This Week in VMI Athletics - March 11

Let's open this week's blog with the hottest team on Post, VMI baseball. The Keydets started off the year rolling, winning their first 10 games, before losing to Bryant 8-5 this past Monday. VMI's offense has been rolling, as the team is hitting .374, paced by Graham Sullivan's .432 clip. The team is outhomering its opponents 24-2, led by Cory Spangenberg's four and Sam Roberts' five. Pitching has been solid, led by Adam Lopez's 21-2 K/BB ratio. The Keydets will be back in action beginning today, as they face La Salle in the opener of a four-game weekend series. That game has been moved to 4 p.m., with the other three games taking place at 5, 1 and 1. Yes, those are strange times.

I'm told that fans can watch every game next week, with three games broadcast online by The Citadel. The three games at High Point will be on the Big South Network, and in addition, it is possible that every game next week will be an audio broadcast (even if just online) by some combination of Wade Branner and Christian Hoffman. That last part, however, is still up in the air.

Lacrosse is also in action here on Post Saturday, as the Keydets have their final non-conference game of the year. Vermont comes to town for a 1 p.m. start at Foster Stadium. VMI is looking to rebound from two consecutive losses, albeit to a pair of the best offensive attacks in D-I (Robert Morris and UVA). The Catamounts come in at 0-4, but have lost those four games by just 10 total goals, so this should be a close, competitive and hard fought game all the way through. Live stats, of course, will be available on VMIKeydets.com.

LAX has also announced that its April 10 game with Saint Joseph's will feature a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project. The release on that is available here.

Track wrapped up its indoor season at the IC4A Championships this past weekend, and Felix Kitur led the way by claiming the title in the 800-meters. Video of his winning effort is available here.

Unfortunately, that time did not qualify Kitur for the NCAA Championships (although it did earn him Big South Indoor Track AOTW honors), so the indoor season is, in fact, over for VMI. The Keydets' next event is the Military Championships, an outdoor meet at Foster Stadium the last weekend in March. Look for more info on that shortly, but it promises to be an exciting meet filled with great competition.

Also on the running front, women's cross country was named one of the USTFCCCA's All-Academic teams. A fine honor for the ladies, who enjoyed a banner year on course as well!

Wrestling wrapped up its season as well, posting seven placewinners and a fifth-place team finish at the SoCon Championships.

In other news, Reggie Williams '08 had a career-high 28 points earlier this week versus New Orleans. The final game of his first 10-day contract is tonight. Stay tuned for further information on whether it will keep "raining" in Golden State.