

“John is awesome – always brings the energy, always communicating, a great all-around player,” said Rider sophomore pitcher Brian Young, who played high school ball at Neptune. He led all of college baseball in fielding percentage. As a junior in 2022, as his position rotated between second base, shortstop and center field – a very unusual arrangement – Volpe committed zero errors.

He drove in four runs in last weekend’s MAAC title-game victory over Fairfield. Now a senior, Volpe is the sparkplug for a Rider squad that won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament and is the lone New Jersey representative in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. It’s safe to say he’s returned the favor, and then some. “Rider heavily recruited me for baseball." “I really didn’t have that many options,” he said. Division I college programs didn’t seem to notice. The Blue Devils are 0-1 against UNCW in June, falling to the Seahawks 11-1 in the first game of the Columbia Regional in 2016.įor more information on Duke baseball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeBASE".John Volpe starred in soccer and baseball at Wall High School. That winning mark in June also includes two Super Regional appearances at Texas Tech and Vanderbilt. Under head coach Chris Pollard, Duke baseball is 10-9 in the NCAA Tournament, winning the Athens Regional in 2018 and the Morgantown Regional in 2019.The record was set by David Darwin in 1996 with 35 appearances for Duke. The low arm slot righty has appeared for the Blue Devils 33 times heading to Conway and has tied Nick Hendrix in 2017 for the second most appearances in a single season. Graduate transfer Charlie Beilensoncontinues to take the ball day in and day out this year.Since Pollard arrived in Durham, he has taken the Blue Devils to a program high five regionals, to double that total to 10 appearances (2016, 2018, 2019, 20). Prior to head coach Chris Pollardtaking the job at Duke, the Blue Devils had made five NCAA Tournament appearances (1952, 1953, 1956, 19).The eight bids are the most in North Carolina history. In 2023, the state of North Carolina posted the most NCAA Baseball bids of the entire country as Campbell, Charlotte, Duke, ECU, NC State, UNC, UNCW and Wake Forest all heard their names called on Monday.Duke is one of four schools to have a NCAA Tournament appearance or a bowl game in Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Football Baseball and Softball (Duke, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas).He has tallied 56 strikeouts to his 28 walks in 2023. On the mound, Frank Doelling leads the team with a 6-2 record and a 3.52 ERA. Barry Davis' club is led by Brian Skettini at the plate, posting a.
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Rider split the double midweek series with Duke earlier in May, winning 2-1 and falling 4-3 on back-to-back days. The Broncs finished the 2023 campaign with a 35-19 record. 4 seed in the Conway Regional, after winning the MAAC Tournament last weekend. He has struck out 56 batters, while only walking 19 opponents. Zane Taylor leads the way on the mound with a 7-2 record and a 3.25 ERA. 363 average and smashing seven home runs. Jac Croom leads the Seahawks at the plate, posting a. The Seahawks posted a 34-21 record in 2023 and are making their 11th regional appearance, all coming since the 2003 season when they made their debut at the Baton Rouge Regional.
