WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – VMI Baseball (24-20, 6-6 SoCon) kicked off its season-long road swing with a huge 14-5 victory over William & Mary (25-16, 8-7 CAA) at Plumeri Park Tuesday evening.

With the win, Keydets Head Coach Sam Roberts earned his 50th career victory at the helm, becoming the fastest coach to reach 50 wins in program history. VMI has won three straight and six of their last seven, matching their season-best winning streak.
 
 
Key Stats
- This marks the 50th win over the Tribe, the most over a single opponent in program history
- As a team, VMI batted .410 against W&M and were .500 when runners were in scoring position
- Grayson Fitzwater crushed his way to a career-like performance, going 4-for-4 with six RBI, four runs, two doubles, and a homer
- In addition to Fitzwater, five other Keydets recorded a multi-hit game
- Ty Swaim had a pair of hits with four RBI
- Justin Starke and Trey Morgan tallied three runs apiece
- VMI stole seven bags with Fitzwater and Morgan leading the charge with two steals respectively
- Evan Parmer secured the win in relief after going 3.1 innings and striking out three en route to his second victory
- Jack Thompson picked up his second save of the 2024 campaign, tossing 3.2 innings with four strikeouts to close out the game
- Keydets are now 17-0 when scoring 10 or more runs
- Morgan has reached base in 30 straight games while Owen Prince has reached base safely in 15 straight games

Scoring Summary
- VMI rallied early to get a comfortable lead, scoring seven times in the first two frames
- Fitzwater kicked off the scoring in the opening inning with a two-RBI double followed by a Swaim sacrifice bunt to score one more run
- Keydets tacked on a pair of runs after Brett Cook belted an opposite-field two-run homer to make it 5-0
- VMI expanded its lead to seven in the second inning off a Swaim two-RBI double
- W&M posted a trio of runs in the second and third innings to cut the deficit to 7-3
- In the fourth, Fitzwater continued his dominant stretch with another two-RBI double before Swaim scored him on a single through the right side to extend the lead back to seven
- Morgan added more insurance in the fifth, singling in a run right before Starke stole home to take a 12-3 advantage
- However, the Tribe was able to cut the deficit to 12-5 after earning a pair of runs
- Adding on to his career-best game, Fitzwater smacked a two-run bomb in the seventh frame, regaining a nine-run lead and sealing the Tribe's fate
 

Next Up for the Keydets
- Keydets go down to Greensboro, North Carolina for a three-game set against UNC Greensboro
- First pitch for Friday is at 6 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m.
- All games will be broadcast live on ESPN+
- UNCG leads the all-time series, 35-20, but VMI won last season's series by winning two of three at home