
Big comeback caps off Hillcats four-game sweep, 9-7
The Hillcats spoiled Jordan Guerrero’s Advanced-A debut by overcoming a seven-run deficit with nine unanswered runs to complete a four-game series sweep over the Winston-Salem Dash.

The Hillcats spoiled Jordan Guerrero’s Advanced-A debut by overcoming a seven-run deficit with nine unanswered runs to complete a four-game series sweep over the Winston-Salem Dash.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke those words in a charge to Allied soldiers on the eve of the invasion of Normandy. The plans for the invasion had been a year in the making, held close and secret, and Gen. Eisenhower wrote this speech to inspire troops as they finally faced the critical operation square on.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today that Virginia’s tourism revenues are expected to exceed $22.4 billion in 2014, a 4.1 percent increase over 2013.

The P-Nats (20-27-Overall, 11-12-Home) offense plated eight runs on 11 hits and six walks to overtake the Wilmington Blue Rocks (27-19-Overall, 8-10-Road) 8-3 on Thursday night at Pfitzner Stadium in Game Three of the Four-Game series.

AAA projects just over one million Virginians, (1,061, 134) will help make up the 37.2 million travelers, nationwide, who will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The UVA women’s lacrosse team (12-7, 4-3 ACC), the No. 7 seed in the 2015 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship, had its 2015 season come to an end with a 13-11 loss to Penn State (16-4, 4-1 Big Ten) in the tournament’s second-round on Sunday (May 10) at Klöckner Stadium.

The UVA women’s lacrosse team (12-6, 4-3 ACC), the No. 7 seed in the 2015 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship, earned an 18-6 victory over Winthrop (17-4, 6-1 Big South) on Friday (May 8) in the tournament’s first-round at Klöckner Stadium.

Lynchburg starter, Adam Plutko turned in another good outing on Sunday afternoon, but the Hillcats offense couldn’t get much going and Plutko took his second tough luck loss of the season.

The Hillcats trailed by four runs for most of the game, but three runs in the eighth with only one out gave the Lynchburg faithful hope.

Malcolm Brogdon (men’s basketball) and Morgan Brian (women’s soccer) were honored as the top UVA male and female athletes for the 2014-15 academic year at Virginia’s annual awards dinner on Wednesday (April 29) at John Paul Jones Arena.
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