WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary baseball team concludes its season-long six-game road swing at in-state rival Richmond on Tuesday, April 18^th at 3 p.m., before returning to Plumeri Park for the second meeting of the season against Maryland on Wednesday, April 19^th at 6 p.m.
 

Game Day Information - Game 38-39
When	Tuesday, April 18 - 3 PM Wednesday, April 19 - 6 PM
Where	Richmond, Va. Williamsburg, Va.
Venue	Pitt Field Plumeri Park
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ON TAP
William & Mary wraps up its season-long six-game road stretch at in-state rival Richmond on Tuesday, April 8^th at 3 p.m., and are back at it tomorrow with the second of two meetings against Maryland at Plumeri Park on Wednesday, April 19^th at 6 p.m.
 
SCOUTING THE SPIDERS
Richmond will look to stack up a few wins after dropping its A10 series to Rhode Island, 2-1, last weekend. The Spiders enter mid-week action with a 13-21 mark. As a team, the Spiders are batting .278. Vinny Capra paces the offensive attack with a .375 batting average (51-for-136), 11 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 11 RBI. Johnathan De Marte, a .328 hitter (43-for-131), has a team-high 14 doubles and 27 RBI. The Spiders hold a 6.10 team ERA. Robbie Baker leads the pitching staff on 52.2 innings and 50 strikeouts. De Marte owns a team-best 2.00 ERA. Tracy Woodson is in his fourth season as head coach at Richmond. He owns a 93-98-1 mark in his tenure.  
 
SCOUTING THE TERRAPINS
Maryland is coming off a Big Ten series sweep of Penn State last weekend, which improved its record to 24-11. The Terrapins are batting .271 as a team. Mary Costes headlines the lineup with a .369 batting average (52-for-141), adding six doubles, three triples and a team-best in eight home runs and 31 RBI. On the mound, the Terps sport a 3.74 team ERA. Brian Shaffer holds team-highs with 64 innings pitched and 67 strikeouts. John Szefc is entering his fifth season as the head coach of the Terps. He boasts a 166-110 mark at UM.  
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. RICHMOND
William & Mary and Richmond will meet for the 159^th time in all-time series history on Tuesday afternoon. The Spiders hold the all-time series lead over the Tribe at 102-56. However, the Tribe won the previous meeting, 12-8, at Plumeri Park last season. Junior Cullen Large led the Tribe after blasting a grand-slam and sophomore Hunter Smith also platted three runs during the 2016 meeting.
 
SERIES HISTORY vs. MARYLAND
W&M and UM square for the 19^th time in all-time series history on Wednesday evening. The Terps lead the all-time series on a 17-10-1 mark. The programs met earlier this season in College Park, Md., where the Terps edged the Green and Gold 9-8. Duing the first meeting of the season, senior Charles Ameer finished 3-for-5 with a double, redshirt sophomore Kyle Wrighte blasted a three-run dinger and Large drove in three runs as well.
 
ON DECK
The Tribe jump back into CAA action with a three-game home series against James Madison. The set gets underway on Friday, April 21 at 6 p.m., resumes on Saturday, April 22 at 4 p.m. and concludes on Sunday, April 23 at 1 p.m.
 
LARGE AND IN CHARGE
Large is just three shy of reaching a career milestone 200 hits. Achieving the milestone would place him just outside of program's top 15 all-time most hits lists. Former player Charley Gould (2013-16) ranks 16^th all-time in most hits with 214. The Chesterfield, Va., native is also five short of reaching 50 career doubles. He currently sits 15^th on the all-time lists and could tie for 10^th once he accomplishes the doubles landmark. So far this season, Large leads the team in hits (48) and RBI (32) and ties for second in doubles (13).
 
BEST IN THE LEAGUE
Redshirt sophomore Nick Raquet maintains the top ERA in the Colonial Athletic Association at 2.30. During his previous start at ETSU (April 15), Raquet struck out nine batters and allowed three runs, all of them earned, on seven hits. The Boalsburg, Pa., native also ranks fifth in the conference with 57 strikeouts and his opponent batting average of .225 ties for third in the conference.
 
GOING, GOING GONE
The Tribe banged out a pair of home runs during the three-game series finale at ETSU on April 15. Large belted his fourth homer of the season on a solo shot to right field, while Charles Ameer registered his sixth dinger, which is a team-high, behind a three-run bomb. Rookie Patrick Ryan also notched his first career home run after launching a three-run shot to left center during series lid-lifter at ETSU (April 13). The Tribe are 6-3 when they hit two home runs in a game.
 
GOING STREAKING
Ameer saw his season-best 11-game hitting game come to an end during the second of a three-game set at ETSU (April 14). Ameer's streak ranks second on the team behind Large's 18-game hitting stretch. Another streak was broken up at ETSU as senior Ryder Miconi's on-base torrid stopped at 13 games. His streak also stands second-best on team.
 
COMMONWEALTH CLASH
The contest against Richmond is the 10^th of 15 in-state clashes this season. The Tribe have already competed against Virginia (L, 11-3), Virginia Tech (W, 19-10; L, 3-2), VMI (W, 7-0), Norfolk State (W, 6-1; L, 9-3), Old Dominion (L, 11-6; L, 6-3), and VCU (W, 5-1). The remaining Commonwealth matchups includes James Madison (4/21-4/23) and George Mason (4/26). The Tribe is 4-5 against its in-state rivals.
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
The Green and Gold have collected an impressive five CAA weekly awards this season. Freshman Brandon Raquet garnered his second CAA Rookie of the Week honor for the week of April 10. Raquet batted .692 (9-for-13) with two doubles, a triple, five runs scored and three RBI's in William & Mary's 3-1 week. The Tribe's pitching staff produced two Pitcher of the Week honorees in senior Daniel Powers and sophomore Bodie Sheehan. Powers earned his weekly accolade for the week of March 27 after picking up a win and his first career save. Sheehan garnered his for the week of March 6 by posting a career-best 11 strikeouts and contributing to a shutout win against Dayton (March 4). Ryan also received Rookie of the Week accolades on the week of Feb. 27, batting .444 (4-for-9) with four runs and four RBIs to help the Tribe sweep its home opening series against Lafafyette (Feb. 24-26).