WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The William & Mary baseball team will begin midweek action on Tuesday as they host in-state rival Richmond at Plumeri Park. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT
The Tribe fell in the series opener to Rhode Island, losing two of three games. The teams split a doubleheader on Friday, with URI winning the opener 10-9 and the Tribe coming back to win the nightcap 5-4 in seven innings. CF Ben Parker went 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI in game one.

In game two, INF Henry Jackson was the hero with a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning. RHP Owen Pierce slammed the door shut, pitching four scoreless innings in relief to earn the win. URI then took the Sunday finale by a 36-22 final.

NUMBER ONE IS NUMBER 300
The win over URI game head coach Rob McCoy his first win as Tribe baseball coach. It was also his 300th career victory, adding to the program-record 299 wins he recorded at Niagara from 2009 to 2024.

HISTORIC OFFENSE
Sunday's game against the Rams saw a historic offensive output for both sides. It was the fourth-most combined runs in a single game in Division I history (58), and the highest-scoring game since FDU and Coppin State combined for 59 runs in 2016. The previous high for a W&M game was 42 runs on March 11, 2000 in a 23-19 win over Delaware.

The Tribe's 22 runs were tied for the 19th-most in single-game program history. W&M added 16 hits and 12 walks.

LOCKING IT DOWN
In his Friday outing, Pierce held URI to just one hit over four innings, and opposing batters were 1-for-13 (.077) against him. The junior from Fairfax, Va. also struck out five in what was tied for the second-longest outing of his career.

FRESHMEN PHENOMS
The Tribe saw two phenomenal debuts from their freshmen starters over the weekend. INF Jamie Laskofski went 5-for-11 (.455) with seven runs and three walks, scoring four times in Sunday's game. His infield counterpart Matthew Kosuda batted 3-for-9 with five runs and five RBI, including his first career home run in his collegiate debut.

HEY, 10
Of note, this will be W&M's fourth straight game against an A-10 opponent. The Tribe plays eight games against A-10 foes this year: URI (three), Richmond (one), George Mason (two), VCU (two).

STAT NUGGETS

• The Tribe's 12.0 runs per game ranks 22nd nationally and second in the CAA.
• RHP Carter Lovasz had a career-high seven strikeouts of the Rams in his 2025 debut, pitching four innings.
• Parker led all Tribe hitters in the URI series, going 7-for-11 with a homer and four RBI. He had hits in all three games. He's also reached base in 10 of 14 plate appearances (.714).
• DH Charlie Iriotakis and C Jerry Barnes III both hit their first career triples.
• UTL Derek Holmes had his first multi-hit game in the Green & Gold Uniform on Sunday, going 2-for-2 with an RBI double.
• OF Christian Rush has back-to-back games with three RBI. He blasted a two-run homer on Sunday, his first of the year and fourth of his W&M career.
• OF Lucas Carmichael had career highs in hits (four) and RBI (five) in the series finale against URI.

SERIES HISTORY
William & Mary and Richmond have a lengthy history that dates back to the 19th century. The Tribe and Spiders have met 259 times on the diamond, more than any other W&M opponent by ove 100 games. Richmond leads the all-time series 158-100-1, though the Tribe has won two straight and three of the last four. The teams competed in the CAA (formerly ECAC South Conference) from 1979-2001.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
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