Baseball Falls in Series Finale at VCU

Sunday, March 8

Richmond, Va.

1:00 p.m.

Army West Point

5-7

VCU

8-8

Army

VCU

Photo by: Brian McWalters

Baseball Falls in Series Finale at VCU

March 08, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – Army West Point baseball jumped out to a three-run lead over the VCU Rams in Sunday's series finale, but was unable to hold off the home team's bats in the contest's midpoint and dropped the game at The Diamond, 11-3

Army (5-7) suffers a series sweep with the loss.

For the second time in three games, the Black Knights did get on the scoreboard first. Carter Hewitt knocked in William Parker and Chris Barr with a one-out RBI single in the opening inning. Army then added to its lead a stanza latter, on a Parker two-out double down the third base line that tucked in just fair to score Thomas Schreck from first base.

Starting pitcher Trey Ates recorded a shutout inning in each of his first three innings pitched and recorded two strikeouts on the afternoon. He limited the damage in the fourth inning to just one run, left the game in the fifth, and recorded a no-decision on the afternoon.

Anthony Ramiriez was Army's pitcher of record, striking out two in relief over 1.1 innings. Mark Abell then added 0.2 frames before Joe Vaccarella recorded the first outs of his career, including a strikeout over two innings pitched.

VCU would take the lead for good in the fifth, plating five runs to go ahead 6-3 before another five-run inning in the sixth would create permanent separation.

By the Numbers

2-for-4: Schreck was 2-for-4 in Sunday's series finale.

Black Knight Notes

Freshman Jake Pineda hit leadoff Sunday for the first time in his career. William Parker slid into the two spot and Chris Barr hit third. Sunday was Parker's first instance batting second and the highest he's been in a batting order in his career.

Sunday marked the first time someone other than Barr hit leadoff since April 6 at Holy Cross.

Army played error-free baseball for the seventh time in 2026 and second time over the weekend series, committing just one combined error over the three games at VCU.

Next Up

Army heads home for a two-game series vs. Merrimack, with Tuesday set as the Black Knights' home opener. First pitch vs. the Warriors is set for 3:35 p.m. on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

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