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The Winthrop Eagles scored three times in the seventh inning, highlighted by a two-run home run from TJ Olesczuk, and went on to defeat the VMI Keydets 7-4 in the second game of a Big South doubleheader Saturday at Gray-Minor Stadium. With the win, Winthrop (11-22, 4-5 Big South) completes the doubleheader sweep of VMI…
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Senior first baseman Evan Scott (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) and sophomore third baseman Conner Brown (Richmond, Va./Godwin) paced a James Madison offense that scored 12 unanswered runs in the middle innings to top Northeasetern 14-6 in the opening game of a Colonial Athletic Association series on Friday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. JMU snapped…
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Tim Kaine released his economic agenda on Wednesday as he embarked on a two-week tour of Virginia. The roadmap includes strategic initiatives to grow businesses and encourage job creation, develop a talented workforce, and balance the budget by finding common ground on spending cuts as well as investments that will generate new revenue. “As the…
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Delaware broke a 4-4 tie with a squeeze bunt in the eighth and added two more runs while holding off James Madison in the ninth for a 7-5 victory on Sunday afternoon to sweep a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. UD improved to 14-14 overall and 7-5 in…
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The VMI Keydets took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth inning, but the High Point Panthers scored the game’s final four runs en route to a 5-2 win Sunday afternoon in High Point, N.C. With VMI (9-18, 3-6 Big South) leading 2-1, Sal Pezzino opened the High Point (19-11, 5-1) sixth with…
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The Virginia baseball team dropped a 5-1 contest at No. 9 NC State Friday evening at Doak Field at Dail Park in Raleigh, N.C. Virginia (17-9-1, 5-5 ACC) was limited to five hits. Reed Gragnani (Jr., Richmond, Va.) recorded a pair of hits for Virginia, while Keith Werman (Sr., Vienna, Va.) extended his hit streak…
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After trading goose eggs since a 4-4 tie in the fourth inning, Delaware emerged with a pair of runs in the ninth on fielder’s choice grounder and a James Madison error to record a 6-4 win in the opening game of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Friday night at Eagle Field at Veterans…
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia today announced that it has hired Claire Guthrie Gastañaga to succeed executive director Kent Willis, who last week announced he was leaving after 25 years with the organization. Gastañaga is scheduled to start at the beginning of June. “Claire brings to the ACLU a huge network of people…
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Virginia Tech took advantage of a pair of James Madison miscues as second baseman Alex Perez capitalized with a two-run double in the eighth to lift VT to a 6-4 win in a non-conference baseball game on Tuesday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. VT improved to 18-9 overall and 16-2 in non-conference…
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James Madison rallied from an early five-run deficit and stole a school-record 11 bases to post a 15-13 win at Georgia State in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game Sunday afternoon at the GSU Baseball Complex. JMU improved to 6-17-1 and snapped its school-record 12-game losing streak and its eight-game skid in the CAA, also…
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