
Culpeper VDOT District Traffic Alert: March 2-6
The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

Behind six shutout innings from starting pitcher Nathan Kirby (Jr., Midlothian, Va.), the UVA baseball team downed Hartford, 5-1, Friday afternoon at The Ripken Experience’s Ebbets Field in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

No. 2 UVA (26-1, 14-1 ACC) hosts archrival Virginia Tech (10-18, 2-13 ACC) in a Commonwealth Clash game on Saturday (Feb. 28). Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 4 p.m.

VMI baseball fell victim to the weather once again Thursday, as the team announced the cancellation of another weekend series, this time against the Hofstra Pride.

The UVA women’s basketball team (16-12, 6-9 ACC) fell 72-70 at No. 15 North Carolina (23-6, 10-5 ACC) Thursday (Feb. 26) at Carmichael Arena.

The UVA baseball team heads to Myrtle Beach, S.C., this weekend for a trio of neutral-site games at The Ripken Experience. Ranked as high as No. 1 nationally, the Cavaliers (7-0) once again were forced to alter their regularly scheduled weekend round robin tournament because of inclement weather and field conditions in Charlottesville.

A UVA team whose offense had been missing in action over the past month traveled to Tobacco Road and struck gold Wednesday evening in a 70-34 annihilation of Wake Forest in Lawrence Joel Coliseum.

Plus-minus man: Evan Nolte once again led UVA in plus-minus, with a +27 in his 30 minutes on the floor in Virginia’s 70-34 win at Wake Forest on Wednesday.

Second-ranked UVA was 5-0 without All-America candidate Justin Anderson. Now the Cavs are 2-0 without starting point guard London Perrantes.

In a near-party-line vote, the Senate defeated Del. Rob Bell’s (R – Charlottesville) HB 2238, a bill to allow parents of some students with disabilities to spend taxpayer funds on alternative forms of education.
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