The junior second baseman ranks third on the team in runs batted in so far this season.
“Building our resiliency has been a big focus coming into this game,” LaMonica said. “Louisville is a tough team, and we demonstrated better response to setbacks today, especially when it mattered most.”
The Cavaliers now sit at the top of the ACC standings.
Ultimately, Virginia would win 3-1. Three hits and seven walks for Virginia would prove enough to push past Boston College as the series concluded in front of the second-largest crowd ever at Eddie Pellagrini Diamond on a cool spring afternoon.
The triumph marks the Cavalier’s ninth win in conference play and a highly desired series sweep for the program.
This March, Virginia women’s basketball stopped asking for permission to dominate and simply started taking it, one unflinching possession at a time. Next season, some jersey numbers will change, but the standard of relentless fight, unshakeable resilience and audacious belief is now permanently woven into the program’s DNA.
Virginia will put their best effort toward a win on Sunday to avoid a sweep.
The win marks the Cavalier’s 30th win this season and their fourth ACC Series.
No. 1 Notre Dame walked into Klöckner Stadium on Saturday the premier team in the country, preparing to steamroll the weakest of their four ACC foes on their home field.
“[Boston’s] game is premised on trying to speed you up,” Pollard said. “They want to bunt, they want to run, they want to force you to hurry and make you make a mistake. We did that today … We gave them a couple of runs on hurry plays where we didn't have to be hurrying.”
The Cavaliers will face a powerhouse Sunday in No. 5 North Carolina.
If Virginia’s season ends here, though, it will likely have little effect on how its historic run will be remembered. The Cavaliers have nothing to lose — and everything to gain. A program that went 5-22 four seasons ago is now one game away from the Elite Eight.
With the days of back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2019 and 2021 now far in the rearview, after four bumpy losses, Virginia looks to claw back into conference contention
Virginia’s defense proved worthy of trust today — an early lead and excellent pitching helped the infield hold Pitt, among the best teams on the basepaths in the conference, to only one stolen base.
”Today was a tough one. We had some great opportunities, and we’re just not capitalizing on them,” LaMonica said. “We’ve got to execute things a little bit better in pressure moments. It’s just really what it’s coming down to.”
These three seniors — with no eligibility remaining — have unearthed an extra level of strength, determination and grit that has lifted the Cavaliers to glory.
I am a quitter. Or at least that is what I told myself when I hung up my headset after only two months of coxing on the Virginia men's rowing team.
The visitors soared into Charlottesville red-hot, having won three in a row. However, even a pleasant spring breeze and a sturdy defensive performance were not enough to fan the Flames — their streak was extinguished by the eighth victory in the last 10 games for the Cavaliers.
“Our coaching staff is thrilled with the energy, effort, and performance of our men tonight,” Coach Tiffany said. “We love challenges, and certainly playing two games in three days presents such a challenge.”
Just around the halfway mark of the 2026 NCAA softball seasons, No. 18 Virginia has not broken its stride after a 21-1 start.
