
#1 UVa. survives scare from #16 Coastal Carolina, 70-59
A #1 seed has never lost to a #16 seed. That fact was weighing upon East Regional top seed UVa. as it dealt with an unexpected big first-half deficit to #16 seed Coastal Carolina.

A #1 seed has never lost to a #16 seed. That fact was weighing upon East Regional top seed UVa. as it dealt with an unexpected big first-half deficit to #16 seed Coastal Carolina.

Postgame notes and quotes from the press conferences with UVa, coach Tony Bennett, Coastal Carolina coach Cliff Ellis and players from both teams following #1 Virginia’s 70-59 win over CCU on Friday in the NCAA Tournament.

Eric Mayers went 4 for 4 with his second home run of the year and fell just a triple shy of the cycle while pacing a 17-hit attack, as the VMI Keydets downed the Presbyterian College Blue Hose, 15-2, in the opener of a Big South baseball series Friday at Gray-Minor Stadium.

Jake Roberts, who will be appearing on a Maryland Championship Wrestling card in Joppa, Md., on Saturday, said he owes his life to DIamond Dallas Page, who has made it a point in his retirement to help push fellow grapplers on the brink into rehab.

The Staunton Augusta Art Center announces details for the annual Summer Studio art day camp for ages 4-5, 6-8, 9-12. Students’ hands-on projects are created in the context of the creative process, art history, art theory, the development of art skills, and fun.

VMI will host a second round game of the College Insider.com Postseason Basketball Tournament (CIT) against IPFW Saturday at Cameron Hall. Tipoff is 1 pm.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced today that the Richmond Ballet, The State Ballet of Virginia, has accepted an invitation to perform at the 15th annual ‘Meet in Beijing’ Arts Festival in Beijing, China at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in May 2015.

UVa-Wise defensive coordinator Justin Hamilton resigned his position with the football program on Tuesday to accept a position at VMI.

D.J. Covington poured in a career-high 37 points, leading a 93-point combined effort from VMI’s top three scorers as the Keydets defeated the Canisius College Golden Griffins, 111-100, in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) Tuesday night at the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

The first night games in program history highlight the 2014 schedule for the Bridgewater Eagles football team in head coach Michael Clark’s 20th season at the helm of the program.
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