No. 11 baseball battles No. 13 Clemson on road
By Alec Dougherty | March 16, 2017The Virginia men’s baseball team (14-3, 1-2 ACC) travels to Clemson, S.C. to face ACC foe Clemson (14-3, 3-0 ACC) this weekend.
The Virginia men’s baseball team (14-3, 1-2 ACC) travels to Clemson, S.C. to face ACC foe Clemson (14-3, 3-0 ACC) this weekend.
After losing two of three over the weekend, the No. 11 Virginia baseball team rebounded with its most complete performance of the season, routing Monmouth College 10-0 at Davenport Field Monday.
The No. 8 Virginia baseball team (13-3, 1-2 ACC) dropped its first ACC series of its season to No. 10 North Carolina (12-4, 2-1 ACC), taking only one of three games in Chapel Hill, N.C. over the weekend.
The Cavaliers' next test comes at home in round robin play — they will face Niagara University (3-3) and La Salle University (0-7) twice each this weekend.
The last time the Virginia baseball team took on its in-state rival William and Mary, the Tribe knocked the Cavaliers out of the 2016 NCAA Tournament in a stunning defeat on Virginia’s home field.
In the first series of the season, the Virginia baseball team (7-0) showed the rest of the league how dangerous its deep offense can be, pummeling Rutgers (1-5) in a three-game sweep to continue its season-opening win streak.
Though it has not come easy, a four-game winning streak to start the season has the No. 13 Virginia baseball team primed to continue rising in national rankings.
A thrilling comeback against Kansas Sunday capped a perfect 3-0 weekend for the Virginia baseball team (3-0) to start its season.
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Clement, Haseley and Smith are considered seasoned veterans of the 2017 team. Whereas they won their tournament with the help of numerous older teammates, who had years of Omaha experience, this upcoming season the majority of postseason experience stems from the freshmen on that 2015 team.
I’d spent much of the 2016 Virginia baseball season in the Davenport Field press box, up, up and away from the crowd and heat, as a largely impartial writer enjoying America’s pastime for what it was.
After taking two series from ACC rivals No.19 North Carolina (26-15, 9-12 ACC) and No.4 Miami (30-8, 14-5 ACC), the No. 20 Virginia baseball team capped off an impressive April with a three-game series sweep against Pittsburgh.
No. 21 Virginia baseball (26-17, 11-10 ACC) found itself in an early hole Tuesday afternoon at Harbor Park, where in-state rival Old Dominion hasn’t lost a game to the Cavaliers since 2006.
The No. 22 Virginia baseball team took down No. 1 Miami in a three-game series this past weekend, winning the first and third game. After a close 6-5 win Friday, the team suffered a 9-2 defeat Saturday before bouncing back Sunday to win, 7-3.
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Virginia defeated a 2015 NCAA Tournament team in Radford Tuesday afternoon before falling to the bats of VCU Wednesday.
It didn’t go to extras, yet somehow the noon finale Sunday between Virginia baseball and No. 13 North Carolina still interfered with early evening plans.
After dropping to 7-8 in ACC play following a series loss against Boston College (18-11, 5-8 ACC) this past weekend, Virginia is looking to claw its way back up to .500 in the ACC with a strong showing against No. 13 North Carolina Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Longwood baserunners stood at the corners with nobody out in the top of the fifth. Virginia was hanging on to a 6-2 lead, and coach Brian O’Connor had just snatched the baseball from freshman starter Daniel Lynch after a walk and handed it to junior reliever Tyler Shambora.
A springtime return to Charlottesville comes at the right time for the Cavaliers (20-14, 7-8 ACC), who have lost five of their last six road contests and consequently fallen outside of the NCAA’s top-25 rankings.