{"id":2188,"date":"2026-03-29T10:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2026-03-29T10:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T14:09:22","slug":"builders-sweep-weekend-series-over-trojans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/2026\/03\/29\/builders-sweep-weekend-series-over-trojans\/","title":{"rendered":"Builders Sweep Weekend Series Over Trojans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEWPORT NEWS, Va.<\/strong> \u2014 The Apprentice School completed a four-game weekend sweep of Virginia State University on Saturday, using a blend of explosive offense and timely pitching to control the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Builders opened Friday with a 4-2 victory, capitalizing on early runs and a four-run third inning to set the tone. Virginia State answered with late offense, but Apprentice pitching closed the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second game quickly turned into a rout. Apprentice erupted for 10 runs in the first inning and rolled to a 15-0 win, highlighted by multiple extra-base hits and a three-RBI double from Nate Yeary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday\u2019s games were tighter, but the outcome remained the same. Apprentice edged the Trojans 4-2 in the opener behind steady run production and controlled pitching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the finale, the Builders completed the sweep with a 5-4 win, scoring in five different innings and holding off a late Virginia State push.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the series, Apprentice (23-4 overall, 9-1 NSAC) consistently struck early and forced Virginia State (8-9, 0-4) into mistakes, outscoring the Trojans 28-8 over four games. The sweep extended the Builders\u2019 winning streak and reinforced their position atop the conference standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image courtesy Kaitlyn Olson @shotsbyk8lyn<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWPORT NEWS, Va. \u2014 The Apprentice School completed a four-game weekend sweep of Virginia State University on Saturday, using a blend of explosive offense and timely pitching to control the series. The Builders opened Friday with a 4-2 victory, capitalizing on early runs and a four-run third inning to set the tone. Virginia State answered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apprentice","category-news","category-vsu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2194,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188\/revisions\/2194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}