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Second-seeded VCU started fast and held on late to earn its seventh trip in the last 11 years to the title game of Virginia 529 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship with a 74-64 win over No. 3 seed George Mason on Sunday afternoon at the Richmond Coliseum. The Rams scored the first 22 points of the…
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Junior catcher Bradley Shaban (Midlothian, Va./Cosby) lifted a two-run home run to right to give James Madison the walk-off 7-5 victory and complete a weekend series sweep of Lafayette on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU improved to 5-5-1 for the season with the sweep and 5-3 on its current 10-game…
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Cedric Williams scored a career-high 22 points, and Keith Rendlemen added 14 as the duo powered ninth-seeded UNCW past eighth-seeded James Madison, 70-59, in the opening game of the 2012 Virginia 529 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship. UNCW (10-20) notched its first victory in the conference championship since 2008 and advances to Saturday’s quarterfinals against top-seeded…
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The Richmond Circuit Court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by six Virginia residents that sought to have the court draw Virginia’s congressional districts for the upcoming elections. The court found that the 2012 General Assembly had the power to draw new congressional districts, and therefore, the plaintiffs’ suit had to be dismissed.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference released the 2012 football schedules for the league’s 12 schools today. Virginia’s slate features 12 regular-season games, including seven home contests and a Thursday night appearance on ESPN. Starting times for all contests and the home game designated for Homecomings will be announced at a later date. “Our schedule will be…
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The Virginia baseball team finished off a three-game series sweep over Monmouth Sunday afternoon with a 13-1 win at Davenport Field. Whit Mayberry (Jr., Alexandria, Va.) pitched six shutout innings, and the Cavaliers (5-1-1) pounded out 18 hits to support him. Virginia outscored Monmouth (3-3) 37-6 in the series. Reed Gragnani (Jr., Richmond, Va.) went…
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The George Mason men’s basketball team closed out the 2011-12 regular season on Saturday night, falling 89-77 to Colonial Athletic Association rival VCU at the Siegel Center. Mason (23-8, 14-4) suffered its first double-digit loss in conference this season, earning the third seed in next week’s conference tournament. The Rams (25-6, 15-3) avenged a one-point…
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Scott Silverstein (Sr., Olney, Md.) pitched seven innings of one-run baseball as the Virginia baseball team notched a 7-1 triumph over Monmouth Saturday afternoon at Davenport Field. Silverstein (1-0) struck out a career-high eight batters while limiting the Hawks to three hits in the longest outing of his UVa career. Virginia (4-1-1) goes for the…
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Big innings carried Bucknell to a doubleheader sweep, fighting from behind to top James Madison 8-6 in the opener and taking game two convincingly 22-6 in non-conference baseball action on Saturday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. Bucknell improved to 3-2 for the season while JMU dropped to 2-4-1. The Bison used a…
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EMU made a pair of game-tying three pointers in the final 10 seconds of regulation, but it wasn’t enough as the Runnin Royals bowed out of the ODAC Tournament in overtime Friday night, falling 99-91 to Randolph-Macon. The men nearly pulled an upset in the two/seven game of the quarterfinals, but lost to the second-seeded…
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