William and Mary Athletic Communications ● William & Mary Hall ● 751 Ukrop Way ● Williamsburg, Va. 23185 Contact: Andrew Phillips ● (O) 757.221.3344 ● (C) 804.840.4439 ● (F) 757.221.2048 ● [email protected] 2017 William & Mary Schedule/Results ON TAP Date Day Opponent Time/Result • William & Mary finishes out its mid-week schedule at in- Feb. 17 Friday at No. 3 Florida L, 4-5 state rival George Mason on Wednesday, April 26. William & Mary George Mason Feb. 18 Saturday at No. 3 Florida L, 1-8 • First pitch is slated for 3 p.m. The Tribe looks to extend its TRIBE PATRIOTS Feb. 19 Sunday at No. 3 Florida L, 6-11 winning streak to four in a row. Feb. 24 FRIDAY LAFAYETTE W, 5-4 Web: TribeAthletics.com Web: GoMason.com Feb. 25 SATURDAY LAFAYETTE W, 16-1 Location: Williamsburg, Va. Location: Fairfx, Va. Feb. 26 SUNDAY LAFAYETTE W, 6-5 SCOUTING THE PATRIOTS Conference: CAA Conference: A-10 Feb. 28 Tuesday at Virginia L, 11-3 • George Mason is seeking its second straight win after 2017 Record: 22-20 2017 Record: 18-23 March 1 Wednesday at VMI Postponed closing out an A-10 series against St. Bonaventure with a 1-0 March 3 Friday vs. Monmouth^ W, 6-5 win on April 23. The Patriots enter mid-week action at 18-23 Head Coach: Brian Murphy Head Coach: Marlin Ikenberry March 4 Saturday vs. Dayton^ W, 7-0 overall. 109-103 (fourth season at W&M) 970-873-7 (35th season at GMI) March 5 Sunday vs. Rhode Island^ W, 2-1 970-873-7 (35th season overall) March 7 Tuesday at Maryland L, 9-8 • GMU is hitting .250 as a team. Nelin Tyler, a .297 batter, 109-103 (fourth season overall) March 8 WEDNESDAY VIRGINIA TECH W, 19-10 leads the offense in hits (44), doubles (11), home runs (7) March 10 FRIDAY ST. JOSEPH’S L, 3-2 and RBI (29). >> SETTING THE SCENE March 11 SATURDAY YALE W, 10-3 • On the mound, the Patriots own a 4.71 team ERA. Projected Date...... April 26, 2017 March 12 SUNDAY YALE W, 7-6 Stadium...... Spuhler Field (900) March 14 TUESDAY NORFOLK STATE POSTPONED starter Bryce Nightengale has tossed 30.2 innings with 21 March 16 THURSDAY UMASS LOWELL L, 13-6 strikeouts. Location...... Fairfax, Va. March 17 FRIDAY RHODE ISLAND W, 11-2 • Bill Brown is in his 35th season as head coach of his alma March 18 SATURDAY RHODE ISLAND W, 7-3 mater. He holds a 970-873-7 record during his tenure at GMU March 19 SUNDAY RHODE ISLAND CANCELLED Live Stats ...... www.GoMason.com March 21 Tuesday at Virginia Tech L 3-2 Live Video...... www.Atlantic10.com March 22 WEDNESDAY VMI W, 7-0 SERIES HISTORY Live Audio ...... www.GoMason.com March 24 Friday at UNCW* L, 11-1 • W&M and GMU will square off for the 98th time in all-time March 25 Saturday at UNCW* L, 6-5 series history on Wednesday afternoon. March 26 Sunday at UNCW* W, 10-9 >> CURRENT STREAKS • The Patriots lead the all-time series 63-34. Overall 22-20 March 28 TUESDAY NORFOLK STATE W, 6-1 CAA 7-5 March 29 WEDNESDAY OLD DOMINION L, 11-6 • However, the Tribe took two from the Patriots during their Home 15-5 April 1 Friday at Delaware* W, 8-2 2013 three-game series. W&M won the series lid-lifter, 11-2, Away 4-15 April 1 Saturday at Delaware* L, 8-5 and claimed the finale with a 7-1 triumph. Neutral 3-0 April 2 Sunday at Delaware* L, 5-4 (11) Current Streak: W3 April 4 Tuesday at VCU W, 5-1 Last 5 game 4-1 April 7 FRIDAY ELON* W, 8-2 ON DECK Last 10 games 4-6 April 8 SATURDAY ELON* W, 14-6 • W&M travels to Towson for a CAA three-game series this Last 15 games 7-8 April 9 SUNDAY ELON* L, 7-6 weekend. Last 20 games 10-10 April 11 Tuesday at Old Dominion L, 6-3 • The set begins on Friday, April 28th at 3 p.m., continues on Longest Winning Streak W3 April 12 Wednesday at Norfolk State L,9-3 Saturday, April 29 at 2 p.m. and concludes on Sunday, April Longest Losing Streak L6 April 14 Friday at East Tennessee State L, 15-3 30 at 1 p.m. April 15 Saturday at East Tennessee State L, 9-3 >> PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP April 16 Sunday at East Tennessee State L, 8-6 • The Tribe will look to extend its three-game conference April 18 Tuesday at Richmond W, 11-10 winning streak. Wednesday, April 26 | 3:00 PM | Fairfax, Va. April 19 WEDNESDAY MARYLAND L, 6-0 April 21 FRIDAY JAMES MADISON* W, 14-8 Bryce Nightengale, RHP, R-So. April 22 SATURDAY JAMES MADISON* W, 8-7 (10) WALK THIS WAY 1-3, 7.92 ERA, 30.2 IP, 21 K’s April 23 SUNDAY JAMES MADISON* W, 7-6 • The Green and Gold registered back-to-back walk-off RBI April 26 Wednesday at George Mason 3 PM singles to complete a CAA sweep of James Madison last Jamie Sara, RHP, Fr. April 28 Friday at Towson* 3 PM weekend (April 21-23). 1-1, 5.28 ERA, 15.1 IP, 11 K’s April 29 Saturday at Towson* 2 PM • In the second game, senior Ryder Miconi recorded the first April 30 Sunday at Towson* 1 PM May 5 FRIDAY CHARLESTON* 6 PM walk-off single to lift the Tribe to an 8-7 victory in 10 innings. Friday, April 28 | 3:00 PM | Towson, Md. May 6 SATURDAY CHARLESTON* 4 PM • Freshman Patrick Ryan provided more late game heroics as TBD May 18 Thursday at Hofstra* 12 PM he carried W&M to a 7-6 win behind another walk-off single May 18 Thursday at Hofstra* 3 PM in the series finale. May 19 Friday at Hofstra* 3 PM Nick Raquet, LHP, R-So. May 24-27 Wed.-Sat. CAA Tournament% TBD 1-1, 3.53 ERA, 51.0 IP, 63 K’s June 2-5 Fri.-Mon. NCAA Regionals$ TBD LARGE AND IN CHARGE June 9-12 Fri.-Mon. NCAA Super Regionals TBD • Junior Cullen Large reached a new career milestone after June 17-28 Fri.-Wed. College World Series# TBD eclipsing 200 career hits during the three-game set with JMU Saturday, April 29 | 2:00 PM | Towson, Md. last weekend. TBD • Large finished the JMU series 6-for-11 to achieve 205 total * - Colonial Athletic Association game | ^ Irish Classic (Cary, N.C.) | % - CAA Tour- nament (Wilmington, N.C.) | $- NCAA Regionals (Campus Sites) | & - NCAA Super career hits. Regionals (Campus Sites) | # - College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) | Home games • He now needs 12 more to rank top 15 in the program’s Bodie Sheehan, LHP, So. 4-3, 5.03 ERA, 59.0 IP, 55 K’s in BOLD CAPS played at Plumeri Park | All times EST, dates and times subject all-time most hits list. to change • The Chesterfield, Va., native is also just four shy of recording his 50th career double. He currently ties 14th on W&M’s all-time most doubles list with 46. WILLIAM & MARY QUICK FACTS Location Williamsburg, Va. BRINGING OUT THE BROOMS • William & Mary recorded its third 3-0 weekend of 2017 following a series sweep of James Madison on April Founded 1693 21-23. Enrollment 8,200 • The JMU set was also the Tribe’s first CAA sweep. W&M brought out the brooms for the first time this season Nickname Tribe during its home opening series against Lafayette (Feb. 24-26). Colors Green, Gold, Silver • The Tribe went on to notch its second straight undefeated weekend at the Irish Classic on March 3-5, defeating non-conference foes Monmouth (W, 6-5), Dayton (7-0) and Rhode Island (2-1). Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Colonial Athletic Association MESS WITH THE BULL YOU GET THE ‘PEN Stadium Plumeri Park • The Tribe’s bullpen was critical in helping the team complete its first conference sweep of the season against Capacity 8,600 James Madison. • During the series, the bullpen combined to pitch 11 innings with three earned runs and nine strikeouts to hold W&M Athletic Ticket Office 757-221-3340 the Dukes in check down the stretch. • In the second game, senior Nick Brown tossed the last 3.1 innings to capture his fourth win, while classmate ADMINISTRATION Chase Bailey closed out the series finale in two innings for his first win. President W. Taylor Reveley, III WEEKLY AWARDS Alma Mater Princeton, ‘65 • The Tribe added its sixth conference weekly award of 2017 after Miconi was named Player of the Week for the Director of Athletics Terry Driscoll week of April 24. Alma Mater Boston College, ‘69 • Miconi batted .409 (9-for-22) with three doubles, six runs scored and nine RBI’s in William & Mary’s 4-1 week. • Brandon Raquet (Feb. 21, April 10) and Patrick Ryan (Feb. 28) combined for three Rookie of the Week awards, while Bodie Sheehan (March 7) and Daniel Powers (March 27) contributed Pitcher of the Week accolades. BASEBALL STAFF Head Coach Brian Murphy BEST IN THE LEAGUE Alma Mater, Year Merrimack College ‘03 • Junior Charlie Fletcher leads the Colonial Athletic Association with 23 appearances on the mound. • The reliever has pitched 22.1 innings with 12 strikeouts and a 2.82 ERA. Career Record/at W&M 87-86 (.503), 4th year/same • Classmate Ryan Hall not only tops the conference in sacrifice flies, but also ties for fourth in the nation with Assistant Coach Brian Casey (Tufts, ‘07) Assistant Coach Pat McKenna (Bryant ‘09)
Assistant Coach Chad Marshall (Stony Brook, ‘11) 2017 WILLIAM & MARY BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Cl. B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/ Previous School Baseball Office 757.221.3475 1 Brandon Raquet OF Fr. L/R 5-10 190 Boalsburg, Pa./State College 2 Nick Brown RHP Sr. R/R 6-0 185 Bristow, Va./Patriot 3 Patrick Ryan INF Fr. R/R 6-1 175 McLean, Va./Bishop O’Connell 4 Cullen Large INF Jr. S/R 6-0 175 Chesterfield, Va./James River ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 5 Ryan Hall INF Jr. R/R 5-10 175 Richmond, Va./Cosby 6 Nick Butts RHP/OF R-Fr. R/R 5-9 165 Chesterfield, Va./Manchester Baseball Contact Andrew Phillips 7 Chase Bailey RHP Sr. R/R 6-2 205 Fairfax, Va./Robinson 8 Kyle Wrighte INF R-So. R/R 6-0 165 South Riding,Va./Freedom E-mail [email protected] 9 Owen Socher OF So. R/R 5-8 175 Vienna, Va./James Madison 10 David Angstadt INF Fr. R/R 6-0 190 Glen Allen, Va./Collegiate Office 757.221.3344 11 Wade Strain RHP Fr. R/R 6-5 180 Burke, Va./Lake Braddock 12 Craig McLane OF Jr. R/R 5-8 165 Richmond, Va./Steward School Cell 804.840.4439 13 Chris Farrell RHP R-Fr. R/R 5-11 190 Great Falls, Va./Flint Hill 15 Matthew Trehub C/1B Fr. L/R 6-1 195 Southborough, Mass./BB&N Sr. Assistant AD, Public Affairs Pete Clawson 16 Forrest Smith C Fr. R/R 6-1 190 Midlothian, Va./Maggie Walker 17 Jason Waldman RHP/INF So. R/R 6-3 195 Centreville, Va./Fairfax Office 757.221.3369 18 Zach Pearson INF So. R/R 6-0 175 Houston, Texas/Mirabeau B. Lamar 19 Christopher Lohr RHP Jr. R/R 6-2 185 Fairfax, Va./Robinson Secondary School Director Kris Sears 20 Michael Goldak RHP/INF Fr. R/R 6-0 190 Sugar Land, Texas/Kincaid 21 Hunter Smith C So. R/R 6-1 200 Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell Office 757.221.3368 22 Daniel Powers RHP Sr. R/R 6-2 185 Vienna, Va./James Madison 23 Jamie Sara RHP Fr. R/R 6-3 200 Alexandria, Va./West Potomac Sr. Associate Director Rob Turner 24 Charlie Fletcher RHP Jr. R/R 5-10 185 Ashburn, Va./Briar Woods 25 Luca Farina OF Jr. R/R 6-1 215 Murrysville, Pa./Central Catholic Office 757.221.3370 26 Ryder Miconi INF Sr. L/R 5-8 175 Guilford, Conn./Guilford 27 Robert White RHP Jr. R/R 6-4 195 Norfolk, Va./Indian River Associate Director Jacob Skipper 29 Matthew Tilley OF Sr. R/R 6-3 205 Reisterstown, Md./Gilman 30 Charles Ameer RHP/OF Sr. R/R 6-3 185 Weston, Conn./Weston/Cochise College Office 757.221.3344 31 Aaron Fernandez RHP Sr. R/R 6-4 190 Old Brookville, N.Y./Chaminade 33 Michael Toner RHP Jr. R/R 6-0 165 Cumming, Ga./Marist W&M Athletic Communications Fax 757.221.2048 34 Bodie Sheehan LHP So. L/L 6-0 185 Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial 36 Nick Raquet LHP R-So. R/L 6-0 205 Boalsburg, Pa./State College (North Carolina) W&M Website TribeAthletics.com 37 Noah LoCascio C/1B R-Fr. R/R 6-2 225 Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando 39 John Yoest RHP Sr. R/R 6-1 195 Arlington, Va./Yorktown Communications Address 751 Ukrop Way 40 Matthew Keane C So. R/R 6-4 175 Williamsburg, Va./Lafayett Williamsburg, Va. 2318 Head Coach: #28 Brian Murphy (fourth season) Assistant Coaches: #32 Brian Casey (fifth season), #14 Pat McKenna (first season), #38 Chad Marshall (fist season) Athletic Trainer: Brandon Hall Strength and Conditioning Coach: John Sauer
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1 - Brandon Raquet - Ra-Kay 10 - David Angstadt - Ang-Stat 36 - Nick Raquet - Ra-Kay 8 - Kyle Wrighte - Right 15 - Matthew Trehub - Tree-hub 37 - Noah LoCascio - Cas-e-o 9 - Owen Socher - Soccer 26 - Ryder Miconi - Ma-Cone-E seven. >> WILLIAM & MARY’S PROBABLE PITCHING ROTATION • Hall is just three sac flies shy of a new single season program record. Jamie Sara, Fr., RHP, Alexandria, Va. HIGH SCHOOL GRAND OLE TIME Two-sport athlete at West Potomac High School playing baseball and basketball … 12th Round Draft pick of the San Diego Padres in 2016 … Was • Senior Charles Ameer blasted his and William & selected as a First-Team All-Conference player from his sophomore to senior Mary’s first grand slam of the season during an 11-10 year … First-Team All-Region and All-State outfielder his senior season … comeback win at in-state rival Richmond. Tabbed his high school’s Athlete of the Year in his junior and senior season … Tied a school record with 16 home runs … Completed his senior year on the • Ameer leads the team in home runs this season with mound with 32 innings and 50 strikeouts … Threw a complete game with 17 seven. strikeouts during his senior season … Finished his basketball career as his high school’s third all-time leading scorer … Tabbed as a second-team all-confer- ence basketball player, while also picking up First-Team All-Defensive team as COMMONWEALTH CLASH a junior and a senior. • The contest with George Mason will mark the final of 14 games against in-state rivals. • For 2017, the Tribe have competed against Virginia SEASON ERA W L App GS CG SH0 SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAvg WP HBP BK SFA SHA (L, 11-3), Virginia Tech (W, 19-10; L, 3-2), VMI (W, 7-0), 2017 5.28 1 1 10 2 0 0 1 15.1 17 9 9 12 11 1 1 0 75 .293 3 3 0 2 0 Norfolk State (W, 6-1; L, 9-3), Old Dominion (L, 11-6; Total 5.28 1 1 10 2 0 0 1 15.1 17 9 9 12 11 1 1 0 75 .293 3 3 0 2 0 L, 6-3), VCU (W, 5-1), Richmond (W, 11-10) and James Madison (W, 14-8; W, 8-7; W, 7-6). • The Tribe are 8-5 versus its Commonwealth op- ponents.
ESTABLISHING SUCCESS • The Green and Gold has established itself as one of the Nick Raquet, R-So., LHP, Boalsburg, Pa. premier programs in the CAA. W&M has finished first FRESHMAN YEAR / 2015 AT NORTH CAROLINA or second in the league standings in three of the last Made 12 appearances during his freshman campaign at North Carolina … four seasons, and has qualified for the CAA Tournament Posted a 1.42 ERA … Tossed 6.1 innings allowing six hits and one run … Struck out five batters … Posted a win. each of those four season, the longest such streak in school history. • During that run, W&M has won a regular season title (first in school history), a CAA Tournament Champion- ship, and two NCAA Regional berths.
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN • Junior Cullen Large was tabbed Preseason All-Ameri- can by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper this winter. • Last season, the junior finished with a .328 batting SEASON ERA W L App GS CG SH0 SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAvg WP HBP BK SFA SHA average, 82 hits, 20 doubles, two triples, seven homers, 2017 3.53 1 1 11 9 0 0 0 51.0 47 24 20 28 63 9 0 2 225 .245 7 1 0 2 2 Total 3.53 1 1 11 9 0 0 0 51 47 24 20 28 63 9 0 2 225 .245 7 1 0 2 2 and 46 RBI. •The Chesterfield, Virginia native earned a spot on the All-CAA Third-Team, was named to the VaSID All-State Second-Team and to the ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-East Region.
SECOND GEAR Bodie Sheehan, So., LHP, Virginia Beach, Va. • The defending CAA Champion W&M baseball team FRESHMAN YEAR / 2016 was selected to finish second in the CAA Preseason Named to the CAA All-Rookie squad … Earned CAA Rookie of the Week honors for the week of May 23 … Made 18 appearances with 15 starts … Finished the Coaches Poll. The Tribe was only picked behind defend- season with a 4.86 ERA allowing 62 runs (45 earned) in 83.1 innings of work ing regular season champion UNCW. … Picked up 41 strikeouts, while holding opposing batters to just a .272 bat- • Charleston (third), Delaware (fourth), Elon (fifth), ting average against …Made his collegiate debut with a start in a mid-week game against Liberty (2/23), tossing four innings and allowing four runs (three James Madison (sixth), Northeastern (seventh), Towson earned) on six hits with three strikeouts … Pitched an inning of scoreless relief (eighth), and Hofstra (ninth) round out the poll. against nationally ranked Oregon State (3/5) … Tossed a then-career-high 5.2 innings allowing four runs (three earned) with two strikeouts at San Diego (3/8) … Picked up his first career win throwing five innings allowing two runs CONNECT FOUR (one earned) with two strikeouts against Richmond (3/22) … Tossed a career- high eight innings and allowed just four runs on eight hits, fanning three in a • W&M had four players selected for CAA Preseason win at James Madison...Didn’t factor into the decision, but held defending na- honors. Senior Ryder Miconi was selected to the tional champion Virginia (6/5) to four runs on eight hits in the NCAA Regional. Preseason All-CAA team. • Senior Daniel Powers and juniors Ryan Hall and Cullen Large also picked up honorable mention citations. SEASON ERA W L App GS CG SH0 SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF BAvg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 2016 4.86 5 4 18 15 0 0 0 83.1 89 62 45 34 41 28 4 6 376 .272 7 7 0 4 4 FAMILAR FACES 2017 5.03 4 3 10 10 0 0 0 59.0 53 33 33 14 55 11 2 8 248 .237 3 3 2 6 1 Total 4.93 9 7 28 25 0 0 0 142.1 142 95 78 48 96 39 6 14 624 .258 10 10 2 10 5 •The Tribe returns a huge group of its CAA Champion- ship team from 2016. The Tribe returns all three pitch- ers in its weekend rotation in seniors Nick Brown and Daniel Powers as well as sophomore Bodie Sheehan. • Additionally six of the eight of the position WILLIAM & MARY RECORD WHEN... players, including junior Cullen Large and redshirt Overall 22-20 MULTIPLE HIT GAMES sophomore Kyle Wrighte, who started every game Conference 7-5 Player 2 3 4 5+ Total last season. Non-Conference 15-15 26 Ryder Miconi 14 2 1 - 17 Home games 15-5 4 Cullen Large 10 2 1 1 14 • In total, W&M returns 23 players from last year’s Away games 4-15 30 Charles Ameer 10 3 - - 13 roster. Neutral site 3-0 TEAM 89 19 3 2 113 Day games 16-14 Night games 6-6 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK vs Left starter 7-4 • W&M welcomes 10 freshmen and one transfer vs Right starter 15-16 1-Run games 9-7 to the roster this season. David Angstadt, Chris 2-Run games 0-1 Farrell, Michael Goldak, Noah LoCascio, Brandon 5+Run games 11-10 Raquet, Patrick Ryan, Jamie Sara, Forrest Smith, Extra innings 2-1 Shutouts 2-1 Wade Strain, and Matthew Trehub join the Tribe as Scoring 0-2 runs 1-5 freshman. Scoring 3-5 runs 2-9 • Redshirt sophomore Nick Raquet, who transferred Scoring 6-9 runs 11-6 MULTIPLE RBI GAMES from North Carolina, is now eligible to play for Scoring 10+ runs 8-0 Opponent 0-2 runs 9-0 Player 2 3 4 5+ Total W&M as well. Opponent 3-5 runs 5-4 5 Ryan Hall 7 2 1 - 10 Opponent 6-9 runs 6-10 26 Ryder Miconi 8 1 - 1 10 Opponent 10+ runs 2-6 4 Cullen Large 8 1 - - 9 REGIONAL RECAP Scored in 1st inning 12-5 TEAM 48 12 3 1 64 • W&M rallied all the way to the Charlottesville Opp. scored in 1st 9-8 Scores first 10-11 Regional Final in 2016 making some noise along Opp. scores first 12-9 the way. After 6 leading 16-6 After trailing 4-13 • After a suffering a loss in the opening game to After tied 2-1 Virginia, W&M picked up a 4-3 victory over Bryant, After 7 leading 18-3 before topping Virginia 5-4 to advanced to the Aftertrailing 3-16 After tied 1-1 Regional Final. The Tribe fell to Regional Champion After 8 leading 20-2 East Carolina, 8-4. After trailing 1-18 After tied 1-0 HITTING STREAKS • Seniors Ryder Miconi and Nick Brown as well as Hit 0 home runs 10-9 junior Ryan Hall were tabbed to the All-Region Hit 1 home run 6-8 Player Longest Current Hit 2+ home runs 6-3 4 Cullen Large 16 2 team for their efforts. Opponent 0 home runs 13-6 30 Charles Ameer 11 - 26 Ryder Miconi 7 3 Opponent 1 home run 5-5 5 Ryan Hall 7 - CAA CHAMPS Opponent 2+ HRs 4-9 1 Brandon Raquet 6 3 Made 0 errors 10-6 3 Patrick Ryan 6 2 • In one of the most dramatic championship series Made 1 error 3-9 9 Owen Socher 4 1 Made 2+ errors 9-5 8 Kyle Wrighte 4 4 in CAA Tournament history, the William & Mary Opp. made 0 errors 6-7 21 Hunter Smith 4 4 baseball team won its second championship and Opp. 1 error 6-8 Opp. 2+ errors 10-5 first since 2001 last season. Out-hit opponent 18-4 • After losing its first game, the Tribe won two Out-hit by opponent 4-16 games to advance to the championship round. In Hits are tied 0-0 the first game erased a 8-1 ninth inning deficit, before junior Cullen Large belted a solo shot in the SCORE BY INNINGS top of the 12th inning to force the deciding game. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Extras Total In game two, W&M built a 9-6 advantage, but the William & Mary 35 26 41 25 38 20 46 24 14 2 271 Seahawks rallied to tie at nine. Josh Smith then Opponents 35 25 30 28 32 23 34 24 24 1 256 blasted a grand-slam homer and the Tribe tacked on another to win the title 14-9. • Josh Smith was named the tournament’s Most this weekend. Outstanding Performer, while sophomore Hunter Smith, and seniors Charles Ameer and Daniel NEW BENCH HELP Powers. • Head coach Brian Murphy announced the hiring of two assistant coaches this offseason. Both Pat McKenna and Chad Marshall joined the Tribe as assistant coaches. HOME SWEET HOME • McKenna played for Murphy at Bryant and just wrapped up his professional career, while Marshall played and was the • This season, W&M hosts 26 games in the friendly director of operations at Stony Brook. confines of Plumeri Park. • In its 18th season of existences it creates an SETTING THE SLATE excellent home field advantage for the Tribe. In his • W&M announced its 56-game baseball schedule this fall. Twenty-six home games at Plumeri Park, four opponents now four year tenure, Murphy has led the Tribe to who appeared in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, and a trip to the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, N.C. highlight the 2017 46-21at Plumeri Park. slate.
FAMILY AFFAIR ON THE AIR • W&M’s roster features a pair of brothers on the • All 26 home games will broadcasted on TribeAthletics.TV, via TribeAthletics.com again this season for free. team this season both of whom are in their first season with the Green and Gold. Redshirt sopho- more Nick Raquet and younger brother freshman Brandon Raquet could each make their Tribe debuts >> WILLIAM & MARY 2017 RESULTS
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