After a season strewed with many ups and downs so far, everything came together for the Virginia baseball team, as the Cavaliers downed Liberty 5-2 in a true team effort Wednesday night.
No. 21 Virginia baseball won its 25th game of the season Tuesday night against Longwood, but the triumph came at a high price.
No. 20-ranked Virginia baseball won a crucial conference series against Miami over the weekend. But in the process, they may have lost their ace, junior Nathan Kirby, for an extended period of time.
Fighting for their playoff lives, No. 21 Virginia baseball won a crucial home series against ninth-ranked Miami.
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For 23rd-ranked Virginia baseball, bad news of player injuries has dominated the season, but good news finally prevailed Wednesday afternoon with the inclusion of junior outfielder Joe McCarthy and freshman second baseman Jack Gerstenmaier in coach Brian O’Connor’s lineup.
The 23rd-ranked Virginia baseball team dearly needed to win their weekend series against Georgia Tech.
No. 15 Virginia baseball dropped its weekend series against Georgia Tech and fell further from the top of the Atlantic Division standings with this disappointing effort.
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Nothing could stop No. 15 Virginia baseball Wednesday night at Davenport Field. Not even the weather. Clad in their 1980s throwback uniforms, the Cavaliers (20-12, 6-9 ACC) blew past James Madison, 14-1.
Over the weekend at Davenport Field, one team combined timely hitting with superb pitching in addition to execution in the field and on the base paths to earn a series sweep.
Sixth-ranked Louisville came to Davenport Field and handed 15th-ranked Virginia a definitive three-game series sweep Monday night. The Cardinals (25-7, 14-1 ACC) put forward a well-rounded effort, and simply played better than the Cavaliers (19-12, 6-9 ACC).
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Winners of five straight games, twelfth-ranked Virginia baseball team appeared to be on the way back to their early season dominance but relapsed in a home loss against VMI, 7-6.
The ninth-ranked Virginia baseball team dodged a late comeback bid to down Virginia Commonwealth at the Diamond in Richmond, Va. The Cavaliers (19-8, 6-6- ACC) rode a career night from freshman pitcher Derek Casey to their fifth straight win, 5-3.
The Cavaliers left South Bend, Indiana Sunday afternoon with a large weight off of their shoulders, taking both of Saturday’s games 9-1 and 4-2, followed by the completion of the sweep of the Fighting Irish Sunday with a 5-4 victory.
No. 12 Virginia baseball took all three games from Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. The trio of wins return the Cavaliers (18-8, 6-6 ACC) to .500 in conference.
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Fresh off a shutout loss to Georgetown, No. 12 Virginia baseball defeated Liberty, 10-7, in what can only be characterized as a bat-swinging contest.
Virginia (14-8, 3-6 ACC) did indeed get the pitching performance it needed, but the offense could get nothing going as the Hoyas (9-10) won 1-0. It marks the second time the Cavaliers have been shutout this season. Prior to Tuesday, Virginia had not been shutout at home since Feb. 28, 2012 against Liberty.
