No. 9 Virginia baseball drops series at No. 11 Duke
By Katie Costin | April 2, 2024The Cavaliers' bullpen struggled once again in their series defeat to the Blue Devils.
The Cavaliers' bullpen struggled once again in their series defeat to the Blue Devils.
Look for Cavalier alumns to make a splash in the pros, both this season and beyond.
Heading into the heart of ACC play, the Cavaliers are dominating.
The No. 14 Cavaliers are glaringly weak on the mound, and this must change if they are to make a deep postseason run.
In a wild series, Virginia emerged victorious.
Henry Ford can carry Virginia back to postseason dominance.
In a wild series, the Cavaliers showed both tantalizing strengths and glaring weaknesses.
While still crafting the team's identity, Virginia baseball is off to a solid start.
Virginia is already proving to be one of the nation's top teams.
While it is still February and pitchers are only just ramping up for the long season ahead, O’Connor and Woolfolk had shaky starts.
The Cavaliers came up short in 2023, but are restocked for another run at the College World Series in 2024
The defensive alignment for Virginia will be interesting to watch.
Coming off of a season that resulted in a College World Series run, Virginia baseball’s talented roster had a number of MLB draft-eligible players ready to take the next steps in their playing careers
Kyle Teel and Jake Gelof are the most likely Cavaliers to be drafted, although myriad other Virginia athletes could be drafted during the 20-round event.
Unfortunately for the Cavaliers, many of the bats went cold and late-inning pitching proved costly, leading to their elimination from this year’s College World Series.
What at one point looked like a disappointing repeat of the 2022 season where Virginia could not overcome late season struggles turned into exhilaration at Disharoon Park Sunday afternoon.
Virginia’s leg up in the pitching department from last season is largely due to a bolstered starting rotation.
Virginia has an elite bullpen and talented starting rotation of pitchers, but has been prone to untimely meltdowns in close games, exacerbated by offensive droughts.
Virginia’s struggles continued, particularly on the pitching side with Notre Dame scoring 25 runs across three games.
After a scalding-hot start, the Cavaliers have lost two of their last three conference series.