The Games: Towson (7-13, 0-0 CAA) @ #10 Virginia (19-1, 5-1 ACC), Richmond (12-5, 0-0 A10)
When: March 22 – 4 p.m. at Virginia | March 23 – 2:30 p.m. at Richmond
Where: Davenport Field at Disharoon Park – Charlottesville, Va. | Pitt Field – Richmond, Va.
Broadcast (Virginia): ACC Network
Broadcast (Richmond): ESPN+
Series: Virginia leads 22-2 | Richmond leads 29-10
 
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Towson University baseball team will spend part of its Spring Break in Maryland's southern neighbor with two games, playing at #10 Virginia on March 22 at 4 p.m. and at Richmond on March 23 at 2:30 p.m.
 
Each game will be streamed online: Towson will play Virginia on the ACC Network plus will play Richmond on ESPN+.  Each are available via subscription.
 
CAA member Towson had a 2-2 series split against Princeton this weekend to stand at 7-13 overall.  From the ACC, Virginia, ranked #10 in the country by D1Baseball, is coming off a series sweep vs. Boston College to improve to 19-1 overall and 5-1 in its league.  Richmond, an Atlantic-10 team, took two of three against Cornell at home over the week to be 12-5 on the season.
 
All-time, Towson is 2-22 against Virginia and 10-29 against Richmond.  Towson head coach Matt Tyner was formerly an assistant coach at Richmond from 2014-17.
 
CAMPER EARNS CBN NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Burke Camper had a huge week from Mar. 14-20, hitting .545 with five home runs and 10 RBI in four games to be one of 10 players across the country to be named Collegiate Baseball News National Player of the Week.
 
Camper also had a 1.909 slugging percentage, four walks and seven runs scored.
 
TWO TIGERS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-CAA
A pair of Tigers were honored on preseason all-conference teams by different publications.
 
Nick Janowicz was selected as Preseason Honorable Mention All-CAA by the league's head coaches.  Janowicz was second on the team last season in each strikeouts with 53 and innings pitched with 66.2.
 
Danny Becerra was named Preseason CAA All-Conference by Perfect Game USA at shortstop.  He earned 19 multi-hit contests last year, finishing with 12 doubles, 24 RBI and 11 stolen bases.
 
COMING OFF CAA TOURNAMENT YEAR
Towson earned an important feat last season, making the CAA Tournament for the first time since 2013.  The Tigers finished second in the CAA North at 11-12, including two series victories over Delaware.  Towson picked up the 5-seed in the CAA Tournament.
 
LAST TIME: TOWSON SPLITS SERIES VS. PRINCETON
In a wild series, Towson took the endcap games against Princeton for a 2-2 series split, Towson's second weekend series split in a row.
Key stat:
--Towson scored a combined 34 runs in four games
Top Towson batter:
--#9 Burke Camper: 5-for-9, 4 HR, 7 RBI
Top Towson pitcher:
--#15 Nick Ramanjulu: W, 7.1 IP, 5 R, 0 BB, 5 K
 
WELCOME NEW STAFF
Two new coaches joined the team for the 2022 season.  Blake Nation is the new pitching coach after three years at Hofstra, where he coached Jim Joyce, a 16th round pick in the 2021 MLB Draft. 
 
Also joining is volunteer assistant coach Paul Benoit, who coached four all-league players at Ottawa University.
 
In addition, head coach Matt Tyner elevated Tanner Biagini to associate head coach in his fifth year with the team.
 
INCREASE THE POWER!
Through games on March 21, Towson stands second among CAA teams with 23 home runs on the season.  Burke Camper is the league's leader in home runs with seven while Elijah Dickerson has four.  Dickerson also has three triples, tying for second in the league.
 
TIGERS IN THE PROS
Towson has two players in the minor leagues.  Richie Palacios, a third-round pick by Cleveland in 2018, is the #9 rated-prospect in the Guardians system, hitting .297 with 33 doubles in the minors.  Brady Policelli, a 13th round draft pick by the Detroit Tigers in 2016, was a spring training invite in 2019 and 2020 having spent five years in the minors. Gavin Weyman has pitched in independent league ball the past three years, throwing for the Ogden Raptors in the Pioneer League in 2021.
 
TOWSON PICKED SEVENTH IN CAA PRESEASON POLL
Towson has been predicted to finish seventh in the CAA preseason coaches poll as the league returns to a round robin format.  Reigning champion Northeastern is predicted to finish first followed by last year's southern division winner UNCW.  The rest of the poll is filled out by Charleston, Elon, James Madison, W&M, Towson, Delaware and Hofstra.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS:
Virginia has the highest batting average in the ACC at .343.  Sophomore infielder Jake Gelof hits .464 with 12 home runs and 45 RBI.  Expected starter is freshman lefty Matthew Buchanan, who is 1-0 in five appearances, striking out 10 in 6.1 innings.
 
Richmond is batting .300 as a team, third in the Atlantic-10.  Redshirt senior Dominic Toso is hitting .463 with three homers and 28 RBI.  On the mound will be sophomore righty Josh Willitts, who is 1-0 with a 1.86 ERA in 19.1 innings, striking out 22.