UVA Baseball Notebook: O’Connor going with Blanco in Game 1, Woolfolk in Game 2
Brian O’Connor spent the bulk of the spring hoping Jay Woolfolk would develop into being UVA’s #3 starter.
Brian O’Connor spent the bulk of the spring hoping Jay Woolfolk would develop into being UVA’s #3 starter.
Jacob Ference, the catcher/DH who has 17 homers and a 1.203 OPS for #12 Virginia this season, didn’t have an offer out of high school, ended up at D3 Salisbury, and didn’t exactly light it up there for a long while.
Henry Godbout had to miss three weeks in April with a foot injury. That took UVA’s second-best hitter out of the lineup, but it also got freshman Eric Becker a chance at regular at bats.
From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere in the past month.
A Cumberland County dog breeding facility reached a resolution today resulting in a record fine related to violations of the Animal Welfare and Clean Water Acts.
Virginia had a team ERA near 6.00 most of the season, but still earned a #12 national seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament because the offense averaged a shade under 10 runs a game with an OPS over 1.000 and a team-record 113 home runs.
A Senate committee has introduced legislation to make more funding available to support the mental and behavioral health of health care professionals.
Something unexpected happened: the Jay Woolfolk that O’Connor and UVA fans had been hoping to see in 2024 finally emerged.
Virginia (43-15, RPI: 11) meets up with Mississippi State (40-22, RPI: 22) on Sunday with a spot in the Super Regionals on the line for the ‘Hoos.
VDOT has updated its schedule for road work in the Culpeper District during the next week.
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