
Connor Jones shows grit in 3-1 UVA baseball victory
Connor Jones didn’t have his best stuff Friday night, at the worst possible time, with UVA baseball facing a series of must-win games in its efforts to qualify for the 2015 postseason.

Connor Jones didn’t have his best stuff Friday night, at the worst possible time, with UVA baseball facing a series of must-win games in its efforts to qualify for the 2015 postseason.

Luigi Rodriguez and Adam Plutko dominated the series opener and led the Hillcats to their first win since April 28. Lynchburg looked like a team that had won nine straight, as they cruised to a 6-0 win over Wilmington on Friday night.

The UVA women’s lacrosse team (12-6, 4-3 ACC), the No. 7 seed in the 2015 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship, earned an 18-6 victory over Winthrop (17-4, 6-1 Big South) on Friday (May 8) in the tournament’s first-round at Klöckner Stadium.

AccuWeather reports Subtropical Storm Ana has formed off the southern Atlantic coast of the United States, making it the first named tropical system of the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Here’s a question for you to consider: Do you know what your taxpayer dollars are funding at the United Nations (UN)? You probably don’t – and you would probably have difficulty finding out.

The No. 3 UVA men’s tennis team opened the 2015 NCAA Tournament with a 4-0 victory over St. John’s Friday at Snyder Tennis Center.

The UVA men’s lacrosse team begins its NCAA Tournament quest on Sunday when the No. 7 seed Cavaliers host the Big Ten champion Johns Hopkins Blue Jays in the first round.

The Lake Tams shoreline in Gypsy Hill Park is undergoing a renovation, thanks in part to a $200,000 matching grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality through its Stormwater Local Assistance Fund.

Keith Urban and The Band Perry will perform beginning at 8:00 PM on Wednesday, July 1 as part of the 2015 Greenbrier Classic Concert Series, coinciding with the sixth annual Greenbrier Classic, June 29 – July 5 at The Greenbrier, the classic American resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services today announced that the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey.
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