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Matthew J. Lohr, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, accepted the gavel June 12 as president of the Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
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Virginia’s Mike Papi (So., Tunkhannock, Pa.) and Kyle Crockett (Jr., Poquoson, Va.) each earned All-America honors Wednesday from a pair of national organizations. Papi was named a First-Team All-American by Baseball America, while Crockett was tabbed a Third-Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
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The Harrisonburg Campus of National College announced the graduates in the class of 2013.
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Two weather delays that lasted a total of 18 hours and 25 minutes moved the conclusion of game two of the 2013 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional to Monday afternoon where Mississippi State averted ninth inning heroics by Virginia, holding onto a 6-5 win in front of a sellout crowd of 4,956 at Davenport Field.
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The second game of the 2013 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional at Davenport Field was suspended Sunday evening because of inclement weather. UVa.’s game with Mississippi State was delayed in the bottom of the seventh inning with MSU holding a 5-3 lead.
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Mississippi State collected 20 hits to grab an 11-6 win over Virginia and take a 1-0 lead in the 2013 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional Saturday before a sell-out crowd of 4,956 at Davenport Field.
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The Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) presented the organization’s Distinguished Service Award to two statewide legends in the field of athletic communications. Rich Murray of the University of Virginia and Dave Smith of Virginia Tech received the honor at VaSID’s annual meeting on June 6 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference released Virginia football’s 12-year schedule for its rotating division crossover conference opponents on Tuesday.
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The Virginia baseball team will play host to Mississippi State Saturday through Monday (June 8-10) in the 2013 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional at Davenport Field. The teams will play at 1 p.m. Saturday (June 8),7 p.m. Sunday (June 9) and 4 p.m. Monday (June 10), if necessary.
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LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, based in Charlottesville, is where photographic legends and today’s most influential picture makers converge each summer for “three days of peace, love, and photography.”
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