The Stakes: An NCAA bid for Tech baseball?
It’s possible, but there’s a big if facing the Virginia Tech baseball program this weekend, in the form of a three-game series at North Carolina.
If … Virginia Tech (34-18, 11-16 ACC) can steal a series win in Chapel Hill, not only are the Hokies golden for a spot in next week’s ACC Tournament, but they might just be in line to punch a ticket to the NCAAs.
The other side of the if … if UNC (39-13, 19-8 ACC) holds serve and sweeps Tech, the Hokies might face the prospect of not even making the ACC Tournament, which would deal a body blow to the squad’s hopes of playing in the NCAA Tourney. Read more
#11 UVa. women fall in ACC semis to #3 UNC
The fourth-seeded and 11th-ranked Virginia women’s lacrosse team was defeated by No. 1 seed and No. 3 ranked North Carolina, 14-6, in the semifinals of the 2012 ACC Tournament on Saturday (April 21) at Koskinen Stadium.
The loss dropped Virginia’s record to 11-6 while North Carolina improved to 14-2.
Senior attacker Josie Owen (Gibson Island, Md.) scored her sixth hat trick of the season with three goals and added two assists for five of Virginia’s eight points. Read more
#4 UVa. men’s lax falls in ACC semis
Steele Stanwick tallied seven points to break the UVa career point record held by Dough Knight (249), but it wasn’t enough as the No. 4 Virginia Cavaliers (10-3) fell to the No. 9 North Carolina Tar Heels (10-4) in the semifinal round of the ACC Championship on Friday night, 11-9, inside Klöckner Stadium. Now with 253 career points, Stanwick is tied with Gary Gait for No. 27 all-time in NCAA Division I points.
Colin Briggs started quickly for the Cavaliers, scoring 32 seconds into the game to give UVa a 1-0 lead. North Carolina scored back-to-back goals by Ryan Creighton and Jimmy Bitter to stake the Tar Heels to a 2-1 advantage with 4:26 left in the first quarter. Read more
#8 UNC completes sweep of #23 UVa.
No. 8 North Carolina scored four runs in the first inning and never trailed in downing the No. 23 Virginia baseball team 5-3 Sunday afternoon at Davenport Field. The Sunday attendance of 4,422 gave UVa a weekend total of 13,675, the most in program history for a regular-season series.
With the win the Tar Heels (27-9, 12-6 ACC) swept the three-game series and became the first ACC team to sweep the Cavaliers at Davenport Field since Georgia Tech from May 9-11, 2003.
Brandon Downes (Fr., South Plainfield, N.J.) went 3-for-3 and scored twice off the bench for Virginia (23-13-1, 9-9). Stephen Bruno (Jr., Audubon, N.J.) homered and knocked in a pair of runs for the Cavaliers. Read more
#8 UNC tops #23 UVa. before record baseball crowd
The No. 23 Virginia baseball team fell 6-2 to No. 8 North Carolina Saturday afternoon in front of a sold-out, school-record crowd of 5,074 at Davenport Field. The attendance figure snapped the previous record of 5,050, set five times during the 2011 NCAA Tournament.
The attendance figure also topped the regular-season school record of 4,825, set on May 16, 2010, against North Carolina. With the win UNC (26-9, 11-6 ACC) clinched the series and snapped Virginia’s streak of 16-consecutive ACC home series wins, which dated to March 2009.
The series finale is slated for 1 p.m. Sunday. Approximately 1,500 tickets remain for the game; fans are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance at VirginiaSports.com. The Davenport Field ticket windows open at 11 a.m. Sunday. Read more
#23 UVa. drops extra-inning duel with #8 UNC
Jacob Stallings hit a solo home run in the 10th inning to lift No. 8 North Carolina to a 2-1 win over the No. 23 Virginia baseball team Friday evening at Davenport Field. The UNC victory snapped UVa’s 15-game home winning streak.
North Carolina upped its record to 25-9 (10-6 ACC), while Virginia slipped to 23-11-1 (9-7 ACC).
The contest was a pitchers’ duel throughout. Both starting pitchers were excellent while receiving no decisions. Virginia starter Branden Kline (Jr., Frederick, Md.) worked 6.0 innings while tying a career high with 10 strikeouts. He allowed just an earned run, five hits and three walks. North Carolina starter Kent Emanuel fired 8.0 innings, giving up one earned run, three hits and three walks while fanning seven. Read more
#1 UVa. men’s lax takes down #9 UNC
Nine different Cavaliers scored at least one goal to help No. 1 Virginia (10-1, 2-0 ACC) to a key league road victory over the No. 9 North Carolina Tar Heels (8-4, 1-2 ACC) on Saturday afternoon, in front of 5,138 fans at Fetzer Field. The attendance was the largest crowd to watch a lacrosse game at Fetzer Field since 1991.
With the win, UVa cinches no worse than the No. 2 seed for the ACC Tournament, hosted by the Cavaliers on April 20 and 22. Friday’s home game with Duke will determine the league tournament’s No. 1 seed. Read more
