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 welcomes Delaware to Plumeri Date Day Opponent Time/Result Park for a three-game Colonial Athletic Association series. The set Delaware Feb. 19 Friday at Charlotte L, 3-7 gets underway Friday, April 29 at 6 p.m., and concludes with a William & Mary Feb. 20 Saturday at Charlotte W, 5-1 TRIBE BLUE HENS Feb. 21 Sunday at Charlotte W, 11-0 doubleheader on Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m., with the second Feb. 23 Tuesday at Liberty L, 4-8 game starting around 4 p.m. Web: TribeAthletics.com Web: BlueHens.com Feb. 24 WEDNESDAY GEORGE MASON ppd./rain • The Green and Gold is looking to get back into the win column Location: Newark, Del. Feb. 26 FRIDAY HOLY CROSS W,8-5 Location: Williamsburg, Va. after faltering in its mid-week finale against Liberty on Wednesday Conference: CAA Conference: CAA Feb. 27 SATURDAY HOLY CROSS W, 6-5 afternoon. Feb. 28 SUNDAY HOLY CROSS W, 12-11 2016 Record: 20-21, 9-5 CAA 2016 Record: 25-16, 4-8 CAA March 1 Tuesday at No. 8 Virginia L, 8-16 March 5 Saturday vs. No. 4 Oregon State& L, 3-12 SERIES HISTORY Head Coach: Brian Murphy Head Coach: Jim Sherman March 6 Sunday at San Diego L, 3-9 • William & Mary and Delaware meet for the 49th-51st times in 76-73 (third season at W&M) 468-388 (16th season at Delaware) March 8 Tuesday at San Diego W, 13-11 (10) series history this weekend at Plumeri Park. W&M leads the all-time 76-73 (third season overall) 686-516 (23rd season overall ) March 8 Tuesday at San Diego L, 3-7 series 22-16, but the Blue Hens swept all four games from the Tribe March 10 Thursday at Cal State Northridge L, 3-11 last season, including a game in the CAA Tournament. March 11 Friday vs. UCONN$ L, 1-18 >> SETTING THE SCENE March 12 Saturday vs. UCONN$ L, 2-3 • Last season, sophomore Ryan Hall led the Tribe against the Blue Date ..................................................... April 29 & April 30, 2016 March 12 Saturday at Cal State Northridge L, 7-11 Hens, batting .500 (8-for-16). He added two doubles and four RBI. Stadium ................................................................. Plumeri Park March 15 TUESDAY NORFOLK STATE W, 10-6 Classmate Cullen Large also had a good series against Delaware, Location ..........................................................Williamsburg, Va. March 18 Friday at Elon* W, 10-5 batting .400 (8-for-20) with three RBI and two doubles. Live Stats ...................................................... TribeAthletics.com March 19 Saturday at Elon* L, 7-13 March 20 Sunday at Elon* W, 13-7 Live Video ..................................................... TribeAthletics.com March 22 TUESDAY RICHMOND W, 10-6 SCOUTING THE BLUE HENS Play-By-Play .................Andrew Phillips (Fri.) & Jay Colley (Sat.) March 25 FRIDAY HOFSTRA* W, 14-6 • Delaware returns to CAA play after a weekend off as they travel Analyst ........................................................................ Kris Sears March 26 SATURDAY HOFSTRA* W, 15-10 to Williamsburg this weekend. The Blue Hens have won four of March 27 SUNDAY HOFSTRA* Cancelled their last five games and have a 25-16 record, but are 4-8 in league April 1 FRIDAY GEORGETOWN L, 6-8 (13) action. April 2 SATURDAY GEORGETOWN W, 10-9 • UD has combined for a .306 team batting average so far in 2016. >> CURRENT STREAKS April 3 SUNDAY GEORGETOWN W, 16-2 Kyle Baker leads the team with a .397 batting average. He has Overall 20-21 April 5 Tuesday at Virginia Tech W, 12-8 CAA 9-5 April 6 Wednesday at Old Dominion L, 1-7 added nine doubles a triple and 15 RBI. Jordan Glover leads the Home 9-6 April 8 FRIDAY UNCW* L, 1-2 team with 45 RBI, while Nick Patten has a team-high eight homers. April 9 SATURDAY UNCW* L, 4-7 The Blue Hens have combined for 34 homers on the year. Away 11-12 April 10 SUNDAY UNCW* L, 1-6 Neutral L-1 • On the mound, the team has combined for a 5.47 ERA. Brandon Last 5 game 3-2 April 12 TUESDAY OLD DOMINION Cancelled Walter anchors the rotation with a 3.23 ERA. He has 61.1 innings April 13 WEDNESDAY VCU L, 5-12 Last 10 games 5-5 April 15 Friday at James Madison* L, 5-8 with a team-high 63 strikeouts. Colman Vila and Nick Spadafino Last 15 games 6-9 April 16 Saturday at James Madison* W, 11-4 lead the team with 19 appearances. Colman leads the team with Last 20 games 10-10 April 17 Sunday at James Madison* W, 2-0 four saves. Longest Winning Streak W-4 April 19 Tuesday at Norfolk State L, 3-6 • Jim Sherman is in his 16th season in Newark. He has posted a 468- Longest Losing Streak L-6 April 20 Wednesday at North Carolina L, 2-17 388 record at Delaware, and a 686-516 record during his 23-year April 22 Friday at Northeastern* W, 2-0 April 23 Saturday at Northeastern* W, 8-5 coaching career. >> PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS April 24 Sunday at Northeastern* W, 3-0 Friday, April 29 | 6:00 p.m. | Williamsburg, Va. April 27 WEDNESDAY LIBERTY L, 7-10 ON DECK April 29 FRIDAY DELAWARE* 6:00 PM • Next weekend, W&M closes out the home portion of its schedule Ron Marinaccio | RHP | R-So. April 30 SATURDAY DELAWARE* 4:00 PM and hosts Towson for a three-game CAA series. The series opener is 7-2, 3.77 ERA, 59.2 IP, 52 K’s May 1 SUNDAY DELAWARE* 1:00 PM set for Friday, May 6 at 6 p.m. The Tribe will also hold its Senior Day May 6 FRIDAY TOWSON* 6:00 PM celebration that weekend on Sunday, May 8 at 1 p.m. Nick Brown | RHP | Jr. May 7 SATURDAY TOWSON* 4:00 PM 3-5, 6.10 ERA, 51.2 IP, 52 K’s May 8 SUNDAY TOWSON* 1:00 PM • The Green and Gold closes its regular season with six striaght on May 13 Friday at West Virginia 4:00 PM the road starting at West Virginia with a doubleheader on Friday, May 13 Friday at West Virginia 7:30 PM May 13 at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 30 |11:00 a.m.| Williamsburg, Va. May 15 Sunday at West Virginia 1:00 PM Brandon Walter | LHP | Fr. May 19 Friday at Charleston* 6:00 PM FACE LIFT May 20 Saturday at Charleston* 2:30 PM 4-3, 3.23 ERA, 61.1 IP, 63 K’s May 21 Sunday at Charleston* 1:00 PM • The W&M baseball program has a new toy that is located behind May 25-28 Wed.-Sat. CAA Baseball Championship% TBD the third base wall in the brand new Plumeri Park Practice Facility, Bodie Sheehan | LHP | Fr. June 3-6 Fri.-Sun. NCAA Regional^ TBD which opened right before the spring season thanks in large part to 3-3, 5.47 ERA, 51.0 IP, 27 K’s June 10-12 Fri.- Sun. NCAA Super Regionals& TBD a generous gift from Tribe baseball alum Joe Plumeri. June 18-27 Sat.-Tues. College World Series# TBD •The indoor facility will overlook the field, running up the third base Saturday, April 30 | 4:00 p.m. | Williamsburg, Va. * - Colonial Athletic Association game line, and will provide the program with over 5,700 square feet of & - Fowler Park and Cunningham Field (San Diego, Calif.) crucial “all-weather” practice space. With wall-to-wall artificial turf $ - Matador Field (Northridge, Calif.) TBA % - CAA Tournament (Charleston, S.C.) there will be space for three 15 feet by 75 feet areas for batting and ^- NCAA Regionals (Campus Sites) & - NCAA Super Regionals (Campus Sites) pitching, complete with netting and pitching mounds. Additionally, # - College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) there will be areas for specialized training equipment for strength, Home games in BOLD CAPS played at Plumeri Park Daniel Powers | RHP | Jr. All times EST, dates and times subject to change speed, agility and skills development. 6-2, 5.10 ERA, 54.2 IP, 28 K’s • This weekend will serve as the offical grand opening of the new facility with a special ceremony taking place on Saturday. LETS PLAY TWO! WILLIAM & MARY QUICK FACTS • W&M played a pair of doubleheaders on its trip to California. Due to impending inclement weather this weekend the Tribe will now play a double header against Delaware . Location Williamsburg, Va. • The final double dip will come on May 13 at West Virginia. Founded 1693 • W&M is currently 1-3 in doubleheader games. Enrollment 8,200 HOW TO SAVE A GAME Nickname Tribe • With his save on Saturday, senior Joseph Gaouette recorded his 15th career, which passed John Farrell for the school Colors Green, Gold, Silver record. Gaouette has recorded eight saves this season, and is now three saves away from breaking the single-season record of 10 saves. Affiliation NCAA Division I • For the year, the Reston, Virginia native owns a 3.48 ERA, pitching 20.2 innings, and recording 24 saves. Conference Colonial Athletic Association Stadium Plumeri Park SHEEHAN BODES WELL FOR THE TRIBE • Freshman Bodie Sheehan has made his transition into the weekend rotation look seamless, so far. In his four weekend Capacity 8,600 starts, he has posted a 6.12 ERA, tossing 25.0 innings, with 14 strikeouts, while opposing hitters are only batting .228 W&M Athletic Ticket Office 757-221-3340 against him.