Baseball: No. 8 Virginia holds off late Georgetown rally to win, 6-4
No. 8 Virginia recorded its second victory of the week with a 6-4 win over Georgetown at Disharoon Park on Wednesday.
No. 8 Virginia recorded its second victory of the week with a 6-4 win over Georgetown at Disharoon Park on Wednesday.
The Cavaliers (18-2) improved to 12-0 at home this season and have won 13-straight home games dating back to last season.
No. 23 NC State scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to register a 5-4 walk-off victory over No. 14 Virginia on Saturday in Raleigh.
No. 14 Virginia clinched its second consecutive road ACC series with a 7-0 win over No. 23 NC State on Friday. The Cavaliers claimed their first ever series victory over NC State in Raleigh.
The Cavaliers are 12-0 for the second-straight season and the fourth time under head coach Brian O’Connor.
Head coach Brian O’Connor won his 800th career game as No. 19 Virginia completed the series sweep of Rhode Island with a 16-6 victory on Sunday at Disharoon Park.
No. 19 Virginia swept its second doubleheader in as many weekends with a 12-6 win over Rhode Island in game one and a 13-0 shutout in game two.
The Cavaliers scored all nine of their runs in the eighth inning, the third time this season UVA has scored nine or more runs in a single inning.
The Cavaliers won game one, 4-1, and took game two by a score of 11-3. The three-game series concludes on Sunday at 1 p.m.
No. 19 Virginia is scheduled to play a three-game series against Columbia beginning Friday at Disharoon Park.
For the second time in four games, No. 19 Virginia eclipsed the 20-run mark after it defeated Longwood by a score of 26-2 at Disharoon Park on Tuesday.
No. 19 Virginia returns home on Tuesday to host in-state foe Longwood at Disharoon Park. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m.
Cavalier hurlers Jack O’Connor, Jake Berry and Jay Woolfolk limited the Seahawks to two hits and combined for 12 strikeouts.
Led by starting pitcher Nick Parker, who had 10 strikeouts in five innings of work, Virginia pitchers struck out 15 batters in the contest.
The 24 runs were the most by the Cavaliers on opening day since 1901. A previously agreed upon 10-run rule ended the game after seven innings.
No. 19 Virginia will host its season-opener on Friday against Navy at 2 p.m. Admission to Friday’s game is free. Free parking will also be available in the JPJ South and JPJ West lots on a first-come, first-served basis.
Only two UVA baseball Hall of Famers had more pitching appearances as freshman over the past two decades than Jay Woolfolk last season, when he worked 28 games as a rookie for Coach Brian O’Connor.
Virginia’s baseball team got an unexpected surprise Wednesday when its season-opener was moved from Wilmington, N.C., to Charlottesville, due to predicted inclement weather.
Juniors Jake Gelof and Kyle Teel were included on the preseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award, an honor annually given to the nation’s top amateur baseball player by USA Baseball.
The Cavaliers will be featured on ACC Network four times over the course of the spring and all home games will be available on ACCNX.