Miami TE transfers to UR, will be eligible in 2011

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Head football coach Latrell Scott has announced that University of Miami TE Andrew Tallman has signed a grant-in-aid and will enroll at the University of Richmond for the Fall 2011 semester. Tallman is immediately eligible with four years to play for the Spiders. Tallman (pronounced “tall-man”) a native of Carthage, N.Y., who stands 6-foot-5 and…

#3 UVa. run-rules Wake in ACC Tournament opener

Chris Graham

Behind a 15-hit attack from its offense and 6.1 strong innings from starting pitcher Tyler Wilson (Sr., Midlothian, Va.), the Virginia baseball team defeated Wake Forest, 13-1 in seven innings, Wednesday afternoon at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in the teams’ first game of the ACC Baseball Championship. The game was called after six-and-a-half innings because…

Hultzen ACC pitcher of the year, O’Connor coach of the year

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Seven members of the Virginia baseball team have been named to the 2011 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team, announced Monday by the league office after voting from the 12 conference coaches. With seven All-ACC honorees, UVa tied a program record which was set in 2010. Virginia nabbed two of the conference’s major awards, as Danny Hultzen…

UNC completes sweep of #1 UVa.

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No. 13 North Carolina scored three times in the fifth inning and held on to post a 3-2 win over the No. 1 Virginia baseball team Saturday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium as the Tar Heels finished off a three-game series sweep. The Cavaliers were swept in an ACC series for the first time since April…

#13 UNC clinches series with 2-1 win over #1 UVa., Hultzen

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No. 13 North Carolina scratched across two runs in the eighth inning to rally and defeat the No. 1-ranked Virginia baseball team, 2-1, on Friday night at Boshamer Stadium. UNC (43-12, 19-10) clinched the series, marking the Cavaliers’ first series loss this season and breaking a streak of 15 straight ACC series wins, dating to…

JMU opens with shutout win

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Four James Madison pitchers combined to limit Northeastern to six hits in a 5-0 shutout to open a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series Thursday afternoon at Friedman Diamond. JMU improved to a season-best 18 games over .500 at 35-17. The Dukes also won their eighth consecutive CAA game to improve to 19-9 in the league….

St. Joe's wins slugfest with UR

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Phil Ruzbarsky launched a grand slam home run in the sixth inning to give Richmond an 8-7 lead, but Saint Joseph’s answered right back with five runs and hung on for an 11-7 win Thursday in the opener of a three-game series at Campbell’s Field in Camden, N.J. Ruzbarsky’s bomb – his third in as…

JMU completes sweep of Towson

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Senior left-hander Alex Valadja (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Catholic) limited Towson to one run in six innings and the bottom of the order did most of the damage in James Madison’s 11-1 Colonial Athletic Association baseball victory Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. With its seventh straight conference victory, JMU clinched a spot in…

#1 UVa. rallies to knock off #16 Miami, takes series

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Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.) worked into the eighth inning in an outstanding pitching performance, and the No. 1-ranked Virginia baseball team scored four runs in the seventh inning in a 5-4 victory over No. 16 Miami Sunday afternoon in front of a season-high 4,700 fans at Davenport Field. Virginia honored its six fourth-year student-athletes…