
#26 Clemson blanks JMU baseball, 8-0
Clemson starter Zack Erwin turned in a complete game shutout and the Tigers pulled away with four runs in the eighth inning to complete an 8-0 victory over JMU on Friday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

Clemson starter Zack Erwin turned in a complete game shutout and the Tigers pulled away with four runs in the eighth inning to complete an 8-0 victory over JMU on Friday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.

UVa. women’s tennis standouts Julia Elbaba (Oyster Bay, N.Y.), Danielle Collins (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Stephanie Nauta (Galveston, Texas) and Rachel Pierson (Princeton, N.J.) have been selected for the 2014 NCAA Individual Championships, held May 21-26 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia.

The UVa. men’s tennis team had three individuals selected to compete in the 2014 NCAA Singles Championship, to be held May 21-26 at the Dan Magill Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Georgia.

Eight JMU pitchers combined to limit Maryland to seven hits in a 6-3 non-conference baseball victory on Tuesday afternoon at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium/Shipley Field.

For the fifth consecutive year, both the UVa. men’s and women’s tennis teams will host NCAA Tournament first and second round play at the Snyder Tennis Center. The women’s regional will be Friday-Saturday, May 9-10, while the men’s regional is set for Saturday-Sunday, May 10-11.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe and the Board of Education announced that 212 schools and four school divisions earned 2014 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) awards for advanced learning and achievement.

Hearing Healthcare of Virginia is sponsoring a Free Hearing Screening Day on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at its six locations across the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia – Charlottesville, Covington, Culpeper, Fishersville, Harrisonburg and Lexington.

Have you ever wondered, “Who really was Thomas Jefferson?” Many know him to have been a politician and one of our most memorable presidents, but he was also a brilliant student, scholar, lawyer, bibliophile, planter, architect, family man, farmer, founding father, statesman, governor, scientist, and philosopher.

The No. 1-ranked UVa. baseball team wraps up its April schedule on Tuesday (April 29) with a 7 p.m. game against Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va.

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