Pair of fivespots lift VMI over Winthrop
Trailing 4-0, the VMI Keydets scored five times in both the fifth and eighth innings, pulling away for a 10-4 win over the Winthrop Eagles in Big South baseball action Friday at Gray-Minor Stadium.
After VMI (11-18, 4-6 Big South) had gotten just one runner to second base through the first four innings, Nick Dwyer singled to lead off the fifth against WU (9-22, 2-5) starter Matt Pierpont (3-5). Cameron Walter then followed with a double to very short left field, bringing up Drew Bryan for the game’s most bizarre play. Read more
ODU blanks VMI
The Old Dominion Monarchs scored twice in the fifth inning for the only runs of the game, en route to a 2-0 win over the VMI Keydets Tuesday in non-conference baseball action at Gray-Minor Stadium.
ODU’s (10-14) Josh Wright led off the decisive fifth with a walk against VMI (9-15) reliever Connor Bach (0-2). Josh Eldridge then had an infield single, and Chris Baker singled to left center, scoring Wright with the game’s first run. After a foul out, Josh Tutwiler walked and Ben Verlander was announced as a pinch-hitter. Miles McQuaig relieved Bach and induced a ground ball to third, but Verlander beat the relay from second baseman Michael Donovan, allowing the second run to score. Read more
Asheville completes sweep of VMI
The VMI Keydets brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning, but the UNC Asheville Bulldogs were able to retire the game’s final two hitters and emerge with a 9-5 win in Big South baseball action Sunday afternoon at Greenwood Field.
The Keydets (6-13, 0-3 Big South) opened the ninth down 9-3 after Asheville (11-9, 3-0) had scored five runs in the middle innings. Eric Mayers started the rally with a double to left-center, and Drew Bryan and Sheldon Shifflett worked back to back walks. Cameron Walter followed with a RBI single, making it 9-4, and Rob Dickinson tacked on one of his own, cutting the deficit to four, 9-5. Read more
Last-second goal pushes Siena past VMI lax, 12-11
After taking a lead with a minute and a half left, the VMI lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking 12-11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference lose against Siena College in Saturday afternoon’s league opener.
Within a span of 43 seconds, the Saints (3-3, 1-0 MAAC) tied the game and picked up the victory. Siena midfielder Chris Roth tallied both the game-tying and game-winning goals. The winner came with only 1.7 seconds left on the game clock. Read more
VMI baseball falls in extras
The VMI Keydets tied the game with a two-out, two-run single in the 9th and led by two runs in the 10th, but the UNC Asheville Bulldogs scored three times in the bottom half of that inning and defeated VMI, 5-4, in Big South baseball action Saturday afternoon at Greenwood Field. The game was the continuation of the conference opener for both schools, which had begun Friday but been suspended on account of darkness.
Asheville (9-9, 1-0 Big South) took a 2-0 lead to the 9th, helped by Ryan Dull’s brilliant seven innings on Friday. Gary LeClair delivered a two-out, two-run single off Asheville closer Ethan Steible, tying the contest at two, and the Keydets (6-11, 0-1) took the lead in the bottom half. Thomas Stallings’ two-out single scored Jacob Morley, and Stallings then scored on a wild pitch to put the Keydets up two headed to the Asheville half of the 10th. Read more
ODU rallies in extras to knock off VMI
Jacob Morley went 4 for 6 with two home runs and five RBI, but the Old Dominion Monarchs rallied from deficits of 5-0 and 12-10 to defeat the VMI Keydets, 13-12, in 10 innings Tuesday at Bud Matheny Baseball Complex in Norfolk, Va.
After VMI (6-8) jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, Old Dominion (5-10) scored three times in the third, all on a home run by Josh Wright. Morley hit a two-run shot in the fourth, pushing the lead back to four, but the Monarchs scored seven times in the fourth to take a 10-7 lead. Five of the seven runs in the innings were unearned. Read more
VMI lax breaks 14-game losing streak
With a thrilling overtime victory, the VMI lacrosse team logged its first victory of the 2012 season, doing so in thrilling overtime fashion. Junior attackman put away the winner just 52 seconds into the extra stanza at the Institute’s SprinTurf Field.
East’s sniper, his first of game, getting an assist from senior midfielder Keith Long, ended a 14-game losing streak. VMI’s last victory came one year ago, nearly to the day as the Keydets upended Presbyterian 15-9 on March 12, 2011 at home. Read more
