Our Charlottesville Regional Previews concludes with Virginia’s opening game opponent, the Army Black Knights. For the fifth consecutive year, the Black Knights won the Patriot League title and rolled through the regular season in record setting fashion. Their 21-4 Patriot League regular season was a whopping seven games ahead of second place Bucknell Bison and Navy Midshipmen. That performance was enough to earn first year manager Chris Tracz Patriot Year Coach of the Year. And while the gaudy record is great, what’s likely most important for this Army team is their first sweep over Navy since 2012.
Their staff is headlined by Patriot League Pitcher of the Year Tanner Gresham who compiled a 5-1 record, 2.