WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — William & Mary baseball visits Georgetown this weekend for a three-game series at Capital One Park in Tysons, Va. First pitch times are scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday, and 1 p.m. on Sunday.
All games will be streamed on MuscoVision with live stats also available. For live updates, follow @WMTribeBaseball on X/Twitter and Instagram.
ALL STARTS WITH JAMIE
INF Jamie Laskofski enters the weekend on a six-game hitting streak and 14-game on-base streak. The sophomore has set the table for the Tribe offense, hitting .382 and leading the CAA in runs (20), OPS (1.173), and triples (3) while ranking second in slugging (.673) and walks (13).
LIGHTS OUT
RHP Stephen Christopher registered a scoreless appearance last Saturday at Campbell, going two innings with no hits. The freshman lowered his ERA to 1.04. In eight appearances, Christopher has a 9/3 K/BB ratio with a .111 BAA. He will make his first career start on Saturday.
BACK TO BACK
INF Matthew Kosuda earned back-to-back CAA Rookie of the Week honors (Feb. 23 and March 2). Kosuda batted .400 (4-for-10) with six runs scored and eight RBI in W&M's sweep of Lafayette. On Friday, Kosuda hit a game-tying three-run homer in the seventh inning to spark a comeback win over Lafayette as he collected four RBI.
FRESHMEN LEAD THE WAY
Tribe freshmen have been leading the pitching staff. RHP Stephen Christopher went 2.1 innings with five strikeouts and no runs to earn the win against Lafayette on Feb. 28.
Eight freshmen have thrown innings on the mound for the Tribe this season. RHP Jack Pye leads the team in innings pitched with 16.1.
LONG TIME NO SEE
This will be W&M's first meeting at Georgetown since 1994. The last 20 games in the series have been played in Williamsburg. W&M leads the all-time series 25-5.
STAT NUGGETS
- INF Matthew Kosuda leads the CAA in RBI with 17.
- OF Charlie Iriotakis is riding a five-game hitting streak. He hit a two-run homer at #14 Virginia on Tuesday.
- INF Anthony Greco went deep on Sunday at Campbell. It was his first home run of the season and 10th of his career.
- OF Chase Ecker is 8-for-8 stealing on the basepaths this season, ranking fourth in the CAA for steals.
SPEED KILLS
The Tribe ranks first in the CAA and 11th in Division I with seven triples. They also rank second in the conference with 36 stolen bases.
DOUBLE TROUBLE
W&M swept the CAA weekly awards for Feb. 23 as INF Jamie Laskofski was named the CAA Player of the Week while INF Matthew Kosuda earned CAA Rookie of the Week honors.
CHOPPIN' EM DOWN
LHP Tom Bourque set a career-high in strikeouts (six) and innings pitched (4.0) in his start vs. Binghamton on Feb. 21. The redshirt junior shut out the Bearcats and allowed just one hit with no walks in the Tribe's 5-4 win.
TRIPLES ALLEY
The Tribe hit three triples in game one of the Feb. 21 doubleheader against Binghamton. It was the most triples in a game since slugging out four on Feb. 22, 2020 against Fairleigh Dickinson.
WELCOME INTRODUCTION
DH Liam O'Neil went yard in his first at-bat as a member of the Tribe, blasting a two-run homer in the second inning at Virginia Tech. He became the first Tribe player to hit a home run in his first AB with the team since Nic Britt did it on Feb. 28, 2021 at Charlotte.
