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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] 2016 William & Mary Schedule/Results ON TAP • The William & Mary baseball team looks to continue its season- Date Day Opponent Time/Result long three-game winning streak as they open a nine-game road No. 8 Virginia Feb. 19 Friday at Charlotte L, 3-7 trip over nearly two weeks. The swing starts as the Tribe travels to William & Mary Feb. 20 Saturday at Charlotte W, 5-1 TRIBE CAVALIERS Feb. 21 Sunday at Charlotte W, 11-0 No. 8 Virginia for a mid-week game on Tuesday, March 1. First pitch Feb. 23 Tuesday at Liberty L, 4-8 is set for 3 p.m. Web: TribeAthletics.com Web: VirginiaSports.com Feb. 24 WEDNESDAY GEORGE MASON ppd./rain • The Green and Gold picked up a series sweep over Holy Cross in Location: Williamsburg, Va. Location: Charlottesville, Va. Feb. 26 FRIDAY HOLY CROSS W,8-5 its first home series of the season. W&M won games 8-5, 6-5, and Conference: Atlantic Coast Feb. 27 SATURDAY HOLY CROSS W, 6-5 12-11 over the weekend. Conference: CAA Feb. 28 SUNDAY HOLY CROSS W, 12-11 2016 Record: 5-2 2016 Record: 4-3 March 1 Tuesday at Virginia 3:00 PM SERIES HISTORY March 5 Saturday vs. Oregon State& 4:00 PM Head Coach: Brian Murphy Head Coach: Brian O’Connor March 6 Sunday at San Diego 8:00 PM • William & Mary and Virginia meet for the 46th time in program 61-54 (third season at W&M) 558-201-2 (13th season at Virginia) March 7 Monday at San Diego 9:00 PM history on Tuesday afternoon at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers 61-54 (third season overall) 558-201-2 (13th season overall) March 8 Tuesday at San Diego 9:00 PM lead the all-time series by a 35-8-2. Virginia has won the last eight March 10 Thursday at Cal State Northridge 5:00 PM games of the series. >> SETTING THE SCENE March 11 Friday vs. UCONN$ 1:00 PM • Last season, Virginia scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to March 12 Saturday vs. UCONN$ 1:00 PM pick up a 3-2 victory. Sophomore Cullen Large led the Tribe offense Date ........................................................Tuesday, March 1, 2016 March 12 Saturday at Cal State Northridge 5:00 PM with two hits and an RBI. Senior Mitchell Aker tossed 5.2 innings Location ........................................................ Charlottesville, Va. March 15 TUESDAY NORFOLK STATE 6:00 PM Stadium .............................................................Davenport Field March 18 Friday at Elon* 4:00 PM allowing two runs on eight hits, while striking out four. March 19 Saturday at Elon* 2:00 PM March 20 Sunday at Elon* 1:00 PM SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS Live Stats ............................................www.VirginiaSports.com March 22 TUESDAY RICHMOND 6:00 PM • Virginia looks to rebound after losing a weekend series to East Live Video ...........................................www.VirginiaSports.com March 25 FRIDAY HOFSTRA* 6:00 PM Carolina at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers are in the midst of a 10- March 26 SATURDAY HOFSTRA* 4:00 PM game home stand, and sit 4-3 on the season. March 27 SUNDAY HOFSTRA* 1:00 PM April 1 FRIDAY GEORGETOWN 6:00 PM • Through the first seven games, the team is hitting .310. Ernie April 2 SATURDAY GEORGETOWN 4:00 PM Clement leads UVA with a .519 (14-of-27) batting average with >> CURRENT STREAKS April 3 SUNDAY GEORGETOWN 1:00 PM two doubles, and five RBI. Pavin Smith leads the team with 11 April 5 Tuesday at Virginia Tech 5:30 PM RBI, while himself, Adam Haseley, and Cameron Simmons have all Overall 5-2 April 6 Wednesday at Old Dominion 6:00 PM homered. CAA 0-0 April 8 FRIDAY UNCW* 6:00 PM • The pitching staff has combined for a 3.86 ERA through seven Home 3-0 Away 2-2 April 9 SATURDAY UNCW* 4:00 PM games. Tommy Doyle leads the rotation with a 1-0 record, a 2.08 April 10 SUNDAY UNCW* 1:00 PM Neutral 0-0 April 12 TUESDAY OLD DOMINION 6:00 PM ERA, and has recorded eight strikeouts. Connor Jones leads the team Current Streak W-3 April 13 WEDNESDAY VCU 6:00 PM with 16 strikeouts. Kevin Doherty leads and Alec Bettinger lead the Last 5 game 4-1 April 15 Friday at James Madison* 6:30 PM team with four appearances, while Bettinger leads the team with Last 10 games 5-2 April 16 Saturday at James Madison* 6:30 PM two saves. Last 15 games 0-0 April 17 Sunday at James Madison* 2:00 PM • Brian O’Connor is in his 13th season with UVA. He led the Cavaliers Last 20 games 0-0 April 19 Tuesday at Norfolk State 5:00 PM to their first-ever national championship last season and owns a Longest Winning Streak W3 April 20 Wednesday at North Carolina 6:00 PM 558-201-2 record in Charlottesville. Longest Losing Streak L1 April 22 Friday at Northeastern* 3:00 PM April 23 Saturday at Northeastern* 1:00 PM >> PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS April 24 Sunday at Northeastern* 12:00 PM ON DECK April 27 WEDNESDAY LIBERTY 6:00 PM • The road trip continues as the Tribe heads to the left coast for eight Tuesday, March 1 | 3:00 p.m. | Charlottesville, Va. April 29 FRIDAY DELAWARE* 6:00 PM games in eight days. W&M opens the California trip against 2015 TBA April 30 SATURDAY DELAWARE* 4:00 PM NCAA Tournament team Oregon State on Saturday, March 5 at 4 May 1 SUNDAY DELAWARE* 1:00 PM p.m. EST. The game will be played in San Diego. May 6 FRIDAY TOWSON* 6:00 PM • W&M will also play a pair of games against UCONN and Cal State Bodie Sheehan | LHP | Fr. May 7 SATURDAY TOWSON* 4:00 PM 0-1, 6.75 ERA, 4.0 IP, 3 K’s May 8 SUNDAY TOWSON* 1:00 PM Northridge during their trip to California. May 13 Friday at West Virginia 4:00 PM May 13 Friday at West Virginia 7:30 PM START ME UP Saturday, March 5 | 4:00 p.m. | San Diego, Calif. May 15 Sunday at West Virginia 1:00 PM • The Tribe offense wasted little time getting runs on the board. May 19 Friday at Charleston* 6:00 PM W&M scratched across, at least, one first inning run in four of the TBA May 20 Saturday at Charleston* 2:30 PM seven games this season. May 21 Sunday at Charleston* 1:00 PM • Despite not scoring in the first inning, W&M still got on the May 25-28 Wed.-Sat. CAA Baseball Championship% TBD June 3-6 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Regional^ TBD scoreboard first against Liberty and has scored the game’s first run Nick Brown | RHP | Jr. June 10-12 Fri.- Sun. NCAA Super Regionals& TBD in all four of the seven games this season. 1-1, 6.55 ERA, 11.0 IP 8 K’s June 18-27 Sat.-Tues. College World Series# TBD • Last season, W&M scored, at least, one first inning run in 19 of the 52 games posting a 13-6 record when they scored in the first inning. Sunday, March 6 | 8:00 p.m. | San Diego, Calif. * - Colonial Athletic Association game & - Fowler Park and Cunningham Field (San Diego, Calif.) $ - Matador Field (Northridge, Calif.) BRINGING OUT THE BROOMS TBA % - CAA Tournament (Charleston, S.C.) ^- NCAA Regionals (Campus Sites) • William & Mary recorded its first weekend series sweep with three & - NCAA Super Regionals (Campus Sites) consecutive wins over Holy Cross last weekend. It was the first series # - College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) Mitchell Aker | RHP | Sr. Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Plumeri Park sweep since a three-game sweep of James Madison on April 17-19. 1-0 3.18 ERA, 11.1 IP, 8 K’s All times EST, dates and times subject to change • W&M has recorded at-least one three-game series in the last seven seasons. ALL TIMES EST LARGE AND IN CHARGE WILLIAM & MARY QUICK FACTS • Sophomore Cullen Large had a strong weekend for the Green and Gold in the three victories against Holy Cross. He had four hits and drove in five runs over the course of the weekend. His biggest hit came on a three-run homer that propelled Location Williamsburg, Va. the Tribe to a 12-11 victory in Sunday’s game. Founded 1693 • For the season, the Chesterfield, Va. native is hitting .300 with two doubles, a homer, and a team-high six RBI. Enrollment 8,200 GOING STREAKING Nickname Tribe • Senior Josh Smith has hit safely in all seven Tribe games, building a nine-game hitting streak dating back to the 2015 Colors Green, Gold, Silver season, which leads the team. Affiliation NCAA Division I • Redshirt freshman Kyle Wrighte and sophomore Cullen Large have each had hitting streaks reach five games this season. Conference Colonial Athletic Association AN ACE IN AKER Stadium Plumeri Park • Senior Mitchell Aker turned in one of his best starts of his career in his first start of the 2016 season. Aker turned in 6.1 innings allowing only an unearned run. He added two strikeouts on the day. Capacity 8,600 W&M Athletic Ticket Office 757-221-3340 POWERED BY POWERS • Not to be outdone, junior Daniel Powers had the best start of his Tribe career in his first start of the year.