WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The William & Mary baseball team returns to CAA action with a three-game home series against James Madison this weekend. The series begins on Friday, April 21 with the game time moved up to 4 p.m., resumes on Saturday, April 22 at 4 p.m., and concludes on Sunday, April 23 at 1 p.m.
 

Game Day Information - Game 40-42
When	Friday, April 21 - 4 PM Saturday, April 22 - 4 PM Sunday, April 23 - 1 PM
Where	Williamsburg, Va.
Venue	Plumeri Park
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ON TAP
William & Mary welcomes in-state rival James Madison to Plumeri Park for a CAA three-game series this weekend. The set begins on Friday, April 21 at 4 p.m., resumes on Saturday, April 22 at 4 p.m., and concludes on Sunday, April 23 at 1 p.m.
 
SCOUTING THE DUKES
James Madison hopes to break a four-game skid this weekend. The Dukes are 18-18 after suffering a CAA three-game sweep against UNCW last weekend and falling to No. 19 Virginia, 7-2, on April 19. As a team, JMU is batting .279. Adam Sisk leads the team with a .315 batting average (41-for-130), six doubles, five homers and 25 RBI. JMU boasts a 5.76 team ERA.  Colton Harlow paces the pitching staff with 47.2 innings pitched and 45 strikeouts. Marlin Ikenberry is in his second season as the JMU skipper. He owns a 42-49 in tenure at JMU.
 
SERIES HISTORY
W&M and JMU will compete against each other for the 120-122 time in all-time series history, beginning on Friday. The Dukes lead the all-time series 45-74. However, the Tribe have beaten the Dukes in three-game sets during the previous two seasons. In 2016, Ryan Hall batted .500 (7-for-14), adding a RBI and two doubles to help the Tribe win the series, 2-1.
 
ON DECK
William & Mary travels to George Mason for its final mid-week game of the season on Wednesday, April 26 at 3:00 p.m. The Tribe remains on the road that weekend for a CAA three-game series at Towson, putting a cap on the month of April.
 
MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY
The Tribe will hold Military Appreciation Day during the series finale on Sunday, April 23^rd at 1 p.m. Active/retired military veterans can purchase tickets for $3.00.
 
LARGE AND IN CHARGE
Cullen Large is just one shy of reaching a career milestone 200 hits. Achieving the milestone would place him on the edge of program's top 15 all-time most hits. Former player Charley Gould (2013-16) ranks 16th all in most hits with 214. The Chesterfield, Va., native is also five short of reaching 50 career doubles. He currently sits 15th on the all-time lists and could tie for 10th once he accomplishes the doubles landmark. So far this season, Large lead the team in hits (50) and RBI (32) and ties for second in doubles (13).
 
GRAND OLE TIME
Senior Charles Ameer blasted his and William & Mary's first grand slam of the season during an 11-10 comeback win at in-state rival Richmond. Ameer leads the team in home runs this season with seven.
 
CAA LAST TIMEOUT
The Green and Gold collected a pair of conference wins during its three-game series against Elon April 7-9, improving their league mark to 4-5. The Tribe received big contributions from its freshman in claiming the series. Brandon Raquet was 7-for-8 during the three-game set, including a 3-for-4 effort with two runs scored in series opener and a 3-for-3 outing with a double, triple two runs and three RBI's during game two. Matthew Trehub finished the conference series 5-for-9 with six RBI a double and his first career home run.
 
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. Junior Ryan Hall also ranks first in the CAA with five sacrifice flies.
 
COMMONWEALTH CLASH
The three-game set against JMU is the 11^th-13^th out of 14 in-state matchups 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), VCU (W, 5-1) and Richmond (W, 11-10). The final commonwealth tilt is at George Mason on Wednesday, April 26. The Tribe are 5-5 against its in-state foes.
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
The Green and Gold have collected an impressive five CAA weekly awards this season. 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).