Softball: No. 22 UVA opens series with 4-3 loss at Notre Dame
The No. 22 Virginia softball team dropped the series opener at Notre Dame on Friday as the Irish rallied for the 4-3 victory at Melissa Cook Stadium.
The No. 22 Virginia softball team dropped the series opener at Notre Dame on Friday as the Irish rallied for the 4-3 victory at Melissa Cook Stadium.
A record crowd of 1,981 had lots to cheer about on Saturday as No. 23 Virginia rallied for a walk-off win over California at Palmer Park.
Eden Bigham tossed a gem, striking out 10 batters and facing the minimum as No. 23 Virginia shut out George Mason with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday at Palmer Park.
Virginia hit six home runs on the day, including four in the second game of the afternoon, as the No. 25 Cavaliers took both games of a doubleheader with Boston College on Saturday.
Neither team was able to gain a comfortable advantage until Macee Eaton’s two-run home run proved to be the difference in a 3-1 win.
Virginia had the bats working early and often Tuesday, as the Cavaliers were able to blank visiting James Madison, 6-0, at Palmer Park.
Virginia hit four home runs on the day, including two from Sydney Hartgrove, and pushed seven runs across in the final two innings as the No. 23 Cavaliers downed No. 17 Virginia Tech.
The long ball and timely hits were the tale of the tape on Saturday as No. 23 Virginia fell at No. 17 Virginia Tech by a score of 6-1 in a Smithfield Commonwealth Clash matchup.
Virginia got off to a quick start, but the home team surged down the stretch Friday as the No. 23 Cavaliers fell at No. 17 Virginia Tech.
Virginia ran its win streak to 12 games on Tuesday, using an opportunistic offense to grab a 2-0 victory over Longwood at Palmer Park.
The offense stayed hot for Virginia on Sunday, as the Cavaliers picked up another run-rule victory with a 12-1 win over Hofstra to conclude the Party at Palmer Invitational.
Jade Hylton homered twice and Virginia had four home runs as a team to power to a 10-0 win over Longwood in five innings on Monday.
The Hoos defeated Penn, 3-0, before taking an 11-2 win over Delaware in six innings.
Virginia opened the weekend with a pair of wins as the Cavaliers defeated Penn and Delaware to open play at the Mizuno Classic at Palmer Park on Saturday.
The walk-off finally went the way of the Cavaliers on Sunday, as MC Eaton’s two-run home run in the seventh lifted Virginia to a 7-6 victory over No. 4 UCLA.
Virginia got a pair of home runs as part of a back-and-forth battle that went into extra innings, but came up short on Friday in a 7-6 loss to Auburn in eight innings.
Sarah Coon hit a pair of triples and scored the tying and go-ahead runs as Virginia defeated No. 23 Kentucky by a score of 4-1 at the Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational.
Virginia used an eight-run third inning to claim a run-rule victory on Sunday as the Cavaliers downed Saint Francis by a score of 12-0 in five innings.
Virginia is ranked No. 24 in the Softball America preseason Top 25, it was announced by the publication with the release of its annual preseason poll.
The Cavaliers will play a challenging five-game slate the weekend of February 13-16, 2025, in the event at Clearwater, Fla.