VMI baseball loses to W&M, 6-2
Jay McCarthy pitched seven shutout innings for William & Mary, helping the visiting Tribe to a 6-2 win over the VMI Keydets Tuesday night at Gray-Minor Stadium.
McCarthy (1-1) gave up three hits and did not walk a batter over his seven frames, earning his first win of the season for W&M (8-5). Andrew Montague paced the Keydets (4-7) with two hits, including a ninth-inning RBI single. Read more
William and Mary romps over Keydets
The William & Mary Tribe scored the first eight runs of the game and went on to defeat the VMI Keydets, 10-2, in non-conference baseball action Tuesday night at Williamsburg’s Plumeri Park.
VMI (1-6) was looking for its first back to back wins in Williamsburg since the 1964 and 1965 seasons, but the Tribe (3-5) scored in five of the first six innings, including three runs in both the third and the fifth. Outfielder Tadd Bower was 2 for 4 with three RBI to pace the Tribe’s 14-hit attack, while Matt Davenport (1-0) pitched seven innings of two-run ball for the win. Travis Thomas (0-1) took the loss for the Keydets, surrendering five runs (four earned) over 2 1/3 innings. Read more
UVa. rallies in 11th to nip W&M
Freshman Mike Papi (Tunkhannock, Pa.) hit a two-run walk-off single in the 11th inning to propel the Virginia baseball team to a 6-5 victory over William and Mary Tuesday in front of 2,598 fans at Davenport Field. UVa (2-1-1) also rallied from a 4-0 deficit in the eighth inning to send the game to extra innings.
William & Mary (2-2) scored a run on a UVa error in the top of the 11th, but Virginia came back in the bottom of the inning. Chris Taylor (Jr., Virginia Beach, Va.) hit a leadoff single and Mitchell Shifflett (So., Midlothian, Va.) walked. Stephen Bruno (Jr., Audubon, N.J.) laid down a sacrifice bunt to move both runners in scoring position, and Papi ripped the 3-2 pitch over the drawn-in infield into right field, with Shifflett touching home plate with his left hand just before the tag of catcher Chris Forsten. Read more
VMI knocks off W&M in BracketBusters
VMI basketball head coach Duggar Baucom logged his 100th win at Virginia Military Institute on Saturday afternoon as the Keydets defeated state rival William & Mary 73-65 as part of the 2012 Sears Bracketbusters.
In the 116th meeting of the Keydets and Tribe, VMI prevailed thanks in part to key play from the bench, which put up over a third of VMI’s points with 25. The bench effort was led by Michael Sparks, who finished tied for the game’s second-most points with 15.
VMI (13-14) improved to 11-1 at home this season. Read more
Dukes get big win over Tribe, 59-47
Junior forward Andrey Semenov (St. Petersburg, Russia/Blue Ridge School) and junior guard A.J. Davis (Columbus, Ohio/Harmony Community) combined for 29 points as James Madison turned in its best defensive effort of the season in a 59-47 Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball win Thursday night at the Convocation Center.
JMU improved to 10-11 overall and 3-7 in CAA play. The Dukes snapped a seven-game losing streak in home CAA games with the last league win at home coming exactly a year ago with a 60-52 win over Drexel on Jan. 26, 2011. W&M dropped its fifth straight game to fall to 4-18 overall and 2-8 in the league. Read more
Tribe closes out JMU, 68-61
The William and Mary men’s basketball team led for the majority of the contest on Wednesday night and held on late via the strength of 22-of-25 from the free throw line to upend James Madison, 68-61, at Kaplan Arena.
The College held the CAA’s leading 3-point shooting team to just 2-of-23 and shot a season-best 60 percent in the first half to jump out to the early lead. The Green and Gold improved to 3-12 on the season and 1-2 in CAA action, while the Dukes dropped to 7-6 overall and 1-2 in league play.
Sophomore Brandon Britt and freshman Marcus Thornton paced the Tribe attack with 16 points apiece, while senior Quinn McDowell finished with 14 points, including 12 in the second half. He was 5-of-8 from the field and knocked down 3-of-5 from 3-point range. Britt finished an impressive 10-of-11 from the free throw line to go along with 3-of-6 from the floor, while Thornton was 5-of-11 shooting and a perfect 5-of-5 from the charity stripe. Senior guard Kendrix Brown pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds, dished out a team-best three assists and blocked a career-high two shots. Read more
Mason rallies to beat William & Mary
Forced to overcome a double-digit first-half deficit, the George Mason men’s basketball team exploded with a 16-0 run to begin the second half, providing the cushion in a 70-56 Colonial Athletic Association victory over William & Mary on Monday afternoon at the Patriot Center.
The Patriots (10-4, 2-0 CAA) won their third straight game while the Tribe dropped to 2-12, 0-2 in conference play.
Mason saw four players score in double figures, led by a season-high 20 points from senior Andre Cornelius including five 3-pointers. Fellow senior Mike Morrison chipped in 14 points along with a team-high six rebounds, while senior Ryan Pearson and sophomore Bryon Allen rounded out the group with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Marcus Thornton led the way for William & Mary as he scored 23 points while Tim Rusthoven added 11. Read more
