Softball: Bigham tosses another shutout as No. 25 Cavaliers top Dukes, 11-0
Bella Cabral drove in five runs and Eden Bigham threw another complete-game shutout as No. 25 Virginia posted an 11-0 run-rule victory at JMU on Tuesday night.
Bella Cabral drove in five runs and Eden Bigham threw another complete-game shutout as No. 25 Virginia posted an 11-0 run-rule victory at JMU on Tuesday night.
Eden Bigham tossed a complete-game shutout and the senior class came through as part of a big sixth inning on Saturday to help No. 25 Virginia to a 6-0 victory over Louisville.
Virginia used a five-run fourth inning to break things open on Friday, as the No. 25 Cavaliers defeated Louisville by a score of 8-2 and evened the weekend series.
The No. 25 Virginia softball team rallied to force extra innings, but couldn’t finish off Louisville on Thursday, as the Cavaliers fell to the Cardinals by a score of 6-5 in nine innings.
The Cavalier pitching staff came through again on Tuesday as No. 25 Virginia shut out Radford for a 6-0 victory at Palmer Park.
Jade Hylton set the program record for home runs in her first at-bat as she helped power Virginia to a series sweep of Syracuse with a 10-2 victory in five innings on Sunday.
Virginia swept a doubleheader with Syracuse at Palmer Park, winning the first game, 5-0, before taking a run-rule, 10-0 victory in game two.
Virginia took the lead in the top of the seventh on a Jade Hylton home run, but Liberty answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning.
MC Eaton delivered another walk-off win for the Cavaliers on Tuesday as No. 25 Virginia defeated Maryland by a score of 4-3 at Palmer Park.
Jade Hylton’s home run in the 10th inning was the difference on Sunday as No. 22 Virginia defeated Notre Dame by a score of 6-4 at Melissa Cook Stadium.
For the second straight day a big inning for the home team was the difference as No. 22 Virginia fell on the road at Notre Dame by a score of 7-2 on Saturday.
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.