VMI splits with ETSU, wins SoCon series
Published Saturday, May. 15, 2021, 8:31 pm
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Redshirt senior Jacob Menders finished what he started in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday as the VMI baseball team split a Southern Conference doubleheader against ETSU, winning the first game 3-1 and dropping the second 9-6. The Keydets won the opening game of the series Friday 6-5 to take the series two games to one.
VMI’s nine seniors, including Menders, were recognized in a ceremony between the two games on Senior Day.
Nathan Light throws gem as VMI beats ETSU, 6-5
Published Friday, May. 14, 2021, 8:12 pm
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Redshirt sophomore Nathan Light was outstanding for seven innings on the hill, and the VMI baseball team held on for a 6-5 victory over visiting ETSU Friday in a Southern Conference game.
Light, a left-hander, allowed just five hits, two walks and one earned run with five strikeouts to earn his third win of the season.
Ty Swaim brought home Zac Morris with a single in the second to give VMI a 1-0 lead. Ashton King homered for ETSU in the third, but Will Knight countered with a solo homer in the bottom half of the frame.