VCU baseball season ends at NCAA regional in Mississippi
Fred Jeter | 6/10/2021, 6 p.m.
The Virginia Commonwealth University baseball season hit a dead end in Starkville, Miss.
The Rams lost in the NCAA regionals to host Mississippi State University 16-4 and to Campbell University of North Carolina at NCAA regional in Mississippi 19-10 in the Starkville Region.
The Atlantic 10 champion Rams had a 22-game winning streak prior to the loss to Mississippi State and finished with a 38-16 record, including 20-3 at The Diamond.
Senior outfielder Brandon Henson homered for the Rams against Campbell in the NCAA regional opener—a 19-4 Rams win—and again against Campbell in the season finale.
Freshman Tyler Locklear, the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, finished the season with 16 homers, 66 runs batted in and a .345 average.
