O’Connor providing free baseball tickets to Wahoo fans

By Jerry Ratcliffe

Brian O’Connor’s Wahoos are off to an 8-0 start, including four shutouts, but something’s missing.

Fans.

Virginia’s baseball coach is giving away a certain amount of free tickets to fans interested in attending upcoming games, starting with this weekend’s three-game stand against Penn State (opener is Friday at 3 p.m., at Disharoon Park).

O’Connor made this invitation on Twitter:

“College baseball is for everyone and Disharoon Park is one of the top college baseball stadiums in the country,” O’Connor wrote. “The young men who wear the college uniform play the game with enthusiasm,passion, heart and pride. I want to provide the opportunity for new fans to experience Virginia Baseball and cheer on the 2022 Cavaliers.”

Here is what O’ Connor is offering fans:

• Tickets will be provided on a first who responds basis
• The total amount of tickets provided per game will vary depending on availability
• Maximum of 2 tickets per request
• When tickets are no longer available for a particular game, I will notify via my Twitter account

In order to qualify for tickets, you must:

• Send (O’Connor) a direct message to his Twitter account
• Provide your name, age, cell phone number (Note: due to NCAA rules you cannot be in 9th to 12th grade)
• Your tickets will be sent digitally to your mobile device

Your responsibility after you receive the tickets:

• Please make sure you attend the game
• Please wear Virginia gear
• Please post a picture of you and your guest of the game on Twitter and tag O’Connor @UVACoachOConnor at #CoachOaksSeats

Virginia leads the nation in strikeouts and has scored 102 runs in eight games, the most in the first eight games of O’Connor’s career.

“Hopefully, our experience for the fans in the stands can match the play that we’re putting on the field,” O’Connor said this week. “We’ve got to be better for our fans, candidly, and we’re not very good right now in providing a fan experience in this ballpark, and I hope that we can get better in the coming weeks at providing a great environment and an atmosphere for our fans to come and enjoy a great team.”