VCU falls in season finale

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After a scoreless 4 1/2 innings, VCU and UNC Wilmington combined to plate 15 runs during the final five frames, including a pair of key UNCW homers, and the Seahawks held on to defeat the Rams 9-7 Saturday afternoon in the finale of a three-game Colonial Athletic Association series at Brooks Field. Andrew Cain hit…

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…

Liberty edges VCU

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Virginia Commonwealth University held a 6-0 lead after two innings but Liberty rallied to tie the game with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth and went on to defeat the Rams 8-7 Tuesday evening at Worthington Field with three straight singles in the tenth. Trailing 7-4, Liberty (32-20) scored twice in…

SPI learners bring hope from 23 nations

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Those entering the opening session of Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) were handed felt markers and circles of fabric. Their assignment: “Tell what you bring here.” Faisa Loyaan’s contribution: “learning and sharing.” That Somalian guest’s response seemed typical among the 80 learners arriving from 23 nations for the annual gathering organized by EMU’s…

Conference will feature screenings, presentations on medical topics

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RMH Senior Advantage will hold its fourth annual Aging Gracefully Conference, promoting healthy living for those 55 and up, from 8 a.m.-noon May 17 at the Harrisonburg First Church of the Nazarene, 1871 Boyers Road. The event will include talks from physicians William Lennen, MD, RMH Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, on joint pain and advanced…

Longwood wins at JMU

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Longwood University took a 6-4 baseball road victory at James Madison University of the Colonial Athletic Association Tuesday night in Harrisonburg. The hard-earned triumph was the 900th career coaching win for veteran 33rd-year Lancers’ head coach Charles Buddy Bolding (900-492-4). The Lancers improved to 28-15 and were led by senior captains Brant Jones|Richmond (Monacan) and…

Richmond upsets #25 Charlotte

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Jacob Mayers homered in the third inning and Bret Williams scattered three hits with five strikeouts over seven shutout innings as Richmond took down No. 25 Charlotte, 3-0, Friday night at Hayes Stadium in Charlotte. For Richmond, its marks the program’s first win over a Top 25 team since a 2007 win over No. 10…

VCU prof: ‘We have to be vigilant’ in wake of Bin Laden death

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The news of the death of Osama Bin Laden has “reinvigorated the great spirit of this great country,” said William H. Parrish, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who served in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the George W. Bush administration. “But that day is now behind us, and now we have…