
Baseball: Virginia completes perfect weekend with 8-3 win over NJIT
A two-out, nobody-on walk led to a four-run fifth-inning explosion that keyed Virginia to an 8-3 win over NJIT on Sunday at the Jerry Bryson Classic.

A two-out, nobody-on walk led to a four-run fifth-inning explosion that keyed Virginia to an 8-3 win over NJIT on Sunday at the Jerry Bryson Classic.

Miami started the game en fuego, hitting its first five from the field, but at the first media timeout, Virginia was down just four.

Virginia coach Brian O’Connor said this week that he liked what he had been seeing from his pitching staff in the preseason.

Virginia trailed by as many as 10 early in the second half, then led by as many as nine, before holding on by fingernails in the dirt for a 74-71 win at Miami on Saturday.

The winning streak is over for the usually hot-shooting Hokies of Virginia Tech as Mike Young’s team fell 65-57 to North Carolina on Saturday as Cassell Coliseum on Saturday.

After trailing 4-1 at the end of the first quarter, No. 1 Virginia (3-0) outscored Towson (1-2) 17-5 the rest of the way as the Cavaliers defeated the Tigers 18-9 Saturday afternoon at Johnny Unitas Stadium.

For the first time in the last decade, every region in the U.S. had fewer farm bankruptcies in 2021 than the year before.

One can be a one-off. Two can start a trend. No details, but the ACC informed us Friday that Virginia is forfeiting another women’s hoops game.

A second inning RBI double by Jake Gelof stood up as three Virginia pitchers combined on a two-hit, 1-0 shutout of Bellarmine on Friday at the Jerry Bryson Classic hosted by Gardner-Webb.

Virginia alum Ray Roberts blocked for Barry Sanders for three seasons. Blocking for Barry Sanders: a thankless job.
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