No. 4 William & Mary at No. 1 Virginia, 11 a.m. ESPN3.com
A 1-2 showing at the ACC tournament, though not what Virginia wanted, was enough for the Cavaliers to get to host the Charlottesville Regional in the NCAA tournament.
UVa lost to eventual ACC champion Clemson, 5-4, fell to Wake Forest, 10-9, but then rebounded to beat Pool B top seed Louisville, 7-2, in its three conference tournament games.
Virginia is not one of the top-eight national seeds and is paired with the Lubbock, Texas, Regional, meaning if No. 5 overall seed Texas Tech wins its regional, and UVa moves on as well, the Cavs will travel to face the Red Raiders for the super regional. The top eight seeds in order are Florida, Louisville, Miami, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Mississippi State, Clemson, and LSU.
Charlottesville Regional teams:
No. 1 seed Virginia
National seed: None (No. 11 in Baseball America poll)
Record: 37-20, 19-11 ACC, 1-2 in ACC tournament
Last 10 games: 7-3
Team batting average: .301
Batting average leaders: Matt Thaiss (.382), Ernie Clement (.348), Daniel Pinero (.335)
RBI leaders: Thaiss (56), Pavin Smith (53), Pinero (36)
HR leaders: Thaiss (10), Smith (6), Adam Haseley (6)
SB leaders: Clement (6), Pinero (5), Haseley and Cameron Simmons (2 each)
Team ERA: 4.15
Main starters: Haseley (9-3, 173), Connor Jones (11-1, 2.29), Alec Bettinger* (2-5, 5.69)
* = starting today
No. 4 seed William & Mary
Record: 29-29, 14-9 CAA, 4-1 in CAA tournament, CAA champion
Last 10 games: 5-5
Team batting average: .280
Batting average leaders: Charley Gould (.332), Cullen Large (.330), Ryan Hall (.319)
RBI leaders: Large (44), Gould and Josh Smith (43 each)
HR leaders: Smith (9), Large (7), Gould (5)
SB leaders: Kyle Wrighte (8), Charles Ameer (6), Smith (5)
Team ERA: 5.18
Top starter: Dan Powers* (8-5, 3.96)
*=starting today
Virginia beat William & Mary, 16-8, at home March 1.
No. 2 seed Bryant
Rank: 20th in Baseball America poll
Record: 47-10, 26-4 Northeast Conference, 3-0 in NEC tournament, NEC champion
Last 10 games: 10-0
Team batting average: .324
Batting average leaders: Robbie Rinn (.378), AJ AZarozny (.371), Matt Albanese (.366)
RBI leaders: Rinn (61), Buck McCarthy (55), Albanese (52)
HR leaders: Albanese (11), Brandon Bingel and McCarthy (8 each)
SB leaders: Albanese and Cole Fabio (15 each), Nick Angelini (9)
Team ERA: 3.09
Top starter: Bingel (9-3, 3.52)
No. 3 seed East Carolina
Record: 34-21-1, 15-8-1 American Athletic Conference, 0-2 in AAC tournamet
Last 10 games: 5-5
Team batting average: .287
Batting average leaders: D. Williams-Sutton (.368), Travis Watkins (.314), Garrett Brooks (.306)
RBI leaders: Eric Tyler (34), Watkins (32), Turner Brown (31)
HR leaders: Williams-Sutton (5), Tyler and Bryce Harman (4 each)
SB leaders: Parker Lamm (12), Brown (9), Jeff Nelson (8)
Team ERA: 3.39
Top starter: Evan Kruczynski (6-1, 1.99)
East Carolina took two of three from UVa in Charlottesville in late February. ECU is supposed to face Bryant at 4 p.m., though both games were moved up two hours because of the forecast of rain. It looks pretty good to get UVa's game in, but the second one looks iffy.
A 1-2 showing at the ACC tournament, though not what Virginia wanted, was enough for the Cavaliers to get to host the Charlottesville Regional in the NCAA tournament.
UVa lost to eventual ACC champion Clemson, 5-4, fell to Wake Forest, 10-9, but then rebounded to beat Pool B top seed Louisville, 7-2, in its three conference tournament games.
Virginia is not one of the top-eight national seeds and is paired with the Lubbock, Texas, Regional, meaning if No. 5 overall seed Texas Tech wins its regional, and UVa moves on as well, the Cavs will travel to face the Red Raiders for the super regional. The top eight seeds in order are Florida, Louisville, Miami, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Mississippi State, Clemson, and LSU.
Charlottesville Regional teams:
No. 1 seed Virginia
National seed: None (No. 11 in Baseball America poll)
Record: 37-20, 19-11 ACC, 1-2 in ACC tournament
Last 10 games: 7-3
Team batting average: .301
Batting average leaders: Matt Thaiss (.382), Ernie Clement (.348), Daniel Pinero (.335)
RBI leaders: Thaiss (56), Pavin Smith (53), Pinero (36)HR leaders: Thaiss (10), Smith (6), Adam Haseley (6)
SB leaders: Clement (6), Pinero (5), Haseley and Cameron Simmons (2 each)
Team ERA: 4.15
Main starters: Haseley (9-3, 173), Connor Jones (11-1, 2.29), Alec Bettinger* (2-5, 5.69)
* = starting today
No. 4 seed William & Mary
Record: 29-29, 14-9 CAA, 4-1 in CAA tournament, CAA champion
Last 10 games: 5-5
Team batting average: .280
Batting average leaders: Charley Gould (.332), Cullen Large (.330), Ryan Hall (.319)
RBI leaders: Large (44), Gould and Josh Smith (43 each)
HR leaders: Smith (9), Large (7), Gould (5)
SB leaders: Kyle Wrighte (8), Charles Ameer (6), Smith (5)
Top starter: Dan Powers* (8-5, 3.96)
*=starting today
Virginia beat William & Mary, 16-8, at home March 1.
No. 2 seed Bryant
Rank: 20th in Baseball America poll
Record: 47-10, 26-4 Northeast Conference, 3-0 in NEC tournament, NEC champion
Last 10 games: 10-0
Team batting average: .324
Batting average leaders: Robbie Rinn (.378), AJ AZarozny (.371), Matt Albanese (.366)
RBI leaders: Rinn (61), Buck McCarthy (55), Albanese (52)
HR leaders: Albanese (11), Brandon Bingel and McCarthy (8 each)SB leaders: Albanese and Cole Fabio (15 each), Nick Angelini (9)
Team ERA: 3.09
Top starter: Bingel (9-3, 3.52)
No. 3 seed East Carolina
Record: 34-21-1, 15-8-1 American Athletic Conference, 0-2 in AAC tournamet
Last 10 games: 5-5
Team batting average: .287
Batting average leaders: D. Williams-Sutton (.368), Travis Watkins (.314), Garrett Brooks (.306)
RBI leaders: Eric Tyler (34), Watkins (32), Turner Brown (31)
HR leaders: Williams-Sutton (5), Tyler and Bryce Harman (4 each)
SB leaders: Parker Lamm (12), Brown (9), Jeff Nelson (8)
Team ERA: 3.39
Top starter: Evan Kruczynski (6-1, 1.99)East Carolina took two of three from UVa in Charlottesville in late February. ECU is supposed to face Bryant at 4 p.m., though both games were moved up two hours because of the forecast of rain. It looks pretty good to get UVa's game in, but the second one looks iffy.
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