LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball (14-15, 2-4 SoCon) toppled over Wofford College (17-8, 4-2 SoCon) Saturday afternoon at Gray-Minor Stadium to secure its first Southern Conference series win of the season.

With today's 10-6 victory, the Keydets earn the first series win over Wofford since 2017 and the first series win at home over the Terriers since 2003. VMI has now eclipsed 10 home victories in 2024.
 
Key Stats
- Will Riley tossed a masterclass for VMI, going 7.1 innings and recording eight strikeouts en route to his fourth win on the bump
- Even after throwing 132 pitches against 32 batters, Will Riley allowed just one extra base hit
- Grayson Fitzwater struck two home runs in back-to-back at bats, securing a team-high three RBI off his ninth and 10th home runs of the season
- Brett Cook smashed his fifth homer of the 2024 campaign
- Trey Morgan, Justin Starke, and Cole Jenkins each recorded a double
- Justin Starke and Grayson Fitzwater scored a team-high three times each
- Ty Swaim and Cole Jenkins tallied two RBI a piece

Scoring Summary
- Despite Wofford tallying the first two runs of the game, VMI's offense weighed in in the bottom of the first with four runs
- Ty Swaim drew a walk with the bases loaded before Justin Starke scored on a bizarre infield fly to make it 2-2
- Cole Jenkins helped the Keydets take the lead in the bottom of the first after a two RBI double
- In the bottom half of the third, Grayson Fitzwater stroked a 442-foot solo shot to right field
- Two at bats later, Brett Cook got a hold of one and sent it over the wall to make it 6-2
- Grayson Fitzwater repeated his third-inning power with a two-run laser that got out of the park in a hurry, extending the lead to 8-2 in the fifth
- Wofford got one back right after but Justin Starke returned the favor with an RBI double before Ty Swaim added on another RBI
- Things got interesting in the ninth when the Terriers commenced a late comeback, but Marcus Van Alstine shut down the Wofford surge to seal the victory

Next Up for the Keydets
- Keydets host Virginia State University for a doubleheader on Monday
- Game one will be at noon while game two will begin at 3:30 p.m.
- This will be the first meeting between these two teams in program history
- Trojans enter the game 9-15 overall and are coming off a 5-1 victory over Newport News Apprentice School
- Virginia State is 4-0 on the road
- As a team, the Trojans slash .221/.301/.353
- Virginia State's pitching staff boasts a 4.97 ERA with an opponent batting average of .259
- Trojans' pitching has been led by Joseph Hastings who has made eight starts in 10 appearances with a 2.53 ERA
- Jimmy Williams leads Virginia State with a .343 batting average and 24 hits