University of Richmond Athletics
Baseball Opens at Home Against Delaware State
03/01/2003 | Baseball
March 1, 2003
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - Spiders' baseball (2-0) opens at home Sunday, March 2 at 1:00 p.m. against Delaware State (1-7). The Sunday contest begins a game of five in a row for the Spiders.
Richmond will host Virginia (1-3) at Pitt Field in a doubleheader on Monday, March 3 at 12:00 p.m. The team then travels to Norfolk on Tuesday, March 4 for a match-up with old CAA rival Old Dominion (4-2) at 3:00 p.m.
The Spiders close out the consecutive action at home against the Keydets of VMI (2-5) on Wednesday, March 5 at 2:00 p.m. at Pitt Field.
Richmond resumes play on Saturday, March 8 in a three game series with Princeton after taking a two-day break. First pitch for the doubleheader is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
Below are some Game Notes for the Delaware State through VMI games:
IN THE DUGOUT
Richmond started the season with two wins over Drexel and Kentucky at the Charles ton Crab House Challenge hosted by the Citadel ... The Spiders belted five home runs in two games, with senior rightfielder/first baseman Vito Chiaravalloti sending the first one over the left field fence ... Bryan Pritz collected six RBIs over the weekend along with three doubles ...
Four Spiders - Pritz, Ben Zeskind, Michael Galligan, and Jim Fasano - are currently batting over .300 ... Pritz and Zeskind are leading the Spiders with a .500 batting average and a 1.000 or better slugging percentage ... Galligan, Pritz, and designated hitter Chris Dolan lead the team in runs scored with four for Galligan and three for Pritz and Dolan ...
Pritz and Zeskind earned Atlantic 10 Player and Rookie of the Week after their performances in the Charleston Crab House Challenge ... This is the first week that the Spiders were eligible for the A-10 accolades ...
The Virginia match-up was scheduled to the home-opener for Richmond ... The Spiders added Delaware State to replace one of the cancelled Cleveland State games on Sunday ... This is the first time that the Hornets and Spiders have met ...
Of the Spiders' opponents, Virginia Tech and North Carolina are the only ones that join them in the polls for the week of February 24 ... Previously, James Madison and Va. Commonwealth received rankings in the polls ... The Spiders are the only Atlantic 10 team to rank in any of the polls this year ...
Last year, in the month of February, Richmond was 5-0 ... Other 2002 February stats - 9 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs, 4 stolen bases ... Richmond will play five of their next six games at home, with ODU being the only away contest ...
Weather has played a major factor in the season thus far, canceling or postponing six of the eight Spiders scheduled games ... The winter wonderland has cancelled the Spiders' home-opener twice - George Mason and then the Cleveland State series ... Richmond takes on mostly in-state rivals in the next two weeks (March 3-17), with the Princeton series highlighting the only out-of-state opponent.
AGAINST THE STATE
Richmond hosts Virginia on Monday, March 3 at 2:30 p.m. The Cavaliers hold a slight edge over the Spiders with a 65-54-2 series record. The last three years have seen the pair split the home and home series. Following the Virginia match-up, the Spiders head toward the coast for a contest with Old Dominion on Tuesday, March 4 at 3:00 pm. The old CAA rival leads the series 54-49 and has won the last four outings against the Spiders. Virginia Military Institute comes to town on Wednesday. The battle between the Keydets and Spiders is slated for 2:00 p.m. Richmond leads the series 98-31 and has won the last three meetings. In the 70's, the Spiders dominated the Keydets winning every meeting between them from 1971 to 1981 (26-0).
HOME RUN DERBY
In Richmond's first game against Drexel at the Charleston Crab House Challenge hosted by the Citadel, senior Vito Chiaravalloti launched his first home run of the season. In that same inning, senior Bryan Pritz, and freshman Ben Zeskind added to the weekend tally, blasting homers against Kentucky. Zeskind's home run provided the game-winning hit and RBI in the 11-10 victory over the Wildcats.
