WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- After a pair of series on the road, William & Mary is back at Plumeri Park this weekend for a three-game set with Hofstra, kicking off a three weekend stretch in which the Tribe is at home. The series, which begins Friday at 5:00 p.m. will be the first meeting between the Tribe and the Pride since the 2019 season as the two teams did not face one another in either of the previous two seasons.
The Green and Gold will look to replicate an offensive performance from Tuesday night's win at VCU that featured 11 runs on 13 hits. The game marked the 11th time this season the team has scored at least 10 runs or more in a game. Six has been the magic number for William & Mary as the team is 16-1 when scoring at least six runs in a ballgame.
The Green and Gold outscored VCU 5-0 in the ninth inning Tuesday and have bested teams 20-9 in the ninth on the year. Overall, W&M has out-scored the opposition 81-44 in the final three innings of games this season.
Carter Lovasz and
Jack Cone have been two of the CAA's strongest pitchers in league play. The duo ranks fifth and sixth respectively in the league in ERA at 1.69 and .193 respectively. CAA teams are hitting just .170 off of Lovasz and .191 against Cone, again ranking fifth and sixth in the league.
Matt Thomas has been hot at the dish lately with six hits over the weekend and a big RBI single Tuesday night. The senior has a season-long seven-game hitting streak, one behind
Tyler Solomon's team-high eight gamer. Junior
Ben Williamson walked twice on Tuesday extending his on-base streak to 20 games.
Thomas leads the CAA with 23 hits in conference games this season. Thomas ranks fourth in the league with a .354 average in CAA games, while
Ben Williamson is second with a .360 mark and
Tyler Solomon ranks eighth, hitting .340 in league games.
Tyler Solomon has been swinging a hot bat for the Tribe, hitting safely in 11 of his last 13 games. The first baseman has six multi-hit games and has scored 11 times over those 13 contests.
