The College of William & Mary’s baseball team helped make history twice in a 24-hour span over the weekend.
On Friday, the Tribe came up short 3-2 against the College of Charleston in 23 innings, marking the second longest game in NCAA history.
It was the first meeting between the two schools, who ended up being featured on ESPN’s flagship program Sportscenter.
A day later, after dropping the first game of a double-header against Charleston, William & Mary won the nightcap 6-0 to clinch the first Colonial Athletic Association regular season title in school history.
The Tribe entered the three-game series needing one win to secure its first-ever conference crown, and accomplished the feat on its last chance to do so.
Sophomore Mitchell Akerand junior Bryson Kauhaahaa combined to pitch a three-hit shutout in the win, while senior Kevin Nutter and sophomore Ryan Hissey led the Tribe at the plate collecting three hits apiece.
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W&M Men Earns All-East Honors on Final Day of IC4A Track and Field Champs
The William & Mary men’s track and field team added another All-East honor on the final day of the IC4A Championships at Princeton, tying for 43rd place overall with four points.
Redshirt-freshman David Barney put the finishing touches on an outstanding weekend, running 3:52.04 for seventh place and his first All-East accolades. In the history of Tribe track and field, six men have run faster in their first two years in the 1,500m, and three in the past 15 years. Click here for details.
Balouris Wins 3,000-meter on Final Day of ECAC Championships for Women’s Track and Field
The William & Mary women’s track and field team finished competition at the ECAC Championships on Sunday with its second title of the weekend, improving to 12th overall in the final team standings.
In the 3,000-meter run, senior All-American Elaina Balouris won her first ECAC title with an impressive race of 9:10.41 all alone. Balouris won by more than 20 seconds, and also broke the W&M outdoor record by nearly eight full seconds, beating the mark of 9:18.25 set in 1992 by Hall-of-Famer Janice Brown (’93).
Click here for more on Balouris’ performance and historic win, and two lifetime-best performances that staked the Tribe to a share of the lead after day one of the ECAC Championships on Friday night.
Former Tribe Standout Jill Ellis Named USA Women’s Soccer National Team Head Coach
Former William & Mary women’s soccer standout Jill Ellis was named the head coach of the USA Women’s National Team on Friday.
Ellis, a 1987 graduate, has coached at every level of the US Women’s National team and helped the team win gold when she served as an assistant coach during the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Click here to read the full story.
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