Virginia roommates O’Ferrall, Anderson together again with Orioles
Seemed only fitting that former Virginia stars Griff O’Ferrall and Ethan Anderson were seated together in Baltimore Orioles uniforms for their first interview post college careers.
Seemed only fitting that former Virginia stars Griff O’Ferrall and Ethan Anderson were seated together in Baltimore Orioles uniforms for their first interview post college careers.
Jay Woolfolk, who blossomed into a dominating pitcher for Virginia’s postseason ride, is coming back for his senior year.
The Orioles selected Griff O’Ferrall and Ethan Anderson on Day 1 of the 2024 MLB Draft, while Casey Saucke was selected in the fourth round by the White Sox.
The Virginia baseball program will be participants in the sixth annual Karbach Round Rock Classic in Round Rock, Texas, from Feb. 21-23, 2025.
Virginia has added three right-handed pitchers to its roster through the transfer portal for the 2025 season.
Virginia’s most dependable reliever is among Cavalier pitchers that have entered the transfer portal.
Virginia junior Griff O’Ferrall is the recipient of the Brooks Wallace Award, annually given to the nation’s top shortstop, and was also honored on the Gold Glove team.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“I’m excited every single day I come to Disharoon Park and look forward to the opportunity to sustain this championship college baseball program.”
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.
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.
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.