Bridge highlights VMI football scrimmage
Rising sophomore wide receiver Dexter Bridge snagged touchdown receptions of 38 and 65 yards to highlight VMI Football’s first spring scrimmage held Saturday at Foster Stadium in Lexington.
Bridge, who caught 13 passes for 141 yards and two touchdowns as a freshman last year, led all receivers with four catches for 65 yards and the two scores during the 60-play workout held under sunny morning skies. Read more
VMI lax loses heartbreaker
It was another heartbreaking loss for the VMI lacrosse team on Saturday. The Keydets fell 13-11 to Canisius at a rain Demske Sports Complex for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tilt.
The game was close throughout, featuring six ties and five lead changes. Neither team gained more than a three-goal advantage.
VMI’s versatile offense was led by Keith Long, who finished the day with four goals while Mike DeBlasio and Russell East each tallied a pair. Bernie Mowbray, Drew Leonard and Stephen Robarge all tallied markers. East, Leonard, Long and Mowbray tallied one helper apiece. Read more
Coastal Carolina 3, VMI 0
VMI Keydet pitching held the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers to just three runs for the second straight day, but Coastal’s Tyler Herb pitched eight shutout innings to help the Chanticleers to a 3-0 win over the Keydets in Big South baseball action Saturday in Conway, S.C.
After Herb (6-2) and Coby Cowgill (5-2) had matched zeros for the first three and a half innings, Daniel Bowman walked to open the Chanticleer fourth. He then stole second, and after an infield hit by Rich Witten, Tucker Frawley singled to left field to plate Bowman, and put the home team up 1-0. Coastal would then go on to score additional runs in the fifth and sixth, taking a 3-0 lead as Herb and Ryan Connolly combined to allow just one baserunner over the final four innings. Read more
VMI rally falls short against Longwood
The VMI Keydets brought the potential winning run to the plate in the ninth inning, but the Longwood Lancers pulled out a dramatic 8-6 victory in non-conference baseball action Wednesday night at Gray-Minor Stadium in Lexington.
Longwood (18-16) jumped ahead with four runs in the first against VMI (11-22) starter Campbell Henkel (1-4), making a rare midweek appearance. The Lancers then saw their lead increase to 7-1 through four and a half frames, helped by home runs from Robby Newman and Brandon Delk, before the Keydet rally began. Back to back RBI doubles in the fifth made it a four-run deficit, and that lead shrunk to two after VMI notched a pair of runs in the sixth. Unfortunately for the home team, Joey Varaksa homered in the ninth to provide an insurance run, and Cameron Walter flew out to right-center field to end the game with two runners on, with Varaksa making a sprawling catch to seal the victory. Read more
VMI’s Baucom receives contract extension
VMI head basketball coach Duggar Baucom has received a contract extension through the 2016-2017 season, athletic director Donny White has announced.
Baucom recently guided the Keydets in 2011-12 to their third winning season over the last four years and an appearance in the Big South Championship final game for the third time over the last six seasons. VMI went 17-16 this past year while leading the league in home attendance. Baucom also moved past the career 100-win mark faster than any coach in VMI basketball history, reaching 104 victories this past season, giving him the best winning percentage of any coach in the school modern era and second most victories overall. Read more
VMI routed at VCU
Matt Winn hit his first collegiate home run, giving the VMI Keydets a 1-0 lead in the third, but the VCU Rams scored the next 18 runs en route to an 18-1 victory in non-conference baseball action Tuesday night at The Diamond in Richmond, Va.
Winn’s blast off Seth Cutler-Voltz (3-2) was hit to left field, after the VCU starter had struck out six Keydets over the first 2 2/3 innings. VCU then answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning, before scoring 15 runs in the middle three frames to put the contest away. Culter-Voltz picked up the win, allowing one run over six innings and striking out 10. Connor Bach (0-3) took the loss for VMI, giving up five runs (four earned) over 3 2/3 frames. Read more
VMI drops twinbill
The Winthrop Eagles scored three times in the seventh inning, highlighted by a two-run home run from TJ Olesczuk, and went on to defeat the VMI Keydets 7-4 in the second game of a Big South doubleheader Saturday at Gray-Minor Stadium. With the win, Winthrop (11-22, 4-5 Big South) completes the doubleheader sweep of VMI (11-20, 4-8).
Jason Driver led off the decisive seventh with a double off VMI reliever Michael Devine, who was entering his second full inning of work. A sacrifice bunt moved him to third, and Patrick Gamblin was hit by a pitch. Matt Lobacz then plated Driver with a sacrifice fly, and Olesczuk victimized Devine on a 3-2 pitch, homering to straightaway left field to make it a 7-3 game. The Keydets scored once in the ninth to account for the final margin. Read more
