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Jared King (R-Sr., Radford, Va.) hit a walk-off single to score Branden Cogswell (So., Ballston Lake, N.Y.) with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the No. 7 Virginia baseball team to a 10-9 triumph over Old Dominion Wednesday night at Davenport Field. Down 7-2 in the sixth inning, Virginia (32-6) rallied to score its 14th come-from-behind win of the season.
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The teams combined to leave 27 runners on base in a game that lasted three hours, 58 minutes, but in the end, a long single by VCU Ram Jordan Weymouth scored Joey Cujas to give VCU a 5-4 win over the VMI Keydets in non-conference baseball action Wednesday at The Diamond in Richmond, Va. The contest was the series finale between the clubs, as the squads split the season series at two games apiece.
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Three pitchers combined to limit Longwood to five hits and JMU plated two unearned runs in the 10th inning to pull out a 6-4 win in a non-conference baseball game on Wednesday evening at Bolding Stadium.
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We talk a lot about agricultural exports here in Virginia. One reason is that we continue to break previous records for annual exports. I hope you all know that by now. I certainly mention it every chance I get.
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In keeping with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, WTA’s Gateway has engaged award-winning storyteller, Lynn Ruehlmann to perform her tale of Civil War spies. The performance will be at 7 pm at WTA’s Gateway, 329 West Main Street on Thursday, April 18. The program will feature the stories of Elizabeth Van Lew and Rose O’Neal Greenhow who used their wiles and skills to secure information for opposite sides in the war. Each story is a fascinating look at the role of women in the conflict that split the nation.
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William and Mary grabbed a 5-1 lead after one inning and finished a three-game sweep over James Madison with an 8-4 decision in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game Sunday afternoon at Plumeri Park.
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The fourth-ranked Virginia baseball team lost 3-2 at No. 17 Georgia Tech Sunday afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta. Played from start to finish in a steady rain, the game was called with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning because of poor field conditions.
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Scott Silverstein (R-Sr., Olney, Md) allowed a run and two hits over seven strong innings as the fourth-ranked Virginia baseball team cruised to a 7-2 victory at No. 17 Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta. Silverstein (6-0) struck out nine and walked two in tying his career-long effort as UVa. (31-5, 13-4 ACC) evened the series at a game apiece.
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The fourth-ranked Virginia baseball team lost the opening game of its ACC series at No. 17 Georgia Tech, 2-1, Friday evening at Russ Chandler Stadium in Atlanta. The loss was the first for Virginia (30-5, 12-4 ACC) in its opening game of a conference series this season.
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The Virginia Board of Health today approved permanent regulations that impose heavy burdens on women’s healthcare centers that provide safe, legal first-trimester abortion, along with vital reproductive health care and family planning services.
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