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Rutgers cant be overlooked
They have talented hitters and some pitchers that will be MUCH better than what W&M brought.
Ryan Jaros (NC State transfer) and Peyton Bonds are good hitters. Yes THAT Bonds. He's his nephew. I don't care to face anyone with that name. They went down to CofC and beat them 3 out of 4 this past weekend. As we found out a few years ago, that's a tough place to win baseball games.
Their pitching has been pretty good over the past couple years. Jersey is a hot bed for baseball talent in the northeast. We got Wyatt Parliament from Rutgers. We're lucky they lost their 1-2 punch in premium starter Landon Mack (Tennessee) and a pretty solid #2 Shadek (GT) to the portal. But Konstantinovsky is back from an injury that kept him out all last year and he looks REALLY good [5 IP, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9K, 2 H]. Harrison wasn't too shabby either down in Charleston. Fecteau will have a good scouting report on our pitchers so Rutgers have a shot to make this a difficult weekend.
Hokies have to be focused and get at least 2 of 3 here. We know next weekend will just be about getting at least one win. To stay tournament-bound we need to stack some wins before a tough start to ACC play in Atlanta and Charlottesville.
Thread Replies (8)
So who is the third starter this weekend?
-- McHokie93
Feb 19, 2026 at 09:06 AM ET
McHokie93
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02/19/26 09:06 AM ET
Has to be Grim until/unless he struggles. It is pretty clear Szefc…
-- QCP
Feb 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM ET
QCP
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02/19/26 11:05 AM ET
Yeah, I would expect it to be what we saw last weekend.**
-- Nortazhokie
Feb 19, 2026 at 02:04 PM ET
Nortazhokie
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02/19/26 02:04 PM ET
Rutgers cant be overlooked
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-- Vawter Tech
Feb 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM ET
Vawter Tech
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02/19/26 12:43 PM ET
Is his nephew juicin too? 1990 Bonds was a skinny 185lbs. Juiced... 225.**
-- chagerma
Feb 20, 2026 at 03:27 PM ET
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02/20/26 03:27 PM ET
Handled College of Charleston who just beat Coastal
-- VaTechHokiesACC
Feb 20, 2026 at 02:35 AM ET
VaTechHokiesACC
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02/20/26 02:35 AM ET
That tourney will be a murderers row. I hope we can avoid a sweep.
-- McHokie93
Feb 19, 2026 at 12:04 PM ET
McHokie93
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02/19/26 12:04 PM ET
Has to be right? Based on last weekend and then Robertson starting the mid
-- HokiePWC
Feb 19, 2026 at 11:40 AM ET
HokiePWC
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02/19/26 11:40 AM ET