Game 1: VCU 4, Monmouth 2
Game 2: VCU 3, Monmouth 0
Location: Richmond, Va. (The Diamond)
Records: VCU 6-8, Monmouth 7-7
 
The short story: Stellar outings from several VCU pitchers and a pair of home runs led the Rams to a doubleheader sweep of Monmouth, completing a three-win weekend.
 
GAME ONE
FIRST PITCH:

• Sophomore left-hander Tyler Davis started the game with four scoreless innings, striking out five batters and scattering a hit and a walk on 67 pitches.
• Freshman right-hander Chase Hungate earned his second win of the season, striking out five across 3.2 innings.
• Redshirt senior Edwin Serrano notched his first save of the season, retiring all four batters he faced to close the game, including a pair of swinging strikeouts.
• Redshirt sophomore third baseman Tyler Locklear went 2-for-4 with a double and a run.
• Redshirt sophomore center fielder Scottie O'Bryan went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• VCU opened the scoring in the fourth with back-to-back doubles from Locklear and redshirt junior right fielder Logan Amiss.
• Monmouth tied the game in the top of the seventh with a sacrifice fly, but the Rams immediately responded with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame.
• After singles from redshirt sophomore left fielder Cooper Benzin and freshman second baseman Marcus O'Malley put runners at the corners, O'Bryan reached on a Monmouth throwing error, a play that would have scored Benzin from third regardless, to regain the lead.
• O'Malley and O'Bryan pushed the lead to 4-1 by scoring on a passed ball and wild pitch, respectively.
• An RBI double from James Harmstead got a run back for Monmouth in the eighth, but Serrano retired the rest of the Hawks in order.

 
GAME TWO
FIRST PITCH:

• Sophomore Campbell Ellis, redshirt juniors Evan Chenier and Maddison Furman, and redshirt sophomore Jack Masloff combined to strike out 10 batters across nine scoreless innings, allowing just four hits.
• Furman earned his first win of the year, picking up three strikeouts in 2.1 innings.
• Masloff needed just 11 pitches to earn a four-out save, the first of his career.
• Locklear went 2-for-4 with a double and his sixth home run of the year.
• Redshirt sophomore catcher Nic Ericsson blasted his first homer of the season.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After redshirt junior first baseman Michael Haydak hit an infield single, Locklear crushed a ball over the left field fence to give VCU a 2-0 lead in the third.
• An inning later, Ericsson led off with a no-doubter down the left field line to push the Rams lead to 3-0.
• The Hawks did not record a hit after a lead-off double in the sixth.

 
NOTABLE

• The 3-0 win was VCU's first shutout win since a 9-0 victory over Wagner on March 1, 2020.
• Locklear's home run was the 23rd of his career, tied for eighth all-time at VCU.
• Amiss has reached base safely in every game this season.

 
UP NEXT
The Rams welcome No. 12 Liberty for an in-state midweek battle at The Diamond on Tuesday, March 15 at 3 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and tickets can be purchased here.