Baseball


Unopportunistic Virginia ousted from CWS by FSU

Brian O’Connor said his Virginia lineup simply wasn’t opportunistic enough in Sunday’s 7-3 loss to Florida State, which eliminated the Cavaliers from the College World Series.


Woolfolk’s journey filled with doubts, tears, celebrations

The road to glory for Jay Woolfolk this season was filled with landmines, but the junior right-hander fought through adversity leaning on his coaches, teammates, family and his faith to reach the pitcher’s mound in Omaha.


Virginia falls to Carolina, 3-2, in CWS walk-off thriller

The way both Virginia and North Carolina provided late-inning drama in postseason play in order to advance to the College World Series, it figured Friday’s opening game between the ACC rivals would come down to the wire.


O’Connor on pitching to Honeycutt: ‘It was the right matchup’

UNC’s center fielder, hitting .314 on the season with 65 RBI coming into the game, is considered a top-20, first-round draft pick by The Sporting News in the upcoming Major League Draft.


O’Connor inks contract extension through 2031 campaign

“I’m excited every single day I come to Disharoon Park and look forward to the opportunity to sustain this championship college baseball program.”


O’Connor stresses to team, ‘We’re going to Omaha to win’

Virginia coach Brian O’Connor, who is taking his seventh team to the mecca of college baseball, addressed that very topic with his club on Tuesday.


Relentless Virginia rolls past K-State and into Omaha for seventh time

Kansas State felt the full fury of Virginia’s best baseball of the season, the pitching coming around at just the right time to blend with the nation’s most explosive offense.


Blanco, Godbout star as Virginia opens Super Regional with 7-4 win over K-State

Trailing 3-0, the Cavaliers blasted through in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to take control of the game.


Blanco, Woolfolk get starting nods for Super Regional

Brian O’Connor will rely heavily on his pitchers against the visiting Wildcats, starting with tonight’s opening game (7 p.m., ESPNU) in the best-of-three series.


Baseball: Cavaliers will host Kansas State in NCAA Super Regional

Virginia will host Kansas State, the winner of the Fayetteville Regional, in a best-of-three game Super Regional this weekend at Disharoon Park.


Woolfolk spectacular as Virginia romps past Bulldogs for NCAA Regional crown

In what turned out to be the longest performance of the junior right-hander’s career, Jay Woolfolk more than answered the bell, handcuffing Mississippi State’s explosive batting order and propelling Virginia to a 9-2 victory.


Lots of Wahoo heroes in Virginia’s 5-4, walk-off win over Mississippi State

Virginia advanced to tonight’s championship game, while Mississippi State faces St. John’s at noon in an elimination game.


O’Connor on freshman reliever Augustin: ‘He’s got guts’

UVA trailed 4-2 with one out and the rookie would essentially be facing the top of the Bulldogs’ dangerous batting order with so much at stake.


Virginia’s pitchers propel Cavaliers to NCAA opening-round win over Penn, 4-2

Grad student Joe Savino combined with reliever Chase Hungate to hurl nine innings of four-hit baseball and handcuffed Quaker batters, striking out 11 and walking only one.


Savino’s UVA comeback trail includes Friday start against Penn

No one could be more grateful to start the opening game of the NCAA Baseball Tournament than Virginia pitcher Joe Savino.


Baseball: UVA hoping to continue smashing home runs in record fashion this weekend

Sophomore outfielder Harrison Didawick leads the team in roundtrippers with 23 and needs one more to break Jake Gelof’s single-season school record, which was set last year.


Virginia’s opponents in Charlottesville Regional at a glance

A brief look at the remainder of the field in the Charlottesville Regional for this coming weekend.


Virginia Baseball in rarified air by hosting NCAA regional once again

When the TV cameras and reporter microphones were turned off, Brian O’Connor couldn’t contain his excitement about hosting another NCAA baseball regional this coming weekend.


Baseball: Virginia to host NCAA regional next weekend

Disharoon Park will serve as one of the 16 regional host sites for the 2024 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Virginia will host a four-team, double-elimination tournament May 31 – June 4.


Baseball: UVA’s ACC Tournament run ends with 12-7 loss to FSU

Fourth-seeded Virginia had its four-game win streak snapped with a 12-7 loss to fifth-seeded Florida State in a Pool D elimination game on Friday.