William & Mary Tribe
Record vs. D-I: 14-15
CAA: 6-3
RPI: 173
SOS: 219
Last 4: 2/3 @ Towson, L @ Longwood


http://www.uncwsports.com/news/2015/4/8/...50345.aspx

Baseball Preview: Diamond Hawks Return To CAA Play With Tribe

WILMINGTON, North Carolina – The Seahawks return to conference play this weekend when they begin a three-game series on Friday with a 6 p.m. start against visiting William & Mary.

UNCW (22-8) owns a 5-1 mark in Colonial Athletic Association play while the Tribe (14-15) carries a 6-3 mark into the weekend series.

The Seahawks, who have won their last four games, edged NC Central earlier this week, 3-2, for their third straight one-run victory and improved to 6-2 in those games. UNCW trailed 2-0 in the eighth inning when it rallied with three runs, the final two coming in on a two-out double by Kennard McDowell. Jordan Ramsey pitched out of a bases-loaded spot in the eighth and slammed the door in the ninth as he struck out the side for his seventh save.

W&M fell to Longwood, 7-4, to dip below the .500 mark for the season. Longwood built a 7-2 lead after seven innings before the Tribe scored twice in the eighth to round out the scoring. Freshman Cullen Large headed the Tribe lineup with four hits in the leadoff spot while Charley Gould had two hits and knocked in three runs. Gould homered three times in the series finale at Towson last weekend.

The Seahawks will send Nick Monroe to the bump in game one on Friday followed by Ryan Foster on Saturday. In the series finale, Josh Roberson will make his second start of the season following a strong outing in relief last weekend against UNC Asheville.

The Tribe will answer with Jason Ingrham, Nick Brown and Aaron Fernandez.

UNCW will hold a "Be the Match" event prior and during the game where people can get registered with the national bone marrow registry. Saturday's game will be a 2 p.m. start.

I will not be at the game tonight, but will be there for the final 2 games of the series. Big weekend for the Diamond Hawks.

Tribal, you making a weekend in ilm?

I'm out to dinner after a long day's work. How are we looking?

Just checked online stats. Looks like we are up 9-1 in the bottom of the 8th.

So much for WM "owning" us.

LOL

Make that 10-1.

Nice! Linkous and Monroe with great days.

It was great to see the Hawks come out and beat a quality team like the Tribe. Forget their record, they are always good. It was tight for a long time and Monroe got out of the 5th with runners on 2nd and 3rd. The Hawks could have been down by a run if it weren't for a heady play by Conelly at 3rd. He let a slow roller go just foul. After that, the Hawks played really good offense. You could see why the Tribe puts up runs because they left a lot out there. This is far from over and the Hawks need a good start tomorrow. The pen is still in good shape as Ramsey didn't even go. Hawks need to come out tomorrow and expect to have to score runs. You can't expect to shut down the Tribe every day so you need to score. Good start but FAR from over! Go Hawks!!

Game today pushed back to 3 due to rain.

Seahawk lineup:

1. Linkous LF
2. Shields RF
3. Golden CF
4. Stupiensky C
5. Dunlap DH
6. Connelly 3B
7. Mims 2B
8. Austin 1B
9. McDowell SS

SP: Ryan Foster (3-0, 3.51 ERA, 26 K's, 23 BB's, 41.0 IP) - 9th start

W&M starter: Nick Brown, so. RHP (4-0, 3.40 ERA, 34 K's, 16 BB's, 42.1 IP) - 8th start

We're underway and W&M has the bases loaded with 1 out.

Double play!!

Hawks go down 1-2-3. 0-0 in the 2nd

Keeping track from my phone while watching the Masters. I love spring.

Tribe on the board in the 4th, three straight hits. They're up 1-0 with runners on the corners and 1 out.

Another big double play keeps it at 1-0! Let's get some runs!

Leadoff infield single for Golden.

Ugh. Stupiensky pop up and Golden gunned out stealing.

Top 5th, 1-0 score still. 5th inning has typically been our big offensive inning.