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Rob Emery took a Colin Briggs pass and ripped it for the game’s final goal with 4:48 left in the contest, lifting the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers (1-0) to a season-opening triumph over the No. 20 Drexel Dragons (0-1) on Saturday afternoon, 9-8. Just over three minutes prior, Bobby Hill tallied his first collegiate goal…
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The Royals all but locked up a home game in the First Round of the ODAC Tournament as they won a defensive overtime battle in Harrisonburg, knocking off Guilford 62-61. Junior Andrew Thorne (Front Royal, VA/Skyline) put in the game-winning layup with 7.3 seconds left in OT and the Quakers’ Josh Pittman (Archdale, NC/Trinity) missed…
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Senior forward Mike Scott scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the Virginia men’s basketball team to a 71-44 victory over Maryland in an Atlantic Coast Conference game at John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday (Feb. 18). Freshman guard Malcolm Brogdon added 14 points and senior guard Sammy Zeglinski scored 11…
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Boston College struck for eight runs in the first four innings and repeatedly silenced any rally attempt by James Madison with five double plays while recording an 8-5 triumph in the second game of the Caravelle Resort Tournament on Saturday morning at Coastal Carolina’s Watson Stadium. JMU fell to 0-2 to start the season while…
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Starter Tyler Herb limited James Madison to one run over seven innings and Coastal Carolina struck for six runs spanning the fifth and sixth en route to a 7-1 victory on Friday afternoon at the Caravelle Resort Tournament in the 2012 baseball opener for both teams. JMU dropped its season opener for the seventh time…
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The Virginia baseball team opened its 2012 season Friday afternoon with a 5-3 defeat against Boston College in the Caravelle Resort Tournament at Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field in Conway, S.C. BC bounced back from an early 3-0 deficit, scoring four runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good. UVa starting pitcher Branden Kline…
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling cast the tie-breaking vote in the State Senate today pushing a bill that will provide for up to $25 million in tax credits for businesses that donate money to private schools. The state tax credit is designed to encourage individuals and corporations to contribute to non-profit organizations who provide education improvement…
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The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber recently announced that the following individuals have been elected by the Chamber membership to serve staggered terms as directors. At the 2012 Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony of members, it will be announced that the Board will be classified into three classes: Class A Directors to serve for a three-year…
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A proposed constitutional amendment that would help protect private property rights cleared its next-to-last hurdle when it was passed by the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates. Now it awaits approval by Virginia voters in November. The Senate version of the bill, SJ 3, passed 23-17, and HJ 3, the House version, was approved 80-18…
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The Virginia women’s basketball team dropped a 73-56 contest to No. 8 Maryland on Thursday (Feb. 16) at John Paul Jones Arena. Senior guard Ariana Moorer (Woodbridge, Va.) scored 23 points as UVa’s high-scorer. The loss dropped Virginia’s record to 18-9 overall and 6-7 in Atlantic Coast Conference play. The eighth-ranked Terrapins improved to 22-4…
