VMI opens SoCon Slate at ETSU this weekend

LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI baseball team opens its 2021 Southern Conference schedule this weekend at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in a three-game series. Game times are set for 5 p.m. Friday and a doubleheader starting Saturday at 1 p.m.  

Multimedia: Game 1: ESPN+ - Live Stats Game 2: ESPN+ - Live Stats Game 3: ESPN+ - Live Stats

VMI enters the weekend series on a high note after defeating George Washington University 8-1 Wednesday. Red-shirt freshman Trey Morgan had three hits and reached base safely in all five of his at bats. Red-shirt senior Jacob Menders started on the hill and needed just 47 pitches to get through four scoreless innings, allowing four hits, no walks with two strikeouts. Red-shirt freshman Tyler Bradt followed Menders with two scoreless frames, giving up just one hit.  Callen Nuccio had two hits including a double. Will Knight was 2-5 with a walk and scored twice, and Cole Garrett and Zac Morris also had two hits.

The Bucs are 10-6 on the season, falling 9-6 at 10^th-ranked Tennessee Tuesday in 10 innings.

VMI took two of three games in Lexington the last time the two teams met, April 5-7, 2019. Head coach Jonathan Hadra earned his 100^th career win in the Sunday contest in a 6-0 Keydet victory.