
UVA baseball drops series opener at Virginia Tech, 2-1
Virginia Tech walked off with a 2-1 win over the Virginia baseball team Friday afternoon in the opener of a three-game ACC series at English Field.

Virginia Tech walked off with a 2-1 win over the Virginia baseball team Friday afternoon in the opener of a three-game ACC series at English Field.

The UVA baseball team travels to Virginia Tech this weekend for a three-game ACC series at English Field. The teams are slated to play at noon Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

Cynthia Pritchard, the CEO of United Way of Greater Augusta, met with staff from the offices of Virginia’s senators and Congress in Washington, D.C. on March 3 to help working families who may be struggling to make ends meet in the Shenandoah Valley.

The UVA baseball team suffered a 14-5 setback to Old Dominion Wednesday evening in the Cavaliers’ home opener at Davenport Field. Matt Thaiss (So., Jackson, N.J.) homered and doubled in the losing effort for Virginia (12-2).

Novelist and short story writer Vic Sizemore creates characters who grapple with issues of faith, engage in deep soul-searching journeys, and try to reconcile the rock-solid tenets learned in childhood with the flint-edged and sometimes scarring questions of adulthood.

The UVA baseball team again will try for its home opener, as the Cavaliers take on Old Dominion at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Davenport Field.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday that a one-time extension will be provided to producers for the new safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC).

A new Virginia Commonwealth University scholarship is providing three people who took college classes while incarcerated at the Richmond City Justice Center with the opportunity to continue their education at VCU.

Governor Terry McAuliffe honored 13 Virginia educators as recipients of the 29th annual Outstanding Faculty Award (OFA) for excellence in teaching, research, and public service.

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