Baseball: Virginia offense explodes in 14-5 win over VMI
No. 14 Virginia (3-1) scored 14 runs on 14 hits in a 14-3 win over VMI (0-1) in midweek action at Disharoon Park on Tuesday.
No. 14 Virginia (3-1) scored 14 runs on 14 hits in a 14-3 win over VMI (0-1) in midweek action at Disharoon Park on Tuesday.
This weekend’s baseball series between Virginia and North Carolina scheduled to take place in Chapel Hill, N.C. will now begin on Thursday due to inclement weather in the weekend forecast.
No. 14 Virginia (2-1) did not allow an earned run and eight of the nine batters in the starting lineup recorded a hit in a 4-2, series clinching win over UConn (1-2) on Sunday at Disharoon Park.
Down three runs going into the bottom of the ninth, No. 14 Virginia (1-1) got the tying run to third base but was unable to knot the score in a 10-9 loss to UConn at Disharoon Park on Saturday.
Virginia relief pitcher Stephen Schoch was one of 45 players named to the initial watch list for the 16th Annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I Baseball.
Virginia baseball was built on the foundation of strong pitching and solid defense. Both had a major impact on the Cavaliers’ opening-day win over visiting UConn on Friday.
In a poll of the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball coaches, Virginia was picked to finish second in the ACC Coastal Division. The Cavaliers were also one of three teams to receive votes for the overall ACC preseason favorite.
The Virginia baseball program elected six new members to its Hall of Fame on Friday night (Jan. 29) at the program’s virtual Step Up to the Plate fundraising event. A formal induction ceremony will be announced at a later date.
Virginia was one of 12 schools in the country to have multiple players on the D1Baseball Preseason All-America team after outfielder Chris Newell (Newtown Square, Pa.) and relief pitcher Stephen Schoch (Laurel, Md.) were listed on the first and third teams
The Virginia Baseball program will host its annual “Step Up to the Plate” fundraiser virtually on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2021.
First year outfielder Chris Newell was named the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National co-Freshman of the Year on Tuesday. Classmate Max Cotier joined him on the publication’s Freshman All-America Team.
Sophomore Zack Gelof and freshman Chris Newell were both named Second Team All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on Tuesday.
Mark Reynolds, who starred at shortstop for the Cavaliers for three years from 2002-2004, announced Thursday that his baseball career is over.
Brian O’Connor and Virginia’s baseball team had stopped for lunch in Hagerstown, Md., on Thursday, en route to Pittsburgh for a weekend series with the Panthers. Instead of grabbing a bite and hitting the road, the UVA coach was advised by athletic director Carla Williams to hang tight.
Virginia won its first Atlantic Coast Conference series of the season with a 10-3 game-three victory over No. 7 NC State on Sunday at Disharoon Park. It marked the Cavaliers first series win over the Wolfpack (13-2, 1-2 ACC) since 2013.
Virginia opened up Atlantic Coast Conference play on Friday evening with a 7-3 win over previously unbeaten and seventh-ranked NC State at Disharoon Park. The Cavaliers are now winners of seven straight games and improve to 10-1 on their current 15-game home stand.
Virginia notched its sixth-consecutive win with a 16-7 win over Richmond on Tuesday evening at Disharoon Park. The Cavalier offense produced 10 or more runs for the sixth time in the last eight games.
Virginia will be home on Tuesday to host Richmond in a non-conference tilt at Disharoon Park. The game is scheduled to air on ACCNX with first pitch slated for 3 p.m.
Virginia scored seven runs in its first turn at the plate and never looked back in a 20-1 win over Dartmouth on Friday evening at Disharoon Park.
Virginia erased two early deficits in an 8-5 victory over William & Mary on Tuesday evening at Disharoon Park. For the Cavaliers, it was their third come-from-behind win through the first nine games of the season.