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Virginia, Tech players named to All-ACC baseball team
Virginia's Brian O'Connor has been named the ACC coach of the year, while UVa outfielder Joe McCarthy was voted the freshman of the year. The All-ACC first team included four Cavaliers and two Hokies. O'Connor has steered fifth-ranked UVa to 45 wins, including a league-high 22 ACC wins. McCarthy is batting .333 with 47 RBIs. The All-ACC first team included UVa second baseman Reed Gragnani (.310, 48 RBIs); UVa outfielder Mike Papi (ACC-high .408); UVa's Nick Howard (batting .325 and has a 5-4 pitching record), who was chosen for a utility spot; UVa reliever Kyle Crockett (4-1, 10 saves, 1.97 ERA); Tech infielder Chad Pinder (.322, 40 RBIs), who was chosen at third base; and Tech outfielder Tyler Horan (.344, 22 doubles, 11 homers, 50 RBIs). McCarthy was joined on the second team by UVa's Branden Cogswell (.346).
Tech, Virginia to meet in the ACC baseball tournament for the first time
In its ninth season of ACC baseball play, Virginia Tech will face Virginia for the first time in ACC Tournament play. Third-seeded UVa (45-9, 22-8 overall) and sixth-seeded Tech (35-19, 15-14) will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Cavaliers and Hokies are in Pool B with second-seeded Florida State (44-11, 20-10) and seventh-seeded Georgia Tech (33-23, 15-15). Teams will play the other three teams in
NFL 'grind' over for former Virginia, Cave Spring star Ronde Barber
They played a combined 26 seasons in the most violent of professional team sports, yet the worst injury sustained by Roanoke’s Barber twins may have occurred on a bicycle. “You might be right,” said Tiki Barber, who, as a pre-teen, spent most of one summer in a cast after trying to descend the hill in back of the Hardee’s on Brambleton. Throw in their playoff and all-star appearances and the
Papi saves the day as Virginia baseball holds off North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — If the Virginia-North Carolina baseball game actually had meant something, it might have been an instant classic. And, don’t think that the principals will be forgetting UVa’s 8-7 victory any time soon. North Carolina rallied from a three-run deficit to send the game into extra innings and was on the verge of overcoming a four-run deficit in the 11th inning when UVa sophomore Mike Papi caught
No. 3 tailback Richardson leaves Virginia football team
Clifton Richardson, listed as Virginia's No. 3 tailback at the end of spring drills, has received a release from his scholarship after two seasons at UVa.p Richardson carried 72 times for 366 yards and two touchdowns in 2011, when he played in all 13 games as a freshman on UVa's Chick-Fil-A Bowl team. However, injuries limited him to seven games and 24 carries last season. "Clifton will be leaving the
Virginia softball coach resigns
Virginia announced the resignation of Eileen Schmidt, who was the coach at her alma mater for six seasons. Schmidt was 145-168, including 38-81 in ACC play. UVa won only one ACC tournament game in her reign but made the NCAA tournament in 2010. UVa was 21-28, 4-17 this season. Schmidt, who played for UVa from 1991-94, was previously the coach at Northwestern State and Kentucky. "I have decided to retire
UVa a lock to make NCAA baseball tournament
College baseball’s regular season is rounding third and heading for home, and while many teams will spend the next three weeks jockeying for position in the NCAA tournament, five have shown they are a cut above the rest. North Carolina (41-4), Vanderbilt (39-6), LSU (39-6), Virginia (38-8) and Oregon State (34-8) look to be locks for national seeds. There are eight of those coveted seeds, and Cal State Fullerton (36-7),
Coach Tony Bennett says UVa ‘at a good spot’
CHARLOTTESVILLE —After winning 22 and 23 games in back-to-back seasons, Virginia men’s basketball has moved the bar to a new height as Tony Bennett prepares for his fifth season as head coach. Anything short of a third straight 20-win season probably would be viewed as a disappointment, but it would be the first time for the Cavaliers to accomplish that feat in more than 20 years. “Of course, next year
Loss to Tar Heels in ACC lacrosse tournament final ends Virginia's season
CHARLOTTESVILLE — A semifinal victory over the No. 1 seed did not ensure a successful weekend for the Virginia men’s lacrosse team. UVa coach Dom Starsia’s program was not built on silver linings. In almost any other year, the Cavaliers would have headed home to begin NCAA tournament preparations following a 16-13 loss to North Carolina in the ACC title game. Instead, they’ll be clearing out their lockers. Virginia would
Virginia Aboushi drafted by N.Y. Jets
The New York Jets must think there’s something special about left offensive tackles from Virginia. Nine years after taking Cavalier left tackle and future Pro Bowler D’Brickashaw Ferguson in the first round, the Jets may have found his eventual successor in another UVa left tackle, Oday Aboushi. What’s more, they’re both New Yorkers, Ferguson from Freeport on Long Island and Aboushi from Staten Island. Aboushi (6-foot -5, 308 pounds) was
Mantiply sets up Hokies' doubleheader sweep of Virginia
BLACKSBURG — It was getting to be the late innings, Joe Mantiply’s pitch count was continuing to mount and still there was no activity in the Virginia Tech bullpen. With its season possibly on the line, Tech stuck with its ace in the first game of a double-header and he didn’t let the Hokies down. Mantiply, who had thrown 118 pitches through six innings, worked a 1-2-3 seventh and the
Virginia lineman taking an uncommon path
Until now, everything has gone according to Oday Aboushi’s plan. “I graduated in 3 ½ years,” said Aboushi, who accepted his University of Virginia degree in December. “That was absolutely one of my goals when I got there. “I wanted to be able to take that second semester and focus on training.” Aboushi, an offensive lineman from Brooklyn, N.Y., played in six games as a true freshman in 2009 and then
Improved offensive line center of Cavs' attention
Prior to the release of Virginia’s post-spring football depth chart, most of the anticipation surrounded the identity of the player who would be taking snaps from center. There was some news Monday involving the center-quarterback exchange, but it concerned the snapper. Jackson Matteo, a redshirt freshman walk-on from Broad Run High School in Loudoun County, was listed No. 1 at center. Luke Bowanko, the Cavaliers’ starting center in 2012, was
Loudoun County defensive end commits to Virginia
Virginia took a football commitment Sunday from J.J. Jackson, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound defensive end at Woodgrove High School in Loudoun County. Jackson had 80 tackles as a junior, including 13 sacks. Jackson gives Virginia four commitments for the class of 2014. In the last week, the Cavaliers had broken off ties with Lakeland, Fla., defensive lineman Chris Nelson, who had reopened his recruiting after an earlier commitment to UVa. Jackson, originally from Ohio,
King's double propels Virginia baseball to series sweep of Florida State
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Virginia welcomed some 14,000 baseball fans to Davenport Field, a home-series record, for the weekend’s only top-10 matchup. Drama was a surprising no-show. The Cavaliers, ranked seventh by Baseball America, never trailed No. 5 Florida State, sweeping three games. They outscored an outfit averaging seven runs a game by a composite 16-4. And UVa’s starting pitchers worked at least six innings apiece, by far their best weekend this
Notre Dame football to visit UVa in 2015; Virginia Tech goes to South Bend in '16
Virginia will host Notre Dame in football in 2015, Virginia Tech will travel to face the Fighting Irish in 2016 and the Hokies' first matchup with Old Dominion will be pushed back to 2017 after a series of scheduling announcements were made Friday. The ACC finalized the first three-year period of matchups with Notre Dame from 2014-16, fulfilling a scheduling agreement made last fall that will allow the Fighting Irish
Virginia pitcher is almost perfect
Virginia baseball coach Brian O’Connor is more than happy to take responsibility for the only blemish on Kyle Crockett’s pitching record. Crockett, the Cavaliers’ closer, takes an 0.62 earned run average into a three-game series as seventh-ranked UVa (32-6, 13-5 ACC) entertains No. 5 Florida State (31-6, 13-5) starting at 6 tonight at Davenport Field. After 18 appearances, Crockett has a 3-0 record and seven saves, but this is his most
Nation’s top kicker, Gary Wunderlich, commits to Cavs
Gary Wunderlich, rated the No. 1 kicker in the football recruiting class of 2014, said Monday that he has made an oral commitment to Virginia’s football program Wunderlich, whose mother grew up in Roanoke, made his decision after making a visit to Texas A&M this weekend. He earlier had eliminated Stanford and Vanderbilt, according to his grandfather, Bobby Smith. Wunderlich, a junior at Memphis University School, was rated the nation’s
Defense makes points in Virginia's spring football game
CHARLOTTESVILLE — To anybody who would say that all spring football games are alike, Virginia made a rather convincing argument to the contrary Saturday. How many times have you seen a game where teams scored three times on safeties? “Never,” UVa coach Mike London said. “This was a first.” After the first- and second-team offenses each scored on their first possession, there was one touchdown the rest of the day
QB Watford ready to lead UVa huddle
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Don’t ask Virginia quarterback David Watford how he spent his spring break. It’s not an interesting story. According to his cousin, UVa receivers coach Marques Hagans, Watford went home to Hampton for two days and then returned to Charlottesville to resume training. Coaches notice things like that. So do teammates, head coach Mike London said. Watford began the spring atop UVa’s depth chart at quarterback and goes into
New assistant O'Brien bulking up Virginia's tight ends
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Tom O’Brien hadn’t seen George Welsh in a while before their paths crossed Friday at the McCue Center, the base for Virginia’s football operations. “Got a tight end who can block yet?” Welsh asked O’Brien in his customarily abrupt fashion. Welsh, still the winningest coach in UVa history after 12 years of retirement, was once O’Brien’s boss. Now, O’Brien has returned to Charlottesville as an assistant to Mike London,
1. Afternoon downpour turns downtown to a torrent
2. Former Virginia Tech receiver Danny Coale works to prove himself NFL-worthy after being released by the Dallas Cowboys
3. WOYM: Star City has co-starred in some Hollywood films
4. Roanoke's 'Mr. Fitness' Artie Levin lives on in B'nai B'rith Awards
5. Blacksburg man charged after reports of fight Sunday morning
6. Match is found for DNA at 2005 homicide scene
7. Cooking fire at Roanoke apartment sends 1 to hospital
8. Attorney General Cuccinelli not subject to Freedom of Information Act
9. Grand times at Grandin Village block party Sunday
10. DADLINE: Parenting in a culture of fear
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