ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- The Christopher Newport baseball team begins a four-game road trip to close out the 2025 regular season on Tuesday afternoon as the Captains (18-16) head to North Carolina Wesleyan for a 4:00 p.m. first pitch. Game time has been moved up to 4:00 p.m. in an announcement by the teams on Tuesday morning after first pitch was originally scheduled for 6:00 p.m. On Wednesday, CNU will return to action at Eastern Mennonite University at 4:00 p.m.

Live stats and a live video webcast will be available at game time with links for both showing on the baseball schedule at CNUsports.com. 

CNU will be taking on the Battling Bishops for the 109th time all-time and trail the series, 49-59, that dates all the way back to the 1982 season. The Captains have won 10 of the last 12 including a 14-4 decision at Captains Park earlier this season. Josh Reinhold led the way in the win, going 4-for-4 with a pair of walks and a couple of RBI. Lincoln Lubsen was 3-for-3 with a pair of walks against the Bishops as well while Aaron Maxie had a team-high three RBI. 

On Wednesday, CNU takes on Eastern Mennonite and owns a 17-3-2 all-time record against the Royals. The Captains have won eight straight in the series, sweeping the 2024 home-and-home series by outscoring Eastern Mennonite, 26-10. 

The two games mid-week kick off a four-game stretch away from home to close out the regular season. The Captains will also travel to Salisbury on Saturday, April 26 before finishing out at Hampden-Sydney on Monday, April 28. 

Among active players in Division III, senior Doc Daniels boasts a top-25 career batting average with a .399 mark and he is among the team leaders with a .354 mark in 2025. Despite battling injuries, Daniels has delivered 23 hits in 65 at-bats this season. He trails only Jake Benedict (.417) and Maxie (.398) on the team hitting chart this year. Benedict ranks 18th nationally in hits with 58 and has registered a top-ten single season batting average all-time at CNU, currently ranking seventh. Maxie boasts the fourth-highest on-base percentage (.527) in program history while also providing a reliable defensive option at first base, ranking fourth in single season fielding percentage and the highest non-catching number all-time. 

N.C. Wesleyan ranks 15th nationally in walks and are led by Javier Quintana ranks in the top-30 with 30 free passes this season. Jacob Trivette is hitting a team-high .337 while also pacing the Bishops with seven home runs. Eastern Mennonite has been led by Erik Wilkinson with a .381 average while Daniel McGinnis has added a .372 mark in 28 starts this year. The balanced offense is hitting .309 as a team heading into the Wednesday matchup with CNU.