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The streak is over. Gas prices dropped this week, by 0.33 cents per gallon on Tuesday, marking the first nationwide drop since Jan. 26, 2012. Prices at the pump have been on an almost relentless rise since the end of the Labor Day weekend, with the national average price setting all-time records for prices in…
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Jeremy Banks hit two home runs, including a tie-breaking three-run shot in the eighth inning, helping the Youngstown State Penguins defeat the VMI Keydets, 10-2, Sunday afternoon at Gray-Minor Stadium. After Banks’ first inning home run, the combination of starter Jeremy Brown and reliever Travis Thomas had kept the Penguins (1-12) off the scoreboard into…
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Standout performances by Devon Brown, Reagan Miller and tournament MVP Avery Warley led No. 1 seed Liberty to a come-from-behind 81-73 victory over No. 2 seed High Point in Sunday afternoon’s Big South Women’s Basketball Championship title game. The hard-fought win inside High Point’s Millis Center wrapped up the Lady Flames’ 14th Big South title…
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Nate Irving (Fr., Yonkers, N.Y.) hit a walk-off infield single with two outs in the ninth inning to cap a rally from three runs down as the Virginia baseball team topped Virginia Tech, 6-5, Sunday at Davenport Field. UVa trailed 5-2 in the eighth inning before scoring two runs in each of the final two…
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Rob Dickinson went 3 for 3 with two RBI, and Gary LeClair was 2 for 4 with three runs driven in as the VMI Keydets defeated the Youngstown State Penguins, 11-3, Saturday afternoon at Gray-Minor Stadium. LeClair had the key hit in VMI’s three-run second inning, an uprising that put the Keydets in front for…
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In a back-and-forth contest, UNCW pushed in front with two runs in the fifth, padded the lead with two more in the seventh and held on in the ninth inning to defeat James Madison 8-7 in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game Saturday afternoon at Brooks Field. UNCW improved to 5-9 overall and 2-0 in…
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Bridgewater College opened its ODAC schedule Saturday afternoon by taking both games of a doubleheader from Virginia Wesleyan. The Eagles won the first game 10-3 and then took Game 2 by a score of 4-1. Kevin Chandler pitched a complete game in the opener to lead the Eagles to the victory. Chandler allowed three runs,…
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Mitchell Shifflett (So., Midlothian, Va.) hit a two-out single in the eighth inning to score Nate Irving (Fr., Yonkers, N.Y.) and break a 3-all tie, lifting the Virginia baseball team to a 4-3 triumph over visiting Virginia Tech Saturday afternoon at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers (8-5-1, 1-1 ACC) staged a two-out rally in the eighth…
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Sophomore forward C.J. Leslie scored 19 points and had a game-high 14 rebounds to lead NC State to a 67-64 victory over Virginia in a quarterfinal game in the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Friday afternoon (March 9) at Philips Arena. Leslie made nine of 11 field goal attempts in the game. Sophomore guard…
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Jacob Morley had three hits, including a tie-breaking single in the fifth, and Andrew Montague homered to lead the VMI Keydets past the Youngstown State Penguins, 9-4, in non-conference baseball action Friday at Gray-Minor Stadium. With the teams locked in a 3-3, fifth-inning tie, Matt Winn reached on an error with one out. Gary LeClair…
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