
UVA’s Kirby, Howard named to All-America baseball team
UVA’s Nathan Kirby (So., Midlothian, Va.) and Nick Howard (Jr., Olney, Md.) were named to the 2014 Louisville Slugger All-America Team, announced Thursday by Collegiate Baseball.

UVA’s Nathan Kirby (So., Midlothian, Va.) and Nick Howard (Jr., Olney, Md.) were named to the 2014 Louisville Slugger All-America Team, announced Thursday by Collegiate Baseball.

The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame will be making a stop in Staunton for its annual Virginia Tour Golf Tournament. This year’s tournament will be held at the Club at Ironwood in Staunton, Virginia on Thursday, June 12.

We’ve already looked at the question of whether #3 national seed UVA baseball has enough pitching to get to the 2014 College World Series. Now to the question that has vexed Virginia fans and ‘Hoos coach Brian O’Connor all season long: is there enough hitting there to get UVA to Omaha?

Virginia sophomore Danielle Collins (St. Petersburg, Fla.) defeated Cal’s Lynn Chi 6-2, 7-5 to win the NCAA Singles championship on Sunday (May 26) at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia.

UVA (44-13) will be the #3 national seed in the 2014 NCAA Baseball Tournament, and will host Bucknell, Liberty and Arkansas this weekend in regional play in Charlottesville, Va.

As we observe Memorial Day, we remember with gratitude all of those brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives while defending our great nation.

The NCAA announced today that Charlottesville, Va., has been selected as one of 16 regional host sites for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Using a Virginia Department of Forestry tree seedling, a team of scientists from across the nation has decoded the genome of a loblolly pine tree. With 22 Billion base pairs, this is the largest genome ever sequenced (in comparison, the human genome has 3 Billion base pairs).

This Memorial Day weekend, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that nearly 70 US veterans will kill themselves. According to the DVA Veteran Suicides 2012 Report, 22 former servicemembers commit suicide every day on average, a number that is growing.

Motorists hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend will continue to see prices moving a little lower at the gas pump. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline Friday is $3.66, up a penny in the last week.
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