Abbott collects second ACC Pitcher of the Week award

Andrew Abbott was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week on Monday after keying Virginia’s no-hitter against Wake Forest this past Friday.

Abbott was lifted after 7.1 innings of hitless baseball in the 17-0 win over Wake Forest. Freshman Jake Berry and senior Griff McGarry recorded the final five outs to seal the program’s seventh no-hitter.

Abbott struck out 16 batters, the most by an ACC pitcher this season and tied for the third most ever by a UVA pitcher in a single game.

The first eight outs of the contest were swinging strikeouts. Abbott struck out the side four times and retired the final 12 batters he faced. He leads the ACC in strikeouts this season with 115, the sixth-most in a single season by a UVA pitcher. In the process he moved up to third all-time on Virginia’s career strikeout list with 280.

The no-hitter was the first thrown by an ACC school this season and the 24th across college baseball in 2021. Virginia is also responsible for the last no-hitter thrown in ACC play when Nathan Kirby struck out 18 in a no-hitter against Pittsburgh on April 4, 2014.

Abbott had also earned the ACC Pitcher of the Week award back on May 3. He is the first Cavalier to win the award twice in the same season since 2016.