starts at SS, P, RF, CF and DH - Became just the second player in VMI history with 50 runs scored and 50 RBIs in a season, joining Robert Crumpler ‘07 - Ranked in the Big South top 10 with 43 BB (2nd), 56 R (T-8th) and 52 RBIs (T-10th) - Reached base safely in 51 of 55 games and has multiple RBIs in 13 games from the leadoff spot; Has reached base safely in 97 of VMI’s last 108 games - Went 2 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs in VMI’s 12-3 win over #1 Virginia (4/14) - Went 3 for 4 with four runs scored, three walks and two RBIs in VMI’s 15-14 loss in game three at High Point (3/21) - Came up with the game-winning hit, an RBI single up the middle, against The Citadel closer Drew Mahaffey to give VMI a 4-3 win in game one (3/16) - In a doubleheader against Lafayette (2/27), was 5 for 8 (.625) with 3 HR, five runs scored and seven RBIs; Hit 2-R HR in back-to-back AB in game two - As a sophomore, led VMI with a .440 OBP, 53 R and 38 BB; Also ranked 2nd in the Big South in BB and among the top 10 in runs and saves - Named to All-Ping! Freshman Team after leading VMI with a .348 batting average, 14 doubles, a .431 on-base percentage and 28 walks - Tied school record for hits in a game by going 6 for 7 against Maryland Eastern Shore (5/9), collecting five singles, a double, four runs scored and three RBI - Brother of former VMI catcher and 2008 Milwaukee Brewers draftee Mike Roberts VMI Hitters Notes

#1 Chris Russo, Fr., R/R (McLean, Va./McLean) INF - Made his first career start 3/5 in double-header versus Bucknell - Two-time All-District second baseman, as well as First Team All-District and All-Region senior year - Named to All-Tournament team for NVTBL Stars

#23 Graham Sullivan, Sr., R/R (Manassas, Va./C.D. Hylton) OF - Hit .476 with four doubles and five RBI during five-game stretch 3/8 through 3/13 - 2 for 5 with two doubles and three runs driven in in win over #27 James Madison (3/8) - Hit his first home run of the year 3/1 at Richmond - Was 3 for 5 in 2/27’s win over Binghamton, also scored three runs - Had two hits in each of the first two games against #10 Florida State - Ranked in the top 10 in the Big South with 134 TB (T-6th), 19 2B (T-7th), 55 RBIs (T-8th) - Saw his career-best 11-game hitting streak snapped in game one at Liberty (4/16); During streak hit .420 with 17 RBIs, four doubles and two home runs - Had a six-week (27 gms.) stretch that he hit .424 with 12 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 43 RBIs, a .763 slugging percentage and a .453 OBP - Was 4 for 6 with a double and two RBIs in game three against Gardner-Webb (4/11) - Hit home runs in five of seven games in mid-March, with multiple hits, a run scored and an RBI in six of the seven games - Hit what proved to be the game-winning HR, a two-run shot to left field, in VMI’s 5-4 win over HPU in its Big South opener (3/19) - Hit a pinch-hit home run in game one against Gardner-Webb (4/10), becoming the first Keydet in over four years to do so - Saw action in 26 games, starting 12, as a freshman, making starts at shortstop, first base, third base and designated hitter

#33 Jordan Tarsovich, Fr., R/R (Richmond, Va./Trinity) INF/OF - Has hits in three straight games (3/11- 3/13) with RBI in two of those - Made his first career start in opener versus Bucknell (3/4) - Saw action in two games during season-opening FSU series - Former high school teammate of Keydet 1B Berkley Hawkins - First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-State as a senior (2010) #5 Justin Topping, Sr., R/R (Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River) C - Had a 6 for 9 stretch entering the Winthrop series (3/18), during which he went 3 for 10 - 2 for 3 in game two against Bucknell (3/5), all while making his first start of the year behind the plate - Drove in four of VMI’s six runs in game two at Liberty (4/17) with a two-run single in the first and a two-run double in the second; Hit .455 vs. the Flames - Hit his first home runs of the season in games one and two against Gardner-Webb, going 4 for 9 with three RBIs in his two starts at designated hitter - Had his career-best eight-game hitting streak snapped vs. Charleston Southern (3/27), during which he has hit .370 with 7 RBIs, 5 R and 2 2B - Made his first starts behind the plate on opening weekend, throwing out three of six opposing base stealers while not being charged a passed ball - Played in 46 of VMI’s 53 contests, making 36 starts at designated hitter as a sophomore - Slugged his first career home run in the third inning of game two at Charleston Southern last season; Also had a double and went 3 for 5 with two RBI - As a HS senior, hit .516 with 27 RBI and a 20-game hitting streak, earning both Eastern Region First Team honors and Southeastern District Player of the Year

#8 Matt Winn, Fr., R/R (Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle) C - All-District as a junior, when he hit .469 - Suited up for the 2009 Virginia Commonwealth Games team #7 Chase Worthington, Jr., R/R (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) IF - Just 2 for his last 24 over the past six games (.083 average) - 1 for 2 with two walks in win over #27 James Madison (3/8) - Had key two-run double in 9-2 win over Binghamton (2/27) - Had VMI’s first home run of the year, 2/22 against W&M - Had a career-best 12-game hitting streak late in the season during which he hit .366 with three doubles, a home run and seven RBIs - After moving into the starting lineup at 3B (20 games), hit .348 with five doubles, one HR, nine RBIs and eight runs scored - Was 4 for 6 with two doubles and three runs scored in game two against UMES (3/6), his second start of the season - Made his first start of the season in game three against Bucknell, playing third base and going 2 for 4 with a home run and two runs scored - Saw action in 10 contests as a freshman, making one start, playing each of the infield positions - Three-time All-District honoree at Atlee, hitting .413 with 5 HR and 33 RBI as a senior; Named Team MVP and Honorable Mention All-Region as a shortstop Is the cousin of singer Jason Mraz Tuesday’s Starter Campbell Henkel Freshman  Left-Handed Pitcher  6-2  220  L/L Richmond, Va.  St. Christopher’s 37 High School/Personal: Threw perfect game against Benedictine…struck out 11 in that game, including eight of the final 12 hit- ters…came back just 10 days later and threw a no-hitter against Liberty Christian…also has logged another no-hit- ter during his career…2010 VISAA Player of the Year…went 9-1 with a 1.29 ERA…had 116 strikeouts in 64 2/3 innings pitched…threw three shutouts…three-time All-State and All-Prep (2008-10)…two-time All-Metro (2009-10)…son of Merle and Anne Henkel...will major in Economics and Business…signed during the early signing period.

HENKEL’S CAREER HIGHS IP,Relief 3.0 2X, Last vs. Bucknell, 3/4/11 K 5 vs. Bucknell, 3/4/11 BB 4 vs. Bucknell, 3/4/11

#37 HENKEL, Campbell - 5 appearances (All games)

Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP IBB Score W-L Sv ERA NP Feb 18 at Florida State 3.0 42230 000 00000-12 0-0 0 6.00 56 Feb 22 WILLIAM & MARY 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-1 1-0 0 3.60 34 Mar 01 at Richmond 0.2 1 1110 000 00106-61-004.76 23 Mar 04 BUCKNELL 3.0 2 2 1 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6-5 2-0 0 4.15 76 Mar 08 at James Madison 1.1 1 0010 000 00108-22-003.60 21 Totals 0 10.0 9 5 4 10 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 24-26 2-0 0 3.60 - VMI Bullpen Notes

#24 Connor Bach, Fr. (Clifton, Va./Centreville) UT/LHP - Made debut in game one of double-header with Binghamton (2/26), pitching 1/3 of an inning and allowing one run - First Team All-District and All-Region in 2010, as well as honorable mention All-State - Signed during early signing period

#21 Ryan Barefoot, R-Jr. (Centreville, Va./Centreville) RHP - Has allowed 10 earned runs in 4.2 innings this season - Suffered the loss in game two against Radford (5/1/10), allowing three runs on three hits in 2.1 innings - Allowed just one hit in three scoreless innings against No. 18 Virginia Tech (4/27) - After missing last season due to injury, made his 2010 debut against Longwood (4/6), hurling a scoreless ninth inning - Saw action in the field and on the mound as a freshman, hitting .294 in 10 games, making four starts at SS while pitching 18 innings in 7 APP, two starts - Made his first career pitching start at Old Dominion, earning the win by allowing one run on one hit through four innings - Made his first appearance on the mound in the opener at Auburn, allowing only one hit in one inning of work - Had a memorable collegiate debut, hitting a home run on his first swing of the bat on a 3-0 pitch against Binghamton

#3 Jeremy Brown, Jr. (Rixeyville, Va./Culpeper) RHP - Threw five innings in first career conference start, 3/20 versus Winthrop, allowing one run - Equaled his career-high by throwing six shutout innings on 3/12 against New Mexico State, combined with Alan Watts on the SO - Is first VMI SP since Michael Bowman (2007) to start more than one shutout - Allowed just one run over five innings against Bucknell (3/5) - Dominated game 2 versus Binghamton (2/26), throwing six scoreless innings, a career-long, and allowing just one hit over his final four frames - Threw a scoreless inning of relief against #4 Coastal Carolina at the Big South Championship (5/26), striking out one - Worked out of a first-inning jam in a start against #1 Virginia, allowing two runs in 3.1 innings and leaving with a 3-2 lead - Made his first start of the season against Longwood (4/6), working 3.1 scoreless innings, scattering five hits, and scoring a win in a predetermined start - Had a career-long relief appearance of 4.2 innings at The Citadel (3/16), allowing one run on four hits, striking out four in VMI’s 4-3 win - In his season debut, earned the win by allowing just two runs in 3.1 innings, striking out four without a walk in VMI’s opening day, 9-4 win over Bucknell - Made eight appearances, including five starts before missing the final two months of the season due to injury as a freshman - Struck out a season-high seven, allowing only two runs, one earned, in his first career start at Richmond (2/25), working four innings

#32 Andrew Deal, Jr. (Chester, Va./L.C. Bird) RHP - Worked 1.2 shutout innings in 3/12 loss to Oregon State - Retired five of the six batters he faced in game two against PC (5/20), striking out three - Made two shutout appearances against UMES, earning his first career save by picking off a runner at first base to end game three (3/7) - Worked a perfect inning of relief in game three at Bucknell, needing just six pitches to induce three flyouts - Had 15 relief outings and three starts as a freshman - Against #18 Coastal Carolina in the Big South Championship, worked three no-hit innings, issuing one walk while notching a strikeout - Played in the Virginia Commonwealth League last summer, going 8-1 with a 2.80 ERA…Had 74 strikeouts and just eight walks in 60 innings pitched

#25 Michael Devine, Jr. (Cheswick, Pa./Springdale) RHP - Blew two save opportunities against Winthrop, 3/18 and 3/19 - Picked up his 11th career save 3/11 versus New Mexico State, entering with the tying run aboard and induced a line-out - Moved into 4th on VMI’s all-time saves list with save against Bucknell 3/4, striking out two with the tying run on first base - Notched save 2/22 versus William & Mary before blowing a 3-2 lead the next day versus #10 Virginia - Pitched two shutout innings in finale vs. #10 FSU - Named to NCBWA’s Stopper of the Year Watch List prior to the 2011 campaign - Appeared briefly in the Cape Cod League during the 2010 summer - Retired the final 14 batters that he faced in the regular season against Winthrop and PC - In seven appearances in April, had a 0.00 ERA in 13.1 innings, allowing opponents a .178 batting average while striking out 13 and walking none - Earned Big South Co-Pitcher of the Week honors April 12; In four straight appearances, had four saves, allowing opponents two hits in 7 IP with 9 K - Threw in each of the three games at High Point, picking up back-to-back saves before taking the loss in game three; In the series allowed 2 runs in 3.2 innings - In 2009, was the closer for the Slippery Rock (Pa.) Sliders of the Prospect League, going 1-1 with 9 SV and a 2.59 ERA; Was named to the East All-Star team

#34 Rian Ellis, Fr. (Chesapeake, Va./Grassfield) RHP - Made his collegiate debut 2/18 at Florida State, surrendring two runs in an inning of work. - Honorable Mention All-District - Played summer ball for Lynn Haven squad out of Virginia Beach

#14 John Garrett, So. (Norfolk, Va./Maury) RHP - Took the loss in game two at Winthrop (3/19), when the Eagles scored twice in the 10th -Vultured a relief win 3/5, when VMI scored seven runs after he had pitched the previous half-inning -Made four appearances 2/21-2/28, allowing two runs in 3.1 innings -Pitched in 1.3 innings against #10 Florida State, not allowing a run (2/20) - Tied for the team lead in wins as a freshman (6) - Allowed just one run in four innings against UNC Asheville at the Big South Championship (5/25), earning the win - Retired 15 of the 16 batters he faced in relief in game one vs. PC (5/20), picking up the win - Against No. 7 Coastal Carolina, allowed just one run in 2.1 innings, striking out a pair VMI Bullpen Notes

- Worked a perfect ninth in VMI’s 12-3 win over #1 Virginia, notching a strikeout - Earned three wins in six days, picking up relief victories at UNC Asheville before retiring all four batters he faced in relief vs. JMU (4/7) - Worked a scoreless ninth to claim his first collegiate save in game one at The Citadel (3/16); Struck out a pair and allowed one hit in the 4-3 win - Scored his first collgiate win in his second appearance, retiring all six batters he faced in extra innings of an 11-inning, 7-6 VMI win at Maryland (3/2) - Two-year letterman at Maury, being named Eastern District Player of the Year, First Team All-Region and Second Team All-State (AAA) as a senior

#37 Campbell Henkel, Fr. (Richmond, Va./St. Christopher) LHP -Picked up career win #2 against Bucknell 3/4, coming on in relief of Adam Lopez -Notched his first career win in 2/22 contest versus William & Mary -Made his collegiate debut at #10 FSU, working three innings in the opener, giving up two runs. - Threw a perfect game and no-hitter within 10 days of each other in last season’s state playoffs - Three-time All-State and All-Prep, 2010 VISAA Player of the Year

#9 Adam Kruithof, Sr. (Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle) RHP - Named to the 2010 VaSID All-Academic Team - Retired all five batters he faced to close out game three at Gardner-Webb (4/11) - Pitched out of a jam in the fifth inning of game one vs. Lafayette (2/27) before running into problems in the sixth of VMI’s 16-8 win over the Leopards - Made 13 relief appearances and four starts as a sophomore - In his first start during 2009, did not allow a hit through 5.2 innings, leaving with a 1-0 deficit to Richmond (3/24) - Allowed just one run in 4.1 innings versus Liberty (4/5) in his third start of the season (2008) - Earned his first career win by working four innings while allowing two runs on seven hits against Norfolk State (4/16) in 2008 - Struck out a career-best seven while not issuing a walk in a start against Coppin State (4/23) last season

Miles McQuaig, So. (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian) RHP/UT - Struck out a career-best six in three innings against PC (5/21), allowing two solo home runs - Came in with the bases loaded in game two against Radford (5/1) and retired the next two batters without allowing a run - Recorded a shutout ninth against No. 7 Coastal Carolina, walking a pair but leaving them stranded - As a senior, hit .489 with four doubles, two home runs, a .850 slugging percentage and 24 RBIs while going 6-2 with a 3.12 ERA and was named Team MVP - Went 7-0 as a pitcher and hit .450 with 22 RBIs in his sophomore season, helping lead Midlothian to a 17-3 mark

#12 Karter Rivera, Jr. (Norfolk, Va./Maury) LHP - In his season debut, earned his first collegiate save by working four innings, allowing one run on just two hits in game two vs. Lafayette (2/27), striking out four - Made five relief appearances and one start as a freshman - Worked 2.1 shutout innings of relief at VCU (3/31), striking out a career-best three while scattering two hits - Named Second Team All-District and earned the Tonstall Award by going 9-2 with a 1.59 ERA as a senior - As a junior, went 7-2 while leading South Hampton Roads with a 0.71 ERA; In his career, went 21-5; Was also a standout swimmer at Maury

#17 Travis Thomas, So. (Fredericksburg, Va./Riverbend) RHP - Pitched a scoreless sixth to earn the win in finale at Winthrop, 3/20 - Worked 1.2 shutout innings against #27 James Madison, including a crucial pickoff immedately after entering the game - Earned his second career win in finale versus Binghamton (2/27), thanks to a scoreless seventh inning - Worked a scoreless inning of relief against No. 4 Coastal Carolina at the Big South Championship (5/26), striking out two - In his first start, cruised through the first four innings before allowing a 2-R HR in the 5th vs. JMU, leaving after 4.2 innings, allowing two runs on five hits - Picked up his first collegiate win by going four innings, allowing just one earned run on three hits, striking out two in the opener vs. La Salle (3/11) - In his collegiate debut, needed just 16 pitches to retire all seven batters he faced in game two against Bucknell, a 6-5 win - Named Commonwealth District Player of the Year after earning First Team All-District accolades at P & UT as a senior; Also named Second Team All-Metro at 1B

#10 Alan Watts, Jr. (Buena Vista, Va./Lord Botetourt) RHP - Combined with Jeremy Brown on a shutout for the second time this season, besting New Mexico State 5-0 (3/12) - Picked up his first career save 2/26 versus Binghamton, pitching a perfect ninth inning to close out the shutout - Pitched a perfect inning vs. #10 FSU in 2011 opener, striking out one - Did not allow a hit in three straight outings, working 4.1 innings against Longwood, Gardner-Webb and Liberty, striking out five - Turned in an impressive performance in game three at HPU (3/21), allowing just one run in a career-long 4.2 innings as VMI erased an early nine-run deficit - Retired all five batters he faced in the series finale against La Salle (3/14), two via strikeout - Pitched a scoreless inning in game one at #23 Coastal Carolina, and worked a season-long 1.2 innings in his first career appearance at #1 UNC - Last summer, made a team-high 18 appearances and four saves for the Rockbridge Rapids of the Valley League, based in Lexington - Had a team-best 0.73 ERA and a .176 opponents BA, notching 33 K in 24.2 IP and was named a Valley League All-Star and a Mid-Atlantic All-Star

#39 Joey Zarella, R-Fr. (Falls Church, Va./Langley) - Made his collegiate debut in game #3 vs #10 Florida State, allowing one hit and walking a man - Redshirted the 2010 season - Four-year letterman at Langley, playing first base and pitcher - Three-time All-District honoree and two-time All-Region selection; Also lettered on the golf team 2011 VMI Baseball VMI at Winthrop 03-19-11 at Rock Hill, SC (Winthrop Ballpark)

VMI 6 (9-10-1,0-2) Winthrop 7 (9-8,2-0)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob ROBERTS, Sam ss 5121 00 03 0 COOK, T. 2b 4022 10 12 0 SULLIVAN, Graham lf 5122 03 30 1 GLIEBE, A. ss 4111 00 25 3 PICCIRILLI, George 1b 5110 00140 1 CRANE, C. 3b 5110 01 01 1 HAITSUKA, Alex c 4120 01 70 0 ROHAN, E. c 5100 01 40 0 MORLEY, Jacob rf 4020 00 21 0 THOMAS, B. dh 4121 01 00 0 DICKINSON, Rob cf 5022 00 10 0 OLESCZUK, T. rf 4000 11 51 2 WORTHINGTON, Chase 3b 5000 00 13 3 LOBACZ, M. 1b 4120 01120 0 TOPPING, Justin dh 4110 00 00 2 DANIELS, L. pr 0000 00 00 0 HESS, Justin 2b 4121 00 14 0 PIERPONT, M. ph 1000 01 00 0 FARLEY, Jason p 0000 00 03 0 GAMBLIN, P. lf 3221 10 10 0 WATTS, Alan p 0000 00 00 0 WALTERS, C. cf 3010 01 40 0 GARRETT, John p 0000 00 00 0 LAKE, R. p 0000 00 12 0 DEVINE, Michael p 0000 00 00 0 KNOX, M. p 0000 00 00 0 Totals 41 6 14 6 0 4 29 14 7 LAWRENCE, T. p 0000 00 00 0 Totals 37 7 11 5 3 7 30 11 8

Score by Innings 123 456 789 10 RHE VMI 003 011 000 1 6142 Winthrop 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7110

Note: 2 outs, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.

E - ROBERTS, S.(2); DICKINSON, R(1). LOB - VMI 7; Winthrop 8. 2B - MORLEY, J.(3); DICKINSON, R(1); THOMAS, B.(2); GAMBLIN, P.(4). HR - SULLIVAN, G.(2); HESS, J.(1). HBP - THOMAS, B.. SH - HAITSUKA, A.(2); MORLEY, J.(2); GAMBLIN, P.(3); WALTERS, C.(6). SF - GLIEBE, A.(1). SB - ROHAN, E.(3).

VMI ip h r er bb so ab bf Winthrop ip h r er bb so ab bf FARLEY, Jason 6.16531324 27 LAKE, R. 7.110550330 32 WATTS, Alan 0.11000012 KNOX, M. 0.10000011 GARRETT, John 2.23222310 13 LAWRENCE, T. 2.14110110 10 DEVINE, Michael 0.11000122

Win - LAWRENCE, T. (1-1). Loss - GARRETT, J. (1-1). Save - None. WP - FARLEY, J.(1); GARRETT, J.(1); DEVINE, M.(5). HBP - by FARLEY, J. (THOMAS, B.).

Umpires - HP: Gerald Trexler 1B: Jamie Roebuck 3B: Brian Kennedy Start: 3:03 pm Time: 2:42 Attendance: 333 Weather: 75 Sunny, Clear skies breezy 2011 VMI Baseball VMI at Winthrop 03-18-11 at Rock Hill, SC (Winthrop Ballpark)

VMI 1 (9-9-1,0-1) Winthrop 2 (8-8,1-0)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob ROBERTS, Sam ss 4000 02 22 3 GLIEBE, A. ss 3000 11 11 0 SULLIVAN, Graham lf 4010 02 10 0 OLESCZUK, T. rf 3000 12 10 2 PICCIRILLI, George 1b 4010 00 50 0 CRANE, C. 3b 3100 12 01 1 HAITSUKA, Alex c 4010 00 92 0 ROHAN, E. c 3110 10100 0 MORLEY, Jacob rf 4010 03 20 1 THOMAS, B. dh 4010 00 00 2 DICKINSON, Rob cf 4110 01 20 3 LOBACZ, M. 1b 2000 10101 0 TOPPING, Justin dh 4010 00 00 1 COOK, T. 2b 3011 01 04 0 WORTHINGTON, Chase 3b 4010 01 22 0 GAMBLIN, P. lf 4010 01 10 0 HESS, Justin 2b 3010 00 11 0 WALTERS, C. cf 4010 01 20 5 MONTAGUE, Andrew ph 1000 01 00 0 MIZENKO, T. p 0000 00 22 0 COWGILL, Coby p 0000 00 01 0 RUTH, E. p 0000 00 00 0 THOMAS, Travis p 0000 00 00 0 Totals 29 2 5 1 5 8 27 9 10 DEVINE, Michael p 0000 00 00 0 Totals 36 1 8 0 0 10 24 8 8

Score by Innings 123 456 789 RHE VMI 000 000 100 181 Winthrop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 251

E - PICCIRILLI; CRANE, C.(3). DP - VMI 1. LOB - VMI 8; Winthrop 10. 2B - SULLIVAN, G.(7); COOK, T.(3). HBP - LOBACZ, M.; COOK, T.. SB - MORLEY, J.(2); GLIEBE, A.(2).

VMI ip h r er bb so ab bf Winthrop ip h r er bb so ab bf COWGILL, Coby 6.14002623 27 MIZENKO, T. 7.06110727 27 THOMAS, Travis 0.20111123 RUTH, E. 2.02000399 DEVINE, Michael 1.01112146

Win - RUTH, E. (3-0). Loss - DEVINE, M. (0-2). Save - None. WP - THOMAS, T.(1); DEVINE, M. 2(4); MIZENKO, T.(1). HBP - by COWGILL, C. (LOBACZ, M.); by COWGILL, C. (COOK, T.). BK - MIZENKO, T.(2).

Umpires - HP: Brian Kennedy 1B: Gerald Trexler 3B: Jamie Roebuck Start: 6:03 pm Time: 2:32 Attendance: 288 Weather: 83 degrees, Clear Skies 2011 VMI Baseball VMI at Winthrop 03-20-11 at Rock Hill, SC (Winthrop Ballpark)

VMI 10 (10-10-1,1-2) Winthrop 2 (9-9,2-1)

Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob ROBERTS, Sam ss 4311 10 02 0 WALTERS, C. cf 5010 00 20 1 SULLIVAN, Graham lf 3111 00 10 0 COOK, T. 2b 5020 00 12 0 PICCIRILLI, George 1b 5144 00110 1 CRANE, C. 3b 4110 10 10 3 HAITSUKA, Alex c 3010 00 40 0 ROHAN, E. c 3011 01 20 0 MORLEY, Jacob rf 3100 10 10 3 THOMAS, B. dh 3000 11 00 0 DICKINSON, Rob cf 5120 00 60 0 LOBACZ, M. 1b 4000 01 91 6 TOPPING, Justin dh 2010 00 00 0 OLESCZUK, T. rf 4000 00 71 0 HOLDER, Cody ss 1000 01 01 0 GAMBLIN, P. lf 4110 01 00 0 WORTHINGTON, Chase 3b 4100 01 03 2 GLIEBE, A. ss 2011 00 12 0 HESS, Justin 2b 5221 00 44 2 DANIELS, L. ss 1000 00 10 0 BROWN, Jeremy p 0000 00 00 0 D'ANGELO, M. p 0000 00 32 0 THOMAS, Travis p 0000 00 00 0 RUTH, E. p 0000 00 01 0 Totals 35 10 12 7 2 2 27 10 8 KNOX, M. p 0000 00 00 0 STUART, A. p 0000 00 00 0 Totals 35 2 7 2 2 4 27 9 10

Score by Innings 123 456 789 RHE VMI 001 000 351 10 12 2 Winthrop 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 272

E - ROBERTS, S.(3); HESS, J.(6); COOK, T.(3); RUTH, E.(1). LOB - VMI 8; Winthrop 10. 2B - PICCIRILLI 2(6); COOK, T.(4); CRANE, C.(3). HR - ROBERTS, S.(2); PICCIRILLI(2). HBP - HAITSUKA, A.; WORTHINGTON; GLIEBE, A.. SH - SULLIVAN, G.(3); HAITSUKA, A.(3); MORLEY, J.(3); TOPPING, J.(1); HOLDER, C.(4). SF - SULLIVAN, G.(2); ROHAN, E.(1). SB - MORLEY, J.(3); GAMBLIN, P.(3); GLIEBE, A.(3).

VMI ip h r er bb so ab bf Winthrop ip h r er bb so ab bf BROWN, Jeremy 5.05112222 24 D'ANGELO, M. 6.08330125 28 THOMAS, Travis 1.00000034 RUTH, E. 1.246210611 ROBERTS, Sam 3.02110210 11 KNOX, M. 0.10000011 STUART, A. 1.00111135

Win - THOMAS, T. (2-0). Loss - D'ANGELO, M. (2-3). Save - ROBERTS, S. (1). WP - ROBERTS, S.(2); BROWN, J.(2); STUART, A. 2(3). HBP - by D'ANGELO, M. (HAITSUKA, A.); by THOMAS, T. (GLIEBE, A.); by STUART, A. (WORTHINGTON).

Umpires - HP: Jamie Roebuck 1B: Brian Kennedy 3B: Gerald Trexler Start: 1:01 pm Time: 2:36 Attendance: 566 Weather: Mostly cloudy, 56 degrees No. Name Pos. B/T HT WT CL Hometown/Previous School Alphabetical 1 Chris Russo INF R/R 5-10 175 Fr. McLean,Va./McLean 3 Jeremy Brown RHP R/R 6-0 165 Jr. Rixeyville,Va./ Culpeper Roster 4 Sam Roberts SS/RHP L/R 6-2 175 Sr. Prince George,Va./Prince George 24 Connor Bach ...... LHP/UT 5 Justin Topping C/DH R/R 5-11 185 Sr. Suffolk,Va./Nansemond River 21 Ryan Barefoot ...... RHP/1B 6 Jacob Morley OF R/R 6-0 170 Jr. Annadale,Va./Woodbridge 3 Jeremy Brown ...... RHP 7 Chase Worthington INF R/R 5-11 180 Jr. Mechanicsville,Va./Atlee 29 Coby Cowgill ...... RHP 8 Matt Winn C R/R 5-11 175 Fr. Richmond,Va/JR Tucker 32 Andrew Deal ...... RHP 9 Adam Kruithof RHP R/R 5-11 180 Sr. Charlottesville,Va./Western Albemarle 25 Michael Devine ...... RHP 10 Alan Watts RHP R/R 6-1 170 Jr. Buena Vista,Va./Lord Botetourt 31 Rob Dickinson ...... OF 11 Jason Farley LHP L/L 6-3 205 R-Jr. Vienna,Va./James Madison 12 Karter Rivera LHP L/L 6-1 160 Jr. Norfolk,Va./ Maury 34 Rian Ellis ...... RHP 13 Lefty Flora OF/LHP L/L 5-9 175 Sr. Roanoke,Va./Northside 11 Jason Farley ...... LHP 14 John Garrett RHP L/R 6-2 170 So. Norfolk,Va/Maury 13 Lefty Flora ...... OF/LHP 16 Brooks Martin OF R/R 6-1 200 Jr. Richmond,Va./Deep Run 14 John Garrett ...... RHP 17 Travis Thomas RHP R/R 6-4 170 So. Fredericksburg,Va/Riverbend 28 Alex Haitsuka ...... C 20 Adam Lopez RHP R/R 6-5 200 Jr. Fredericksburg,Va./Stafford 26 Berkley Hawkins ...... INF/C 21 Ryan Barefoot RHP/1B R/R 6-4 185 R-Jr. Centreville,Va./Centreville 37 Campbell Henkel ...... LHP 22 Eric Mayers OF R/R 5-11 185 Fr. Mechanicsville,Va/Hanover 23 Graham Sullivan OF R/R 6-3 205 Sr. Manassas,Va./C.D. Hylton 35 Justin Hess ...... OF 24 Connor Bach LHP/UT L/L 6-4 195 Fr. Clifton,Va./Centreville 38 Cody Holder ...... INF 25 Michael Devine RHP R/R 6-0 205 Jr. Cheswick, Pa./Springdale 9 Adam Kruithof ...... RHP 26 Berkley Hawkins INF/C R/R 6-2 200 Fr. Richmond,Va/Trinity 20 Adam Lopez ...... RHP 27 George Piccirilli INF R/R 5-10 170 Jr. Manassas,Va./Osbourne Park 16 Brooks Martin ...... OF 28 Alex Haitsuka C R/R 6-3 185 Sr. Alexandria,Va./T.C.Williams 22 Eric Mayers ...... OF 29 Coby Cowgill RHP R/R 6-0 175 So. Norfolk,Va./Maury Miles McQuaig ...... RHP 30 Andrew Montague C/DH R/R 6-0 175 So. Portsmouth,Va./Churchland 31 Rob Dickinson OF L/L 6-0 185 So. Richmond,Va./Freeman 30 Andrew Montague . . . . .C/DH 32 Andrew Deal RHP R/R 6-2 205 Jr. Chester,Va./LC Bird 6 Jacob Morley ...... OF 33 Jordan Tarsovich INF R/R 5-11 175 Fr. Richmond,Va./Trinity 27 George Piccirilli ...... INF 34 Rian Ellis RHP R/R 6-0 175 Fr. Chesapeake,Va./Grassfield 12 Karter Rivera ...... LHP 35 Justin Hess OF/INF R/R 5-10 175 Sr. Chesapeake,Va./ Deep Creek 4 Sam Roberts ...... SS/RHP 37 Campbell Henkel LHP R/L 6-3 220 Fr. Richmond,Va./St. Christopher 1 Chris Russo ...... INF 38 Cody Holder INF R/R 6-4 185 Fr. Danville,Va./Tunstall 23 Graham Sullivan ...... OF 39 Joey Zarella LHP R/L 6-0 170 R-Fr. Falls Church,Va./Langley Miles McQuaig RHP L/R 6-3 180 So. Midlothian,Va./Midlothian 33 Jordan Tarsovich ...... INF 17 Travis Thomas ...... RHP Head Coach: 5 Justin Topping ...... C/DH #19 Marlin Ikenberry (VMI ‘95), Eighth season 10 Alan Watts ...... RHP Assistant Coaches: 8 Matt Winn ...... C #2 Jonathan Hadra (VMI ‘04), Second season and #36Daniel Latham (Tulane ‘07), First season 7 Chase Worthington ...... INF Volunteer Assistant: 39 Joey Zarella ...... LHP #18 Nachion Moore (Radford ‘09), First season Squad Analysis 2010 Lettermen Returning ...... 14 Lost ...... 6 Pronunciation Guide Keydets By State Keydets By Class (Eligibility) 2010 Position Starters Seniors - 7 Alex HAITSUKA- hite-SOO-kah Virginia- 34 Returning ...... 7 Flora, Haitsuka, Hess, Kruithof, Roberts, Bach, Barefoot, Brown, Cowgill, Deal, Lost ...... 2 Jonathan HADRA - Hay-DRUH Sullivan,Topping Dickinson, Ellis, Farley, Flora, Garrett, 2010 Pitchers Campbell HENKEL - HEN-kel Haitsuka, Hawkins, Henkel, Hess, Holder, Juniors - 12 Returning ...... 15 Lost ...... 1 Marlin IKENBERRY- EYE-ken-berry Kruithof, Lopez, Martin, Mayers, Barefoot (RS), Brown, Deal, Devine, Farley (RS), Lopez, Martin, Morley, Newcomers ...... 9 Adam KRUITHOF- CREW-toff McQuaig, Montague, Morley, Piccirilli, Piccirilli, Rivera,Watts,Worthington Daniel LATHAM - Lay-THUM Rivera, Roberts, Russo, Sullivan, How They Hit Sophomores - 6 NACHION Moore - Nay-SHAWN Tarsovich,Thomas,Topping,Watts,Winn, Right ...... 28 Cowgill, Dickinson, Garrett, McQuaig, Worthington, Zarella Left ...... 8 George PICCIRILLI- PICK-ih-really Montague,Thomas How They Throw Pennsylvania- 1 Right ...... 29 Devine Freshmen - 11 Bach, Ellis, Hawkins, Henkel, Holder, Left ...... 7 Mayers, Russo, Sexton (RS),Tarsovich, How They Pitch Winn, Zarella (RS) Right ...... 13 Left ...... 6