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OMAHOOS: Virginia punches CWS ticket, eliminates Duke with 12-2 win
Virginia is headed back to the College World Series next week in Omaha, as the No. 7 seed Cavaliers picked up where they left off Saturday in a convincing, 12-2 victory in Sunday’s Charlottesville Super Regional rubber match against Duke.
Abbott receives MLB call-up, wins first two starts with Reds in shutout fashion
In a little over a week, Virginia baseball alumni Andrew Abbott has been called up from Triple-A baseball to the major leagues, won his first two MLB starts, and allowed zero runs over 11.2 innings pitched.
Gelof makes history as Virginia hammers Duke, sets up deciding Game Three on Sunday
Jake Gelof nearly won Friday’s opening game of the Charlottesville Super Regional with his long blast to the outfield wall. The ball was mere inches from becoming a walk-off home run under crucial circumstances.
Southpaw Early was in full command in shutting down Duke’s bats, ties UVA record
Connelly Early’s pitch count was climbing by the sixth inning of Saturday’s game when Duke and the Blue Devils were trying to fight their way back into the game, trailing host Virginia 10-3.
Hoos blast Blue Devils, 14-4, to force deciding Super Regional Game 3 Sunday
The Virginia bats came alive with the season on the line Saturday at Disharoon Park, as the Cavaliers cranked out 14 runs on 14 hits — highlighted by a record-breaking day from junior third baseman Jake Gelof — and lived to fight another day.
O’Connor: we had the right guy at the plate; Gelof’s blast comes up short in NCAA Regionals
Had Friday’s opener of the NCAA Super Regional been played in Hollywood rather than Charlottesville, no doubt Jake Gelof would have been the hero.
UVA comes up short in 5-4 loss to Duke in Game One of Charlottesville Super Regional
With two outs and the winning run aboard in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game One of the best-of-three NCAA Super Regional against Duke, Virginia junior power-hitting third baseman Jake Gelof stepped into the batter’s box.
Virginia braces for noon showdown with Duke in NCAA Super Regional
With Duke coming to Virginia this weekend for a rematch of a late-April series, Cavalier fans are hoping their heroes can avenge one of the only two home ACC series UVA suffered this season.
UVA Baseball first among all non-SEC host sites in regional attendance
Of the 16 hosts of NCAA Baseball regionals last weekend, Virginia finished seventh in total attendance and first among all four ACC host sites.
Tickets sold out for Charlottesville Super Regional
Tickets to this weekend’s Charlottesville Super Regional are officially sold out. Virginia, the No. 7 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, will host Duke in a best-of-three series at Disharoon Park.
Teel one of three finalists for nation’s best catcher
Virginia catcher Kyle Teel is one of three finalists for the Buster Posey Catcher of the Year Award. He is the first Virginia backstop to be named a finalist for the award.
Virginia’s offense busts loose in late innings to capture regional crown
Through six innings Sunday night, the Cavaliers had mustered only one run on five hits and left five runners stranded, including bases loaded in the third.
Former UVA star Abbott first Reds pitcher since 1893 to post 6 scoreless IP of 1-hit ball in debut
Andrew Abbott was jacked up to the max on Monday night, making his Major League debut with the Cincinnati Reds.
UVA advances to Super Regionals with 8-3 win against ECU
Virginia junior center fielder Ethan O’Donnell picked a perfect time to record his first and only hit of the Charlottesville Regional during Sunday’s final against East Carolina at Disharoon Park.
Former UVA ace Andrew Abbott makes Major League debut with Reds tonight
Former Virginia star pitcher Andrew Abbott will make his Major League Baseball debut tonight when the lefthander takes the mound for the Cincinnati Reds against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Virginia’s Parker haunts Pirates in postseason for second-straight year
When Nick Parker was in a Coastal Carolina uniform last June and turned in a dominating performance against East Carolina in the NCAA Regionals, little did he know that his future coaches were watching closely.
Cavaliers hang on for crucial 2-1 win over ECU to stay perfect in regional play
Virginia second-year first baseman Ethan Anderson dropped a go-ahead, RBI single into right field to score Ethan O’Donnell and break a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning in Saturday’s crucial matchup against East Carolina.
Virginia loads up the fireworks against Army in NCAA opener
Starting right-handed pitcher Brian Edgington handcuffed the Army batting order, hurling five innings of perfect baseball,
Cavaliers cruise to 15-1 win over Army in Charlottesville Regional opener
In front of a record postseason crowd at Disharoon Park Friday, the seventh-seeded Virginia baseball team gave the 5,487 Cavalier fans in attendance plenty of reasons to cheer in a 15-1 drubbing of Army to open the Charlottesville Regional.
Virginia hopes to extend nonconference success vs. NCAA field this weekend
Brian O’Connor is encouraging Virginia baseball fans to play hooky from work Friday afternoon and instead spend the time at Disharoon Park, where the Cavaliers open NCAA play at high noon against Army.
