LEXINGTON, Va. – Junior Joe Van Meter tied a school record with three home runs and Virginia Commonwealth University hit a season-high four long balls in an 11-4 rout of Virginia Military Institute on Tuesday evening at Gray-Minor Stadium.

VCU, which has won four straight and nine of its last 11 games, improves to 22-15, while VMI drops its fourth in a row and falls to 29-9 on the season.

Van Meter went 4-for-4 with three home runs and six RBI to pace the Rams, who recorded 15 hits for the fourth consecutive game.  Seniors Richard Gonzalez and Doug Otto, junior John Lenherr and sophomore Brent Mikionis each collected two hits for VCU.