
Field hockey: No. 4 Virginia falls 8-3 to No. 3 North Carolina
The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team (8-2, 2-2 ACC) fell 8-3 to No. 3 North Carolina (10-1, 3-1 ACC) on Friday (Oct. 2) at Turf Field in Charlottesville, N.C.

The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team (8-2, 2-2 ACC) fell 8-3 to No. 3 North Carolina (10-1, 3-1 ACC) on Friday (Oct. 2) at Turf Field in Charlottesville, N.C.

The No. 4 Virginia field hockey team (8-0, 2-0 ACC) earned a 4-2 victory over William & Mary (4-4, 0-0 CAA) on Monday (Sept. 21) at University Hall Turf Field in Charlottesville, Va.

The No. 6 Virginia field hockey team (6-0, 1-0 ACC) closed out its weekend road trip with a 1-0 victory at Miami (Ohio) on Sunday, Sept. 13 in Oxford, Ohio.

Today, three Democratic Senate candidates launched TV ads in the Richmond, Washington and Hampton Roads media markets.

1B Grant DeBruin hammered a three-run home run off the third tier of signage in straight away left field to give the Nationals (64-71-Overall, 33-33-Home, 31-34-Second Half) an eventual rubber match 4-2 win over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (78-55-Overall, 39-37-Road, 37-27-Second Half) at Pfitzner Stadium on Thursday night.

Virginia Tech defensive tackle Luther Maddy was added this week to the the 2015 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List, joining teammates Ken Ekanem and Dadi Lhomme Nicolas, who had both earlier named to the watch list.

The Virginia Municipal League announced on Monday the winners of its annual achievement awards for excellence in local government.

Myrtle Beach scored a run in each the third and fourth innings as Brad Markey held the Hillcats scoreless to hand Lynchburg a 2-0 defeat in the rubber match of the series on Sunday night at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark.

Lynchburg plated just one run on a solo homer by Joe Sever, but Myrtle Beach pitching held the Hillcats’ offense in check as the Pelicans took a 4-1 victory on Saturday night at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark.

Lynchburg scored seven runs over the final three frames to win 7-3 over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Friday night at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark. The victory was the fourth straight for the Hillcats against the Pelicans.
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