Super! UVa. bests ECU
Virginia won the Charlottesville Regional with a 13-1 victory over East Carolina in the championship game Sunday night before 5,050 fans at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers, the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, advance to the NCAA Super Regional round for the third consecutive season as they also recorded their school-record 52nd victory of the season.
Virginia will play the winner of the Los Angeles Regional, either UCLA or UC Irvine, in the NCAA Super Regionals next weekend. Dates and times will be announced on Monday night. Read more
JMU falls to UNC, ousted from NCAAs
North Carolina pulled away from a tie game after five innings to defeat James Madison 9-3 to win the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional and advance to the super regional round on Sunday night at Boshamer Stadium.
UNC, the overall No. 3 seed nationally and ranked 10th, swept through the regional by a three-game combined score of 27-3 to reach its fifth super regional in the last six years. The Tar Heels improved to 48-14 and will host the winner of the Fullerton Regional next weekend. Read more
JMU earns rematch with UNC
Junior right-hander Evan Scott (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) worked 7 1/3 innings and James Madison used a four-run second inning to defeat Maine 5-2 and advance to the championship round of the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional on Sunday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium.
JMU (42-18), ranked 28th by Collegiate Baseball, bounced back from its first loss in 11 games on Saturday night to eliminate Maine (32-23). The Dukes advance in the regional to face 10th-ranked and national No. 3 seed North Carolina at 6 p.m. Sunday night. The Tar Heels shut out the Dukes 14-0 Saturday. Read more
#1 UVa. blasts St. John’s
Virginia improved to 2-0 in the Charlottesville Regional with a 10-2 win over St. John’s on Saturday night before a Davenport Field record crowd of 5,050. The Cavaliers, the No. 1 national seed, tied the school record with their 51st win of the season. UVa advances to the regional championship game at 6 p.m. Sunday. St. John’s and East Carolina will play an elimination game at 1 p.m. Sunday to determine the Cavaliers’ opponent. Fewer than 800 tickets remain for the 6 p.m. championship game.
Danny Hultzen picked up the win for Virginia, striking out 12 batters while allowing one run on three hits in seven innings of work. Hultzen, who improved to 11-3 this season, set a new school record with 148 strikeouts this season, breaking the record of 146 set by Tim Burcham in 1985. Read more
JMU falls at #3 UNC
Senior right-hander Patrick Johnson struck out 11 over eight innings and North Carolina blew open a 4-0 game with a seven-run seventh en route to a 14-0 shutout victory in game four of the NCAA Regional in Chapel Hill on Saturday night at Boshamer Stadium.
UNC, ranked 10th nationally by Collegiate Baseball and the overall No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, improved to 47-14 and advanced to Sunday’s 6 p.m. regional championship game. Meanwhile, 28th-ranked JMU saw the nation’s longest winning streak come to an end at 10 games while falling to 41-18. The Dukes will battle Maine in a 1 p.m. elimination game on Sunday after the Black Bears beat FIU 4-1 to open the day. Read more
Roberts dominant in 6-0 UVa. NCAA win
In the opening game of the Charlottesville Regional, Virginia defeated Navy 6-0 on Friday afternoon at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers, the No. 1 national seed, opened regional play with a win for the fifth time in the past six years.
Will Roberts picked up the win for Virginia, striking out a career-high 14 batters in a complete game four-hit shutout. He improved to 11-1 this season. Ben Nelson, who allowed six runs on nine hits in 6.1 innings, took the loss to fall to 6-6 this season. Read more
JMU rallies for win in NCAA opener
James Madison charged ahead with a six-run seventh inning and sophomore D.J. Brown (Locust Grove, Va./Orange County) allowed three hits in 7 1/3 innings of relief in an 11-7 victory over FIU on Friday afternoon at North Carolina’s Boshamer Stadium.
JMU, ranked 28th nationally by Collegiate Baseball, ran the nation’s longest winning streak to 10 games to improve to 41-17. The Dukes, the regional’s No. 3 seed, advance to face the winner of Friday night’s game between No. 1 UNC and No. 4 Maine. No. 2 FIU, ranked 20th by Baseball America, fell to 40-19-1 and meets the losing team at 1 p.m. Saturday. Read more
