The Cavaliers face Arizona State Thursday for the chance to earn a No. 10 seed and play No. 7 Georgia Saturday.
“Everybody wants to compete for national championships and being in that field is just a blessing,” Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton said. “I'm just really happy for our players that we were able to do enough to get there.”
Weatherspoon’s first at-bat resulted in a booming home run into the left field bleachers. That plate appearance summed up the afternoon — a 10-5 beatdown of rival Virginia Tech.
Three beat writers discuss Virginia’s regular-season and postseason outlook, as the Cavaliers await the selection committee’s decision on Selection Sunday, March 15.
College baseball is a volatile sport. Just this Wednesday, Virginia got mercy ruled by a mid-major team in a midweek contest. Fast forward to this weekend, and the Cavaliers (13-3, 2-1 ACC) just won two of three games against No. 8 North Carolina in their house.
“I’m hopeful that the season is not over, and that we will be in the NCAA Tournament, because I think we deserve to [be in the bracket]” Agugua-Hamilton said.
A clean outing by the pitching staff was essential — and the Cavalier arms largely delivered. Freshman Jayden Stroman allowed Charlotte’s only run off of a wild pitch, but the 49ers did not score for the rest of the evening.
But before these ACC foes give battle, one must first understand the importance of this matchup, by traveling back to the previous one.
In front of what could be a raucous crowd at John Paul Jones Arena, the Cavaliers can make significant bounds towards breaking a lengthy NCAA Tournament drought.
“I thought it was our most complete performance of the year,” Coach Chris Pollard said. “I thought our approach in the first inning was good, but I thought with two outs in the first, our approach was elite, and stayed on the gas and continued to push runs across.”
