WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — William & Mary baseball welcomes Charleston for a pivotal three-game CAA series this weekend at Plumeri Park. First pitch times are slated for 6 p.m. on Friday, 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, and 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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GAME INFORMATION
Gates will open 90 minutes prior to first pitch. Fans can park in the centerfield lot and next to Martin Family Stadium, or in the grass lot adjacent to Dillard Field, weather permitting. Overflow parking is available at Eastern State Hospital off Ironbound Road across from Plumeri Park.
PROMOS
Friday: Plumeri Day… Baseball bingo… Fans can buy a rope hat as an add-on with the purchase of a single-game ticket.
Saturday: Postgame autographs with the sophomores… Circle K International (CKI) hosts the annual Strike Out ALS game with a raffle for fans to win a variety of prizes…Face painter and photo ops with Reveley the Griffin… Presented by Streamline Roofing.
Sunday: First 200 fans receive a free W&M foam finger… Kid's Zone with lawn games and a coloring station in the grass area near the first base line… Postgame Kids Run the Bases.
NEWS & NOTES
GOING FOR THREE
In Tuesday's win against Longwood, INF Jamie Laskofski hit a pair of triples in a 3-for-5 day. He became the sixth player in modern program history to hit two triples in a game and the first since Ryan Williams on April 7, 2012 against Delaware. Laskofski leads the CAA in runs (49), hits (43), and triples (five) while also ranking second in slugging (.652).
NEARING HISTORY
W&M is just five stolen bases away from breaking the all-time single-season program record of 116 set in 1993. The Tribe swiped five bags against Longwood to bring its season total to 112.
DOWN BUT NEVER OUT
Down to its final strike, W&M rallied for five runs in the ninth inning in Friday's 9-6 win over Elon. C Witt Scafidi tied the game with a two-run single before INF Matthew Kosuda gave the Tribe the lead with an RBI base hit. It was W&M's eighth come-from-behind win of the season.
CATCHERS WHO RAKE
Witt Scafidi ranks second among CAA catchers in batting average at .342. Scafidi hit a game-tying two-run single in the ninth inning to spark a comeback win at Elon. He now has hits in three straight games.
LIFTED BY WEIGHT
RHP Jack Weight owns a team-best 3.86 ERA after registering three scoreless outings in his last four appearances. Since April 3, the sophomore has allowed one run over 9 ⅔ innings with a 2-0 record and nine strikeouts with zero walks.
PURE DOMINANCE
W&M's 13-1 win over Elon was its largest margin of victory on the season and its largest in a conference game since April 26, 2025 at Stony Brook (15-0). The Tribe's 16 hits was its most in a game this year, while the three hits allowed was the second-fewest.
STAT NUGGETS
- The Tribe ranks sixth in the nation in stolen bases (112) and fifth in stolen bases per game (3.20).
- W&M leads the CAA in triples with 12, ranking 18th nationally.
- OF Chase Ecker is 22-for-22 stealing on the basepaths this season, tied for fifth in the CAA and 24th in Division I.
- RHP Zach Boyd has allowed one earned run in his last four outings dating back to March 27. In that time, Boyd has a 0.71 ERA with a 12/4 strikeout-to-walk ratio and .224 opponents' batting average.
- OF Sam Kaczmarek and INF Matthew Kosuda are each riding six-game hitting streaks. Kaczmarek is hitting 11-for-22 (.500) with four stolen bases during that stretch.
- RHP Daniel Lingle ranks top-60 in the country for appearances (17) after leading the nation in that category in 2025.
- INF Anthony Greco recorded his 100th career hit against Elon.
- OF Sam Kaczmarek hit his first career home run on March 31 against VMI.
- RHP Jack Weight picked up his first save on March 29, recording two outs in the ninth.
- LHP Tom Bourque worked two scoreless innings at ODU on March 24 to earn his first career save.
- LHP Charlie Richwine registered his first career win with 3.0 innings and no earned runs on March 20 vs. N.C. A&T.
- The Tribe is 10-0 this year when leading after seven innings.
- W&M has eight comeback wins this season. Exactly two-thirds (24-of-36) of W&M's wins under Rob McCoy have been of the come-from-behind variety.
FIRST TATER TROT
OF Louie Bartletti homered for the first time in a Tribe uniform on April 7 against Old Dominion. The graduate student enters the series on a seven-game hitting streak, hitting 10-for-21 (.476) over that span.
WELCOME BACK, ZACK
RHP Zack Potts made his return to the mound on March 29 at UNCW, pitching a scoreless inning with a strikeout in his first start in over a year. Potts was named a top-65 starting pitcher by D1Baseball after a 2024 campaign that saw him post a 3.84 ERA while leading the CAA in BB/9 (1.79) and ranking second in K/BB ratio (4.36).
WALK-OFF WINNER
INF Trey Christman delivered a walk-off single in a thrilling 11-10 victory over N.C. A&T on March 22 to clinch a series sweep. The game saw 23 combined hits, five ties, and seven lead changes. INF Kevin Francella hit a game-tying home run in the ninth before Christman's heroics. It was the first time all season the Tribe won a game when trailing after eight innings.
NEED FOR SPEED
W&M broke another modern-era school record for stolen bases with 12 against N.C. A&T on March 22. The previous record was 10 steals set earlier this year against Georgetown (March 14). INF Jamie Laskofski shattered the individual record with five stolen bases. He was one of eight Tribe players to swipe a bag.
TWO-WAY MAN
RHP/INF Jett Humphreys was recognized as the CAA Rookie of the Week for March 23. Humphreys registered three scoreless appearances on the mound in a sweep of N.C. A&T, going 2-0 with 2 ⅔ innings pitched, four strikeouts, and one hit allowed. In the batter's box, the Abingdon, Va. native went 4-for-8 with a double and three RBI. He became the first Tribe pitcher to record a hit and earn the win in the same game multiple times since Jack Cone in 2022.
MILESTONE REACHED
INF Jamie Laskofski recorded his 100th career hit in the series at Georgetown. He became the second-fastest player in the modern era to accomplish the feat, doing it in just 72 games.
FRESHMEN LEAD THE WAY
Eight freshmen have thrown innings on the mound for the Tribe this season, the most in the CAA (Charleston is second with five). The freshman class has combined to throw nearly half of W&M's innings as a team.
FAST AND FURIOUS
OF Chase Ecker stole four bases against Georgetown on March 14, tying the single-game individual record held by Tribe Hall of Famer Chris Rahl. The Tribe had 10 steals as a team, all coming from the seventh inning on.
LIGHTS OUT
RHP Stephen Christopher made his first career start on March 14, holding Georgetown scoreless over 2 ⅓ innings with a pair of strikeouts. It marked the sixth straight scoreless outing for the freshman.
JETT HAS ARRIVED
RHP/INF Jett Humphreys recorded his first career hit on March 13, going 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles. The two-way freshman went 3-for-10 with three doubles and three runs over the weekend. He also pitched a pair of scoreless innings at #14 Virginia (March 10).
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.
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.
