McDonnell pushes immigration enforcement

Chris Graham

On May 12, 2011, after months of delay and inaction by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, Gov. Bob McDonnell wrote Secretary Janet Napolitano requesting immediate approval of the Commonwealth’s application for the Virginia Department of State Police to be granted limited immigration enforcement authority under a 287(g) agreement,…

Draft Roundup: Five ‘Hoos, two Dukes, lead local MLB Draft selections

Chris Graham

Five Virginia baseball players were selected Tuesday in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Rounds two through 30 were conducted Tuesday; Virginia’s Danny Hultzen (Jr., Bethesda, Md.) was selected in the first round Monday. Virginia had three of its starting pitchers selected in the first 10 rounds, as Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.) and…

UR falls in A-10 final

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Richmond seized an early lead and rallied late, but No. 1 Charlotte claimed its fourth Atlantic 10 baseball championship in six years by beating the No. 5 Spiders, 9-4, Saturday at Campbell’s Field in Camden, N.J. Senior Mike Mergenthaler doubled twice and scored for Richmond, which ended the 2011 season at 29-27-2 as the Spiders…

UR stays alive in A-10 Tourney

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Sophomore Jacob Mayers fired Richmond’s third-consecutive complete game with a career-high 11 strikeouts as No. 5 Richmond advanced to the 2011 Atlantic 10 Championship game with a 7-2 win over No. 2 Rhode Island Friday night at Campbell’s Field in Camden, N.J. The Spiders will have to beat top-seeded Charlotte twice Saturday to claim the…

JMU cruises past Georgia State in CAA Tourney opener

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Junior left-hander Sean Tierney (Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill) tossed a five-hit shutout to lift James Madison past Georgia State 4-0 in the first game of the 2011 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Championship on Thursday afternoon at Brooks Field. JMU, ranked 30th nationally by Collegiate Baseball newspaper, extended its winning streak to seven games and won its…

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

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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…

D.C. United Women begin new tradition tonight with first match in franchise history

D.C. United Women open their inaugural United Soccer Leagues W-League season on Wednesday, when they travel to New Jersey to take on the New Jersey Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. at Lions’ Stadium on the campus of The College of New Jersey. United head coach Mike Jorden and his squad will attempt to earn their first-ever…

Radford advances in Big South Tournament

Chris Graham

Radford starter Eddie Butler tossed seven scoreless innings and closer Abram Williams picked up his Big South single-season record 17th save as the No. 6 seeded Highlanders defeated No. 7 seed VMI, 3-1, in Game 1 of the 2011 Royal Purple Big South Baseball Championship presented by Triangle Rent A Car, May 24 at Gray-Minor…