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.
Trailing 3-0, the Cavaliers blasted through in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to take control of the game.
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.
Virginia will host Kansas State, the winner of the Fayetteville Regional, in a best-of-three game Super Regional this weekend at Disharoon Park.
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.
Virginia advanced to tonight’s championship game, while Mississippi State faces St. John’s at noon in an elimination game.
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.
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.
No one could be more grateful to start the opening game of the NCAA Baseball Tournament than Virginia pitcher Joe Savino.
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.
A brief look at the remainder of the field in the Charlottesville Regional for this coming weekend.
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.
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.
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.
Fourth-seeded Virginia recorded its ACC-best, fifth shutout with a 13-0, seven-inning win over ninth-seeded Georgia Tech during ACC pool play on Wednesday in Charlotte.
Sophomore Harrison Didawick hammered a two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 13th, his 22nd roundtripper of the season.
No. 18 Virginia blasted six home runs in a 13-3, run-rule win over Virginia Tech in seven innings on Friday at Disharoon Park.
Starting pitcher Evan Blanco did not allow an earned run over 7.1 innings as No. 18 Virginia captured a 7-3 win in the series opener against Virginia Tech on Thursday.
Freshman Henry Ford is one of 56 invitees to the 2024 USA Baseball Collegiate National Training Camp taking place in Cary, N.C., from June 26-27.
No. 23 NC State scored nine of the game’s final 10 runs in a 13-5 series-clinching win over No. 10 Virginia.
No. 10 Virginia evened the three-game ACC series against No. 23 NC State with a 9-5 win at Disharoon Park on Saturday.