LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI baseball team will travel to UNC-Wilmington this weekend for a three-game non-conference series at Brooks Field. Game times are set for 6 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.
It is the Keydets final non-conference weekend series of the 2022 season, as Southern Conference play opens next weekend with a trip to Samford University.
The Keydet offense averaged 6.4 runs per game in 18 March games. Red-shirt sophomore
Justin Starke hit a team-best .431 in the month, blasting five home runs. Red-shirt junior outfielder
Will Knight hit .395 in March with 14 runs scored and six doubles.
Red-shirt sophomore
Trey Morgan produced a .365 batting average, while sophomore
Brett Cook hit .324 with five home runs and a team-best 16 RBI.
UNC-Wilmington is 13-11 on the year, falling 6-4 to 18
th-ranked North Carolina Tuesday. The Seahawks are 11-5 at home, which includes taking three of four from visiting Ohio State March 17-20.
The Keydets and Seahawks last played in February of 2019, with UNC-W taking both games, 5-2 and 5-3. Two current Keydets sparkled in the opener, as
Adam Jewell had a no-hitter over his first five innings in his first collegiate start and
Will Knight went 2-4.
