WILLIAMSBURG, VA.- Fresh off a 3-1 week that featured a fifth straight weekend series win, William & Mary (24-13) will head to Durham for a midweek game with Duke (23-12) Tuesday evening. The game will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra.
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The Tribe's exciting weekend began with a one-run win over VCU last Tuesday and was highlighted by a pair of walk off wins over CAA-leading Elon over the weekend. Overall, William & Mary has won 12 of its last 15 games.
Duke was also 3-1 last week with a midweek victory over Davidson before taking two of three from No. 11 Boston College.
The matchup will feature two of the top pitching staffs in the nation as Duke ranks seventh in the NCAA with a 3.34 ERA to William & Mary's 3.65 mark, 13th nationally. Both teams rank in the top 20 nationally, each allowing fewer than eight hits per game. William & Mary leads the CAA with 327 total strikeouts over 330 innings, while Duke ranks third nationally and atop the ACC with 410 punchouts on the season.
The trio of
Owen Pierce,
Tom Mayer, and
Rojo Prarie was phenomenal in Friday's win over Elon, allowing just two earned runs on six total hits. The Tribe arms combined to strikeout 12 men while issuing just a pair of walks
Rojo Prarie did not allow a hit and struck out five to earn the win, going 4.0 scoreless frames.
Prarie has been one of the fiercest pitchers in the game this season, entering Tuesday's contest with a 0.97 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP. Rojo has allowed earned runs in just two of his 11 appearances. Over his last seven outings, Prarie has allowed just two earned runs and struck out 22 men over 19.0 innings of work.
Tank Yaghoubi was named the CAA's Rookie of the Week after a 7-14 weekend that saw clutch performance after clutch performance. Yaghoubi scored the winning run in Tuesday and Friday's wins, while starting the two out rally and scoring the tying run in Sunday's walk off win over Elon. Yaghoubi hit safely in all four games and has driven his average up to .338 on the season. Tank scored four runs over the week and has 26 total runs on the season.