
#18 Virginia rallies to top Yale, win series
No. 18 Virginia (8-4) scored six runs in the seventh inning and took the weekend series against Yale (1-6) with a 7-6, comeback win at Disharoon Park. The Cavaliers improved to 6-3 at home this season.

No. 18 Virginia (8-4) scored six runs in the seventh inning and took the weekend series against Yale (1-6) with a 7-6, comeback win at Disharoon Park. The Cavaliers improved to 6-3 at home this season.

Virginia’s Tony Bennett was named 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, Isaiah Wilkins (Lilburn, Ga.) was named Defensive Player of the Year and De’Andre Hunter (Philadelphia, Pa.) was named Sixth Man of the Year, announced by the ACC on Sunday (March 4).

Top-ranked Virginia (27-2, 16-1 ACC) closes out the regular-season by hosting Notre Dame (18-12, 8-9 ACC) during Senior Day on Saturday, March 3. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena (14,623) is set for 4 p.m.

In one of the wildest finishes imaginable, Virginia (6-3) walked off with a 4-3 victory in 11 innings over William & Mary (1-8) and threw its sixth no-hitter in program history in the process.

Devon Hall (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Nigel Johnson (Ashburn, Va.) were named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Men’s Basketball Team, announced Wednesday (Feb. 28) by Commissioner John Swofford.

No. 20 Virginia (5-3) won its third-straight game, outlasting VMI, 10-9 at Davenport Field. The Keydets had a furious comeback halted by closer Bennett Sousa (North Palm Beach, Fla.) who recorded his second save of the season.

Virginians from coastal communities on the Eastern Shore to Virginia Beach are joining lawmakers from the Commonwealth in standing up to the Trump Administration and its plans to open our coast to offshore drilling.

Governor Ralph Northam introduced legislation that would bring Virginia into compliance with management decisions made by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) with respect to menhaden fishing.

The Senate of Virginia passed Senate Bill 966 in a vote of 26-13 on Friday. SB966, introduced by Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach) is a radical restructuring of how monopoly utilities like Dominion Energy Virginia are regulated in Virginia.

The Clean Virginia Project is a new initiative to defend Virginia consumers and small business owners from the political stranglehold of Dominion Energy.
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