Who: VMI Keydets
When: Thursday, May 16 thru Saturday, May 18, 2024
Time: Thursday 6:00 pm; Friday 2 pm & Saturday 1:00 pm
Where: Gray-Minor Stadium, Lexington, Va.
Radio: Catamount Sports Network
TV/video: ESPN+
Live Stats: VMI Live Stats
Colors: Red, Gold, and White
Head Coach: Sam Roberts enters his second season at the helm of the VMI baseball program. The former VMI star and Oakland A's minor leaguer Sam Roberts was promoted to head coach of the VMI baseball program on August 5, 2022 after serving as an assistant coach since 2017. Following the team’s success in his first year, Roberts earned VMI’s Distinguished Coaching Award. VMI finished the season fifth in the nation with a .322 batting average, tied for 44th in hits and tied for 49th in runs. The Keydets ranked 16th in slugging percentage (.529) and 25th in on base percentage (.409). VMI's SoCon winning percentage was the best for the team since 2018 and 26 total wins ties the 2018 squad. VMI tied the school record for the seventh-most wins in a single season in school history.
The Series: The Cats own a 70-25 overall record vs. VMI, in a series that started in 1971. The Cats are 25-12 in games played in Lexington, but are on a 2 game slide to the Keydets. The Cats are 6-4 in the last 10 games played.
Current record: 25-26 overall, 15-6 home, 9-19 away, 1-1 neutral, 6-12 SoCon
This is the finals weekend series for both teams before the conference tournament starts on Wednesday, May 22. The Keydets are coming off a series sweep by ETSU
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Presbyterian Blue Hose
WHERE: Childress Field, Cullowhee, NC
WHEN: Tuesday, May 14 @ 5:00 p.m.
THE SERIES Western Carolina Leads 8-4
PC Record: 26-25 overall, 17-11 home, 8-12 away, 1-2 neutral, 15-6 Big South
FOLLOW THE ACTION
WATCH: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: WCU Live Stats
Who: Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs
When: Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Time: 5:00 pm
Where: Childress Field, Cullowhee, NC
TV/video: ESPN+
Live Stats: WCU Live Stats
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Scarlet and black
Students: 3,124 (Fall 2023)
Conference: Big South
Mascot: Mac and Lulu
Location: Boiling Springs
Head Coach: Jim Chester is entering his fifth year as the head coach of the Gardner-Webb baseball team after taking over the program in June 2019. In his time at GWU, Chester has amassed a 92-92 record, 16 All-Conference award winners, one Big South Pitcher of the Year, and one All-American selection
The Series: The Cats own an 19-12 overall record vs. the Runnin' Bulldogs, in a series that started in 1970. The Cats are 9-6-1 in games played in Cullowhee, amd 5-5 in the last ten games played. The Cats broke a 3 game skid to the Dogs winning in Boiling Springs in early April.
Current record: 19-27, 14-14 home, 5-13 away, 0-0 neutral, 7-11 Big South
Gardner-Webb was voted second in the Big South's baseball preseason poll, additionally, Alec Burns was named to the first Big South preseason all-conference baseball team. The Runnin' Bulldogs are currently 8th in the Big South (BS) in hitting with a team average of .252; and 7th in team pitching with an 7. 25 ERA.
Gardner-Webb split their series ending doubleheader on Sunday afternoon against Wofford College taking game one in extra innings 6-5, and dropping game two 8-4 in a previously scheduled seven inning game. The Dogs are 6-4 in their last 10 games.
Who: Wake Forest Terriers
When: Saturday, May 4 thru Sunday, May 5, 2024
Time: Saturday 6:00 pm; Sunday 1 pm & Sunday 4:00 pm
Where: David F. Couch Ballpark, Winston-Salem, NC
TV/video: ACCNX / ESPN+
Live Stats: WF Live Stats
Nickname: Demon Deacons
Students: 8,963
Conference: ACC
Colors: Black and Gold
Head Coach: Tom Walter - Walter was named the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, becoming the third Demon Deacon skipper to receive Coach of the Year honors (George Greer and Marvin Crater) after leading the 2023 Wake Forest ballclub to a historic season. With 420 wins as the Demon Deacon skipper, he sits as the second-winningest coach in program history, trailing only George Greer.
The Series: The Cats own a 5-8 overall record vs. Wake Forest, in a series that started in 1971. The Cats are 4-6 in games played in Winston-Salem, but are on a 3 game slide to the Demon Deacons. The Cats are 3-7 in the last 10 games played.
Current record: 29-16 overall, 18-7 home, 10-7 away, 1-1 neutral, 12-12 ACC
Wake Forest has been selected as the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball preseason favorites by the league’s 14 head coaches. The Demon Deacons collected 10 of the 14 possible first-place nods from head coaches.
The Deacons are #13 in college baseball national rankings (#15 in the coaches poll).
Projected Pitching Matchups:
Saturday, May 4 | 6 p.m. | Coverage: ACC Network Extra | Wake Audio | Live Stats
WCU: Sr. RHP Gavin Mortenson (16 app., 9 GS – 2-4, 5.28 ERA, 44.1 IP, 43 K, 25 BB)
WAKE: Jr. RHP Chase Burns (11 app., 11 GS – 8-1, 3.26 ERA, 69.0 IP, 127 K, 21 BB)
Sunday, May 5 | Game 1 of DH – 1 p.m. | Coverage: ACC Network Extra | Wake Audio | Live Stats
WCU: Sr. RHP Dante Visconti (17 app., 5 GS – 3-0, 6.03 ERA, 37.1 IP, 32 K, 16 BB)
WAKE: Jr. LHP Josh Hartle (11 app., 11 GS – 4-2, 5.68 ERA, 52.1 IP, 56 K, 20 BB)
Sunday, May 5 | Game 2 of DH – 4 p.m. | Coverage: ACC Network Extra | Wake Audio | Live Stats
WCU: Fr. RHP Davis Budd (12 app., 6 GS – 2-1, 6.43 ERA, 35.0 IP, 33 K, 16 BB)
WAKE: TBD
