
UNC eliminates #3 Virginia Tech from ACC Tournament with 10-0 win
Eighth-seeded North Carolina shoved its way into the semifinals with a 10-0 rout of top-seeded Virginia Tech on Friday night.

Eighth-seeded North Carolina shoved its way into the semifinals with a 10-0 rout of top-seeded Virginia Tech on Friday night.

Brennan Armstrong and Kate Douglass were honored as Virginia’s top male and female athletes for the 2021-22 academic year.

Virginia continues to slide toward the NCAA Tournament, losing 3-0 Friday to Notre Dame to finish its visit to Charlotte for the 2022 ACC Tournament with an 0-2 record.

Fifth-seeded Virginia (38-16) will play its final game at the 2022 ACC Tournament when it takes on fourth-seeded Notre Dame (34-13) on Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m. at Truist Field in Charlotte.

The Virginia Employment Commission announced Thursday that new unemployment claims were down 7.3 percent over the past week.

All Virginia ABC stores will open at their normal hours and remain open until 6 p.m. on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30.

Virginia will kick off its first season under new football coach Tony Elliott on Saturday, Sept. 3 against Richmond with a game broadcast on RSN at 12:30 p.m.

The 2022 football season opener between Old Dominion and Virginia Tech on Friday, Sept. 2 will kick off at 7 p.m. on ESPNU, ESPN Networks announced on Thursday.

Virginia was 26-3 and ranked as high as second in the national polls heading into its road trip to then-#5 Miami in early April. It’s looking likely now that the Cavaliers won’t even be hosting a regional when the NCAA Tournament field is announced next week.

Spring weather in Virginia can be notoriously fickle, and no one is more aware of that fact than farmers.
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